HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1959-11-20, Page 5RECEPTION
Friday,, Nov. ' 20th
for 'Mr. • and 'Mrs.. Laverne Sc(t
(nee Margaret Coleman).,
,stAFORTH• Commmutilty. Centre
NORRIS ORCHESTRA
• Ladies, please bring Liinch
EVERYONE WELCOME! ...
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Tomorrow,. Night
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The Rinsniien Club of Clinton ..
CROIVIARTY
Mr. and. Mrs. Jeffry Ballantyne
of Avonton, andMrs, Ellen Ba]lan
Lyne, of Stratford, :visited on Sun-
day with Mr. and Mrs. Gebrge
Wallace,.
Eldon Allen, Bob: Laing, Gordon
Laing, Roger Dow, Rob Hamilton,
Bob Gardiner and Jim Hockings.
have been enjoying hunting=trips
to the northern counties.
A .successful: bazaar was, held in
the basement ' off the church Fri-
day 'afters n: It was opened with
words of .welcome, by Mrs. Gerald
Carey, followed with prayer by
Rev. S. 'Kerr. Mrs. GordonLaing
was ::accompanist for the program.
At the fancy' work . booth were
Mrs. Calder. McKaig, Mrs. William
Harper,.. Mrs, Lorne Elliott and
Mrs., Grace Scott: At the bake
table were ;Mrs, K.;McKellar,• Miss
Olive" Sneare, "Mrs. Bob. Laing ,and,
Mrs.' Gordon Scott;, the plant and
vegetable 'table Mrs: Tom Laing
and Mrs. Jim Miller; the apron
,booth, Mrs. William Miller, `Mrs,
T. L. Scott, Mrs. John Templeman
and ` Mrs. Johnny :Miller; tea
tables, Mrs, Gerald Carey,. Mrs.
Carter ' Kerslake, Mrs. Mervin.
Dow, . Mrs. ` Lloyd: Miller; Mrs:;
Frank Hamilton` and Mrs. Wesley
Russell; in the kitchen; ,Mrs. .E.
Moore, .Mrs,,, Sadie Scott, • Mrs.
Lloyd Sorsdahl, Mrs. Jim Scott and
Mrs. John Wallace,.
Mr. and Mrs. William Cameron
and _Mrs. Mabel Aikenheed, of
Egmo_ndville~' visited 'ori Sunday
with; Mr. , and' Mrs. T. Laing.
....Miss BarbaraBeras,E of Ander-
son, . spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs.. Gordon... Laing.
Auxiliary Has Thankoffering
• The annual 'thiankoffering meet-
ing of the Marion •Ritchie Evening'
Auxiliary was held on Tuesday af-
ternoon in the basenient of the
church. The meeting oened with
-devotions , by Mrs. Frank .Hamil-
ton. Mrs: Sam McCurdy presided.
Mrs. ' Stephens, ,of Newton, was
guest 'speaker acid gave an ac-
count • ofher visit to Montreal , at
the Presbyterial conference : in
May.. Mrs. "Stephens is Presbyter-
ial Secretary_of '.the Young Wo..
men's Auxiliary. -Mrs. Lorne , E1-
liott read a"fine• paper • from the.
Glad Tidings. Olive Speare, read; a
paper on ."Remembrance". ' Mrs.
Clif ,Miller: sang a solo.•
"Do you realize .your wife`is tell-
ing .everybody you can't keep her• !
in clothes?";
"That " isn't the half of it; I
bought her :. a home and •;I'• can't
keep her in that, either."
JQ
Dr":.hn : Linton.
.
creta ' .of the Cana
Se ry , da
Temperance -Federation
will :appear, at,the follow
ing centres:
Goderich
Sunday at11 a.m.
NORTH 'STREET.` CHURCH
•
Exeter •
Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
MAIN STREET CHURCH,
.,ISN - V :
T
onlay. at 12.:25.x.
Seaforth
Monday at 2:30 p.m.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CH'IJRCH
.Clinton
Monday at 8 p.m.
ONTARIO ST, UNITED, CHURCH
The- ublic is cordially r di i -
n
vited to, attend these
meetings..
•
Int¢r¢sting Bungalow Plan Prcav'ri
• ,limos# Cortnfort aria c •
onvenience
es .'.
-' Luxurious living is suggested in
this modern bungalow designed by
architect M.G. Dion, of Ottawa.
From the . long, low line of the
'pleasing exterior to the roomy,
two -bathroom . interior layout, the
plan is one that. will provide' a
home -owner with the . utmost in
comfort and convenience.
