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WOrking conditiona 'are a major cause of
Stress for teachers said Morgenson. Teach-
ers interact with children and young adoles-
Cents and interpersonal respinisibilities
create More stress than responsibility for.
things. Low self-esteem, low job satisfaction
and low job prestige are also contributing to •
the' stress caused by working:conditions.
Psychologists expect the burn out rate
among , teachers to double in the next 10
years because of the high level of stress, in
their profession, according to Dr. Donald
Morgenson, professor of psychology at -
Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloe;
Dr. Morgenson made remarks-uring a
lecture session dealing with stress at the
Huron--C ounty_tea che.ii!,41refemienal _sky
elopment day conference held at. F.
Madill Secondary School on. Monday. Some
200 teachers from north central 'Huron's
elementary sChools and Central,. Huron
Secondary and P, Madill Secondary
attended the'lla.y long. session;
Arnie McCallutri, English Co-ordinator for
the Windsor Board of Education discussed
Super X; a reading program, and language
development for primary levels and Langu-
age. Across the. curricoldm for junior levels
through high • school in the Morning.
Teachers participated in grade leyel: meet-
ings during the morning session a's well.
A 'basketball workshop presented by three
of the connty's high school teachers . was
offered during the afternoon session as well
as Dr. Morgenson's leetures on stress.
This marked the first - time county
elementary and secondary teachers have at-
tended the same professional 'develoPment
day sessions. Di, Morgenson observed 'that
he felt this co-operation between leachers at
the two levels Was a good thing.
Dr. Morgenson told •the teachers he is
disturbed at the high rate 'of teacher burn
out. He said stress is fashibnable;theSe days;
"It's trendy," he commented.
Chronic stress and strain have beceme so
common in today's. society he observed, .that
'there are many ways people use .to cope with
the stress in their daily lives. There are all
Idwis, of pills in the medicine cabinet,' there
are the martinis after work and some .people:
,ge to the driving range to, club a few balls.
`79 find'the rightkind of strees and the
right duration takes experience," said Dr.
Morgenson.
He 4eseribed stress in today's lifestyle as
being the non-specific response of the body
to any demands made on it, Be.noted that
joyful and 'tragic eaperiences have little
difference in psychic costs, Stress• cannot, be
avoided, 'he said, and stress must be defined,
subjectively": which leads to its effects
physically and pyschologically. ,
Dr. Morgenson teld,the conference, stress
rs siich a problem-76Vanselifotlein,PMeietr
has lost many of the Support systems 'which
were strong coMponents of society a: genet,'
ation ago. He referred to religion, tradition
of work, customs and craftsiflanship as some
of these support systeMs.
Dr. Morgenson said the erasion of these
consolations and. supports leaves people in
today's society more lonely and estranged.
He explained that people were less lonely
when they lived miles apart and ,only came
.together for corn husking bees and hoe-
downs:
"Stress is felt more acutely today,".
obierved Dr, Morgenson, and it is derived
trot' conflict situations. As well, as' the
conflict which is created by working for
someone who creates stress, the paradoxes,
in today's society also create' stress..
People become angry and enraged' but are
told• to be calm arid collected. Dr. IvIergenson
cited examples of the paradoxes in the'
teaching 'profession saying teaching is a
value laden profession licit the values•taught
in the classroom are repudiated outside. the
classroom door.
"Teachers live with paradoxes written on
their boards and under their desks," stated'
Dr. .Morgenson,
than we spend on.all children's needs in this
provitiee* •
He obsetNed that 'one of the greatest
' : paradoxes in our seciety is, that we spend
More money on gas, cigarettes and alcohol
Lloyd Ackert,, Bruce County board of
education trustee, told the Kinloss rate-
payers' meeting October 22, hefeels obliged
to run again this time because the exper
ienced trustees will haye to, pick up the
pieces once the current teachers' strike
comes to an end.
Acked told the Kinloss ratepayers the
board is losing several excellent trustees
who have decided not to run for re-election
to another two year term. Following the
strike said Ackert, there will be so much' to
be done by "those who' know the ropes".
