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As The Advance has noted before, probably the best reviews of the soâ€"called new system of educaâ€" tion have been presented by E. J. Transom, superâ€" The constructive suggestion made by The Stayâ€" ner Sun is to have public meetings called of all parents and others interested so that the new orâ€" der of affairs may be explained to them and necesâ€" sary questions may be asked. Nothing like this, however, is likely to be permitted. The people at the back of all this talk about "freedom for the child" and "allowing the child to express his perâ€" sonality" show not the slightest sign of permitting any adult to have any "freedom" in the matter, except the "freedom" to pay for it all, and woe, indeed, to the teacher who would dare attempt to "express his personality" if that personality failed to suit the faddists of the Department of Educaâ€" tion. For some time past The Advance has been urgâ€" ing a general consideration and discussion by the people and the press of what is termed "the new school system" in Ontario.. There have been some passing references in other newspapers in recent weeks. There will he more no doubt in two or three years when serious harm has been done by overâ€"emphasis of the theories of a few faddists who apparently believe that the world may be reâ€" deemed by psychoanalysis. Last week The Stayâ€" ner Sun touched on the question, referring to the new report cards and their apparent futility. "To the average parent," says The Stayner Sun, "it is all in the dark. He cannot understand the child‘s report card. He doesn‘t know what his child is doing in school. He thinks sport is given too prominent a place. In short, he is bewildered. Parents felt that their children were getting somewhere under the old system, for if Willie came home with a report card showing 34 marks in arithmetic, Dad knew what it meant, and so did Willie. But now the report says that in Social Studies Willie‘s ability is "b" and his effort is "a." Dad is on the spot, and Willie knows it." Southern centres and Southern politicians some months ago started the story that there was lots of work in the North for all who wished employâ€" ment. The only reasonable explanation for the tall tale was that politicians and people wished to turn the burden of their unemployment on the North, where there was already a large number of men out of work. The Advance from the very commencement of the story, begged all in the South to remember that there was already a surâ€" plus of labour in the North in every line except that of bush work, and that for the latter men needed not only special equipment but experience if they wished to escape serious hardship and heartbreak. Hundreds of men came to the North. despite the warnings given by Northern newsâ€" papers. It might, perhaps, be said they were drivâ€" en North by the refusal of help in the South whose burden they were. At present, it is apparent how unfair the Southern tactics were to the men conâ€" cerned, to the North, and to the industries and people here. Hundreds of young men came here only to find that they had suffered hardships in vain. They could find no work here, and simply had to accept charity from strangers, or go back to the South, or both. Some of them did secure work in the bush, and their stories now being told are not flattering to those whose misrepresentaâ€" tions sent them North. After a few days‘ trial the men found that tl'ley could not do the work, or the employers discovered that. In the few cases where the men retained employment, it was a hardship for them in more ways than one. All this shows how unfair the propaganda was in connection with the men sent to the North on false pretences. The unfairness to the North is just as apparent. This country was put to unnecessary expense and annoyance without gain to anybody. Perhaps, however, the chief sufferer has been the lumber industry. That industry has had difficult times in recent years. At the present time it needed help, not handicap. Efficient and contented workers would have helped a lot. But instead of this. the industry actually had forced upon it the burden of f men illâ€"trained and illâ€"equipped. Experienced and 5 efficient men did not have the time to train the green menâ€"could not afford to do so. Not onlyf did the inexperienced men fail to make a decent wage themselves, but their presence in the bush slowed up the operations generally and made it? more difficult for the trained men to do well. The i result has been dissatisfaction and discontent in some campsâ€"an added burden on the industry.. It is to be hoped);that the lesson will be learned this year by the powersâ€"thatâ€"be, and that there will! be no repetition in following seasons of the misâ€" | leading