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Government fundin;
potential disaster
Whether they knew it or not, the provincial govern-,
ment opened up a hoinei's nest when they tackled the
. subject of full funding for Roman Catholic schools from
Grade 11 through ,Grade.13.
•
Throughout • the election, thecand'id'ates effectively
failed to address the issue for fear of reprisals during the
campaign. As it turned out, the issue snowballed after
Lewis S. Garnsworthy,' an Anglican. Bishop in Toronto,
who at a press conference compared Bill Davis' handling
of the whole full funding affair to the way Hitler handled
the abolition of Catholiceducation in Nazi Germany.
Now, the government finds itself in a no win situation.
With the consent for full funding by Bill Davis, it has
resulted in some . bitterness from 'the Christian
perspective which: culminated in Garnsworthy's rather
' unfortunate comparisons.
A :particularly lucid arguenient' was put forth in an
article by Toronto Star religious columnist. Tom Harpur
concerning the full funding of Catholic schools.
Harpur's arguement and the crux of Garnsworthy's •
displeasure is the fact that Anglicans and Protestants are
forced to send their children to private schools 'or send
them to, public schools which are, for all intents and
. purposes, devoid of religious teachings while the Roman
Catholic schools receive hill state support.
He went on to say it's not a question of bigotry, but the
majority of voters in the last election thought it was more
a question of fair play and the failure on the part of .the
government to have an open debate on this sensitive
issue. Moreover, the government has somehow over-
looked that'Protestants and Anglicans care as deeply as
Catholics about the type of religious training their
children are receiving in the school systems.
Hesays, from his prospective, that ideally the children
of all •faiths would be better educated and more tolerant
of others if they were all in the same school system since
most faiths hold similar views , at the core of their
. religion. He also states that temples, synagogues,
churches and other houses of worship should be the place
where religion is bestowed .upon their children arid not
the schools. Since we can't .turn the back the clock, other
fortes of compromise must be found.
In the future, the government must not ignore this
issue, but put forth a diligent effort to make sure the,
issue doesn't get out of hand. The only reasonable
solution to this question at present is to give full public
funding to all faiths alike. It may be a costly proposition
but it seems the only right thing to do. A. R
;kippin' along
Photos by Alan Rivett)
Brenda Van Osch deft) and Cara Stright put a little razzle-dazzle into their skipping by trading places during St. Joseph's
Community School's skip-a-thon Thursday. Thirty-eight students skipped in teams for two hours and raised nearly 81,200
for the Heart Fund. • (Phiito by Alan Rivett)
Spring came to the Caledon Hills like a
beautiful young woman embarking upon,
her very first love affair. She was timid and
shy- 'not at all certain that the time was
right for her debut. She made brief passes
at the rolling land as if to tantalize the
earthwith the promise of a short but all
fulfilling life cycle of abundant fertility.
Then suddenly, in complete abandon, she
cast away the last flimsy garment of winter
and caressed the • land with maximum
warmth . and affection.
There is nothing more essential to any
country than its agricultural potential. By
the sweat of the farmer's WOW do we
indeed eat bread. With each single furrow
cut behind a team of horses or oxen, the
hardy people of Redtrees layed the
foundation for another year of survival. It
was a slow, tiring process' from dawn till
dusk, the ploughman stopping only briefly
to take food or to wrestle some stone from
the earth and carry it to the fenceline. And
supporting each man's dedication to the
land was a woman, in her own way,
contributing perhaps more to that struggle
for survival than the man himself.
The animals too felt the restless urge of
spring: Young cattle, suddenly released
from their long winter's imprisonment,
frolicked in a dance of freedom' on a carpet
of fresh green grass. A host of . gaily
coloured birds flittered amongst the
maples anti around the MacCrimmon barn;
a new crop of lambs called plaintively to
their dams or silently wiggled their tails as
they took nourishment from swollen
udders.
Redtrees became fully industrious. The
lumber mill resumed its productivity, and
work began on the excavation for the
basement of the new community hall. 'But
nothing was more important than prepar-
ing
repareing the land for seeding. As the Reverend
Duncan MacLeod said: "Give thanks to
God for His promised springtime as ye go
forth to seed the land He has bequeathed
to • us "
Ian Jamieson prepared to make a
journey to Toronto to hire stonemasons for.
the work on the community hall. He
decided to take a wagon so that he could
also collect supplies whilst he was there.
l� Chippy Chisholm was anxious to go with
him. No doubt keen to escape from his wife
for a few days. ' • /
"I dinna ken why we want tae be
ruhnin' off tae Toronto wi' Captain
Jamieson. I'm , quite sure he'll no be
needin' ye tae hold his hand," Elizabeth
told Chippy. "Ye've got mare than enough
work here , tae keep ye. out of mischief."
"Och, I'll only be awe frae a few days;
Lizzie. It will be, good frae me tae see
Toronto again."
When she saw the nostalgic glint in
Chippy's eyes she knew only too well what
attracted her husband to Toronto.
• "Ye and Captain Jamieson are birds of a
feather," she said spitefully. "Ye can
never foget ye sailin' days - and the wicked
times ye had when there was nobody tae
keep an eye on ye. When ye get another
look o' them ships, it wouldna surprise me
if we never see either one o'ye again!"
"Dinna fash yeses, Lizzie," Chippy said
with a crafty sr lie. "I'm too old tae be
climbin' the riggin' and as free them
wicked times ; I'll never be young enough
tae see them again."
So Chippy gathered a few things
REDTREES
by Don Campbell
together to put into his old seaman's bag
and Lizzie baked fresh bread and scones to
sustain him on his journey. They walked
together up to the General Store where the
Jamiesons were checking over their list of
supplies' which Ian would purchase in
Toronto. 0
It was almost noon before the wagon and
team Was ready to leave on the journey. It
brought a tear to Lizzie's eye when Chippy
took his old clay pipe out of his mouth and
kissed her on the cheek. •
"Ye're a braw woman," Chippy said.
"A wee bit cantakerous at times, but a
brew woman frae a' that."
Lizzie pushed him away in feined
embarrassment.
"And ye are a silly old man, Chippy
Chisholm. I am a fool, tae Worry about ye -
but I canna think what I would do .wi'out
yel„
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