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She Oshawa Zimes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1966 -- PAGE 4 Aptitude Consider a ation In Education For Future Natural aptitudes of students rather than grade requirements may be setting the course of educa- tion in the future -- and not the too distant future, either, in Ontar- io. J, R. McCarthy, the provincial deputy minister of university af- fairs, recently previewed govern- ment thinking on a system in which pupils were no longer separated by grades. Dr. McCarthy has outlined some suggestions that would reshape and revitalize the whole secondary school system in the opinion of The London Free Press. The idea that atudents should still be fitted into pre-formed molds regardless of their innate capabilities or short- comings would be discarded For instance, Dr. McCarthy ex- plained: "If a student has demon- strated that he cannot do mathe- matics beyond Grade 9, he might as well be allowed to drop it altogether to spend more time on other areas in which he has some capability and interest". It has certainly long been evident that some students . take naturally. to languages and abhor mathematics, while others excel in the sciences but are indifferent to English and history, The deputy minister looks ahead to a non-graded system in second- ary schools which would involve pupil-teacher discussions, more in« dependent studies and a greater emphasis on the humanities, The necessity would immediately arise for universities to revamp. their entrance requirements. However there is seen a need for more flexi- bility at this level of eduaction, too, which may well come with the end of Grade 18 examinations in 1968, It has long been realized, but never officially recognized that stu- dents have wasted time cramming information on subjects. to which they have no aptitude and for which they'd never have application, In the future this previously wasted time can be utilized in pushing ahead more quickly in subjects in which they have aptitude and through which they'll make their contribution to society. It's an en- couraging. sign for education of worth in the future. A Simpler System? With Canadian trains again run- ning with some semblance of regu- larity across the country, rail trav- ellers can look forward to yet an- other jostling of their schedules shortly. In its fall and winter time- tables, the Canadian National Rail- ways will introduce a European Look by employing a 24-hour clock system. Following the lead of Air Canada, the railway nlans ta ahandon the traditional practice of indicating She Osharwn Times T, L. WILSON, Publisher &. C. PRINCE, General Manager C. J, MeCONECHY, Editor wa Times combining The Oshawa Times hitby Gazette and iSindeve (established is published daily and Stetutary helideys excepted) M of dian Daily h per Publish- on kampetion, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau Hy Circulation 'and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Conadion Press is exciusively entitled to the use of republication of all news deapetched in the paper credited to it or to The Assdcicted Press or Reuters, and also the loco! news published therein. All rights of special des- petches are also reserved Offices: Thomson Buildir 425 University Avenue, Teronte, Ontario; a0 Cathcort Street Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawe, Whitby, Ajex, Pickering, Bowmonville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Meple hogs Hometon, Senelinan's Bey, Liverpes!, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunberten, Enniskillen, Oren®, Leskerd, Brougham, Burketen, Claremont, Manchester Pontypec!, and Newcastle not over By meil in Province of Ontario rrier delivery ores, $15.00 per veer previnces ard Cemmonweelth Countries, $18.00 per yeor, USA, ond foreign $27.00 per yeer, a a.m. and p.m, time in light-or dark- face type. This will constitute the second major change in scheduling prac- tices made this year by CNR, When the company issued its spring and summer timetables late in April, the public was delighted to find that train operations were given in daylight time. Tne Haiifax says there might not be quite as much joy generated by the intros duction of the 24-hour clock, The military employed it during the war ,of course, and many who wore their country's uniform at that time still can recall the difficulties which arose from this effort to en- sure accuracy. Apart from the fact that most people are not familiar with such a Unronicie ~ Herald system, part of the trouble doubt. less arises from the practice