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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1927-03-10, Page 7• The Matte of Township School Boards S d. DYsco se eeiang at Dungannon liisei=,ses question That Is Agitating eeural Distrkts Ashfield, West`Wawanosh and Coli borne townships were all represented in the gathering that assembled in the parish hall at Dungannon on Fri- day afternoon,for the discussion of. ,educational matters, particul`arly the proposal of Premier-: Ferguson for the establishmentof..township school boards. : Mr. Wm. Rutherford, presi- dent of the Ashfield Trustees'' and Ratepayers' Assoeiation, acted as chairman and Mrs. Robt: Davidson as secretary.' The principal epeaker of the afternoon was Mr. W. M. Morris of Toronto secretary of the Ontario Association of School Trieetees and Ratepayer's. Mr. Morris was very cautious in his approach teethe ques- tioneof ethe.'ques- tion«of` the township board and did not Tress his own opinion unduly. In Tact, there was evident throughout the afternoon a reluctance to come to grips: with what was recognized as .the principal matter before the meet- ing, and no resolution directly test- ing the feeling on this question was put before the meeting. The chairman opened the meeting by explaining its : object and called first upon: the Reeves slid Dephty- Reeve present, Reeve Hugh Hill of Colborne, Reeve Hackett and Deputy Reeve Cameron oi' Ashfield responded brief- ly. Mr. Cameron was the, only one of the three who ventured an opinion on the township board proposal, and his declaration of opposition to the proposed innovation, which he said would mean another bill of expense Torthe ratepayers, brought a wave of applause from the meeting. 1%Ir. Morris' Address Mr, Morris hi opening hi address l g s referred to tire' tlemoirstratien of'op- p,tolto townshi osii n ` school boards p. that had just been given and jocular- ly expressed`'' the hopethat he would get out of Dungannon with hie life. Speaking seriously, he said that,t'ee greatest of all enterprises -was the. training of the children. The human• factor. was the greatest in the mak- ing of any nation, and the most val- ua'ble.of Canada's "natural resources" washer children. Britain and espec- ially Scotland were great because they had laid`strees upon education. There; were, 2,200,000 boys and; girls going to schools in Canada, and it was their training and development that would mace Canada a great na- tign.' He was not present, the speaker said, as an advocate of the township board bill; but he would endeavor to explain it. He represented the On- tario School Trustees' and Ratepay- ers' Association, 'which had been or-. ganized forty years ago in the town of Whitby with the objects of bring mg school trustees and ratepayers to- gether to study,/ educational matters and to express their mind, to the. De- partment of Education Many things in the school regulatioree were there because of the activities of this Association. It was ` affiliated with the 'school teachet•s to form -flim On- tario Educational Association. At the. annual 'meeting of • the .Trustees' and Ratepayers' Association last year.. 1,700' delegates were present, the:; rural representatibes. ,predomin- ating. Delegates attending the, •an nualmeeting heard"- the very best .speakers, ,and besides exchanging ideas witle the other delegatesat the convention they could give guidance, inspiration and help to their fellow - trustees at ,honme. Certain things in the present �yi e tem of, education in the Province were not regarded with satisfaction. Children pass the catrranee examina- tion at a vefy young age and then often have . nowhere to go, ,unless they leave home to attend -a high school. , Thismany parents think is not wise'; once fhey go away it is the beginning of separation between par- ents and children. Can we have d something ; of a high school education for our children without their leaving home to get it? the speaker asked,. There were the regular courses lead- ing to a professional career, •the 'com- mercial courses. in preparation for business life, and technical schools for those who were' td engage; in in- dustrial pursuits. Should there not be secondary schools of a practical kind for boys and 'girls who would presumably live their lives in the country? Why not couple„with a cultural training,, something practical. that willbe allied to the life these boys and girls will live? I f you want to know which way the wind blows send your dollars away from Clinton. It will be only a matter of time until you will have no 'dollars to send. I f inerchand ise wasn't just as good, more often bet- ter; if prices were not just as low, sometimes lower, are, the business and professional men ..o f Clinton would not call to your attention the i nportance of . patronizing hotne stores and home industry. Your job, your investments and the future of our town hinge on; the loyalty of all. Dollars spent al home stay here to keep the wheels of 'bus- iness turning. , They make- for better jobs, better homes, better churches, better schools and generally increased pro- perty values, • Whether it be a dune' s worth of ' ant- killer a motor car or a pair of shoe strings ---BUY T ITEM IN CLINTON. There is Prosperity for Clinton when We Stick Together