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By J. G. BURROW PUBLIC 5CI-1001, INSPECTOR
It is a well-known fact that
the educational programmes, of
the regular classreems may
present too difficult a challenge
to at least a few of the children
who find themselves surrounded
by those of average and above,
average intelligence,
What place is there for them
to learn at a speed more in
keeping with their ownpersonal
abilities?
The "Opportunity Class-
room" has been established
in many schools in order to
provide an efficient, effective,
learning environment for pupils
who cannot profit from the kind
of large-group instructional
techniques employed by most
of our teachers.
When considering the pos-
sible candidates for an oppor-
tunity class we do not neces-
sarily limit our investigations
to those who are mentally re-
tarded, for this term in itself
is often misleading, and re-
presents a wide-variance in
the degree of retardedness.
We do, however, give the
educable retarded child first
eonsideratipn, that is, those
whose measured intelligence
rating is below that of the "slow
learning" pupil who would re,
ceive secondary recommend-
ation. Many of the "slow learn-
ers" if given special help and
extra instruction! are able to
resume their place in the re-
gular stream of educational
programming.
In smaller school systems
educable retarded, slow learn-
ing, and educationa.11y retarded
pupils may be placed in one
plass. In larger systems
'
mi-
ens are usually grouped ac-
cording to chronological age.
In order to differentiate be-
tween the "educable retarded",
the '<slow learner", and the
',educationally retarded", the
first two types may be con-
sidered as those pupils who re-
quire a curruculum that is dif-
ferent from that prepared for
the regular grades in order to
acquire the optimum degree of
competence in the skills, know-
ledge and attitudes necessary
for self-sufficient living.
The ',educationally retard-
ONE MAN'S OPINION
by John C. Boyne
What 7s o.f. more concern is the
lack of instruction Willert was given by the
committee on What they expect :him to do
as acting recreation director,
The discussion around the. table made
it quite evident that members of RAP are
not even. agreed on 'what his duties include as
arena manager, and the situation becomes
even more grave with no discussion as to
the new duties dumped on top..
It would not 'appear to be logical that.
Willert will be expected to carry on the full
duties vacated by Don Qravett, at least not
if he is expected to carry on his full-time
winter position at the arena.
One—or more possibly both—of the
jobs will have to be slightly .curtailed, and it
Should not be up to Willert, to decide how this
will be done, as this will leave him open to
criticism if persons feel either task is being
neglected to any extent.
The responsibility of the entire pro-
gram falls on RAP and it must be their de-
cision as to drawing up his complete work-
. ing arrangement for both position's. It is up
to them to define his tasks clearly and to
assume full responsibility for the allocation
of his time and efforts in both lines of en-
deavour,
In fairness to Willert,; this must be
done in1rnediately. And at the same time, it
is of necessity that the length of his trial
period in this dual capacity be clearly set.
Arena manager Alvin Willert's
PPiotrnent as acting recreation director
-4111P 44 no. surprise:. The move had been
rumored for some time as several members.
of RAP bad intimated they felt one man
could handle both jobs.
Members of council, four of whom
had previously gone on record ,as saying
they felt the tewll required a full-time rec-
reation director, were all silent on the news
of the appointment, thereby giving apparent
approval.
This newspaper too is' willing to give
RAP an opportunity to see if one 'man can.
handle both jobs satisfactorily, as it will re-
sult in a saving to the community if both
postitions can be maintained as before with
only one man being paid.
However, we do suggest the appoint-
meant was made in a rather poor manner
And is unfair to Willert in some respects.
In the first place, he wasn't even
questioned at the RAP meeting as to wheth-
er he wanted the job, or if he felt he could
handle it. He was more or less just told -the
job was now his, and due to the fact RAP
serves as his 'boss as arena manager as well,
there possibly wasn't much else he could
do but accept the new duties.
This may be excusable on the sup-
position some members of RAP had already
approached Willert on the question of
whether or not he would try and handle
both jobs during a trial period.
