HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-04-07, Page 9One up-coming event in this commun-
ity which will be well worth the interest
of the adult population is the Mid-western
Ontario Science Fair, scheduled for the
Winghem District High School on Friday,
April 15th. Some 54 high schools in the
Western Ontario area have been invited to
participate and many of them will send
exhibits,
This will be the second time the fair
has been staged and it is expected that
this year's event will be even better then
last year's, since students from the dis
trict have had an opportunity to see what
sort of exhibits draw the most attention.
The fair is completely unique, in that
it is planned, organized, publicized and
produced by the students of the local
school. Their success is indicative of the
The announcement from Education
Minister William Davis that university
training will be required for future public
school teachers comes as no surprise. The
rapid changes in school curricula, which
have been made necessary by a rapidly
changing technological world, demand
that our children must have a better
brand of training right from their kinder-
garten days.
The change will not be affected over-
night, but rather will be a matter of ask-
ing higher educational standards from the
new teachers who seek employment in the
future. Nor will present teachers be re-
quired to go to university for re-training.
7o speak quite bluntly, public school
education in the province has left much
to he desired since the war created a
shortage of teachers which has never been
completely overcome.
We all know that for several years the
Ontario Labour Minister Rowntree
stirred up a storm of protest from union
people when he publicly stated his view
that any shortening of the present legal
work week would not be in the best in-
terests of our society. We agree with the
minister.
It would be a different matter if the
conditions of the nineteenth century still
existed, when an employee, even a child,
could be forced by a heartless boss to
V slave for 60, 70 or 80 hours a week.
Present-day law forbids working any em-
ployee longer than 48 hours in a week—
which makes only five 8-hour days.
The labour minister pointed out that
in the present economy and in view of the
existing shortage of labor it could be dis-
* estrous to shorten the working week.
We might add that already most em-
ployed persons are working far less than
the legal 48-hour limit and that one of
the most serious problems faced by the
working man is how he can employ the
great amount of leisure which the law
A few years back, when the first re-
ports of "flying saucers" began to cir-
culate, intelligent people simply dismissed
the whole subject as the product of some
persons' imagination. That was before we
were all so keenly aware of the potentiali-
ties of the electronic computer; before we
watched the first stages of man's planned
flight to the moon and beyond.
Today the concept of visitors from
some other planet doesn't seem nearly so
preposterous. If earthlings are getting
ready to travel to some other celestial
body, no matter how relatively close it
may be, we begin to realize that some
other creatures may be a few flights ahead
of us where space travel is concerned.
The rash of reports over the past few
weeks about unidentified flying objects
most certainly contains a high percentage
of hysteria and imagination, but there can
be little doubt that something strange is
afoot—or afloat, It would be impossible
to fool so many people so much of the
time.
Admittedly an acknowledgment from
official sources that something or some-
wave of interest which has engulfed so
many of our young people who know
that they are emerging into the nuclear
and space age.
To attend the fair and see the fantastic
array of displays which high school stu-
dents prepare for en event of this kind is
to gain a little broader insight into the
new world these youngsters are creating.
Already many of them have grasped the
basics of technologies which their fathers
and mothers never dreamed would exist
before World War II.
The Science Fair will be open to the
public from 3 to 6 p.m., and from 7 to
9:30 p.m. on April 15th. Just have a look
for yourself. The visit to the school will
be rewarding,
department had to ratify the use of teach-
ers who had no training in pedagogy
whatever. Thousands of high school stu-
dents, many with less than Grade XIII
standing, were permitted to teach for a
limited time without attending a teachers'
college. it was a matter of some kind of
teacher being better than no teacher at
all.
As a result, thousands of our children
received a poor grounding in the public
school subjects and consequently have
found secondary school a tough grind
from the beginning.
With a new emphasis on the import•
ante of determining each student's proper
bent as early as possible, it grows ever
more important that our elementary
schools be staffed with the highest pos-
sible grade of teachers so that later stages
of education may be accepted with maxi-
mum benefit.
compels him to accept.
Have you ever thought that the sharp-
est measure of a man's character is not
how well he does his regular job, but
rather how intelligently he uses the time
which is his own to do with as he wills?
In a community the size of ours we
don't see any particular ill results from
the five-day week, but the story is a bit
different in the large industrial centres.
A lot of this marvellous leisure time is far
from constructively employed.
Be all that as it may—and we must
permit man his freedom whether he
makes good use of it or not—the union's
continued wail for an easier life for its
members is becoming a little assinine, in
a day when the development of our na-
tion is so desperately dependent upon the
energy and hard work of its people.
How the Communist countries must
chuckle when they read of our never-end-
ing strikes and work stoppages! This is
the very spirit of selfish unrest they have
tried for 50 years to foment. Sometimes
we think they are winning,
one completely and utterly unknown is
prowling about could easily touch off a
mass panic, but the continuing silence in
official quarters is almost as dangerous,
Many sane and sensible people are
quite convinced that earth is under ob-
servation by visitors from space and most
of these folks point out that they see no
cause for alarm, for if invasion by force
was the intent, then it could have taken
place years ago, when the first UFOs were
sighted.
