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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1928-05-24, Page 7THE EXETER T1MES-ADV0CATE MirnSDAV, MAI’ 24(11, 1928 ftlOJV THEIR UNIVERSITY SERVES-THE PEOPLE OF. WESTERN ONTARIO 1 * DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DOUBLES THE ENROLMENT ^Activities of “Western” Have Wide Influence Apart From Training of Students—All of the People Reap Increas- i ing Benefit From Work of Institution. Above, tho School of Medicine; the College of Arts, with its County of Middlesex war memorial tower; the Natural Sciences buildingl Below, the Institute of Public Health and, left to right, Arthur T. Little, chairman of the Board of Gov­ ernors of the University; Arthur W. White, chairman of tho Golden Jubilee Endowment Fund Committee, which seeks to raise a necessary permanent foundation fund of $3,000,000 for the University, half of it in the 14 counties of Western Ontario; Dr. W. Sherwood. Fox, president and vice-chancellor of the University. NOT ALONE through their teaching of numbers of students who go to them each year for intensive training along par­ ticular lines, but through their ever, widening influence, as well, upon the trend of public welfare and activities generally, universities today „are indispensable in every phase of human •existence and endeavor the civilized world over. ** A nation owes the productive wealth of its mineral and ■timber resources, the development of t its agricultural riches, the •efficiency of its industrial exploitation, its prestige and attain- anents in the fields of science, and the good health of its people in both mind and body, in great measure to its universities. They have been and continue to be the discoverers, the pioneers, the leaders and the co-workers in the whole unending process of advancement. It is a significant fact, one of 'which the people and the universities |of Canada may be justly proud, that the people of' the Dominion as a whole stand at the head of the line tof all the peoples of the world as the most practically intelligent. The primary and secondary schools of the country have had a large share in the attainment of that position, but io its universities goes -the palm of principal achievement. For it is from them that have come the teach­ ers, from them the men and women, and from them the ideas and meth­ ods—and the application of those ideas and methods, that have given so largely to Canadian education, Canadian agriculture, Canadian science, Canadian industry, Can­ adian public life and Canadian good health the hallmark of collective, comparative supremacy. In the Province of Ontario, with its large centralization of population, the situation in .this respect is the snore striking, while in Western On­ tario—“the garden of Canada”—the position finds still greater emphasis. Here, in the agriculturally-richest and second industrially-greatest sec­ tion of Canada, are one hundred sec­ ondary schools, or one-third of the total number of such schools in the entire province. In these schools is more than one-third of the total sec­ ondary school population of the pro­ vince. And in the heart of this populous district of agricultural and indus­ trial greatness constantly becoming greater, is The University of Western Ontario. A Great University Like nearly all other seats of •higher learning established on this continent during the last century, ■The University of Western Ontario Siad its beginning in an institution for -the development of young men for the Ministry. Huron College still lives to continue its service in the cause of the Christian. Church, but out of it has issued a great unde­ nominational universit}', with its denominational affiliated colleges, but with its own identity, function, and influence dedicated to the ser­ vice of all of the people throughout its constituency irrespective of their creeds. JThe fourteen counties of Western Ontario—Brant, Bruce, Elgin, Essex, Gray, Huron, Kent, Lambton, Mid­ dlesex, Norfolk, Oxford, Perth, Wat­ erloo -and Wellington—are by law the prescribed constituency of the University. The Board of Governors of the University is representative of the whole of Western Ontario. Every one of the fourteen counties within its jurisdiction is represented in the Senate of the University^ The Uni­ versity of Western Ontario is under complete public control. It is a University of and for the people. From the fourteen Western On­ tario counties every year go increas­ ing numbers of young men and young women to their nearby Uni­ versity, and through its portals to wider opportunities; some to fame and fortune. . Student Enrolment Doubled So great, in fact, has been the re­ cent demand for university educa­ tion particularly in this progressive section of the Dominion, that the student enrolment at The University of Western Ontario has doubled dur­ ing the. last five years; a growth of demand for university service phen­ omenally in excess of anything ever before experienced by any Canadian university. And what is significant to a re­ markable degree is the fact that the majority of these students go to the University not from the urban com­ munities, but from the rural dis­ tricts. More than half of the total number of students now attending The University of Western Ontario, are from homes in the thirteen coun­ ties of Western Ontario outside the university county of Middlesex. This is pointed indication of two things. First, of the realization that is fixing itself securely and perman­ ently in the minds of centralized communities everywhere, .that a uni­ versity education is a vital factor for the greater success and happiness of the individual, man or woman, no matter what his or her present sta­ tion may be, and no matter in what field of endeavor his or her future lies; that the day when the univer­ sity or college was a place apart, re­ served for the training of doctors, lawyers, preachers and teachers, long since has passed. Whether it be in, agriculture or in business, the man o’r woman going out into the world today, or remaining at home, who has not the background of knowledge or the command of pres­ ent-day methods and mechanisms, cannot hope to compete with those who possess that background and and that training. The nation’s leaders in the turmoil of human af­ fairs today are the best authorities for that observation. Minimum of Expense Second, it is indication that the people of Western Ontario rapidly have come to recognize in The Uni­ versity of Western Ontario the logi­ cal outlet for their own demand for higher education. Nor could this recognition be at all possible but for two all important considerations, namely, that (1) the standards of teaching at The University of West­ ern Ontario are of the highest; proven the equal of the best and su­ perior to some, particularly in re­ spect of ability to adhere to that invaluable policy of intimate, in­ dividual instruction of the student, and (2) that economy of tuition, transportation and living costs makes possible the minimum of expense. As the Hon. John S. Martin, pro­ vincial minister of agriculture, re­ cently. declared before an audience representative of the rural districts of Western Ontario, “but for the existence of The University of West­ ern Ontario in the very heart of the community, a university education would be impossible for many who are now able to benefit by it. Higher living costs alone, in Toronto for in­ stance, would add from one hundred to two hundred dollars a year to the cost of sending a son or daughter to the university there, Moreover, in London, students are within a short distance of their homes, a fact of much importance to parents, and as London is not a large city in the ordinary sense, it is free from the many distractions of a great metro­ polis.” But, as it was stated in the begin­ ning, it. is not alone through its teaching of numbers of students who go to it for training along specific lines, but through its influence upon the trend of public affairs generally that the university today is indis­ pensable. The University Influence The work and influence of The University of Western Ontario throughout the fourteen counties of its constituency is to be seen on every hand. The Faculty and Insti­ tute of Public Health alone serves upward of ISO separate communities in co-operation with public health officials, physicians, nurses and •others interested or engaged in the all-important business of preserva­ tion of health and prevention of dis­ ease. The influence of the work of the Faculty of Medicine, officially recog­ nized as in the first class among institutions of the kind on this con­ tinent, is felt throughout the West­ ern Ontario district and beyond. Its contributions to medical and surgical knowledge and practice, thorough re­ search and study are internationally notable, and its accumulation of the best and latest in understanding and methods from the great medical and surgical centres of tho world gives to it a value to the people of West­ ern Ontario that is beyond estimate. To both the urban and rural