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Last.week the Huron County Board
ttueation'grup lied with a problem
Which is -indeed difficult of solution. It
vas a question of morals—and they
• were in deep water—fai; deeper, we
would suggest, than they. were willing
to concede.
`l'`he vice chairr'ran of the board took w
exception to certai •passages in. a
book which had been selected by a
teacher as suitable for .English, study.
The. vice chairman's on had been
asked to-read.s+et rrt r r h l }
whichcontained words he felt
'embarrassed to use before the class.
Aceordi•ng to the story The Advance -
Times received from' its _reporter at
the meeting, the boy had to be asked
three times before he felt obliged to
read the passage.
We have rto knowledge about the
actual words'which made the youth
hesitate, nor are they of particular
significance, except for the fact that in
his opinion they transgressed a moral
standard which was apparently a part
of•hts family background.
Hundredsof courts in the Western
World hive attempted to deal with the
'specifics of morality during the past
20 years, and, to say the least, the
,decisions have been anything but
consistent. All of which paints to 'the
fact that moral values do not, ' and
should not, conform to a prescribed
pattern. According to the centuries-
old taboos of some African tribes it is
a gross sin to eat with the left hand, but
it is commendable that a girl baby
Should be left to exposure.and,death on
a barren, hillside. Moslems" would
never even thin k,,,pf walking into a
place of worship before removing
their street shoes but they find nothing.
wrong with co -habiting with ten or
dozen, wives.
In other wo.,rds itis a daring person
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who can tell someone else wj)at is
morally right or wrong.
Because our sQcondary schools and
universities now attempt to educate
the children of wide-ranging cultural
and religious backgrounds, the
teachers, who select the text books
have , been ,charged .with 'a grave
responsibility. Their task should be•tb
choose thhe`doks which are offensive
to no family standards', and heaven
.knows the English language is
-osuffirt ent3 '. rf alit "alT in Ter11 '10
obviate the use of anything faintly
,obscene. We have at least five
centuries of glorious language on
paper and any `young teacher who.
believes he, must include the
questionable literature of the past 20
years is unworthy of the highf-calling
he has accepted.
No high school student's education
will long remain out of balance for the
lack of .morally questionable reading
material. He can pick it up in every
`pool room and pass it along to his girl
friend if he ohboses to 09 so.
. We _p ss no judgment about .wether
this sort of reading material is good
or bad for the younger generation. Our
only contention is that school teachers
have no right whatsoever 'to •decM
what is morally acceptable for their
students. That decision lies solely
within the right of parents. Mothers
and fathers may be innocent,
misguided and dull, but they are the
persons who have been given the task
of setting moral standards and '- no
teacher, whatevar this or he=r training
.or background, hasany justification
for ,usurping that, responsibility..
We are only sorry that the student in
question didn't throw the text book in
his teacher's face and wal=k out of the
class.
—Wingham Advance -Times.
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Woman to Woman
With Shirley J. Keller
After many pours of study and debate, Huron County Council last month
,agreed to support Midwestern Development Council for another year
on the condition that the Council was,' restructured as presented to
'council by Walter Gowing (left) manager ofMDC. Viewing the new plan
forMDC and commenting upon it are (centre) Warden Elmer Hayter
and Reeve Ed. Oddliefson, payfield. (staff photo)
Beta Sigma
clothing for
A meeting of. Beta Sigma Phi
was held Feb. 29.at the home of
Allison bowdt with 15 -members
present.
Two thank you notes were
received,fr•onr Helene Alcock and
Beth Roder for roses received, by
them.
An announcement concerning
'the convention in North Bay was
read .by the president._
The vice-president. Dorothy
Feagan, held the final pledge
training session Wednesday
evening. ,44'
The service c'on%rnittee
chairman, Pat Spence, asked that
any 'donations of clothing for
teenage girls be collected and
brought tear the meeting at the end
of March. Pat had a fist of girls to
be outfitted and their sizes. By Vie
unanimous vote e t • the chapter,.
Three Goderic
men attend
PUC meet
- George-- Fils-inger . _- William
Mills and Mayor Harry Worsell of
the Goderich P.U.C.• were among
mate 'than 1400 -delegates from '
throughout the province. who -
attended the 1972 Ontario
-- there Municipal -Electric Association
letter gets the Signal staff just`abeing able to
who • oes over the"Signal-Star with convention at the Royal Yorak''
glittle upset. Talk a b ov t dr daughter gets into a hassle,
a fine-tooth comb looking for, , generalizations: All the Goderich `"':"that you had no -idea what was Hotel, February d7 to March 1.
mistakes, it has to be me. I doubt news? .Not in the London Free' going iii; Because, my friends, if OMEA's three-day Ord annual
that anyotre in this town sitsdown Press. We can say that honestly you knew what.v as going Ion you • conference was held jointly
w nth
on Thursday to peruse the paper because we know that as hard as w v u l d have to take. some the Association of vent Municipal
so closely—or to get so upset we try; not even the Signal -Star action...and just what would you Electrical Utilities convention.
over errors—as I. do. staff ever gets around to "all the dol That'.s the big question: OM meEAmber
represents about 350
Take toga for instance. I Took member municipalities with
Y Goderich news" in one week I wonder if parents are really
the paper off the rack in the front
office about 9:45 and I read and re-.
read'it until noon. I found all kinds
of mistakes—some that would be
noticed by readers.' some that
wouldn't.
