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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
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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..
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'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 •
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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!
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,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
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