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Barrie Examiner, 18 Mar 1959, p. 2

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Gin Earth Exams Published bycanaoiur Newspapers Ltd Pulled Buns Onhxio PAGE WY nearer Crest Foundation Got Its Start At Minets Pavilion At Minets Point Pavilion Barrie on the night of July 1948 the straw Hat Players presented The Drunkard This was the first production of Murray and Donald Davis and now over 10 years later we find themrnnning the Crest as professional theatre which celebrat ed its fifth anniversary in January In that July it is unlikely they had any idea their summer venture would turn into permanent repertory theatre reports Theatre Canada It took five years of summer stock ex perience and great deal of drive on the part of Murray and Donald and their sister Barbara Chileott to open the first repertory theatre to be seen in Toronto in years On January 1953 the curtain went up on the first production Rich ard of Bordeaux Now in the middle of the theatres sixth season The Crest stands on Mount Pleasant Road and ap pears to he fixture on the Toronto and Canadian theatre front Since those early days in 1954 the start has travelled long and often bumpy road It has been plagued by lack of funds However turning point came about in 1957 when the theatre changed from limited company and became Foundation with the two brothers act ing as producers While the theatre is still not on safe financial footingit has been able to receive grants and dona tions which has assured it of continuing life Close to 10 productions have appeared on the Crests stage From the time it opened when play ran two or maybe Opinions of Other Newspapers EDUCATION IN LIQUOR SMOKING Windsor Star The Saskatchewan Government is contemplat ing an educational program among the young encouraging them not to smoke That is an ac tion which other provinces might well emulate And all certainly should be more forthright in informing youth of the perils of alcohol There is plenty of medical evidence now to suggest smoking is conducive to cancer of the lungs one of the most deadly forms of this dread disease None suggests it is the only cause Air pollution and other factors also may be an inilu once But there is sufficient weight of evidence to show heavy smoking isnt healthy Similarly there are plenty of statistics show ing the increase of alcoholism And likewieelto prove how this disease contributes to untimely deaths quite apart from its social and economic connotations There are ample induceran to encourage people in smoke and drink There should be equally determined efforts to discourage people from excesses These can be made by parents church organizations etc But they also should he made by governments BLAMED 0N DRINK Sudhury star They blamed their behavior on drink That same old familiar phrase was heard again at Ottawa when two men were charged with assault ing police officer One was convicted and lined $100 and costs the other was freed And Queens Park apparently takes the view there is no liquor problem in Ontario What tremendous help it would be in liquor law enforcement if every offence involving liquor was reported and specially indexed in the files at Queens Park From this accumulation of know three weeks depending on its popular ity the season is now planned for each presentation to run three or four weeks or as in the case of the 5th Anniversary party piece five weeks Gradually To ronto and outside the city theatregcers have come to accept the Crest and its work permanent audience greatly encouraged by the Crests ever active Theatre Club is beginning to enjoy and revel in the theatres presentations The fact that it has taken the citys popula tion five years to accept the Crest is matter of concern when it is an estab lished fact that the theatre has been recognized both in the United States and England for its valuable contribu tion to the theatre since its early days of operation alteriisseuuiiorlslrweep lg 52 lies March it actually picked additionaluilfiegr count of alrnoei en at eexpenee the Liberals But today all post election enthusiasm waned Since the height of lo has lost faith and popular backing for the Conservativ is down once more to the level of electllm day That still was 8h ll E5 is Elli if rill emotions Nona LOWER CANADA is how Quebec feels Pee she is still not quite sure hr relationship with other in dour Highland blood seems to have predominated over the warm Prairie heart in the Prime mamas motions to Quebec because it conceals and silences This is the first season the running of the theatre has been in the hands of only one or the Davis brothers Donald is in sole command while his brother Murray has years leave of absence Already this season has been one of the finest productions ever staged in the theatre Inherit the Wind opened in November and ran four weeks On New Years Eve the Crest presented us first revue called This Is Our First REVOLUTIONARY