where- by most of our mathematical exer- cises are based on the figure 10, rather than on 12, Come to think of it, The Halifax paper notes, it may not be any more difficult than trying to discern be- tween light-face and dark-face type while seeking to remember which represents a.m. and which p.m. DYNAMIC LITTLE PRESIDENT OTTAWA REPORT MacEachen Plays Influential Role BY PATRICK. NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Hon, Allan Mac- Fachen, now minister of health and welfare, has just been hon- ored for his services to Canada Preity previous post as iminiaiee of labor, Acadia University, in his native province of Nova Scotia, awarded him the hon- orary degree of doctor of com- mon law; the citation said: "His achievements in the set- tling of major labor disputes, in steering the Canada Labor Code through Parliament, and in es- tablishing the first manpower consultative service in North America mark him out as a constructive statesman of unu- sual gifts." His unusually high qualities have swept him to the emi- nence of being one of the clos- est advisers to the prime min- ister, especially on economic matters and on parliamentary strategy. He is the author of the concept of a minimum na- tional income for old people, rather than the costly and wasteful across - the . board in- crease in the Old Age Pension, HARNESSING THE MOON An old Canadian dream was to harness the power in the 40+ font tides in the Bay of Fundy, At last, in this age of atomic power, a Canadian government has given official status to this old dream of cheap power, The department of mines and tech- nical surveys is offering a sal- ary of $25,000 for someone qual- ified to direct and co-ordinate a staff and consultants who will explore 'the engineering and economic feasibility of tidal power developments in the Bay of Fundy." As an interesting footnote, this moon-reaper will be paid the highest salary in the department, $2,000 more than the deputy minister him- self, HAS OTTAWA A QUEEN? The capital is enjoying its own pricate little 'in' joke, as a newspaper man and a world- famous author conduct a public debate on 'the 10 most beauti- ful women in official Ottawa." The newspaper man teed off, nominating five foreign women in the diplomatic circle, two cabinet ministers' wives, one MP, the director of the Na- tional Art Gallery and the wife of the chief of' protocol The author, Nicholas Monsar- rat, in a witty letter to the newspaper pointed out that this selection indicated the urgent need for medical care insur- ance, so that a half-blind and presumably phy deaf jour- nalist could receive medical aids to help him distinguish between a temaie beauiy and Mis: Deus Ste oroe wits "T suggest you transfer him to Farm Forum and give me the official beauty beat, I can do that with my eyes closed-- and would sometimes prefer to," was Monsarrat's cut, which inevitably caused him to be challenged to nominate his own 10 top beauties. He too could only name five Canadians, and relied heavily on the diplo- matic community; disregarding the rule about "official" Ot- tawa, he diplomatically named his wife and his temporary ems ployer's wife, As a fringe bene- fit for his efforts, he received a bottle of diplomatic chame pagne from one of his beauties who appreciated his accolade, DRAINING U.S. BRAINS is In an unusual move to make the brain drain flow in reverse, from the United States to Cane ada, the Toronto board of edu- cation has advertised in a New York newspaper for attendance counsellors and social workers, in the salary range $9,289-811,+ 856 and with such fringe bene- fits as four weeks vacation and car allowance, The qualifica- tions sought are a master's degree in social work and--this will jolt the advocates of bi- lingualism--fluency in the Por+ tuguese and Grecian languages, PEARSON PATTERN Approximating to the Pear- son .patters of a 30-per-cent wage boost, a technicians' un- jon in the Canadian Broadcast- ing Corp. is seeking a 27-per> cent wage boost over a three- year contract, If this pattern is conceded for one union, it will follow throughout the whole CRC staff, organized and other- wise, Ry 1970, this would represent an increased burden on Cana- dian taxpayers of $82,000,000 4 year; total subventions paid last year by the taxpayers to the CRC--that is, over and above its commercial earnings --were $99,000,000; this year they will be $113,000,000, Can Canadian taxpayers af- ford an extra $82,000,000 on top of that already soaring cost Obviously the CBC needs com: petent and courageous top man- agement, which would effect economies