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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, June 13, 1974
What is education for?
For local high school students,
except for the relative few that have
to write exams these days, the school
year ended last week. Elementary
school, *Wents will be finished
shortly too.
,The schools and students come in
for a great deal of criticism these
days, most of it because things in.
education have changed so radically
in a -very few years. Almost a
complete switch in educational
philosophy has taken place since
those of us who are over 25 last
attended school.
At first look it seems mighty
strange and appallingly loose and
undisciplined .fG' see an elementary
school class 'where children are
playing with puppets, talking to each
other and reading, (horror of horrors),
all at once.
Adults who return to the high
schools would be amazed to see
students questioning their teachers,,
arguing with them and with their
fellow students, with maybe 60% of
the class participating
enthusiastically in class discussion.
Yes, the days of childrep, sitting
silently in long rows in thea schools"is
over.
As recently as 15 years ago,
children should be seen and not heard
was the educational as well as child
rearing motto. Students in, school
didn't ask- questions, they answered
them, quickly and in the manner that
the teacher prescribed.
The old days of education had some
good points. Spelling, grammar and
arithmetic were learned because it
was drilled. into everyone's heads.
You perhaps didn't understand it but
,you "knew" it. Some kept a spark of
interest through all the learning by
rote and_perhaps excelled and learned
. wi.th....cur..iosi.ty....and liveliness - but
many others became' di's'couraged and
gradually dropped out, perhaps to
nate learning and reading and
everything that smacked of school for
the rest of their lives.
Those who survived the old
educational system became highly
motivated, skilled and well
disciplined adults. Admirable, but the
catch is that those who failed to thrive
got really n -tithing out of education at
all. In the old days this reflected
society as a whole only a few students
would become an educated elite and
the rest would form an uneducated
mass.
Modern education, adopting the
Hall -Dennis report of. several years
ago, aims at educating everyone, not
just a lucky few to her or his
maximum potential, dropping • the
emphasis on rules, discipline and
standards in favour of self realization.
It's difficult to set one set of
standards for al I and be democratic at
the same time. Who sets the
standards and decides which is more
valuable - art classes or English
Grammar drills? Is the school's role to
educate children so that they'have the
fullest possible lives or so that they
can earn a lot of- money?
Our society- and our educational
System hasn't really resolved the
conflict here.
It has produc ed students with self
confident, bright -enquiring minds in
place of children who were afraid to
open their mouths for fear of giving a
"wrong" answer, There are no wrong
answers,students are told today. This
philosophy is hard for the rest of us to
accept.
College professors and some
parents are concerned that 'the new
system is producing a generation of
semi -illiterates who can't master
basic grammatical or mathematical
facts. So what if these students are
articulate, they say, when they know
nothing to be articulate about'.
It -'.s a harsh condemnation of an
educational system and of our young
people. We prefer the noisy, creative
and curious bunch of kids in our
eleknentary and high schools now to
the cautious, cowed and silent crew
that used to' take up space in the
classroom. But how can we tell them'
we admire them? Many of them can't
read!
Normalization
Normalization: The word may not
mean much to you. You may not even
find it in your dictionary.•But for more
than two million Canadians, or
one-tenth of our papulation, the word
is becoming increasingly important.
The Canadians In question are the
approximately 640,000 mentally
retarded citizens and their parents
and families. For them, normalization
brings almost revolutionary hope and
new expectations.
Normalization, simply put, means
letting the mentally retarded 'person
obtain an existence as close to the
normal as possible. It means; for
example, that the mentally retarded
person be :.uen the chance to do
things weave long denied him,
because our expectations of him were
so lo*. It means we must free him to
live In more normal settings. Sleeping
In wards of fifty or more, taking every
meal In huge cafeterias, or bathing in
mass showers will never produce
normal behaviour. So.we must change
that.
It'means we must free him to move
and communicate in ways typical, for
his age, to use typical community
resources, be they recreational,
religious, medical, social or whatever.
Being isolated in remote institutions
or hospitals where one is labelled as a
patient or inmate, and where one
-cannot mix with other community
residents or enjoy' community
amenities, is hardly conducive to
normal behaviour. So we must change
that. No one summed up the nation's
obligation and opportunity better
than did the late Georges P. Vanier,
then Governor General of Canada, in
his ple-i for a rightful place in our
society for the mentally retarded.
Here is what he said:
"I throw out this challenge to all
those who believe in the value of the
human being. There are hundreds of
thousands of inadequately bared -for
persons who need your scientific
knowledge, who have need for your
heart, your affection and your IdVe,,
They have already been waiting too
long."
(Wingham Advance Times)
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1
In the Years Agone
John Phillips, who has cond a ed a ve
successful blacksmithing business in 1J yt
has purchased.•lames Armstrong's farm In
•'.. Hallett..
