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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-05-10, Page 6PAGE 6—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1979 Citizens have obligation to select books BY JEFF SEDDON Reverend Ken Cam- pbell told about 2510 concerned citizens it was their "right and responsibility" as parents to select books for classroom use that reflect values and morals taught in their homes. In a sometimes -fren- zied speech made in Clinton Thursday night the Baptist preacher explained the Renaissance movement in Canada and outlined its goals. Campbell, the founder of Renaissance International, told the parents the movement was the most "dynamic liberation movement in the country". Campbell was invited to Clinton by the Con- cerned Citizens of Huron County, a group actively lobbying to have three English literatufe novels taken out of county high schools. The novels....The Dear editor Good sound Dear Editor: Rhythmic sounds of a great jazz band filled St. Joseph's Community School on May 1. The word 'exuberant' barely describes the musicians of the "Knights of Jazz". They are talented and professional. This high school band from Kincardine is anything but 'typical'. The 21 members, con- ductor and retinue returned April 24 from a two week engagement in England. Dear Editor.. • • from page corporations. The in- dependent farmer would be classified as small business. After all, competition is the life of trade. When competition ceases, monopoly takes over. He has a policy to upgrade old age pensions to keep up with inflation. He would also introduce an economic policy to once again bring back the confidence of labour and industry in the govern- ment. He would strengthen the govern- ment, by working in' conjunction with the provinces, not against them. This is my idea of strong government, not coercion of the provinces by centralized control. We have had eleven years of gradual withdrawal of democracy. The Conservative representative for this riding is Bab McKinley. He and all concerned with government im- provement, would ap- preciate an X beside his name on -May .22. - Yours sincerely, N.J. Minaker ULTRA MAX SHAMPOO 200 MI. ONLY 1 • 1► LISTERMINT MOUTH WASH 1S Oz. Invited to the Inter- national Youth Festival, they performed among bands from 12 countries including the U.S. and Japan. Harrogate Hall, a 1500 seat performance auditorium, was packed each evening of the week the "Knights of Jazz" performed. Twice daily concerts soon brought them the acclaim in England now obvious to the people of Kingsbridge. Members of the audience who -came from the United States to hear this concert commented on the quality ofthe band's music and the versatility of certain star members. While the attendance was not good, those who missed the concert were the losers. The children of St. Joseph's School filled the intermission with selections they presented at the Kiwanis Music Festival in Stratford during Education Week. Led by Mrs. Nancy Park, they also put on a fine performance. Proceeds from this concert were given to the Community School playground equipment fund and the "Knights -of Jazz" touring fund. Having to finance themselves completely for the overseas tour, the band continues to give performances. This -is one performance no , one should miss. Thank you very much, Denise Dalton Co-ordinator, St. Joseph's Community School, • Kingsbridge Grouse eggs Dear Editor: Zoologists at the University of Guelph are again this year requesting the help of the r PRO TOOTH BRUSHES 2ua/ 794 Diviners by Margaret Laurence, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger....are considered blasphemous and immoral by the parents. The county board of education agreed to delist The Di -viers but • did nothing about the other novels. Campbell urged •.the parents not to lose sight of their goals nor to public in collecting grouse eggs for their research program. Because of the great difficulty in locating the eggs of , the Ruffed Grouse, researchers at the University have for several years relied on the help of farmers, fishermen and naturalists to report nests. Anyone who locates a nest of Ruffed Grouse eggs within a 125 mile radius of Guelph is asked to leave the site un- disturbed and report the finding to one of the following numbers: during office hours call collect - Mrs. Betty Campbell, Zoology Department, University of Guelph, 519-824-4120, Ext. 2703; out of office hours .call collect - Prof. A.L.A. Middleton, 519- 836-3033 or Patrick Beckerton, 519-824-9848. The eggs will be picked up as quickly as possible and brought for hatching to the aviary at the University of Guelph where they will receive. the best possible care.. Birds raised from eggs collected as a result of this annual public appeal have allowed researchers to make a number of significant findings relating to the reproductive biology and nutrition of grouse. The number of eggs collected in an area is not sufficient to harm the local grouse population. In an average spring, about 125 eggs are collected from south- western Ontario. Because nests' are difficult to find and identify, pit is, rare to' have more than one nest reported in any of one area. The efforts of those who locate nests will be rewarded with one dollar for each egg. Prof, A.L.A. Middleton Department of Zoology University of Guelph succumb to criticisms from book publishers opposing moves to have novels taken out of the classrooms. He said parents opposed to the use of some materials in classrooms seem to be open game for in- dividuals and groups who feel -any type of restriction placed on literature represents restriction of rights. He said it was a parents "right and respon- sibility" to select materials oto b sed"in the ed'iieation of their children. Campbell steered clear of comment on the three novels under fire in Huron County con-' centratin on book selection policies in the education system rather than the books selected. He said the novels up- setting parents in Huron were secondary to the problems parents were encountering as a result of efforts by parents to control classroom material. He said the attitude by many school ad- ministrators that children were the property of the state when they were in school was what Renaissance w -anted to combat. "Children are part of the family not part of the state," he said. "That's what this liberation is all about." He told parents that their efforts to have the novels taken out of classrooms have resulted in unwarranted attacks from book publishers and speical interest 'groups. He said the groups at- tempt to make the parents out as fools. He said parents, or anyone else offended by literature such as The Diviners are made out as "bigoted, narrow min- ded, red -necked boon - dockers". He added that Huron County has suf- fered more from these attacks than other areas because of its rural background. He pointed out that the same novels upsetting Huron County parents had surfaced in Hamilton with next to no publicity. He said a top school - administrator in that city had commented that a novel was unfit for secondary school _use because of its content and the remark was virtually unnoticed. "Why zero in on Clinton, why not Hamilton " Campbell asked. The minister told the crowd that Renaissance International was not formed to promote censorship or to clean up classroom materials but -rather to fig -ht --for parents' rights to control what is used in schools. 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