A fundamental need of Canada, today is a national viewpoint, de- 4 clared Geo. D. Nicholson, President of the Austin, Nicholson Lumber Co., Chapleau,~in a thoughtful address on What Canada Needs" before the Barrie Kiwanis Club at its weekly luncheon last Friday. Canada's war effort was ma nicent, but "since, 1918. he said,t e people have been; thinking along class, sectional and social lines rather than on the broad lines of national development. Be- fore prescribing for its needs, he pro- ceeded to diagnose this country's condition. What has Canada? In her natural resources, geographical, position her climate and the wonder- ful virility of her people,` Canada is! one of the most blessed" countries in the world. s fV.......l.. L--....---.. 1- __....__:.._. _ Ill LIIC WUIIUU Canada,` however, is carrying a super-structure~--educational system, governmental system, transportation system and other things--that could take care -of fty million people if the burden-was fairly distributed. L 7n urn nnf nvnunn-rivnn an nus ULCE UL sue. ' 4 . George Orr, the youngest speaker in the contest, gave an interesting account of a trip madeduring the past `summer to the Canadian north- .west. The story was very complete and contained d'escr,iptions of the train and the various places` visited. The youthful speaker apparently had missed very little of what "was going ' onabout him on the trip." Tn 4-n"1'nr nykv ha `H11-n 4|-Rn -Form axuuuu um .La1.'1u. . 4 ' I School Sports was the subject chosen by Reg. Miller. winner` of the; second prize, who said that no one ,is really educated who is not devel- oped inthe _four-fold life and that. there is no place better able to pro- [vide this development than the pub- lic schools. Sport, he said, is the bright spot in school life.e Play is .as necessary to -the development of the body and mind as work. He argued that the boy who goes in for sports * at -school makes a better citizen than one who does not. ,He learns self- control andself reliance; he learns to respect others and to apply the principles of the Golden Rule. Can- adian boys, he concluded, enjoy more vigorous sports than do the boys of other countries and are consequently better eauipped for the sterner bat- tles` of life. ' n.._. LL- _-_.-_._.-_;_ _._,,'~n_,_, ' Miner s bird sanctuary at Kingsville, uvca cauu. . | The Boy , Orators 3 Harold Watson, winner of the -first prize for` the boys, spoke ,on Jack I I, Ont., which he described as the most] wonderful hotel in.the world. The guests, he said, come from the Arc-' tic 0cean.to the Gulf of `Mexico. They carry, no. luggage and are not` asked to. register. The guests are` avhaven of safety in their spring and fall migration. The number of birds that make this sanctuary a port of call has increased from.year to year_ till `now thousands of birds are~reg-- ularvisitors. It requires 2000 bushels? of corn to feed the guests at this hotel during a season. Mr. Miner has put identification bands on many of these `birds and a lot of them re"- turn year after `year. Although he did not have the privilege of attend- ing school very much, Jack Miner is one of -the best informed men and in `addition to his knowledge, of . birc` I ` birds that find- on Jack Miner's farm u fe he has made a study.-of forestry! and has planted` a number of` trees l around his farm. ` V , was` l r-hnnnn luv Paar Millnv unwnm` A4? 4-Inn `-1 yr`: -4 wanna-avvon, oinnnavvnllai I I The `, public speaking contest was; held in the morning` and drew an entry of [ten boys and .five girls. There were four prizes foreach divi- fsion, donated by Earl Rowe, M.P.P., and C, E. Wright, M.P.P. The speakers were limited to four min-. _ utes each. - 1111.. D"... r\'.._;.-_._ 4-suuw J.'cu;_xa, D. 0. g, ,vcap1:n. `In the afternoon addresses were given by -Hon. E. C. Drury on edu- cational -problems; W.1M. Cockburn on , co-operation between school `boards andthe agricultural represen- tatives, and Inspector E. Long'_man, Ion ,howi rural schools are financed. Officers Elected I Officers elected for the ensuing iyear are: Honorary presidents, the warden -and the" inspectors" of the county; president, Rev.- A. L`. Atton, Cookstown; "vice-pres., W. J. Good- fellow, Stroud; secretary, H. R. `Wil- son, Dradford; executive, Mrs`. Wm`. Todd, Orillia; A. Brownlee, Barrie; Mrs. Thompson, Penetang; T. H." Mc-I Mahon, `Hawkestone'; Inspectors Gar-' vin, Longman and Day; Mrs. Potts, Lisle; Mr_s..Hewson, Duntroon; Miss. Rix, Crown Hill;`Mrs. W. Sage, Ed-I envale; Mr.- Brown, Glen Huron, and , Geo. Johnston, Minesing. - ' "V1.4 ' ...-L1!.. .._.