W. Ii. I•IELLYAR I.RWIN'S—DFF; GQODS 1VIORRISII CLOTHING CO, 'R. H. JOHNSON PLUMSTEEL BROS, THE C. & S. GROCERS THOS. HAWKINS ”. CLINTON HDWE. & FURN. DAVIS & HERMAN THE W. D. FAIR CO.'" A. T. COOPER T. 7. McNEIL • BURGESS' STUDIO • WOMEN'S EXCHANGE CO. CHAS. V. COOKE N. W. TREWARTHA W. J. NEDIGER MILLER HARDWARE CO. L. LAWSON &, CO. STJT71r1:R & PERDUE W;.T. O'NEIL THOS' McKENZIE ESTATE J; A. FORD & SON .. H. CHARLESWORTH C. Ii. VEIN -ER W. GLEN C00K. H. A. HOVEY J. B. MUSTARD COAL CO. R.' J. MILLER - E, WARD Place Your Dollars on the Home Town Circuit 'Po ,find a solution for spcii -gees- tions'as these, the Fs'emirs' had sug- gested the township school board: This bill world be g `a •ain introduced in the Legislature at this session and would be laid on the table for con- sideration. The:: bill had been anlencl-. ed in some, partieulitrs, and as now .'framed it, proposes, where a town- ship, has ten schools, a board of ten members, one selected from each school beetle:1, Where the township' has more than ten sections,, it world; be divided and there would be two boards; and' where there were more than twenty sections there -would be three boards. A :union school section would belong tothe township in which it hadthelargest assessment: It was optional whether the trustees be paid or not. These board's would take : over the' administration of ,all educational matters, primary and -se- condary, in the township'. The board might select one school and put on a fifth class, and in another school it � might have regular high school work, bringing to it students from the oth- er sections in, the township. The board might have an itinerant teach- er ofagriculture, or a nurse to teach. health, for all the .schools ,of the township. Or' it might arrange with the agricultural representative for a short course, or have evening classes, or part-time classes, for older boys' and girls to take up advanced sub- ' jects. These things could be better done, said the speaker, by a single board than by separate, boards. The speaker 'mentioned' some sug- gestions that had been made asal- ternatives to the township board plan. ' : From the .township of Wilmot had come the suggestion: that the';sec- tion boards remain hs" they are ,but that one representative be chosen from - each of the section boards to form a township board that could at- tend to such .matters - as had been mentioned. Another suggestion was a community school board, taking in an area—perhaps surrounding: a cen- tral village—that would include sev- eral' sections bat not necessarily iii one township. "If you don't like the township school board, what would you suggest for a , better education for. country boys and girls?" asked the speaker, concluding his address. Discussion and Resolutions A number of questions were asked of Mr, Morris and some interesting di'seuesions were started, Reeve Hill, Me. J. J. Robertson, Mrs. Geo. Lane, Rev. E. Hays, Mr, J. Killohgh, Mr. Murdock Matheson and others taking 'part in this phase of the meeting. Mrs. Lane wanted to know about how much the proposed plan would increase the school taxes. It was the question of cost that was holding beck the people. The farms were now taxed to the limit. M. Morris admitted there might be the expense eof it secretary's sal- ary, and perhaps some travelling,ex- penses. She • spoke of the large amounts now paid in school grants and asked. Are we getting value for our money today? "No," was the resiiaiise from the floor of the hall. Reeve Johnston of West Wawan- osh, who bad not been present at the opening of the meeting, was invited to speak at this juncture, He said that eh he learned more of the town- ship board plan he was becoming more sympathetic toawrds it. Ho would like to see it made optional. Reeve Hill moved that the meeting go on record el endorsing the Duf- ferin county resolution, to the effect that matriculation standing be grant- ed to pupils taking the agricultural course. After considerable discus- sion, an amendment was, carried, r e co:emending the establishing of a de- gree, such as Bachelor of Science of Agriculture, that should be equal to matriculation standing. This recom- enendation is to be sent to the 0.E,A. convention. A vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. Morris for •his address. At the close of the joint meeting, the Ashfield` Township Association held a short meeting for the election of officers and other, business. After the reading )iy the secretary of the minutes of the last annual meeting, the following officers Were elected: President, Mr. Wm. Rutherford; vied- president, Mr. e. M. Reed; secretary- treasurer, Mrs. Robe?t Davidson. The following delegates were appointed (provisionally)" to attend the conven- tion of the Ontario "Educational Association at Toronto. in Easter week: Mrs, Geo. Lane, Mr. John Fax rish, and Mrs. Robb. Davidson.—God-. orich Signal. SEAFORTH:. Postal District Sup- erintendent Way and Inspector Vin `tere, of the Department of the Infer- ior, were in townthis week looking over the post office with. a view to making some service' improvements.: EXETER: The death took place-inl Toronto on Tuesday, March 1st, of IYlartha Verity, widow of the late Thomas B. Carling in her 65th, year.