by slashing th em- pires within the CBC, starting with its head office staff. ae ee i FO LaSt- WeSt udp ill Lurope Narrowed, French Claim By HAROLD KING PARIS (Reuters) Presi- dent Charles de Gaulle and his foreign minister, Maurice Couve de. Murville, feel they have succeeded in. bring- ing Western and Eastern Eu- rope closer together as a result of de Gaulle's June visit to the Soviet Union and Couve de Mur- ville's talks in Warsaw, Bucha- rest, Sofia, Prague and Buda- pest since Easter France's policy for Europe was clearly definited by Prime Minister Georges Pompidou during a visit to London in July "We are aware that peace will not be lastingly secured as long as the division of Europe persists,"' he said 'In our eves it is not through the policy of military blocs that we shall reach acceptable solutions "We must first of all seek a detente which will enable us to approach the European prob- lem in a@ new spirit "T do noi claim that this can be done from one day to the next, but the main thing is to make a start." Diplomatic sources say Couve de Murville's talks in the capi- tals of Eastern Europe this year have satisfied him that the Communist governments sincerely agree with de Gaulle's plan for a diplomatic approach from detente, to understanding, to co-operation "We have made a_ break- through,"' he said at a recent French cabinet meeting. He said an apparently insure mountable obstacle to negotia- tions between the two halves of Europe was the Communist re- fusal to discuss reunification of Germany until West Germany recognized the legitimacy of the East German regime, is MMR NE TRADITION BRUSHED ASIDE Tunisian Stability Credited To Bourguiba Tunisia has enjoyed 10 years of political stability since it became independ- ent, The main reason, as seen by a Canadian Press reporter on a visit te the North African country, is the president, Habib Bour- guiba. By PETER BUCKLEY TUNIS (CP)--Habib Bour- guiba, the dynamic little pres ident of Tunisia, has built a formidable political career and achieved immense popu- larity. by paying scant atten- tion to an old Arab virtue. Tunisians call it '"syasa" and it means respect for the formalities of life, in partic- ular such graces as courtesy, love of tradition and modesty, Bourguiba, an urbane and astute product of the Tuni- sian middle class with a Pa- ris law degree, has no lack of courtesy But he has brushed aside tradition and broken with Is- lam's hallowed Koranic teach- ing when they hampered his ambitious plans for the North African country. And he has immodestly tolerated, if not encouraged, a cult of person- ality that helps to keep him on top of Tunisia's political heap Viewed from Paris, which formerly ruled Tunisia as a protectorate, Bourguiba seems irritatingly unpredictable and individualistic. A French gov ernment official, adopting the elite but peckish tone that rance reserves for Bour- guiba these days, said: oy Tunisia is probably much too small for his am- bitions. I'm sure he would prefer a larger stage to play on. --Tunisia has a leader of in- Bourguiba more fiery spirits as a suspl- ciously regarded by moderate nationalist The president has virtually unchallenged power over Tus nisian affairs tional assembly and a cabi- net, There is a na- but both receive their or- 10 YEARS OF CALM But a longtime French res- ident of Tunis praised Rour- guiba because he "has given a.sense of direction and a con- tinuity of effort to affairs-- traits that are not usually found in the Tunisian char- acter." Both assessments facet of truth Tunisia has enjoyed 10 years of virtually unruffled calm since the end of the French protectorate. Although it has few natural resources and a population of only 4,600,000 in an area a little larger than the three Mari- time provinces, the country has made solid strides under Bourguiba towards building a modern industrial society The 63-year-old president's methods have been distinctive enough to inspire the term *"Bourguibism"" to describe his political tactics, In the words of U.S. author I. Wilk liam Zartman, it means "keeping a flexible control on both the hot and cold taps and adapting tactics to the flow of events." By some political alchemy, Rourguiba has succeeded where other Arah leaders have failed in enticing a steady flow of Western cap tal into a decidedly economy. In the offer a socialist dapper, cultured ternational stature -out of all proportion to her size. SEEKS MAGHREB UNION An impassioned speaker and from early youth a bat- tler for 'Tunisian independ- ence, Bourguiba has espoused the cause of Maghreb unity apparently