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Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher ' TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1964--PAGE 6 Charge Of Conformity 'Calls For Definitions There is nothing particularly new 'th the charge that our system of 'and.generally do what they are told todo -- or else." -It's a. highly debatable conclu- #ion. But it cannot be debated in- telligently without some agreement on: definition of terms -- what is conformity, for example, and whet ie originally thinking? _ Then there are other questions to be cleared away before Miss 'es point can be argued. hat is the purpose of mass edu- ation? Does society want its schools to turn out great numbers of non-conformists? And then we ean go on to such questions as: Is % possible for a mass school sys- produces conformists tem, or any other kind of school , ciplined conduct and 'habits with a capacity for disciplined yet ques- tioning mind. Such people are pro- duced, but probably more by acci- dent than by any design. It's doubt- ful if we know enough about the mind, about social responses, in- deed about teaching itself, to shape the school system to such a design. One might even accuse Miss Robinson of being a conformist, since it is fashionable these days to decry conformity. But that might be unkind. She has, in fact, stirred up discussion of the:aims of mass education, and if that discussion helps to clarify those aims, she will have made a major contribution. to her profession. Cost Of World Fair - Prime Minister Pearson says that representatives of the federal, Que- bee and Montreal governments will meet soon to discuss the financing @f the 1967 World Fair. It is to be hoped that the results of the discus- sion will be made public. Canadian taxpayers have a right to know how much of their money is to go into year's agreement called for a $20 million federal grant to the World Fair Corporation and. authorized _ the corporation to borrow on the joint guarantee of the federal and Quebec governments. The total cost of. the Fair, however, is expected to mount into the hundreds of millions ¢f dollars -- possibly as high as $700 million -- when all the work en the site is taken into account. And a very large part of this will undoubtedly be looked after by the federal government -- which means the Canadian taxpayer. The $20 million federal grant, to begin with, is separate from the work being done by federal agencies in the St. Lawrence to build and protect the artificial island from the ravages of ice and water, for the bridging of the river and other works. These by themselves are costly. : We do not want to suggest that the federal. contribution should be severely limited, All of Canada will suffer if the Fair flops, and every- thing must be done to make it a success, a glittering part of the centenary celebrations. But we do wish to point out that every work- ing Canadian has a financial stake in the Fair, and therefore no at- tempt should be made to hide from the taxpayer what his contribution really is. Improving The Drivers The value of strict police super- vision of driving was demonstrated elected chairman of the Canadian Highway Safety Council. Mr. Atkinson proposed periodic re-examination of all drivers -- "Because a driver is capable of driving today, it does not necessarily follow he will be either physically fit or mentally capable of driving five years hence,.nor.can we be eure he has kept abreast of changes in: the law. +*Literally millions of drivers in North America are out of date with SUBSCRIPTION. RATES 'yrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen' ity of dzjvers are qualified to drive." Urging mandatory re-examina- tion of all vehicles, he said: "While we are unable to pinpoint the fact thet mechanical] failure causes acci- dents, there is a growing belief this is at least contributory. Compulsory periodic inspection is a 100 per cent necessity if we are # ctitutante this factor as a possible cause of accidents. The issuance of a driver's licence should be a privilege and not a right, he claims. One of the qualifi- cations for this privilege should be an agreement to undergo proper chemical tests when requested by the proper authorities. Again, acci- dent statistics show that in a social- ly unacceptable number of acci- dents admission of alcohol' intake is often made although the driver may not appear tojbe drunk. On mandatory training for every- one before a driving licence is granted, Mr. Atkinson points out that a person with bad driving habits or poor knowledge of driving regulations cannot possibly teach another person to drive properly. Yet this is hgw most drivers are taught. There is no valid reason, he said, for allowing unqualified people to drive powerful and complex ma- chines without proper training. Bible Thought If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual restore such an one in the spirit of meekness. -- Galatians 6:1. To err is human, to forgive is divine. But the Spirit to the divine within us can make it possible to forgive and not retaliate. r] a _ THIS ONE DOESN'T SEEM TO FIy REPORT FROM U.K. Decentralization Idea Hits Schools By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Many govern- ment offices are moving out of tion. Some industries and busi- ness houses are doing likewise, and are finding new quarters YOUR HEALTH outside the city in the towns and villages of the open countryside. The trend towards decentralization has now taken hold of some of the old founda- tion' schools of the British capi- tal, and they are looking for new sites away from the crowds, noise and bustle of the city. ' One of London's ancient Other Conditions Revealed By X-Ray By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, M.D. Dear Dr. Moiner: Would can- cer of the lung be revealed by an ordinary mobile unit TB chest x-ray? If so, would the 80 affected be notified y meil?