A fireplace with,tile" hearth 'high-
lights the full length combination
living -dining room. The well -light-
ed family room with built-in 'stor-
age shelves is ideally.Iocated.; Well:
arranged with ample cupboard -and-
shelf space, the kitchen has direct
access to both the dining and fain-
ilyrooms. There is a full'"base-
ment which may <be -partitioned off.
Total floor =area is < i,315�square
"feef-and- the exterior dimensions.
' are
imens ons -
are 52 feet by - 27 feet. ' Working
drawings: for this house, Design
278, may be obtained from Central
,Mortgage, and Housing Corporation.
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(By -George" Roberts, with `Robert
Collins, in :Imperal `'Oil Review)
School' teaching leas' been my
profession—indeed, 3ny.lfe—for 25
years. ;As" teacher and principal
I have.: run the ` gamut 'of . pupils,
parents, school boards,inspectors
and departmental officials. As an
official ., of Canadian teachers';' or-
ganizations since 1935;1 have met
teachers in every province. <I've.
studiedthem, addressed •.their
meetings, written for them, read
their publications and picked'their
brains: ;at many a midnight -ses-
sion. '
I:
am' roud'`of my,'. profession.
P
Since the day ;Z" entered it I' have-
never
avenever "wanted to do anything else.
Which is whyit is, ell the more
painful' to have; to, report the great
irony of Canadian education to-
day: too man__yyof our teachers are
simply not able' to .do, their job--
the
ob—the . job .of sending children out in-
to society with ' the best possible
education. This is the.:. job teach-
ers want to do. It is the job that
taxpayers, parents and students
have a right .to expect. Bid teach-
ers are not satisfying- anyone, Ieast
of all .themselves 'The fault is by.
no means entirely theirs. All of
us are -responsible. All:of_iis-,must
help remedy the situation.
What's wrong with; our teachers?
Too little professional. training, too,
aittle- public' respect, , too; little self-
confidence • and . self - assertion.
'hese are the major faults and, to
some extent, they work in. a . sort
of chain reaction. One follows on
the .heels of another . and ' so ` our
educational system is somewhat
like a perpetually -revolving door,
with the hapless. pupils caught in
the middle. `
To begin with, nearly :half of our.
teachers are rank amateurs. They
ortuni
to earn
on money invested for 1 to 5 years
a ,safe .guaranteed British Mortgage certificate.„
To invest see `your 'local agent or send Us' your checi te.
Don't delay interest begins the • day' we get° your itive'stment..
>. AGE
Wounded in 1877
Head . Offices, "STEtAIVOEf
" TRUST UST
cners ire uo�n
have less:than the bare minimum' eer people, the. ones I call' "pro-
of training that, teachers' organiza- i fessionals". Outside the classroom.
tions; consider 'tolerable: senior they lack confidence; are painfully
matriculation plus a year of peda- inarticulate and falsely humble.
Bogy, , In all af' Canada only. 25 'Not long ago'a. a. fellow. teacher
per cent of teachers, are; university and'I were;guests at a service -club
raduate
of 'these are ;in dance" in an',; Ontario City.' No one.:
graduates;, s,. most. `
secondary ,schools. ,'ket,> a teacher, made us " feel unwelcome but my
needs the fullest training;to do��liis (.colleague was obviously ill at
job efficiently and •conscientiously : L ease: Finally he whispered ;bitter -
Nowadays a teacher Must: pit. in''ly,,. "I suppose these",people 'think
an average of .30';hours a;' week; of , they're slumming, ,having teacher's
classes" '(using teaching :': methods at their dance" '
that the':educational• psychologists In Such in atmosphere of super
are making -more ': and • more coin • sensitivity, low prestige andi lade=
piex); Plus „voluntary .after-school quate training, it's no wonder that
:tuition, and _evenings ' spent - pre- . teachers., feel;: they are :not' accom--
paring lessens; marking: and ex phshing as ;;much' .as • they 'should
tra-curricular supervision. .i at,a:time when their job was neye
The inadequacy: of teacher train- ,er more important. '
ing is largely. an. ;emergency situ- Why so ' important? There are,
ation 'arisin from.. the':. stwar ,'e
g. , Po : to begin teas-
surge of •'enrolment. But: the•" atti- , ons. If the western. world' is; to sur
`tude behind it is ; not new For a ' vive, it must keep apace. of Russia,
long time : we ..have?. been' buying in scientific' training • and :knowl-
our edticational,;,and professional, edge. And• if we do not preserve:
services as cheaply 'as possible. our . culture—our literature, -' art
AS a result, ;the teacher .in, many, .philosophy, history and all the
areas today i§ regarded •as . a sort rest that a liberal education em-'
Of second-class citizen braces—what-point:is there, -in -sur
•Before the days of universal ed- vival? '
ucation the schoolmaster (what- 1, --Here at home the: teacher's ree-
ever his training)` was one of the sponsibility was.never grea't'e? Ie-'
best educated—and most,respected • cause --through the failure of par-
-individuals" in , the , community,.' ents and church—Canadian family
on••a par with the'town lawyer. and life is. disintegrating. More ,than;
doctor. Today many "adults have;• 90 per cent of 'our children today
-university degrees : and. many .attend high school. In my•school-:
teachers- have not 'Adults with 'no, and 'other teachers confirm my
university 'education can never findings -more than one-third 'of
theless command,: high, wages in • those children come from homes
industry. It's no'°wonder the -Ay- broken by divorce, 'desertion or'
erage Parent—tends to look. down; separation :Or from :homes.. where
his. nose at the average teacher's: death or full-time employment •-Cif
suggestions or advice, , pert'ainin'g .both .parents...means that the .,par -
to his .children ',exit or parents sometimes, lose al
Many school ""boards,; for , their semblance .of control ,over their
part regard teachers as• hired :children .
