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WEDNI9SPAY, FEB. 21st, 1962
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCK.N0*,' oNTARIO
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PAGE SEVEN
District Native
Died In West
• Allan Bowles, -the. first principal
• Of Magee High School in Vancou-
ver, died Saturday,, February 3rd.
hi VancouVer. He. Was. 85.
Mr.. Bowles wasknown affec,
• tionately as "Mr. Magee Nigh"
to more than one generation of
Vancouyer Men & women. Many .•
of his, forrner students continued •
't�' cOrresPond with .him from
around the world,: '
He was raised on' the farm at
, .ththBowles Hill," On the Lucknow-i
• Dinigannon road: and graduated
from University r• of • Toronto in
• 1908; and went to VanCouver
1910, teaching at King Edward
•High School. "
• In4912' he. opened EbUrne•Sup-,
• ericir School, with eight ...pupils.
• This 'became Magee High .School
in. 1926,• When Mr. Bowles re• -
tired in• 1942 it had more than
:1,000: stude,nts. .
• . , It was a matter' of special pride.
to ,Mr, Bowles that he developed
Magee, as a, "composite". high.,
school,providing a program of
academic, technical and coinmer-
cfal •
• 'He took akeen interest in ath•-.
leticS and Was coach of many ,of,
the sChool ibaSketball teams..
He was a strong -tennis player,
and a keen saltwater fisherman.
For several 'years he was a • mein-
ber of the, Vancouver Lawn Ten -
nig. Club. ., ' :* •
-.Be was.. , aetive in: the B.C.
Teachers' FederatiOn. • •
',FolloWing'.. Bowles';;;relite-
inept he taught special rriatherria:-
tics. claisps:4.fOr, the' :RCAF arid
lectured. at.
Sth-Viving are his wife,- -.Tena,th
•daughter, Morea (Mrs. •Clifford'
Ware); .two . grandchildren. •
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•-JUNIOR 'FARMER. ANNUAL
MEETISEV, ON SATIJADAY •
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The Bruce County Junior Far-
o mer Association will hold its an-
e th nual meeting and banquet in
Paisley, on Saturday, February
• 24th.
4 • ,The annual meeting will. begin
at 1.113. pan.' In addition to Ithe.
s 4 election of the new officers a
resume of the year's . activities
will be given Iby -retiring presi-• ,
d. .: • dent,•Wilson dreg, Also .there will
d, 'be various committee reports and
1-• .Progreas reports frons .each Jun-
,.. •ior Farmer Club in the County' --
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There's been quite a fracas rez•
cently in one Canadian 'town over
its -school policy, toward repeaters.
-8one of contention is the suspen-
sion from high school of seven
pupils." Each was repeating: his
year, each, was over 16, and. all
were given the gate 'lot habitual
neglect of ,duty."
This particular incident 'odour-
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red in Wiarton, Ont., and as a
former editor of the best
old weekly newspaper in Wier -
ton and :a present school teacher,
I followed the clash More
than, usual. interest.
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• It , began with a red .perring,
when the mother Of one of the
suspended. .pupils charged' the;
:principal with discrimination be-
cause the .girl in qUestion was an
• Indian. I knew this ',was . poppy-
cock, but held rhy. peace: '
••ure enough, the charge was
vigorously •countered in the hext
issue, not .by the principal, but
by his studenits, They claimed
that 'Indian students took part in
alI school' activities' 'and were
treated with equality and, respect
• in the classrooms. The, letter also
pointed out •that e there were .five,
non -Indian pupils suspended.
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The :chairman of :the board
backed the principal by quoting
chapter—and: verse -under- .:which.
the .Youngsters were .shown the
door.,'A former clergymanm the
,parish, now teaching 'in a U.S.
college, wrote a hot defense of
the principal's action, Claiming it
was -.not: only good for .the stu-
dents suspended but for the others
as well. Still another letter round-
ly ' abused the. principal' for his
stand. • • • '
importantthing . to come out,'
of the -Souffle was • not the dis-
crimination .charge, which was
• patent nOnsense; but the fact that
.a • principal and 'a school board'
had the nerve to..penalize by sus-
pension anumber of pupils who
were not pulling their weight.
It's no secret that there*s a per-
centage of students in. every
school Which falls into this cate-
gory.; For various ,reasons—par-
ental indifference psychological
problems, or just plain lassitude
—they refuse' to work, Many. of
.them -have average, some. above
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average,' intelligence,
• • • Sone 'of: them are content to
ROY• HAVENS • sit all day like Vegetables, drows-
ing,, dreaming, doodling. They are
Plumbing : and 'Heating no trouble to 'anybody and no
• FAS°. Oil Burner use -to anybody. Others more live:
Sales and Service
•ly, but just as • adamant in their
.rejection of work, spend 'their'
, • ELECTRIC' HEATING time in a ' running' battle with.
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Phone 73, Lueknow authority They have a Convul-
sion to attract attention. ,These
FOR. SAFE are the discipline problems, the
people who distriithbother pupils,
• DEPENDABLE tea-
chers every year into nervous
the. pepole Who push seine
" breakdowns. ' ' •
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What's t�' be done withthese
people? In my day, .they drifted
out' of sehool by a natural -process,
and fotind. job. Most of them
• became reasonably useful mem-
;hers 'of society. Some did ve1r3
well in business and industry,
when they shook off the .dust of
the classrOom; • .•
• apt they're faCing today a so-
ciety that neither wants nor needs
them. Heavy machinery and auto-
mation have gobbled' laborers' *&
factory jobs, . EinPloyers demand.
ever -'higher • educational stand-
ards. ,
• Reme ,m•ber that we're sPeaking,
not of SlOw learners,.but 'ofthose
with normal intelligence who
won't Work, 1 don't have.the
an -
• 'Convenient budgetterinsio.
