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She Oshawa Cimes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1962 -- PAGE 6 English Exam Results Arousing Some Concern Boards in education in several com- munities have expressed their con- cern about poor marks obtained by students who wrote Grade XIII examinations in English. In Kitchener, for example, School Superintendent C. R. Philp told the Kitchener-Water- loo high school board that "a little more English" than the department of education demands in Grade IX would be provided in the schools of those communities from now on. Before any hard and fast conclu- sions can be drawn from low marks in English, however, it must be deter- mined whether the marking was unusually stiff or whether the stu- dents were improperly prepared for the examination set. The question is important enough to warrant an inquiry -- an inquiry which obviously should not be con- ducted. only by secondary school or departmental officials. From time to time, university professors have com- plained bitterly that they must use valuable time to teach freshmen how to use the language in an acceptable fashion -- knowledge the students should have when they leave high school. Is there any justification for that complaint? Do the poor marks reflect inadequate instruction or bad departmental direction? It is extreme- ly important that these questions be answered. The use of one's language is by far the most important subject in the curriculum. It provides our only means of communicating ideas and information. An idea is nothing until it is communicated; without proper communication, it virtually does not exist. It is not too much to say that the effectiveness of our society de- pends on the effectiveness of the individual's ability to communicate; in other words, the effectiveness of the individual's use of his language. We can produce hordes of illiterate scien- tists and still slide back into a swamp of ignorance. Place For Ombudsman The New Zealand government has decided to go ahead with its plan to appoint a public defender to protect the public against the excessive powers of the state. It is no sudden decision; the idea has been studied for a year, with close attention being given to its results in the Scandina- vian countries, where it originated and where the public defender is called an "ombudsman". It seems likely that the name "ombudsman" will be popu- larly used in New Zealand, because the official title there will be Parliamen- tary Commissioner For Investigations. The New Zealand government's at- titude is that while malicious abuses of power are rare in that country, there are inevitable cases of mistakes, misjudgments and unreasonable de- cisions for which the present law provides no adequate means of red- ress. The commissioner will not in- vestigate decisions by the courts or cases where a right of appeal exists. The New Zealand action is the result of a swelling volume of public complaint about the tightening grip of bureaucracy. The same complaints are heard in Canada, and Canada could well follow New Zealand's example. We need an ombudsman here just as much as do the New Zealanders. The public service contains a large number of hard-working and conscientious public servants, but it also contains some petty tyrants who hide their deficiencies behind a curtain of red tape, and the larger the public ser- vice the greater the number of petty tyrants. < It is difficult indeed for the or- dinary citizen to pierce the red tape curtains. That is why we need an ombudsman. Trans-Canada Hazards The closer the trans-Canada motor- cade gets to Rogers Pass, the less glamorous the Sept. 3 ceremony at the Pass appears to be. That is the date qyhen the Trans-Canada High- way will be declared officially opened; the motorcade is travelling the High- way to publicize the event, having started with rear wheels in the sea at St. John's, Newfoundland, and plan- ning to end with front wheels in the sea at Victoria after covering a dis- tance of 5,510 miles. The glamor is being dimmed by the stretches of the Highway that not only remain unpaved but appar- ently are in quite shocking condition. On the mainland, from Halifax to the Lakehead, the Highway apparently is an excellent one, but a 300-mile stretch in Newfoundland is unpaved and rough enough to damage some of the motorcade vehicles. Beyond the Lakehead? Well, this is what the Port Arthur News-Chronicle has to say: "It is hoped that members of the motorcade are keeping careful notes about the condition of the various fections and that these will be sub- mitted to the proper authorities. We feel that the stretch from the Lake- head to the Manitoba boundary if of the utmost importance for the tourist She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863), is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). Members ot Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Associction, The Canadion Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canadion Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, ond also the local news wublished therein. All rights of special despotches ore alse reserved Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshowa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, kiverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Broughom Burketon, Claremont, Golumbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglon, Blackstock, Manchester Pontypon! and Newcastle, not over 45¢ per week. By mail (in Province of Ontarie) outside corriers delivery areas 12.00 per yeor Other Provinces and Commonwealth Countries 15.00 U.S.A. Foreign 24.00, ¢ trade and truck