'The old Bell residence at the Ki'ppen
Mills in Tuckersmith, built in 1835, 1s
receiving a thorough overhauling at • the
a hands of Paterson brothets of Hertsall.
Mrs. Wm. McGeoch Sr. and daughter
- ,• Miss Bella moved into Egmondville and
;. will likely become permanent residents.
Wm. Archibald of Egmondville is having
� a �, �-�-�- ;, �•, ,� �,.� - ,, abrick foundation placed under his
residence.
x' R
J. C. Grey is having the foundation
excavated for the new residence which he
purposes on Goderich St.
A. �. -• -
P. Keating of town is doing an immense
1.v, , , n ,r business in his lumber yard this season.
'° ""�.� ��; ^.. r* `i� �, r~i y, M There is more building going this year than
USUaI. Elm Lumber is very scarce. ••
'` Edward Tighe and Beatrice Carney
} •+ w wheeled from Goderich to Seaforth in one
'a aha r.yk„ t 3 ax
ti , 'y -.0 F�,.• ,�' , +, "';' hour and 40 minutes and were the guests of
Mrs. James McNamara.
' �„�� � x °"'a.,,�,+ ,�'� -•., arae, �'�`° �>�a'"'�,�,"' M �" -"� . ;.•a� ''„.�,�'�`'� , �` ,. � Samuel McPherson and Wm. Hackwell
�A , s i� �1� of McKillop have each parrchased one of
r° a '” " Bell's best parlour organs from Messrs.
*" Scott Bros.` in Seaforth.
y s ,.+ . 4., ,• �. `^�"`"" J. Worden of Staffa is making
�, ;t• -'+a A +• v f c b tpy " yr
preparations to build a new house ..this
" ;: ��, ' � . a •' w .. * b,,�V�,�"+'^� �"'�`i�ra, '" k '�''��75� summer.
," � • r -;A . The saw mill a't Brucefield narrowly
11�: �.0 � escaped destruction b fire. The men had
w.�'+x�w , '1Fm}w,a'+M.„„p,,� •�, ,.•..7^M@'"✓,� .+�:%R py
q a �,. r H`" aiC r:'LS:Ja`.tiiY+c'"2� .' C"e n"-•.w',li , • ��•.
•just finished their work and had left when
e John Kaiser, who was driving past, noticed
Spring COIF$;, that the place was on. fire, In a..short.time
p 9 the fire 'was put'" ut•:
John O'Connell of Dublin while
chopping wood had the misfortune to inflict
,
a deep wound In his foot.
F.W.Hess of Zurich was a witness in the
Hensati robbery case at Goderich.
JUNE -12,1924.
Miss Margaret Love of Constance left on
Satur day for. New York where she goes'to • •
finish her course at Nursing - at Belleview.
Hospital.
4
AM
or
b
A�
Not many men live to do work again of
In the Years Agone
John Phillips, who has cond a ed a ve
successful blacksmithing business in 1J yt
has purchased.•lames Armstrong's farm In
•'.. Hallett..
'The old Bell residence at the Ki'ppen
Mills in Tuckersmith, built in 1835, 1s
receiving a thorough overhauling at • the
a hands of Paterson brothets of Hertsall.
Mrs. Wm. McGeoch Sr. and daughter
- ,• Miss Bella moved into Egmondville and
;. will likely become permanent residents.
Wm. Archibald of Egmondville is having
� a �, �-�-�- ;, �•, ,� �,.� - ,, abrick foundation placed under his
residence.
x' R
J. C. Grey is having the foundation
excavated for the new residence which he
purposes on Goderich St.
A. �. -• -
P. Keating of town is doing an immense
1.v, , , n ,r business in his lumber yard this season.
'° ""�.� ��; ^.. r* `i� �, r~i y, M There is more building going this year than
USUaI. Elm Lumber is very scarce. ••
'` Edward Tighe and Beatrice Carney
} •+ w wheeled from Goderich to Seaforth in one
'a aha r.yk„ t 3 ax
ti , 'y -.0 F�,.• ,�' , +, "';' hour and 40 minutes and were the guests of
Mrs. James McNamara.
' �„�� � x °"'a.,,�,+ ,�'� -•., arae, �'�`° �>�a'"'�,�,"' M �" -"� . ;.•a� ''„.�,�'�`'� , �` ,. � Samuel McPherson and Wm. Hackwell
�A , s i� �1� of McKillop have each parrchased one of
r° a '” " Bell's best parlour organs from Messrs.
*" Scott Bros.` in Seaforth.
y s ,.+ . 4., ,• �. `^�"`"" J. Worden of Staffa is making
�, ;t• -'+a A +• v f c b tpy " yr
preparations to build a new house ..this
" ;: ��, ' � . a •' w .. * b,,�V�,�"+'^� �"'�`i�ra, '" k '�''��75� summer.
