The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-05-12, Page 4r,
PAGE 4—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1977
No jobsfor students
Canada has been educating, young
people without at the same time
developing Tong -term plays to give
them room in the work force. The
surplus could present the country with
one of the most difficult problems it
has ever faced.
Statistics Canada has given Ontario
the figures on its share of the problem
It estimates that this year 197,700
young people will be ceasing full-time
study to seek permanent work in the
province. This does not include
students seeking summer em-
ployment. Last year the Ontario
economy produced only 76,000 new
jobs.
The number of young people trying
to enter the work force will continue fo
grow until it reaches nearly 214,000 in
1981, and then it will decline as the
crest of the post-war baby boom passes
through the education system.
An element of this surplus of job
seekers which is new and could in-
tensify the problem is that many of
them will have more education than
preceding generations, and will be less
likely to submit tamely to unem-
ployment or jobs that are unfulfilling.
In 1961 only 24.9 per Cent of new
entrants into the job force had attended
a post -secondary institution. This year
the figure is 44 per cent. By 1986, it is
likely to be at least 50.5 percent. And
the reason most frequently given
seeking higher education in a 1974-75
study of student attitudes was im-
provement of career opportunities.
Skatistics Canada saw the situation
as gloomy: "The labor market for
many post -secondary graduates does
not appear promising for the next 10 to
15 years, as their numbers continue to
grow until the mid -1980's. Thereafter,
new graduates may be competing with
graduates of previous years trying to
improve their position." It could, be
1990 before the over -supply situation
disappears.
The authors of the study saw broad
social, economic and political im-
plications in the situation. There could
be a reduction in public aid to
education. Governments could try to
fill the gap by creating jobs, which
would put up taxes, which would
provide disincentives for industry to
invest in Canada. The students
themselves, thwarted and disap•
pointed, could turn to "radicalization".
Certainly the situation as it appears
now is bad. Inflation must be defeated
because it is the biggest job destroyer
of all; but beating inflation precludes
the kind of economic stimulation which
could provide a lot of jobs im-
mediately.
The people who have jobs, par-
ticularly those in unions and in the
professiths, have made it difficult for
newcomers to get into the work force.
High wages — what everybody wants
— have been negotiated, without
sufficient provision for lower wages for
those who are still learning. Some
trades and professions have limited
directly the numbers admitted to their
ranks or used standards to produce
effective limitation.
For some 30 years young people
came out of our education system to
take their pick of jobs. Faced with a
totally reversed situation the losers
will be angry. Where can such anger
lead? And how can the young jobless
learn good work habits without work?
.Those who have the power — big
labor, big business, their members,
their Officers, — have concentrated
more on their own security than on a
secure economy which could .absorb
the young they knew were coming
along. Governments have let them do
it, have themselves, in fact, set the
inflatiohary wage patterns, the pat-
terns of thoughtless over -spending, the
money -printing patterns which have
priced so many of our goods out of the
markets of the world, out of our own
markets.,
An army of young, educated workers
should be a source of wealth. They
should be producing goods and ser
vices and absorbing them. These
young have their own duty to qualify
themselves for the work that is needed
— it is interesting that one area of
shortage is anticiapted, in the skilled
and semi -skilled trades. But the
problem is bigger than individuals.
If government, business and labor, in
their present consultations, really hope
to be useful, they must make it a
matter of importance to draw plans
now for work -creating enterprises that
will first drive down inflation and offer
opportunity for the long -tern future. —
Globe and Mail
Gas guizlers
Th ntario government has gotten a
lot of flack about its budget proposal to
raise car license fees, to a whopping
S60 a year for 8 cylinder cars, and
proportionately smaller amounts for
smaller cars.
Maybe the license hike is unpopular
because it recognizes a fact which
most of us want to continue to ignore.
That's that big cars are gas guzzlers.
ridiculously inefficient consumers of
energy, which,just about alt of us admit
is in short supply.
The license hike is a tiny step but
we'll believe that Queens Park is really
serious about promoting small cars 'as
energy savers when government
limousine are Pintos instead of Lin-
colns and Aspens replace the Chryslers
that top ministers have at their
disposal.