propaganda of the North being full of work for men from the South, while thousands alâ€"| ready in the North are seeking vainly for any gainful occupation. | Canada Timmins, Ont., Mond: TIMMIX®, ONTARIO Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarctoâ€" Quebee Newspaper Association; Class ‘A" Week!ly Group OFFICE 26 â€"â€"â€"â€" PHONES RESIDENCE 70 Ohe Vorrugine Advancer Published Every Monday and Thursday by GEO,. LAKE, Owner and Publisher 00 P l Pn PP P PAE P P L LC L L ACAL: APAL 4PA C PAAA P# Subscription Rates ent, it is apparent nhow s were to the men conâ€" to the industries and young men came here January 24th, 1938 3A Y Few modern firms maintain useless and stilted phrases in their business correspondence. The opening ‘"Dear Sir‘" and the concluding "Yours Sincerely," are no more outâ€"moded than the greetâ€" ings "Good Day‘" or "Goodâ€"bye" in conversation. "meaningless facts," which they had to "accept unquestionally," then it is not the system that needed changing, but the teachers. The Advance does not believe any material proportion of teachâ€" ers were like that. They certainly were not in Timmins. Mr. Transom himself was far otherâ€" wise. But if there be any material percentage of that type of teachers Heaven help the country unâ€" der the New System or any system. The fact is, nhowever, that all the things that Mr. Transom is emphasizing as the glories of the new system are the very things that have distinguished good1 teachersâ€"most teachersâ€"for the past forty years. { If the New School is so little different from the other school system, as this would seem to sug‘-l gest, why any alarm about it? There are three answers. There is, of course, the danger in over-% emphasizing things like psychoanalysis. If the school has been failing as lamentavoly as is now | suggested, then it is certain that the‘teaching proâ€" fession as a whole is not rightly equipped for the | more magnificent experiment along the m01e| Couie or Hooey lines indicated. There is also thel peril that lies in scorning too completely the* thought of a little memorizing. Apart from thee truth that some facts will have to be learned at| school, the learning of the factual is worthy of consideration even as a strengthener of memory.} The be the better for better memories in this land, where the most common excuse is: "I forgot.‘" But the chief reason for objection to theé New System is the basic principle in its planâ€"â€"a! principle that has been kept well to the back-; ground in all public ®discussionsâ€"a principle not even mentioned by Mr. Transom in his address t,o‘ the Lions Clubâ€"the idea of eliminating examinaâ€" | tions from the school programme. Emphasis is§ given to the idea that the New School is to specially ; fit the child for life and living. Yet the youngster | is to be passed along by fear and favour from one | class to another and out into a highly competitive world where he will meet tests on every hand. The : excuse for the elimination of tests is the idea that the competitive spirit is all wrong. If a child foisted along the school way on any such principle is fitted for life in this stressful world, then there | is no sense in reason, and no system of education is necessary. It is well to remember that the child leaving school will have to competeâ€"to stand daily, hourly testsâ€"with his fellows, not only in his own town, his own province, but also to an exâ€"| tent with other nations and peoples. l A careful reading of the address given to the Lions Club by Mr. Transom last week, practically the full text of the address being published in this ,issue. may lead many thoughtful people to ask:â€" ‘"What is there new about it all?" Stripped of its 'reiteration of the same ideas under different phrasings, Mr. Transom‘s description of the New School may be suggested in a few sentences. Atâ€" tention is to be paid to each individual child, deâ€" veloping each youngster along the particular lines that his or her individuality will permit. There never was a good teacher in the past fifty years who did not strive to do just that. Special effort is to be made to relate facts to life and living. Any "teacher who did not do that under any system would not be worthy the name of teacher. There ‘ is danger, of course, in the theorizing about teachâ€" ing a child to think, rather than to learn facts. How could a child think or form opinions, without | vising principal of Timmins public schools. He is Apparently enthusiastic for the New School. But let some of the many teachers who are flatly |against the new trend attempt to give their conâ€" sidered opinions, and it will not be long before they receive stern samples of the disapproval of the educational powersâ€"thatâ€"be, who are so busy pratâ€" ing at present for "freedom for the