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Sy W. ' B.:T..Smiley.
Well, the school board hasn't
• had me• on the carpet yet for that
last column, which urged the
abolition of, Religious Instruction
from the curriculum. Maybe it's
,just .because they .haven't 'had.. a
'meeting in•: the ` • meantime. Be
fore .they do •- I might : -as . well
unload all the, other beefs , I
.have about the educational sy-
stem.'
° Its, major flaw is that it'_ costs.
money. Municipal councils wail
with increasing regularity that
'Mg wrecked by those rnadmen on
the ' school board. Educators ob
serve with 'eqpual monotony. that
we, spend .more,' 'on smokes, or
liquor, than- we •doon schooling.:
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Mostof us who have children
don't kick too much. After.all : if
you have .;garbage, you ..expect
the cost gilts pickup to ' be' ad'd
ed to: your ;taxes. But when. a
farmer., retire' ::and -.moves to
town, it hurts when he :finds that
:half his tax.'. bill is 'made up of
education ,costs. He : forgets, of
course, thathis grandchildren,
who' lure in 'the city are being
educated at tremendous cost,' and
half : the tab :;'is picked; up' by,
some poor old trout who is trying
to hang onto her house' on. the old
age pension.. and the ' income
:horn her husband's' $4;000 insur-
ance policy "•
. • • 'Ariother ` thing ? Wrong is the'
g
tremendous waste. • Every "'day;
skilled. teachers are';found Climb-
ing
limb: ng the walls . after 'trying to an
cert,. in some Neanderthal 'brain.
the rudiments of learning Ap-
parently ' there are to be no hew-
rep
sof
wood o or drawers of water
in this brave, new • Canada. Inthis' democracy of ours, it seem
that you 'c'an't scrub 'a floor' or
fill.a gas tank unl.` s, you are.
able to identify:.'an intransitive
verb. You • are 'not able • to carry
a plank from ;here to there un-
less you are 16 and .have learned
more .m'athematics ..than I knew
when I..was flying. a $50,000 air-
craft in the', Service of his. late
Majesty; Geo. VI. You can't even
have a 'babyuntil you've made
a :w.eed'collection or taken. *ome.
options:
Another sore point with me is
the course of training ' given to
teachers.: • They•' are d not : brutaliz-
ed enough.' They • .are taught 'nei-
ther judo no unarmed •. coinliat..
They, are" given no ,idea. of/ ow to
deal with teenage , tears. What,
pray, : are Amy :supposed to do
when a six-footer;: weighing
about "180, ' says: "So „I. ain't got
my. homework done: So 'what:"
Or:. a 16 -year-old sylph looks up,
bats her 'eyes, admits she doesn't
have' her 'homework •:done, and
starts to 'bawl': •
Then. there's this business, for
the teacher, •of being "on stage"
all the time::; Every classroom
should' have a little alcove .'to
•whicha teacher could retreat, at
least :once'a period, 'and ;"make`
`sure his •fly. is•'buttoned, . or her
slip . isn't - showing,.
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It's 35 to 1, and t have a lot
1, more sympathy now for somite. of
those drill sergeants I ,hated',' so
intensely in': the air ,force. The
'. other day, for example,' the kids.
were killing themselves laugh-
ing at ine, d and ' I: didn't ' even
know ' what . Was going • on °
:auowe'eu a
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HANO TER,
•;I' d asked • them to, build a por-
trait of Brutus, .:'from `the play
Julius Caesar, by giving .me
imaginary .details •of • .his appear-.
ance..I asked a boy.. first, and .af-
ter ..shufling and 'snuffling for.
four minutes, he blurted: "Well;
he's mediutu height and' medium
weight'' A dazzling thrust •of, the
:imagination, : as.: you can. see.' I
asked d a girl to add . to •:the ' plc-,
tore. She suggested ;he had : dark
:brown hair:. Immediately, there
was 'a class snicker, and several
kids. hollered: • "No! ' He has 'gray-
ish
'gray-ish hair, sorta curly." So I wrote
that; down, ,scowling . at. them
about -'the snicker.. Next kid said
Brutus had :a sort of 'red face. It
didn't sound •Much like a Roman
senator . to 'me, but I .put it ' on
the blackboard, in the " midst of.
