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4 the triblne thursday may 24 1973 ivcna bhiune established 1sss chakles i nolan publisher l james thomas associate publisher and editor robert mccauslaxd advertising director published every thursday by inland publishing co limited at 54 main st stouffville ont tel 6402101 toronto phone 3611680 single copies 15e subscriptions 600 per vear in canada 1500 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian community newspapers association and ont ario weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number 08s6 is stopwatch radar ethical click thats the sound of the latest radar mechanism that will be incorporated by york regional police immediately to clock speeding motorists throughout the region but its not an electronic apparatus no its a stopwatch chief bruce crawford reported his decision to the board of police commissioners recently and only two commission members bitterly opposed the use of stopwatches in dicating it was sneaky although the chief assured ray twinney that officers would be in full view of passing motorists the angry commissioner charged that police would hide behind trees to catch speeders and whos to say that officers would stand at the side of the road is chief crawford going to patrol the entire region to satisfy his own assurance according to the chief this mthod of clocking speeders has been used by other forces for at least 28 years and it is the chiefs contention that it is his responsibility to enforce the law and use every legal means to do it legal perhaps but ethical as it is now patrol officers park their yellow cruisers well in off the highway and its difficult for a motorist to detect them until its too late and as mr twinney put it the stopwatch device was used as far back as 28 years its a step backward lets not go overboard are we going overboard when it comes to protecting the environment saving energy and protesting back in the fifties we all faced the prospect of being blown to bits as the result of a nuclear bomb scare a few even built shelters and others started going to church all we have now is the odd warning siren to remind us of this period in the sixties the environment peril was all the rage with the same youngsters who tossed pop bottles on your boulevard telling you that adults had ruined the world now in the seventies we have the great energy crisis it would appear however that if we are willing to pay more money for the energy the scarcity diminishes added to these problems we have the protest fad its so bad that its almost possible today to generate a protest before the problem even occurs true there is or was some foundation for each of these crises the bomb scare has cooled out the environment problem is slowly coming under control so far as water and air is concerned through a clampdown on major offenders the average man is becoming a sceptic when it comes to protests partly because the fashion is becoming so tedious theres a universal tendency to holler wolf and carry these problems to such ex tremes that as many people are beingturned off as turned on when it comes to lending a hand hangings are down murders are up to say that the death penalty is no deterrent to murder has a pretty hollow ring when everyone knows that there has not been a hanging for years to say there is no nection between the rising number of murders and the almost total abolition of the death penalty is to bury ones head in the sand these violent individuals scarcely have to worry about getting caught let alone put to death our society under what is believed to be great liberal enlightenment cannot bring itself to take a human life regardless of how dastardly the crime committed true there are crimes of passion and derangement but a many of the murders today appear to be little more than the settling of scores with the law tipped in favor of thean with the gun or bob against peaceful citizens whose laws no longer seem to protect them we appear to be losing our grip and the government has neither the heart nor the stomach to fight back anymore little by little everything is being permitted and once this happens nothing really matters travellers beware friends who have just returned from a trip to australia and new zealand tell us that they were offered as low as 74 cents for american dollars canadian british swiss and german money fared much better people who are contemplating a trip particularly down under and who usually load up with supposedly good us currency might take heed sugar and spice how weve ruined schools by bill smiley there appears to be a general and growing concern about the quality of education these days not only are teachers concerned and they are but students and parents are beginning to feel that they are being short changed a couple of letters to the editors of two daily papers recently were revealing in one a university student stated that he had read a 2000word essay written by a friend who was an honour student in the essay there was one 1 sentence which did not have a spelling or grammar error and editw 8 hbbtt- mail dear sir as a mobile home owner who would very much like to locate near the metro area i am writing to express my views on mobile park living both as an advantage to the town and the owner mobile home living is now becoming a way of life for many people both retired and people who are still actively engaged in the countrys work force the mobile homes of to day are beautiful inside and out and are comparable to the better class apartments in the city at the same time they offer reasonable living however everyone does not want to live in the city and mobile home living in a rural setting is what many people prefer these people i have found are for the most part salt of the earth types who take pride in their lovely mobile and the property surrounding them it would be an advantage to any town granting the right to a developer to build a mobile park in my opinion since the town would collect not only taxes from the park owner but also from each and every mobile home owner in the park also the owner and operator of the park has the right to screen all applicants who wish space within his park thereby assuring a class of people who would be a credit to the park and the community a beautiful new mobile home park in the town could only spell progress w mervyn soules rr4 cobourg dear mr editor it would seem that the stouffville downtown merchants are missing a bet by not properly surfacing the parking lot at the united church and encouraging people to park there