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Club at Windsor, The Advance was protesting against the tendency of the soâ€"called New School. The Advance based its case against the soâ€"called New School on the circulars issued by the Ontario Department of Education, on the addresses and statements issued by Mr. Mustard, reputed to be the father of this brain child, and on the explanaâ€" tions of the system made by one of its most fervent advocates. The opinions of teachers in general were also considered, though pubic criticism by teachers appears about as safe and expedient as it would be for a Jewish gentleman to criticize Nazi methods in dictatorial Germany. There is really nothing new about the soâ€"called New School. As a local advocate of the soâ€"called New School phrased it, the system is not so much a change of method as a change of attitude. To fall back on the canting phraseology used in upâ€" holding â€"the New School, it is intended to "get away fl'bf;i stressing the factual, and to encourage the chidren to form their own judgments"; to eliminate rivalry and contest among the pupils; to "develop thinking" rather than to "cram with facts: "to lead the child, not to drive him." At first thought it all sounds very fine. The optimâ€" ist with naive faith might even see in the new outlook an ideal school for children where they would be cuddled and coaxed, do as they like, learn what they liked, or learn nothing if they preferâ€" red. But life is not like that. The pupils will be unable to get away from the factual. They will find life a continual contest, and were the soâ€" called New School carried to its logical conclusion they would be illâ€"equipped to face life as they will find it after school is over for them. The Advance does not believe, however, that even the soâ€"called New School will completely ruin the rising genâ€" eration. Against that stands the fine array of trained teachers. No system of education apâ€" proaches perfection, but it is remarkable what able and earnest teachers have been able to achieve even with the imperfect systems of the past. There are enough sincere and efficient teachers today to assure some measure of education for the chilâ€" dren. All the good points of the soâ€"called New School have been in force for many years. The Northland Post says that "certainly the ironâ€"clad, twoâ€"fisted discipline of the birch rod in the little red schoolhouse failed to produce the results claimed for it."‘ Surely, such a statement is a complete disregard for the "factual." If the "New School" with all the advantages of modern equipâ€" ment and the immense expense involved, produces results equal to the "little red schoohouse," its present critics will be surprised indeed. By the way, where did the Cochrane editor encounter the "ironâ€"clad, twoâ€"fisted discipline of the birch rod" in any Ontario school the last thirty years? The teachers of the past two generations at least have not been of that type. The chief counts against the tendencies of the soâ€"called New School may be summed up as folâ€" lows:â€"the tendency to minimize the need for disâ€" cipline and application; the underâ€"emphasis of the factual; the overâ€"emphasis of forming opinâ€" ions and judgment before learning facts. The Cochrane Northland Post hits the nail on the head whe it says that "it would be disastrous if the tendency towards less discipline in the schools were to go too far." It is only necessary to look around to see how far it has gone aready. The In criticizing The Advance for censuring the soâ€" called New School system of education, The Cochâ€" rane Northland Post adopts typical soâ€"called New School methods. To use the jargon of the soâ€"callâ€" ed New School, the Cochrane paper "avoids stressâ€" ing the factual," but "forms its own judgment." To attempt to give an opinion without stressing the facts is far from desirable. It is one reason why The Advance has questioned the soâ€"called New School methods. The Northland Post sugâ€" gests, for example, that "The Advance seems to be deriving most of its objections from a criticism voiced by a Rev. Belisle, of Assumption College, Western University, of London, Ont., before a Kiâ€" wanis gathering at Windsor, Ont." This, of course, is very far from factual. Sseveral months before the address in question was given to the Kiwanis TIMMIXN®, ONTARIO ' Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontartoâ€" | Quebec Newspaper Association; Class ‘A" Weekly Group OPFICE 26 â€" PHONES â€"â€"â€" RESIDENCE 70 ; Published Every Monday and Thursday by: i GEO,. LAKE, Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates: around to see how far it has gone aready. The tendency to softâ€"pedal the factual and overâ€"stress the forming of opinions is equally deplorable. Beâ€" fore opinions and judgments may be safely made there must be a basis of facts. The tendency to overâ€"emphasize thinking before there is real basis for thought is painfully evident in the presentâ€" day prevalence of the soapbox orator who from the inner depths of his own ignorance believes that he can solve the complicated problems that appal people who have kept to the factual. The fact