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The outline of courses and options
able to SHDHS students under the Roharte
Plan should be of considerable assistance to
grade nine students, and their parents, in mak-
ing a decision about their future training.
The outline, prepared by Principal H.
J. Sturgis, gives a comprehensive picture of
the new courses which will be available and
the options which can be taken with. theme
Principal Sturgis has attempted to an-
ticipate enquiries explaining the Roberts Plan
in question and answer form. While it would
be impossible for him to cover all the ground
in one presentation, the outline appears to
cover the major points carefully and clearly,
No doubt many parents will still wish to
talk to school authorities to clear up misunder-
standings over the Roberts Plan—no amount
of written explanation ever is able to make
clear every point to every person—but both
parents and students should study carefully
the complete outline before making those en-
quiries. They should bear in mind that the in-
troduction of such a major change involves
considerable extra work and that it would be
an unnecessary burden to ask Principal Sturgis
and his guidance dept to explain details al-
ready provided in the outline.
Perhaps understandably, there 'appears
to be aorne change in the school's attitude to-
ward the enrolment of area students in the
courses which will be provided at the com-
posite school at Clinton. At first, when it was
felt there would be considerable difficulty in
'securing enough to fill the SHDHS commit-
ment to Clinton, there were suggestions that
every opportunity should be taken to "sell" the
new courses and their advantages to the stu-
dent. Now, with indications that many more
students than expected are interested in the
Clinton courses, there have been attempts to
show that there are definite advantages to the
students to remain in 'the local school to pur-
sue the academic training in arts and science.
It would seem, for example, that there
has been a change in policy in regard to the
percentage which a student must attain before
he is eligible to remain in the academic courses
at SHDHS. Earlier, the standard of 60% was
set; now it has been lowered to 55%, presum-
ably to permit more students to remain at
SHDHS.
The shift in emphasis gives the impres-
sion that the school's policy may be based
more on the physical accomodation. and avail-
able resources at SHDHS than on the best in-
terest 'of 'the student. There is no question that
physical accommodation has to he a prime fac-
tor in the determination of policy but it should
not be the only one. And, if the board is not
able to provide accommodation for all students
who wish to take particular courses—which it
would be impossible to do—it should set up a
type of system whereby the students most de-
serving by academic or aptitude standards
would be given first opportunity to enrol, A
policy of alternately encouraging and discern-,
aging enrolment in certain courses, determined
primarily from the accommodation staedpoint,
can become most confusing and certainly is tin-
fair.
Although the Rolaarts Plan is in its in-
fancy, it appears that more students than orig-
inally expected prefer more practical training
to the 'academic instruction which has been
'available heretofore. This trend will strength-
en rather than diminish in future years, It is
not likely to be, as some may suspect, a passing
fancy brought about by the introduction of
'something new.
That academic instruction is not the uni-
versal solution to education is clearly evident
by the low percentage of students which has
been graduating from our high schools. This
alone indicates that 'a greater number would
benefit from the introduction of more practical
training.
Again, the preference to more practical
training may be based legitimately on the op-
portunities available to young people today—
opportunities outlined in the accompanying edi-
torial below. Obviously, major business con-
cerns across the country are crying for special-
ists in engineering, business and science. This
trend 'toward specialization is expected to con-
tinue at an even greater rate, according to
business authorities. This must be recognized
at the educational level, despite all that can
be said for the advantages of a liberal arts
education.
For these reasons, SHDHS board should
investigate the provision of more practical
'courses here, in addition to those which are
being provided at Clinton. The warning al-
ready has been given that the Clinton courses
will be "jammed" in three years. Let us not
wait until then to embark on some emergency
program to meet a crisis. Now is the time to
take steps to meet the problem.
And the board itself should take an ac-
tive part in guiding whatever transition is com-
ing: It appears too prone to delegate all re-
sponsibility for planning, policy-making 'and ad-
ministration to the principal, already over bur-
dened. Even though SHDHS is the largest sec-
ondary school in the area, it does not have a
vice-principal, the number of department
heads nor 'the secretarial 'help that smaller
school's find necessary for efficient operation.