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problem Joe won't make George do it
(The following is a hypothetical conver-
sation between Joseph P. Civic and John Care
Less. While it's hypothetical, it unfortunately
is often all too true.)
Joe: See where there's four members
resigned from council, John. Think maybe
you'll offer your name this year, or maybe
you're more interested in the public school
board or the PUC?
John: Not a chance! Business is pretty
good these days and it keeps me going, to
say nothing of holding down that office at
the club and having to curl every Tuesday
night.
Joe: Well, I'm about in the same boat
you know, but I figure I should take my turn
in civic administration. After all, you can't
expect the other fellow to do it all the time.
John: That may be, but you'd have to
drop your post as secretary of the club. And
on top of that, you have to spend a lot of
time listening to taxpayers' complaints and
attending committee meetings.
Joe: Oh, it's not that much work. And
I guess I can stand a bit of criticism once in
awhile. After all, I guess I've done my share
of complaining in the past and this will give
me a good chance to see the work involved.
John: You know, Joe, a lot of people
feel it affects your business if you get on
council and don't do things some people want
you to.
Joe: That may be, but customers who
are that small in their thinking aren't too val-
uable anyway. And besides, unless you have
a progressive council that initiates 'action to
better the community, it's not very attractive
to industry and we could lose a lot of future
business.
John: I still think you and I do our
share of work in the community and I don't
see why I should even consider running for
a public office.
Joe: Well, as I intimated before, civic
administration is the most important job there
is in the community. A great many things we
do hinge on good local government.
John: Nonsense, the government tells
you what to do and what not to do.
Joe: That's ridiculous! Look at that
new trailer factory we have at the north end.
If council and the PUC hadn't agreed to put
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ed!' on the other hand, Is
pupil who is having severe
problems with regular class-
room instruction for reasons
other than limited intellectual
abty. These ptipils often score
on a level with the average or
higher on an individual intelr
ligence test.
°Mimes, the contributing In-
ters in such cases may be phy-
sical, emotional, social, ex-
tended periods of absence from
school, or exposure to inade-
quate teaching techniques. The
opportunity class then, provides
an environment for growth so
broad and flexible that the ex-
ceptional child may have an
opportunity to discover and de-
velop his abilities to the great-
est degree.
Broadly speaking, these ob-
jectives may be considered to
be the development of:
1. Skills in the basic aca-
demic subjects that will prove
useful and beneficial in present
and future living,
2. General skills for future
occupational competence.
3. Adequate habits of health
and hygiene.
4. Emotional security andin-
dependence.
5. Useful leisure-time ac-
tivities.
6. The ability to become well
adjusted and contributary mem-
bers of a family and the com-
munity.
As can be plainly seen, these
objectives are no different than
the goals we strive to achieve
with all pupils. The main dif-
ference is that with this special
group we must proceed at not
only a different speed, but from
a more individualistic ap-
proach, taking more strongly
into account, background, native
ability and emotional response
and attitudes.
Are there many such children
in our local systems of edu-
cation? Yes, there are. A simple
way of calculating the number
of children who would, without
question, profit from special
help, and who represent the
above-defined groups, would be
to count the actual number of
classrooms.
There would be at least one
such pupil in every room.
This means in my inspector-
ate alone, a small portion of
Huron and Lambton Counties,
I could be certain of having 100
children who should be given
such consideration.
In rural communities, setting
up such a classroom, is doubly
difficult. It can be one, how-
ever, with the complete co-
operation of the various boards
who become interested and in-
volved. Ideally, a room should
be used that is within the con-
fines of a large school.
Isolation or segregation is
not advisable if at all avoid-
able. Though when our choice
of accommodation is limited,
we must use what is at hand.
Coincidentally, the 'Osborne
Township School Area Board
has offered to retain one of
their rural school buildings for
this purpose, if there is any
sound positive indication of in-
terest on the part of parents
and school boards in this vi-
cinity.
The need is obvious, the op-
portunity present, the neces-
sary action is required.