that soâ€"called New School methods have been brewing for some years in some circles, has allowed the new system to be accepted with little criticism. Cant phrases, slegans, and a nonâ€" Timmins, Ont., Thurs., Sept. 22nd, 1938 Che Vorrupine Aduaner United Statesâ€"$3.50 Per The Northand Post in the closing words of its editorial article is on the right track when it urges the coâ€"operation of the home with the school. Unâ€" fortunately, it is one of the tendencies of the soâ€" called "New School" subtilely to discourage this inâ€" terest and coâ€"operation. The new form of reâ€" ports leave parents at a loss to understand the progress or lack of progress of their children. The attempt to eliminate examination tests is another step that confuses parents. The skill of the teachâ€" ers has hidden or avoided many of the disadvanâ€" tages of the soâ€"called New School. Indeed, it is not too much to say that any success achieved by the New School idea has really been done in disâ€" regard of its tendencies and imports. With a new generation, taught themselves under the soâ€"callâ€" ed New School, this safeguard may be lost. It is necessary therefore for a reâ€"adjustment before that harm results. In the jargon of the advocates of the fad, "emphasis must be placed on the imâ€" portant things." These really important things are not a smattering of art, music, social econoâ€" mics, physiology, phrenology, psychology, or what not, but a reasonable amount of discipline, and a grounding in "the factual"â€"enough knowledge that the children may be inspired to seek more. Elsewhere in this issue will be found a letter from a Toronto gentleman urging that instead of abandoning the railway extension from Fraserdale to Moosonee, the government take some simple and inexpensive steps to encourage tourists to visit the Far North. This gentleman, Mr. Harold W. Bickerstaff, gives the story of one party of tourists recently visiting Moosonee. They arrived at Moosonee on time and had to walk a long disâ€" tance through rain and mud to reach the hotel. From Moosonee they had to travel in an open boat in the rain to that historic Hudson‘s Bay Post, Moose Factory. There was no provision for other trips much desired. Mr. Bickerstaff suggests that at least a covered wagon might have met the train, and it would not have been a costly matter to have provided shelter on the boat running to Moose Factory. It also seemed that it would have been profitable as well as hospitable to have arranged for other trips in the Far North. The. writer of the letter concludes that it would almost seem as if the powersâ€"thatâ€"be were determined to discour age tourists and let the railway and hotel graduâ€" ally deteriorate to prove that they should never have been built. Instead of threats of the abandonment of the railway extension north of Fraserdale, it would seem to be the part of wisdom, good business and patriotism to encourage both the tourist trade and the development of the country. A new policy of that kind would eventually result in the railway extension being an asset instead of a liability. It is a wellâ€"known fact that there is a large tourist trade ever seeking new and interesting places for vacation purposes. Distance is no barâ€" rier; indeed, to many it seems an added attracâ€" tion. The Moosonee country has unique attracâ€" tions for a certain large section of tourists. There is unusual scenery, historic charm, hunting, fishâ€" ing, romance, adventure. A notable opportunity will be missed if the tourist trade is not developed for the Moosonee area. There is reason for suggesting that the posâ€" sibilities of the natural resources of the Moosonee country have been equally neglected. If the govâ€" ernment is not ready to dévelop the mineral and other riches of the Far North, at least effort should be made to open the way for private enterprise. Instead, of that, the record suggests that private enterprise,‘like tourist trade, has been discouraged and hampered, rather than welcomed in the right way. w j would not make the way of the child at school as smooth and happy and. as carefree as it is humanly possible. But those who are really thoughtful for the children realize that tendencies in certain directions must be very carefully guardâ€" ed for the sake of the child, no less than for the good of the state. It is still true that there is no royal road to education in its truest sense. The purpose of education is to fit people for life. For this it is essential that the child learn discipline and at least the rudiments of the factual. GIVE THE EXTENSION A CHANCE | THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, QONTARIO Significance of the Various Signs Encountered. (Contributed to The Advance) Monday, Sept. 26th, 1938 Tuesday, Sept. 27th, 1938 Rosh Hashonahâ€"the Hebrew New Year to be celebrated by the Jewish ccinmunity of the Porcupine Camp as well as Jewry the world over, starts at sundown on Sunday, Sept. 25th and ends on Tuesday., Sept. 27th, at sunâ€" down. All Jewish stores will remain closed on Monday and Tuesday. Rabi Wolf Linder and Rabbi David Monson will conduct the services at the Hebrew congregation B‘nai Israel on Cedar