com­ munities of Western Ontario, the work of the Department of Exten­ sion and Adult Education and of the Summer School and Extra Mural De­ partment is of far-reaching import­ ance. These departments do not wait for the student to come to them; the}' carry tho elements of university training and study into the horned of those who are prevented by circum­ stances from attending the regular courses, or who desire to take up one or other form of special study. Hun­ dreds of individuals in all walks' of life are benefiting by this service every year, and annually the scope of the work is being extended. . In Agriculture And of particular importance to the rural citizens is the University’s work in agricultural research. Al­ ready this work has obtained wide recognition and is about to be ex­ tended in keeping with present-day indications of what lies ahead, for it has been forecast on the basis of definite evidence in that direction that Western Ontario in the near fu­ ture is to experience an intensive de­ velopment of its agricultural re­ sources on a scale hitherto not dreamed of. For fifty years The University of Western Ontario has been serving the people of Western Ontario with increasing generosity and productive efficiency. During that half-century it has been confronted by and has overcome many obstacles, some of which have at times threatened its very life.. But it lias never before sought the' help of those whom it has served beyond the circle of its immediate situation. ( Today, however, The University of Western Ontario is faced by a genuine crisis in its affairs brought about by the larger demands placed upon it by the people of its whole constituency. The one solution of its problem is that all of those whom it serves must unite to assume their share of the responsibility for main­ taining its service. The Government of the Province is generously provid­ ing partially toward that solution. The City of London is bearing a fair share of that responsibility, and the people of London are assuming their share as individuals and as a com­ munity. The share of each of the fourteen counties of Western On­ tario has been soundly established, and the government, tho leaders in the religious, educational, agricul­ tural, industrial and social life of the whole district of Western On­ tario have expressed themselves ds confident that the citizens of West­ ern Ontario counties will see incum­ bent upon themselves the moral re­ sponsibility and the material neces­ sity for making certain that the University that is theirs shall not falter for want of their understand­ ing and action. I News of the District Send your news to the Times-Ad- vocate. We want it from any place in the district. A St. Marys woman, who was in­ jured by a fall on the town side­ walks, is claiming damages for $377.50. Mrs, James Cameron, of Brussels, received such terrible burns when a coal oil ran exploded that she pass ed away the following day. Lucan has let the contract for building a new fire hall 50 by 26 ft. to Mr. George Bawden l’or $1587. The front will be of red brick. Sir Alexander McKenzie, a Kin­ cardine old boy, presented the Kin­ cardine United church with a check for $2000 as a donation towards a new parsonage, Robert H. Radcliffe, of Granton, underwent a critical operation for throat trouble the operation being preformed by Dr. Peever, of Lon­ don and Dr. Kipp, of Granton. Miss Gladys Guenther, of Dash­ wood, was one of the eight nurses to graduate from the Kitchener Wa­ terloo Hospital. The graduation ex­ ercises were held on Wednesday of last week. Farm help is scarce in this com­ munity, A number of young men have been brought from the Old Country to jobs that were alreadj awaiting them. More are expected to arrive soon. Mrs. A. E. Close1, . of Seaforth, while attending the graduating ex­ ercises at Victoria Hospital, London on Friday evening last, had the mis­ fortune to fall on the stairs and fracture her ankle. Wm. Fox, of London, won the Canadian national 'oratorical cham­ pionship at the Toronto Arena be­ fore 10,000 people. Mr. Fox as a result will tour Europe for two months this summer. Thomas Vincent, a former resi­ dent of Exeter, died in Victoria Hospital, London on Friday, May 18, in his 69th year. The funeral was held on Saturday, with inter­ ment in Grand Bend Cemetery. On Sunday last two young men broke into the school at No. 3 Stan­ ley and after breaking into the teachera desk and turning things upside down they departed .taking with them pencils and fountan pen­ belonging to the