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lye Oshawa Tunes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Thursday, August 24, 1961 Teacher's Intemperate Response To Criticism Ruby McLean, president of the On- tario Teachers' Federation, did her profession little service in her address to the Federations board of governors this week. Unless she was grossly mis- quoted, her speech was largely an in- 'temperate attack on various ideas and criticisms voiced on educational matters during the past year or so, She thought that the "criticism level- led at our educational system is exag- gerated and unwarranted," that "it seems to be the fashion of the day for every person and his sister, brother, cousin or aunt, to establish themselves as ex- perts in every phase of education," that it was preposterous to say all people are capable of attaining a university level of competence, that the world would soon be in a terrible mess if everyone became so highly educated no one wanted to do the ordinary, mundane work, and that the present practice of choosing textbooks from an approved list is "the democratic way for education and the way to which we heartily subscribe." Some of the criticism "levelled at our educational system" is indeed exagger- ated and unwarranted, but a great deal of it is pertinent and warranted -- and that, too, is the democratic way. If Miss McLean thinks the system is perfect, let her look around her at some of the results. Nobody, to our knowledge, has claim- ed that all students are capable of at- taining a "university level of compe- tence" -- and there's a fine bit of pedagogic jargon. What is being claimed by many people is that all students cspable of meeting entrance require- ments should have the opportunity to attend a university, which is a vastly different proposition. In any case, Miss McLean should be worrying less about the flooding of the universities and more about the surplus of people capable of doing only the "ordinary, mundane work." Nobody, to our knowledge, has claim- ed that every student in the province should use exactly the same text bodks in exactly the same way in exactly the same sequence of instruction. What is being claimed is that there should be some thought given to the cost to parents and that there should be less wild variation between texts and schools. Parents of children who have had to move to new schools can testify to the unsettling and expensive effects of that variation. Miss McLean should be happy that there is criticism of the school system. It indicates active public interest. If the interest were to wane, the recent ad- vances in her profession's prestige and salary scales would be lost. Nothing Except Desire If the rabid nationalists in Quebec succeeded in making an independent republic of the province, .they would have little trouble gaining recognition of it as a sovereign state, so popular has become the international sport of nation- making. The drive for independence may be noble, or it may be pitiful, and sometimes it can be farcical. Gambia is looking forward to becom- ing a member of the family of nations in 1963. Great Britain has given it self- government internally and will help it to independence. A more improbable nation is hard to imagine, Gambia is a strip of land that lines the lower Gambia river. It reaches from the Atlantic for 200 miles straight into the heart of Senegal, which borders it on three sides. In width it narrows down in places to about miles. Its chief product is peanuts. They make up 98% of its exports. They have to be floated down the river, for Gambia has no railroads. Other things it doesn't have are a daily newspaper ,a radio sta- tion, an institution of higher learning, a restaurant, It has no industry. It does have an airport. Two-fifths of the coun- try is sand hills. There are 42 miles of roads. In the population of 275,000 which occupies this 4,000 square mile area there are 300 whites. The rest are Afri- cans. There are 12 university graduates. Some 35 chiefs rule districts outside of Bathurst, the capital, There is talk of Gambia's merging with Senegal. But its leaders don't like the idea. They speak Englinsh and are British trained. Senegal is a former French colony and its officials use that language. So Gambia is likely to go it alone. But it won't go far, for it can't afford to run a government. Someone will have to pick up the check for its inevitable annual deficit. Berlin As Site For UN The proposal of 14 British Labor MPs to move the United Nations, lock, stock and barrel from New York to Berlin, has an audacious simplicity about it that commends it to the attention of all interested in preserving and extend- ing peace, the Vancouver Sun thinks. There are some practical objections. It would be costly, for 'instance. But a war over Berlin would cost very much more, It might cost the world every- thing. The current position is that the West will not give up free access to Berlin. The West maybe cannot prevent Mr. Khrushchev from making a treaty with East Germany, a treaty quite mean- ingless save for its nuisance value; but the West in its present position must fight if necessary to keep the East Ger- hye Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher and Genera! Manager C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle (established 1863), is published daily {Sundays ond statutory holidays excepted). Members ot Canadian Daily Newspoper Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. 