It is interesting to note that such re-
liable publications as Life Magazine, which
has spent millions to bare all the facts
about anything that ever happened on this
planet, still suggests no explanation. It
has published photographs of supposed
"saucers" and expresses no opinion what-
ever about the likelihood or improbability
of their origin on another celestial body.
One thing about all this. For once
there isn't one thing we can do about it,
There is no point in worrying about bomb
shelters or hoarding food. All we can do
is sit back and wait for an explanation—
whether it he earthly or otherwise.
Sign
Of Spring
Ah, Spring,
You glorious thing,
You make me want to sing
Of marriages
And baby carriages;
And make me want to laugh
At a new calf;
And make me yearn for a bout
With a trout;
And make me joy in squirrels;
And envy girls
Their poise
With boys
When the blood runs
And the sun suns,
And the fairways beckon
And the flowers reckon
It's time they put their dopey
heads
Out of the mangey flower beds,
Well, that's about enough of
that. Hope none of my students
read it, In my day, I've written
some pretty nasty pieces about
spring, but she's bounced back
every year. That bit of doggerel
may finish her off for good.
And what a pity that would
be. Winter puts the iron in our
souls. But the slanting yellow
rays of heat, the joyous chuckle
of freed water, the voluptuous
stench of rotten earth emerging
from the shrouds of death turn
that iron, by some magic, into
pure gold.
I can be as grouchy as a hat-
check girl about spring. But to-
day I wandered about the estate
and felt the tiny, glimmering
coal of my spirit fanned into
something approaching a blaze.
There was the picnic table,
bloody but unbowed, after six
months under the snow. There
was the barbecue outfit, in
three scattered pieces, succulent
beckoner to the charred red
steaks of July, There was the
lawnmowers, reminder of days
when you wear nothing but
shorts, sweat gloriously, and
stop for a beer every 15 min-
utes.
through the night of Easter Sat-
urday.
In Germanic areas like Aus-
tria and Bavaria, a festival
preceding Lent, called Fast-
nacht, is part of Easter prepa-
ration: nonsense plays, skits,
and masquerades are held, And
in America's own "Dutch"sec-
tions of Pennsylvania, some
housewives Fastnacht by cook-
ing doughnuts all day!
But why the worldwide hil-
arity? How can there be cause
for revelry, a feeling of
"glory" in so somber and sol-
emn a story as the suffering,
death, and resurrection of
Jesus?
Dr, Oswald Hoffman, of
radio's Lutheran Hour broad-
casts, finds the glory of Easter
in the fact that "One, just One,
made His own way to life
through death, He went the
way all of us have to go, into
the jaws of death. Coming
through, as only lie could,
Jesus Christ opened the door to
life, The triumphant Conquer-
Perhaps I should put them
away in the fall. But when the
ice age has left, and I go out
and see them there, it's like
meeting old friends. Rusty and
ravaged, but familiar and dear.
Signs of spring everywhere.
Sixty black squirrels, moved out
of my attic, seeking acorns they
missed last fall. Lady next door,
who has four little ones, hanging
out washing with a fifth immi.
nent.
Endless chant of kids skip-
ping. Moose bellow of impatient
steamers in the bay, waiting for
breakup. Fire sirens saluting
the annual epidemic of grass
fires.
Bitter lines around mouths
turning to smiles. Overcoats and
boots hurled into closets. Paint
pots broken out. Teen.agers
standing on corners, bunting
like young calves. Women's hats
— goofy, exotic, irreverent, aw-
ful. Old ladies tippy-toehig
about, first time out since No-
vember. Kids up to their ears in
triad.
Anglers and golfers bragging,
speculating about the great new
season. Housewives, coatless,
shouting nothings to neighbors.
Teachers cursing as they mark
Easter exams,
Perhaps you can, but I can't
imagine living in a country
where the cycle of the seasons
is almost unnoticeable. I like to
be where the action is. I like
spring to come like a shot of
adrenalin, not a lukewarm cup
of tea.
It is little wonder that myth
and legend, poetry and painting
and music, not to mention reli.
gion, celebrate the theme of re.
generation in the spring. If
there is such a thing as the in•
domitable spirit of man, which I
firmly believe, it would be im•
possible without spring.
Think of it. A year in which
or of death in king') fashion
flung the dour back upon its
hinges and then turned to the
whole world in gracious invita-
tion to follow llim through--
through death to Lit...-
This Faster message has
special rn.?aniro; for our tense
and an:dous Atomic Age, as it
has ''or every historic epoch.
Say., Dr. Hoffmann, -WI: live in
a perple \ed tNrld that has lost
its way, it ti.ill riot find its way
again until it finds the true way
That ‘N.:y is Christ, the only.