pupils. ACCIDENT AT SEAFORTH Mrs. J. B. Thompson, of Seaforth, met with an accident when sin* slipped on the verandah steps and fell face downwards to the pave­ ment. In the fall her right arm was fractured just above the wrist and another bone in the* same arm dislocated, fc'tfnd Jsire ‘ Was* badly cut and bruised. JOHNSTON—STEPHENSON A pretty wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Stephenson of Rosedale Farm, in Stanley Township, when then' youngest daughter Clara Alice, was united in marriage to Perce W. J. Johnston, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Johnston, of .Varna. Rev. Mr. Penrose performed the cere­ mony. Miss Margaret Johnston was bridesmaid and Mr. Elmore Stephen­ son supported the groom. Miss E. Evans, of Seaforth, played the wed­ ding march. They will reside on the Goshen -Line. ACCTDENT AT BRUCEFIELD Mr. George Baird had the misfor­ tune to have his car badly damaged on Sunday. His car was standing in front of Scott’s store, at Bruce- field when a car coming from the west disregarded the stop signal at the corner and went through' to the east. A car coming from the south turned out to avoid hitting tho other car and was about to strike a car coming from the north. Turn­ ing quickly again he crashed into Mr. Baird’s car. No one was hurt and only Mr. Baird’s car was very badly damaged. ACCIDENT RESULTS FATALLY 3ACK MINER’S SANCTUARY Noted bird man feeds 5,000 wild geese daily—newspaperman does some tagging. Jack Miners, the Kingsville nat- udalist and conversationist, cele- sbrated his sixty-third birthday on iho Sth of Aprl. He doesn’t look Iris age, and apparently doesn’t feel at. Yet he has spent 43 autumns in succession camping in the Northern woods, from Lake Keepawa, Quebec/ to Lake of the Woods, Ontario. In addition he makes several trips each summer to the Northern woods, in- <dudlng Algonquin Park. He knows i'ir-h and game condition oin Ontario. A member of the Toronto Globe .stuff yzas privleged to spend last week-end at Jack Miner’s home'and saw both evening and morning flights of 5,000' (estimated) wild .geese from his pbnds to Lake Erie, .and from the lakh to his ponds. In fact. The Globe representative en­ joyed the experience of “tagging” wild geese. One hundred and six- ■4}-seveu were tagged in one batch of 180 that had been cleverly trapp­ ed. The other thirteen had already bore tags placed upon their legs in previous years by Mr. Miners and life sons. ' Also, Tho Globe representative re­ view acquaintances with a “wild” ^Canada gander and goose that he 3hud seen almost ift the identical spot 14 years ago. These were none other than “Tom Johnson and Mrs. Johnson,*’ described so interests in the serial story, .“Jack Miner and the Birds,” which The Globe published last fall. These birds mated on tho Miner sanctuary in 1908, since when Mrs. Johnson has laid six eggs each spring, and raised her broods. So the lady is at least 20 years old, and it is a peculiar fact that this year she celebrates by increasing licr setting to seven eggs. Mr.* Miner has spent a remarkab­ ly useful life so far. He says he has dedicated his remaining days to the conservation of game, fish and re­ forestation. He now spends over ?G,000 annually on feed for wild geese and other migratory birds. His visitors on Saturday saw four wagonloads of corn drawn and scat­ tered around his great “North-Pond” Three loads were corn-on-the-cob raised in Essex county and the other load was shelled corn shovelled in and around his tagging trap. The shelled corn he had just imported from Illinois, whence he secured a shipment of 900 bushels for this purpose. Ho now receives $400 annually from the Ontario Government and $750 from the Federal Government for feeding purposes. But is costs him more than $6,000 over and above, this, and this money re raised by means of lectures. But, he says, lie is getting up in years and he is going to ask the government to fur­ nish the feed for the birds “to the general advantage of the Province and Cahada.” "Haven’t you finished mending my sock yet?” "Give me a minute more, John, I’m doing my darndest!’"' NO RELIEF IN ELECTRICITY Unless some cheaper means of pro­ duction and distribution is found electricity is not destined to replace coal oi’ its substitutes no a heating proposition. While the day has been looked forward to when the “white coal” would render us inde­ pendent of the Yankee or Canadian coal Baron, from a recent statement of A. L. L. Barnes, Assistant Engin­ eer of the Ontario Hydro Commis­ sion who says that after exhaustive experiments it has been found that at existing rates for coal and other fuels, compared with those for elec­ tricity, electric heating is too expen­ sive to be adopted extensively, but as an auxiliary its advantages are so attractive that efforts will undobt- edly be made to reduce tho cost so as to make its use in this way more popular. A test was made on a nine room home in Toronto, heated by electricity from October 1st to Muy 15th, using no other source of heat. The winter was somewhat colder than the average. Tn this case more than 52,700 kilowatt hours were used. At the lowest possible do­ mestic rate in Ontario, nintenths cents a kilowatt hour, it cost $473.