another wave blackboard,,,
giggling.' Ano-
ther " ilolunteered that Brutus•
bad • a big,: oose, and the . entire;
class dissolved- .into hilaria.; I got
pretty sore, :and, :told them theey'd
•probably' fait in their examina-
tion, and "'such like.. It wasn't
until . they's .left,' still chortling;:
that I looked at the portrait`
••the'd drawn in Words, •and real-
ized that they were describing,
with :'the utmost glee, .their 'grey-'
haired, redfaced, • big -nosed tea-
cher.
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Another thing wrong with the
educational system ' is that there`
are too many common people
getting into the teaching , profes-
sion. When I, was a' kid, teachers
knew their place. When the Iast,
lout was .released ,,from the last
detention, about a quarter to six,
the teacher ,:.hurried nervously
home, eyes . fixed •'carefullyon
the ground. You know what
some of them have' the nerve to,
do nowadays` They hunt, fish,
play golf, havea smash, drive a
nice car. They : act just as though
they were like:'other people, and
I' think it's time somebody:' put a
step to it.
of those who built?° the .church ter. .and :Salem was the
r
. guest
speaker 'in. Olivet United Church
"on this Layman's Sunday and : ,
was much enjoyed Next Sunday .;
Mr. Dunlop, will 'exch'ange pul-;
?pits. with . theminister of Tees.
water. United Church.
sMr Harry.:: Coiling had ; the
misfortune to . break three .bones
in: his .' foot 'recently band will be''.
wearing a plaster "boot" ` for' the
next few weeks. ...
Mrs 'Herman : Anger is; in the
I1intardine General Hospital
Mr:' and Mrs. Herb White of.
Park Head called on Mr..and
fore• they sailed for 'Canada .' ' Mrs: Oscar White and' family on
Mr,. Alvin Thacker of Teeswa-' Sunday afternoon.
and °tlooks
s if the church re 'will
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not la • f
k or talentedandable
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workers 'in. the future Reverend
and Mrs: Dunlop .showed. colour
ed slides of Ireland and 'a few
of the parade oii the , first day
of, the Kincardine. Old Bay's &
Old Girl's Reunion: It is . easy to
see why • Ireland is .called ' "the.
Emerald Isle' and the beauty.•of
Killarney' is worth: singing :about
and the . Mountains of Mourne
really do • 'Sweep down` to the
sea.!':These are pictures the
Dunlop family ; took :shortly : he-
The only ,`other major corn:
paint. I/have concerns the trea-
chery
of .the students.: I spend
hours telling my wife what a
delightful•, intelligent: ;well -man-
. tiered young girl is Susan, and;
what an . utterly irresponsible?
insolent young monster is Sam..
• , Then" we're downtown: We • go
".. into the supermarket: The ."mon
' steer is working there..' after; •
school: He`smiles broadly, Carols'
"Hello,
{ Hello, sir"'" and hustles around.
giving inc the super sem.ice.My"..
Wife says: "That's • one d of the
• . nicest .bo s.I've ever met' We
corrie out ..of :the store, and fly-
.* :rig past on a rear seat of a •mot-
i' or -cycle. , thumbing. her nose. at,
me. is d 'delightful,. intelligent,
•cr; eil tnannered Susan
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• The Womehs Missionary Soci
' ; ety, October meeting,' took .the.
• • • form of a Farrii'ly Night. , Mei'nb-
4 er '.aif the Mission Band, Sed by •,
I eanerS :' their president, Miss ' Barbara i •
4• :�TaeTav sh, conducted the devi'-
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tional, with thanksgiving as the
)lI'. ± theme. Some of these boys and
- 7 trir,is are descendants of the pio•
neer settlers of this community,
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