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She Oshawa Cimnes 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1967 Purpose Of New College Simple, Worthwhile Education is a popular and high- ly-publicized pursuit today. As never before in the history of our coun- try it is emphasized as an essential and continuing pursuit for Can- adians. The establishment of com- munity colleges such as Durham College in Oshawa opens new oppor- tunities for young people through- out the two countries to acquire knowledge and training. Unfortunately there is a tendency in some circles while stressing the value of such institutions to flower over the essentials with high-flown philosophical phrasing. At an open- ing recently of a community col- lege similar to the one here the speaker held forth along these lines: "In the modern world the major need is not primarily for technic- jans or administrators. Our major need is for more humane human be- ings". He spoke of "the ruthless non- humane members of the age that is close to us" as "the asphaltmen," those materialistic men devoid of principles and humanity who regard things as being useful only when they are useful to them" These are fine phrases but in ref- erence to community colleges they miss the mark by the height of at least two or three lofty ivy-covered towers. Canada today has a much greater need for technicians than it has for dilettantes. There should be neither reticence nor embarrassment in facing the fact that Canada is in great need of men and women with the technical and administrative training community colleges can provide. And by receiving the train- ing Canadians have a much better chance of enjoying a better life. The purpose of the community college program has been much more simply and succinctly described by the president of Durham College, Dr. Gordon Willey. He has stated that the purpose is first to provide business and indus- try with better educated and trained employees; and secondly, to meet the needs of graduates from any secondary school program apart from those wishing to attend uni- versity. These are worthwhile purposes. In their pursuit the new college, its instructors and students should carry the active interest and sup- port of Oshawa and its citizens. Drivers Steal Space Most drivers steal, says the On- tario Safety League. However, this is not a reflection on the ordinary honesty of Ontario drivers. It just means that most motorists who would scrupulously respect the pro- perty of others, cannot be trusted to have the same regard for the rights of others on the road. Minor pilfering includes such things as stopping over crosswalks at intersections, depriving pedes- trians of their right of way. And driving with rear windows obscured by dirt or snow, which cuts down visibility for following drivers. But the most widespread offence on the roads is space stealing. Every driver has the right to a protective "cushion" of space from other mov- She Oshawa Fines 84 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontorio T. L. WILSON, Publisher : E. C, PRINCE, General Manager C. J, McCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted) Members of Conadion Daily Newspaper Publish- trs Associaton, The Canadian Press Audit Bureau Association, The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied to the use of reproduction of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein, All rights of special des- patches ore also reserved. 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario National Advertising Offices: Thomson Bullding, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontorie; "Zio Cathcart Strect, Montreal, P.O Delivered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Tounton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester, Pontypool and Newcostle not over 55¢ per week. By mail in Province ef Ontario outside carrier delivery oreo. $15.00 per year. Other provinces and Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per year. U.S.A. and foreign $27.00 per year. (errr nenenimnmn ete ing traffic. Yet this right is diffi- cult to maintain. If you keep a correct distance from the car ahead, you are liable to have your protective space stolen by someone cutting in. This is irri- tating, but not serious; can immediately drop back to the cor- rect following distance again. But there is much more danger from the tailgating driver who comes up from behind and remains only a few feet from your rear bumper. Rear end collisions resulting from "bunching" are so commonplace that many people seem to regard them as inevitable. But they are nearly always unnecessary, and the result of stupidity or indifference. Tailgating is senseless! it slows, rather than speeds up the flow of traffic. The Ontario Safety League asks you not to steal the protective space that belongs to the other driver, you Other Editors' Views QUALITY KEYNOTE A more vital question than teach- ers' pay may be the quality of teach- ing. The people of Ontario will not object to salaries in keeping with good professionals. The teachers and the