- 30 to heat the house. It would have cost $192 to heat it with anthracite coal at $16 a ton. Mr. Barnes also found that nearly 2,000,000 horse­ power would be required to replace 900,000 tons of anthracite used to* befit Toronto’s homes in addition to the power used for other purposes. At the cheapest power rate in On­ tario .5 4 cent a kilowatt hour, it would still cost one and a half times as much to heat by electricity as by anthracite Barnes found. He cal­ culated the cost of furnishing 2,000,- 000 horse-power to Toronto at more than $500,000,000, a capital invest­ ment of more than $5.00 a home. This sum would be earning nothing for nearly six months of the year. FIVE HUNDRED COAL MINES IN CANADA More coal was mined in Canada during 19 27 than in any previous year, according to a preliminary re­ port on the coal trade of Canada in 1927 recently issued by the Cana­ dian Government Bureau of Statis­ tics at Ottawa. Figures for 1927 show a total coal output from Canadian mines of 17,411,505 tons, as against 16,478,- 131 ‘produced in 1926. There are about 500 coal mines in operation in Canada, representing a capital investment of about $150,000,000. A FAIR OKFER The young housewife was thirfty and, as a .writer in the Chicago Nows hints, a trifle pert. "You ought to take something off for the holes in these doughnuts." she said to the baker. "Certainly, madam,” lie replied, blandly. “We always allow one cent each for the holes when they are returned.” DEATH OF JAS. PINCH The funeral of the late Jas. Finch took place from the. family resi­ dence, Clinton on Friday last. Mr. Finch was 69 years of age and for nearly nine years has been an inval­ id. He was born in Greenwich, Eng. and came to Cinton at the age of 12 where he has resided ever since. ZURICH Miss I’earl Wuertz has returned home after spending a few weeks at Guelph. Messrs. Clarence and Clayton Hoffman of Gall were recent visit­ ors with their parents. Mrs. Henry Rupp who lias been in Dertoit for the winte” months has returned to Zurich for the sum­ mer. Rev. and Mrs. Drier were called, to Clifford last week to attend the funeral of Mr. Drier’s sister, Mr. and Mrs. Swartzentruber and Mr. and Mrs. Chris. Erb, of the Bronson Line attended the funeral of Mrs. Swartzent ruber’s aunt at Wellesy last week. Zurich Fall Fair will he held on Monday- and Tuesday, September 24 and 25. A green race will be held. Shiny Garments When a gament becomes shiny, sponge with a solution of one tea­ spoonful of ammonia to one ’quart,1 of water. Then press on the wrong side, i Mrs. Charles Wolfe, of Hensail, was in Blyth attending the funeral of her mother Mrs. Anthony Hag- git, of that village. It appears tlia Mr. and Mrs. Haggit together with tliein son-in-law and his wife, were on their way from Detroit to Blyth in a car and when making a sharp turn about a couple miles from Forest, the car slipped on the greasy road and running into the deep ditch capsized when all were more or less injured, but Mrs. Hag­ git unfortunately suffered interna! injuries from which in a few dav.- she died. VISITED SON IN LUCAN Mr, James Dignan, of Exeter vis­ ited at the home of fiis son, Mr. Dignan (one of our Town Fathers) on Sunday last. We might say that Mr. Dignan, Sr., is a fine old gentle­ man, having conducted a blacksmith shop in Exeter for many years, and is well and favorably known throughout a wide extent -of this neighborhood. He is one of the pioneers of Huron 'County, and is still hale and hearty—and working Last year he attended the Black­ smiths’ Picnic -at Port Stanley and captured 1st prize given for the old­ est working blacksmith attending the picnic. We do not know his exact ago, but he is well over the $0 mark.—-Lucan News. To Brighten leather If the leather .seats and‘backs of chairs become dull, beat the white of an egg and rub thoroughly, Then polish with a clean, soft cloth.