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Circulation for the issue of March 30, 1961 17,363 mans from subverting West Berlin's freedom, If the NATO powers could be sure that Russia means it, when it talks of making West Berlin a free city, a settle- ment might not be difficult. They are not disposed at present, however, to accept the idea of a neutral city. Yet Berlin under the UN cloak would not only be free but would have to be neutral. It would have to be all Berlin, not just the Western part. It would have to have guaranteed access, a permanent corridor under control of UN troops, no longer under the uncertain guarantee of the Reds. The scheme has elements of grandeur. It opens possibilities for larger settle- ments of Central European problems once Berlin is out of the way. None of the former wartime Western allies is too keen on reunification of Germany, for instance, Not all patriotic Germans are. In France and Britain -- and Can- ada -- there's no great enthusiasm for full German rearmament. It might be objected that UN head- quarters in the middle of Germany would be too close to Russian power for com- fort. On the other hand, its presence there could lead to a pulling back of hostile military groupings and a lessen- ing of tensions, Bible Thought Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means.--IL Thessalonians 3:16. Only by divine power and wisdom can all things be made to work together for good. Trust the Lord! If any of you lack wisdom, let hirn ask of God. -- James 1:5. World conditions call for supernatural wisdom, but there is only one Source of such wisdom. OTTAWA REPORT Turn Back History For Celebrations By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Ottawa is to have a face-lifting in reverse in time for the celebrations of our na- tional centenary in 1967 Plans are now being framed to reconvert the most important part of the sub-Arctic lumbering village of Bytown, which pre- ceded our national capital of Ot- tawa on this site, to make it appear as it was just prior to Confederation. The main street of Bytown ran from just beside the Rideau Canal locks, built by military engineers under the command of Lieutenant By, northwest to the bank of the Ottawa River; it then turned northeast to follow the river bank to the gates of Mackay's castle. That street is today called Sussex Drive; Mackay's castle is called Rideau Hall, and is the official residence of our Gover- nor General. The down-town section of Sus- sex Drive was the main street of Bytown because it led to the dock on the Ottawa River where in the days before railways, the boats landed all travellers to Bytown. The cobbled street was flanked by stores and taverns, whose main custom came from lumbermen arriving wealthy but lousy to spend their wages. Runners from the stores would meet the boats, and solicit the lumbermen, urging them to patronize their stores to have a bath, a shave and haircut, buy new clothes, and then sample the pleasures of liquor and la- dies available in the taverns. The $30,000,000 program of restoration and permanent im- provements along this historic mile has 1967 as its target date for completion. The work will include the purchase of much of the now privately owned property front- ing Sussex Drive. The once-fa- mous hotels will be restored, the stores will be refaced to re- semble their appearance as de- picted in old prints, and most of those buildings will then be rented to prestige tenants. Some buildings will be torn down to make way for the approach roads to the planned new Mac- donald - Cartier Bridge linking Ottawa with Hull across the river, Two unsightly filling sta- tions will probably be torn down and one will perhaps be re- placed by the famous Goulden's Hotel, once the pride of By- town, which was dismantled _only two years ago to the ac- companiment of loud -howls of anguish by historically-minded Ottawans. The distant reach of Sussex Drive, a picturesque drive be- side the Ottawa River, is now chiefly the state of official build- ings. The "castle' which the contractor Thom as Mackay built for himself, in the once stately suburb of New Edin- burgh which he himself pi- oneered, is now our Governor General's of ficial residence. Nearby is the embassy of the new republic of South Africa. On the river bank is 24 Sussex Drive, the official residence of our prime ministers; previously known as "Gorfyswa'", a Welsh name meaning 'Place of Peace." It was the residence of the lumber baron, Senator Ed- wards. At the time of Confed- eration, the site was. occupied by the distillery operated by Isaac McTaggart to cater to the thirsty lumberjacks, but that is a piece of restoration which Ot- tawans do not expect to see come to pass, anymore than they want to see the cobble- stones return to rough-surface the street, or the brawly tav- erns and light ladies be restored to jazz up the street. Tourists in Ottawa will have noticed the massive bulk of the French Embassy beside the prime minister's home; that was formerly the site of the little general store run by Rob- ert Blackburn, and of his white home, which was transferred to its present site across the road. Behind that is one of Ottawa's oldest extant buildings, the rough grey stone schoolhouse, built by Mackay to house school- teacher Fraser and his family in one half, and a school in the other. It carries the -ate 1837. Nearby is the modernistic and quite unsuitable California-type construction which is Ottawa's new City