Department of Education have it within themselves to estab- lish the qualifications that make top pay warrant, --tLondon Free Press ysmmerernnnreeeeen ee meer NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT QUEEN'S PARK PC Leader To Avoid Controversy By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- In this election we probably will see two oppo- sition leaders trying to fight a government that has its back turned. Early indications are that Premier Robarts will try to conduct this campaign just on his record and avoiding fights. One sign of this was the flat turn-down by Mr, Robarts of any TV debate or other direct confrontation. with the enemy. And from party leaders one gathers that the election policy will be a massive presentation of the government's. record--as was started in the "you've got a good deal" advertisements-- and ignoring the Liberal and hg criticisms as far as possi- le This actually has been the PC approach since Leslie Frost took over the party in 1949. Mr. Frost in his campaigns always tried to keep out of arguments--to present his rec- ord rather than to defend it. And he largely succeeded, even in such years as 1955 when he was landed with the highways scandal. In 1963, his first election, Pre- mier Robarts was pretty well able to follow the same course. He was forced to defend his position on medicare, but on other questions, and notably on John Wintermeyer's allegations on crime, he mostly just let the Opposition parties talk them- selves out. The strongest hazard the pre- mier will face in trying to fol- low the same policy in the cur- rent election will be the press. Press conferences are more and more becoming a feature of our election campaign, and though he probably will be able to avoid direct confrontations with the other party leaders, Mr. Robarts will be having face-to-face meetings with reporters. They can and do ask very pertinent questions, and fur- thermore they can follow them up. So that Mr. Robarts is apt to end up in controversy after all, in a controversy that will be largely conducted via the news columns. This was not the case in other days On the road with Leslie Frost you seldom had the chance of a direct meeting with him. He was too astute, and knew the dangers. Mr. Robarts, however, has always catered to the press and could hardly change now withe out an adverse reaction. YEARS AGO ' 15 YEARS AGO, Sept. 18, 1952 A start was made with exca- vating the site of the new Northminster Church building - Ppa St. N. and Rossland There were 193 births at the Oshawa General Hospital dur- ing the month of July. 30 YEARS AGO, Sept, 18, 1937 Ernie Marks, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Marks, Sr., was call- ed to the bar at Osgoode. Hall this week Miss Isobel Baird was named Queen of the Ball, at the Pros- perity Ball held at Jubilee Pavilion. BIBLE "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous there- fore, and repent." Revelation 3:19 We must constantly be moni- toring our motives less we pro- ject self above the Saviour, and works above worship. ww se - sh zh Degg? Oe ie ~? IT COULDN'T BE HIM, OR COU Me nt NN FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANALYSIS ymin School Crisis World-Wide By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst It is not only in New York and Detroit that there is a deep educational crisis, underscored in those two instances by teach- ers' strikes. The crisis is world-wide. John Maynard Hutchins, for- mer president of the University of Chicago and one of the world's great educationists, has come up with a proposal that deserves attention. He wants all frills cut out. In the complex world in which we live, with change ever accelerating and technology being renewed prac- tically every day, what must be taught is not the detail of each change, but a universal tool for understanding such change. Consequently, he proposes high school emphasis on how to communicate and: understand ideas, which means language -- and language means not only the mother tongue but also mathematics. Mathematics, after all, are only a_ shorter more precise way of expressing concepts that could be put in ordinary words, a formalized international form of expression in which symbols have meéan- ings much more fixed than in what we call language. (The word democracy is a_ visual symbol interpreted in very many ways, but a plus or a minus in mathematics have only one meaning.) Science, history, geography, psychology, sociology etc. would be taught in high school as survey courses, by a series of films and lectures reviewing the whole field, with no formal classroom work. HIGHER MATH Students could emerge from high school at 15 with a much stronger grounding in language than they now get, and with advanced mathematical knowl- edge. (Incidentally, higher mathematics are much easier to learn than are simple sums.) Fifteen-year-olds who pass college entrance examinations would go on to a three-year bachelor of arts course, suffi- cient for ail those who do not nny nt ENTERTAINING EYE-OPENER Should Politicians Be Sent To 'Siberia? By