hopeless in the present prickly atmosphere around Algeria, Morecco, Tu- nisia and Libya. He also en- visages a Commonwealth of French-speaking countries, an idea that has signally failed to strike sparks in Paris al- though welcomed by other former colonies On the domestic Bourguibism flowers, He has rallied most of the political spectrum to his side, manipulating dissidents with a velvet glove or showing flashes of the iron fist when necessary--such as in the 1962 execution of 10 army of: ficers who plotted his assas- Sination scene, But such sternness is rare More often Rourguiba is able to isolate his opponents, then wait for them to grow tired of being ostracized. Many have subsequently surrendered and taken jobs in the government or in the all-powerful Social ist Destour (Constitution), the s only political party, with tightly-organized cells in every village, country ders from the lavish, massive presidential palace in subur- ban Carthage. Rourguiba is also given to lecturing the nation directly, drawing sermons from day-to- day events, When an old Tunisian crone killed her new-born grand- child because ste felt her un- married daughter had been dishonored, Bourguiba an- nounced to a group of magis- trates that he considered him- self "personally responsible for the fate of our young women, whose emancipation , 1 have encouraged," And he lectured Tunisia on the need for young men to accept their responsibilities toward the women they woo. His personality is projected ceaselessly ai the electorate. At least two towns have been rechristened in his name, main streets are called after him and his photograph is everywhere, even on the cur- rency Bourguiba's least successful efforts have been in his rela- tions with France Twice in recent years, he has been slapped down by General de Gaulle--the first time when he tried to seize the French naval base at Bi verte by. force in 1962, anc acain when he nationalizec French - owned farma ant property in 1964, THERE Ig NOJOY IN MUDVILLE OR aust AvoUT ANYWHERE ELSE MN CANADA 28 THAT MATIER sees MIGHTY MIKE HAS STRUCK OUT... CANADA'S STORY (1 ANH i eyynrnennt trite ARAN NH viet Slow Siege Success By BOR BOWMAN Our story on August 29 told how James Wolfe was angry after he led the attack on Louisburg because General Amherst would not go on to Quebec. Wolfe would not have been so keen to keep British troops in Canada if he had known what was going on in France. Plans were being made to invade Britain, and the in+ vasion might have taken place if the French had been able to get enough ships in time. There was a golden oppor- tunity in 1759 when Wolfe had s0 many troops and ships occu pied in the Quebec campaign, and Amherst had more troops waiting to attack Montreal, but once again Britain was saved by the navy, The French army was ready to cross the channel, but Admiral Hawke demolished the French fleet gathered at Quiberon Bay. The invasion had to be called off Some military authorities were critical because Amherst delayed attacking Montreal in 1759, just as he had delayed attacking Quebec the previous year, However, Amherst did not learn about Wolfe's success at Quebec until October 18 and decided it was too late in the year, Even in 1760 Amherst moved slowly. It was August before his three armies were ready. General Murray led once force up the St. Lawrence from Que- bec, Colonel Haviland moved another army from Lake Cham- plain,. General Amherst, the {pete ome manent A TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Sept. 7, 1966... John Porteous, captain of the Edinburgh city guard, was lynched by a mob 230 years ago today--in 1736-- after being seized out of the Tolbooth prison, Ear- lier in the year, Porteous had ordered the guard to fire on a mob throwing stones at the execution of a popular smuggler, and six or seven people had been killed, Porteous was con- victed and sentenced to death but reprieved, so his townsmen took their pri- vate vengeance. Sir Walter Scott's novel Heart of Mid- lothian is about the Porte- ous case, 1870%---The British warship Captain foundered off Spain and 472 men were drowned, 1914--Britain invaded the German Cameroons from Nigeria. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916 -- Russians bombarded Halicz on the Dniester; the German East African ports of Kilwa Kivinje and Kilwa Kisiwari surrendered to the British. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1941--Prime Minis- ter Mackenzie King. re- turned from Britain by air; the RAF bombed Bertin from midnight to dawn; the Russians captured subma U-73 in the Barents resistance agents two Germans in rine "Sea wounded Paris. commander-in-chief, was based at Oswego, New York, and brought 10,000 men down the St, Lawrence, He was so care. ful that he delayed his 10,000 men a week in order to cap. ture Fort Levis, about five miles below Prescott, Ontario, It was defended by only 300 men, The three armies arrived be- fore Montreal on Septembey" 7 1760, where there were about 10,000 civilians and the rem. nants of the French army. Gen- eral Levis could muster only 2,500 men and his position was hopeless. He would have fought, hut Gavernar Vaudreuil ardor. dered that Amherst's terms be accepted, The French army was allowed to surrender on Sep- tember 8 and be taken back to France on condition that the men take no further part in the war against Britain, The British army marched from what is now Sherbrooke street to Place d'Ames where the French regiments were drawn up and surrendered their arms, The flag of France was lowered and the red ensign of Britain took its place, For the first time British drums beat the sunset tatoo in the streets of Montreal, OTHER EVENTS ON SEPT, 7: 1535--Cartier reached Island of Orleans below Quebec on second voyage 1619--Jans Munck, a Dane, dis- covered Churchill River, Hudson Bay 1763--King George IIT issued proclamation inviting his subjects to settle in Can- ada 1816--First) Canadian steamer on Lake Ontario, the Fron- tenac was launched 1864 --Chariottetown conference adinurned 'Tha doelevatas met at Halifax later 1883--Western wheat - crops blighted 1909---Reginald Hunt flew air- plane at Edmonton for 35 minutes 1919--Hague Tribunal issued North Atlantic cost fish- eries award defining U.S. fishing rights off Cana- dian shores 1927--Edward Prince of Wales and Prince George sailed for Britain after tour of Canada 1958--Death of Premier Maurice Duplessis of Quebec Great Natural Calamity Sets Tashkent Ashudder Ry JOHN BEST MOSCOW (CP)--The ordeal of Tashkent seems without any ending Since April 26, more than 600 earth tremors, some se- vere, have shaken the once+ bustling city, pride of Soviet central Asia, By this time the 1,000,000 Innaoilanis a iaonaenhe -- mostly Uzbeks, anancient people whose civilization goes back to at least the 5th cen- tury BC--must find it hard to remember a period when there weren't any: earth- quakes. What's happening there ap- pears to be one of the great natural calamities of recent decades but Soviet authorities have been determined that the world will know as little about it as possible. No foreign correspondents were allowed into the stricken city for more than three months after the earth shocks began but eventually at least one Western reporter was per- mitted to fly to Tashkent from Moscow. Only occasional snippets of information have been carried by Soviet news media on con- ditions there, These have emphasized the courage of Tashkent's people while failing, for the most part, to convey any sense of the horror of living in a place where the earth never seems to stop dancing. What does seem clear is that well over one-quarter of the population -- possibly closer to half--has been ren- dered homeless, An account in the Tashkent newspaper Pravda Vostoka (Pravda of the East) said 2,000,000 square metres of housing were destroyed in only the first two nights of earth shocks, In urban ceriires of the So- viet Union, the living space norm is seven square metres per person, Using that as a cuide, the first earthquakes robbed 285,000 people of hous- ing accommodation However, in many cites probably including Tashkent ~--the norm hasn't been achieved; that is, most people enjoy less than seven square metres of space. So the num- ber rendered homeless may actually be much higher. Thousands of families are living under tents. Whole streets have been closed to traffic and turned over to out- aoor IVI, SUL, Tactorieés ana offices function as usual, the Pravda Vostoka account said, Among elderly people, the number of heart cases had "drastically increased" be- cause of the rough living con- ditions, The unidentified writer of the account captured a little of the flavor of a city that lives in a prolonged night of horror, He told of sitting writ- ing one day when his desk suddenly "swooshed up. wards," "There was a terrific shud- der, the walls quivered and the ceiling began to vibrate, Everybody jumped up rushing instinctively to the door." The jolt didn't cause much destruction. "But that sense of alarm does not go away . that constant inner ten- sion of people who keep on expecting something all the time," Soviet authorities have said Tashkent