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as a cléss, have been strangely silent, however, there have not been wanting serious and. wellâ€" considered protests against the implications of what is termed the New School. One of the most impressive of these was given by Rev. H. S. Beliâ€" isle, of Assumption College, Western. University, London, Ontario, in a recent address to the Kiâ€" mm Glub at Windsor, Ontario. He attacks the new programme of studies issued by the Departâ€" ment of Education for Ontario, point by point, and shows where it is basically wrong. Indeed, hs makes it appear that its economics are those of xarl Marx and its morals those of Jean Jacqués usseau ‘"The moral code," said the spéaker, "is de dependent upon public opinion. Evolution is assumed as the only defensible position able to explain the origin of man upon earth." Heéalth (;nd music) are suggested as of gréatér importâ€" ance than morals. <‘‘Taking three basic pronouncements in the schedule of studies the speaker showed their falâ€" sity. there was the statement that knowing Cl s ... um sn 1 6 The Advance has been one of the very few newsâ€" papers to criticize the soâ€"called new systeéem of eduâ€" cation as placing emphasis in the wrong places and on the wrong things, and thus being illâ€"preâ€" paration for life for the student. â€" Some other newspapers appear to have been frightened by the threat of: being termed oldâ€"fashioned, though there are many old virtues that the world would do well to retain and emphasize. "This is new, and therefore it must be good!" seems to satisfy some, or at least to keep them from protest. When a wrong system is so apparently injurious that critiâ€" cism can be no longer withheld, there may be much unnecessaty harm resulting. Though newspapers, The truth about a lot of: things called "new" is that they are as old as sin. The suggestion too often is made that something is ‘"new," and that to oppose it : is« reaccionary and outâ€"ofâ€"date. : Inâ€" deed, outwdrfi ‘lflb% \t.hat have failed to stand the stress of tim,e a,re snmetimejs ‘dressed up inâ€"~new phrases and attempt‘is made to thrust them down the throats of the people by the threat that to opâ€" pose is to be termed oldâ€"fashioned.. This seems to be the plan behind what is called "the New School" plan in Ontario. The good points of the: soâ€"called new plan have been in active force in everyâ€"old school these many years and have been practised by all gbod‘teachers. These many years all good teachers nave been striving to teach children to think, yet at the same time these good teachers did not lose sight of the fact that pubils must have facts on which to base their thinking or their judgâ€" ments would be poor indeed. ©There is nothing new about all that More nearly "new," ma.ybe, is the plan of discardlng examinations on the plea that they are burdensome on the childrén, whilé a lit’.tle| thought will show that examinations are a neces-( sary educauon for life, as the pupils on leaving. school will find there are tests and trials on every hand with no excuse taken by the proféssions, in â€" dustry, trade or commerce for nervousness or exâ€", citement or panic. . i ~ Surely all are pleased and proud about the fine ‘new paved highmy between Timmins and Schuâ€" macher. But there would be greater cause for ‘pleasure and pride if a year from nowâ€"five years from nowâ€"it could be said â€"that this excellent highway had a truthful record of no actidents. The new pavement is wide enough for three cars to pass in safety and comfort. It is understood that the new highway is to be maintained as a twoâ€"way roadway. Accordingly it will be difficult to excuse ‘rccidents between cars on such strip of road. With any reasonable care and any sensible speed there shouldâ€"be no motor accidents on this piéce oi roadway. On Monday, however, one serious danger | was noted. More than once during the day four and even five people were noticed walking abreast at the one side of the pavement, and with their backs to the traffic on their side.of the road. And this, despite the fact that the Ont.arlo Departmentu of Highways is conducting a special campaign to a@void this danger to pedestrians from their own lack of foresight. More than one accident was averted Monday by the watchfulness of the motor car drivers. Of, course, motorists should: show every possible care to avoid injury to pédestrians, but at theâ€"same time the pedestrians ‘owe it to themselves to do their part to protect their own safety. No doubt a sidewalk