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The Osharwn Sines * Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 68 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Poge 4 Saturday, April 4, 1959 French In High Schools Criticized By Trustees - Some curious arguments were presen ted at the meeting of the Ontario rate- payers and trustees' association this week to support the proposition that the teaching of French in the province's schools be dropped. Probably the most interest was tha! of the Right Rev. Wil- liam A. Townshend, of London, who was quoted as saying: "We teach French to those who ask for it, But until we do a better job of teaching English, we should not try teaching something else too." If the Suffragen Bishop of Huron was correctly quoted, what he was saying was that poor teaching of one subject is an adequate reason for eliminating teaching of another subject. Application of this theory to the curriculum could have astonishing the dropping of physics, say, because algebra is bad- iy taught, or the elimination of geo- graphy because the teaching of history is ineffective To accept the theory, of course, one must first assume that all our schools and all our teach- érs are doing a miserable job of teach- GUEST EDITORIAL People And By the Rev. H. A, Mellow Northminster United Church, Oshawa v Glenn Gould's statement as reported «recently arrested me. He told of his re- ; action to the squirming perch from ! whose mouth the fish hook had been 'torn. He was young, and from then on 'he has been an "anti-fishing" devotee "It is not my intention to crusade for 'the banishing of fishing rod and reel: 'nor do I intend to discard my ineffect- ' jve equipment. But somehow I am han- py that there is in our society such qua- 'lity of sensitivity to the suffering of «even the "lower creatures." And that ! brings me to applaud those who in spite of all too little support: in spite of . sometimes attracting members who are labelled as "cranks," in spite of them- selves being so misunderstood that they . too are so labelled; that there are those » results reverend gentleman's ing English -- or French or algebra or history, as the case may be. It is an as- sumption that we cannot accept, just as we cannot accept the suggestion that French be dropped from Ontario school curricula, The failure of the French courses to produce graduates who can use the lan- guage with any sort of skill--and here we must admit that there has been failure -- is due not so much to the teachers as to the methods that the teachers have had to follow. The stud- ents have been fed a strict initial diet of grammar and verb forms, and they have found it largely indigestible -- so much so that they never get over the original heart-burn, In this fashion, the learning of a language becomes a boring, tiresome task instead of the exciting exploration it should be. If the young- sters were taught first to carry on sime ple, evep ungrammatical versations, their interest in the Tangflage could be aroused: they learn to speak their own language in such fathion and do not start on grammar until much later. Animals who take up the cudgels in defence of those who cannot speak for themselves. It may be necessary to reduce the bear population in our North. It may serve a proper purpose to adorn the Guards with bear-skin headgear. My position is neutral, unless there is ruth- less slaughter or careless disregard for creatures that may be maimed and left to die a lingering death. But it is in our Hebrew-Christian tradition not only to fondle our household pets. It belongs inevitably that we shall be alert to the condition of the horses in our lumber camps, to the dogs and cats "orphaned" by callous "owners." So as one who tries to keep burning the flame of com- passion that is kindled in our faith, I salute the doughty few in our SPCA and all the gentle folk who are sensi- tive to the comfort of our animal friends. Let's support the SPCA! So What Else Is New? Military leaders in the United States 'have informed the U.S. House of Repre- ! sentatives that if war should break out tomorrow between the U.S. and the 1 Soviet Union, the USSR would be de- stroyed. Admiral Arleigh Burke al operations, said that if Russia started an all-out war break her back." and the United States had the atomic potential to destroy the Soviet Union "many times over." Gen, Nathan F. Twining, chairman of the joint of staff, said the Soviet's strongest arm its manned aircraft for nuclear-attack. was "not half as ours nearly so effective." chief of nav- "we would chiefs big as and not 's official that the world' could destroy each the Soviet people that the So now it two greatest powers other. A few 2 leaders were assuring the if the Americans month rted a war United States would be destroyed in a matter of hours. Possibly these statements