will be rebuilt, and Pravda Vostoka reported 10,000 students are storming the ruins." Unofficially, however, there have been reports of a pos- sible evacuation, in view of the obvious instability of the earth's crust, Reluctance to take such a decision is perhaps under- stable. The Soviet government had plowed huge resources into. Tashkent, intending to make it a showplace for all of central Asia It was an attractive city, although many outside visil- ors got the impression that too nuch of the ancient Uzbek had been sacrificed to Soviet influence in its planning and architecture In any event the rebuilding, if there is one, will be a monumental task. 4 'resigned along with @ Necessity. Overlooked TOR tp RQRONTO--The birth of wit prouieins. First it developed that the centre wouldn't ready for 1967, the centennial year. Now they're not sure it even be ready for 1968, Initial cost estimates préeed to be way out. From an cost of $5,000,000, when con- tracts were let this had risen to $30,000,000 or more. i And. now Dr, George a nee the project director has number of other project officials, . THINK BIG The lesson learned here. is that if you want to build some- thing new and elaborate, money should be no problem and some- anc by ; 'yt the ype of project ve in mind should be hived. : The government aida' t, or hasn't, done this, In fact from the start you might have thought It was mak- ing a new yo-yo instead of try- ing to launch an ultra-modern, multi-million dollar - institution, At first, somebody apparently had the idea the centennial project should be a museum. Following visits to museums abroad by government officials, it was decided that science was the thing today, An ideal site was selected-- on the perimeter of Toronto, Then a top boss was found. John Crean had just sold his family's hat business where he had been a chairman of a board of directors, With this background, and perhaps with some good rea- sons, he was made chairman of a board of directors of the project. . And Dr. McBeath, who had been director of the New Bruns- wick museum -- a@ traditional museum--was made director, It was all very casual, BIG IDEA At the time of the firet publie announcement of the- project there was reason to doubt. if anybody really had too much of an idea of: just; what: was going on, We newsmen left the room puzzled. The idea sounded big. But not one of us could say just what the idea really wes. Frem thet unsest one would "gather, ah have been many tarigents, working at cross purposes, and 'dis agreements. * Now a. director-general, -@ man with some scientific back- ground is being sought, He should be impervious to heat. For he has to pull a $30,- 000,000 chestnut out of the fire, READERS. WRITE... PROVINCIAL FLAG May I be permitted.a brief space in your Daily Edition to comment on the absence of our new provincial flag of Ontario flying on public schools in On- tario South alongside our Maple Leaf Flags of Canada, Surely our provincial flag has. the right to recognition on public schools, which provincial grants are accepted. Without this provincial money would we have a school system or not, In our new provincial flag are supported the principals ry the British North America et, The right of the child te an education, regardless of his or her right in religious conviction, The Public School Act supports again the right of a child of religious conviction to an educa- tion in separate schools. Free- dom of the individual jn ex- pression many free institutions obtained at Confederation in 1867, We of the Loyal Associa- tion of Orangemen have sup- ported in whole these North America Act freedoms, We urge the Dept. of Educa- tion in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering to fly our new provine cial flag with our Canada flag. Give it the honor it deserves, over our Provincial Public School system After all Ontario is @ prove ince of Canada, a loyal one toe helps to pay many federal bills. Long may Ontario live with a new flag, let us be good Caha- dians by way of Ontario; let our children know the History of Ontario and fly our provincial flag, as well, on our public schools Yours truly, RICHARD GEORGE, County Master Loyal Orange Association, Ontario South, : stash 32 Beatty Rd., Ajax, Ontario, BIBLE Who shall ascend into the hill "of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul into vanity, nor sworn deceit- fully, -- Psalm 24:3-4, Fellowship with God is pos- sible only when we do God's will in our daily lives. This means that we must live lives of pur- ity, for this is what God re- quires of us, '