In the U.S. a group of scien-
tists and teachers recently sent
the following request to Wash-
ington, "The government should
undertake an unqualified com-
mitment to provide every in-
dividual and every family with
an adequate income as a matter
of course".
The simple point of econo-
mics is that purchasing power
must be available to buy the
goods produced by an automated
productive system.
In a small town rural com-
munity this sounds like stupid
heresy. But it's good economics
and even better social philoso-
phy. We are beginning to see
that each family should receive
a share of our national abun-
dance.
Labour always gets a blast,
from the farmer. But my last
ministry was in a working class
district in Victoria—from a
practical look at both sides the
farmer is away ahead— how
many workers have an invest-
ment of $20-40,000? I knew no
worker in Victoria with that kind
of investment!
Personally I find witch-bait-
ing of unions a little much.
After all this country knows
what it's like to produce food
in abundance which no one can
afford to buy, however low the
price. Our society was so mis-
managed that we had ten years
of that abusrd situation.
To my mind, and I must add,
to the mind of a majority of ob-
servers, labour, management
and government all have an
equally significant role to play
in grappling with solutions for
what may well be the most
thorny economic and social
problem of our time.
It doesn't help to throw stones
at any one segment of the tri-
angle.
in the services, we never would have had it.
And I see where they took advantage of that
Municipal Works Assistance program and plan
to install another sewer line, a couple of
drains and better water service to the north
end. You know, they put that sewer past my
place this year and I don't have to worry
about that darned old septic tank any more.
And now I understand they're planning to
put a permanent surface on the street. That
will cut the dust down considerably and it
means I won't have to paint my house so
often.
John: They do that in every commu-
nity, regardless of 'ho's on council.
Joe: No they don't. There still are some
backward communities, and by the same to-
ken we're still behind some too. And if you
sit back and let "George" do it, we may find
out that "George" isn't the type of progres-
sive leader we need for this community.
John: But you have to take time off
work and go around and look •at streets and
drains and the rest of it.
Joe: Not any more. They have a works
superintendent who looks after all that. Coun-
cil just sets the policy and he carries it
through and administers it.
John: Well, it sounds as though you're
going to run for council.
Joe: Oh, I don't know. Perhaps wait
and see if there's an opening on the school
board. There's another important position, as
the future of the whole nation rests with the
training our students receive. It's a job any
of us should consider taking a turn at. By the
way, John, will you come to the nominating
meeting and nominate me for a position if I
decide to run.
John: I'm sorry, but that's a Friday
night and I enjoy those good movies on TV
that night. And anyway, what's the sense of
going to listen to the discussion at the nomi-
nation.
Joe: Well, for one thing it shows that
you are at least interested enough to hear
the reports of the past year's work. And it
indicates you think enough of the men who
have been on council and on other boards to
hear their reports. In fact, when you boil it
right down, it's about the least you can do
for your community.
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Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924
50 YEARS AGO
Mr. Robert Luker, who pur-
chased Mr. Milo Snell's farm
on the London Road South, has
moved in with his family.
Mr. Earl Parsons, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Parsons
of the London Road South; is
another Exeter boy to enlist
for active service and is train-
ing at Ottawa,
Mr. T. M. Newell has closed
up his open shed in connection
with the Commercial Hotel and
converted it into a garage arid
ice house.
Mr. Joseph Bawden, an Exe-
ter Old Boy, iS among the can-
didates for election in North
Battleford. NOW ON VIEW Acereterlrinies-ilitsocate
25 YEARS AGO
Miss Irene VanCamp, nurse-
in-training at Victoriallospital,
London, spent Thursday and
Friday at her home here.
The twelfth annual meeting
of the grandmothers of the com-
munity will be held at the home
of Mrs. H. Kyle, Andrew St.
under the auspices of Exeter
WI Tuesday afternoon.
Wednesday evening about 70
neighbors and friends met at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al-
fred Hicks to do honor to Mr.
and Mrs. Garnet Hicks, who
were recently married.
The Exeter School RedCross
unit Was formally organised,
President is Miss Margaret
Tape; vice-president, Miss Ha-
zel Woodall; secretary, Pat.
ricia Russell; treasurer, Jack
MoiSe.
