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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1932-10-13, Page 3THURS., OCT. 13, 1932 TILL CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 3 £?DK1NG4ENEWS �t*%HugflQark There is a limit beyond which thraldom may not be carried. There is point arebellion sets in: ,where a � Baseball magnates found this out in the world series. (It is. called the world series because ,it. takes place in the Hinted', States.) They thought the public so baseball crazy that they oenid do anything and get away with ite and so they decided to sell no single tickets. It was three or none. It did not work. The gate fell off and they withdrew the restriction next day. All bail the depression. It is working for emancipation. It may have been his desire to be loose that made Gandhi fast. The two billion dollar failure of In- sull companies, following the failure of the Krueger -Toil companies, has given the world another set -back, When the wreckage is clearedaway, there ought to be a revival of confid- ence unless there are other large corporations threatening to topple over in the sane way. Small busi- nesses have weathered the gale fair- ly well, because they were managed by individuals who had a personal in- terest in seeing that they succeeded, whereas large businesses, managed by boards of directors, have not fared so well. Cwt Physiologists disagree as to wheth- er a man's character is indicated in his countenance. With some, the face is accepted as a letter of credit. With some, well you naturally think the Lord never placed it there except as a warning to others not to trust the bearer . And yet -and yet—we have been fooled so often by both that we incline to agree with the physiologists in disagreeing. There's a man with a fine, honest, open countenance. You take him at once. Next thing you know he has sold you 'mining stocks that are N.G. Here's a man with a faee you think repulsive. In- s stinetively you don't like him and won't trust him. Chance throws you together, you get acquainted and find him a pretty decent, intelligent, gen- erous fellow. There's a man with a chin that betokens weakness and you find him married to a masculine wo- men whom he bosses. Here's a. man who registers caution amounting to Oragweeemassomoroomm timidity and thenext thing you hear of him he is judging' a baby show. These are however, exceptions to the rule, that the first impression is aright. Mayor Cermak came back from a tour of Europe indignant at the -repu- tation which Chicago has abroad, and, determined to : restore its good name and fanme, before the world's fair cones off there next year. He need not blame outsiders for that ill - repute. It started in Chicago where it's cause lay. It: was advertised in his own campaign for mayor, he being the chief offender,' if. offence it was. The city has improved since then, but dispatches still come from there which indicate that gang warfare is not yet ever. But if the mayor were able to make the public believe Chicago a clean moral virtuous city, would that swell the crowds at the fair? Just cease to fret and have the blues, 'Tis simple as the A.B.C.'s, Put off your blooming I.O,U.'s, Together with your B.V.D.'s. Ce=11_=y The retirement of Messrs. Samuel, Snowden and Sinclair from national government of the United Kingdom was to be expected. .A government could not remain intact for long that had to resort to the expedient of allowing individual members of the cabinet to speak and vote against a government measure. That depart- ure front established practice only Postponed the disruption and showed it to be inevitable. atm A will, instead of being read after the funerals should be read before. Like that of Lord Salisbury, it may contain instructions with respects to funeral economies. " A veterinary surgeon who died recently in Calif- ornia was a bit of a poet. As a vet- erinary, he was partial to the horse rather than the hearse and his will opened with this verse: "In a horse-drawn rig take me out where they dig My last home, for better or worse, For I'll sleep just as sound from a wagon, I'l] be bound, As I would from a pickled -plated hearse." East Huron Teachers Meet In Convention In Brussels Good Papers and Lively Discussions Make Interesting and Profitable Gathering Thursday: the co-operation of a manufacturing concern that recruited its employees from the district served by that school, and the use of portable sehoole for housing, work -shops were provided with special equipment for the non -academie children, where the boys learned to work in iron, steel and brass, and the girls to cook, bake, and sew. The purpose of the manual work was not to teach a trade but to teach then .s.omethine valuable and to motivate the aeacl- emit work. Half-time was