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LUCKNOWSENT><NEL, LUCKNOW O+N,i,'i'AR.IO
W N] SDAY,; .AUG,. 21st; 1963
BETTER DAYS AHEAD I
The Grade 13 examination results at
L,,ucknow District High School were. very
disappointing. That is probably the under
statement of the year. They were amaz-
ingly bad. This is •ppublic cnowledge which
has caused considerable concern in the
"community.
There ' are numerous 'opinions and.',
reasons advanced ' as to the '' cause. It is
not our intention, nor would it serve any
purpose, to. attempt ' to analyze or' assess.
respons ility.
From • year to year • classes vary in
;their general „degree of • ability, and the,
1963.class may not have qualified to be
termed as brilliant. Certainly they could,
notbe as .;inept as indicated by the exam-,
ination'. results. If so, they should not have
been in' Grade 13...They could not have
honestly merited- the promotion.
Remembering well our own High
School days we are not 'so , naive as . to
regard, students as an, infallible, :studious,
well behaved, teacher -co-operating group.
They can be frustrating young demons •
But, when a girl or boy reaches Grade
13 he or.' ,she has an objective and' they
can be counted on to apply, :'themselves-
reasonably well, , if 'given ` the proper di-
rection and" ,tuition. These students realize. to
a marked degree the, responsibility resting
On them, but it ' is imperative that they
be instilled by word and example, . with :•
the need for' studious,' hard . Work:' Only
"the ' brain" 'lean. get, it,
we ' think, without : •
lorig hours of i"1u in' " Itis• ;a fallacy
and unkindness ' for , one. in authority . 'to
imply_ otherwise,'for these years" are among
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the most ;crucial ' the student's life.
But let its turn our back on the ' past.
•look 'for great improvement rovement at 'Luck-
'now
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We. • p
o ' District 'High School'and ,a return to
'n g.
yyv..L cknow took
ihc' hi h standards' in which u
second . place to none in graduating 'stu
dents ` vfho4. have made ' •theitr iia •k :. i the. , x
world, across the Dominion and : abroad. , °
•... male
,
' Here we have a unique'.male student
--kholarship plan : - the Alexander Mac-
Kenzie Endowment Fund, by which many .,
' .
boys have benefitted.in pursuing advanced.
y_.' p
education. •
The staff at Lu cknow ,,District High
school is becoming : more and more the
established family type,. ..participating .in
community activities and;becoming ' an in-
aWith : a new princi al • ,
tegral. part•of it. .. h ��,,.. P
in charge, who,` quite noticeably has spent
most of. his vacation period preparing for
the. fall term,,: there:is a contagious air of
optimism in the comm nity for ,good" days
ahead at L.15.1 -1.S.
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Would the establishment of a : 'I-1ome
and .School ' group serve a .worthwhile Pur-
pose?'
ur-posei6 Few parents today have a know-
ledge of school . curriculums or the "various'
• courses now being introduced.. There' have
been great changes since. Dad and. Mother:
attended school, and as a consequence few
parents can intelligently offer any guid-
ance to ..their children in .. so important, ' a
subject .as their . ' education:-
Home
ducation:-Home and School :night makeavail-
able some of that information, and pro-
vide a knowledgable understanding of tea-
cher pupil -school board problems.
Educatio n is an ' investment "in the
future and the wiser the . investment the
bigger. the dividends.. Parents should have,
• a better 'understanding of the dividends,
for they are well aware of ' the costs. '..
• The thousands and thousands of ' mo-
torists who rarely if ever use Highway 401
to. "bypass Toronto, would be justified , in
protesting the multi-million dollar program
to rebuild. ` this route, at : the expense' of
other highway improvements in the pro-
vince. ' Designed as a throughway from
Windsor to Quebec, ' ;it has become in the
Toronto area : ` as a commuter ',road ' and
cross-town route tat finds: it .often clogged
with city traffic, particularly at.;• the rush
' hours • And so, before Highway : 401 is
even completed, the Department of. High-
ways is launching a$6.3,000,000 rebuild-
ing
ebuilding program to provide a 1 highway
skirting Toronto, to relieve a problem that
is certainly not . created by the rank k and
file of, . Ontario : motorists.'
If you give to tboy, enough rope, he'll
pull something,
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OciogenariansI
News 'Gathering
.A.:..:correspondent .._for„.,Weekly
eekly,
papers .,for . sixty , 'years and still
active as 'reporter in.iRipley for
the : Ripley .Express; •:.:Mrs. Will
iam Steele ' (narked her eight-,
• ieth birthday on Thursday last,
Mrs ''Steele ` had been acting
as • correspondent ' for Ver+dun..
and 'Olivet for, several.' years
prior to cher. 'Marriage 'on Sep-
ternber 10, 1912, and in recog-
nition 'of' {her services she was
presented with a .case of silver-
ware 'by the then editor of. the.
.Lucknow Sentinel, W. J. ,Wraith..:
This work was continued for the
Sentinel ; -.and. for. Riipley and
Kincardine :,papers until Ithe
re-
sponsibility of looking after her
'family ;brought about a "vaca-
tion"
vacation" from 'reporting for : eight
years. However Mrs. Steele ap
,parently had , the , „"ink In her
"blood" and she returned to re -
'porting :-for the Kincardine 'Re-
view as ;.correspondent ;for. 'Pine
• River She Aster added the ,re-
sponsiOillty ' of, :of Ripley to
her' duties, when the';famidy: mov-
ed , to Ripley. From time ; JO
time she has • :reported and help-
ed organize the . writings from
Amtberley, Lochalsh and Pine
River: • 1. •
Recalling her years of report-
ing,
ePort-ing, • Mrs, Steele' ,says, "I said
when s4tarted that I would nev
People who 'listen to• both-' sides, of
family ar mets aie. called`. nei hi o s
�n
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Yawning is usually. the act of a per-
son who inadvertently opens his mouth
when .. he • wishes : others would shut theirs.'
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ennett's Sepoy Lucknow, ' Phone 528-2129.
Agent For Poi. rson Gleaners
er, write .a mean thing about any-
one and 1 never have; ;but if I.
could . give anyone a lift T'' was
always willing and have done
so' many times."• •
There . are few • women Who>
"have had . such a' personal in- •
iterest inthee• district' as has Mrs.
Steele and she 'thaS a Store . of •
historical lore 'always at her
finger' tips. In 'this ..regard she
has written quite a 'number of
histories •. of I the,. area for pub-
hcation. '
Keenly interested iri 'affairs of
"the .church she has ,served . it in
Many capacities, in, the choir,
Sunday'. school and 'in the OR/rah
proper. ' An accomplished' mus-
ician, 'specializing: on .the .guitar,''
!Mrs. Steele gave : freely of this
talent whenever. called :upon.`
This giftof leadership :'also' ex
tended:• to .the Women's • !Mission-
ary Society acid"to `tihe •Institute
Of,. recent.' years •Mrs.Steele
"has•been • forced to give ,Up her
close ties with. all ;organizations
phut`'the ' fact that she ..can no
:longer attend does not mean , a
severance of relationships 'and'
she is well aware : orf the "work • . .
being ' carried on by the Rear
'ious'iroups. 'When she ;was iforc-
ed to give up her • community
activities' a few 'years ago she.
still continued to . Write for lihe
Ripley': ,Express and t!he Kinoar
dine News, • although, sometimes..
"bedfast: '•
Although :M