The board cannot expect one individual to pro-
vide all the leadership and supervise the en-
tire operation of this major enterprise. The
board itself should give guidance and provide
assistance. It has a duty 'to the ratepayers it
represents 'to do so.
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These are the opportunities
BY R. D. A.. gPICE.4
under "ordinary drinking con,-
clitlenS" In a 15.0-PPund peraon
is that about one hour after
finishing three drinks_ in one
hour he will have a leyel of
aloPrOximatelY.P.O0 per cent.
Under the same cenditions, se-
ven drinks are necessary to
build up a level of 0.15 per
cent. Approximately one drink
per hour is required to main-
tain, these levels.. Thus in a
four-hour evening, six drinks
Will maintain a level of 0,05
percent and ten drinks a level
of 0,15 percent, Thus we see
that if a driver is to have less
than 0.05 percent of alcohol in
his system when driving home,
he must have one drink less
than the number of hours spent
drinking.
Blood alcohol "tolerance"
has reference to the effect of
alcohol in the blood on a per-
son's performance. Deteriora-
tion has meaning only with res-
pect to its method of measure-
ment, These levels vary im-
mensely from person to person
and in one person on different
occasions.
The result of many surveys
and experiments over the years
reveal that a blood alcohol of
0.03 - 0.1 percent results in de-
terioration of the ability to drive
an automobile. A driver with a
low tolerance may have a de-
crease in performance at 0.03
percent, yet a driver having a
high tolerance may not have
the same deterioiration until he
reaches a level or 0.1 percent.
The average level is 0.05per-
cent for imnairment. Terms commonly used in de-
scribing a person are "impai-
red", "under the influence" and
"intoxicated". There is no ge-
neral agreement in the courts
regarding these terms, but in a
general discussion blood alco-
hol of 0.5 percent can be re-
garded as "impaired" and 1.5
percent as "intoxicated". The
evaluation of an individual un-
der the above headings is very
difficult. Common signs of ef-
fects of alcohol (slurring of
speech, staggering, etc) can-
not be compared satisfactorily
to common physical tests (walk-
ing a straight line, picking up
coins from floor, finger - nose
test, etc), or to specific dri-
ving tests in a laboratory or
on the road. A drinking driver
can put on a good "sober act"
for the benefit of an examiner.
In the normal progression of
events the effects on the func-
tions concerned with safe dri-
ving, such as muscular co-
ordination, judgment, self-dis-
cipline and control will be af-
fected at lower concentrations
L have been asised to write
this cOlunIn with the coming
"liquor vote" in mind. I have
chosen to discuss the problem of
the "Drinking Driver",
Any discussion of this type
is usually heavily laden with
emotion. I will present only
scientific facts obtained frorn
reports of actual tests made in
Canada, U.S.A. and in Europe.
First let us see how "adVaa-
ced" our civilization is in re-
gards to the drinking driver. In
Norway on February 20, 1928
the Norwegian Motor Vehicle
Act 52, Section 17 stated; "It
is unlawful for any person who
is under the influence of in-
toxicating liquor (not sober)
to drive or to try driving any
Motor vehicle. Whenever there
was at that time in excess of
0.05 per cent (by weight) of
alcohol in the driver's blood
it shall be presumed that he
was under the influence of in-
toxicating liquor (not sober),
"Any person who operates a
motor vehicle or is close to
a motor vehicle he has just been
using or is intending to start
can be taken by the police for
examination to a physician who
may make a blood test when it
can be reasonably assumed that
the operator is under the in-
fluence of alcoholic liquor (not
sober). The ministry of justice
has regulated in detail how such
a medical examination is to be
Made and everything in connec-
don with it."