-._I__... _ __,1__ _,A_ _,,,, . - One of the ,feat u'res`ofVthe annual ' agnvgtion of Eh: Simco e Acounty _ us es an . a epayer ` ssocias tion, held Saturday.in_' the sB.C.I.. was 'a public speaking contest in. which fteen boys and girls, winners. in the contests-.'at the rural school fairs giqoughout the cosnnty, took p3_rt;. us was a new eparture un er- lltaken` this year for the fi1:st time, and proveddecidedly opular. The winners were: Boys, agold Watso'n,} tio; _Da'nnie_ `Watson, S,.:V5. North 1 Or11ha.- _Gxr_ls, M_ary Carri, S. S. 6, Tossorontxo; _Jos1e Camp ell, Me- donte; Frances Loftus, S. S. 4, Flos; Allott-Ferris, S. S. 1, Vespra. Tn Han nffnrnnnn ntiy-naanu yawn .-.---nu.` oasannvgx LU; Q1115 Dealing with the examination sys- tem, Mr. Drury `said it is easier for girls than boys. _If a boy is worth anything; he begins some t-imein his teens tohave some idea of what he wants to do.` He may nd himself attracted to science and he wants to learn itbecause he sees it.is worth while. He has developed the `urge to do something worth doing'._ Other subjects repel him, but he is required ` to study them. The result is an ill- ` balanced examination. He may take eighty or ninety per centyin some {subjects and barely scrape through, wouu: HAVECOUNTY PAY WHOLE cos'r % OI MAINTAINING Cl-IILDREN S SHELTER Such is.suggestiqn of Iuclge Vance at Annual Meeting :of Children s Aid Society; Warm Praise for In- spector; Executive Re-Elected, ` y an open discussionled by Mrs. W. Todd of Orillia and following out a suggestion by the. s eaker a" resolu- tion was drafted an adopted that in ' the opinion of -this meetingit would -be to the advantage of secondary ed- ; ucation inithe county of Simcoe_to place . the management of these ` schools under one county board. The resolution will beforwarded to the ' county council with a request that they consider the question. i Ex-Premier s Address 9 I Mr. Drury said that he had been requested to speak upon_ some phases of rural education, but he said he did not like to distinguish between y yu ua Uu u ucuu `:V_1. _~ T b iiir. Drury s address was followed rural and.urban.education. I do not want to see our town schools turned into training schools for- cer- tain occupations, nor do I want to see the rural schools become train- ing schools for farmers, he declared. \ . Public Schools the Mainstay I . Our universities and high schools [are great and should be greater, stated Mr. Drury, but it is on the public schools that we must depend for a great part of our education. Ninety-three per cent. of our child-I ren do not go farther than`public lschool, seven per cent. go to high] :school and only three per cent. to, university. The problem was to provide "adequate education in the !public schools. The function of the | public school should be to put in the hands of the boys and girls a` key to education and give them a desire to turn the key. Mr. Drurythought that the -public school` ends too soon. ' I wonder if acourse could not be `arranged `without burdening the _ teachers whereby the pupils whohave lcompleted public schoo1rand__do not intend togo ahead could return an`cl| read and understand a number of books chosen according to the type of mind of the pupil. This will not be `done in your time or mine. It]. should be, but the most conservative ` .profession in the world is the_ teach- , ing profession. It is not their fault; they -have a certain task to perform and until wesweep out the present standard we will have that diffi- ` culty. ' wununn 1a`4..~.3.... 73-.. f`-'--l1 I - ` ~ - ` . Speaking at the convention of the Trustees and Ratepayers `Associa- tion of Simcoe County on Saturdw afternoon, Hon 'E. C. Drury advo- cated placing the secondary schools of the County under a central coun- cil, a line of action that is made pass. I ible by legislation passed a few years } ago. He also suggested that the idea mightbe `d veloped evenyfurther to the instituti n of a. junior. univers-' ity in the C untyy `which -would take care of students `up to-ftheir second or third year, when they could then go to the central university for their `degrees. Mr. Drury also criticised the presentsystem of examinations! | in the schools, which he said puts the puglils on a dead level. nm1I1v n AAA u A . _ - - - -- --1`|---- " Exams. Easier `for Gifls `.11.. _. ___;,1, .1 "take the students through two or uence. There-is another feature. Manyl students would go on to the univers- ity were it not. for the expense and the fact that the universities have now more students than they can: handle. I talked about this question` with Sir Robert Falconer and he said there is no reason why a county can! not develop through a central coll-i egiate a junior university that would three years. The larger universities, could then take care of. them in their| nal years. . Through this extension brought to the doorsof the students a university education could be taken advantage of by thousands who can- not touchlitnow because of the ex- pense. It would also locate a new centre of culture and education now outside the sphere of university in- It'I..._4..