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0 She Oshawn Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1964---PAGE 6 Committee Will Study Grade 13 Examination Education Minister Davis is han- ding the controversial Grade 13 issue to a committee "which will be representative of the Depart- ment, the schools, the universities, and the school boards." The com- mittee is charged with the task of recommending 'for my considera- tion any changes with appear to be necessary and advisable in the Grade 18 year, including the exami- nations." This means, of course, that there will be no change in the examina- tion system this year, and, consider- ing the increase in the number of students who will be writing the examinations, the results are not likely to be published any earlier. In fact, they may be a little' later than they were last year. But at least the minister proposes to come to grips with the Grade 13 problem -- and it is a problem, a many sided one. It has become a mechanical prob- lem -- the handling and marking of an increasing number of papers, and the tabulation of results in time to give students clearance for the next moves. There is a psychological problem -- the concentration of a vast amount of effort not on learn- ing, per se, but on the passing of the examination itself. And there is the massive problem of what Grade 13 is supposed to be -- a year of transition between high school and university (which it is certainly not now) or a heated-up super-exam year. The best pointer, perhaps, is the conclusion of the: Special Com- mittee of the University Matricula- tion Board: "There is much evidence at our disposal that the 'Senior Matricu- lation': year should be not only a better' liaison between secondary school and university than it:is, but also a richer educational experience for all students, whether they pro- pose to go either to university or directly to some form of employ- ment. This experience might be provided by the incorporation of a less restrictive prescription of cour- ses, by. the encouragement of wider reading, jand by more exercise in analysis and synthesis. The exami- nations should be such as to measure intellectual power and the understanding of a subject rather than detailed factual knowledge." Promote Law Studies The Canadian Corrections Asso- ciation, a division of the Canadian Welfare Council, has announced that ~ it will invite parents across Can- ada to join discussion groups to consider how they might help to interpret the law and its enforce- ment to young people. Says W, T. McGrath, executive secretary of the association : "We believe that much of the individual's attitude to authority is learned in his own home, long before he becomes a teenager." And commenting on his recent book, "Youth and the Law", which the association hopes will become the basis of a school course in law in grade 8 or 9, he says: "Maximum success in this program will be possible only if parents and school work together and maké it a truly community effort." Churches, home and schoo! asso- ciations, community planning coun- cils, mental health and adult educa- tion groups, and service clubs will be asked to help get the groups established. And the association, which is preparing a pamphlet guide for the proposed discussion groups, hopes that parents themselves will learn something about the law, on the rather obvious principle that unless parents are sure in their own minds how they feel about the police and the application of justice they can't give firm guidance to their children, We wish them well, It is a worthy effort. The association and the groups co-operating with it, how- ever, should do some serious think= ing about the way they proposé to get into the discussion groups the parents and youngsters who can profit most from them. There is not much point in preaching to the converted -- but the converted are the ones who form the readiest and most appreciative audiences, Campaign By Express While criticism of this or that aspect of Canada's anti-combines legislation is frequently heard, there is no demand that it be wiped completely from the books. Cana- dians, then, may be wondering what all the fuss is about in Britain, where the government plans to in- troduce a measure to abolish retail price maintenance, or price fixing. Most of the fuss, it seems, is being stirred up by Lord Beaver- brook's Daily Express -- the only national newspaper in Britain op- posed to the legislation, It is not a political issue. The Labor party is on record as being opposed to price fixing. The Daily Express, however, sees only ruin ahead for nearly everyone if the government does not drop the bill, and it is conduct- ing a daily high-pressure campaign of opposition. She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY. 