rVOlunou Facing The Problem enamel to give John Diama And lsfar the Conservative record majority in panama partys relations with Quebec are The affection of the Prairie Named ihal province is he farmers for the Prairie lawyer timed and disorganized wlule gave him nearly 100 per wotxup 15 SwamiLY Mimil Broil port in the Conunons they have by outsiders are keynoch by cooled only slightly dupile theirl Domini protest about wheat prices Indus Quebecs representation in the trial Ontario supports him with federal cablneiis by far the least almost as much enthusiasm us effective of any province with ever one uoeption Tworrunlstcrs are lit the Maritimes faith in the slowed down by illhealth there government has even increased appear to be two vacancies un Affair with Jane Mallett the revue was The lesson of this is that think filled the seniorminister who in the nature of ramp til celebrate the in d° mi blame the We lacks the emu1° Dr theatros fifth anniversary Donald Davis eromeot for unemployment dur pertorentsl portfolio is as unre directed it and Jane Mallett Corina Con ley and Phyllis Marshall whose mother is from Barrie starred in it Tire revue also featured Eric House Joseph Shaw John wellknown to Canadian stage and tele vision ledge the attorneygenerals department might decide that provincial police flying liquor squad and rigid lndlan list are desirable tee in keeping liquor under control Under the crgu son sdminisiraiion in the 20s liquor cuntrol was introduced to Ontario In recent years there has been mounting evidence of less control Murder manslaughter assaults highway deaths and injuries and broken homes have been laid on the doorstep of liquor Equally serious has been juvenile gangstean and debauchery charg ed to liquor The liquor interests are dishlrbed over it and one distillery has been consistently advocating moderation as its contribution to an Educational campaign against excessive Ilse of quor Surely it is not too harsh to suggest that all who By MITCHELL Barrie District Central Collegiate Our children are without ex ception beset at this time by the examination deadline Time passes more and more quickly as these deadlines approach nerves get on edge and fear pers flare with each succeeding day The question invariably arises as to what is being test cd by the reconnectionthe knowledge of the subject or the knowledge of how to write an examination In ancient times when the teacher would stand in the midst of group of sitting sub dents who repeated the lessons aloud in order to learn the wis dom of the day the examinins was largely oral Either les son had been learned or it had not Students of thou days should have feared such tests much more than we do today with our ttoa tests With the teachers piercing eye not plead liquor an an excusefor unlawlnlmactionhsixvfect from theatudent an in be prohibited from purmasing or being supplied with liquor for varying periods There is law now that places some people on the iodine list It can be extended to cover all who break the law because of liquor VALUE OF STRIKES The Printed Word To newspaper readers whose fearsmay be dulled by the frequent appearance of the expres sion Commiedominaled uoionsand to union members who feel even Commie is all right as union has if he can get more pay for the members the following quote is underlined It is from Canadian communist handbook pub lished some years back and still being read it is not probable that there will be nahnn wide revolution but str es are the next thing to it Workers can be run illzed during strikes Strikers are experiments during which work ers and members can be trained for actual fighting against their appressors the capital I2m News of Planner Years MARCH 18 ms Miss McMahon Schpol Nurse said that there were few diseases in the schools at that time in February ihere was one case of scarlet fever and four of whooping cough 25 had dental defeats and eight had other defects She had made 36 visits to the schools in the month with 346 inspections First aid treahnents were 37 physical inspections so vision tests 214 and 30 home visits barrie Council ordered 40 cards of wood for use of relief from Cameron and Ellis the lowest tender This was 200 of No body hardwood at $700 cord and lo cords of limb wood at $425 card also of hardwood Tenders of others were slightly higher including one from Bracebridge The use of the town grader came under Paragraphically Speaking ledestrlans say that even the smallest foreign cars arenrsmall enough as they cant he stepped over when they block crosswalks cussioa in Council Some thbught that it could be used at night when needed letter from Town Engineer Rawson however explained that it was not equipped with lights for night operating and could be used on the front streets only The cost of installing the lights would be about $200 summary of gas plant earnings as of 1988 was given by Salter Manager of the Commission This showed that even 1987 had an operating profit