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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-08-02, Page 6• • • P9£S THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCK•1OW; NTARIO Well, here I am back or>,' the treadmill .of. a 'summer course for teachers. Nothing has changed tnuch.since I was here before, last' ye'a'r, .when I : began what may.' turn out 'to be one of. the most. brief andbrilliant teaching care- :ers " .on' record. Or. may not. The :fellow with , the big, .pneumatic drall starts atthe same Unholy :hour, right belowmy win= • fdotwi as last year. The• list ofrules in, my cubicle ,is the same . as last year, suggesting,' that residents ere,' not prohibited from introduc- ing, hooch, but. stating flatly that deliveriesof beer will not be accepted •at the• •,porter's lodge. Most of •the familiar faces are • hack, but a few are missing.; •It reminds;;me of the; old .days (* the squadron,, when we'd come back from leave and , find new' faces in :the mess, and learn that Paddy and Jock and Dave and Tony had "gone missing." It appears. that Bud, '•a stout chap who was in real estate, was shot down in the wilds of western Ontario. George, .. a refugee..frorn a 'lig •electrical firm, , didn't re- turn from e-turn'from a mission. to Peterboro., Jim, a former insurance salesman,'. crashed on takeoff and is repeat- ing: epeat-ing; .the course. • Mrs. K., who thought teaching 'would be better. than keeping house had to be ta- ken ,to 'an"' institution right' after Christmas- exams.. •: •Mostof them completed their first tour: 'of operations however ►pterlooAnniversary 4si 44N crowd of 6000; attended the 20th Anniversary Celebr'ation'- of the Waterloo Cattle Breeding As=' sociation: on' the evening. of . July 26th ; :at the. Unit .headquart- ers, Ear1iei •in the'..: evening over 3000• people :Partook of • the Beef Barbecue.. • A 'big" attraction was the pre- • settee of the Rt. Hon:. John G. Diefenbaker, P:C., Priv e:• Mini- ster of''Canada •and, Mrs,. Diefen- baker. They were accompanied by the Hon. J. Waldo Monteith, Minister of Health' and Welfare and Mrs, Monteith; and Mr: O:" W. 'Mike) Weichel, M.P. for Water- loo North arid Mrs: Wezchel, Oth- er Federal and Provincial mem- bers present were Ontario Liberal • Leader, John J. Winterrneyer;, M.P.P..for 'Waterloo North; Ray,: Meyer, M.P.P. Waterloo South; • The without, John Root, Minister thout, Portfolio from Welling-' . ton 'Nor'th; Harry Worton,_ `Ct'el4ngton. South; Gordon Inne"s, M.P.P. trot Oxford; ,lf Hales,.: ;4x.1'. Guelph,; Ontario: Marvin Howe, .M.P.. Arthul Ontario; aS well as -the Hon, W. A. "Goodfel- • loft Minister. of Agriculture of Ontario, . ' who • 'introduced the the, OBITUARY LOIS. JEAN CORRIN Lois Jean Corrin, daughter of Dr, and.' Mrs, Bern" N. Corrin•iof Win_gharn passed away at her home early Monday morning,. July 17th.. Her death, followed a long illness. • Lois was nine years of age:, She was a conscientious student at' Wingharn .Public School 'and' had excellent grades even dur ink the'_ past year, when illness, kept she. r' ' from classesmany times. She was 'popular with fellow pupils and teachers alike, aridhad a kind and thoughtful disposition, • - She attended St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church: • Surviving . besides her parents are two. brothers, Raymond '•and. Norman and • four s,sters, . Mary Joan, Grace, • Ruth and Ann, all at home and grandparents, Mrs: Frank, earns. of Wingham and Mrs. George ;Corrin of Brantford. Funeral. service , was held •on' Wednesday, ,:July 19th at the R. A. Currie & Sohsfuneral home with Captain G. S.. Newman and Rev. Dinald Sinclair officiating., Interment was in Whigham Ce,, metery. Lois was ,a niece ; of Dr. and,: Mrs: 11I;, H. Corrin of Lucknow. Prime Minister. Also present .were top officials of both Canada and Ontario Departments, of Agricul titre; the Breed: Associations;. 'O:A.C.; . `O. :C.; Verterin;ary Dir- ector General •and other Artificial. Breeding Organizations in Onta- rio.; • • • .. The Pi'••irne , Minister Compli- mented the, Waterloo - • Cattle Breeding Association ori' its achi evements, spoke about agricul- ture in general Arid indicated that he had noticed .the good crops in : the area and compared 'this with the Canadian 'West .where a severe drought is being experiehz ced, Mr. Diefenbaker ,indicated that every effort should be made to feed some of the hungry peo- ple 'of'this world adequately as this is also our best weapon': against cortiniunism. ' During the early part of the 'evening program,.' there was a historical' panel which outlined some. of the early happenings 84 developments of the..Waterob Cattle Breecliiig Association. This pnel was Moderated by Ira M. ,Good, Director and• Past Presi- dent of the Waterloo Cattle Breeding Assoc.at pit. : My, old nide-kick, Squire, degree from Cambridge and 10 year`as ,an accountant; is right across the hall. Young Pete; fresh out of,.. in- dustry, the goo-lookin', kid who d . g . must have those Gr,ade11 girls in a frenzy, has made -the grade, sand' likesthe trade. Father • Cf'•Hooi