spent on the manual work, and half on the ac- ademic. The result was a falling off in truancy and delinquency, a happi- ness and :contentment in work, a de - side to react and study books and articles relating to their work, es well as a general passing of exam- inations in the academic work. This address was most interesting, and the genial presence and happy wit of the speaker was indeed refreshing. Following Mr. Munro, Mr. Normar Hoover, •president for 1932, spoke or "Noon -hour in the Public School." Ile feels that where pupils take lunch at school, the thirty or forty minutes spare time after eating should be made both interesting' and profitable for the pupils. He suggested that the teacher take part in the games, tvhich•shouldbe of such a nature that children of 'all ages and sizes can participate. He suggested in -door; outdoor, • •active, non-active, thinking and guessing games, field -day sports in summer, and a sdhool<yard rink it Winter. To carry out such a pro- grain, he said, requires time and. en- ergy, but pays big dividends in abet- ter work, better play, better health, and hatter discipline,. It teaches res- pect for the rights of others, and to be gbod losers and good winners, and helps to develop the type of charac ter that in later life will "play up,' play up, and play the game." This paper ended the morning session, and at noon a dinner was served by the ladies of 'Melville O'hurch, during which Mr. E'ekm:ier and his son, Billie, entertained with .musical numbers which were enjoy- ed by all. The first; paper of the afternoon' The fifty-ninth annual convention of East Huron teachers met on Thursday and Friday, October 6th and 7th in Melville Presbyterian Church, Brussels. The .president, Mr. Norman Hoover of Brussels, presid- ed. Mr. Moore, the minister of Melville church, ecnducted brief opening ex- ercises and expressed his pleasure al being able to offer accommodation to the teachers in their annual con- vention, Mr. Bowman, Reeve el Brussels, in happy and humorous vein welcomed the teachers to bis town, and spoke briefly on the importance of education and the value of the teacher to the community, paying tribute to the worth of the teachers in the schools of his own municipal- ity. After the reading and confirming of the minutes of the 1931 Conven- tton, the following eominittees were appointed: Nominating C'onunittee A. Posliff, Miss McLeod, Miss Armstrong. Resolution Committee: Mr, Fin- layson, Miss Redmond, Miss Arehi. bald. Management Committee for 1933: Miss Mary Inglis, Miss Strong, My. Sellers, Miss Alexander and the staff of the Blyth Public Sehool The delegate from this Institute to the Ontario Educational Asso- ciation held in Torento at Easter was Miss Lydia Reid. Miss Reid was called on to report to the Insti- tute, and her report was one of the best heard in this Institute for a long time, and Miss Reid was highly complimented for her extended and interesting report. Inspector Field then introduced the guest speaker of the convention, Dr. Munro, Inspector of Public Schools, Toronto, who spoke an "Training for Industry in the Public Schools." In his address he described a project or experiment in one - of the city schools where the number of non-ac- addmie type of students was a very high percentage of the total atter- dance, and where truancy and delin- quency were all too comirion. With session "Friday afternoon in a Rur• al School," was takers by Miss Mar- garet Jefferson. The speaker admit ted that she did not herself like Fri- day afternoon but that her ' pupils did, She suggested the combining o classes in.1 Hygiene, Agr' nl nuc f Iyg nc t and Art wherever, pox ible, oral worse with Fifth Classes, and :making the work so far as possible of a different nature from the ordinary routine of daily work: The worlt in preparation for concert and school - fair offer, an opportunity 1 or sf variety while spelling matches and other re- view -view devices Please the children, and at the same time permit of rapid review of previous work, Mr. Alan Finlayson then spoke on "Composition with Second and Thire Glasses." He would correlate geo- graphy, history and literature with composition, and try to develop and, foster a taste for good English and a distaste for poor English. He would base, language lessons on everyday experiences, and :on books or pas - Sagas from books chosen by the teacher. He felt that teachers often expect too much work from childrer of these grades. He stressed the importance of drill in spelling, punc- tuation, indentation, and the other mechanics of composition. Freedom of expression cannot be obtained if a pupil has to put too much attentio' on the mechanics. Oral composition should be used largely in all grades, and simple debates offer the oppor- tunity for practice, Dr. Munro