child to exâ€" press himself." a basis of facts? The child‘s opinions or judgâ€" ments in arithmetic, for instance, will be worse than valueless, unless he has learned the basic fact that two and two make four. If, as Mr. Transom suggests, the old system stuffed children with would be regrettable if the careless, disjointed THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO ,i and strained jovial tone of many street corner disâ€" | cussions were forced into letter writing. Imagine, , for example, a business firm sending out a letter !like this:â€""Say, Bill, how the heck are you? | Haven‘t seen you since we had that drink when lyou gave us that order. Now I intended to phone | yer, but too busy. You‘ve stalled too darn long. iBy gee, if you don‘t come across with something on account, you‘re going to hear the music go round and round. That‘s flat. Get me? You‘ll pull none of yer darned doubleâ€"crossing on me! |See! No kidding!" Upâ€"toâ€"date business men do | not talk like that, either, but The Efficiency Magaâ€" |zine doesn‘t know that. What The Efficiency | Magazine should learn, however, for efficiency‘s | sake, is that a little formality is not aâ€"bad thing ! for business letters, or for anything else that may be read after the day‘s expression has been forâ€" ‘ eotten. |_â€" SBister â€"Fidelis, of St. Mary | returned on Thursday from ! Montreal. A prominent local Scotsman last week received notice that his lodge dues in the Scottish Clans were due and payable. fI there were any doubt as to the Scottish Clans being a Scottish organization. that doubt was removed by the fact that the noâ€" tice about dues being payable carried a printed note to‘the effect that no receipt would be reâ€" turned unless a stamped and addressed envelope accompanied the payment. Why is it called "Swing Music body ought to swing for it. Wihen Timmins recently had 28 deâ€" grees below the weather seemed to be cold enough, though in past years much lower temperatures prevailed. At Rouyn it was four degrees below the Timmins showiinig, while at Chibougama on the same days the mercury went down as low as 50 belowâ€"just about what it felt like here. Mr. Jos. A. Bradette, M.P., was,. in Timmins last week on one of the reguâ€" lar calls he makes to kesep steadily in touch with his constituents. Mr. Braâ€" dette was just completing a trip that tcok him all over his big riding. / H6 ieaves this week for QOttawa for the sesâ€" sion of the House there. : Dr. and Mrs, Russell are in Toronto wlhere Dr. undergo an operâ€" ation. Mr. W. J. Smi underwent an 0 hospita! on Frid Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Hutton of Toronâ€" to, were the guests of friends in Timâ€" mins on Friday. Mr. ‘"Manny" Abram Hardware, is spending tion in Havana, Cuba. nue Mr. and Mrs. A. Johnston were, ymt- ors to Latchford last week. . Treat your credit : It pays to pay promp Mrs. Wilfred was a visitor to Mr. Dennis Hollows left on Thursda for North Bay. Mrs. J. Therriault was a recent visitor to Elk Lake and Matachewan. Wmmsms AP LC eP AC C LA P C P OA lt GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER) Mrs. Ed. Smith, of Commercial ie. is at present ill in St. Marys hos 14 Pine St. N. It‘s surprising.. what a difference glasses can make â€" not only to your sight but your enâ€" tire disposition. Before Mr. Curtis prescribed my glasses I was irritable and cross. It seems that eyeâ€"strain had affected my nerves and the small â€" est things would comâ€" pletely upset me. There‘s a world of difference now." Liberal Terms May Be Arranged at J. Smith. of South Porcupin t an operation at St. Mary n Friday. Simpson, of Hamilton Timmins last week: ly of Schumacher sixâ€"week vacaâ€" Phnone 835 OB visit The sales force of Lynch Eleatrical Appliance Company, Third avenue, exâ€" clusive Westinghouse dealers in Timâ€" mins, left on Sunday to attend a comâ€" pany convention in Toronto that will last for the entire week. The various outâ€"ofâ€"town representatives will be given instruction on new devices in the company‘s plant. Those from here in attendance are J. P. Lynch, E. J. Lynch, H. J. Thompson, Albert Houle and Frank Adamo, of South Porcupine. Mr. Harry Jackson, formerly a popuâ€" lar resident of Timmins, but now of Toronto. is a visitor to town and disâ€" trict, and is being greeted by hosts ol old friends. Mr. P. R. Craven, secretaryâ€"treasuret of the Northern Telephone Co., of New Liskeard, is in town this week. A short circuit caused extensive damâ€" age to a large electric motor at the warehouse of National Grocers,> 67 Spruce street south. early this afterâ€" noon The motor is used to operate an elevator. The actual amciunt of damage has not been definitely fixed by fire department who were called to scene. Miss Sirkka (Violet) Laurilla, formerly cf