are calcula- ted to raise the morale of the Russian and American men-in-the-street, the ordinary working stiffs who go to their offices and their factories every day, grouse about the weather, worry about junior's sniffles and look forward to the weekend. Possibly the "little peo- ple" are stronger and happier for the knowledge that their armed forces can not only destroy . the country of an enemy but pulverize the rubble "many times over." But to us it is more depressing than heartening, possibly because we are not American and not a Communist. We get no feeling of joy from the thought that if the United States or Soviet Union made war on each other, victory would go to the one that, out of the debris of two great nations, could fire the last missile or launch the last bomber, Revolt In The East For obvious reasons, little news is coming out of Tibet these days. Indeed, little news has ever come out of Tibet, and most people in the western world probably think of it if they think of it at all -- as a wild, remote region where Ronald Coleman found Shangri- la. But what is happening now in Tibet could ultimately mean much . to the West. Skimpy though details of the fighting between Tibetans Chinese have , been, there is enough evidence to indi- cate that the Chinese Communists are reacting in Tibet in the way that the : Soviet reacted in Hungary in November, @he Oshawa Times LL. WILSON Publisher 'and General Manager C. 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The Hungarian blood-bath revolt- ed even long-time Communists in the free world; it split the Communist party in Canada, for example. Reaction in Asia to Chinese revenge in Tibet could be even sharper From India comes word that Chinese prestige is fading rapidly in that coun- try. A New York Times report says that "responsible members of parlia- ment who were generally cautious in their foreign affairs speeches do not hesitate these days to openly denounce Peking's policies." Moreover, "the Com- munist party (in India) has lost face so completely that its chances at the general election in 1962 might be ad- versely affected." Fence - straddling Prime Minister Nehru is disenchanted with his Chinese friends. It may not persuade him to slide down on the wes- tern side of the fence, but he may well lean in that direction. Other Editor's Views A WRONG PRACTICE (Winnipeg Free Press) In future any boy arrested by the Winnipeg police will not have to reveal his racial origin or his religion to the arresting officer. It would be wrong to assume that the police have in the past used this kind of information to discriminate against juveniles. But the possibility of dis crimination is there; and, misused or not, the practice was wrong, The police are properly concerned only with offences and with facts about a person that are directly relevant to the offences. Racial origin and religion are not police matters, DOCTOR 10. UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Spring Election Ardor Cooled By Vote Result By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Comingz on the day after the completion of Prime Minister Macmillan's triumphant tour of the capitals of Russia, France, Germany and the United States, the result of the by-elec- tion in South-West Norfolk came as a rude shock to the Conserva- tives. It has overnight cooled their ardor for a spring general election. The Labor candidate retained the seat for his party by a major- ity of 1354, an increase of 1161 over the Socialist majority in the 1955 general election . The Con- servatives had been confident of winning this seat. Had they won it, on top of the victory in Harrow East, the call for an election in May or June would have been well-nigh irresistible. The Soith- West Norfolk result shows that the single swallow of the Harrow success does not make a Con- servative summer. REASONS FOR DEFEAT Conservative apologists for the result claim that it was a per- sonal victory for the Socialist candidate, Albert V. Hilton, who is the organizer for the National Farm Workers Union in the coun- ty of Norfolk, with 5000 members in the constituency. Nevertheless, the result shows that the swing back to the Conservatives has not yet reached a sufficiently high point to risk an early gen- eral election. That, however, does not rule out the possibility of au appeal to the electorate in May or June. With a summit meeting likely in the early fall, it is considered possible that Mr. Macmillan might wish to know where he stands with the electorate before going on to such a meeting. If * the election came firsl, and his party won with a reasonably sat- isfactory majority, he could go on to the summit with a new man. date from the people, And from Conservative headquarters comes a hint that when an election is called, it will be on short notice, probably three weeks. BEVAN