will be provided in a safe and suitable place for the numerous pedes- trians using this strip of roadway, ‘but until that is done the pedestrians owe it to themselves, to the motorists and to the public to take at least reasonâ€" able precautions to avoid accidents on this new highway. If the edge of the pavemnt must be used, at least the advice of the Dept. of Highways should be used to the extent of keeping on the left| side so that the approach of : traffic on their side may be noted and way made for it. Canadaâ€"$3.00 Per Year, . _ c Unitéd Statesâ€"$3.50 Per Year Timmins, Ontario, Thursday, Aug. 4th, 1938 Published Every Monday and Thussday by : In a recent interview Hon. Mr. McQuesten, Minâ€" ister of Highways for Ontario, made interesting reference' to the fact that tourist traffic was essenâ€" tial to warrant the building of highways in Onâ€" tario, while at the same time there could be little hope of tourist traffic without good highways. This idea is worthy of special consideration in thinking of the proposal to establish a joint bureau at North Bay to give out information about the various parts of the North so that no discrimination may be suffered by any one area in the matter of the direction of tourist traffic. This idea of a tourist bureau jointly maintained by the various centres in the North is no new idea, though given emphaâ€" sis recently as a sort of answer to the protest from _New Liskeard in regard to misinformation given tourists at North Bay in reference to road and other conditions in this part of the North. Some years ago the Northern Ontario Associated Boards of Trade considered this joint bureau idea, but nothing came of it for a very good reason. The fact may as well be faced that only a limited amount of tourist traffic will reach as far north as New Liskeard and a still more restricted trade of this kind to Timmins, Iroquois Falls, Cochrane and Kapuskasing. This will be true even if the highway is paved all the way from North Bay to Cochrane. Good roads are essential for the pro-‘ gress of the North, but even a paved road will not‘ assure the right volume of tourist traffic so long as there is only the one highway. As The Advance has been pointing out for years the completion of the several connecting roads between the Porcuâ€" pine and Sudbury would not only connect the greatest nickel mining area in the world with some of the world‘s richest gold areasâ€"not only develop new country, rich in scenery, agricultural possibiliâ€" ties, timber and mineral wealth, fish and gameâ€" but also would miake possible and practical the deâ€" velopment of a tourist trade that would materially benefit all Ontarioâ€"all Canada. Tourists naturâ€" ally hesitate to travel five hundred miles on the one roadâ€"even though it were a paved oneâ€"and then return by the selfâ€"same route. The linking up of the roads already existing from South Porcuâ€" pine through Shaw and other townshipsâ€"from Matachewan to Elk Lakeâ€"from Elk Lake to Shiningtreeâ€"from Selwood to Sudburyâ€"so that there would be a route from Timmins to Sudbury, would mean the linking up of a number of rich and proven mining areas, the fisherman‘s paradise, a scenic Eden, and it would provide an alternative route for the return journey of the tourist. To do all this it would not need to be paved. If it were just a good gravel road it would ‘give the service.] Tourists could come from the West as well as the Rev. H. S. Bellisle urged his hearers to study the new programme, and its implications and then send in their protest to the department that it may be reâ€"written in accord with sound principles, natural and supernatural. "Our children," he conâ€" cluded, "are too sacred, the issues are too import- ant to allow our schools to become experimental clinics, providing the modern educator with speciâ€" mens necessary to prove the falsity of their new theories." ._ _ The third question made from the department‘s outline was:â€"‘"The child must needs live, live with his fellows, and live as they approve." In regard to this the speaker thought that the people of this supposedly Christian province would write it:â€" ‘"The child needs to live, live with his fellows, and to live not as they approve, but as God approves." _It may . be that Rev. H. S. Bellisle is wrong in this. It may be that the idea of God and religion is oldâ€" fashionedâ€"not "new" enough to be worthy of thought in this new world where all the new ideas and isms are making it such a delightful and hapâ€" py and peaceful world, perhaps. If