Our addiction to large cars is the
reason that each Canadian uses twice
as mtich energy as a Finn, a German, a
Dane or an Englishman, Each
Canadian uses more energy than an
average citizen of any other country of
the world, except the USA and there's
evidence that we're gaining on them
too.
We have more cars, larger cars
g and
cheaper cars than the citizens of every
country in the world except the U.S.A.
Our 8 million cars each consume an
average of 700 gallons of gasoline a
year and 25 per cent of all the oil used
in our country. Small cars use 400 to 500
gallons of gasoline a year less than the
biggies do.
Excellent public transit systems,
cities and towns that are compact and
built fairly close together and the high
cost of large cars, help keep energy
consumption down in European
countries.
Canada is too spread out and
Canadians are too fond of single family
houses on large lots to make public
transit economical anywhere but in the
big cities. But just by abandoning our
C,dillacs, Oldsmobiles and LTD's
(according to a cartoon during the gas
shortage of a couple of years ago, they
make lovely lamps) and making peace
with the small car, we could cut our use,
of gasoline by more than half.
Sure they are uncomfortable on long
trips. Arid the seats don't always feel
like your best living room sofa but even
small cars are ,a lot more smooth
riding and luxurious than the average
horse and buggy, ,
And it's with horses and buggies that
we might end up if we continue to
bankrupt ourselves by driying big cars
as gas gets scarcer and its price gets
higher. — Huron Expositor.
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Dunlop's Dream
131'' FURLE'.Y J. KELLI R
Is the work ethic changing'?
Does hard work pay off?
These are questions which
are on the lips of a good many
Canadians these days and
while Prime Minister Pierre
Elliott Trudeau is suggesting
that wages must be tied
closer to productivity, there
are many people,who seem.tn
doubt this philosophy, r r
Not long ago, a smile ori file
front page of The London
Free Press stated.: "The way
some people work these days.
you wonder what they'll do
when they retire."
The director's February
monthly memo from the
'Huron County Board of
Education had a further
in
The Grades 1 and 2 students of Victoria Public School presented Goderich
Yesterday and Today in the school's production, Dunlop's Dream -
Goderich, staged Monday and Tuesday. Emphasizing the 'industrial
development of the town, Stephanie Hamilton, Lisa Kisch, Laura Mclsaac,
Debbie Sue Doak and Denise Riehl display some of the industries located in
the town today. (staff photo)
DEAR READERS
statement on the work ethic. "Leave early fairly
It was entitled "Ways To Get regularly, so that it is evident
'1'o Be An Administrator?" that you could attend af-
and like all humor had a trace" ternoon meetings without
of truth in it. cutting into your preparation
The five rules are: and counselling time.
"Heng around the office a "Make informal reports on
lot. People will notice that other staff member's to
you have an interest in an anyone who will listen. The
administrative environment, practice you get snaking
and very few of your fellow these evaluations far, out -
stuff member•s.are likely to be weighs ,the' feelings"bf''y4rrr
critical of your absence. in colleagues. Anyway, ad
your classroom or library or ministrators need to be
wherever you should be. disliked by other members of
"Use thea telephone often. the organization,
This shows that you are an "Create an issue and get to
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efficient user of that. key he known. Lobby' for parking
administrative .tool, and the spaces according to seniority,
secretaries- are unlikely to or less yard supervisic:, for
mention to anyone that most staff with English majors, or
of your calls are unrelated to - free cafeteria for staff. Try to
school husines. choose, a non -educational
issue, so that people can
id(ntify your cause with
administration."
And then the article was
closed off with this sum-
mation: "There are other
more subtle ways to get to be
known, Such as volunteering
for special projects, doing a
super job, taking special
courses, etc. But these are
often mistaken by colleagues
and superiors as indications
that you are happy in your
present position and
unavailable for promotion."
Last week I was reading
another Huron County weekly
newspaper, The . Exeter
Times -Advocate: Editor Bill
Batten pointed out that he'd
hada letter from a friend who
sent along a clipping
newspaper he'd been
while on his vaca
USA.
