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reeman aid John Hodges, representatives of Local
resented a cheque to recreation board chairman Mary
Hy for $3,004. The union raised the money for the
zroof project through a benefit dance held February
18. Ed Scruton and Hudson Warr (rear) representing
Southern Comfort and Shannon, supplied free music for the
dance. (staff photo)
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even a slight
aietowards assumed
ces of flying saucers
1n our area, notably
nfietd around Ben-
-the veiled assum-
ominous things to
hich made me go on
Had the predictions
a snow -bank from
coast, I could un -
But this is the
month of March,
far has brought us
ce from the big
77. Still, according to
in Ruth Norman,
tor f for planetary
vel, it is presumably
e month where a
looms very large
ril already at the
Will we receive
in peace or will the
f Damocles be per-
cariously than ever
eads?
now, we are all so
e always think that
on from up above or
r, will be swift and
lar. Probably some
ill find satisfaction in
hat the prophesies of
alypse suggest just
enacing cure for our
s. But without,
izing on. the issue,
t be that the greatest
technological world
ay is not one of in -
us calamities but
ernicious anthrophy
ill be caused by
ortages.
ings me to the point I
o to make regarding
s article last week
os and cons in the
ontroversy.
moment it seems to
the implementation -
ergy needs has our
But what are those
Ily? Are they simply
needs resulting from more
affluent life-styles ? 'A few
years ago, we didn't even
know what we were going to
need .today. One example will
illustrate this fact better than
anything else. Presently the
two new towers of the World
Trade Center in New _York
consumes at least as much
electrical energy as the city
of Ottawa, we are told. The
heavy load conies in the
summer when the air-
conditioning of -the two office
buildings is at its peak.
Right now, we, the in-
dustrialized countries of the
world, are doing our darnest
to teach the rest of 'the globe
how to use more energy. Its a
comniodity which goes with
affluence, no doubt, and they
will buy it.
Now, about this new
system of creating cheap
energy by atomic fusion, Ron.
Do you remember Leta, the
concept of making use of the
inexhaustible thermal
capacity of the sun British
scientists were launching so
confidently a little over ten
years ago? At that time a
Targe portion of the scientific
community was convinced
that this was the answer. In
fact it was very anti-British to
have doubts in its prospects.
This was .shoetly after their
spectacular Laser discovery.
But Lasers, like computers or
other electronic gear are
energy , gobblers, not
producers.
It is interesting to note that
the ultimate source, ' and
giver, is still the sun. The
light amplification systems
used in Lasers, in the Leta
concept and in the present
coil -ribbed monster doughnut
Stellarato'r at Princeton
New Jersey, and Los
Alamos - are just attempts to
duplicate conditions nature
has produced on the sun. Will
this adventure in plasma
physics attain the necessary
full second 180,000,00(1 degree
heat required for fusion, and
consequently energy
production safely, cheaply
and as abundanttS as
predicted? Perhaps!
Certainly it is a long shot.
Something like the man who
after spending all his money,
goes deep into debt and
depends serenely on his
lottery ticket for a million
'dollars. What a carrot ... !
Louis V Stadelmann
Reunion
Dear Editor;
Gledhill Public School,
located' at 2 Gledhill Ave., in
the east end of Toronto, is
celebrating its 60th
Anniversary this year.
Plans are underway for the.
week long celebration, which
will culminate in an Open
House on Saturday, May 19,
19
In order to make this event
a success, we are trying to
locate all former students and.
teachers and ask them to
contact the school at the
above address.
We feel that many of these
people we are trying to find
have moved out of the
Toronto area, and it will be
through your help that we will
be able to locate them.
Thanking you in an-
ticipation of your assistance,
I remain,
Yours very truly,
Arthur B. Kelly,
Publicity Chairman.,
Electrical future
Dear Editor:
Planning Ontario's elec-
trical future affects us all.
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How are we going to be living
in the future? Will our
lifestyles demand greater
supplies of electricity? or
less? How will we produce
electricity? Will there be a
greater dependence on
alternate sources such as
solar, wind and methane?
Will our centres of population
be the same? What im-
plications does this have for
our dwindling supply of gopd
farmland?
These are just some of the
questions which we are trying
to answer.
As the Royal Commission
on Electric Power Planning
nears its final stage of
hearings, scheduled to begin
in mid-April, "Outreach"
hopes to facilitate an ef-
fective dialogue between the
public and the Commission.
Through this program,
RCEPP isproviding in-
formation concerning the'•
Commission and its inquiry,.
and will help those interestedt
to plan activities around thise"'
A large number of schools
have already become in-
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schools. It has to be one or the
other." •
Murray maintains there
Was no "Golden Age of
Grammar".
He says, "The percentage
of students who did well in the
use of language 15 or 20 years
ago is still with us and Is still
doing well. Those whom the
universities would Condemn
today after welcoming them
F., to their campuses, ac-
companied as they are by
their comforting - Basic
Income Units of University
fundings, would not have
been in university or college
15 or 20 years ago."
"The miracle is that our
high schools have taken a
vastly expanded mix of
students and not allowed
standards to drop'' says
Murray.
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"Almost every factor you
can mention about our
Ontario school system has
changed in the last quarter
century - except one, the one -
Tactor that has maintained
our link with stability and
with standards Murray
went on. "I'm talking about
the man or woman standing
in front of a blackboard with a
volved in this way and many
special interest and com-
munity groups have also
indicated interest.
The Outreach Guidebook, a
100 page document which
gives background in -
}formation and suggestions for
Outreach activities, is now
available,, free of charge,
from the Commission.
Our concern is that the
people of Ontario are aware
of this program and the
importance of the Royal
Commission on Electric
Power Planning to them. We
would appreciate your help in
fulfilling this goal by letting.
the readers of your
newspaper know about
Outreach.
An important part of a
successful public par-
ticipation process is the
widest dissemination of in-
formation possible. . . the
media are instrumental to
this.
Can you help?
Sincerely,
Catherine Hunt
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little -chalk-stained where. he
or she just.leaned into the
blackboard, probably a little
tired from marking ail those
papers last night, but intent
on getting the next point
across to those rows of young
faces and into those young
minds because that's-- why
they chose this profession in
the first place."
"No matter what or whence
the winds of educational
change, whatever change is
discerned to be, the element
that doesn't change - the
clement that gets the job done
and does It excellently . the
element that listens to the
educational philosophy
debate and understands, and
continues to'get the teaching
done that element is the
teacher supported by his or
her principal. It has ever
been thus. The winds of
change neither will nor can
change that."
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This writer concurs with
Murray's assessment of the
teacher's role in Ontario
schools. That's probably why
my blood turned cold at a
Toronto meeting of
newspaper people when a
speaker stood up and said
that teachers are little more
than "pigs at the public
trough", whereupon 'ap-
plause was heard from
several corners of the room.
Such disrespect for
teachers can only breed
discontent .in the classroom
and dissatisfaction among
students to the end result that
education suffers.
Let this week and every
week be "Be Kind To
Teachers Week". We.,should
learn not to confuse
educational debate and
educational policy with the
actual job of teaching done
year inand year out in the
classrooms of this province.
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