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THE LUCK..NOWSENTINEL, LUCKNOW,ONTARIO
Monday,
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ROBERT' McINTOSH
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AUCTIONEERS
Emile MacLennan Allan Macintyre
SakerAtChrjjiiafl:Reformed Ch*rch
Views Society And Educational System
shall make 'you free..The quest for
truth shall make the student free.
As Christians we ,confess that
knowing Jesus Christ, , The Truth,
it alone shall'make'us free.. (John;'
'8:32). To give every child the free-
Odom to .discuss and decide things for
himself, is letting him play the
role -of God.
Mr, Olthuis spent ; considerable
time in discussing the new. MacKay
report on Religious :Education in the.
Public School of the. Province of '
'Ontario. (This reportwas table, d in •
;the Ontario -Legislature On March
16th.),In.1944 the ruling,was made
;that local r.]ergy:shoukLgtve tie
hour per week religions instruction
in the'public school.', Two
° osit views, came after this
.PP e ,.
decision of too much and. not •
enough. An atheist does not want,
Christianity crammed 'down his
forced a new style of Iif rent, he ::ant- re
kge:
.tremendous impact.has' been . instruction stopped .And he: has the.
made;by the new role':of.'Science right; to demand this.. There were
Scientists too' are moulders.of a • others who were convinced that one
new style: In todatoday's.society`we hour religious instruction was•not.
provide an:edueational system that enough:. •To"them:religion is a `way
eo le to play the . 'of` life and the first Christian
educates. Young 'people P• Y day
. school was established,(At ' present
role of God ..The s ea ker' quoted
examples .from the Living and ' . there are 46 .of, these:schools; in
Ontario with .a of'8.000 u
Learning Hall Dennis; report.. Al . , pup -
.
i Bea a f• di -: a .f ct.
. though h Mr : Olthuis admitted*that ; . is . )• B c us o iss • trs a ion With.
the -Hall Dennis report. had 'the 1944 ruling the.MacKay report
cellenr i. i ' was •re• area :=If this le ort is acc-
is t epted wh t is going to happen' to
basis of it to: be wrong. P a :
Chapter 1• states: ,the truth religious education in the Public
BY. MRS.' ,BEN MALDA
An audience of sixty interested.
persons came to hear John,k.
Olthuis, LL.B.', of Toronto speak
°on April 16 in the Luc know
Christian Reformed Church. Mr.
:Olthuis, who is' actively engaged in
the philisophical and legal aspects-.
of Christian day schodi education,
divided his address into three
parts. (1) .Thesociety we live in,
(2)the rol' the educational system
• e y
plays, in: today's society,' (3) the
P
lace • of Christian education' in this
society. .
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We live in the;era of the ,young
'. people.. The era of young who -have
broken with'the' old:; of youth that
rejects :our Establishment. The
young:.people have,the power not
only to snub our society but have a
devastating influence upon it as •••
well Young people: have..
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Q
iiciol:m*F=Ocao=zoizzo
Peres
Fourteen members of Dr. corrin's
Pet Peeves were present: at the
meeting. Tuesday. night with a total
loss. of 17 lbs, but a gain of 8 lbs.
As some of the members 'are ach
ieving their objective it is most
iimportantto keep up their attend-
ance as the group' therapy and part-
icipation is an important part of the
program,
Group.exercises to the retard.
player were enjoyed under the cap-
able leadership of Mrs:; Betty' .
McDonagh.
Lunch committee for next week
will. be Mrs. 'Betty McDonaght Mrs.
Marian Cook and -Mrs. -Sarah ":
Ritchie.. 0
School?
The` committee .advocates. that
the'•present::'religious instruction be.
opted fora study of all religions
in a "wholly objective' manner" .
Thepurpose of the new moral dev-
elopment program is to 'stimulate
moral reasoning' rather than to
inculcate moral' absolutes: if any
purpose of the program in moral
education which' is' to he proposed
deserves to he stressed' above all
others,
we 'believe that it ought to
be-thisattitude of -true -respect for,
the convictions, traditions' and cul
tures•of others - including their rel-
igious beliefs:.
Throughout the 'report., the comm=:
ittee expresses an• over
riding concernfor justice and true'.
respect. Thiswouid imply that the
e ewould' committee m rnb rs .wo respect
:the beliefs arid lights of other • .
S
.groups who don't support their
view..These:groups. be, they Jewish
or Christian;; have established
e asked
schodls.�of therr:own and � have
that their. tax dollars be • allocated
`to the` school of their choice•..But:
it is shocking to note' that the' •
MacKaycommittee` with their con
cern for justice and respect, for. all
felt it; necessary to include. in their
us---roport: "some. persons ,
noted, :recommend that overn
�ment support be. iven•to parochial
•,or. private schools- operated by
particular religious .. e
ligtou groups . W
rejected this' as destructive of our
great democratic school system
Where,'l ask,,is tie`respect for, .`
fellow citizens' who are convinced
that. the existence of other than
GOvernment:'owned and; operated
schools is essential for "a•
d namicall . democratic societ
Will it soon become necessary. for
the Sake' of Democracy, to destroy
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the separate 'school system?
The Mackay committee is a
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terribly� -serious, offender of its bwn,
don't: indoctrinate".rule . The
crucial question for Many
y:
evangelical Christians will be the ,
S
follow ing::; What type. 9f iiidoctri -:
nation will,pervade the:publiq
P c..:
school system f•the MacKay . .
recommendations are adopted?
Will it be the indoctrination of
Godless .Humanism which, b its ;
by
:its
very naturemust seek' the destruc
tion 'of Christianity. • dynamic
. as. a 'd
Y,
.
force in_societ ? Such would• seem
the case.,' judging by. the recomrri-
•endations of the 'committee .
she report, addst he 'already
ve'evidence ce that t
overwhelming ne .,. h
notion that one public schoolsys-
tem can be t acceptable o all cit
P
rzeris ina democratic .society
utter nonsenseP
: Despite
.•
its de er ._
sp ate: attempts to�do
otherwise, the ;MacKa -report .-
winds up advocating one 'view. 'of
education, endorsed by one se
01=0
es
ment of society, upon all segments
of _society.;
'• There is a place for. Christian
education in today's society , so
• concluded Mr., Olthuis. , 0
Christians who-befiieve
that reliion is �way_.. of life that
cannot
cannot be confined to .home: and
Place of.worship alone, have the;
,command and;`the tight P
ht to.ex• fess ,
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their belief in' a separate school
. system. • The impact. to be made b
Y Pa -.Y.
the Christian school must.not come
.i theti�`•e It• •.
two.yearsbehnd.tithes
must 'nota .roduce. hettos of.
P g.
Hermits being..inihissociety
an
d:
not of.it. TheC risti'anwS stem
must bear the m ark of,Christ
,
and
educate toda,s students.. The
s stem must:come
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with•a report of a ual e.c
x ellen
ceto
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the .Hall Dennis report, but with
the Christian expression,of the
Truth of the Scriptures. In'doi
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