The item showedsc
opposite viewpoints
changing work ethic,
decided to pass it
you; dear readers,
It is as follows;
"Square! Anotbec
good old words has
way of love, m
patriotism. Sonietb'
snickered over, or
laughed at. ,
"Why, it used to
there was no h
Aliment• you could pa
than to call him h'
shooter".
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Soccer
Dear Editor,
It was my pleasure to co-
ordinate the local feeder,
schools' soccer tournament
on 7th May 1977;
This tournament would not
have been possible `without
the assistance of the Goderich
United Soccer Club, under the
direction of Evert Middel,
who arranged for referees to
he present. .
was pleased to see so
many parents out on a
beautiful, but cool day. It
showed that the families of
our children are interested in
their participation in school.
Yours truly,
Dave Zyluk,
Principal,
St, Joseph's School,'
Kingsbricfge,
DEAR EDITOR
Daffodil tea
Dear Editor:
I would like to express
appreciation to all the ladies
who organized and who
participated in the successful
Daffodil Tea on April 27• I
was particularly impressed
and pleased that all the
churches in Goderich joined
forces in raising funds for the
Cancer Society.
Exciting progress in
research and prevention of
cancer is being reported
regularly. We Kase our hope
that "Cancer Can Be Beaten"
on this - evidence. All the
women's groups of the
various churches are to he
commended for their
assistance in this worthy
cause. I would like to express
IA them the gratitude of the.
Huron County Unit of the
Canadian Cancer Society.
Yours truly,
R. McDaniel,
Campaign Chairman,
Huron County Unit,
Canadian Cancer Society.
French,centre
Dear Editor:
It is with great interest that
I learned that a French
learning centre is to be set up
in Huron -county. This is
indeed welcome news.
However, I must respec-
tfully take Trustee John
Elliott to task on several
issues,
Ile seemed to infer in his
remarks that students drop
their study of French because
of the program in high school,
"because it's more history
and written French " I
would like to point out that no
Trench history ik studied at •
all and that the; writing
program receives only at little
more emphasis in high
school.
• I would agree that the
program in the public schools
is very good, but this alone
will not prevent a student
from dropping French on
entering G.D.C.I.
The end, of Grade 8
represents the first op-
portunity that many students
have of abandoning their
French studies for a variety
of reasons: lack of ability,
adverse attitudes within the
home, increase in core
subjects, etc.
I would also point out thhttl
all texts used at G.D.C.I. are
Canadian in origin and do not
have "Parisian" content.
They stress what is termed
"standard French", thaj„i
French which will be un-
derstood by Francophones
anywhere in the world.
Yours truly.
Paul Howe,
Head of Languages.
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I ditor's Note: The
text was presented
Board of Education;
11ity 2 meeting 1i
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ment head al
District Collegiate`
regarding the Ian
in hooks being
secondary school
classes in HuronCale
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know 1110, let ma
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YEARS AGO
Assessor Reid' has come
pleted the assessment. for
190:', and there is a large
increase in the amount. The
gain is in a large measure
made up of thea ditions to
our factories. e may
mention that the largest
increase is the Big Mill, from
1'5,000 to $100,000.
LOOKING BAC
The tug Purvis, just
launched,. is being fitted with'
.her machinery by the
Goderich Engine Co., and will
be ready to leave for fhe
fishing islands in a few days;
she is one of the shapeliest
tugs on the lakes, and should
attract all who want suu-
stantial, artistically .
designed boats to our
Goderich builder.
25 YEARS AGO
A freak tidal wave swept
into Goderich Harbor at
about. :10 Monday morning,
raising the water level five
feet, lifting pleasure boats
alongside Snug Harbor off
their winter blocks and
carrying the Annamac and
the Captain John onto. the
Snug Harbor wall, where they!
remained marooned after the
water receded,
The guessing is now over.
Bert MacDonald has an-
nounced that the official
name of his new steel boat is
the Donald Bert.
5 YEARS AGO
The appointment of Dr. M.
F. Conlon as A,ssistant
, Professor to the Department
of Psychiatry, has been
announced by the'
Medicine. Unive,;
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teal
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will he effective,ul,f
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