DON HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer Would Canada's northern development have heen speeded if like the Soviet Union, it had set up Stberian- style work camps for politi- cians who hanpened to disa- gree with the government? This intriguing possibility is raised by R. A. J. Phillips in Canada's North (Macmillan), a book that is both eye-open- ing and entertaining Phillips, who spent many years dealing with northern affairs, tends to look sym- pathetically--if wryly --at politicians who, for the most part, seem to lack basic knowledge of the North "Many of the later Soviet leaders were obliged in Tsar- ist times to spend an early apprenticeship in Siberia, where they gained an impres- sion. of the potential of the North and shed some of the wilder misconceptions,' he writes. "Canadian statesmen have not undergone a similar period of training." Phillips, now director of the federal government's ant i- poverty program, formerly was chief of the Arctic divi- sion and director of northern administration for the north- ern affairs department His book, subsidized by the Centennial Commission, reads easily like a novel but is filled with such a profusion of facts and insights that the reader quickly realizes the author has done his home- work, VARIED REGION The 30f-page book starts with the Vikings' discovery of Canada, swings along with the later explorers, the Hud- son's Bay Co., on through the 20th century to the conclusion that the North "is a hundred regions' with few common denominators and enormous differences. The volume has 30 photo- graphs, 11 in color, but per- haps not enough maps, There are only six. Phillips does not sidestep controversial issues although he does not make a point of unduly criticizing Ottawa. One danger he sees is the temptation to give the native peoples of the North the wrong kind of help. "If the government built and maintained free houses for Eskimos it could meet many problems of health and its own conscience: It could also be creating a per t in unexploited natural resources but it may be wast- ed, Phillips says. "Geology gives evidence to that in the northern problem of dependence, of wards, of half-citizens."' And he takes to task some of the self-styled northern experts "Rarely have so many peo- ple claimed to have. spoken for so few with so little authority, Neither need med- als be struck for those who gain an easy notoriety by demanding simply that more be given by government, by churches, by commerce, or by industry--without stopping to weigh whether, as has been true of other aborigi- nals, the short term 'more' is the long term 'less'."* MOSTLY TALK On the present department of Indian affairs and northern development: "Canada had at last (1966) decided to move in earnest towards its third sea. ... .But, when the oratory faded, the new department had more hopes than resources for nation building." The North hides a bonanza third of Canada there can be more mineral resources ... than in all the rest of the country. ... The question is development." ' By the beginning of the next century, oil "could be obsolete, displaced by other sources of energy.' Oil, on the vast scale of northern reserves, must "be exploited during the next few decades, or Canada will lose this impressive asset for all time." Phillips has high hopes for northern development. While the North will grow up slowly, this growth will be "backed by balance sheets and northern development, all in black ink." And while a great north- ward migration of settlers cannot be expected, the day will come when "psychia- trists will practise in the North, and undertakers will at last be able to make a liv- ing because northerners will mg often retire to Victoria to ie" want to specialize in any intel- lectual discipline. The speci- alists would continue for their MAs and PhDs, the rest would start work. Youngsters who did not pass college entrance at 15 would try again or drop out of the educational system at that point. Net gain for the community: Three less years of high school; there would, therefore, be more teachers to go around for the Same amount of money, or bet- ter still, there would be more money for teachers' salaries so that the top half rather than the bottom half of the college crop would enter the teaching profession, Of course such proposals tread on many toes. Many gov- ernments want children to be taught not true history but nationalist myths; the teaching profession has a vested interest in continuing things as they are and does not want to retain itself, since many teachers are not intellectually or education- ally equipped to cope with high- er mathematics or the general survey courses that require an ability to see the forest and not just the trees. And so we continue boring our children in school and turn- ing out graduates who, for the needs of today, are essentially uneducated, Sir John A. Opposed Use Of Secret Ballot In Ist Vote By BOB BOWMAN Sir John A. Macdonald won his first federal election on Sept. 18, 1867, about eleven weeks after Confederation. It was the first time that the secret