hands. I' realize that boards are ; .Years ago when fewer children
often harassed with their ' ,own reachedhigh school, the --y, .Were,probleins,: and 'subjected. to public usually the children' who . wanted
and political pressures.. But the " to' be .there, and "problem stu-
fact -remains, .that they have4he • dents, were, legs numerous. .Today
power, to hire and fire and some there are enough problem students'
of them 'never let the, teacher for- ;,to seriously` affect :the wont and
get at. (The situation has .improv-: discipline cif'the,schoo, Last year,
ed 'since my first teaching job, for example, there were a'number
when. I was given to -understand of catastrophic failures .among my
I should' not appear on the street pupils,: in. the'mid-winter exams—
when smoking a ,cigarette.) I catastrophic.. because so many of
Boards, too, pay part of the ''those who failed showed little hope
school costs from local taxation. of recovery by June, • In checking
But judging from their budgets.--- the failures we often found
which often meet only the barest that both parents •worked. Conse-;
basic • requirements—they are of quently, the children were, oti their.
ten more eager to satisfy the.citi-: own until:evening. In some homes;
zen as taxpayer than the citizen admittedly, ...both parents have to
as parent. - • work,‘ but this • doesn't .alter the
School inspectors and supervis- . fact that the children -who ought"
Ors, ••for'their, part, tend to over= always to be our `first considers
supervise even experienced' teaeh- tion -end up as losers.
ers: to : check ' and . Gross -check, • Let me stress at 'this' point that
Scrutinize,and :advocte,'This ten- I do. not consider Canadian- youth
dency perhaps resulted from the a bad ,lot. On the contrary; ,theirs
large numbers of "amateur" teach- is for the most part,, an extraord-
ers, But the supervisory people' inary promising generation. ,'But
ought todraw a line between the teachers. are not being given a
professional teacher,. who needs fair chance to help prepare these
professional independence, and the children for the world.
amateur,' who is not yet ready: for • For -example, too many students
it today ""have more money , than is
.-- And 'on-yeta higher level is the good for them. In my eonninunity
department of education—a hien, —an average industrial city -many
arehy of civil servants directing:: students drive cars, 'including at
the teacher; Although departments least one. Cadillac. The safekeep-
are staffed With experienced ex- ing of wallets and watches. during
teachers, too many; of them seem' gym' classes .has become a,bead-.
to have lost (if, indeed, they ever ache";'" -the watehes may be worth
had) the' professional ;teacher's $75 to; $80 and the wallet contain
poirit�of..�view. As Many teachers' up tis'$50'in "pin mone"
see,:. it,. •departmental .direction. Also, there has ' been 'terrific
tends, almost inevitably,' to be di pressure in most -provinces for a
dactic and dogmatic, and; also • be- lowering of standards, so, that a
cause of -its -Civil service nature, minimum number of 'students will
to be, "safe". Of course, not all fail. We are following th U.S.
teachers follow this supervision to trend where;. having created a wel-
the letter, but most try to do so;, fare state of the.body, • th y are
Partly because of these situa- now :trying to create a 'welfare'
tionsl and, also because the teach- state of the mind. I. believe every
er by nature 'is an introspective -person is entitled to equality of
person—toomany teachers do not opportunity, blit I do not believe
respect themselves,' This, includes that all persons are equal, 'except
eVen, niany of the competent car- ' ' (Continued on Page 10)..,
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