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It pays no attention to the govern- ment's assurances that the legisla- tion. will contain safeguards for the smal! merchants, and a provision for a tribunal to which affected manufacturers can appeal for exemption. The small merchants are afraid that, with price fixing gone, the supermarkets and large departmental! stores will drive them out of business. But the legislation will there's an_ election coming, pass -- Bible Thought And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nanions. --~ Matthew 28:18-19, God holds us wise use of the extended to us, responsible for the power and privilege ae 'NO DENYING IT -- THE KID'S GOT CLASS' REPORT FROM U.K. Organists Oppose Power Of Parsons By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent to The Oshawa Times LONDON -- A heated dispute is arising in the Church of Eng- land over the right of the parson to dismiss the organist to suit his own whims or dislikes, and with no right of appeal against the dismissal. Lionel Baker, a schoolmaster who is also secretary of the Surrey Opganists' Association, is taking up the cudgels on be- YOUR HEALTH half of organists who have been summarily removed from theit posts by their clergymen. "It is monstrous," says. Mr Baker "that an ofganist in a Church of England parish church can be dismissed by the parson just because of personal differences or, for example, the activities of a parson's meddle- some wife." He finds justification for his Statement in the fact that during the past year, no fewer than 36 organists in the Church of Eng- Hospital Smoking Found Offensive By JOSEPH G, MOLNER, MD Dear Dr, Molner: I have a bad case of asthma and must go to the hospital when it be- comes too severe. I am 80 years old, I do not smoke as it invitates my condition. However, I am surprised to find other patients sitting in bed and smoking The worst part is with visit- ors. The first thing they do is light up cigarettes. And for three or four persons to be puff- ing away in a semi-private ward means the place is soon filled with smoke I asked the nurse about this and she said she was sorry but smoking is allowed and she was unable to do anything about it. But she did open a window, which helped a little I don't understand why the doctors allow this to continue, especially with all the concern about lung cancer and. the evils of smoking My idea is a room set aside where patients and visitors can' smoke without disturbing oth- ers. In my condition I cannot take jt. I want to enjoy life and not be smoke dried in a hospi- tal --H.W.S, It would be helpful to 'the doctors" if they could exercise the authority that you think they should, but ordering people to stop smoking usually doesn't have any more effect than or- dering fat people to eat less Not give up food -- just eat less! For that matter, we can't get people to exercise more, or take the right amount of . medicine (instead of too much or too little) or stop secretly fooling around with home remedies, or --Wwell, a lot of things In all candor, I quite agree with you. The patient .with a respiratory problem should not be subjected to tobacco smoke In general, it would be good if we could prohibit 'all. smoking in hospitals. Nobody would be harmed and many would be helped. . But how? .. In hospitals or no wards bed rooms much of a In jarger wards, it. becomes more serious, Maybe a solution would be to prohibit smoking by visitors, but to let the patients smoke if they choose. The pa- tients, I presume, would be po- lite enough not to smoke while they had visitors present But what about the who has no visitors, and wants to light up, while the fellow in the next bed has visitors but mustnct smoke himself? which have few but single or two- instead, this isn't problem patent Frankly, I don't know the an- ewer, but I print your letter in the hope that somebody else can think of one, It's a problem,' aii right, Dear Doctor: What causes a growth of hair on the breasts? Is there a cure?--T.V.H, This is normal in' many women, and no cause for alarm There's no cure, but you can snip them off. (Don't pluck them, because of the possibility of infection.) Dear Dr. Molner: What is a bowe! resection? Is there a dif- ference between that and a colostomy? When are they nec- essary ?--J.S.H. "Resection" means removal of part of the organ. A section, for instance, could be removed and then the two ends joined again. A colostomy (which in- volves resection) means in ad- dition that instead of the bowel being rejoine d, the end is brought out to an artificial open- ing in the abdomen, Reasons for doing it? Because of tumor, severe perforation of the bowel or other such condition, part of the bowel no longer functions, or cannot safely be allowed to remain. Cancer is one of sev- eral causes land were summarily dismissed throughout the country, There is, he claims, a shortage in West Sunrey of organists in the Anglican Church, and unless some alteration is made in the conditions of employment this state of affairs is likely to be- come even worse, TYPICAL CASE A typical case cited by the association is that of Mr. Baker himself. He was dismissed from Godalming parish church after nearly 14 years as its organist He said it was entirely due to the fact that a new incumbent of the parish wanted to alter the musical tradition of the church, and he did not agree with the change Another case was that of the dismissal' of L. Tanner, for 16 years choirmaster and organist at the Holy Trinity Church at Coventry. The vicar, Canon Gra- ham Clitheroe, said it was pure- ly a domestic church matter. Bat jit has had an unpleasant sequel, because it has resulted in most of the members of the 40-strong choir of the church going on strike because of the summary dismissal of their choirmaster. WOULD LIMIT POWERS