Way, lie adds that faith in
Christ "does not sweep the
taunt of death under the rug; it
is on the .oad that passes tiirouen
death to life."
As if in ofi'irmation, sounds
ot joy aid merriment ring out
around the world, German-
speahing peoples actually tell
each ether special li.:ster stor-
ies (Osten-nal-ellen) designed to
produce laughter. A wore vig -
orous demonstration of the be-
lief that Eister is the season of
renewed health and hope is in
the widespread European cus-
tom or "Easter smacks". Men
and women exchange good-na-
tured blows to keep each other
young and healthy, and to as-
sure good luck for the year.
In Spain the affirmation of
Easter is expressed in a riot of
spring flowers decorating altars
and church facades. This floral
celebration is expressed in the
Spanish term for Easter, pascua
de notes (Easter of flowers).
Everywhere, children hunt
for brightly colored Easter eggs
symbols of birth and regenera-
tion. But for Christians, the
hopes and prayers for rebirth
are captured in the simple yet
dramatic message, "Ile is
risen!"
the days did not lengthen, the
sun did not warm, the green did
not appear, the soul did not ex.
pand. We would be lining up at
the ends of docks, clambering
for six-shooters, and packing the
subway stations for hurling-un-
,der-trains-purposes, by the first
of June.
—Miss Penny Gerrie of New
York spent the week-end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Har-
ry Gerrie.
SECOND SECTION
REMINISCING
MARCH 1917
Word has been received that
Rev. J. J. Hastie, a former pas-
tor of Knox Church, Belgrave,
and Calvin Church, Fast \\law .,
anosh, and for the past 7 years
at Ladner, E.C. has resigned
his charge and with Mrs, Hastie
expects to leave B.C. for Sid-
ney, Australia, sometime in
April.
MARCH 1931
Among the many letters
which Mr. and Mrs. John T.
Currie, East Wawanosii, receiv-
ed congratulating them on
reaching the fiftieth anniver-
sary of their wedding, was one
from G. A, Reid, artist, of
Toronto, He also sent reproduc-
tions of his famous painting,
The Coming of the White Marl;
also mural decorations which he
painted on the auditorium of
Jarvis St. Collegiate institute
and other historic scenes. The
farm on which Mr, Currie re-
sides is the boyhood home of
this famous artist.
MARCH 7941
Donald Martin and Eugene
l:eiswater, Whitechurch, made
an enforced stay in Kincardine
last week-end. When they
..'ouldn't get home with their
car, on account of blocked
roads, they tried the train, and
when it got blocked, they stay-
ed all night at a faun house,
Miss Leah Robertson, Reg, N.
of the Sick Children's Hospital,
Toronto, is visiting with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex.
Robertson.
Mr. and Mrs. 5, B. Morrison
received word from their son,
Tom Morrison, who left as a
mechanic for England some
months ago, that he was in hos-
pital there, suffering from a
wound in his leg.
Mr. I.R.M. Spittal, whohas
been a sergeant in the 99th Bat-
tery, has been commissioned a
second lieutenant. He was in
London over the week-end at-
tending examinations.
MARCH 1952
The Kinsmen of Wingham
have announced the club mem-
bers who have a 1000/0 attend-
ance record. Congratulations
to the following perfect at-
tenders: Calvin Burke, Bob
Clark, Len Crawford, Bud
Cruickshank, 1.1,tyd Ellacott,
Jack Gorbutt, Ceorge Shaw,
Jack Walker, George Guest,
Ross Hamilton, Ken Johnson,
Charlie Lee, Vic Loughlean,
Andy Scott, Ross Vogan and Al-
an Williams.
Miss Marianne Doig, Ford-
wich, was winner of the first
award in the essay competition
in the Listowel High School.
New Standards for Elementary Teachers
Well Worth Your Interest
The Minister is Right
Age of The Unseen
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"He Is risen"'
These worth, eeiad in St,
Mark Rani, are arriatuted to
the angel of tie, lenal, speaking
to the two Mena ee the first
Easter Moan:it:. :it:.... year, 8'70
million Christians v. iii repeat
the phrase—in neig, sermon,
and prayer-4 rtc.:): celebrate
the glory of Faster.
In Jerusalem, swift runners
will light torches from a holy
fire, bear then: back to kindle
the torches of the taithful,
Many Gerrnaus will hold aloft
buckets of Osterwasser, (Easter
water) believed to have cura-
tive powers. .a parts of the
British Isles, serne people may
rise early on Easter Sunday to
see the sun dance—and certain
citizens of the American South
will listen for the sun to shout!
Almost everywhere around
the world Easter Sunday is wel-
comed with neencing, singing,
and the ringing of church bells,
Mexicans literally "dance in"
the Easter morn--streets are
jammed with colorfully cos-
tumed performers dancing all
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