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+ "PORT PERRY STAR . PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12th, 19383 $1.60 per year in advance aC ers Conv ne at Port Perry PROFITABLE ADDRESSES AND PAPERS GIVEN ON TIMELY SUBJECTS \ About one hundred teachers con- CR vened 'in the Assembly Hall of- the 7, = Port Perry High Sehool on Thursday oN /and Friday of last. week on the ac- ° casion of their annual Institute. An excellent programme was given, Mr, siding. / The opening exercises on-Fhursday ~ were conducted by Rev, W. J, H. Smyth, and brief addresses of wel- come were given by Reeve W. M. Letcher and Mr. R, B. Smallman, Chairman of Port Perry Board of Edu- -. catiom RE id ly ala The program included a paper by ArT Miss Marjorie Baker--'Second Form ~~ = Geography"; Samuel Farmer--"Read- VE: ing"; Miss {=-Spooner,--"A Practical 5 Literature Lesson"; Mr. P, Timmins, --""The President's = Address"; Miss ~~, Bernice Werry -- "Busy Seat Work 2 Devices"; Miss Carrie Harris and Messrs. H. W. Jermyn and R. Me- 9 Whirter--"Teaching of Subordinate he Clauses"; Miss Mary Muir and Miss ; ! Winnifred Niddery--"Report of Sum- gd mer School Health Course"; Inspector CE RUA. Hutchison-- "The Geography of eR North America"; Miss A. A. Taylor-- "Art Apreciation"; Mr, R, A, Cornish ~--"Entrance Class History. " Particular mention might be made of the addresses by Inspector R. A. Hutchison, Miss Taylor and Mr. Corn- ish, . In story form Inspector Hutchi- a goon graphically pictured the formation for the North American continent with its mighty mountain ranges, immense yivérs and vast plains. No scholar who listened to that account could fail to grasp someting: of the immensity of the operations of nature. . Miss "Taylor's illustrated address -- "Art EO Appreciation" was a fascinating study| of a delightful subject. Mr. Cornish showed a proper mastery of his sub- ject from the teacher's viewpoint; His | Mr. President, Mr. Hutchison, and = | fellow teachers, it was my pleasure '8 and prifilege to attend the summer be | coure in Health which was given in the Mining Building at the University | by the Dept. of Health and Education. Forty-five teachers from the different counties of Ontario attended, four men ! and forty-one women. We had a very | > 'interesting time and the difficulfy is 3 Lew we hardly know what you would like I~ us to tell and then we do not know I just how much-we ought to tell you. {© ©' So if there-is anything you would like Ih to know and we do not mention it just ! ask us and perhaps we will answer it. Ere We are dividing the course between us and we are trying to impress upon you the importance of better health teaching in our schools as we had it Hjotressed to us during the course. .-¥® Heatlh is no doubt the most import- ant subject on. our curriculum al- S- thought we have not perhaps given it "first place. It is not a subject to be taught once a week but should be taught incidentally all the time. All down through the ages man's idea of health has been food, clothing, shelter and enough health to get by but not the maximum of health. A great re- _ sponsibility rests on the home but She school has some responsibility, too. "The teachers should: be healthy, have ideas and a fair supply of knowledge. The subject must be vital, the pre- sentation. of the material intriguing, the interest of the pupil must be sup- plemented to aid in the correction of defects and in the prevention of 'com- municable diseases. . Health Teaching 'hag two aims, mental and physical. The objects are: "1, To establish and maintain proper health habits, 22 To acquire health 'knowledge. : To develop desirable attitudes to- dh health, and health practices based on life situations, 'We had four very interesting lec- tures given by Dr, Berry, the Director "of the Division of Sanitary Engineer- 'ing. He dedlt with Sanitation. Safe ~ water and milk supply, and, sewerage a tilteration, pasteurization. In sani- tation he tried to give us information 'enough generally that the teacher P, Timmins, of Harmony School, pre-| annotated history is a fine piece of educational workmanship, : The papers on "Health" by Miss Muir and Miss Niddery are given in this issue, as this subject is of para- mount importance in the community. The Presidential address by Mr. Timmins, showed an ideal view of the teachers' responsibilities, Vy 'The local arrangements re billetting and the comfort of the visitors were made by Miss G. Stovin and Miss Mae Walker, Miss Marjorie Baker gave a prac- tical and thoughtful paper on "Second Book Geography." It was quite evi- dent that Miss Baker understood both her subject and her pupils, and that her method of imparting knowledge on this interesting subject would be effective, Miss Bernice Werry in her paper on 'Primary Seat Work gave some ex- cellent rules that should be stressed by the teacher in setting the seat work --neatness, industry, correct disci. pline,, self-reliance. All poor work must be re-done. : NEW OFFICERS The following were the officers elected for the year 1933-34: Honorary President--Inspector R. A. Hutchison, Whitby, President--H, W. Jermyn, Whitby. Immediate Past President--P. I. Tim- mins, Harmony, Vice-President--E. J. Webster, White: vale, Secretary-Treasurer -- R. 