--Mirs. C.A. Good questions--one bard to answer, one easier. TB chest x-rays ofien disclose the presence of conditions other than tuberculosis. Respiratory eilments, heart enlargment, or occasionally other things come to light. is not sent to the person. If nothing worthy of mention is found, that's the end of the mat- ter. But if anything suspicious is found, this is communicated to whatever doctor has been desig- nated by the person having the X-Tay, ora statement to- the patient to have the x-ray re- peated for checking purposes. This means that some "false alarms" will be sounded--there will be something wmch looks suspicious, or needs further in- vestigation, yet in the end some of these will prove to be harm- less. This may worry the patient naturally, but it is a wise pre- caution, Better safe than sorry! Now, will such an x-ray re- veal cancer? Yes and no! Extremely early in develop- ment (as we know from the "Pap smear" technique), noth- ing less than microscopic exam- ination will disclose the presence of faulty cells which constitute cancer. Not even x-ray will show that. Later, as the tumor begins to grow larger, the shape of it can be pictured by x-ray. But even this does not neces- sarily mean cancer. It may be a benign tumor. It may be a calcified spot left from some previous fllness, whether TB or histoplasmosis or some thing TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan. 7, 1964... The newly formed United States of America 175 years ago today--in 1789 -- * unanimously chose George Washington as 'he first president. Washington, who had led the people to vic- tory in -- poe independ- ence e! get the constitution elected by the federal con- pee yl convention. servi 'oO terms, retiring in 1787. He died in 1799. Hy -- Commercial tele- @ service was 5 rated between ee en and London. . 1952 -- Fire in Atlantic City, N.J., destroyed four hotels on the famous board- walk. In some cages, skilled exam- imation-of the x-ray. plate mey give a reliable answer as to the condition. Again, it may afford a shrewd which then can beverified by some other means. Or, at times, the spot' on the x-ray plate may require its nature--innocent or danger be determined. Thus the TB chest x-ray does not often give a flat yes-or-no g doctor for more tests. And #f you hear nothing about your chest x-ray, why, that's good news. .. Dear Dr. Molner: Years ago my baby sister had asthma. It seemed that every time she was asked to do something, or could not get her way, she would start sSchouis which is moving out into the country-side is the Davenant Foundation School. It was es- tablished in the East End of London nearly 300 ft ieoeid ago. It still occupies its original site in the Whitechapel Road in Step- ney. In-about 18 months time, new buildings for it, which are in process of construction at Deb- den, Essex will be completed, and the school in Stepney will close its doors and be moved to the new location. BOYS GIVEN CHOICE There are 234 boys attending the school at present. They will be given the choice of moving with the school to its Essex lo- cation, or transferring to other volu! schools in London. The site of the old school, sil tase te ce permission en the Pe ly to put up a block of apartments on the Whitechapel road location. A public inquiry has been held, and a decision as to whether the old school site may be used for this purpose rests with the minister of housing. The Davenant Foundation School was the first church school to be established in London's East. End, . Although religious houses gave instruc- tion to small groups of children in East London in the Middle Ages, it was not until the 17th century that the newly rich merchants and other private benefactors began founding grammar schools in neighbor- hoods th e actual con they fines of the city of London. RECTOR FOUNDER Davenant School owes its existence to the Rev. Ralph Davenant, who was rector of St. Mary's Church, Whitechapel. In 1860, he persuaded 20 of his wealthy parishioners to come together in the church vestry and sign a document promising 'to "maintain in the parish for ever a schoolmaster of sober life and conversation." Today, Davenant Foundation School is a voluntary grammar school aided by the London County Council. Pupils come . from a wide area of London Recently I read that some asthma is emotional. Would you comment?--Mrs. B.J. Emotional tension can trigger an attack if the person is sub- ject to asthma. My gues: it's only that--is that sis- ter learned early in life if she got upset enougif about things, she would trigger an at- tack. And that would result in getting her own way and many of them already jour- ney to the school daily from parts of Essex County adjacent to Greater London. Proposals for building new premises for the school at Deb- den were put forward some years ago, and aroused some local apposition because green belt land was involved. Eventu- ally, the government approved the building of the new school, and a date in 1965 will be fixed for the move from Stepney to Debden. BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO January 7, 1944 Ald. A. Gordon Davis was elected Mayor of Oshawa, de- feating Ald) Russell D. Humphreys. Baby Finnie, son of Mr. and Mrs, R. Finnie, was Oshawa's first baby of 1944. E. Bathe headed the polls when he was electd along with C. Harman, John Coleman, James Haxton, F. McCallum, Finley Dafoe, B. J. Brown, H. ¥ Rasy, Tom Brooks and Michael. Starr for city council for 1944. W. H. Gifford, S. J. Babe and Arthur Schultz were elected for Public Utilities. Oshawa Fire Department fin- ished up the old year with a blaze of five grass fires, to raise the tota! for December to 26, an all-time record for Oshawa grass fires in any one month, let alone the unusual month of December. A. G. Coppin was installed as First Principal of Pentalpha Chapter, Royal Arch Masons No. 28. Rt. Excellent Comp. C. C. Stenhoust cond: ted the cere- mony of installing the new Prin- cipal. f E. A. Lovell headed the polis when he was elected for 'the Board of Education along with J. L. Beaton, S. G. Saywell and Arthur Alloway. Ald. Frank McCallum was in- stalled president of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club for the ensuing