again addressed the teachers on "Oral Readings," calling to their attention the value of both correct pronunciation and correct en- unciation. He blamed the radio for a good Ileal of the incorrect pronun- ciation. Proper infleteion, pause, balance, and contrast, as well as having correct perspective are impor- tant :if one is to read correctly. Dr. Munro illustrated his points using Scott's "tlfarmion and Douglas," con- trasting correct and incortent anodes of expression in such a manner, and with such a fund of anecdote as to impress his audience with the desira- bility of producing good '.oral read- ers, end a determination to improve themselves on this point. Mr. Knight spoke next on "Third Class History." Some pupils he said are normally interested in history but some are not, and the purpose of history in the Third Class should not be so much the accumulation of a mass of facts, as to create in the young minds a liking for history in order to lay the foundation fol pur- posoful reading and study in after life. It should be the foundation for future teaching in history by making it a clear picture and not a conglom- eration. It should build character by the example set by the lives stud- ied. The chief need in successful history teaching is the arousing of interest in the child for the subject, This is best obtained by wide read- ing on the part of the teacher so that much detail and incident not hi the text book can :be brought to his attention. The pupil should also be given opportunity to snake discover- ies for himself in supplementary reading, study of pictures, or poetry eueh as Miles Standish or Evangel- ine. Oral Compositions help to deep- en the impressions, and if examina- tions are 'set at all they should he of a nature requiring brief answers. Inspector Field next taught a literature Iesson taking the Conven- tion as a class and choosing for dis- cussion and study "The Lotus Rat- ers," ITe recalled the historic in- cident around which this legend has grown and analysed the means by which the poet has by choice of rhyme, rhythm and word succeeded in conveying to the reader time mood and effect he desires to convey. He shoved bow the effect of vastness is produced by the choice of Words con- taining full vowel sounds, while the effect of quiet results from the lack of stress, and by the monotony of repetition of stressless vowels. The time available was all too brief for, any detailed discussion but Tenny- son's marvellous mastery of the form of verse,his keen sensibility to both material and sphitual beauty, mast have been feltby all, and all must have recognized the genius of the man, that has made him one of the rarest of the earth's poets. The last speaker at the afternoon session was Miss May Johnston who Woke on "The Use Teachers' Should Make of the School Library." The school library is for the mise of both teachers and pupil. The teacher should use it for her own informa- tion, and for material for composi- tion, etc. The pupil should make use of it for supplementary reading at home and in school, and as 'much tinge ought to be devoted to library reading as to lather subjects. The in- troduction of books of inspiration in- to school libraries might make a vast impression on the minds and lives of the young readers. Books should be suited to the individual, and great leeway should be given in the choice of books. Mise Johnstown suggested reading parts of books to arouse in- terest, and lead to a neorze extensive use of worthwhile books. Friday: On Friday morning the nominat- ing ocsnmittee reported through Mr, Posliff, and the following officers were declared elected for the year 1932-33. President: Mr. Alan Finlayson, Wingham. Vice -President: Mips Marjorie Ed- gar, Blyth. Delegate to 0 E A.: Mr. Hector L. Knight, Ethel ' .Secretary -Treasurer: George II. Jefferson Clinton. Librarian: Dr, John M. Field, God - :Management Committee 1933 Con- vention: Staff of Blyth Public School. Next place of meeting to be Blyth.. Mr. Finlayson next reported for the Resolutionommittee C and the following resolutions were adopted: ' Resolved: -- 1.' That the thanks of the Insti- tute .be tendered to the management of Melville Presbyterian Church .for the use of their church for our con- vention, and to Mr. Moore for his services in -conducting -our opening exercises. 2. That the thanks of the Insti- tute be tendered IVPs. Bowman, reeve of Brussels, for the welcome accord- ed us. • 3. That the thanks of the Insti- tute be tendered to the ladies of Mel- ville Church for the excellent dinne'i provided, and to Mr. Eckmier and his son, Billie, for their much appreciat- ed musical numbers. 4. That the thanks of the Insti- tute be tendered to Dr. P. P. Munro of Toronto for his educational talk on "Training for Industry in Public Schools,'•' and also for the helpful ideas received in his afternoon ad- dress. 