Hall, constructed chiefly of glass which fails to keep out the heat of the sum- mer sun or the cold of winter's wind which whistles down from the Arctic. Sussex Drive will be quite impressive as our national "Main Street" when restored and readorned. INSIDE YOU Lead Poisoning Can Be Prevented By BURTON H. FERN, MD "What do you mean, did she eat indoor or outdoor paint?" shrieked the hysterial mother. The doctor wanted to know. Lead poisoning could explain the little girls' coma, and while most indoor paint is harmless, the outdoor kind is chockful of lead. So are indoor rooms painted years ago, when all paint con- tained lead. And don't forget toys and furniture refinished by do-it-yourselfers who have to use up that half gallon left after giving the back porch its second coat. Toddlers often like to gnaw on walls, cribs, toys and any- thing else they can sink their teeth into. Older boys have in- haled lead-filled smoke from campfires made of burning au- tomobile batteries. You can also inhale poison- ous doses working around lead ddst without wearing a face mask. Even your skin absorbs lead! The only safe lead seems to be. in pencils -- pencil "lead" is carbon, not lead, and carbon is not only harmless, but it's used as medicine! A giant dose of lead quickly shatters your insides until' your retch and collapse into coma. Lead poisoning creeps up on you after weeks or months of repeated tiny doses. As blood thins, you weaken and pale. Everything irritates you. You can't sleep. You can't eat with- out retching. Your head aches and you begin to stagger. Soon nerves weaken into paralysis and convulsions, cramps and coma begin. Early, lead poisoning can be cured. The doctor first treats the ur- gent shock-like state. Then he aims his hypodermic needle at the lead itself. He injects Ver- senate, a Chemical policeman that handcuffs lead and pro- tects you from it. Eventually, the Versenate-lead combination pours out through the kidneys. BYGONE DAYS 30 YEARS AGO Over 1500 unemployed regis- i tered in Oshawa on the first | day of registration. A large buffalo broke loose § from its quarters at Lakeview Park and caused a flurry in a large crowd of people. F. B. Godiki, former works commissioner of York Township, was appointed by city council as city engineer for Oshawa. A barn, newly-threshed crop and a threshing mill on the city farm, Cedardale, occupied by Arnold Brothers, were destroy- ed by fire. Ollie Sebert, life-long resident of Whitby and once famous lac- rosse player, died at the age of 76. The work of demolishing and removing the base of the water reservoir, corner of Simcoe and Alexandra streets, was completed at the cost of $540. The Oshawa Rotary Club held its annual election, naming to office Dr. S. J. Phillips, presi- dent; D. F., Johnston, past president; A. F. Annis, secre- tary and R. S. Morphy, treas- urer. The Oshawa Homing Society raced its pigeons a distance of 410 miles air line from Indiana. A bird owned by Bramley Brothers won the race and the William Baker Cup. W. Cowle and V, Whitely's birds placed second and third respectively. Relief work projects to cost $947,000 were adopted by the council. The final concert of the sum- mer rendered by the Ontario Regiment Band, under the direc- tion of bandmaster T. Dempsey, was held in Cowan Park. More than 70 CGIT girls spent a week of camping at Kiwanis Camp. Miss Gertrude Moore was in charge of the group. L. Corn and D. Conant of the Oshawa Tennis Club, advanced in the standing by winning the matches in the opening day of the Southern Ontario Tennis Championships played at Hamil- ton. STUDY IN BRITAIN There were 102,705 full-time university and college students in Britain in 1959. QUEEN'S PARK Promises Frank Leadership Talk By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--In the next while there will be some quite frank talk in this space. And a bit of preliminary ex- planation is called for. The talk wil: concern the com- ing PC leadership convention. And it probably will be a bit more down-to-earth than you are used to. Please bear in mind when you are reading it that the writer fully appreciates this--and that the frankness is intentional. TAKE SIDES You get certain convictions af- ter a time in political writing. In my case one of these hap- pens to be that the press can play perhaps an unfair part in REPORT FROM U.K. Car Buyers Face Stricter Credit By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Buyers of auto- mobiles, commercial motor ve- hicles and motorcycles on the hire purchase, or instalment , plan, are going to face much stricter financial terms that will cost them more money. Because oi the higher bank rate, and the economy measures in Selwyn Lioyd's "little budget", the Fi- nance Houses Association has announced changes in interest rates, down payments and deal- ers' commissions. Members of this association handle four- fifths of all hire purchase busi- ness in Britain. The remainder ic handled by independent fi- nace firms, which may stick to their present rates in the hope of taking a bigger share of the business. All interest rates on instalment financing are to go up by one per cent immediately. On new cars and commercial vehicles, the new maximum rate is 10 per cent. On used cars up to three years old it is 11 per cent. On old cars over three years old it is 13 per cent. DOWN PAYMENTS UP The association also an- nounces - that the amount of down payment required for the financing of car purchases is being increased. It is