• up to •6 years to pay
Pan WOK to illnida AMIN
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t
' but, Ido think sortie kind
of drastic action should be taken
if their abilities .are not to Aie
wasted, if they are not to become
a permanent 'burIlen on society.
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Should , theae• young people;
Whatever!, the *reason for their
refusal to work, be allowed to
disrupt the system,, seta bad
example to others, and generally
• act as a brake on .the educational
process? They -would not be tol-
erated in business, industry
the armed • forces.. After high
school, they are no longer babied.
At university, • technical :School,
nursing schbol, those who refuse
to work are plowed Under, and
nobody weeps ' for them. •
•
• Faced' with. the same problems
of oyer,crowding'and staff short" -
age as our schooLS; eyen.our hos-
pitels meet them squarely.- Beds
Ire for •
k people, n�t for those
*rho feel like a rest Out you go
unless you need hospital' care.
Would fear of, being kicked out
of School, for failure to work: have
the desired effect on thelazy,'
the emotionally disturbe,c1, and the
others • who make up this indil
gestible luinp in our :high sehools?
�r would it, have no more effect
on them than ,the constant cajol-
ing, urging and' threatening they
now' undergo,. both ..at home and
at school? ••
Should they ,all be turned • out
of school"' into the cold, cruel
world at 16? Should they be.
pSyehodhai4ed? • Should their par-
ents be fined or sent to jail if the
kids•—don't
mark? Or Would any .such .drastic
aCtionleave a stigma upon them
Which they , would never over
comp?' ' • , '
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..Lots of questions. Who has the
answers? Let's hive a •forum on
it. Many intelligent, '..thouightful
people read this 'coldinn. What do
you think? Is auSpension of non-
workers in high school' a positive
or „negative, approach? What al-
ternatives are there? Let's hear
your Opinions, Send them •alorig
to the .editorof your ideal, paper,
and We'llthrash this thing around
Until we get .everybody hoPping.
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CHURCHNEWS
tiae.rk6645.United Church Women
' The February meeting was held
at the home, of Mrs. Russel Alton'
with the new President4 Mrs. Alex
•Hackett presiding. Mrs. Kaiser
was ,asked to arrange for a speak-
er for, the Easter Thankoffering
preferably during Easter week.
Mrs. Wilfred!. IlackettgMrs. Lorne.
Hackett; Mrs. Bert Alton and
Arnold Alton are in charge ,
the programme: •
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•'Mrs. Arnold. Alter' reported for
the finance committee and.distri-
.buted bells -arnong • the memberi
who are , to. tape On a dime for
all .the holiday and special' occa-'
siOna during the Year; a firie'of'
6c to' be, paid . by each Member
•who does not answer the 'roll Call;
New ' Secretary, and treasurers.
• books are ,to bepurehased. Mrs.
Kaiser read % a letter from Miss
Bridgenian, • our missionary for
prayer last year' and addect that
we might' be able% to have her
as ;a speaker in the Sufnmer, as
she is on furlough. 19 members
answered' the roll call with' a
donation. to the: hale. 2 visitors
-and 5 chilclien-were-alsopresent:
The scripture from Isiah. 5: 1-8
was taken by Mrs: Blake Alton
followed :bY devotions and •pithay-
er by Mrs; Cliff ,Menary. The
chapter 'froth' the study bdok Was
read by Mrs. Arnold Alton titled
"Signals for the , Sixties," Mrs.
Bert Alton reported for the
trict Inaugural meeting at Cliff -
ton, followed by a contest ,
by
Mrs„ Arnold Alton. Mrs, Dynes
Campbell reported that ...wiring
had been, bOmPleted at the par-
sonage. Mr, Kaiser Offered pray-
er fo1lowcj by Thetordts Prayer.
.The hostesses for the next Meet-
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Mrs.• Ken Alton. The roll call is
• to be answered by a verse' With
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Russell—Alp:5v- and- •Mrs• -George --
Henry then.served.a lovely: lunch;
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St:AL:Peter's Church Guild • •
• The,Februaryaneeting • Washeld
at the home of Mrs'. Russell Whit-
by, iri the form.of a quilting
party and . Pot Luck supper. 14.
Members 1 were present and 'twO
visitors..Tne 'rneeting was opened
with prayer by Rev,. Wright. The
schedule:for' the' church cleaning
was brought LiP to date,thWith each.
meMber .taking • one nionth: • In-
cluded . in the month's work will
off, sidewalk or cutting grass.
Lovely material liras chosen for
drapes for the new church hall.
A motion was made by Mrs. S. •
•Lavis and • seconded by Mrs. J.
-Ketchabaw,-tat-an:--added $5.00
be donated toward the new dupli-;
cator, to complete the payment
A 'work bee'is tobc held next
week, for the. making .of turkey
riles, which will be on sale Feb- .
ruary 28th, 'the proceeds to be
*donated to the artificial ice .fund.
After the • Meeting, and almost
completing thequilt, lunch , was
served. .
•',The trouble *ith the chronic
•borrower is that ' he • •always
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