an, : the jolly Jesuit.. from Qount, .Cork,' is with us again. Mrs. J , '•;''no 'was about seven. -months p'' - grant • last summer, has ace • mpli.shed, : her mission; and is• 'lim . as a snake ,this year..Old 'Jock, thick Scots accent and : •herrian newspaper' world behin• him has joined us.' And • young Jeanie with the look brown' hair, 'who doesn't "look old enough ..to be in '.Grade 1.2, let' ;aloneteach it,''_ is there to make 'u's feel fatherly, as well as look The above is a . •typicah cross-• •section of the: people 'Who' :are taking the,course with .me., They. come . from all 'runs 'of :life.:Not' walks. In age, -they are well above the: average, of the' teacher enter- ing' : the profession' in normal times. That is, before the •%var boom in babies, who are here no1v, thank you, and all set too be/ educated. ,Not .to' mention the :in- crease:, in ' teachers' salaries. Most. : of them: wouldn't have touched teaching • with the pro- verbial. ten -foot . pole, when . they first graduated from: college, be- :cause of the shabby payand, the shabby treatment of the :profes- sion: 'These have ohanged. As a rel ;suit, people whose! experience adds up to thousands of ;years in. the arts, business and : industry, are entering the 'teaching. profess • This, in • my far_from-huhible Opinion, ' is going, to. Pour a rich tra sfusibn:. into ' the veins : of tea hing." ' Those ,who went into .teach- : and have carried • on bravely,• and with, dedication may sneer. •They. need not. They', are respected and, admired, .those who are good at their jobs, by its newcomers.. ,WEDNESDAY, AUG. • • nd;, 1.941 • Esso Gasoline gives" you maxiatum power,? • maxi um . work per' dollar _ Here's a•gasoline. that meets the demands of tractor en$ines. ': . and gives- quick starts, fast warm-up, power and economy: And . for diesel poweredunits, Esso Diesel Fuel has been proven over and over again to•give peak Performance, • • 'ALWAYS LOOK .TO 1MPERIAL •F•OR•THE BEST families for a few weeks.. And bless THEM: ' What do we study? Well, take thyself, for example..One df my courses 'is Educational Psycholo- gy. I presume'• that's all about. psychology and education. • But they have the :clanged lec- tures 'at eight :o'clock. in the morning arid I haven't been. able: to get.to" one yet. Then, there's 'the History and Philosophy, of Education. I have some .pretty good• notes on that .course from a fellow who " took it last year so. I dop'•t 'have , to ;go to those. • 'Then, I take History'and •Geo- gra'phy. The first day •I had to write my •column :is the History ,period: The second day, I' had to go . to the veterans'.. hospital for my ' annual .check=up, and, mis sed it: • , . . • ;The. next time, I` got .'a; little nixed up. in. the time -table and arrived .at.' 2 p.m., ' to, find the lecture just ending.. Bute.I made one this week, and it's all about Greeks and stuff I• also take English •-' but 1 taught' that last year s I know everthin y g there is to know about We might compare the old timers. to the "regulars" in an army, They,are the backbone, the skeleton of the vast, • new struc- ture needed in war orr'emergency: ` Thenew people. flocking to the colors are like war -time volun- teers. There is a great deal of tai= ent among them. They bring fresh, approaches, new.ideas. Some of ' them will be useless, just as sortie of• the legulars , are dead -heads. •Down here at the university;: there are thousands. of .teachers, taking sutrimer "courses. Many of them, like tile, are merely qualify- Ing; getting,• their trade papers :Others are here to inipreve ,their financial status. No other reason ;Still •others, and ;bless them =;are here to improve their skills as teachers. Some are here solely i'tti get away f roni their` wives aid it. Participles and poems and met- aphors and all like that. We take Latin, too, but it's.•22 years since I studied Latin, and there doesn't,. seemmuch point in going hack that far,' for a little lousy Latin, Then, there's Guidance, :Which.. is all a.bout talking to 'teen-age; and getting them jobs and things... But I have. a •teen a•gekid of my own, so I know • all .about." I've been talking to him and; try ing.to get' him to mow' the lawn all• summer. ' So ,there's ` the course. :in, ,:a • nut -shell: But ` do you know t"ae, part. • of the course I. like best of all? It's when 1 get home Fr day,•'.; evening • And • a little brown girl' .say , "'Ili,. Dad, smuck, What kelitYou so late, can I go swimming?" And a long, "lean,: brown, kid: I wouldn't recognize; it it Weren't ; . for. the • fact that he's wearing my'' bestsport shirt, says,' "iti;.' Dad, smuek, how'd you like to take us to the'drive-in?" And , a sop • - histicated, . • tanned dol,who bears no relation to the crabby old wife I had all ' winter; wraps '•me up like an anaconda, and murmurs; • "we ' missed you!" That's the part of the course I like. • CALL BY NUMBER — IT'S TWICE AS FAST! • ,Churc. loss will list 6th of Teen MacDon planning at, the f. • .end and Church a Mrs. Allan . s Sound ai Mrs: •IL have jus tion •trip. Dale ;. Kitchene horrid of Mr. ..a •