street. comnnection with the celebration starts on the first and second days of. the Heobrew month of "Tishns.". The cereâ€" monies this year will commemorate the 5,699th year since the dawn of civilizâ€" ation, or Adam and Eve. Monday and Tuesday Holy Days for Jewish The Hebrew New Year to the Jew is a time of solemn selfâ€"examination and selfâ€"judgment. This lasts two days â€"first day to be spent in selfâ€"examinâ€" ation and retrospect on the past year‘s zood and bad activities and doinzs. The sther day to be spent in looking ahead and planning an improved life for the next year. Another name for Rosh Hashonah is the "Day of the Blowing of the Shofar" the Ram‘s Horn. To remind men of their estical responsibilities. Arousing to a consciousness of the mortality of man and grateful for having been perâ€" mitted to ssre the completipn of .the year, Jewish folk are required to give earnest thought to their moral,, posiâ€" tion and pray that the coming. year will see the end of all evil and the beâ€" zinning of peace for all mankind. During the services the "Shofar", or "Ram‘s Horn," is sounded 100 times. All prayers are universal. The <Jew prays for the peace and welfare of the entire world. to a conscliousn man and gratef mitted to vear, Jewish fo Very picturesque of the Rosh Hashâ€" onah rites are the symbols of hope for 4 sweet New Year. Honey and other sweets are on the Rosh HMHashonah menu. Hebrew folk upon meeting, wish each other "Leshonoh ‘Tovoh," meaning a good year." The â€"Rosh Hashonah servitces> is ealtr tion will patches seem to indicate that Czechoslovakia, a state created and established by the other nations ' of the world, is to be thrown to the dogs of war to ' buy a brief peace. Bloodshed will not be avmded whether the Czechs submit or not. What will hapâ€" pen to the Czechs may be guessed from the fate of Austria.. Has the world forgotten the shameâ€"| less persecution and murder of the Jews in Ausâ€" tria, the lawless imprisonment. of Lhc Aubtl‘ldl) ' Chancellor, the kidnapping and holclm[,r for ranâ€" : som of Baron Rothschild? The thought of Britain : being a party to turning Czechoslovakia to its inâ€" : evitable fate under German domination appears a piece of treachery not in keeping with British traditions. Against this, however, is the faith in the honour of Premier Chamberlain. It is pointed! out that no official statement has been made of the terms agreed to by the British and French cabinets. There is the hope that when the fact,sl are known it will be found that a moment‘s peace was not purchased at the price of justcie, honour, decency, and the very lives of the people of Czechoâ€" slovakia. Britain was not bound by pledged treaty to defend Czechoslovakia. France was so bound. The recent attitude of Britain was an open pledge to Czechosovakia that the right would be upheld.‘ If the nations stand back and allow the dismem-i berment of Czechoslovakia and the mad persecuâ€"| tion and mass murder of its people practically sure to follow such a surrencler to Nazi hosts, then it | is the saddest day in the history of civilization and "what good vision could mean. apparently 1 always had defecâ€" tive eyes but I wasn‘t aware of it because 1 didn‘t know how clearly a person should see. While walkâ€" ing with a friend I first suspected that my eyves weren‘t normal. She could distinguish distant objecets that were just a blur to me. 1 wish now I had gone to Mr. Curâ€" tis for examination years ago. With my new glasses 1 can see clearly things that were beyond my range of vision before, . It‘s really wonderful. The cost of them seemed like nothing at all when spread over a couple of months."‘ CURTIS 14 Pine St. N. OPTICAL COMPANY never knew .. These sums, which is stated. were applie the 1938 taxes and th the legahty of the tax Cobalt, Sept. 22.â€"(Special to The Adâ€" vance)â€"An uninvited "guest" in a blue uniform trimmed with brass buttons joined himself to a New Liskeard wedding party which had gone horn tooting thrcugh Cobalt on Tuesday morning, and it was a decidedly subâ€" dued cavalcade which later on followâ€" ed Provincial Constable R. O. Stromâ€" berg alongz the main highway from North Cobalt, down Lang street and on to the town hall, where enquiries were completed and names and addresses taken. Court proceedings may follow, not over the horn tooting,. but because one of the drivers in the car procession is alleged to have grabâ€" bed a red danger flag in passing men at work near Argentite and to have thrown this warning signal to one side of the road, police said. rael, dents wishe Year. Uninvited Guest at Liskeard Wedding Wore Blue Ensemble and Carried ~Sheaf ‘of Blue Papers. According to the officer, he had folâ€" lcwed the procession of four cars from Cobalt, but had intended only to warn them about the noise created until he saw personally the flag incident. Conâ€" stable Stromberg declared he was close behind the last car of the parade when he saw a hand shoot out from the driver‘s side of the automobile ahead of that, seize the flag and toss it away. Constable Stromherg speeded up, h> said, and headed off the parade at North Cobalt, himself leading the cars back to Cobalt. The flag, the officer