transport. Actually the condition of the Canadian road, and unfortunately for only a compara- tively few. miles, is such that most travellers still prefer to make this portion of their trip through the United States, although the trip is much longer. It is difficult to see why these few miles cannot be completed on a crash basis." The Port Arthur paper also said that "it is true that the road now stretches from coast to coast but many of those who have travelled the portion between here and Kenora will not easily admit that it is passable without danger of personal and vehicle damage." Other Editors' Views WITHOUT PROOF (Hamilton Spectator) Dr. Gordon C. Ring, of the centre for study of cellular aging at the University of Miami, says that there is no proof to the theory that exer- cise' will help prolong the lifespan. In fact, he says, the opposite can be shown to be true. That sigh of relief you heard could have come from the throat of a lot of men who spent most of the winter thinking of ways to convince the better halves that spring cleanup campaigns are for the birds, MORBID FEAR (B.C. Wildlife Review) Snakes are feared more than any other living creatures as killers of men and yet the stings of bees, wasps, hornets and yellow-jackets take more lives than the bites of all the poison- ous snakes put together. In a period of a year surveyed by the U.S. National Office of Vital Statistics, 85 people died from the effects of insect stings and 71. from the stings of poisonous snakes: Bees take about as many lives as_rattle- snakes. ) . bad < ' } } ' | ht \ S'MPKINS "ENTERPRISING, ISN'T HE?' REPORT FROM U.K. Island Crofters Get Electricity By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times FAIR ISLE, Scotland -- The crofters who live on the remote Fair Isle, off the north coast of Scotland, have had little in the way of liying comforts and amenities. Now, for the first time, they are to have. elec- tricity in the 42 homes which house all the inhabitants of this lonely island. And this is being made possible by. the voluntary and unpaid labor of a team of international workers. It is a remarkable example of the type of thing which is being done through the International Volun. tary Service Organization. The work is carried on under a scheme instituted by the Na- tional Trust of Scotland to en- courage the islanders to remain there by improving their amen- ities. The Trust has provided a grant of $15,000 to make the in- stallation possible. WILLING VOLUNTEERS The unusual thing about this project, of course, lies in the fact that the 'work of laying cables and the conversion of old buildings into a modern plant for a 7.4 kilowatt diesel gener- ator is all being done by volun- tary labor. Wielding picks and shovels, young men and women of var- ied nationalities are spending their summer holidays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in all weathers While working there, they are housed in disused crofts, under conditions which would not have much appeal to the average nol. iday-maker All are members of the Inter- national Voluntary Service Or- ganization. In addition to the Fair Isle project, this organiza- tion has set up 40 other work camps in Britain this year, to QUEEN'S PARK carry out essential works for which money is not available for paid labor. In addition, hun- dreds of British volunteers have gone abroad to other countries for similar schemes. RECEIVE NO WAGES These workers receive no money for their labor. They pay their own fares to the location where they will be working. Their only reward is that they are housed and fed. Workers from Norway, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland, some of whom are staying for the whole summer on Fair Isle, have joined with British volun- teers in carrying out this proj- ect. The British volunteers in- clude university students, school teachers and a draughtsman. Cable linking the first of five groups of crofts, including the post office and the home of the island's only nurse, has already been laid. Two of the men liv- ing on the island are being given special training in operation and maintenance of the gener- ators, so there is no danger of failure in the supply of elec- tricity. POPULATION STAY The National Trust acquired Fair Isle for the nation in 1954. It is significant that while many other small islands in the Ork- neys and Shetlands. have been losing their population, and some have been entirely de- nuded of people, the population on Fair Isle has remained steady All of the work of installing the electricity system is. being doone under the direction 'of Alex Warwick, master of works for ithe Trust. He is confident that by the time the camp breaks up early in September, all of the people of the island will be enjoying an electricity - suppiy for the first time. Plaques Reminder Of Our Heritage By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- You may have noticed that a historic plaque is to be erected in eastern Ontario to the founder of the McIntosh apple This is only one of the usua: happenings of history to be so honored by the government since it started putting up these plaques a few years ago Another recent one commem- orates the first regular bush flights out of northwestern On- tario Some people might say these are very minor events of his- tory. . When you compare them to the feats of the Champlains and the Simcoes they are. But they are all part of the province's heritage. And locally, of course, they are very im- portant MUNICIPAL TRIP: The department of municipal affairs. has been working on a trip overseas for municipal people. The idea originated with the municipal