year. Mrs. G. T. Brooks was named president, Mrs. R. Reeve, treas- urer and Mrs. Alex Fraser, sec- retary, of the Kinettes for the coming year. Robert Gulliver of the RCAF, son of R. J. Gulliver, Oshawa, was: aw: an honor Certifi- cate of t°at the graduation at London, Ontario. Rev. W. P. Flether, BA, DD, former pastor of Centre Street United Church, Oshawa, ac- cepted a call to become pastor of St. Paul's United Church, Bowmanville. During 1943 a total of 319 building permits were issued in the city representing an esti- mated value of $313,732. r¢ i: Fs sift? mY an ttttiasts g Ha af isl 3 ready sapped by underdeveloped countries. APPRAISE PROGRAMS familiar with. A new nightmare is being publicised by match and pooklets now circulating in this 'a hard business look at taeir aid programs to make cuts here and there. But indications are \ that the 1964 level will be pro- the East bloc poured out about $4,100,000,000 worth of non-mil- itary technical aid and loans. Cuba is the leading benefici- ary. : A diplomatic survey gives the following picture: Czechoslovakia -- One of the most industrialized countries in the Moscow orbit, Czechoslova- kia is banking heavily on im- ports of key foodstuffs. The gov- ernment sought to balance the loss of Russian grain by pur- chases of U.S. and Canadian wheat. Shortages of meat and milk. are 'expected to continue next year. Industrial projects are hampered by insufficient electric power production. To cushion these blows, the party's central committee has national capital. Printed on the cover are the words Edmundston, New Bruns- wick, capitale de la Republique du Madawaska. Does this signify that French-Canadian overspill northern New Brunswick is also launching a secession move- ment? Sad though the temporary, we hope, misunderstanding is be- tween the two founding races, it would be deplorable if this the into were to be seized upon by ir- the responsible opportunists in poli- tics, and be fashioned into a pl partisan issue, Yet there are ob- vious signs that this is a pos- sibility the minds of certain of the pettier performers on Parliament Hill. These would do well to ponder on the words of their disting- uished predecessor, Louis Hon- ore Frechette, who said this in Parliament 89 years ago: "We will no longer be French, Newspapers' Comment On Honor To Thompson Following are excerpts from editorials in representative Ca- nadian newspapers on the eleva- tion of publisher Roy Thomson to the peerage: Montreal Gazette -- Mr. Roy Thomson's name in the Queen's New Year honors list is recog- nition of a most spectacular ca- reer in modern journalism. . . . He has allowed his editors their freedom, saying that they, knowing local conditions, can best find the right policies. If he can make their papers pros- perous, their independence will be all the greater. Nor need worry if their views happen to conflict with his. "I can take versy with greater good nature, remaining approachable, gre- garious, unpretentious. He has few recreations outside his work; nothing else to him could be better fun... . Montreal Star--Lord Thomson owns more than 70 newspapers in a half-dozen countries. He has not sought to use this important proprietorial interest as' many other press barons in England have done--men such as_ the late Lord Northcliffe and Lord Beaverbrook. He is interested primarily in producing good newspapers which people will and his rehabilitation of The Sunday Times in London and The Scotsman in Edinburgh proves that he knows how to about it. His properties in anada are not situated in the larger centres, but his papers here perform their functions with due regard for those larger nsibilities which the own- ership of newspapers should in- volve. . . . He has achieved poe material success without leparting form standards re- garded as both desirable and ac- ceptable. The accolade now placed upon him is deserved. Ottawa Journal--There will be some merriment back in Can- ada at this appointment but no- body will know that more than the man himself. Honesty is his strong suit... . Roy mson has been » good newspaper man and the likelihood is that many of the Canadian papers he has bought and maintained would "mot today be in business had he not done so. He has remem- Year's honors list, he has had a phenomenal career capped with the title of baron, proving --as such other Canadians as poets. The title fits him well for it underlines the virtue of M severance and confirms field of British , Mr. Thomson has made a mark that a few thought was possible a decade ago, Two major instru- ments in this success have been his energy and his imagination. the Thomson - tion and in other ways, he has shown his readiness to use these same attributes for the good of others, and to contribute great sums as well, Roy Thomson has fairly earned the distinction that has been given him. Welland Tribune--Those who really know Roy Thomson ap- him particulary for his rugged honesty. He made no se- cret of the fact that the peerage 'was perhaps a crowning ambi- tion. We can't recall any other person so honored being so frank. . . . His basic principles have never changed. Many of his papers seldom see him, but they know well his creed--"Op- erate your newspaper in the best interests of the people of the community; tell the truth and report ail news and happen- ings factually and without bias." the eae ie in be e no way change Mr. Thomson's genial and earthy character. And it can be equally asserted that no one will respect the honor more proudly, or carry it with greater distinction. Sentinel-Review-- His old friends in Canada, both within and without. the Thomson Newspapers structure, will share his happiness. They will think neither the more nor the phgetageri ert EU nabs 8% geuaye 8 gf giz ee eral on Year's Eve as "'Major General the Right Honorable Georges Vanier." Why downgrade him? His motion to full general had eon announced some days earlier. Similarly, -- officials of organized annua! Christmas tions were sent ou' in of "The Honorable ." 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