'A. Smith, Whitby. Executive Committee -- R. Cornish, Port Perry; Miss R, Donnell, Pick- ering; H. Pascoe, Oshawa; Miss C. Willlamson, Harmony. Auditors--Miss Marjorie Baker, Whit- THE HEALTH COURSE ~ Paper by Miss Mary Muir 'that the ice cream mixture be pasteur- Hk could act in an advisory sapasity for by; Miss Laura Cook, Whitby. . ol trustees and communities and data for the pupils. In the 2nd, Safe Water Supply, the epidemics caused by water, he showed slides on the different methods of making water safe 'and third lecture was on sewerage--Private and public systems. Stressed that flies should he kept out of schools, screens, doors and windows, The last lecture: was on Safe Milk Supply, He stressed that the only safe milk is pasteurized milk, and that more should be done in the country regarding this matter. At the time we had our lectures, the Inspectors were investigating an epi- demic of Septic Sore Throat, where there were about forty cases. The trouble was traced to improper pas- teurization. After these Yorbuioe we were taken on' Field trips to visit the various plants, The first visited was the North York Filteration Plant and we made a plan. Then we visited the Tod- morden-Greenwood 'Sewage disposal plant in East York, it, was very in- teresting and we were given plans of the plant, Another day we were taken to the City Dairy of Toronto. We had a' short lecture in the auditorium and then were taken through the Ice Cream Dept.- It {s very important ized as germs' will live in it for two years or more, - Later we were treated to ice cream. Another day we were taken out to Thistletown and visited the Conva- lescent Home for Sick Children. There were some pitiful sights but they were not hopeless and the nurses said after two or three years treatment they would ba much better. We were again entertained to afternoon tea. We went at one p.m. to see how they managed the Forest School in High Park. Here they had 264 children for six months (March to Oe¢tober) and they say it, is remarkable the gain the childrén make there. For the first three months they take up the grade work they had not finished and the last three months the work of the new grades. They have their rest pefiods and they have drill and a lunch of milk and all the bread and milk 'they can consume. Then they have a lesson or music and go home at 4.30, They seem to enjoy the work very much even if it was vacation time. 'We went through the Connaught Laboratories at the East' Block of the Parliament Buildings. There we saw them testing water, milk and blood for bacteria. A few 'days afterward the University treated us to a bus trip out to the University, farm west of Lansing. Here we saw the process of preparing vaccine for the prévention of small pox, We! visited the barns and we saw the diphtheria horse, whose picture is in' the Héalth Book. This horse has given antitoxin for 9 years. Two gallons of blood is removed each month when it .. is producing antitoxin. At this farm Dr. Berry explained their water and: sewage systems, The water was very hard and they put in a softening out- fit. There is to be a bulletin published several times a year and I understood one copy is to be sent to evry ele- mentary teacher in the Province. So if. you receive one in your mail, do not destroy it, , In the afternoon we would have Then they get up and have tooth brush a sand table is very useful in health ghould study the health of each in- as in many other subjects. | dividual each bring their own and hand it care- age, fully on a nail. learn the health rules, the principle of | thought that might be--early bed time, clean teeth, drinking milk, kind deeds, clean finger | three , Mails, safety first. Plays and songs -can be given, sometimes lose their beauty. Junior with some classes. Many great deal of information and we know | Seniors; given away at the C.N.E each year has | cycle. valuable information, All through the course the positive improvement. Posters, scrap books, moving pic-'should become health conscious and ture, if no paper towels in school, then learn health habits at a very early We should refrain from giving The Junior Red Cross | children stars and rewards for is a splendid thing in a school as they practice of good health habits. of becoming right living and by the committees and | health conscious, the child would be- organization it is seen that these are|come star conscious. carried, Fach school can choose its| from the child's physical life, we m committee, depending on grade. Some [study carefully his emotional life. The division of Rural Schools into groups for health teaching pro- voked considerable thought. ners, primers and first book classes Rhymes are useful but we must use|ypre known as Rural Juniors. our discretion in changing some of our| and Junior Third classes are Rural very nice nursery rhymes because they | [ntermediates and the _ Senior Third, Fourth, Projects can be worked out nicely | classes are Rural Seniors. Senior Class