SLIPS AGAIN It was noticeable that when Mr, Macmillan appeared in the House of Commons on his return from his visit to the United States .and Canada, he was welcomed by members of all parties. There was not a single critical note in the discussion which. followed his brief statement on what had been accomplished. This was at variance, however, with a hitter attack made on Mr. Ma¢millan by Aneurin Bevan while the prime minister was in Washington. Mr. Bevan's .re- marks, made at a Socialist rally in Manchester, were out of tune with public thinking, and with the line adopted by his own party leader. Mr. Bevan said he sus- pected Mr. Macmillan and the Conservatives. "I know Mr. Macmillan," he said. "'He is a man who deals in charades. He is a poseur. I have watched him careful'y for years. Behind that Edwardian coun tenance there is nothing." What jarred the public mind about Mr. Bevan's attack was that it was made in the presence of M. Suslov, leader of a Russian delegation which has been visite ing Britain at the invitation of a group of Socialist members The general view is that the ick was untimely, and that Mr. Bevan had slipped again. SAVINGS LEAP AHEAD A reflection of the sound state of the British economy is seen in the steady increase in savings being invested in the govern- ment's premium and defence bonds. In the last week reported, payments for these bonds were OTTAWA REPORT 40 Important Jobs Open In Ottawa By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- There are more than 40 important jobs in the ser- vice of our country which could be filled this month. All are in effect in the gift of the prime minister of the day. The vacan- cies arise through the death or retirement or expiration of the appointment of the previous holder, nearly all of whom were supporters of the Liberal party and appointed by tle previous government. About half of these top jobs are full-time employment, with remuneration ranging from $22,- 500 a year until age 75, down to $12,500 a year until age 65. There are other jobs which do not call for whole-time attention and carry a smaller .emolument. And there are yet others which are honorary, taking up very little time, and the holders are reimbursed their out-cf-pocket ex- penses for travelling and other costs in connection with the ap- pointment. Maritime lawyers will all be interested in the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Canada, which will be caused when Mr. Justice 1. C. Rand reaches his 75th birth- day on 27th day of this month. His successor, who mut be a Maritimer, will be paid $22,500 until he too reaches that retire- ment age. The top-ranking public service vacancy is the chairmanship of the Civil Service Commission. This appointment is for 10 years, and the present salary is $21,000 ,a year, representing more than double what it was only seven years ago but it is unlikely to be increased to $42,000 in the next seven years. One of the most interesting and important vacancies is the chair. manship of the Canadian section of the International Joint Com. mission, which was set up 50 years ago to settle questions arising along our boundary with the United States. This job pays $17500 a year, and obviously calls for tact and tcughness in dealing with our big neighbor. Canada needs a Queen's Printer, to take charge of the public printing office. This post, offering at present $18.000 a year, carries the status of # deputy minister, and hence liké all such positions is strictly a political ap- pointment carrying the liability or indeed the certainty of dis. missal if the present government should be defeated. Lesser posts needing to be filled are the chairmanship of the tariff board ($16,900 a year); two vice- chairmanships of the tariff hoard ($14,500 a year each); the chair- manship of the Dominion coal board ($14,500 a year; a com- missionership studying restric- tive trades practices ($15,000 a year): one vacancy on the board of transport commissioners ($13, 500 a year); and one on the un- employment insurance commis- sion ($13,000 a year). A new secretary of state to handle the policy and administra- tion of our external affairs de- partment was necessitated by the lamented death of Dr. Sidney 36,000,000, with only 10.000,000 withdrawn, a net gain of 26,000,- 000 in one week. Tius year to date there has been a net saving of 261,000,000. This is in sharp contrast to the record of 1958, when in the same period with- drawals of money invested in these bonds exceeded new sub- scriptions by 10,500,000 Aberdonians have maintained their reputation for thrift in their purchases of these savings bonds. In the last quarter of 1958, they had the highest record for sav- ings of any town or city in the United Kinodom. The there averaged 42 chillings and savings 10 pence per head of popuwation GALLUP POLL OF CANADA Think