The Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-02-06, Page 7eWEDNESI AY, .FEB... flth,. 1903'
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THE LUCKNOW' SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTAIUO,
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By Bill- Smiley
• We • :parent's, ." on the whole,
don't .give much; thought 'to, the
education :'our children ' are ' re-
ceiving:Oh, we : want• them to
pass their exams, and .we'd like to
see there get into something
where • they'd. make a lots of anon
ey . Bout • aside :from. -that, Cana-
dian adults" are • pretty well.. .in
the 'dark about what the,. kids
are learning, and. why, •
• As long as' ,'our youngsters
come' ''home from school with
reasonaible marks and ,' their
own •'rubber 'boots, we are happy
to leave education alone. rAdt,tlts
feel that they have enough trou-
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. ale. With the economic system,;
thepolitical system, and the ,heat-
i'ng,system, without tackling any-.
thin as -complex as. ' the educe
tion. systetm,.
And s, it icomplex, It's ;becon-
:'ing ' More complex . every day, es
.educators' Scramble to keep tip
with a society: that is changing
with the ease and rapiditly of a
burlestfue gpeen,
That's'. why we parents should
pay more attention, take a deeper
interest in what' the :sprouts are
learning and shouldhe, learning.
Our.ignorance ' of .their. training
is equalled . only by our''.eagerness.
to run' it dOwn.. •'
We.`all know the ,lady,• a superb
cook and homemaker, who en-.,
nounces .flatly that 'teaching do-
mestic science is an 'utter waste
of. time, that girls !should learn
it at. :home,
She has . ;forgotten _that 'when
she was married, 'her piece de
resistence was' mushroom,' soup
on .toast, that it took her three-
quarters of an ihoiur to iron a
Shirt, that she. didn't knave
French 'provincial from Vanish.
;blue, •
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We all know the rnan who de
Glares roundly -that this * • here
shop training for boys is a` waste
of tirne, He 'didn't •.have none..
and hecan make anything. 'He
then goes down cellar to 'his
workshop •and takes :off his .left
forefinger in the saw, or makes.
a 'hand sandwich • while trying
to nail two boards together,
These people don't' realize 'that'
they' have done so • well not; be-
cause 'of. ,their lack...:.of training,
but in • spite of . it. Nor do, tih'ey:.
realiae that the world their kids
are, albout to step into is not the
one they entered,
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er, training •courses; Take door..
estic Science, for : example., I'd'
just .as soon throw' ahoy into
a jet, liner, without training, .and.
tell' him to take off, as .I would
throw a girl into one . of those
modern kitchens, all hells • and:
buttons and lights,. without train-
ing; and, tellher to take Over,
In .fact, I'd expand the .darn
estic training Girls . should be
taught not only .how to make a
white'sere • and an apron, but
how to make .•a happy' marriage.
They should; be. thoroughly ilatief-
ed. on 'the wifely virtues o+f'x.pa
tience, thrift,' silence and {hum-
,i1ity, They' should learn how to
run a power mower and shovel
snow. They., should ,.;be taught.
that rnoney doesn't grow on trees,
that .the _stork is ,for, ;tike birds,
that .good husbands . are .like pre-
cious jewels --
reciaus'jewels- they can be heav-
ily insured but When they're lost.
there's, nothing left . but inone y.,
The girls'— and rI speak as the
father .of a daughter _ would
learn some . other fundamentals
that:. "nag", is ',a'' worse epithet
than "bag". or. "hag"; that it takes
more than a ,bust and 'a : bottom
to make e well-rounded .,wornan.
. +In such an enlightened system,
of course,,we'd have to have equal,.
opportunities for the boys. Best
way to start Wound' be ,to 'break..
down a•, couple 'of their, basic. be
liefs': (a). •thatthe world : owes
't'hem ''.a living, and (b) that the
old man will provide it until the
world realizes show 'fortunate it
IS to have, the privilege. Then
we'd teach them that manners,
St' clothes, make the . Man.'
They'd be. given ` courses in •
,handling firearms, cards, .Motor-
boats, twomen and other danger-
ous items. They'd be ,Prepared
for marriage with .short courses
in diaper changing, bottle • warm• '
,ing, .and the establishingg of :air-
• tight alihbis . They would learn
the• judo defense against' a kick •
on the'sh'ins; y
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. ,They. woUld lie taught•that soft
little' giris•.with turned up noses,
doe eyes and velvety voices can,
oh occasion turn into wives with.
the nose ; of • a' bloodhound, the
eye of n'eagle,. and a tongue like
.14 .buggy:whip: , .