excluding debentures and in ierest payments of $42026 was shown but 1938 showed corresponding loss of $5557 Fixed as sets of the Gas Department are listed $1671190 the largestrtcm being $1021325 for land and buildings but there are liabilities to Barrie includ mg cash advance interest and debentures and in correct answer often carried physical penalty as well as scholach one For endless ages the inventor has had his deadlines to meet His examination was practi cal one the results of which could mean his very life as well sslosa of faroe or fortune Our Practicals come later in the school of hard koocksthe world as we seek to apply our knowledge to face the world and to succeed it would be difficult to dis cover just when the first writ ten examination took the place of the ancient oral test lt has supplanted it to certain ex however and knowledge is veo back to the examiner in much more formal way than previousllh The majority of written ex aminations are written without helps of any kind When our teachers told us of exam inations to which they were able to bring any texts they wished our hearts longed for the op portunity to try this method wellset examination re quiring say two hours leaves very little time for resedtch Students at McGlIl who brought wheelbarrow loads of books in to the examination room found them an encumbrance before the examination ended Modern examiners look to the multiple choice type of objective test in which all answers are brief and may be markcd by machine it was at first thought that such questions would be relatively ineffective in giving terest redeemed by the town amount to $12 some Brighter clothes for men are needed okays style magazine Yes but the need is not nearly so great as that for brighter men When one of those new vending mach ines says Thank you it you respond MOSDL iraq AP lraqs landowning Arab sheiks have suf fered crushing defeat in Mosul that mayhasten their final dis persion intofhe desert It appears in Mosul that last weeks rebellion was the work of the student sufficiently com llrehensive feet in actual fact if has been dis covered that careful choice of questions can result in an ex tremely selective type of exam ination These nominations separate good students from poor ones pofcndal university student from poor univarslty prospects Objectivetype feels are be coming more and more popular in Ontario This year making education history each Grade 12 student will write stand ard test in Enfiish and Malbe matics for the first time since the cessation of Middle School examinations more than 10 years ago Thae tests will be largely predictive in nature indicating ths students ability to progress to work in Grade rs Next year so per cent of many Grade examinations will he of the shortanswer type on will be marked by machine EXAMS NECESSARY Regardléisof Illcalled modern educators try to in troduce in the way of salve for the student who will not work or who unfortlnrsteiy learns more slowly than others it is unfair io gear student to society as compeéiyiive as in its makeup ramov com petition hvm his lifavat des age The return of recognition of competition in the threelevel system in our elementary school rooms were breath of fresh air vary badly needed Through our trial of self cx pression in ltrloosast formi ject matter is continuous pro cess in which the student by keeping up his dailywork gains the knowledge oi the subject if this conscientiolu work is followed by suitable review the student is wild prepared in write about any English Geog raphy or somevothcr topic Even with the above prepar ation lack of knowledge of how to write an examination can be handicap In general the rules for set ting examinations are these Questiome chosen such that an average student should receive about per cart the examination should if pos sible give marks in proportion to the time spent in the study of the topics throughout the year in subjects requiring the reproduction of bookwork say in Mathematics English or Seduce the student could be told what percentage of the paper will be on this topic is miscellaneous details that vary from subject subject Al though these are guides for the teacher perhaps they mastoi so be helps for the student close look at the four gen eral suggestions which have been made will ease the mind of sstudent who has stood con sistently infhe upper so centofblsclassintermwilrlrf Students know by examina tion time whether or not they are considered average The below average student would do well to follow procedure such as this Write down in brief form any ideas with which you have We have developed group who difficulty and get these ironed are limited because they have not had the privilege of guid ance in their selfexpression We in Ontario are indeed fort unsafe that oin years of encour agement of complete selfex pression have been relatively few Some Canadian school systems have only recently du covered the folly of sending student to school