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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1972-01-05, Page 410% OFF Rflyr OVER THE FOOT SNOWBOOTS and NEW SPRING SHOES We Specialize in Large Sizes and Narrow and Wide Widths. SHOE SALE BUY ONE PAIR OF SHOES AT REGULAR PRICE -- GET AN EXTRA PAIR FOR ONE DOLLAR. Includes Men's—Women's—Bors' and Children's Shoes Don Keast Quality Footwear 53 Main Street, Seafortli REGISTER NOW THE CONESTOGA COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY The HURON CENTRE invites immediate registration for the courses listed below. Courses will begin JANUARY 10, 1972 at Central Huron Secondary School, CMITON, 4 p.m. to 10 P.m. The equivalent of grades 7 and Et: Stiidies include basic English, Mathematics, and science, The equivalent of grades -9 and 10, Studies include intermediate English, mathematics, and science. COMMERCIAL CLERICAL Studies include commercial English, mathematics, bookkeeping, and typing. Applicants must have Grade 8. COMMERCIAL REFRESHER Studies include commercial English, typing and shorthand Applicants must have Comthercial experience. COMMERCIAL STENOGRAPHIC Studies include office machines, typing, office practice, shorthand, and bookkeeping. Applicants must have Grade 70. FOR REGISTRATION OR FURTHER INFORMATION ON FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME STUDY CALL 527-1090 Want Ads Bring Quick Results--Try One B.T.S.1), I B.T.S.D. II BERG Sales — Service Installation FREE ESTIMATES • Barn Cleaners • Bunk Feeders • Stabling Donald G. Ives ..„_ R.R.2, Myth Phone Brussels 80.9014 ►s CONESTOGA LAUNCHES. PROJECT in HURON (By Keith. Fieulaion) Alter an eNhaustiVe survey of education needs in HUrOriCcaintYt Conestoga College's Huron Centre will launch MI scale educattonal programs next. Month. In advertisements appearing in Huron County weekly news- papers this week the college invites applications for four courses which will enable county residents to upgrade their edu- cational credentials and qualify tar training for better jobs. "We know now what is pro- duced in Huron, by who mphat skills are necessary and what the problems of industries are," Ross Milton, director of Huron Centre said Tuesday while dis- cussing the information gained from the survey. The survey took place in the county over the past year and a half and included brochures sent to county industries and personal visits to plants. Some - of the findings of the survey, Mr. Milton said were shocking., "We find people getting along on next to no education at all and the waste in some cases is terrific, "We find people in small industries envious of each other and not wanting to talk over common problems with each other even though they are not in competition. "we find totally illiterate people either too proud or too scared to attend an institution of learning. "We find people who have made their way up the ladder of success with very little edu- cation, yet they do not wish to attend college for fear of expos- ing some mythical ignorance in that they lack mere paper cert- ification." Mr. Milton emphasized that education isn't necessarily tied to the number of years of school attended, that many persons have gained a wide knowledge through doing things, absorbing know- ledge and discovering better ways to do things., A person who runs a. grocery store, he said for example, might continue to learn more about mathematics through dealing with figures and about science by studying the compo- sition of foods he sold. Those who want to verify just how far they have come on their own, he said, can perhaps find out through one of the tests offered by the college. Many people with only grade eight edu- cation oan pass grade I1 or 12 tests. Huron Centre, he said, in- vites applications from students of all ages. plans are being laid for a course this summer for the 16-19 age bracket on the art of living. Adult students are thought of as persons between 19 and 69 and probably education is more meaningful for this group be- cause they can see their goal while for younger students edu- catiOn is just a chore that has to be undergone. "We know," he said, "that some people mature early and others retain their learning abil- ity beyond this span and we mist_ stand prepared to adjust our education process to all ages." Educational authorities, he said, know that the average adult who is Moved to seek more edUcation is much faster at learning things than a regular, run-of-the-mill student Who went to School merely to keep his parents happy. gliVe would expect that an adult student would master the equivalent of a grade nine and ten education in a Mere 32 weeks,'; Mr. Milton said ; and this, in fact, Is the length of the college's course. "At the time when many of Our middle-aged citizens atten- ded School, they went, about as far as they could 0 of thought they should go," he said. "If they were a rural dwel er, chan ces are they were interested in agriculture and acquired 80 Per cent of their education frOin learntng by doing, right on the farm. Formal, education was only to, bridge the gap of communi- cation through reading and writ- ing; mathematics, so they could, figure things, and a WO science SP they understood more about the But the age of technology has passed many by, he said. Farms have expensive, high powered machinery and a farm of 3Q0 acres or more is really a small industry. The age of the com- puter has made a program of business and finance a must for farmers unless they are stIQ- cessful enough to hire such a service. Mr. Milton said a provincial survey showed that people in rural areas seem to have dif- ficulty relating to the full spec- trum of education. Young people thinking of career possibilities can relate to such professionals as doctors, nurses and even law- yers but not to fields such as business management or fashion design. This could be because of the scarcity of professional people in these fields at the local level he said. With this knowledge in mind, he said, Huron Centre plans to make a modest start with pro- grams it feels stand a chance of success. Programs will start in Central Huron Secondary School and move to the College's new building at the former Can- adian Forces Base, Clinton sometime in March. The building has been pur- chased but the college will not acquire title until March 1 and the building must be renovated to meet fire regulations before the college can begin to oper- ate. Mr. Milton said he had been assured by the college engineer that the alterations would take only about two weeks and cost about $6500. Besides the courses now of- fered, the Huron Centre would Like to offer more courses in business management and en- couraged county residents to watch their newspaper for fur- ther information on such cour-, ses. Management development courses deal with four basic areas: management of human resources, management of mat- erial resources, management of financial resources and manage- ment of marketing. There are ten courses offered in each of these areas. Successful completion of each course brings a credit and one credit from each of the four areas plus two additional credits will qualify the student for a government certificate of man- agement which Is recognized across Canada. A, course on farm business and taxation is planned for Feb- ruary in time to help farmers with tax return problems. Mr. Milton said he would like to get more people to write in to Huron Centre telling what they would like the centre to offer. 4-i-1HE BRUSSELS Post, JAN. S, i972