so, this new: idea should be fully understood and acknowledged. People should realize what the "new" implies in all its "newness." Passing on to the second pointâ€"that "the school must follow the method of nature, stimulating the child through its own interests and guiding him into experiences useful for the development and satisfaction of his needs"â€"the speaker said:â€"â€" "This is the doctrine of Jean Jacques Rousseau, the enemy of reason. In accord with this principle restraint should be reduced to the minimum. The child should not be thwarted or checked, but alâ€" lowed to follow unhampered and unimpeded the promptings of his nature . . . The reason which should rule the school room is not the undeveloped reason of the child but the developed reason of the teacher. â€" Modern educational trends are all in the direction of the elimination of discipline in the school . . . Our schools require not less discipline but more discipline. Why the alarming increase in juvenile crime? It is due in many cases to the breakdown of discipline in both home and school.". and doing are identical. Knowing and doing, he pointed out, are by no means synonymous terms. This is the error of Karl Marx, who held that the child was no longer valuable for what he is but for what he can do. "Between knowing and doing there is a wide gap which separates theoretic acâ€" tivity and a substitution of practical activity. This principle of knowing and doing being synonymous, carried to its logical conclusion would justify the invasion of personal rights in many directions. Mercy killings, the elimination of the weak memâ€" bers of the human family, physical and mental, and such like, may all be justified and made sipâ€" pear reasonable according to this principle, for thei individual is no longer important; the humar race is important." ROADS AND TOURISTS When the delegation of Ontario and Quebec newspapermen were in Timmins some weeks ago, The Advance noted with regret that Eganville, with its bright and newsy “Leader” was not repreâ€" sented in the gathering here. Because there were so many enquiries made to The Advance at the time about Eganville, request was made to the genial Pat McHugh as to why his presence was so While the mayor cannot escape the responsibilâ€" ity for using his place for his own interests in such matters as the building byâ€"law, the time of council meetings and other matters, the councillors also have responsibility if they allow such matters to pass unchallenged. Eastâ€"come by one route andreturn by another. They could visit the world‘s richgst nickel mines, some of the world‘s greatest, gold areas, the most famous of the world‘s silver :caimps, some of the greatest paper industries on the continent. They could see rich areas of timber‘lamis enjoy the most healthful natural scenery in Gana_da visit regular Edens of fish and game; see new farms and setâ€" tlements. Variety, interest, something new, all along the daouble route. What anâ€"attraction that would be for tourists! In the:meantime, however, in this area there will not be very great enthusâ€" iasm for joint financing of tourist bureaus until the alternate route makes it â€"practical and probâ€" able for tourists to be attracted‘ this far north in numbers to warrant the expenditure necessary. ‘The joint bureau idea is commendâ€" able for the reason that it would enâ€". ab‘e all cities and towns to meet trafâ€" fic at the fountain head. One large. cffice building would contain, a. number of stalls which would be AS~ : signed to municipalities desiring space. ; Jt might also be possible to induce the | (Ontario government to take space for. While North Bay and Sault Ste. Marie trade boards can readily refute charges of unfairness, other centres must ~realize that their information bureaus are for the most part financed locally and it is only natural that their intérest lies primarily in promoting the welfare of contributing members. North Bay does not discourage tourists from visiting any other part of the province, but should an enguirer seek direction to a good fishing locality it is only to be expected that this district would be recommended. ; The scheme might well be extended to the establishment of a similar facility at Sault Ste. Marie, the point of entry in the west, and possibly a branch booth at Callander. _ Tourist business has become the lifeâ€" blood of â€"commerce in ~many northern municipalities; and some®are:inclined to the opinion that wellâ€"located centres like North Bay and Sault Ste. Marie have ‘been furthering