Ackert who represents the townships of
e
Culross and Kinloss and the villages of
Teeswater Wand Lucknow, has served as ,
board chairman during his stint on the board
and during the last term he worked to
establish the board's values and morals
education program.
Be has also served on the finance
committee, and commented the board has a
"devil of a time controlling, costs".
He said there are three factors affecting
the escalating costs of education in Bruce
County; inflation, declining enrollnient and
the Ontario government's grant structure .
Turn to page 20
on Board
ate stress
1972, the agriculture minister said, the
askatehewan legislature established ,
Gordon MaeMurehy, Saskatchewan Min: iPecill cominitteeto- study the ownership of
ister of Agriculture, told Huron Federation • farmland in the province, with members
of Agrieulture members at 'their annual from both sides of the, assembly. Their role
meeting when it' comes toabsent ee, ownei=-----wastcrinvestigate4lle-effectsoftliepurcha
. ship of farmland, "You've got to tackle it, and ownership of agricultural land by
non-resident foreign and corporate owners.
HY ALICE GIBB
and tackle it by law."
Theminister, who was invited to tell local
federation members how Saskatchewan
handled 'non-resident ownership of farin-
land, said now "Saskatchewan land-in fact
stays in the hands of Saskatchewan people."
MacMurchy said in 1971, when the New
Democratic Party formed the government in
the province, there was growing concern in
southern Saskatchewan about the takeover
of land by interests from south of the border.
He said at the end of the 1960s, his province
was coming out of "a real depression" -
markets were poor, young people' weren't
going into farming, and land in the province
was relatively cheap.
"Speculators were quick to exploit the
situation," he added,
Restrict Ownership
In 1973, *when the committee reported
their findings, the agriculture minister said
"they said we should restrict ownership of
Saskatchewan land to, family farm operations
and co-eperatives."
The result was the Saskatchewan Farm
Ownership Act, which restricted non-resid-
ent buyers to owning a maximum of $15,000
value assessed land, and .limited non-agri:
cultural corporations to the purchase of one-
quarter section of land. A' three-man Farm
Ownership Board was also set up to
administer the act.
In order to protect retiring farmers, Mr.
Turn to page 41.
Run o r deputy-reeve
nWest Wawanosh
West Wawanosh ToWnship will have an
election November 10 to fill the position of
deputy-reeve but all other council seats have
been acclaimed.
Joseph Hickey 'who has some 10 years
experience on council is running against
Harry Handley who has no previous exper-
ience for the position of deputy-reeve,.
Wayne Durnin was nominated to fill the
vacancy left on council when Hickey decided
to run fore deputy-reeve and incumbent
'councillors Marybelle Cranston and Carl
Seeger 'will sit again. Reeve J. D. Durnin
was acclaimed.
Marian Zinn was acclaimed as trustee to
the Huron County Board of Education us the
township representative.
In the village of Auhurn, four people are
running for trustee and three trustees are
required, Warner-Andrews, John Harrison,
Gordon Powell and Jim Schneider are
nominated.
In Lucknow, Reeve George Joynt was
acclaimed and incumbent councillors, Ab'
Murray, Russell Whiteby and Eldon Mann
will be joined by Herb Clark who replaces
Tom Andrew who stepped down. All were
acclaimed.
There will be an election in Lucknow to
decide who will sit as trustee on the Bruce
County Board of Education., Incumbent
Lloyd Ackert .is being challenged by Alma
Conn-Armstrong of Cultoss Township. The
trustee will represent Culross and Kinloss
Townships and the villages of Teeswater,
and Lucknow.
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Gordon MacMturchy, Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture, told Huron County Federation
of Agriculture members) they must tackle the Wine of absentee foreign ownership of
farmland in the province "by law". ht a speech at the federation's annual meeting, Mr.
MacMurchy outlined the steps his government . followed in legislating against non.
resident ownership of more than 10 acres of land in the province. [Photo by GIbb]