association and the department has been helping out on the organizing While these affairs can turn out to be practically useless junkets it appears that this one « won't be And if the people find out a bit about what others in their a field are doing it could be valu- able. One of the continually start- ling facts of life to the political writer is the insularity of many of our branches of government A problem of first importance will arise and you will ask a senior official or a minister what has been done about it elsewhere, i And commonly there is a blank stare in return, We have not had the habit until recently of realizing that what the other fellow does is worthwhile. Rather we have wanted to. do everything on our own. THALIDOMIDE IGNORANCE This was well illustrated when the recent thalidomide outbreak occurred In the. first stages nobody seemed to know just what con- trols there were over such drugs. : Most people didn't have a clye just what powers Ottawa exer- cised or what other jurisdictions did (In fact most people weren't too sure just what Ontario could do). " It was only days later it he- came clear that actually the federal government couldn't even ban a drug and that the only qualifications it rece.ved were statements from manu- facwurera, BY-GONE DAYS 15 YEARS AGO James A. Ross, 220 Mary street, celebrated his 85th birthday by playing a game of golf at the Downsview Golf Club Members of the Coulter Divi- sion of Local: 222, UAW-CIO gavé their approval of a wage increase offer from the Coulter Manufacturing Company, Limi- ted A U.S. blimp circled over Oshawa for about a half hour and regaled residents with ad- vertising slogans and informa- tion about the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition. informed had in his coin Gregory Backwell The Times that he coin collection a -Roman dated 37 A.D. It was announced that more than 300 children from Osh- awa's 17 playgrounds would compete in the CRA City and District Track and Field meet at Alexandra Park. Mrs. T. C. Brown, a lifelong resident of Brougham and a Times correspopdent for many years, celebrated her 85th birth- day. Representatives of the Osh- awa and District Labor Council met with Robson Leather Com- pany officials regarding the opening of negotiations for early settlement of the near month-old strike GROWING FASTER WINNIPEG (CP)--Mrs. Ken- neth Davidson, an official of the YWCA, says in a committee re- port that a 14-year-old girl to- day is very close in terms of experience and interests to the 17-year-old of a few years ago. ICE CLOUDS Delicate wispy cirrus clouds are ice crystals floating from four to seven miles above the earth. 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N. 725-6541 Daily until 5:30 p.m., Wednesdays until 8 p.m, Closed Saturday During July and August Other evenings by appointment 17 OFFICES IN ONTARIO h OTTAWA REPORT Deve.opment Hamilton's Idea By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--For two or three years there -has been talk around Parliament Hill about the creation of a national devel- opment fund, which would at- tract investments from thrifty Canadians and thereby provide capital to assist the future. de- velopmenty of our natural re- sources, Like the vision of northern development and our new com- prehensive national farm policy, this imaginative concept was triggered or fostered by one of the surprise successes of the Diefenbaker government, Sas- katchewan's Hon. Alvin Hamil- ton. When he was minister of nor- thern affairs and national re- sources, Alvin Hamilton be- came quite distressed to note how the venture capital seeking to develop our resources came predominantly from foreigners. During the exciting early stak- ing of oil rights on our Arctic Islands, he first toyed with the TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Aug. 27, 1962... The Briand-Kellogg pact for the renunciation of war was signed by 15 nations at Paris 34 years ago today-- in 1928. Long negotiations by Aristide Briand of France and Frank Kellogg, United States secretary of state, had culminated in the treaty to outlaw war. Ulti- mately 62 nations supported the treaty, but it had no en- forcement provisions. 1917 ' --Canada's First World War Military Service Act putting conscription _into effect, was passed by Parliament. 1953 -- Wilbert Coffin, 37- year - old prospector, was charged with the murder of one of thrée American hunt- ers in the Gaspe region. He was hanged Feb, 10, 1956. PARAGRAPHICAIL WISDOM "A lot of singers are awk- ward with their hands when they're singing,"' says a critic. Yes, and some of them are awkward with their vocal cords. It is wondered if status sym- bols among hot-rodders include notches on steering wheels. Only an expert with long ex- perience can manage to avoid being burned when he cooks up an excuse. The person who waits for his ship to come invariably misses the boat. If a person could see himself as others see him, he'd most likely rush out and consult the nearest opthalmologist. "Dianetics is the theory that people' can't remember things that happened before they were born," says a psychologist. Some people can do better than that they can remember things that never happened. 