ballot was used, a new measure which Macdonald opposed. He said that men should not be afraid to stand up and be counted. There was little real contest. Macdonald's won prestige was supported by the power of his party, and the excitement gen- erated by Confederation. The government received substan- tial majorities in Ontario and Quebec, and won New Bruns- wick by a narrow margin. Best of all, from Macdonald's point of view, George Brown was defeated in his constitu- ency, and never tried again to become a member of parlia- ment. His place as leader of the opposition was taken by John Sandfield Macdonald, an old enemy who had become a new friend. He was also Premier of Ontario, something that was possible in those days. SURPRISE IN N.S. The great surprise of the election was the landslide in Nova Scotia against Confedera- tion. Dr. Tupper was the only supporter of Confederation who was elected, and the other 17 seats were won by opponents led by Joseph Howe. Nova Scotia also held provin- cial elections the same day, and only two Confederationists were returned to the 38 seats of the legislature. Joseph Howe, who had fought Confederation tooth and nail because he was not one of the architects had finally won a battle, but it was too late. Although one of the first acts of Canada's new parliament was to keep its promise to the Maritimes and authorize the building of the Intercolonial Railway, Howe sailed for Brit- ain in February .to try to per- suade the Imperial government to let Nova Scotia secede. He had no chance of success. Brit- ain had done.a great deal to make Confederation possible. It took two years but Macdon- ald finally got Howe on 'his side. First, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were given a better deal. Then Macdonald invited Howe to join his govern- ment, which he did as Presi- dent of the Council. Bruce Hutchison brings out a little-known fact in his book "Mr. PM", Although Macdon- ald thought that Howe was his problem, there was trouble in his own cabinet. George Etienne Cartier, bitter because he had received an inferior title from the Queen than Macdon- ald's, open secret negotiations with George Brown and Alexan- der Mackenzie, the Liberal leaders. The plan was to form a coalition to overthrow Macdon- ald. It did not go through because Brown would not become Cartier's ally, and Mackenzie mistrusted the entire situation. In 1867 Macdonald had risen to the top, and did not know that there were.rotten apples in the barrel apt to destroy him Other Events On September 18: 1608--Pontgrave sailed for France leaving Champlain and 18 men to hold Quebec 1663--Sovereign Council formed to govern Canada 1679--LaSalle sent his ship "Griffon" from Green Bay to Niagara laden with furs. It was never seen again. 1710--Expedition left Boston to capture Port Royal, N.S. 1759--Quebec capitulated and British troops marched into the city 1762--St. John's, Newfound- land, retaken by British after capture by French 1787--Prince William (later King William IV) visited Mont- real 1839--Joseph Howe published letters he had written to Lord Russell about responsible gov- ernment Durham MP To Continue Liberal Caucus Chairman AWA (Special) -- Dur- han MP Russell Honey will continue as chairman of the Liberal party caucus in the Commons when parliament re- sumes its sitting September 25. Mr. Honey was first chosen chairman following the 1965 election and formally took over the post in January 1966. While members of the caucus, which includes Liberal Senators and Members of Parliament, for- formally vote in their own chairman, the choice is really that of Prime Minister Pear- son. Normally, the chairman would serve for the duration of a parliament so that. Mr. Honey will likely remain in office until the next general election is called. The party caucuses normal- ly meet each Wednesday morn- ing when the house is in ses- sion, They discuss policy on current topics of debate and party strategy and, in the case of the party in power, they often hear explanations of leg- islation from the minister re- sponsible. While leaders of the smaller parties always attend their can- cus, the prime minister and Opposition Leader Diefenbaker rarely attend. Mr. Pearson does attend at crucial times when there is some particular battle or controversy taking place, but Mr. Diefenbaker rarely attend. ed caucus when he was prime minister or since he became the leader of the opposition, The new Conservative party leader, Robert Stanfield, wil} not be an official member of the caucus until he wins a seat in the Commons, but the party caucus is expected to invite their new leader to be present, Mr. Honey 'has been busy making plans for a two-day pol- icy get-together of Liberal Sen. ators and MPs on September 23 and 24, just prior to the open- ing of the fall session. He ex. pects almost all the MPs to be present for these discussions, Unlike some officers of the house, the caucus chairmen do not receive any extra remuner- ation for presiding' at the week. ly gatherings. The office is con. sidered partly an honorary one carrying with it