," � • r -;A . The saw mill a't Brucefield narrowly
11�: �.0 � escaped destruction b fire. The men had
w.�'+x�w , '1Fm}w,a'+M.„„p,,� •�, ,.•..7^M@'"✓,� .+�:%R py
q a �,. r H`" aiC r:'LS:Ja`.tiiY+c'"2� .' C"e n"-•.w',li , • ��•.
•just finished their work and had left when
e John Kaiser, who was driving past, noticed
Spring COIF$;, that the place was on. fire, In a..short.time
p 9 the fire 'was put'" ut•:
John O'Connell of Dublin while
chopping wood had the misfortune to inflict
,
a deep wound In his foot.
F.W.Hess of Zurich was a witness in the
Hensati robbery case at Goderich.
JUNE -12,1924.
Miss Margaret Love of Constance left on
Satur day for. New York where she goes'to • •
finish her course at Nursing - at Belleview.
Hospital.
4
AM
or
b
A�
Not many men live to do work again of
Every year I look forward eagerly to
accidentally. But they merely smouldered,
the same kind 62years thereafter, but John
the last part of May and the first part of
I
like me. They won't go away. They have to
Doig of Tuckersmith has had such
experience at the age of 10.he finished a
June.
Once again the world is green, the days
g 6'r Y
be anarked. Not conductive to trout fishing.,
Well,. you'll say, these are minor things.
� hay barn for his father. At the 'age 6f,81
I
are longer, it is no longer brass monfey
If Smiley was organized, he could cope
years he sawed new rafters to replace the
t
weather, the trout eason iso en, the golf
P g
with these irritations, and still enjoy his ,
ones he had made 72 years before.
Master Frank Stapleton of Dublin had
links beckon. Best of all, end of term is
nearing, holidays 1 oming, and I'll be able
late spring.
True. But 1 haven't introduced you to the .
his fore finger badly crushed in a trap door.
to forget those juvenile friends for two
real beast on the roster. This is the estate.:
.,,-The wound was later dressed at 'Seaforth
>
golden months,
- Eve fall, I et the lace cleaned u
Every g p p ``
Hospital, part of his . finger being
What more could a man want? And et,
Y
Last fall we put out ninety plastic bags of
amputated.
We notice in the Globe's list
every year at this time I am frustrated as a
frog- who thinks he's a butterfly.
19aves. I got a guy to put on the storm
windows, not because. I'm lazy, or can
of
successful students' the name of ati old
There are a number of villains in this
afford it, but because; tri too chicken 'to
Stanley TvJp. boy. Arnold Petrie -has been-
?
particular tragedy. Meetings proliferate.climb
a forty foot ladder, with aforty-
successful in obtaining' his B. Pik-& He
Every time I should be listening.to the solid
pound window, in a forty -mile wind.
received his 'early education at No. 14,
crack of a drive or the lovely clunk of a golf
And this spring we've put out already'
Staniw,y under W.H.Johnson.
ball going into the cup, I seem to be sitting
'} forty bags of leaves, left. over from last fall,
Wm. Sinclair of Kippen was in Goderich
at a meeting, listening to some utterly
plus another twenty bags of acorns and
acting as one of the jury men.
inane suggestion that yet another
twigs and there are still thirty bags stacked
On Thursday, Mr. and Mrs.Wm.
committee be formed to look into nothing
against the side of the house.
Bristow of Seaforth attended the
or other.
I simply haven't time to do this work.
graduation exercises in Convention Hall,
Warm weather? Yeah, that's nice. But it
Besides, I have this bad back, which gets
Toronto where -their son Russel received
,
makes the students coltish, to say the least.
sore every spring, for some reason. It's
the degree of Dental Surgery. Dr. Bristow
And in these days of permissive school
almost impossible to hire kids to do the
left Toronto to attend Ann Arbor
dress it can be totally confusing. There you
work. They want more than it would have {
university.
are, trying to teach' the elements of
cost me to have somebody rubbed out, in
While canvassing in Mitchell, Miss
a unified, coherent, and emphatic' '
the Chicago of the 1920's.