The alcoholic content of blood
is measured in parts per hun-
dred of alcohol by weight in a
given volume of blood and re-
ferred to as percent . The
most accurate method is by
taking blood from a vein of
the arm. When referring to a
"drink" the following quantities
of beverages contain approxi-
mately the same amount of
alcohol: one ounce of seventy
proof whiskey (Canada); one
ounce eighty proof whiskey
(United States); twelve ounces
of beer (nine proof Can); two
ounces of fortified wine.
Blood alcohol levels are in-
fluenced by many factors: num-
ber of drinks consumed, the
amount of time taken to con-
sume them, the weight of the
person, certain physic al di-
seases, drugs taken, etc. With
all these factors operating to
different degrees in different
people (or in the same person
on different occasions) it is
no wonder that the subject of
tolerance can rarely be discus-
sed properly from the witness
stand.
The average result of the
operation of all these factors
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"Most positions are for students with a
background in engineering 'or science, notably
forestry, geology and agriculture but some will
be drawn from other faculties as well" (Public
Service of Canada).
"A management team will visit the cam-
pus seeking candidates for careers in market-
ing, production supervision, production admin-
istration, engineering and maintenance."
"A well-defined training program is of-
fered to prepare candidates for positions of re-
sponsibility in: design engineering, research
and devlopment, manufacturing engineering, in-
dustrial engineering, consumer marketing, fi-
nancial administration, computer program-
ming etc. etc."
"'A satisfying career in a new and re-
warding field—systems engineering."
"Our company will visit the university
to discuss career opportunities in chemical,
electrical, mechanical, and civil engineering;
chemistry, geology and geophysics."
"Our range of activities provides inter-
esting and challenging opportunities for grad-
uates in engineering, geology, physics, chem-
istry, commerce and many other professions."
"Management training opportunities for
'63 grads in arts, commerce, business admin-
istration."
"Challenging careers for graduates in
electrical and mechanical engineering, engi-
neering physics, manufacturing, plant engineer-
ing, design, communications, systems' engineer-
ing, research and development."
That's only a portion but it should pro-
vide a picture of the jobs open to university
graduates today and an indication of what will
be available in the future.
JOTTINGS BY JMS
J. M. Southcott
What opportunities are available to the
'trained youth of today? Many 'students in South
'Huron, and their parents, may be wondering
as they make decisions in connection with the
variety of courses being 'offered to high school
students under the Roberts Plan.
There are persons more qualified than
this newspaper to answer that question but we
can provide some indication of those oppor-
tunities through our association with The Uni-
versity of Western Ontario Gazette, the under-
graduate newspaper which is printed in this
office.
For the past four weeks, The Gazette
has carried dozens of large-size advertisements
from some of Canada's biggest business corpora-
tions who are bidding for the services of uni-
versity graduates, These include major oil com-
panies, banks, insurance firms and large man-
ufacturers who want the top talent available
in the country today.
What type of positions are open and
what types 'of graduates appear to be in most
demand? We quote the ads:
. company has management
positions open in product research, process de-
velopment, engineering, production supervi-
sion, industrial engineering, and quality con-
trol for graduates in engineering and honor
science courses."
"Career opportunities in geology—geo-
logical engineering, honours geology; geophys-
ics—geophysical and geological engineering,
maths and physics, engineering physics,"
"Students graduating in Liberal arts, as
well as commerce, business administration or
economics should contact the placement of-
ficer."
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of alephol than on the effects
Of balance, walking, talking and
gross co-ordination. Driver s
who are affected by alcohol lO
the laeint of deterioration of
walking and talking might be
able to operate a vehicle on a
fairly straight course and reach
their destination provided no-
thing unexpected cc cur p and
they keep a firm grip on them-
selves.
However, the perfection of
these drivers falls far short
of the control we should expect
of another driver. In other
words, a drinking driver may be
able to perform the mechanics
of driving properly but his judg-
ment is affected to such a degree
that he is unable to assess and
weigh factors which are pre-
sented to him on the road and
then to make up his mind to
act quickly and accurately.