their â€"ends in an unduly selfish manner. This suspicion has become perennial, yet the comâ€" plaining municipalities do not appeatr to be doing a great deal to ensure that they get what they term a "fair break." _ Here are two editorials on the ques- tion of the towns of the North maln- taining a joint information bureau for tcourists at North Bay. The firsf, 1s from The North Bay Nugget:â€" Chance for All Northern municipalities interested in tourist trade should give deep thought to the proposal of the North Bay Board of Trade to establish a joint informaâ€" tion bureau at this point to ensure an even chance at gaining a share of this lucrative business. Joint Information ©* tA m Proposal from North Bay that Towns of North Help Maintain Bureau. GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"â€"AND PLACER OPTICAL COMPANY 14. Pine St. N. Phone 8: PRICES ARE DEFINITELY LOWER AT hard at the office and the strain on his eyes affected his nerves and made him tired and irritable. "He‘s ‘his old self‘ again now that he wears the glasses at the office, that Mr. Curtis prescribed for him. The cost was surprisingly small and when we spread the payments over several pay days it hardâ€" Iy anything." I was surprised" Phone 838 .,, w« Misinforming© Tourists ‘_ _There is something worth considerâ€" ing in ‘the suggestion of H. A. Desjarâ€" past presidentâ€"of the North Bay ‘ Board of Trade, that a coâ€"operative ‘tourist bureau for the North be estabâ€" ‘"lished in North Bay. °: . > The suggestionâ€"arose out of fact that there are complaints; wellâ€"founded, that tourists â€" reaching . ~North . Bay *"are ‘strongly recommended not to attempt to travel further. north, owing to road conditions. A secondâ€"hand degaler in North Bay last week was given thirty days in jJail for purchasing from a North Bay boy a quantity of brass strippings from C. P.R. coaches. The magistrate said that he felt convinced that the dealer knew that the goods were stolen. It ‘was difficult to believe that any man: in business would imagine that a boy should have goods of this description l The Second Editorial While The Nugget in ‘its editorial suggests that North ‘Bay and district ~mnaturally are given special thought in "a bureau â€"maintained by‘> North Bay â€" money, The Northern Néews, of Kirkâ€" "land Lake, suggests that tne case ‘is "even worse than that. The Northern "News, indeed, gives very strong: supâ€" ~port to the stand taken by The New Liskeard Speaker recently when an ediâ€" torial in that newspaper started the whole present disdussion. The Northâ€" ern News‘ editorial article is as follows: New Liskeard and Haileybury are the hardest hit, together with Temagamiâ€" as thes> districts derive or should deâ€" rive a large revenue from â€" summer traffic. Kirkland Lake, which also patronizes these resorts, could well afâ€" ford to consider some coâ€"operation, but as always (the matter was once disâ€" cussed here at a Northern Boards of Trade meeting) these things are largeâ€" ly a matter of expense and justification of that expense, which must be met by entirely voluntary effort. Given Term of Thirty Days for Buying Stolen Junk Kirkland Lake. is affected by . this campaign, which exists, beyond doubt. We have Jlake resorts which could be more developed both for: local and tourist patronage. And Kirkland Lake itself is something of an eyeâ€" opener to travellers, particularly those who are told in North Bay that there is nothing northâ€" of Temagaml but wilderness. While one of our lakes has a faithful group of American summer â€" visitors, some of whom have been coming up here since the Ferguson highway was first the lack> ofâ€" American license plates and even those of other provinces has been very marked this year. Aside from good‘ roads, reliable inâ€" formation bureaus are essential in the ptomotion of tourist patronage by means of having visitors speak well of the district or become annual visitors. North Bay is well among tourists for the reason that neither exâ€" pense nor effort are spared to provide them with reliable information. â€" Unâ€" fortunately, a great yiany visitors are inclined to seek or accept direction from any person with the result they are frmquently misled. Together with effecting a tourist guidance arrangeâ€" ment that will give all centres an opâ€" portunity to share in the business, an effort should be made to educate visiâ€" tors to accept information only from persons competent and <authorized to provide it. * head of tourist traffi¢ in the west. North Bay is the