Among- other mistakes in last
week's Woman to -Woman column,
I noticed I had written '.It was up
to Ron and 1" when of course, it
should have read. "I't was 'up to
Ron and me". That's one of my
favorite mistakes. Sometimes I
catch myself in time, sometimes I
don't. '
Spelling is another problem.
around here. Tiring is always of
the essence and w
working with words day in and day
out, your eyes and. your mind
begin to play strange tricks on
you. You write a word quickly; you
decide its not correct; you
rewrite it; you choose ".another
word; 'you may lgok it up in the
dictionary if you can spare' that
much time; or you might ask
someone who happens to 'he
nearby.Is it any wonder there are
a number ofo spelIing mistakes
each week in this newspaper?
Last ' week, headlines got
switched around. That's not
difficult to do if you understand
how the newspaper is put together
here. It is simply a matter of
pasting the wrong headline„ over
the story and it generally happens
because there is not always
enough time at the moment you
need it to check and re -check.
That's how the descriptions of
pictures sometimes get messed
up, too. .
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Vve had, a letter the other day
from, a -former subscriber who
had cancelled' his suhtcription
because. txe said, he gotthe
London Free Press and was *able
to read -all the Coderieh news
dais advance of the' Signal's
arrival "v
Needless to , say, this kind of
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1 think we are providing- more afraid to find out what's happening
a p p r o x i m a t e l.v 2, 0 0 0 O Q e
and•mo,re of the local news every with their young people. 'I wonder hydro radtomers. Th
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week••though. I certainly hope you if fear in parents—not in the toasmaintainttraditionally cr tiny'se0f
are noticing—and approving. One kids—isn't a ..large part of the to close scrutiny' of
of the reasons, of course; is that - problem today. Power 'costing, to ensure that
the people of Goderich ' and I've heard it said that in, the users get the best service
consistent with the lowest
district are beginning to call up educational system, for instance, possible rtes.
and let us know what's going on in ' the teacher is ' afraid of the Highlights of the conference
the area. We appreciate that help principal; the principal ,i5, afraid included a discussion of "Curious
•- because without it, we' "c'ouldn't of the board of education, the Costing Concerns" ' and.
possibly cover the total news board of education is afraid of the addresses by ' John ' Bulloch, ' '
picture. • department of • education, the president of the Canadian
depa•rtmeht of education is aIr•a.id Federation of Independent
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• •afraid of the kids and the kids Business: J. Dean Muncaster^,
There has been quite a hit of aren't afraid o anybody;... •.;.,•_,,,-,• Chairman o f t h e S t e Hyd n g
t' #�' Committee, •Tsk Force Hydro;
discussion in the past two weeks There maybe more truth in that �Chairnn'ef-tlr
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a ou r e iii• i enf"at a �., rrt '
Ontario Hydro Electric Power
Commission, and Andrew Frame,
OMEA president.
an any
Park. Theatre a few weeks ago. r..
Perhaps now that it has been aired '
in hits and pieces through the
Letters to the Editor column,
some of the loose ends should be'
tied together, especially for
parents.
The manager of The Park.
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A few weeks ago we advanced the
idea through our editorial column
that parents are. --in-.,,need" of
education. I be`lievffe that. It th(rik it
is time parents pulled their heads
Theatre, John Lyndon, did report out of the sand like ostriches who
an occurrence at his •theatre. It 'think if they can't -see danger it
was on a Friday evening when tie.. isn't there.
was featuring a double -bill'. - Please turn to Page 7 B
According to Lyndon, the theatre
that evening was packed with
youngsters—few over 1.6 years df •
age.`''
After showing the first film,
Lyndon felt it was necessary to
shut down the projector, turn up
the house lights and speak to the
kids. A,s 1 understand it, he told
the patrans•in his theatre that
either they would behave for the
second feature—or it would not be
shown.
What were the kids doing'„ Well,
parents of Friday evening movie -
going youngsters. between • the
ages of 10 and 1.6 could do no
better than to talk to John Lyndon
about it. 'Without naming names or
getting ally particular individuals
itr wrong, Johrr Lyndon could tell
you a good deal about the younger
generation in. Goderich.
Moo rentS really w'a nt to know?
i wonder.,They say that ignorance
is bliss and 1 suppose it' is.
There :s some satisfadtion' in
Phi collects
local C.A.S.
Pat was given $50.00 toy buy
clotlling for. the girls.
Ellen Connelly, the social
committee chairm,an, thanked all
the girls for making the curling •
party a success. • A • general
discussion was held concerning
the next social which will take .the,
form of a May barbecue.
The president, 'Shirley
1 aechler, announced that the next
meeting would be moved ahead to
•'March'9. Shirl'ey'rxiso reviewed
how the chapter could get added
points for the,,,sorority yardstick '
,which measures 'and rates each
chapter each year. •
Sandy Rompf presented a
cultural•program on drama. After
a general description, Sandy
handed out slips of paper on which,
some particular aspect of drama
waswritten. Each member had to
;r'ct out whatever was written on
her paper.
The evening concluded with a
lunch served by the hostess and
. her helpers.
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