-_...,s - --* . aqxlac 111 u ueau Ian D V guage." ` . fGirls, he said, fare better because there is only one occupation their own inclination urges on them. Na- . tiire has_ decreed that a woman "shall be_a home-maker, a wife and mother. It is important -that a girl should . have abroad, general culture, but v 1 g F rarely .does she nd her bent toward any special subject. V System Too Arbitrary The English university system, he C said. is different from ours. There a student goes _up to the university, where he is questioned by the head and is placed in the hands of a tutor. who "directs hisneducation along` lines best suited to the student, and he `does `not get his degree on a dead level. Our system, Mr. Drury con. tinued, istoo arbitrary; too much of a machine. Sir George Ross, when Minister of Education, boasted that the Ontario system is a ladder from the public school to the university, but it is a` ladder without any proper . getting-off place. One thing we should get rmly in our minds is that the schools should exist for the boys and girls, not boys and for -the schools. . Chaos of Secondary Schools ' ``All that I have said has been merely thinking aloud, said Mr. Drury, but what follows is practical. The secondary schools areinow in a state'of chaos, with no central con- trol except the Department; and no plan except local` initiative. It is possible, under present legislation, to abolish the present system of hap-' hazard secondary education and put it under central county control}? One County Collegiate Simcoe is a large county, with three collegiates and a number of high schools and continuation schools, run locally with no consideration for where they are placed or how they are organized. Secondary education should be progressive. For the jun- ior pupils -there-should be schools within driving distance of their homes; this would be the continua- tion school stage. A further step should bring the school within touch of home: this would be.the collegiate stage. What is the sense of three collegiates in the county? VVhy not have continuation and high schools within reach of the pupils homes and one central c reach? ` HI1L-___- :, ollegiate which all could :1 n I l I: I girls as fodder V l. I I `_`Our best boys are thosewho get a bent in some direction and go after it; but our high schools and univers- ities say they have nothing for such a boy, although he may be a budding Edison who, however, can't see any sense in a dead language. Girls, 110 Gn`;!' "Fora `inf-4-nun knnuunn or perhaps 'not scrape `through, in others. \ (\__'_` |_'__,_ |_`__, , .1 ' 1 (Continued on page 17)_ Aurora High `School evened thel count with the B.C.I. soccer team by defeating them in a snappy game last Saturday afternoon on the B.C." I. grounds. The "score was 1 to 0. B.C.I. won the game in Aurora the previous week by 2 to 1. Saturday s game was fast throughout and the play was fairly even. Crozier scored the only goal of the game in the rst period. The locals had their share of the "ball but their kicking was away off. Cowan had several chances to score` but he could not nd the goal. Johnston and Holman starred for the visitors and Cowan and Cope- land were the best for B.C.I. A U G n....1 tr .... _. .n..-n 1.-_1__' AURORA BEATS. B.C.I. ! IN SOCCER GAME HERE| Wm. Finlayson, M.P.P., said he had come simply to,see the presentation to Miss Creswicke. As a student, he had, pleasant recollections of her fat ther, A. E. H. Creswicke, who later became County Solicitorand was one of the ablest counsels this county ever produced.. . ` i Invited by "Kiwanians _ Dr. Lewis and Howard Felt of the Barrie Kiwanis Club appeared to in- , vite the members to dinner on Friday` night. Dr. Lewis said that one of thel mainsprings of Kiwanisis good-fel- Qlowship and as `the county council- 5 lors are all good fellows, they would be particularly -tting guests. The , derson, Conservative leader for Sas- r katchewan, who also represents Can- ada on the committee on agriculture I of Kiwanis International. ` 1! wrung uc uupcu Luey WOUIG tell l"lll'l1 I speaker will be Dr. J. T. M. An-. U1 LKLD U U DICE: J. J. D. Banting said. that stable government in the old land would be reectedeby greater prosperity in all parts of the Empire. He was glad to kg1owthat the County had had no lawsuits this year and also to` know` that Warden Coombs would conclude his year with a tidy surplus. An in-! vitation was given the members to! inspect the gaol; if they saw anything 1 wrong he hoped they would tell him I Win F:V`Il9I7at\V'| R/I D D .....:.J `I... 1.._.1l ucu auu auuress one K401111611. __ Harry Carter praised the manner in which the affairs of the County; had been administered and also thel timproved conditions of the County ` buildings, which are nowa credit to. Simcoe. He also commended the!