Hattie French sold 85 dozen artifical sweet
paragraph. And sprawled right in front of
So this spring, the -Old Battleaxe, urged
peas made by Violet Pyper, who has been
you is a young woman, physically, at least,
on by friends and me, took a whack at it.
an invalid for three years.
a veritable Daisy Mae, in a backless,
Her grevious help with the "yard" had
Judge J. A. Jackson of Lethbridge, an
bra -less halter and a pair of shorts so short
been colifined to, "Bill, when are you
old Egmondville boy, leaves shortly for
and so tight they look as though they've
going to get this place cleaned up? What
Paris, France where he will, represent the
?
been put on with a paint roller.
will the neighbours think?" I'd hafe to tell
Canadian Amateur Athletic Association at
Blank -eyed, she is completely lost to the
you what I tell her the neighbours can
the Olympic games.
beauties of communication via the printed +I
think, if they want to. •
Miss Mae McClinchey of town was in the
wor d.Her thoughts are fixed on a different
Anyway, after about five days of raking
graduating class at Wellesley Hospital,
kind of communication, the kind she's
and stuffing bags, she burst out with,
Toronto.
going to share with Joe, when he picks her
"Dearie me, Bill," (or words to that
'
up after supper.
effect), "this isn't a backyard. It's THE
JUNE 17, 1949
The only part of her that is paying any
LAND." She, felt like a pioneer, trying to
John Finlayson, secretary -treasurer of '
attention whatever to her English teacher
clear enough to live on.
the former Robert Bell Engine and
is her exposed navel, which stares at you
I had rid myself of my old power mower,
Thresher Co. Ltd. received a very beautiful
unwinkingly.
in a fit of gentle rage, when I couldn't start
club -bag from the emplofies. The'gift was a
End of term approaching? Great. But
it. You can't hire a kid with a power
•a token of appreciation for the many years
i
what is this vast pile of paper beside my
mower, So I bought a new one. I got ohe of
of service ' rendered the ,company by Mr.
desk? Three sets of term tests, two sets of
my students to run it, only by threatening'
Finlayson.
creative writing, two sets of fresh hndings
that I'd fail his year if he didn't.
' Rev. F.K.Moylan of St. Columban was
for a play. I've tried staritkg at them
I The lawn is cut. There are only eight
welcomed home at a party in the parish
malevolently. I've tried spilling coffee on
flower -beds left to rake and dig. And the
hall. He has been engaged in missionary
them. I tried dumping the ashtray on them
storm windows are still on.
work the past four years in the Dominion
Republic, West:Indies.
St. Thomas Church, Seaforth will mark
its 90th anniversary. It was in the year 18.5.5
To the Editor
that the Reverend W. Cresswell first held
Holy Communion in Knox's-
A services of
hall, Harpurhey. In 1859 a small house of
Court Report
saddens r ader
God was erected and named after the
Apostle St. Th omas.
Rev.D. Glenn Camptell of town
t
addressed the Women's Institute at the
Sir
us enjoy reading about others'
home of Mrs, Wallace Haugh. Mrs. John
1 was saddened to read your repot on
misfortun
Hiilebrecht presided.
the Magistrate's Court. For many of us
The citizens of Zurich paid their respects
reading our Huron Expositor with its
Verna W. Campbell
to A,F.Hess. This outstanding citizen for
`
homey news is a welcolne relief after all the
years rendered efficient service to the
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sordid news that makes headlines in our
municipality as clerk and treasurer.
daily papers.
Sir:
At a bee held recently at the farm of
in your editorial you made reference
The Huron Hist oric Jail Board is busy
James Upshall of Tuckersmith, neighbors
,
that by printing the names of those people
preparing for its first season.
and friends from the line, gathered to do a
IM
appearing in court a deterrent was being
Part of this preparation includes
fine act in the way of helping Mr. Upshall
raised, In this permissive society, which we,
putting together a display of the works of
to get the manure spread on his fields.
adults. have thrown to our young people
the former Goderich photographer, Mr. R.
They had six spreaders and thrte on four
{
seeing their names in print means very
Sallows.
tractors and from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. had.
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little. However these people could very
If any reader happens to have any ofthe
job mpleted, They were served a
well be our future mayors or local council
Mr. Sallow's photos in his possession, we
deliciou meal by Mrs. Upshall and her
men. The repere • ssions cobld be grave if
some eager repdrrter decides
would appreciate it very much if they
helpers.
Mr. Mrs. Robert McFarlane
to run these
would allow one of our members to come to
an' of
so-called news items in your 25 Year
their home to photograph their original in
Winthrop ve moved into their new home
column. You also mention that many of
order that a copy can be used in this
in the village.
your readers do not have the time or
display,
Stewart Dolmage is busy putting in
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interest to attend our local court, If this is
Kindly phone me at 524-9924 or write to
cement work for Mr. Mollwain's residence,
correct, do they have time to read about
me at the address below if you can help —
W"E.Hawley's garage and a garage at the
their neighbour's indiscretions?
it will be greatly appreciated.
manse.
I1 hope you will review the Mand you
Joan Van der Broeck,
Edmund Daly is in Toronto this week
taken on this matter. We are a small175
Wellington St. W.,
attending a Ford tractor and implement
°°
closely bound community and very few of
Goderich, Ont.
field course.