People Brainier But Morals Are Worse By CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION Man, in the Space Age is be- coming brainier and healthier, but the human race is less happy than it used to be, and its moral conduct is worse--at least in the eyes of the average Canadian, But there's a hit more optim- {sm about the peoples of the world today, than there was in 1949, when the Gallup Poll first established a bench-mark against which to measure Canadian op- timism on the progress of man- kind. More people, for instance think health is improving than the high percentage who did so a decade ago. There's a bigyjump upward in the number who are convinced the human race is get- ting more intelligent. Today for every gloomy citizen who says we're getting worse, there are about sixteen to deny it. On the other hand twice as many believe that moral conduct is on the skids as think that it is improving. Canadians: are more inclined to say the situation hasn't changed much, than to think it'c. ogotting hetter. Raolief that inward hanniness is sl ming is held by far mare n2o- ple than conviction that it's im- proving, A decade ago interviewers for the Gallup Pell trudeed the high- ways and hyways of the previn- ces calling on a national cross section of the nation in homes throughout the provinces to ask the same question as is asked for today's report. "DO YOU THINK THE HU- MAN RACE IS GETTING BET- TER OR WORSE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HEALTH? INTELLIGENCE? MORAL CON: DUCT? INWARD HAPPINESS? Optimism over brains and brawn as compared to pessimism per week. Its rival cily of Dundee was in second place for the whole country, with a per capita aver- age of 35 shillings and . eight pence per week. One of the largest single ship- ments of beef Shorthern cattle to be assembled in Scotland for ex- port to a single buyer is now on its way to the farm of! Norman Hogg, of Uxbridge, Oatario Coun- ty, Ontario. The consignment is of 16 fe- males between the ages of 12 and 14 months. They are top quality animals in breeding, from the famous Scottish herds of Cal- rossie, Glastullich, Tolquhon, Tradlin, Chapelton, Uppermill, Innes House and Moy. In the past month, 66 -export certificates have been issued for Scottish Shorthorns. Except for one to Argentina and two to Uru- guay, all these animals have gone to Canada and the United States. over happiness and morals is shown clearly in a comparison of Better Worse No change No Opinion Better Worse No Change No Opinion Better Worse No Change No Opinion INNER Better ve Worse No Change No Opinion In analyzing these findings the Canadian Institute of Public Op. inion has com~ared the views of Protestants with Roman Catho- lics, to see if religious beliefs affect one's optimism on the up- ward or downward trend of hu- man nature. Results show today, s they did in the previous study that Roman Catholics are more inclined to believe that man- kind's inward happiness is in- creasing, than are Protestants. how the people felt in 1049 as compared to 1959. Today 72% 100% HAPPINESS 100% They feel just about the same in regard to moral conduct, but Prete tans are mo e convinced that the human race is becoming healthier, and wiser, than are Catholics. Canadians are more uncertain about the inward happiness trend than they are about any of the others. On this question 12 per. cent couldn't give an opinion, compared to only 2 per cent whe were in this slot for intelligence. World Copright Reserved BYGONE DAYS 50 YEARS AGO E. V. Lander, formerly con- nected with the Oshawa Canning Co., purchased the coal, wood and lumber: business from Rath- bun Co. : The ice harvest was gathered in wagons during the past week as a replacement for sleighs used during the winter, R. Grieve, Grand Organizer of the Sons of Scotland, was a visi- tor in town, and attended the gathering of the Scols in connec- tion with Lorne Camp. The following were appointed licence commissioners for South Ontario: Arthur Johnston, Green- wood; Andrew Ross, Whitby, and J. W. McHarry, Port Perry. A very interesting program was given at the Epworth League of Simcoe Street Methodist Church when inspiring telegram mes- sages were read from the follow- ing former presidents: 0. Hezzle- wood and John Joblin, Toronto; George Farewell, Sault Ste. Marie: E. T. Slemon, Qtte-va; Fred Joblin, Castleton and W. E. O'Brien, Oshawa. The Oshawa Ladies' Choral So- ciety held its annual recital meet- ing with 30 members in attend- ance. A May festival was plan- ned with F. W. Bull as musical director. Miss E Greentree of Harmony, left for Saskatchewan, to reside with her brother there. H. T. Carswell brought the Christie - Port Hope Curling Cup to Oshawa. Six rinke threes from Oshawa and three from Port Hope participated in the games. W. J. 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