5. That Second Year Normal Course in unnecessary and should be discontinued, 6. That a new text book should be compiled for the teaching of Third Class history. 7. That a folding map of suffi- cient size, including both Northern and Southern Ontario, should be pro- vided in the Geography text book, 8. That additional exercises suit- able for analysis should be provided at the back of the Public School Grammar. 9. That a suitable bulletin -board should be included in the minimum equipment of Public Schools. 10. That beginners should be al- lowed to start to school only in Sep' tember. 11. That on the second day of the Convention next year wo plan to see something of educational value, e.g., visit the Industrial Classes of Lan- don. Miss Alice J. Forrest then taught a class from the Brussels Public School. IIer subject was "A Lesson in Reading with Beginneren" She told the story of Jack and Jill, and illustrated various devices for teach- ing by the word recognition method. Games for impressing the word forms, blackboard drawings, and flash cards for words and phrases were introduced. The lesson was most interesting, and instructive. Mr, Freer i. Ahrens of Brussels. Continuation School next addressed the Convention on "Some Essentials in Mathematics." Imprroper presen- tation of the subject was often the reason for pupils' dislike for mathe- matical subjects. Failure to stress the •eonerete before the abstract, ov- er -rating of examination results, and putting a premium on memory rath- er than on reasoning were contribut- ing causes for dislike. The purpose of the study of mathematics is two- fold: practical and cultural; practi- cal, because all sciences and techni- cal arts are based en mathematics; cultural, because if properly taught it should result in power rather than in knowledge, develop ,will -power. system, honesty, accuracy, reasoning and character. Improper method of instruction may result in passed examinations, but they cannot produce the results that should be the aim of a mathe- matical teacher, and which are the chief reason for the existence of mathematics in our educational courses. A. delightful change in the pro- gramne was the illustration of worts done in music in the Public Schools by P. F. Hoadley, Supervisor of music in Brussels Public School. In a brief address in which he spoke of the value of music in our educational system,, because of its influence on the physical, mental and spiritual, He asserted that the individual with, out musical appreciation and ability to sing is rare indeed, although the necessity for training the ear as well as vocal chords is often quite mark- ed. Small children love music, and they love to sing. This he demon- strated using a class of tiny tots its action, songs and games, incidentally illustrating the method used in train- ing the ear and the voice. With e rhythm -band of older children the method of teaching time and rhythm was exemplified. Another class dem- onstrated two-part harmony delight- fully, and spoke volumes for the ef- ficiency of the system used to attain such splendid results. The morning session was brought to a close by Inspector Field, who in a clear and concise manner explain- ed the grants given to schools, and reviewed matters of interest to the teachers of this Inspectorate in par- ticular. In the afternoon the teachers met in the Brussels Public Schlool where; questions peculiar to the various Public School . grades were freely dis- cussed, The several sections were • Fourth h Class: Kenneth Ashl o . Thai: 1 s Third Cas: Kenneth Edgar. •an• Second Class Miss Dale. Primer & First Glass: Vies Edgar: ; --+eor G ggi H. Jefferson, Secretary, 1 Wounded Animals Left) shot and therefore his aim is evert worse than ordinary "The inevit- able result," Mr. -Clark points out, it that "thousands of Wounded deer asp lofb each year in the woods to suf- fax'" The following tentative sug- gestions by Mr. Clark are well worth the serious consideration of all tree sportsmen: 1. Musketry practice previous to hunting season. in Bush In the "Star Weekly" Iast week Gregory Clark, in an article entitled "Wild Woe," makes a stirring plea .for humane treatment of deer in the hunting season. By way of introduc- tion he says: "In the neighborhood pea 23,004 licensed deer hunters went into the woods of Ontario this fall on their amual hunting trip. Would it be fair estimate, if we divided thae number into camps of ten hunters each, to say that in every camp, at least once in the two-week season, ane deer was hit by a bullet bat got away? At that rate, two thousand three Hundred beautiful deer are at tine moment either dragging their lives out in suffering or have al- ready died in anguish up there in the