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passing of wellknown ladies saddens buttonville community by jean leaf buttonville this community was saddened last week to learn of the death of sirs andrew grant of unionville who died thursday january 5 at the scarboro general hospital after a short ill ness mrs grant the former helen thomson was a member of browns corn ers united church and a willing helper in church and community affairs she was also a curling enthusiast an honoured member of the unionville ladies curling club well known throughout ontario and canada as a fine com petitor surviving are her hus band andy one son ray of stouffville and three granchildren randy gary and heather also a broth er robert toronto and a sister harriet winnipeg a service was held monday afternoon january 9 in the chapel of the ogden funeral home agincourt with interment at st andrews cemetery ben- dale mrs elmo snider the buttonville com munity extends sympathy lo russell and roy boying- lon whose sister mrs eliza boynington snider passed away last week at york central hospital rich mond hill after a lengthy illness mrs snider spent her girlhood in this neighbour hood she was the daughter of the late mr and mrs john boyington who farm ed the land where arn- leigh heights and knob hill farm market are locat ed at don mills road and no 7 hwy mrs snider is survived by her husband elmo of yonge st richmond hill and her brothers both of buttonville a funeral service was held saturday afternoon january 7 from the pipher funeral home richmond hill neighbourhood notes mrs albert copps moth er has been staying with the copp family since the death of her husband late last fall mrs aubrey stephen sons mother mrs a e milner has taken up resid ence at stouffville mrs clarke young of unionville entertained for mrs d harrington on the occasion of her 90th birth day and among the guests were mr and mrs russell boyington and dr and mrs george kelly for mrs harrington it was not only a reunion with old friends but a return to her former home as well janet craig is recuperat ing from a tonsilectomy and mrs richard carr re turned home monday from scarboro hospital after surgery the victoria square and district lions are planning another musical evening for 300 lucky people who are fortunate enough to get tickets for their con cert at the community centre friday feb 3 this time there will be a brand new program by the scar boro chapter of barber- shoppers as well as the 46member chorus there will be three outstanding quartettes all of them prize winning groups the comic quartette the home towners and the wanders there are only 300 seats at the victoria square community centre so make your reservations early for further informa tion contact lion aubrey stephenson mrs george hooper and mrs clayton jones were at richmond hill district high school on monday jan 2 with the york chor- aliers when they sang at the richmond hill centen nial program the tribune canadas century a new background special on the centennial of confederation canadas classroom revolution fourteenth of a series by walt mcdayter in early canada the emphasis in education was on the four rs reading riling rithmetic and religion the first schools in canada were run by french roman catholic missionaries as early i as 1635 jesuits were teaching french and indian children in i quebec mother marie of the incarna- tlon was the first nun to come to canada 1834 she dedicated her j life to educating settlers chil dren and indians establishing a teaching monastery in quebec city then spreading to other settlements in new france i shortly after the conquest of i new france by the british the i only schools instructing in eng- ish were a few set up by church groups for religious in struction it was not until after the war of 1812 that pioneer logcabin schoolhouses began to mushroom in this period there were only a few hundred people in all can ada educated beyond the pri mary school level canadas first englishlanguage universi ty was kings college founded la windsor ns its3 it was restricted to church of england anglican pupils students were expelled if caught attend ing a roman catholic or pres byterian service or other re bellious or seditious meeting a similar kings college was established in fredericton in 1323 and anglican archdeacon john strachan received a chart er for a kings college in toron to he hoped to establish an an glican monopoly over education in all upper canada but was thwarted by a methodist eger- ton ryerson the methodists founded victoria college and the presbyterians started queens university in 1841 laval founded in qutbec city la 1s52 was canadas first frenchlanguage university un der roman catholic control chief among the early nonde nominational universities were dalhousie at halifax 1818 mc- gill at motstieal 1821 and uni versity of toronto 1841 the fathers of confederation in the bxa act put education under the jurisdiction of provin- c i a 1 governments ensuring higher educational standards as for separate schools it was decided that minorities would retain rights held prior to feder ation and the provinces would determine any further conces sions this issue came to a head in 1890 in manitoba when the pro vincial government withdrew fi- thursdar jtrauy 12 1967 pje 1 wmffijffl jslllsil the university of new brunswick arts building in fred ericton is the oldest college still standing in canada its structure completed in 1829 egerton ryerson named sap erintcuufut of education for upper canada 1su architected an education system which served as a blueprint for all canada he added new subjects to the curriculum and intro duced free compulsory edu cation nancial support from roman catholic schools catholics pro tested that they had been guar anteed separate schools by the manitoba school act of 1st wilfrid laurier finally brought about a compromise offering optional religious instructions after school hours today separate schools con tinue to thrive in four prov inces alberta saskatchewan ontario and quebec supported by local taxation in newfound land almost all schools are ad ministered by religious groups but supported by provincial grants i present denominational schools including universities continue to play a significant part in the education of canadi an youth but generally speak ing the trend is toward sepa rating religion from education and as we approach the cen tennial of confederation we can boast of an education system that is second to none in the world however education re mains the greatest challenge facing canadians the world is in flux and the next century will spawn an even more complex society whether canada maintains its place of prominence with the other great nations will depend chiefly on what will happen tomorrow in the classrooms across our coun- try toronto telegram news servlct clip and save for office supplies its the tribune wanl a small car thats big in every way iook no further anglla will surprise and delight you check these 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