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Formal preparation at the ab.M, level or eibove detitable; A strong background in accounting prOCedtieet it essential. , A complete resume including eau-Cation; experiente and referencet thaiiici be tub, miffed in Writing On Or before JUly 211478. to Mrs. J. Berry Chairrnah; ROCircl of Governors 46 Cambrla Road North, OOderieh, °Marla. 16 — THE BRUSSELS POST, JUNE 21, 1978 Books debated in an emotional atmosphere ax (Continued from Page 1) her children learned at home, Ms. Callwood said ^ parents can't trust bopks to teach children but have to do that teaching themselves. She said books will help the children become aware of human realities but the affect of the material will be based on the moral values instilled in the children by their parents. She said one saving grace about using the novels in question in a classroom atmosphere is that parents have an opportunity to talk with their children about the books before .they leave home. "When they walk out the door they'll be good friends if you're lucky but you'll have -very little opportunity to offer them guidance through life' once they leave home," she said. I can Decide David St. can,- 'a Grade 13. student • of Goderich, District Collegiate Institute, said he felt a double standard was being applied by people wanting the books removed from classrooms. He said he is considered an adult legally 'and is old enough to decide if he wants to drink and how he wants to vote "yet people tell me what I can read and what I can't read". Mr. St. Jean said he can't make up his mind about the novels unless he has the material in question 'presented to him, something that will be impossible ifthe books are removed from the classrooms. "Why can't you trust me to make up my own mind?" he asked.. Another student said if students are old enough to fight for their country they are ''mature enough to handle mature literature''. Colin Lowndes, an English teacher from. South Huron. Secondary School in Exeter, acted as moderator for the debate and pointed out to some angry parents that the students teachers see in classrooms are not made by teachers but j are products of . society. He said the material used in classrooms is not held up as models for students but used as examples of society. He said students are taught to use "sound judgment" in confronting the social issues. Students are taught about Adolf Hitler in history class but teachers don't ask students to go Out and emmulate Hitler, he said. Minnie Noakes of Hensall, who at 60 is a student in Exeter South Huron Secondary School said she had read all the "so called dirty books". She said she rese rated watching television and seeing sex in toothpaste advertisements. She said she res 'ented ads where women are told they can send a picture of themselves to a gynecologist and never have to show tip for an examination. "I love young people more than people my age," she said. "At least they're honest" She pointed °a to parents that if children are "not taught the facts of life by the time they reach high school then it is you that have failed as patents, not the children". Listen to Your Hearts Elmer Umbach, a pharmacist fit nn Lticknow, said he had been listening to comments throughout the meeting and felt people on both sides were "very sincere in their beliefs". He said he felt the people that' were speaking on the subject were speaking from their hearts. and was concerned that the audience wasn't listbning. He asked the meeting to cairn down and listen to the beat of their hearts before they spoke and listen to the hearts of others. He held .a Bible aloft and, challenged anyone to refute its teachings claiming no one in history had been able to prove the Bible wronp, Umbach asked-the crowd's indulgence while. he lead them .in prayer and after a brief devotion began to strain the crowd's patience. "I'm - • going to lose my babysitter • in five- minutes. Sit down and let someone else speak," one man shouted. Not that easy A young student told Mr. Lowndes, who earlier had said th'atl it' a.. ,student or parent • objected to a textbook used in a classroom they can be exempt from reading the book and be, given' an alternative, said it Wasn't as easy as that. She said she felt schools should offer students alternative lists to allow them to choose their own books. She added that the list of books should be accompanied by a review of sonic sort that outlined what subject the book dealt with. She said that at least movies "had die decency" to let viewers know what they'll sec and books should let readers know what they will be reading. Another student said it wasn't `as easy to refuse to read a book as Mr. Lowndes described. She said she read the books and would like to say she found then very educational. But, she said she didn't think one of the. books suppOrted good Christian morals and really didn't give a realistic view of society. She said she didn't think 100 percent of society was "promiscuous,' The student said it Was very hard to refuse to read a book in class. She said the student niay not get any flack from the teacher but peer pressure made the student's choice a very difficult one. Set an example One parent who said he was horrified by the material in the excerpts said he didn't feel teachers could use the books and be examples of good teachers. The man said a good teacher shows students hoiv to live decent, honest lives adding that if society continues the way it is parents may have"many "terrible- surprises coming soon". He said teachers were not setting a gobd example "letting children 16 read material like this". June Callwood said she had been very attentive throughout the debate and had watched facial expressions in the audience. She said. when someone is speaking half the audience is "glowering" and half is "smiling and nodding their heads". She said the people in the audience didn't have to agree with what someone was saying but should have the respect to listen to another point of view. One young student'. began crying at the microphone as she described her thoughts on the evening. She said she loved her parents and respected them very much but felt there was a severe problem evidenced by the tone of the meeting. She said many parents wanted the books off the book list but pointed out that they are not listening to comments supporting the books. . She said she did not feel "filthy language or sexual acts corrupted people" but were examples of life. - She said. the issue of the books was not the fault of the novels but the fault of the parents. and students because of a "generation sap". Another student said parents wanting the books taken off lists may be "surprised and disap- pointed" when they discovered that students don't sit in classrooms and "grovel over obscenities". She said the .books are read and discussed in classrooms both for the literary value and grainthar. 8 Year Old "If parents have a bone to pick they should do it with the teacher and go to the school and find. out what's really happening instead of doing it here in an atmosphere of hostility,'' She said the manner used to pick obscene excerpts from the novels appeared to be "on no more mature a level than an eight year old picking.. up a copy of Playboy for the pict :ures". Intolerance Distressing A young woman who said she was a former teacher said she was more distressed by the apparent intoleranee of the audience than bythe material in the books. .She said she had read the excerpts and felt that she wouldn't want her children to be subjected to that material but was willing to keep an open mind and investigate the issue. She said she is in the middle of the 'issue and came to the meeting to hear viewpoints from both sides. 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