to do what he likes The Saskatchewan sys tem is under review at present to correct this very thing Examinations are the main way not the only way or necessarily the best way in which our students are given the oppogtlmiiy to compete with their peers Our attitudes to wards examinntions should be intense latcrestfkeen delight in good success and maximum co operation with the conscientious etudlultwho falls behind in the race The preparation of the sub Defeat IOiSheiks Hasten Departure an agrarian reform law Redis tribution of land is major pro ject ofKasseln who says the reason for ovuthrowing the mon archy last summer was the ur Eeutneed for improvilig the lot of theer masses stuff Examiner withvTlrink nothing ofit it will be mm mm certain to follow your instructions souls wealthy merchants aym are frlboofachnmd Ajal owns raoo year so six months Post office Department Ottawa Dally Sundays llrfl Biathlon flouflaylexcepled wALlsxcuml our onos Businus Menur mamas Bonusn News mm or anocxwm as man hsrm subscription rate ourtynrriu roe Jun sum year Binlie copy mail lacunaI 80o month Outside ClnldJ min mm Officer 44 st Toronto no on Efren yuml wandequ Mt Yum number of the oneem New WWW email punP of Audit Bumuolcuvulations Canadian been inuuhe use on rmphuestlork ulufivaYflmhu all II Kolitere and all IllI local nm published than All mo of repIrhlictioerof coin sun herein we also reserved Tcitp onefNumber Editorial Advilrrul snd uliutll lurkwa Want Ads PArkw IMII 11 The cold war is becoming considerably colder and paradomcallythe colder it gets the more danger there is of it be coming hot During an idle moment we madaup this Joke to take outJI wasnt born Who hmél restored order for mu yesterday 01 course you werent No bod could get as dumb as you are in one day urhioure styles or 40 years agohave returncdTrade note It is wishcdwits erstwhile contemporary the almighty dollar would return var til may between Ligand Deb bie re worth whatEddles divorce cost pathizers with President Nasser oftlre United Arab Republic and ambitious officers divergent forces with the common aim only of overthrowing Premier Kassem flre batialldn commander the goyeroment claimed that Col Abdul Wahab Shawaf who led the revolt was anopportuolst encouraged by the paramount Sheik Achmad Ajil Alldyanar lessersheiksnnd wealthy city merchants who also are absentee landlordsjof farmland tilled by the peas eyare said to have been ro iled to force byfhe galgrit run in hundreds of thousands of acres same of in blame game in tbenameunl the tribe But when threatened by redis tribution of land which might fights the yaléaltering of the tern ordered thou hibesuren to Mosul to participate lnthe revolt Kurdish fribesrnen from the northeast who are less domi nated by their sheiks arrived in Baghd on Kaseem side Shawabe oldiars turned him and killed him afterhire was wounded in bombing by iran air force planes ProKareem city dwellers alreadyorgenised into volunteer militia were Armed academic war and joined in fhe mopup of lh re Estimates the dead run no as 2000 out wil your teacher reduce this idea list 20 list of facts which you hava difficulty memberlog there may be so or more of these at the etartl reduce this list further by writ ing and rewriting not copy ing what you can remember from the list and eliminating all tonnes ill carry ops seven to 10 items with you to the examination room and let it be the last you look at before closing your books to write the exam when you relt ceive your question paper write from moryl these facts on the back of the paper before you read the question paper You will receive sense of se currizy knowing that the facts are now recorded and available to you One last word regarding pre ariion 0n the night previous to writing an important test he Cure to get sufficient slaep amming or nominations dangerous habit HIGH SCHOOL EXAMS Many elementary school stu dents experience for the first gigs oitn higgnéchooi the near wri an examination which is not set by their own teacher This experience is felt by all students in Ontario in Grade 18 To these studenm we have two pieces of advice During your Grade is year gain confidence in your teach ers We in Barrie have two line ieams of teachers in our collegiates Yourbelief in this ing the part 13 months for as Liberal ex health minister Paul Martin described in great detail in Halifax last week the Atlan tic provinces have as whole the highest rate oi unemployment of any region oi Canada nearly double the national average AND FAITH in spite of this the Maritimerl with their great fraditim of edu cstimr and with the common sense of the sesfarer recognize that John Diefenbsker has the in terests of the little man at heart will be sun of honour at his and is ensuring that his govern ment actively pursues his elec tion promise of fair shares for all and favours for none But what ails Quebecwhere the Prime Minister won more scale than any Conservative leader has ever won before