Lawsuit Over Tax Sale of Residence at Cobal vear of Peace and Goodâ€"will Undér the new system of garbage c housewives have to place their garbage the street line before their houses,. Thi gala appearance to the streets and is convenience for stray dogs who formerl hunt in back yards for garbage cans "That‘s the way they do in the cities," i euse for the new location of garbage can:s there are other and better ways of aping c good faith among peoples. It may purchase peace for the moment, but Ethiopia, Austria, Spain and China made it plain that it is but the beginning of more unbearable aggressions. Most people, however, will prayâ€"not for peace, but for an honâ€" ourable explanation. Hitler has the satisf "Well, anyway, I1 was in the air!" Explanation is still awaiting as to why is th Flying Priest. The St. Thomas Timesâ€"Journal says that the accordian makes more sound for its size than any other musical instrument. Any Scotsman will tell you that the bagpipes make more noise for its sound than any other size instrument. GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACERI Dear Editor:~â€" Regarding the disâ€" puted. game between Porcupine and Lake Shore teams: A Lake Shore man was on second, and a Lake Shore batter hit a drive over second into the field. The Lake Shore runner tried to score on the hit. The Porcupine catcher stood at the plate to receive the return.. The runâ€" ner hit the catcher and both went down, nowever the catcher got up ran after the ball and threw it to the Porcupine pitcher who was now covering home, and the pitcher put the ball on the runâ€" ner. The Lake Shore runner being knocked out when he ran into the Porâ€" cupine catcher was pulled over the home plate by his teamâ€"mates. I contend there can be no overthrow in this p‘ay. The man tried to score from second on a hit, and if the ball can be laid on him no matter where it goss before he touches home he is out. In the second place as soon as a Lake Shore runner is with by one of his own players and assisted to score as he was in this instance, he is autoâ€" Editor Porcupine FTimmins, Ont. said, protected men working ncar the rock cut at Argentite, where temporâ€" arily there was room only one car at a time to pass, and where the road gang could not be seen by apprcaching motorists from the north until these were over the brow of the hill. said, prC rock cut arily the at a tim About the Decision In Recent Ball Game Vince Woodbury, Oldâ€"Time Baseball Umpire, Gives His View of the Matter. able to Timmins, Sept bein ze cans. iping cit hamberi ble to rly collection tC 20th, 1938 (l¢ thc IMPERIAL BANK OF CANAÂ¥ADA uUp ways! Ihe balance in your bank book tells the storyâ€"tells you where you stand from day to day . . . from week to week that balance growing. Every branch office of this Bank has a Savings Department. Your account will be welcome. T el 101€ Manager Timmins Branch . from year to year. Keep THURGDAY, SEPTEMEBER 33ND, 1038 Much has also b thr catcher‘s positi a right to block hi on the baseâ€"linge if catching or trying play. The runnor slam into catcher if In the example» u runner hit the ca knocked himself ot if he had managed matically ou n to home before the. ball â€"was laid on him ho would have been.safe. On the cther hand a ball, in case.a throwâ€" in from the field to catch.a runner tryâ€" ing to score, that=zoes wild,â€"even hits the grandstand, is beside,..the point, cannot classed as an overthrow as far as allowing a extra base Canad I1aSt ~yCar Was J41,i10 $12,170,060. Production for the fir of the yrar amcunts to worth _ $92,363.110, ~ ag cunces, worth $81,329,6 parable periad of 1937. Thoese figures indic present monthly averag Canadian gold production in July amounted to 420,778 ounces, worth apâ€" proximately $14,727,230, comparing with 390,693 ounces, worth $13,674,255 in June according to the Dominion Bureau of Metal Statistics. Production in July last ycear was 347,716 ounces, worth Production for the first seven months of the year amcounts to 2,638,946 ounces, worth _ $92,363,110, ~ against .2,323,704 cunces, worth $81,329,640 in the comâ€" parable periad of 1937. ; These figures indicate _that if the present monthly average is maintained, gold output of the Dominion for 1938 will approximatisly $158,000,000 comparâ€" od with $143,314,561 in 1937, indicating increase of more than nine per cent. Hollinger‘s 47th Extra Dividend Disbursement Al impuni painful and 4 C. SCARTH Maod Office: Torontsa ut ada‘s Gold Production Fourteen Millions in July uUpint id n ey allowin he can pei ind on him 1C thi in makt HASE‘S 1 ] â€"~Liver Pills been confused about ition. A omtcher has his home plate, or be if he is in.the act of g to catchâ€" ball in r also has aw.right to if he is on the paths. under discussion the catcher all. .right but out inâ€"doing so, and ed to getiup or crawl C 1t ours truly, . Vince . Woodbury n i payable October record Sept2amber stribution of $492,â€" hares outstanding. regular and the this year. It will r and 47th rxtra t in 1912%. When is paild total disâ€" will be $3,444,000, 1)} dlvldend} of five an éxtra of five cleclared (11 the player imatism ‘ys are by the rifly the isonous us and 1ptior $92