The Surrey Organists' Associa- tion, which has 90 members, half of whom play in Church of England parishes, has discussed this situation at length, and has reached this decision: "To do all in its power to as- sist all efforts to limit the pow- ers of the clergy to dismiss an onganist without reason, or dis- cussion with the parochial church council." Mr. Baker claims that the list of dismissals of organists is langely due to a clash of per- sonalities, But he added: *T think the organist should enjoy the same rights and privil- e@ges as the verger, who cannot be dismissed without the joint approval of the incumbent and the church council, A lot of par- sons have meddiesome wives, and they have a lot to do with the troubles of the organists." At the Church of. England In- formation Office, however, a spokesman said that the office of organist was not an office known to the common law of the church, and the appointment and discharge of the organist at a aprish church rested solely with the incumbent, and not with the parochial church coun-- cil. This is the rule which the or- ganists' association is seeking to have amended, BY-GONE DAYS 30 YEARS AGO Feb, 13, 1934 The Oshawa Canadian Legion Memorial Hall was. officially opened by Provincial President Jules J. Penry at a largely at- tended banquet. The president, W. J. Jenkins, was emcee. Lt.-Col, J; B, MeCormack, secretary of the Chamber 'of Commerce, announced that the Oshawa Pottery Co. on King Street west, would be reorgan- ized with some local men in the organization. E. 8S. Alger was named -- vice-president Other Qshawa personnel were F. S. Stratford, Lt.-Col. MeCormack and Alex C. Hall. A. A. Crowle was re-elected chairman of the Oshawa Ceme- tery Board of Governors Knox Presbyterian Church marked its ninth anniversary with special services conducted bits minister, Rev," Parry Jones Miss Mary. McBrady, local musician, presented. a brilliant organ and piano recital in Sim coe Street United Church. Mrs J. P. Mangan, soprano vocalist, was assisting artist. M. Mcintyre Hood was ap- pointed delegate to the Domin- ion Convention of the Canadian Legion by the Oshawa Branch James W. Vandervoort of United Empire Loyalist stock died at his home on Drew street in his 84th year. The fuel committee of the Osh- awa Public Welfare Board an- nounced that wet coke would not be accepted for delivery to per- sons on relief. The announce- ment stated that each delivery of one-half ton must weigh 1,000 pounds, dry, The Oshawa tax rate was set at 46 mills, which was. the same rate as the previous year. At a meeting of the Oshawa Property Owners, S. G. Carnell proposed that the city ask gov- ernment for aid in building a sewage disposal plant. While the disposal. was. greatly needed, the main idea was to create work for the unemployed J.C. Ward was elected presi dent of the newly-formed Osh awa Branch of the Retail Mer- chants' Association of Canada Rhodesian Independence Raises Grave Questions LONDON (CP) -- The white population of Southern Rhodesia is moving towards its moment of truth over independence--an issue that could involve the whole Commonwealth, . 4 The choice is whether to seek independence with British ap- . proval, which implies a speedy reform of the constitution to bring more Negro Africans into government, or seize it illegally fo maintain white rule by 1-14th of the population. There are 250,000 whites, 3,600,000 Ne. groes, - A unilateral declaration of independence would be re- garded as an act of rebellion against the Queen. To stay in power, the rebels would need the support of the governor and armed forces, who would have to reject their oath of allegiance VALUE TRADITION Under these terms, the col- ony could no longer stay in the Commonwealth. If it did the multi-racial family of nations would be ripped apart along color lines. But a break would be traumatic, not least because the British tradition is precious to "the Rhodesian way of life,"' They pride themselves on their loyalty and war record Fateful steps in the decision could come now that Prime Minister Winston Field, a con aciontious man seeking a com promise, has been challenged in a secret caucus meeting by right-wing rebels in his Rho- desian Front Party Field, in Britain recently for informa! talks with Prime Min- ister Sir Alec Douglas-Home, took a hasty flight home on hearing of the growing" revolt on independence. Informed sources said the party's pariia- mentary caucus was split down the middle, Decision point is hastened by two spectres haunting the gov- erning whites in Salisbury: --The prospect of a Labor government in Britain this year that might "sell us down the river' to a Negro ma- jority, Labor would certainly be less sympathetic than the Tories ~The recent violence in East Africa's newly independent states, proof to most white Rhodesians that Africans are not yet ready to govern and that Prime Minister Field's policy of "evolution, not rev- olution" is the only sensible * course INREST AFTER BAN The hard-shell white suprem- acisis in the government are not even sold on evolution, They want to stamp out African po litical activity now. The mount ing unrest following a ban on nationalist leader Joshua Nkomo has tw the country almost in. a state of cold war," as Minister of Justice Clifford Dupont put it Field's personal