being boosted from 20 per cent to 25 per cent on all vehicles up to three years old. For older cars a deposit of 33 and 1-3 per cent will in future be required, in- stead of 25 per cent. On a moderate period popular car, the amount of down pay- ment will be up by from $80 to $100. On a second hand car three years old and over, and costing $850, the down payment will go up from $210 to $285. The length of repayment pe- riods is one of the features which is not being changed. It remains at 36 months on new cars and 30 months on cars over three years old. COMMISSIONS CUT Car dealers are also being hit a severe blow. Dealers' com- missions for introducing new business to the financing com- panies are being cut from 15 per cent to 10 per cent. This has already brought a strong protest from the dealers, who claim they have become the victims of unfair discrimination. From car manufacturers and trade organizations the first reaction was one of dismay. The Society of Motor Car Manu- PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM ""A hungry person at the wheel is an unsafe driver," says a traffic official. Yes--especially if the person is hungry for ex- citement. The reason you can't get the average person to "listen to reason" is that it's your rea- son, not his. How to tell whether you are man or mouse: If women aren't afraid of you, you're a man. "Do you ever hear voices?" asks a psychiatrist. Oh yes, in- deed: Nearly everywhere we go we hear voices. GALLUP POLL Vast Majority Wants Nuclear Tests Stopped By CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION Ban-the-bomb enthusiasts are multiplied thousands of times by the pesple who read about their marches and demonstra- tions, as 8 in 10 Canadian men and women would like to see all nuclear tests stopped. However, the surprising fact may not be this overwhelming enthusiasm for such an idea -- but that 1 in 10 objects to the idea. These ciitzens think that the U.S. should continue nuclear testing even if the rest of the world gives it up Interviewers for the Gallup Poll asked a national sample of the adult population across Can- ada: "IF ALL OTHER NATIONS INCLUDING RUSSIA AGREE TO STOP MAKING ANY MORE TESTS WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND H-BOMBS SHOULD THE U.S. AGREE TO STOP OR NOT?" U.S. should stop U.S. should not stop ... i Qualified ..oeescenracecess NO Opinion seeseessces 100 These who gave qualified ap- proval to the idea did so, in the main, provided that sufficient precautions were taken to see that the ban was carried through. Belief that all nuclear tests should be stopped increases steadily with the amount of edu- cation a man or woman has had. For example among those who have attended public school only, just under § in 10 think the U.S. should stop tests, provided other nations agree to do so. Among those with University training the figure is almost 9 to 10. Similarly among those with pub- lic school training, 11 per cent think that the nuclear tests should not be stopped in the States, even though other na- tions promise to do so, while among those with 'Varsity back- ground only 4 per cent hold this view. World Copyright Reserved facturers was particularly criti- cal of these new moves by the finance houses. The result, they claim, will be a decided drop in sales of cars in the domestic market, at a time when the export record is none too good. A spokesman for the society said: "A buoyant home market is absolutely essential to maintain our production at a level which will enable us to compete effec- tively in the export markets. This could not have come at a worse time." elections and other political cam] Traditionally we are inclined to take sides. And this is really not ideal. All opinions, whether of a newspaper or not, are human opinions. They sa b be wrong--and quite easily can be wrong. There is, in fact, considerable question whether the historie opinionated editorial still has a place in our daily press today. It is certainly called for on questions where society as a whole, and our principles, are involved. On matters such as secrecy in government, or of a let-down in standards of justice. The pure function of the "fourth estate" is to be the con- stant watch-dog here. But where our system calls for an expression of opinion by the public, it must be questionable whether opinions of a newspaper today--when newspapers are in some sense "utilities'"'--are fit. ting. For they must really be only "'opinions." Yet when clothed in the type, paper and ink of the printed word they can with many people appear in the cloak of dogma ONLY OPINION The pieces that will appear here for the next while will be "opinion." They have to be--for they will be discussing questions and peo- ple on which there can only be oninion. The facts, by them. selves, would tell too little. . + rc read them, however do remember that they are only opinion--one man's opinion. It is opinion based on 18 years of experience and close contact with the subject matter. But still it is only pinion. Meat Dinner for your Baby! One taste will tell you that Gerber Chicken with Vegetables is a superior dish .*, . in flavor, color and texture . . . with Gerber quality evident in every spoonful. Heaps of tender, juicy chicken are blended with selected Canadian vegetables. (3 times as much meat as our regular vegetable and meat dinners.) Nutritionally, it's high in protein and niacin, an important B-vitamin. 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