Many studies have been per-
formed during recent years re-
garding the effects of blood al-
cohol on driving ability. The
most detailed r eport s come
from Norway, Sweden and Den-
mark. These reveal that cer-
tain individuals are judged as
"under the influence" at 0.30
percent. Norway sets a.concen-
tration of 0.5 percent as"drun-
ken driving"; Sweden's limit is
0.8 percent. One state in U.S. A.
sets the limit of 1.5 percent.
An E.C.M.P. test in 195'7 re-
vealed that many drivers sho-
wed impairment at 0.03 - 0.04
percent. All these tests utilized
drivers who were non-drinkers,
as well as the chronic alcoholic.
On December 12, 13, 14,1958
a symposium on "Alcohol and
Road Traffic" was held at In-
diana University. The recom-
mendation; "As a result of the
material presented at this sym-
posium, it is the opinion of this
committee that a blood alcohol
concentration of 0.05 percent
will definitely impair the dri-
ving ability of some individuals
and as the concentration increa-
ses, a progressively higher pro-
portion of such individuals are
so affected until at a blood
alcohol concentration of 0.10
percent all individuals are de-
finitely impaired". This was
signed by seven distinguished
workers in this field, one of
whom was H. W, Smith, PhD.
Directory of the Attorney-Ge-
neral Laboratory, Province of
Ontario, Toronto.
The American Medical Acco-
ciation recently agreed with
this: "The average individual
with a blood alcohol level of
0.05 percent or higher suffers
significant deterioration of his
driving skill and is a potential
menace on the highway. What
then, can practicing physicians
do to prevent these thousands
of deaths and injuries each
year? First patients must learn
the basic facts of alcohol con-
sumption and motor vehicle op-
eration. One drink may be to-
lerated; two drinks puts one in
the level of impairment; three
drinks are too many".
During a recent conversation
with local police officers, I was
told about twenty fatalities in
this area during the past few
years. In only four of these
deaths, there was no alcohol
involved. Insurance companies
recognize the dangers of drink-
ing and driving, and many give
substantial discounts to the total
abstainer.
In conclusion I would like to
state my own impressions ar-
rived at partly by reading many
scientific articles, but more
significantly by helping to re-
move broken bodies from sma-
shed automobiles, followed by
many blood-stained hours try-
ing to patch up disfigured faces
and broken arms and legs. Many
times the coroner is required
to attend to the remains of
what was once a human being.
Many survive the trauma, only
to lead a life with a scarred
face and crippled legs.
I am convinced that the toll
of death and injuries could be
reduced if the following sugges-
tions were made law: Any per-,
son applying for a driver's
,licence must sign a statement
to the effect that he or she
will submit to a blood alcoh01
determination when requested
by a police officer; if this Is
not done when requested, then
the driver's licence is automa-
tically cancelled for one year;
if a blood alcohol of 0.05 per
cent or more is found the person
loses their privilege to drive
fel. five years.
Driving an autOmObile Is a
privilege granted to us and if
abused this privilege should be
taken away. The laW Makers in
Norway realized the inherent
dangers of the drinking driver
in 1926, why then in the Year
1969 cannot something be clone
to put a stop to this unneces-
Sexy slaughter on our highways.
nave we not killed and mai-
med enough people by allowing
the drinking driver tog o un-
'Chedkee IVIutt We continue to
stand by and watch this sub-
human individual continue 10
destroy our friendS and loved
ones? It is time -for all who are
Interested in their safety to
force ciiir 10i-it:alert to Pro
tect each dal ten from the
Menace of the drinking driver.
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Here's a flashbadk to the 'days When lawn bowling. was a •Pit -
Minetit sport in P3xe rter with tent:lenient§ running for ' two' and:
three days, the Exeter greens Were considered to be among
the 'finest in the d ea t r I et. Bowlers- from txeter took part in
most of the tournaments throughout the district and were Sun,
dessfitI iii bringing &sine their share of trophies and metes,
This picture shows J. Heattaili hardware nierehant and for
several year's reeve of Bxeter • and hi IL Creech, fernier tioWS,
paper publisher here) With. 'three of the trophies they wot.