its own pres. tige. Brave But Bare Foot Stuck In Door To Independence By, ROBERT BERRELLEZ ANGUILLA (AP)--In the hopeful but uncertain time of emerging nations, homely little Anguilla has a brave; bare foot stuck in the door to independ- ence. This has created a problem for the English-speaking com- munities of the West Indies and probably some annoyance to the colonial office in London. If Anguilla make it, the door will be open for other Caribbean islands to try the same thing. Anguilla wants independence from two nearby islands, St. Kitts and Nevis, hardly larger than herself and almost as poor. Britain converted the three into an associated state, fully free within the Common- wealth, last February. Anguillans balked, complain- ing they were being converted into a "piggyback colony of another colony." In a referen- dum July 11 they voted 1,813 to 5 for independence. Edwin Rey, 60, a carpenter, summed up sentiment in pictur- ing Anguilla as "'an article Brit» ain forgot to pack in her haste to get out. So, she just threw us in. with anybody." Anguillans say they are too far--70 miles --from St. Kitts and Nevis for effective state association. ISLANDERS CONFIDENT They seem confident they can make it alone. To a_ visitor familiar' with the Caribbean, the island looks as if it has less going for it than any of its neighbors, strung out in a 600- mile arc from near South America's northeast coast to Puerto Rico. A narrow, flat strip of parched scrub and coral 16 miles long' by three at its widest, Anguilla is 1,600 miles southeast of New York, A side from a few beaches, it has little tourism potential. It has less than five miles of paved roads, no electricity and little fresh water--it hasn't rained all year--even for truck gardening. All food must be imported. The island also shares with almost all its British and French West Indian neighbors a common deficiency: Increasing populations living off fragile economies based mostly on meagre. crops. Like many of its neighbors without hefty tourism income, Anguilla exports human resources for survival. A result is a population impoverished by the drain of the young and skilled who leave to work or study abroad, many never return, OWN PROPERTIES The money-order economy is based on remittances sent home by Anguillans working abroad. Precise figures are unavailable on the total income derived in this manner, but it has been enough to make prop- erty owners out of every Anguillan family. St. Kitts offi- cials have placed at $150,000 the total import and property taxes collected annually in this com- munity of 6,000. Because each 'family owns the land it lives on and the roof over it, there are no slums in Anguilla and no poverty in the grinding West Indian style. All this has made the Anguil- lan fiercely proud of his island, ,He's determined to fight to preé- serve its secession. There are local fears that St. Kitts or the British might try to force Anguilla back into statehood. The Anguillan defences include a battery of 19th-century can- non, TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Sept. 18, 1967... George V of England signed the Irish Home Rule Act 53 years ago today--in 1914--but its implementation was sus- pended during hostilities of the First World War. By the time of the Armistice, the Easter Rising of 1916 had solidified opinion on both sides and any orderly progression to dominion status for Ireland was impossi- ble. The British proposals were repudiated and civil war fol- lowed, first between the Irish and Britain and then between Irish moderates and Irish extremists. 1793--George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capital, 1959--Surat, India, swept by flood which left 500 dead. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--British troops in Bel- gium penetrated German lines and improved their positions east of Ypres. Second World War Twenty-five years ago today--in' 1942--the. Vichy government announced the execution of 116 persons in Paris in a reprisal for attacks against German occupation forces. Allied bomber and fighter planes attacked Japanese bases at Buna, Salamaua, Lae and Rabaul. (eran canst IT HAPPENED IN CANADA C17 aveoe reavemes | Lowen crveasp N Mi RUSSIA LEASED 116 FORT FROM AN ANNUAL 'TRAN: 7, B.C: eA SINGLE BEANT CAN GENERATE 000,000 i) IN FIVE HOURS TION IN 1864 DURI pepe ar on iat HUDSON'S BAY CO. (UNDER A NEUTRALITY CLAUSE IN BE DECLARATION oF WAR) THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT rom i a ae a 100 MILES UP Te PACIEIC COAST PRON pie Pibe CITY of PRINCE RUPER: te WHICH WAS SOLD 70 We UNITED STATES IN' 1867 + te WAR SITE 15 NOW. CENTEN eee Patrici: Goo Brou BROUGHAM (Staf highway community of Pickering Village life Saturday as balr ushered in the mail weekend of centenni tions, "'History in A Hundreds of peop! on both sides of th only thoroughfare -- -- as the community the day with a half parade of pipe and b youth groups, ant For bi small : we do and s1 The Associat and for almos a $50 loan till amounts up t payment plan Interest rates : charges. Whe the Associate ASSOCIATE 11 | FOR FRE CALI