Clinton News-Record, 1978-06-22, Page 13Education director asks for
BY JEFF SEDDON
The Huron County Board of
Educatiion will be asked to consider a
policy at its August meeting that should
prevent further controversy about
books used in high school classrooms.
John Cochrane, director of
education, asked the board's school
programs committee Monday night to
permit teachers, principals and senior
education administrators to prepare a
policy statement for the board to
outline procedure. for choosing and
defending what material is to be used
in classrooms.
The school programs committee was
asked by the board to investigd^te the
use of three novels in English literature
courses in county high schools. The
three novels --Catcher in the Rye by
J.D. Salinger, The Diviners by
Margaret Laurence and Of Mice and
Men by John Steinbeck were con-
demned recently by a number of in-
terest groups in the county that felt the
novels contained "objectionable
material" that was considered ob-
scene.
The dirty book issue has been a thorn
in the board's side for the past few
years but this year's effort to have the
three novels banned has been the most
fervent. Cochrane rold the committee
the issue should.be dealt with once and
for all and the board have some sort of
policy to cover any,uture issues.
Cochrane said he had sent letters to
the province's 60 boards of education to
try to find out how others are handling
ak the situation. He said he received 50
lipreplies to his letter and received a
wealth of material ranging from
suggestions to policies passed by
boards.
The director told the committee that
of the 50 boards that replied half had
the Diviners (considered by the
plaintifs, to be the worst of the three
novels) on their list of approved books
and 80 percent usid the other two
novels. He said the bgprds appeared to
have an approved list of books from
which teachers choose having those
choices accepted by their board of
education.
Cochrane said the dirty book issue
had caused the county enough em-
barassment pointing out that the board
had received calls from newspapers in
Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver and
that the issue had apparently become a
national one.
The director suggested that the
policy the board adopts set up a
procedure to be followed when a
ratepayer has a complaint about a book
or some other classroom material.
He said the teachers and school
department heads request the material
for use and it should be them, not
necessarily the politicians, that defend
the choice.
He said teachers are trained•to make
those choices and shouldn't have their
choices questioned so freely. He said
the procedure would start with the
teacher and move up the ad-
ministrative ladder until the plaintif is
satisfied.
Cochrane said teachers in the county
were upset with the number of people
questioning their work. He said what
The readers write.....
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high school age. To date, there has
been insufficient research into .. the
effects of such longterm over-
stimulation. During his adolescence,
this same child needs and demands the
sensible and dispassionate leadership
of his teachers to help him come to an
understanding of sex and violence that
is acceptable to the values of his family
and society at large.
English teachers have a duty to
taxpayers to choose those texts that,
according to their subject matter and
literary calibre, will most suitably
foster class discussions geared towards
the reinforcement of sensible attitudes
to the complexities of life. In the '70's
this means that there must be room, in
senior grades at least, for books of a
more explicit nature, if only to help
young people build up defenses against
the violent sexual bombardment of the
mass media.
No teacher is fool enough to titillate
his students by placing undue stress on
those passages deemed unsavoury
within a text that is under discussion.
Students are free, at all times, to ab-
sent themselves from the study of
books they find offensive.
It is interesting to note that these
same students, who must remain the
prime consideration in this matter,
have opted, parents, Trustees, and
concerned citizens aside, to support the
mandate of their teachers to use sound
judgment and educational expertise in
the choice of those books that will be
taught by them.
Yours truly,
Rebecca L. Howse,
London.
These beauties eagerly posed recently for the camera during their modelling
display for passing cars, two miles west of Clinton. The models were, left to
right, Lisa Depuetter, Christine Cauldwell, Margaret Heipel, Shana Hutchings
and Shelly Hutchings. (photo by Steve Cooke.)
by Jantzen and South Reef
And our wide selection
of Cool & Casual
Angela Ellen Flynn,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Theo Flynn, R R 1 Clinton
graduated from Lambton
College on Friday, June 9
from the two year, early
childhood education
course.
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ultimately has to happen is the board
says one way or another whether it has
confidence in its teachers.
Dorothy Wallace, trustee from
Goderich and chairman of the school
programs committee, agreed with
Cochrane claiming if she were a
teacher she would be "more inclined to
go on strike if my board adopted that
attitude than I would for a few dollars."
of study are math and
English. She is also
studying Grade 1 piano at
present and has held
almost every office in the
Taylors Corner 4-H club
Flames were visible for miles around early last
Saturday morning when the Clinton Livestock Sales
barn burned to the ground. Fire raced through the
structure so fast, that the building was completely
gutted within 30 minutes. (News -Record photo)
OUR
28TH
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of which she is a member.
She is on her 13th out of 18
clubs. Through these
clubs, she has come to
enjoy embroidery,
quilting and cooking.
Other summers Karen
has had jobs babysitting
and last summer she
worked on her brother-in-
law's farm near Auburn
under the hire -a -student
program. She helped with
everything from haying
to milking cows.
Karen is not worried
about earning any money
this summer. The ex-
perience will be valuable
enough!
Smile
Formula fcr nostalgia:
the good old days
multiplied by a bad
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