converging point in the east, taking in visitors coming in at all eastern border points, whileâ€" Sault Ste. Marie is the lone entry portal in the west. bur:au. under proper supervision, and with that would assist in a reasonable distribution ofâ€" the business. For genâ€" eral satisfaction, however, it may be found necessary to set up a similar deâ€" pot in Sault Ste Marie, the fountain would afford every tourist centre an equal chance at soliciting patronage. Germany is boasting of its new "people‘s car‘"‘â€" the "Volkswagen‘‘â€"costing approximately $380, and purchasable on the instalment plan at $2 per week. Oh, well! there are some cars that look like that in this country, too. Shirley Temple doesn‘t have all the luck! While on holiday this week she had to take time off vacaâ€" tion to lie in bed for a minor ailment. Iliness is hard luck for any youngster any timeâ€"even in school timeâ€"but in vacation time it is a crime against childhood. Ask any child! conspicuous by its absence. It took the witty Irish editor of the Eganville Leader a little longer than usual to reply, but last week he had his answer ready. ‘"To leave the smiling Ottawa Valley," were the warm Irish wordsâ€"‘"a paradise of forest, stream, and lakeâ€"in the leafy month of June, exâ€" cept in a gravé case of emergency, would require an almost superhuman resolve. A choice bit of pleasure, however, would be in meeting our old friend of The Advance. If the fates are kind that favour may yet be granted." "A paradise of forest, stream and lake," says you! Sure, and there‘s all that, withâ€"Edenâ€"and a little rain thrown inâ€"in this North Landâ€"not to mention the gold. But there‘s gold in Renfrew County, too, and if the Eganville boys would come here and see it all, they might go back to dig the gold from the hills of Renfrew, just as the Eganville lads have dug it from the rocks of Porcupine and Kirkland Lake. And all that digging surely suggests a grave emer- gency. 4 | 4 ty oi e Included in those who attended the funeral from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blair, and Mr. Thomas Blair, of Dome Mines. to mourn: his wife, Mrs. J. Sommerâ€" ville, and two sister, both residing in Scotland. Mr. Sommerville developed pneuâ€" monia, and after suffering only two weeks, he succumbed. ‘He was born and raised in Penicuik, Scotland. In the yearâ€"1914, he joined the Royal Scots Battalion, and saw active service the whole duration of the: World War, and having attained the office of Sergeant, was <discharged at the finish of the war in that capacity. During the past several years he has been a resident of Ansonville, where he acquaintâ€" ed with many loyal friends. He leaves for sale in legitimate way. It was inâ€" cumbent on the dealer in any event to make enquiries in such a cast and enâ€" quiry would have shown that the lad had not come by the goods in any legitimate way. â€"The magistrate sugâ€" gested that the purchase of "junk‘" by dealers without a thorough investigaâ€" tion was an indiucement to boys and to men to commit petty thefts to make money. The more difficulty there was in disposing of stolen goods the less "Jjunk" there would likely be illegally acquirmd by boys and others On more than one occasion the stealing of "Jjunk" in this district has reached such proportions that something had to be done about it. In some cases it was necessary to prosecute the dealers, and on each occasion when a careless dealâ€" er was fined or sent to jail for the purâ€" chase of stolen goods, the practice would immediately fade away. In one _case, a dealer here was so careless as to where the goods were coming from that he was paying small amounts for ‘"scrap", only to discover that the boys were stcaling the stuff from his own sheds and selling it back to him time and again. When the dealer notified the polics of the boys stealing junk from him and selling it back again to him, the authoritiee conducted so thorough an investigation that the dealâ€" €er was up in court and convicted of "gross carelessness" (to put it too mild- ly) in â€"his purchases. The two comrades were: John Somâ€" merville and A. Taylor, both of Ansonâ€" ville. Beautiful wreaths and floral tributes covered the graves, having been sent by their many friends both far ana near. With full military honours, Union Jacks draped over the coffins, the funâ€" eral procession was headed by the Legion to the Iroquois Falls cemetery, where a most fitting servioe was conâ€" ducted by Rev.F; Tfie two bodies were lowered to the grave, as the sound of