- ?'Warden for the diligence and effic- iency he had shown in the discharge of his duties. [ , , . . .- n -n__,i,-, _, on -- ! In his opening address at.the No- vember session of the County Coun- cil, Monday afternoon, Warden Coombs said that they had great cause for gratitude to the Great `Giver for the bountiful harvest. It had been stated that Ontario has had .the `three largest crops in succession it had ever known, and he was sure Simcoe had had its share. Another thing for which the Council should be thankful is the absence of litiga- tion, there not having been a single lawsuit against the County this year. One claim from the north threatened trouble but nothing, more was heard of it when the Compensation Board declaredthe mishap was not an ac- cident. This absence of accidents on roads reected credit on the County Engineer and the men under him. During the past few months honor :had been brought. to the County by West Bros., whose honey won rst at London, and by the members of the Boys Pig Clubs taking rst and second in, Ontario , for carloads of hosts and .also.standin.g high in -the judging._- One of the boys. standing highest in this competition was a_ son of County Clerk Simpson. Reference was made to the conference on roads to which the Hon. G. S. Henry had called the wardens. Mr. Coombs said he believed good results would fol- low. Since last meeting, he had vis- ited the reforestation plants and found things in good order. In con- clusion, His Worship referred to the death of ex-Reeve Pierson of Tecum- seth, a most honored citizen, and A1- ' fred Beardsley, who had lived all his life around the court house and had proved such a faithfulservant. ' p1 uvcu. aucu 21. :.zuuuu1 servant. } Ex-Wardeqs Carter and Banting| ` :;11:iedVS;:)n.talF{`1n1ayson, 1\_/I.L.A., were; \ I A e seats beslde the War- I den and address the Council. nnmwiv n.... . _ _ _ ..:..-.1 LL- -,, on page 8) vvczuvluc. `0-UUC 7 Painswick Public School will hold its annual Christmas tree in Grange Hall, Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 8 p.m. _Admission 15c. 48-49pc A Women s Canadian Club lecture by Dr. Bretteof Toronto University, on Psychology, Dec. 2, Library Hall, 8.15 p.m. 48c Midhurst Sunday School are`hold- ing an entertainment and Christmas tree in Town" Hall, Wednesday, Dec. 17. Admis ion 25c. 48c round dancing`; lunch counter. Free ad ission to hall and free dancing for everyone at Cookstown, Monday evening. Dec. 1; square and 48c `l\_.,91 ___ ll`! I10 , . It .1 1 ___-.. ....... -. Y-.vv so \s\.Ia4\.l| nay: 1:01. Central Sunday School Christmas entertainment, Wednesday, Dec. 17. FA real good concert, don t miss it. 48- 9c nnmnn 4.. QL.....J..- D--- rV._..-..---..:L-. Dance in Shanty Bay Community Hall, Friday, Nov. 28, auspices Foot- ball Club. Admission f75c, ladies i provide. ' T _ 48c Baptist Sunday School are holding ` their, annual Christmas entertain- ? ment, Thursday, Dec. 18. Everybody M welcome. ` 48-50c D..:........:..`l. D..`L.I:,. d`..L....1 -__:n 1_..1.:| Shooting match for turkeys and chickens at James Brown s_. Holly, Dec. 9. - 48-49p Keep Friday, Dec. 19, open for B.C.I. band benet, afternoon and I evening. 480 l The Women s Guild of St.-George s Church, Allandale, will hold a sale of work on Dec`. 2, . 46-48c Shooting match at Mrs. G. McAr- `thur s. Edgar, afternoon of Dec. 2, L turkeys and geese. 48c 1. Bazaar and play will be held Dec. *4 in Union Congregational Church, Edgar. Adults 25c, children 15c. 48c -...c...-. _-\..-.vu -av, usnuxuxl Au. 1U Christmas is coming. ._Order your private greeting cards now at The Examiner. $2.00 a dozen up. 47tf !`|.....L-.._1 CV.._..fl-_._ n_1__-1 nu, igwammwmwmwmmmawg [$ammmm&mma&mmm$ ww-nwww wm mmmwwww 5;` OMING EVENTS 5:3 A-Y4 mmmmmm mm mmmmmmgv. } ----... v \l\J\A~V vv CLVUIXIC. 1 .Green, President ` 48c W. Lennox Black, Secretary. -2000 Victor records to choose from_ at J. G. Keenan's, Liberal-Conservative As:~*'w5at.irm will be held in the Orange Hall, Rtroud, on Friday evening, Dec. 5, at eight =o clock..for election of officers and other business. Addresses will be given bv W. A. Boys. M.P., Earl Rowe, M.P.P., A]ex.vFerguson and others. - Everybody Welcome. A `IT l`L_, ,, ' _.