In that province the Diefenbaker government has experienced by far the sharpest drop in popular Handgun recorded anywhere in Ca na The cause for this appears to marked in leadership as he has been in his other post as presi dent of the National Conservative Association These are fire mailers rather ihan the obvious grit in the ma chioery of government which could be costing the government its serious losses in Quebec Mr chlcnbakcr himself has taken the imaginative step of im plemoniing buiogualism by in lusting simultaneous translation in the Commons valsrweek be gathering his first significant ap pcsrance hr Quebec since the election But lacking distinguished lieutenant and respected advisers from Quebec he has evidently been unable to achieve meet ing of minds with French Can ada This is sadly eroding the welcome and praiseworthyne ffonal unity which was exempli fied by his truly nationwide par 1ismeutary support following the last election Queens Milli dots of Rebellion By DON OEEARN Special Correspondent For The Barrie Examiner TORONTO One of the inter esting points of the session as al ways has been the various acts of rebellion from the govern ment beaches The present Progressive Con servative party is quite closely knit group But like all groups it Focus of interest ment should encourage harness racing Mr Janos of emirse was speaking mainlyon behalf of the rural fairs but he also reprelt senteda good block of opinion of the PC caucus Tho night racing question is one on which thecsucusls in considerable disagreement Rural members would like to see assistance to the harness has its internal disagreements sport And manyciw members Some of that are held within dont see too much bum in the the family But others break out trailers under the lights info the public eye And this year This is matter however on there have been the usual num NIGET RACING One rather peculiar field in which difference showed was in harness racing Zebi Janos on veteran from Lambton East made it plain he didnt agree with the governments policy on not per mitting night racing which the premier personally feelsstroogly He thinks night racing is racket And he wont agree to it SALES TAX Arthur Child is another mem herwho speaks his mind more freely than others This year one of the Ifields in which he has been critical of his own administration is in gasoline He intended he said to arr13 range that delegation should see Premier Frost to once again press demand that the govern Alterlige at Bill Introduced TORONTO CP0ntarioresl ta wouldhe permitted tom change their names at is instead of 21 under one of several gov arnment bills introduced Tuesday in the legislature Another bill would amend the Police Act to boards of police commissioners sell unclaimed an ticlesiociuding motor vehicle aftcr holding them for one month instead of firmerownérs could claim the proceeds withinr lie said it did not make sense to charge tax on gasoline used th aircraft flying over the prov ce Liberal Ross Whicher expanded this thought further to cover out board motors He said gasoline fax imposw ontbernwas really sales tax and represented the first step to wards policy of sales tax by government nu nrssoaun This disagreemt of course is notunusual All parties have gt There are more substantial dif fercnces within the PC ranks than show Feeling over fluoridation polleylsoua of them And tbeLiberols are probab even more spilt than the PCs Trying to grape its way towards new policy as it is the party farmer WEme Pem runs lntanuch conflict between he 59° WES WWIw An amendment to the jarm newma oldihoujghtin its ranks are worded differently fromthe ones tome you are used re member that each student in the province willluyexperlcnce this from itand do not panic At present the battle education are being fought Re member that you maylosebat fies butnot too badly but it is the of lhewar that counts The maximum import ance will be laid on your June examination Use your Christ mas and Easter results to guide your future atratcgy in this Make sure you deem from your mistakes Maiu sure you win in June cTheCCFwifhifssmsllreprA would provide for the licensing sentatiou does not run into the fruit storage operations earns difficulty But in the past The mam Ontario Wam il has had more serious internal Resources Commission could be differences than either of the increased two members under 011 W17 another It would also author ire municipalities to pay in ad vance any sum for which jthey became liable under anegree ment with the commission emotion yoursremorse chsrou Jamaica Reuters tsunami dreams formed man of the dust of the mend Gemu Noel Newton Ne ersola55iam Humanityrnaybavrl travels alcan finance dled here Tuesday following attankl lie was first vicepresident of the riot Peoples National paqu where we are in long roadfrom microorgan isms lhelmportapt thing arne from on 05FE rigIsaac 1na=gtn bear trance lav 2126

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