Timmins, but now of Toronto, is visiting friends in town. printed in Muenster, Sask., in the Gerâ€" man language, has been barred from Germany will hbe the first news most Canadlans‘nave had u,}at such a papex is pubkshed®in Canada +=~>+ >« Peterbor Examiner:; Ti ment that St. Peter‘s Bode Motor is Damaged by Short Circuit Bornâ€"On January 16th, 1938, to Mr ind Mrs. Lucien Phillion, of 56 Kirby avenueâ€"2 soiu. Fire Department Called to National Grocers Wareâ€" house This Afternoon. guin Falls, and three daughters, Mrs. Albert Budd, of Guelph, Mrs. Jores, of Torontc, and Mrs. Guise of South Porâ€" cupine. Death Here Friday.: __ili__l_ of Mrs. Oscar Nelson PROPERTIES FOR SALE Mrs. Oscar Nelson died at her home here, 76 Middleton avenue, on Friday. She was 67 years of age, and had been a resident of Timmins for some six years past, staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Housh. Rev. Mr. Slade, of the Pirst Baptist Church, conducted the funeral services at the house yesterday, the remains being taken this afternoon to Bear Lake, Parry Sound District, for interment. The late Mrs. Nelson is survived by her husband at Jarlsburg, Cnt., by five sons, Norman of British Columbia, James, of Sandy Falls, Wilâ€" liam, of Timmins, and Joseph, of Seâ€" FOR RENTâ€"Sixâ€"roomed partment conveniences, newly decorated. ply 168 Eim Street South, pt Maple N Burial to be Made at Bear Lake, Parry Sound Disâ€" trict. month. Wat Maple North Well, someâ€" CANADIAN PAPER BANNED Jâ€"piece bath Vater paid. Pourâ€"room houst Last week a Rouyn man was fined in the mornâ€" ing for being drunk and disorderly. In the afterâ€" noon of the same day he was again charged with being drunk and disorderly, and according to deâ€" spatches he cheerfully paid the second $10 and costs and went his way. This shows how the oldâ€" time spirit is failing in the North. In earlier days that man would have keenly contested that second charge as illegal. He would have argued, as more than one oldâ€"timer here did, that a man could not be convicted twice on the same day for the same crime. And that it was the same old drunk all day! An expert in the fire insurance line recently told Thomas Richard Henry, who writes a daily column for The Toronto Telegram, that in a burning buildâ€" ing‘ a wooden beam "could stand the gaff" better than a steel beam. The reason given was that a hot fire would cause the steel beam to warp and buckle with the result that the walls of the buildâ€" ing would collapse. On the other hand even the hottest fires would do little more than char the wooden beams, and consequently brick, tile or stone walls would stand up safely through any but the most destructive fires. The theory seems a sound one, and there have been a number of fires in Timmins and district where its truth appears to have been proven. Yesterday was the day of the automobileâ€"the age of speedâ€"rushâ€"nerveâ€"wearing haste to get nowhere! But toâ€"day is the age of the radio! The radio slows things down! Nothing gets anywhere very fast on the radio toâ€"day! me announctceâ€" e, a newspaper foundation, $35.00 per Apply at 214 phone ~7+â€"8p the the Apâ€" +p 1 _ Word from Ottawa last weekâ€"end | told of the decision of the Dominion \ Govt. to increase the price of the liâ€" i cense for all radio sets from $2 per year ‘ to $2.50 per year,. The old rate used to be $1 per year. Then came the more recent adict making the charge $2.00. Now the amount has been boosted to $2.50. Also it is noted that the one fee will not cover more than the one radio. Where a man has a radio at his home Iand another in his office, he will have to buy two licenses. He will also have to pay a separate license for a radio in his car. The new fees for radio licenses will be effective for the year commencâ€" ing March 1938. Under the new fees the Government expects to collect approximately $2.575,000, which will be $650,000 more than collectable in the past year. The increased fee is said by the Dept. to be necessary to provide for additional expenses entailed under the new radio commission. PE CA e es on en snn s sns mm o Nelere vif feilk .. W ie _TEAAA _ : Kih tâ€" Ne Uek \IQIL4Aq Supt. Children‘s Aid, Timmins, Ont 44t1 en ts en mss ui e «ue mc mm en ds expected, the announcement of an inâ€" crease in the radio license strikes the most of people as,absolutely unjustiâ€" fied. It was claimed by the Commisâ€" sion last year that the plan was to proâ€" vide national programmes of particular interest and excellence. Instead of doâ€" ing that the Commission has apparently sold out to United States broadcasting interests Aed up to American advertisâ€" ing. The extra to be collected in the coming year from radio owners seems to be little more than a form of subsidy to United States firms using the radio. There are