while it is church property the town has all but taken it over for weekday use and if this is so it seems that it would be only fair if they would put hardtop on it and encourage shoppers to use it since their lot is being used by the public anyhow it is unlikely that the church would object to naving it put in proper order fair play a young visitor tries to strike up an acquaintance with one of the permanent residents black creek pioneer village the photograph a first prize black and white entry in the annual black creek photti contest vas ssl by amateur photographer glen bowe of aguicourt the pioneer village is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the toronto area that was the sentence in which he repeated the professors topic in the other letter a girl who dropped out of school three years ago because of the rigidity of the system was flaming mad she returned to grade 12 this year and discovered a she put it that education had disappeared in the interim this young lady said flatly that while teachers used to teach for the average in the class they are now teaching toward the poorest students with the keen and bright ones left to fend for themselves in her opinion standards had dropped drastically in in three years there are few teachers who would not agree with her on the last point ad ministrators and educationists whatever they are right up to the minister blandly assure the public via the media that stan dards have not been lowered perhaps they should take off their rose- coloured glasses and take a good clear look at reality but they have managed to wrap themselves in such a fog of educational jargon that they wouldnt know reality unless it came up and bit them whats happened maybe im prejudiced but i dont think the fault lies with the teachers to my definite knowledge they are working harder than ever under steadily worsening conditions they are teaching as many as two more classes a day than they were three years ago they are doing more of the unpleasant and uneducational chores than they did such a one is trough patrol as some teachers call cafeteria supervision the name is not inaccurate a few years ago supervising a students dance was an extra chore but few teachers really minded it one chatted with the students deplored their taste in music but felt that a good time was being had by all everybody was dressed up and happy the lights in the gym were turned down but not out there might be the odd case of a kid smoking pot or slightly under the influence but they were rareties a regular sunday school picnic nowadays its more like saturday night in dodge city a darkened gym except for the stage where four or five baboons caper and scream incomprehensibles to the ac companiment of a volume of sound that would make a boiler factory sound like a cemetery someone has thrown up again in the boys washroom two grimfaced cops stand by the entrance a teenage girl is caught running not one but six mickeys of rye in the good old days years ago a young buck could wear his own mickey in his hip pocket covered by his jacket today his pants are so tight he couldnt get anything in that pocket so he has some little girl take it in for him but six im drifting away from my topic but not entirely the defiance of rules the demand for new rights is all part of the school scene today its a curious mixture of apathy and mindless defiance i sound as though im blaming the kids im not theyre human theyll take what they can get and demand more theyre a pretty decent lot on the whole but what girl wont wear hiphuggers if shes allowed to were jeans or a blouse slit to the navel if she doesnt have to wear a bra what young man of sixteen wouldnt like to have a crack at growing a beard no the real culprit is neither teachers nor kids it is the little empirebuilders in the system they are so far away from the classroom and the taxpayers they have acquired a godcomplex theyve never been in a classroom or not for years and if they are to preserve gttujnp sure were better off by jim thomas certainly its true as a country weve never had it so good thats what government surveys mean when they say that average earnings have risen much more than retail prices in the last ten years as we head deeper into the 70s most people are richer but are they happier are they more content since the war what really has got better and what really has got worse we know we are better off medically no argument about that no one actually goes hungry or without shoes except in a very exceptional case where they have fallen through the welfare net people are more aware of the need to preserve beautiful buildings and the coun tryside which is good however this new awareness is being provoked by the world wide scourge of vandalism which is bad long distance travel is quicker and easier but far away places are sometimes less in teresting when you get there since theyre so full of tourists short trips tend to be more difficult trains and stations where they still exist are less cosy and less romantic than they used to be readymade clothes fit better but the materials and workmanship are inferior ballpoint pens are useful but only a few people write letters tv and radio are scientific marvels but whether the programs are equally marvellous or what the social effect is are debatable questions architecture is worse painting and novel- writing is worse craftsmanship everywhere has deteriorated there is more and nastier crime there is less drunkenness but more drug use families seem to be less closeknit less affectionate the churches are in disarray and educational standards have fallen alar mingly more can read but not if the words are too long and fewer can add and multiply figures pride of service enthusiasm for doing a good job the willingness to try seem to have vanished personal service of any kind is almost impossible to obtain try and find a porter to carry your luggage someone to cut your lawn a serviceman who will deliver everyone complains about the price of everything but when one stops to take an honest look is it really the high cost of living we should be complaining about or the cost of high living and expand their empires they must appear to be doing something so they scratch each others backs come up with revolutionary ideas that were stale forty years ago and hide behind a squidlike emission of gobbledygook such as imput feedback com munications concepts- and individual needs these are the barnacles on the good ship education and unless she is careened and they are scraped off ruthlessly theyre likely to sink her