quiet, beautiful woods." Mr. Clark points out that the av- erage hunter has a rifle in his hand about once a year and consequently is a poor shot. Further, that, the advent of high power rifles makes it possible for even the poor shot to hit a deer target "somewhere" at a fairly long range. Also, that practically the only shots that ]till must strike the deer in one of two places: "First the heart shot, which is placed in a spot that not one hunter in five can definitely locate for yon if you try him. Get a picture of a deer and have your hunting friends mark 'with a pencil the spot they would shoot for its heart. It will amuse you. The heart is located far forward and quite low down, imme- diately back—within three or foul: inches, no more—of that forward bend of the fore -shoulder of the deer. Not back midway of its barrel. Not high up level with the shoulder -blade. But exactly back of the elbow where the fore -leg joins the body. The oth- er killing shot is the vertebrae of the neck, which is another most difficult shot, only to be made by crack shots who know that the neek vertebrae are not right along the crest of the neck, but same distance below the line of the neck." The average hunter is usually very much excited when be makes a 2. Sportsmen to refrain from shoot- ing he t- ing'unless5there is a good •chauee to 1_. 1nI . 3. Never abandon a wounded ani- mal but foliow it up even if it takes) the whole camp a whole day, 4. That tiger rifles be diseounten- aneed as proper riflee for shooting deer, and rifles of lighter recoil 'and lower power be encouraged. Mr. Claris winds up his argument,( with an appeal to the individual as follows: "But it is all a question, after all, of sportsmanship. In games there ' is a referee or umpire, whose busi- ness it is to watch for every breach of the rules and penalize the guilty. "In hunting and fishing, the sports man has the onus on himself alone. IE he is guilty of unsportsmanlike acts he has the abiding pleasure of knowing he is a poor coot. "And that is something to have to wear, like a horse -hair shirt, withi•1 the silence of your own heart," Game conservation then is akin to forest fire prevention or, as Dr, Howe puts it, "It is a question of public morals." —Forest and Outdoors, A FOOL THERE. WAS ",Tis mine," I boasted, pr'oud was 1.' •the da 1 .vie e w Y d The eastle ol` my dreams; set high upom a hill, Anel wrought of polished tale and° steno in , The sunlightwhich gleams. Upon its walls' hong Rich tapestries, and costly rugs and( rare the i Flows adorned for dainty feet te: 1tread, but g 'Twos for her and things 0 1 5 f esser' e nted', so Valli aioIbao "She's inia" Ic sarnngn was l.' the day wc,e Knelt to consummate our vow--,"TiIT I death us part" I think I smiled, defying even death I' to part us now. "He's mine," 1 gloried, that glad day they laid Within my arms my little On. An- other treasure . Added to my store of proud posses &ions, - Greatest of all and such a priceless one. 'Twas then a Voice I heard 'so gently - say, "My son, these things you claim as. yours are Only lent, and He who giveth, tale- eth---" The self Voice ceased, and low in: shone my Head I humbly bent. "Not mine," I cried, rn that sad days I knelt Beide the bion of wife and son, gone all My wicked arrogance and pride, but 1 had Learned too late to say—"Thy will .be done." —Edna McBrien. STILL REMEMBERS THE OLD TOWN In writing to renew his subscrip- tion, well en into 1934, by the way, Mayor C. 3f. Bezeau of Kitchener, writes as follows: "It is ever thirty years since I left the town in which I was born. and during that time many c:f my cid friends have passed to the great be- yond, and their sons and daughters have taken their places in the life of the community, and beeome the fath- ers and mothers of a new generation. 'The news of the community eon. tains many new names; but there are also many left whom I knew in the Iong ago, I am glad to note that many with-vlhonm I associated a third of a century ago areeprominentin the life of the town. Your paper comes each week like a letter from home. Yours very truly, -C. M. Bezeau." BE CAREFUL WITH FIREARMS Perhaps the most frequent cause of shooting aecidents is the danger - 000 habit of same hunters who "shoot at something moving in the bushes" without first making certain that the moving object is the game they seek rather than a hunting compan- ion, "Few accidents happen to people who are careful of their guns," an expert states. "The precepts of safe- ty are simple. If they are generally observed many valuable lives can be saved during each hunting seaeou. The hunter must never forget Chats the mat who 'didn't know it was loaded' is always wit) us and guard- carefully uardcarefully against his misteps." 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