the Reveille and Last Post were sounded. Iroquois Falls, Ont., Aug. 1st, 1938â€" (Special to The Advance)â€"AÂ¥ most imâ€" pressive and appropriate fluneral cereâ€" mony was held here last week, as the members of the Canadian Legion turnâ€" ed out in full numbers to pay their last respects to‘ two comrades who have passed on. Bury War Veterans â€" at Iroquots Falls Repairs Ordered on Road â€" Between Nellie Lake and Iroquois Falls. Mr. Taylor, who was also a resident Fif m" School l-M. _ VUpper %‘u Boys from 14â€"18. red f B m Milit C curfi:t:lum : U benetit of con:l:slous tt:gln: °m UPPER CANADA COLLEGE. Autumn Term opens Wednesday, Sepic at 9 a.m. T. W. L. MA DERMOT MA Principa The theft was committed, some‘ time during the night by the four: yout.hs, after which they hid the loot Howâ€" ever, when accosted by the police, they told of their hiding place, and . prac- tically all "the stolen articles were reâ€" stored.. No motive was gnven for t,he theft. % y Romauld Gagne was sentenced to serve two years at Kingston Penitentiâ€" ary, Elando Marcaccini, 6 months at Haileybury, Earl Retty, three months at Guelph, and Steve Krutko, also three months at Haileybury, for the theft of merchandise exceeding osem $300.00. Iroquois Falls, Ont., Aug. 1st, 1938â€" (Special to The Advance)â€"Having been found guilty of breaking and entering into the Commissary here, a short time ago, fclur local young men were given sentences ranging from three months to two years, by Magistrate E. R Tucker, in court on Thursday. Terms Given from Three Months to Two Years. Councillor E. G. Jameson who returnâ€" ed his cheque for the first quarter, caontending that he disagreed with the manner of passing the byâ€"law without the will of the voters being asked, has again taken the same course and does not . intend to take: remuneration for any. service during this year. howâ€" ever, is in favour of councillors: ‘being paid ‘for their services, while Mayor Wicks contends that the financial conâ€" dition of the town and general condiâ€" tions do not warrant such prbbePdtngs at the present time. . Iroquois Falls Boys are Guilty of Theft Elected early in April, His Worship didâ€"not receive any cheque for the first three months of the year, but with the payments being made quarterly a cheque for $75 became due him on June 30, together with payment at the rate of $5 per regular meeting to councillors On their arrival they were delightâ€" fully: entertained at a dinner held in the Iroquois Hotel, during which Mr. McQuesten outlined that it was not the policy of the Department to spend any great amounts on back roads at present but to try and jimprove the main highâ€" ways. However, in view of the fact that. this short piece of road was being used so extensively by town motorists, he would appropriate sufficient funds to make the necessary repairs. Cochrane, ‘Aug.. 3.â€"Standing to his purpose in recording himself agaifnist the byâ€"law passed by ‘Cochrang., town council ‘awarding remuneration*to the councillors for â€"their services during the year) Mayor A. E. Wicks has mls n cheque for the first three mo Mayor Wicks â€"â€" to Accept Pay Cheques During the past summer months‘this highway has become steadily worse,:and has been a source of complaint by many individual drivers. Not until it was brought to the attention of the Motor Club hére, was the subject given any consideration, and through the efâ€" forts ofâ€"the Motor League, it will be put back into shape. This order is the result of a recenb inspection visit of Mr. T. B. McQ;ues- ten, Minister of Highways, Mr. R. M. Smith, Deputy Minister, and Mr. W. . Robertson, â€" Manager of the Ontario Motor: League. On their return trip from Kapuskasing, over the mainâ€" thor- oughfares, Mr. Robertson Suggested that they make a journey over this much discussed stretch, and pay a visit: to the Iroquoisâ€"Falls Motor Club who have a very active membership nere. of Ansonville, died qnite suddenly, in a motor car, following a short plefiui‘fi trip with friends in the count The friends with whom he had . the journey returned to the car 1s to see what was delaying Mr. 'I'Qxlor. only to find that he had died. An it.â€" quest into his death has been ordered, and will be held on Thursday. Minister of Highways Orders Much Needed Road Repairs. Mr. T. B. McQuesten, Mintster of Highways has forwarded word‘ here, that*work will commence immediately, on the road between Iroquois F‘plls and Nelllie Lake. Â¥, AUVGUST <T8,â€" uddenly, «in ort plegsure countryktde ; had . o car .ls Mr. T‘Aylpr.