innumerable "kicks" regisâ€" tered against the increased fee, just as there were strenuous Oobjections to the idea of giving over the radio to United States firms for advertising purposes, As would be P‘ry The Advance Want Advertisements Radio Fee to be $2.50 per â€" Year for Each Radio Se POR SALEâ€"Newly buil house showing good retu ment. Apply Sullivan Insurance and Real Est quality, Small ca in busine free cat; foreigner foreign ; Govd Farms for Sale in Cochrane and Temiskaming Districts. A reaâ€" sonable cash payment will be accepted and terms for the balance arranged at 4% interest. Write me Stating Your Requirements W. J. STEVEN®S, Inspector for Commissioner of Agricultural Loans lement. FOURTH AV T emed JANUARY SALE ARMS FOR SA LE A GROUP including French Seals, Fox and Squirrel trimmed â€" Broadtailsâ€"Logwood â€" Lapins, Persian Paw Swaggersâ€"Black and Gray Lambplate 06() swaggersâ€"Beige Caracul. Reg. value to $125 $ + A GROUPâ€"including Black and Brown Broadtails with Fox, Squirrel orâ€" Brownâ€" Persian trimmingâ€" French Sealâ€"Jap Beaverâ€"and Rock Seal 99 Regular values to $160,00 $. a y of Padua, the other, a ossible to look after the ns with Familex daily Products known and sower prices. Superior Continues Until Tuesday Jan. 25th Toâ€"morrow is the Last Day Sample Group Below Show the prop iead you to success own. Details and imilex Co., 570 St. ® â€"6~â€"8â€"10â€" 12 MRS. E. DUROCHER ( Se THE B 4 ‘J‘DEVLIN COMPANY L{MIT ilt apartment urns on investâ€" i Newton, AT OUR REPRESENTATIVE Fine Furs opp. Fire Hall expected, the announcement of an inâ€" crease in the radio license strikes the most of people as,absolutely unjustiâ€" fied. It was claimed by the Commisâ€" sion last vear that the plan was to proâ€" most of people as,absolutely unjustiâ€" fied. It was claimed by the Commisâ€" sion last year that the plan was to proâ€" vide national programmes of particular interest and excellence. Instead of doâ€" ing that the Commission has apparently sold out to United States broadcasting interests Aed up to American advertisâ€" ing. The extra to be collected in the coming year from radio owners seems to be little more than a form of subsidy to United States firms using the radio. There are innumerable "kicks" regisâ€" tered against the increased fee, just as there were strenuous Oobjections to the idea of giving over the radio to United States firms for advertising purposes, Dancing, games, community singing were enjoyed, as also was the, very dainty luncheon served. H. Hawkin: acted as M.C. for the occasion and W A. Devinte, pianist. CHILDREN FOR ADOPTIONâ€"â€"Good homes desired for children, boys and girls, Catholic and Protestant, ages 4 to 14 years. Any home desiring to adopt a youngster should have their clergyman write A. G. Carson, Supt. Children‘s Aid, Timmins, Ont 44t1 YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED to attend and enjoy the Burns Banquet to be held in the Hollinger Hall on Tuesday evening, Jan. 25th, under the joint auspices of the Castle Douâ€" glas Camp Sons of Scotland and the Porcupine District Pipe Band. Secure your tickets early so as to facilitate arrangements for catering, and be on hand promptly on time. Doors open at 7.30; supper prompt at 8 p.m.: Dancing at 11 o‘clock. Tickets may be had from members of S8.0.S. and Pipe Band. Tickets $1.25. There was another of those pleasant socials held in the Hollinger Recreation hall, on Saturday evening by the Corâ€" nish Social Club. One particular feaâ€" ture was the singing of a large group of children. This ‘opened with the singing of nursery rhymes, with actions by the tiny tots. The larger group of elder children sang semiâ€"popular numâ€" bers. Mrs. Jelbert trained the children for this pleasant entertainment, and played the accompaniments on the piano. The short entertainment was much enjoyed by all. A meeting of the club was held with Mtr. Grill, the president in the chair. Pleasant Social by Cornish Social Club Singing by Large Group of Children One of Special Features. 16 ie children lopted, but Dan( be h Pipe MONDAY, JANUARY 24TH, 1938 ved MISCELLANEOUS act that the the children 0o ‘ht. Other cl Jelber elbert, the secretary, read the s and financial report. .. This that after the very large exâ€" of the Christmas party, etc., the is still a very good balance to n with. A proposal to hold a for the members only, without adren, was after much discussion 1, but emphasis was placed upon t that the evening was not to e children of their usual monthâ€" t. Other club matters were disâ€" and met with the approval of NMENWV LISKEARD, QONT f the Castle Douâ€" Scotland and the Pipe Band. Secure so as to facilitate atering, and be â€"on time. Doors open ‘ompt at 8 p.m.; ock. Tickets may ers of S0.S. and TJM held with the chair. read the rt, This