work will be taught in a This. year we will Then, apart .phamplets can be secured [three year cycle. from the Departments that give a|teach Senior Third work to the Rural next year that it is correct when it comes from | Junior Fourth and the following year there, The Health Almanac that is! Senior Fourth work will complete the A subject of interest to all teachers was the teacher's health, maintain a health mental attitude the teacher must have an objective out- look on life. He or she must develop interests in things outside of them- selves and their work. For instance read good books or develop a hobby. In regard to the physical health of teachers, it was thought that every teacher should have an annual phy- sical examination. In many cases de- fects may be discovered which are remediable. Dr. Phair and his depart- ment gave free of charge, a thorough physical examination and X-ray of the lungs. The value of this examination was, alone, beyond mercenary calcu- lation, In conclusion I would say that if you wish to spend a pleasant, profitable five weeks without the cares and wor- ries of a final examination, be sure to take the Health Course next year. Certificates are awarded on your term's work. The Health Course has unlimited possibilities and with your co-operation next year and the fol- lowing years may go on record as a world-wide health movement. side of everything was stressed. Nothing was mentioned regarding tobacco, alcohol or coffee and when MOVED TO WHITBY seminars, here a discussion would be led by several of 'the class. Anyone! was free to interrupt and ask any| questions they wished. One of the rightfully expect from the Dept. of Health and Education." Mr. Greer, the Chief Inspector for Ontario, was one of the audience and Mr. Bell, the Deptuy Minister of Ontario for Aux- iliary Classes gave a lecture and show- ed some of the materjals and methods used in the classes. During the past few years people have had more' leisure time than formerly and by the forty hour week people are going to! put into it. course, leisure time profitably, to judge posters and books because the following requirement it must be Land, --scientificaly -accurate -- be -peda- Hygeia they were asked about them, they said they better not mention them. Altogether I enjoyed the course very | Gordon McKee) moved to Whitby. Mr. topics was "What can the teacher, much, many ideas changed hands. It| McKee has been operating a grocery was not expensive and for my part I{business which he purchased in Whitby feel well repaid for every cent that I|some months ago. We received a great deal| has been driving back and forth be- of information for ourselves that can|tween Whitby and Port Perry, and not be found in books. They say there | has continued to make his home here. are about 22,000 elementary teachers | in Ontario, forty-five took the course| family leave Port Perry. Mr, McKee this year and next year they are ex-|has been active Jn town affairs ever pecting 21,955 teachers to attend the (since he came to make his residence Aids in Teaching Health--Rhymes, | the Council, and on, the . Agricultural have more leisure time on their hands, Poster, Moving Picture, Handkerchief | Fair Board and always did his share go we as teachers must train the Dtill,- Inspection, Jr. Red Cross, Pic- [of the,avork.. One piece of work that future men and women to use their. ture Stories, Scrap Books, Plays, Sand | was particularly interesting to Mr. Table, Lunches, Soap Bottle, Music,| McKee, and to which he devoted much We were given criterias with which | Stars and Rewards, Reference books -- Cleanliness and | ment of the water front, all pamphlets and books are not cor- | Health, (Turner); Mary Gay Stories, |and hours were spent in actual labor rect, To summarize the criterias the Chalk Talks on Health and Safety, health teaching material must meet Building My House of Health, Healthy front, and to him can be given con- Young People, | siderable credit for the present pleas- Principles of ing appearance at that part of our Health Education, (Turner), ($2.00 for | town. Hygiene for Magazine, On Monday Mr, Jas. McKee and family (with the exception of Mr. Until Monday he "We are sorry to ses Mr. McKee ard here 23 years ago. He has been in time and cnergy, was the improve- Many days to improve conditions along the lake ! distance, colour scheme simple but ef- gogically correct and it must serve the present need. To summarize the poster." It must express action, one idea, teaching miist be positive, lettering legible from a fective,.the slogan brief." The finished poster must be neat, samples of posters and many more may be worked out. We must make our lessons practical and interesting and the more concrete Here are a few | mediate Grades; Health Heroes--DMet- 'Teacher's Book.); Child Education; Wide Awake School (Ginn) (II and Jr, III); Food and Your Body (Pfaffman| With various enterprises, including the and Stern--aid for teachers, Inter-| Farmers' Union Milling Co., of which Mr. McKee had a varied experience in businéss, having been connected he was manager at one time. But he will be chiefly 'remembered