These . areonly ^.a few' rough
ideas of .what.. I'd like to see
added ',to •aur courses' of'study.
Some of the. other ideas are. "even
rougher. :Min•d you, I.wou1dn't
throw out the regular . subjects
I'm sure' t'hey'r Fuseful' for ,some-
thing. Brut y.o 're m armed 'a long
trine; and yo" can't sit around. for i
30- or 49 years 'conjugatng Latin i ..
verbs, drawing triangles, or wan-
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Si. HELENS
In write. of .the stormy' evening,
a good 'crowdattended the Scot=
tish night .i.n'• St, Helen Hall Mrs:;'
Harold gaunt, vice-president •w•as,
chairlady for the program. Scotch
dances • were danced • by .'Joan.
MacKenzie , of . Ludo ow, Annette
McC'rosti,e of Goderich and, Gerie-
vieve Kina•hafr; Sandy IMcQuiIlin
favoured with ',bagpipeselections.
and ' Sheila McQuiilin )played`. a
medley or Scottish 'tunes: MTS..
Charlie McDonald read the, "St,
Helen's ; Journal." '. Barbara Pur-,
don And .RoSalene Phrl fps„favor-.
ed ,with •accordman selections. Mr..
'William'' Buckingham gave two
humorous readings and Lorne..
Forster and Murray Gaunt sang
a duet, .Eugene and Ricky Frit:.
chard favoured with a cornea
duet. {Far.ier's orchestra played•
for the dance which . followed.
Messrs. • Leonard Corbett and
John McCormick of Alliston were
;recent visitors, •with, Mr. and, Mrs.
Allan, Miller.
Mr, Terry Wilson{ of 'UW.O.,,
London spent the week -end at .Ws,
home.
Recent visitors • with Mr, and
Mrs. Andrew Gaunt were Mr, and
Mrs.” Earl' Sherwood';. Ernest, Neta
af' Carrlow,
Just a reminder of. tiro ebru-.
ary meeting of the W,I, at 2
o'clock Thursday (today);
Mr, andMrs: E, W. Rice visit-
ed with Mr, A. G. Webb in Wing-
haw 14bspital on Saturday, . Mr,
Webb celebrated%s birthday 'on
P d
Sattrday .
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Margar+t ''Murray Algeo.,
last surviving `membe'r of. the
Family'' Of ,the late' Mr.' and Mrs
Alexander . IVIrurray. ,d•ied...on 'Sun-
day, January • 20'th,.', 1963, , in
Scanbo oug.h, ' New York, U.S.A..,
after a !ong. illness in her ninety
fourth ..year. ' •
Mrs. A1geoa& born .in Luck,-'
now..,'on 'April 1,1th, 1;869,`• the',
youngest 'of eight sisters. and a
brother.' • . Her father,leexander'
Murray, \{born ih Scotand, .was
one of the' original' founding ;fa-.
•thers of +Lucknow. MrS. Algeo'S
mother, • the for.m,er. Elizabeth
Martin, . {was also born in Scot
land:.
• An accomplished corice•rt pian„ •
ist, Mrs. Algeo taught rnusic in..
Chicago ,prior to her marriage to;
the late•Pranc. J. Algeo. Mr. Al-
goo was for' many years presi
dent of J. R. Beaton , Co., `New i .
York City, U.S 4,, ,an affiliate of'
Berkshire Mills.
Mrs. Algeo, who resided for
many
Mrs..
in New• York City,,
was a frequent ,visitor to Luck-
now 'where he stayed with her
sister, Mar.ie Murray, and also
'visited'' her, ' sister, 'Christina, ;Mrs: •
Matthew Welsh' of'.Kincar dine.
,Surviving are a daughter, Mrs..
Clover Johnston of New .Roehelle,.
New York, 'U.S.A.,' t'wc -grand-
daughters
gr:and-daughters and three great -grand
children, 'Mrs. Johnson often _ac= ,
companied ,her .mother on her
-visits to Ltacknow, '
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Services. {for Mrs Algeo were
held on Wednesday, Jan iai v 23,
1963. •in' St, John's Church, New
Roche11.c, New 1'•ork, U.S.A., with .
interment beside her husband' in
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nearby :ensico Cemetery,