position as a Detection Laboratory Can Protect Innocent An old, two seen passing streets of TORONTO (CP) tone Ford was through the empty suburban Scarborough in the early hours of June 10, 1960. A few hours Jater the slashed, half-nude body of Margaret Bennett was found on a service station lot in that district. Police traced the car to Lon- don, Ont., where it had been stopped after crashing into a road barrier. Large stains that looked like blood were on the seat The owner of the car had been released from Kingston Penitentiary two months earlier after serving a long sentence for manslaughter Biologist Elgin Brown of the Ontario attorney - general's de- partment laboratory examined the car. His evidence was conclusive. There was nothing to connect the owner of this car to the slaying of Mrs, Bennett. This is a example of the work done by the laboratory, headed by Dr. H. Ward Smith, 49, a pharmacologist who left a teaching career at, the Univer- sity of Toronto, to become direc- tor when the laboratory was reorganized in 1951. SEEKS FACTS The incident illustrates why Dr. Smith does not like to have the laboratory referred to as a crime-detection centre. He calls it a forensic laboratory; that is, pertaining to the courts of jus- tice Its work is just as important in establishing innocence as in proving guilt, he says. The laboratory staff numbers 54, including pathologists, biolo- gists, toxicologists, chemists, firearms experts and experts on handwriting and documents. It may establish guilt or inno- cence in a hit-and-run case, for instance, by analysing a frag- ment of paint no larger than a pihead Fraudulent cheques, fake stock. certificates, obscene letters, may be traced to their source, and the authenticity of a suicide note can be estab- lished. A small quantity of wax on the hammer of a gun was all the laboratory needed to con- firm that the gun was fired ac- cidentally when dropped on the floor. Examination of residue where an explosion knocked out a wall of a house in Kirkland Lake proved a stick of explo- TODAY IN HISTORY THE CANADIAN PRESS The Canadian House of Commons passed a bill, over Liberal opposition, 51 years ago today--in 1913-- to contribute to the-recon- struction of Britain's navy. The Liberal-controlled Sen- ate withheld approval pend- ing reference to the people. 1633 -- Italian astronomer Galileo arrived in Rome where he was detained by the Inquisition for some time for teaching that the sun was the central body 1826--National temperance reform began in the United States with the formation in Boston of the American So- ciety for the Promotion of Temperance. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM If a woman can fathom things by intuition, why does she ask so many questions? By Almost anything. seems bright to the kind of parents. who go around repeating the allegediy bright sayings of their children. The saying Seeing is be heving, "is old hat now. It has been set aside by television, sive was responsible for the blast, not a leakage of gas The laboratory's scientists have been called in on many of Ontario's murder trials in re- cent years, and have trained the nearly 300 breath analysis operators in 42 offices in the province It analyzes the concentration of alcohol in the blood of per- sons involved in 1,500 traffic and other accidents or violent deaths, every year. It has three new machines-- called chromatographs -- capa- ble of measuring as little as one-billionth of a gram of drug or poison in blood. A new method of analysing the petro- leum content of gasoline may determine the brand of gasoline used by an arson suspect. A new method of studying the concen- tration of metals in hairs may make human hair as positive a means of identification as the fingerprint, But, says Dr. Smith, tech- niques and research have failed to keep up with the develop- ments in today's sophisticated crime operations -and intelligent criminals, "We're 30 years behind and falling further behind ever day." if He said he would like to see more time available for his staff to devote entirely to re- search. OTTAWA REPORT eamparativaly moderate iaadee is in danger. If more extreme politicians feel his mission to Britain has failed and it is time for a showdown, they may force him to resign and take the issue to the countny in a general election. If he does, there is no guar- antee that moderation will pre vail, despite deep loyalty to the Crown that will recoil at the Idea of armed rebellion, The truth is that white Rho- desians are really worried now. Most are free from. racial hatred, but are convinced that in present-day Africa, Negro rule leads to chaos, They are bitler at what they consider Britain's double-deal- ing over the years and are so ultrawensitive to criticism some even see the BBC as a sub- versive purveyor of liberal ideas, "Liberal" is generally an insult on Rhodesian 'ips, : STATUS UNIQUE Above all, they: are sharply conscious of their country's unique status .in the Common- wealth. Unlike other colonies, Rhodesia has been self-govern- ing since 1928, independent in all but name, Inevitably, there is much resentment at untried African governments being given independence while their own experienced administration in denied it Field has said "we are not an emotional people," but emo- tion does play a