___ ' The annm` nwnting of` the Fvnisl V V W Elizabeth Sts. . A special meeting of the Town Counci was held on Monday morning to pass the by-law authorizing the issue of debentures to cover the cost of the new pavement on Dunlop and The issue is for $54,- 000` twenty-year debentures bearing ve per cent. interest. This amount is made up of a number of items and covers the whole cost` of the work, including sidewalks, storm sewers, vremoving` poles and various other small items. The nal" estimate is $49,014, to which is added engineer- ing fees amounting to $2450.63, and charges for removing poles, work on detours, catch basins, manholes and other extras, a total of $2729.30. -The yearly payments on the de- bentures will be $4133, or about one mill on the assessment. Doubt as to Govt. Aid `It is expected that the Ontario Government will -pay part of jzhe cost of the road, but there has been no denite assurance of this. Repreo sentations have been made to them and some action .is expectedat the next session. Last year the Govern- ment ceased their former policy of paying forty percent. of the cost of t e centre twenty feet of all perman- ent road work in towns Where the road forms part of a provincial high- way, but there have been so many applications from municipalities for assistance that it is believed that something. will be done. A4-+.=~.. um kn 1---- ---- ---- - ' " i sugzauutze uxe ueoencure ISSIIB. - : During the discussion, it was pointed out by.th Clerk-Treasurer that the Town will hold back $9764.- ` 924from the c'ontractors, according` to the A-ag*reement'with them. LIBERAL-CONSERVATIVE _ ASSOCIATION OF INNISFIL autucuullgu W111 DE (10118. After the by-law was passed, the Clerk was instructed to write the County Council requestingthem to guarantee the debenture issue. nu-rim, -4-Ln A: ..... ..1.--- SA Garnet Keith LaChasseur, alias Michael`J. Cody, appeared before Magistrate Jeffs last Friday, morn- ing charged with assaulting Wilfrid McMaster of Utopia with intent to do bodily injury. He pleadedguilty and was remanded for a week for sentence to enable the authorities to enquire into his previous record. The original information laid against Cody, which was the name he gave the police when arrested, assault with intent to kill, was withdrawn and a new one laid charging a less` serious offence. . I McMaster Describes Affair Wilfrid ,McMaster was called. tol tell the story of the assault. He ` stated that the prisoner worked for him on his farm for two months and, there being no more work, he was. paid off on Nov.` 14 and left about. noon the same day, saying he was, going to Montreal_. On Monday evening, Nov; '17. when the witness went to, the stable to do chores the lantern was kicked out of his hand as he opened the stable door an `he a beam from a scale which he identi- fied in court.. He tried to grapple with his assailant who struck him a third time and ran towards the road ._ McMaster pursued him and after be- `ing struck -again, caught him on the road and chokedqiim. Hisassailant cried, Have mercy; it's Keith.." Mc- `Master then .went to `his neighbor, Herbert Mapes. to bring him and La- Chasseur into Barrie where the lat- receivedtwo blows on the head 1th ter was placed under arrest. - `XY:u-I. 'D....`I... .....I 1I1.....L_.I 11-..--- ` Went Broke and Wanted Money . Witness stated that he asked La- Chasseur why he did it and he re- plied that he went broke in Toronto and. needing money, decided to get it that way.. - ` Provincial Constable Rink. ixrhnvin- . hut: UH!-UCH'VVB 1-5111,) uu-uauuubeu. We are not prospering as we should, said the speaker. If we"! are not going back, the best'we can . say is that we are standingistill.- i What Is Responsible? . Answering the question, Whatfis responsible for our condition?, thr speaker nointed out that in the years A 1914-1018 the world was called upon . to_ meet problems greater than it had ever known before. No people, said he, met the test more magnic- entlv than Canada. " Our people rose to heights of national idealism, show- ing a willingness to serve and sacri4 fice that "was a revelation even to our-_ selves." Following the joy of the Armistice. people for a few months set themselves resolutely to carry the burdens left by the war. But soon they began` to lose their morale, to -settle down to normalcy, to disregard the rest of the world's sorrows. Then the men came back lled with a feel- ing of the awfulness, of war. Instead of being a. steadying influence on them. many of us aggravated their.-{ condition. Many men seemedto think the question of taxes more import- - ant than the problem of caring for the returned soldier. What effect would such an attitude have on a one- legged . veteranf? Too many men seemed more weighed down-with the problems of peace than they Were, with the war di"i_culti_es they faced. (Continued on "page 19) ' sxws NEED 01-` TMONEY PROMPTED ASSAULT