'In certain parts of Africa a man isn't qualified to hold office until he has killed a rhinoceros," Says an explorer. Over here it seems many voters consider a man qualified to hold office if he shoots the bull Fund their country, rather than of Canada and Canadians. tax revenue from their profits is substantially funnelled away _ from the Canadian treasury. ' Examples are recurrently re- ; ported in our newspapers, and idea of encouraging you and me to become financiers instead of savings-account misers. OUTLOOK BROADENS Co-incidental with his trans- fer from that portfolio, his idea of a national development fund broadened from our natural re- sources to all our industrial fields. This perhaps was prompted by the series of mas- sive take-over bids by which foreigners are trying to buy up our industries, and recently es- pecially to grab most of the few Canadian oilfields which are still owned by Canadi . require no repetition here in proof of my assertions. TAKE-OVER BIDS RISE Can we afford any more of the massive take-over bids by foreigners buying up our indus- triés? These may be helping us to bridge our huge balance-of- payments gap caused by our extravagant living standards; but they are nevertheless slowly bleeding us to economic death, Many countries have laws which prevent foreigners from holding control of native com- panies. Siccessive Canadian governments have shied away from following this practice, but in typical Canadian compromise fashion Ottawa is edgng to- wards a Policy of 'voluntary The bureau of statistics reg- ularly publishes the facts as warning signals for us all. But in those high-living years from 1945 to 1961, when instant money was available to pay our insistent bills, we all preferred to act like Admiral Nelson; at the Battle of Copenhagen, you will remember, he put the tele- scope to his blind eye so that he could not see a signal which he knew would be unwelcome. But we were told that, in 1959, foreigners controlled 97 per cent of our automobile industry, 75 per cent of our oil wells, 61 per cent of our mining and 57 per cent of our manufacturing in- dustries. Today those figures are undoubtedly higher: no other nation suffers this degree of economic colonialism. Canada suffers two damaging consequences of this foreign domination. First, businesses controlled by foreigners are op- erated by them primarily in the interests of themselves and YOUR HEALTH comp . Big business of course counters this trend with talk that we mast have that foreign capital, and should not frighten it away. Of course we can use foreign capital, and we do and always should welcome it--but in the form of borrowed money, not permanently in- vested stock ownership. And it would come on those terms, just as it readily flows into other countries on' the same terms. Meanwhile, this constructive thinking seems to be crystal- lizing on setting up that very worthwhile national devel- opment fund, so that Canadian capital can replace foreign cap- ital in aiding the development of Canada. Individual Canadians would subscribe the money; the government would guarantee its security; business would be able to obtain needed capital from that all-Canadian source, instead of selling out to foreign- ers, Germ's Bad Habit Of Hanging Around By Joseph G. Molner, M.D. An article in Lancet, British medical magazine, illustrates vividly a point about boils, stys, and other infections caused by the staphylococcus germ. This germ has the nasty habit, like a drug-store cowboy, of just hanging around until it has a chance to make trouble. The Lancet report dealt with patients whv had stys whigh kept coming back and_ back. Tests showed that in most of these cases the staphylococcus lingered in the nose, not doing any noticeable damage there, but evidently making excursions out to the eyes and starting new rounds of stys. Use of antibiotio ointments in the inside of the nose broke the cycle of stys by cleaning out the "reservoir" of germs. With many diseases one at- tack by a germ causes the body to build permanent defenses for the future. This is the principle on which vaccination. depends. But other germs, 'of which the staph is one, and the flu and cold viruses are others, do not cause lasting immunity. They can return again and again. And that is why boils, stys and similar skin infections have to be treated in a somewhat dif- ferent manner. You must de- stroy the germs wherever they may be lingering, or they will soon be trying to make new in- vasions. I repeatedly emphasize the importance of keeping _ boils covered, of scrupulously clean- ing the hands after touching the area, of never rubbing the eyes if stys or similar infections are present. 'other. An attack of smallpox, meas- les, polio or a good many other diseases at least leaves behind it protection against further at- tacks from the same germs, for they invade the whole system and the blood establishes de- fenses for the future. These nasty staph germs don't as a rule invade the whole sys- tem (if they do, we have blood poisoning), and do not protect against further invasions. With this type of ailment, you need your doctor's help, in the form of antibiotics and some- times for draining a_ painful area, but you also must, your- self, have a sound knowledge of the nature and habits of the germ involved, if you are to un- derstand the precautions re- quired te combat it. " Note to B-S.: You can't "be cured" of infectious mononu- closis, any more than you can "be cured" of a cold. But you do get over it. Moderate precau- tions against complications are advisable, but it's not a danegr- ous disease as a rule, No, there isn't any diet to "stop a recur- rence," but recurrences aren't likely. "Dear Dr. Molner: Is there any harm while taking diet pills and a mild tranquilizer too?" Generally no, but don't take either without your doctor's say- so. And if you are already tak- ing one, be sure he knows it when (or if) he prescribes the Keeping secrets from your doctor is just asking for trouble. The diet pills are prob- ably making you nervous. 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