SERVING CANADA'S' BEST FARMLAND
Mernberi C.W.N.A., d.C.N.R. and ABe
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PLIELISNIERS: J. M. Soothed% R. M. Southcott
EDITOR: William Batten
EARLY ORDERING
ADVISABLE
Published Etch Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ont.
Authorized ai Secend, Class Mail, Pest Office Dip'', Ottawa,
and for Payment of Postage in Cash
I wish to dispute certain
statements made by the editor
of this paper in an editorial
entitled, "Cut Their Own
Throats".
The editor stated, "It is be-
coming rather apparent that one
of the greatest hazards to the
future of the common labourer
is the labour union . . . La-
bour unions are forcing man-
agement into automation by
their excessive demands and
automation is quickly replacing
many employees every day
throughout the nation".
"There can be no doubt but
what unions have served a tre-
mendously important task in
our society but there can also
be no doubt but what they are
reaching a stage where they
are no longer necessary and in
fact are doing serious damage
in many instances".
Labour doesn't have to force
effective management into
adopting automated procedures
which will produce more ef-
ficiently and thus create greater
profits. When it becomes eco-
nomically profitable to auto-
mate any section of the pro-
duction line it is not manage-
ment's concern to worry about
what will happen to the men
who are replaced.
They will automate regard-
less of what labour does. Man-
agement is not primarily con-
cerned about the welfare of the
worker; it is primarily con-
cerned about profits.
To say that unions are no
longer necessary is to make an
absurd statement. They were
never more necessary than they
are right now.
Almost everyone sees ma-
chines replacing men. This in-
evitably means that more men
will be available than are need-
ed. Someone has to press for
fewer hours, longer vacations
and earlier retirement simply
to spread the available work
around.
So the U.A.W. is pressing
primarily for, and I quote,
artier retirement, higher
pensions, full costs of life, sick-
ness and accident insurande".
This is to assure that more
workers will be required. It is
to assure that workers will have
the purchasing power to buy the
goods produced by automation.
Machines don't buy the products
of automation— people do and
if they're to do so they must be
provided with the necessary
purchasing power to do so,
At the moment labour unions
and governments have a vitally
important task to perform,
They have to provide a "social
cushion" to ease the effect of
automation replacing men with
machines-rand it may well
mean having a fireman on a
diesel! He's better there than
on relief!
I comment on this issue be-
cause i believe this issue in-
volves a new understanding of
moral and Social responsibility.
So it is that Labour Minister
Macs ashen recently'told a con-
ference of industrial relations
experts that to Spread employ-
ment in an era of automation
legislation may be needed to
limit overtime, provide longer
annual vadationS, More statu-
tory holidays and earlier re-
tirement.
This is predisely What unions
are pushing fell
One Alberta professor of po.
Hildal science has gone so far
as to recommend a standard of
living alloWalice fern ever y
single family.
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Order imoltaxitate
10 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lov4
Were elected WorthYniatten and
Worthy patron of Exeter Chapter
OES.
Rebell Turnbull, chief phOte•
grapher at the London Free
Press, addressed Exeter Kinser
Men en preSS night Oetober 21
With the installation of a new
ftitna.ed in Trivitt Memorial
Church this week the pastor,
A. D. Knox, announced
that, ter the 'first time in 10
yearS, the church will remain
opeh during the Winter.
15 YEARS AGO
The $5,800 cottage won by
Jack Drysdale of Hensall at
the CNE arrived in Heiman
Friday night. The men from
the firm which donated the cot-
tage arrived to erect the build-
ing on the bowling green. Mr.
Drysdale donated it to the Hen-
sall Chamber of Commerce as
a community hallo
Rev. F. E. Clysdale of Thorn-
dale, a pastor of Main Street
United Church 25 years ago
preached anniversary services-
Sunday.
Mk. and MrS. 3. T. Allison
Of Thames Road ;Sunday ob.
served the 59th anniversary Of
their Wedding.
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