part. Attitudes towards Negroes in power have hardened considerably in the ry three years. The. process began in 1960 when white refu- gees the former Belgian Congo staggered off the trains in Bulawayo with horrific tales of Negro atrocities "They have hardened on both sides as the two northern mem- bers of the federation of Rho- desia and Nyasaland gained their black majority govern- ments Until recently life in South- ern Rhodesia had a dream-like quality, despite its tough fron- tier traditions. It was a world of soft-footed servants bearing trays of gin and tonic at "sun- downer time; a world where the prosperity and authority of the white man seemed naturally ordained The harsh voice of African nationalism intruded unpleas- antly on this sun-drenched idyll, It wasn't that most whites dis- liked Africans--they simply ig- nored them as people. A local government official once ob- served; "This country is run on the pretence that the native is not here." NEGROES PROGRESSING Much progress has been made since then--a multi-racial uni- versity, hotels and restaurants where once Negroes were not allowed on the sidewalks, Some jobs, notably the railways and civil service, have evolved to- wards equal status. Doubtless, given tlme. "the franchise would evolve in the same way to provide, as Field believes, a more mature and competent African elite than those who have hustled to power in' the north, At present it is true that Southern Rhodesia has few Africans of cabinet calibre. On all these arguments Rho- desia's whites may well be right --but right too late. They have been overtaken by history, and for them the time is out of joint, from Boost For Sports Proposed By Judy By PATRICK NICHULSON OTTAWA -- Canadian sports- men have an enthusiastic new champion in Hon. Judy La- Marsh, minister of national health and welfare. She has just returned from Innsbruck, Austria, where she represented Canada--officially, not competi- tively--at the opening ceremon- jes of the Winter Olympic Games, As a result of what she saw there, she is determined to do all she can to ensure that lack of facilities shall never again handicap our entrants in world competition, "Our boys and girls at Inns- bruck were terrific," she told me, "Canada had one of the largest groups of competitors there. They made friends ev- erywhere. And their entry in the opening parade, dressed in heir official uniforms of Hud- son Bay blanket coats, was the most striking, excelling even the Argentinans in their dra- matic red poncho capes. But they haven't had the opportu- nity to train themselves up to the standard of the Europe- peans." The armchair quarterbacks of all sports in Canada are too little enthiised by our country's efforts and too little confident in its potentialities, Miss La- Marsh believes. "We seem to think that if its Canadian, it is certainly second or third rate," she charged. MORE FAME ABROAD Then she illustrated this with a little episode which happened on her travels to Austria. She got into conversation with some German -policemen who, al- though far from Innsbruck, were well informed about the competitors and the Games. In the hockey competition, they assured her, the victory would Ne between Canada and Russia. "What a contrast," Judy quipped, "I expect that 90 per cent of the policemen in Canada know much less about the fine team of Father Bauer's boys and the hard route they had, to work themselves up into a teain of winning Olympic standard." To help young Canadians through the' costly process of training and practising under competitive conditions, she would like to see a system of national sports scholarships in- stituted, she told me. Many Canadian boys and girls, who have the fibre and the adroit- ness to shine at sports, simply cannot afford to embark upon the wholetime unpaid job -of working up to international standard. Sports 'scholarships would put Canadians on a par with the youth of other nations who are subsidized by the state, - by colleges or by rich fathers. Another possible aid, she sug-. g.sts, might be the creation of sports cabins in suitable as yet undeveloped terrains, LURE OF DOLLAR "We are of course very materialistically minded,"" she said ruefully, "I think it is a shame our kids become lured into the professional milieu at the age ofy 12 or 13. I would like to see a lot of Canadians prepared and able to play amateur sport." Where did our minister of health: and welfare get her interest in sport? "T had to start wearing glasses at the age of seven, so T could never tackle a sport such as skiing,' she told me, "But as minister of welfare, I am responsible for administer ing big funds to promote physi- cal fitness. And don't forget, 1 have some talented advisers in my party in Parliament, There's Jack Roxburgh (MP for Norfolk, Ont.), who -was president of the Canadian Ama: teur Hockey Association. Then there's Kelly, (Red) Kelly, And Jim MeNulty, from Lincoln, Ont, And of course a man called L. B, Pearson, a real sports fan, who used to play semi-pro baseball with my father." Canada, she believes, can become more competitive in international sport, And as a probable fillip; she expects to gee the 1972 Winter Olympic Games attracted to Banff, which might stir among Cana- dians some of the keen interest which she sensed among Euro- pean countries, »