as the proprietor of the Superior Stores, which business has now been taken over by his son, Mr. Gordon McKee. The Business Men's Association found in him a ready worker in the carrying out of its various projects for the betterment of town conditions. He has done a big share in municipal and social life in Port Perry, and we hope that he will find success and happiness in his new home. Many of our citizens will regret the removal of Mrs. McKee and her daughters, as they have been a kindly and helpful influence, especially _in connection with the activities of the Presbyterian Church. The Misses Mec- Kee have been active in Y.P.S. work and the Choir, and they will be missed very much there. We are sorry to learn that Mrg, Me- Kee has been in poor health for some time, and trust that she may soon regain her former strength. Mr. Roberts, of Toronto, will oc- cupy the house just vacated by Mr. McKee. We welcome Mr. Roberts to Port Perry. mediate and Senior); Success to Health-- (Andres and Evgn); 60 Inter- ropolitan Life Ins. Co.; Healthy Citi- zenship-- (Andres and Evans), Ginn Co., Srs.; Human Body and Its Func- tions-- (Best and Taylor) Gage & Co., "MUSIC IN THE SCHOOL material we can use the better. Here! $3.50. Course." tinent, most important. school nurses. train children in habits which ~willin later life. preserve and make for good health, A of proper food, ing lectures and demo) sons on Nutrition... The need of a|stitutions, was particularly stressed, Course, lectured on the subject of room. Anatomy. From these lectures wo the' bed and blanket and 'practically vay one sleeps for their two hours, (Teachers' Aid in Anatomy). Paper by Miss Winnifred Niddery Mr. Chairman, Mr. Hutchison and years emphasis has been placed upon , il fellow teachers, my subject as indi- cure, but from this time forth, pre-|of intellectual training. cated on the programme is the "Health vention will be stressed. ; As you already know thea discussion relative to man's future |soeial force. course was held in Toronto in the|leisure was introduced at this tine. ) ; al 1 Mining Building of the University. It| Our duty with regard to this matter|most important agencies for bringing was the first course of its kind in|is to study and guide the interests of | about worthy use of leisure. Canada and no other course like it|the children so that they will utilize has been held anywhere on the con-| their leisure time profitably. 4 lieve that health practices will have a|and spiritual life is probably the most "The purpose of the course was to|place in man's leisure time. arouse and stimulate greater interest | also spoke of the need of vigilance on from contract with music, and un- in Health in Rural Schools, The] the part of Rural Teachers in checking |doubtedly, it is because the influence general feeling was that it was given! up contagious diseases. 2 : the least attention of 'any subject on! death, in a greit many cases, is being | that educationalists = have the curriculum and that it was the atiibuted to the weakening affects of | included music of some sort in the Up to this time,[ ideal course of study. The effect of taken idea that we would graduate as|and even now, the general belief is) good music is unmistakable and its that children must have these diseases | power to hig ! 'The aim of Health Education is to|in order to be immunized from them | thoughts, its influence in incouraging Some had the mis-| children's diseases. Dr. McGhie, superintendent of hos-| tendency to cause the individual to health habit of importance to bel pitals for the mentally ill, revealed [become responsive to other varities learned at an garly age is the eating | many startling facts on this subject, |of emotional appeal would alone give It is not generally |and illustrated his lecture with lantern] it a large place it in a scheme of edu- known the bearing that food has upon| slides, He stated that in Ontario alone | cation, whose ideal it is to bring about our physical and mental-well-being:|a new mental hospital 'with accom-|the greatest amount of Bytes Miss Craig of London, Ontario, con-|modation for 1100 patients would have contentment, and high morality on the ducted many delightful and interest-| to be built. every five years at the part of the greatest possible number stratioti "1es-| present rate of entry into these" in-|of 'people. He also told us that as y | warm 'dish at noon in Rural :Schools| many will go from. our classrooms to [music in the school curriculum, viz.: the mental hospitals as will graduate|it has a definite influence upon the . Dr, Phair, Principal of the Summer | from universities from the same class- | intellectual life. The teacher's responsibility con-| observation of all types of teaching, learned why certain foods were neces-| cerning the health of the child was a| music is undoubtedly the most valu- sary for normal body growth, In past | far-reaching subject. Music study in the Public schools has at least four significant results. (1) It exerts a definite beneficial effect upon the physical, mental and spiritual life of the individual. (2) It provides an excellent type Incidentally, (3) It has a very high value as a (4) It should prove to be one of the The first of these viz.: the effect We be-|of music upon the physical, mental, Dr. Phair | commonly recognized benefit resulting Premature | of Art as a refining agency is so great usually stimulate high exalted rish emotional life, together with its The second reason for including The fact is, however, that after a long period of careful The teacher|able all-round school subject a our W. Lynde disposal for training ehildren in quick- ness of perception, in acuteness of visual and auditory analysis, rapidity of co-ordination, symmetry and unity. Music as a socializing force has been proving itself in the last few years to be one of the most powerful socializing forces in existence. In music we have a force that draws people . together, makes them feel neighbourly, and stirs them to group feeling, civic pride, and patriotic fer: vor, as almost nothing else seems able to do. The final value of music is one that has only recently been recognized, for it is only the last few years that the "leisure problem" has begun. It is certainly a fact that a great deal more depends upon our use of leisure now than formerly, and that as modern industrial conditions bring about shorter working days the disposal to be made "of the longer periods of leisure brings up a new problem, The object. of teaching during child- hood is to learn to do things which are not only pledsurable, and useful at that time but which he will enjoy doing after he has grown up and which will function in a beneficial way as recrea- tive activities after he has become a wage earner, This means stimulating intérest in history, in literature, and in various other fields so that he will want to read. during the leisure hours after he has become "m-~worker. It means. encouraging physical training and especially the various athletic games, particularly those games in which his interest will be likely to persist after he has reached manhood. In order to| music by the school with a thought that a large number of children have sufficient musical talent to make it interesting for them to perform music 'with others as a recreative activity, and that many others will enjoy going to concerts and will be more likely to use some of their leisure time in this highly desirable way, if the school encourages them to become interest- ed in the art. This will be particular- ly true if a consistent attempt is made throughout all grades in school to cause boys and girls to love and ap- preciate music more keenly. RAGLAN Mrs. May has returned to her home in Goodwood after spending some time with her daughters Mrs. Pilkey and Mrs. Kellington, of this place. Mr. and Mrs. Stark and little baby of Udora, spent Sunday with Mrs. J. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. A. Miller and sons spent Thanksgiving with Mr, H, Miller at Zephyr, Mr. Arthur Ormiston, Miss Kemp, of Toronto, were gore of Mr. and Mrs. I Ormiston, over the week end. Miss Violet Thompson spent the holiday with her sister Olive. A number of the Young People from here took in the fowl supper at Green- bank on Thanksgiving. Misses Ruby and Ila' Wilson spent the "holiday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. 'Wilson. A real good time was enjoyed by all who attended the hot fowl supper here put on by the Ladies' Aid. Sorry to hear Mr, Wm, Luke is c¢in- fined to his bed. We all wish him a speedy recovery. Mrs. Penman, our teacher, has re- turned after spending the holidays with her mother at Smith's Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Black, of Osh- awa, spent Sunday with Mrs, Bright. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Avery and family spent Sunday with Mrs, C. Wilson. er AAD EIN rersrompreseres a Rev. Sam, A. Martin COMING TO UNITED CHURCH SUNDAY MORNING NEXT, Rev. "Sam" Martin, "the man who put the church in Churchill", is to be at the United Church Port Perry, next Sunday morning. In the evening the service has been withdrawn owing to the anniversary in St. John's Presby- terian Church, Rev. Samuel A. Martin, of Churchill, Manitoba, represents to a marked de- gree the pioneering spirit of the Can- adian home missionary. His ex- periences along the line of the Hudson Bay Railway during the construction period and his work in Churchill itself before and during the élearing of the town site of Canada's new maritime outlet has been unique and thrilling, Rev. "Sam." Martin, as he is known to construction men in the northland, has had unusual opportunity to study the romantic history and the economic possibilities of Churchill and his story of the men who endured many hard- ships to push the line through to Hud: son Bay is of great public interest. Born in Prince Edward Island, Mr. Martin has served as a home mission- ary in great: ¢fcies, "in the. lumber woods and has crowned his career by outstanding service in the new north- land. Everybody is invited to hear this outstanding speaker. Remember the Hot Fowl Supper on It means finally the fostering. of Tuesday, Oct, 15th, at Seagrave. a ~~ apt pe ow ei ame ay hm! m1 4