•', Mrs. Carling was a resident. of Ex- eter for many years. :Peering to Tor- onto in the fall of 1015, shortly after the ;heath of her husband.' She had been ill for some time anddeath came as a happy relief to her sufferings. The deceased is survived °by. sic daughters and etre son:" -Miss -Eva, Supt. of St. Luke's Hospital, ,New York; Miss Nina, of Toiouto; Miss Winnie of 'Brantford; Miss Martha, R.N„ of Coluenbla 'University; Harry, of .the Canadian` Bank of Commerce staff, Windsor; Mrs. H. Washington and Miss Grace, in Toronto,- Mts. R. E. Pickard, of town, is a sister. :Che' remains were 'brought tp Exeter and the funeral was held Thursday morn- ing from the :depot. • MORRIS: The Council has pur- chased 'thee road graders and two wheeled scrapers from the Massey Harris Co, The graders are cheaper this season at $135 each. The scrap- ers have steel wheels; and cost, $110.00 each. It was also decided to Hbuy a Dumpey Level for the grain, in specter.' RuM!nailuns 11 Col0 U11 A Column gll ay for -Women — Pre ared Es peci P But Not Forbidden to Men Let ire to -day do aomothieg that shall take' A little`sadness. -from the world's t e vast store, A d'•be so favoure ''to hake tic may I .a as ? Ot ;joys 'too Scanty stun a little Let me not hurt.liy any eel't'ieh deed, 'Or thoughtless word, the heart of foe or :friend, Nor would I Ness, unseeing.,worthy need, O •sin bysilence 'whey. e I should Or t defend , Let me tonight •ht look back across the span 'Twixt da t anddark,an to w wIa my conscience say: - • "Because of some -good act to beast or man, The world .ls better that I lived today." A mother of eight writes me in somewhat facetious mood regarding an article appearing in these col- umns a short time ego'about a plan to mould the faces of new-born child- ren in order to remedy any defect in formation of the features, with the• idea of making: them more beautiful., She wishes to know who is to :decide -what is beautiful and; we. admit there might appear a stumbling block right here, as what mother doesn't think the wee fate peeping out from under the old flannel shawl - en her. arm is the sweetest and most beauti-' ful thing ever yet •revealed to the eyes of men? She also wishes to know if the styles of beauty will change like the fashions in frocks, for instance, •and suggests that. in that case a face might be "dated" just as a dress oe hat is dated. No doubt she has seep, as who has not, pictures of oneself in an old-fash- ioried hat, and she evidently thinks it might be worse to carry abot}t with one all the time an old-fa$hioned face. Well, I must confess, i have not. gone into this thing very deeply. But I have seen pug- noses which might have been stretehed out a bit if.eare hadbeen taken in early youth;' I have seen wide nostrels, which might have ' been 'hold la, and •a turned -up nose which might have been induced to take a downward tilt. I never see a child with bow legs that I do not want to take it upon my knee and gently, rub the outsides of the chubby .limbs in an endeavor to help straighten the little bones. But the lady continues; "I think it would. really make life much more bother than it is now and I am glad mine propsiself-esteem, a little boo much' is.renily better than too little, be- cause contact with the world will rub oil ome , of it,o s s may be able carry on he whatever environment he or she niay be 'thrown, without ember assment.' There was never a time when there was - more need tor the careful training of !children than the A deputation £rom..,the Provincial are allgrown up,and," .Ceunen of Women waited on the n nd, she adds wit Premier and members of the Ontario commendable candor, for 'a mothe "while they" may 'not be strikingly beautiful, they are not remarlcably ugly, either:" So that's that', It would never de if the world settled down and never tried to im- prove, so, as longas it lasts we may expect to see attempts galore to ad- vance the knowledge of mankind, and now along comes a Paris physician who c ' rs 'he can -c lawn a are timidity: Those French doctors 'seem to make a specialty' of treating the mind. The "Timidity" doctor adopts some such .treatment as is known on this con- tinent as "C`ouieism." He supplies il- luminated texts to be hung about the bed -of the patient bearinggsuch words as:; I am calm, - ane comfortable eve I r lr ex ywh e • r e, Ieak dearly. " sP: I am a new person. -I dominate. t My self-assurance increases. My spirit, is lueid. T have aplomb.• Reading these is supposed to kill timidity in one's breast and make one brave enough to do almost anything. In a court of law, for this doctor mmn;. was taken up for employing an assistant withou medicaltraining, many testimonies were presented to prove that benefit had been received by the treatment. I do not at all doubt that good might be gained by such treatment, (if seeing so many illuminated: texts hanging. about didn't confuse one), "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he," might be applied in more ways than one. If one is constantly think- ing liow clumsy, awkward: or insig- nificant one is, ten chances to one that will describe him. If he is con. cabinet the other day to ask that a bill be passed in thep resent session of parliament raising the legal age for marriage for :a girl from four- teen to sixteen years, It may be a surprise to roan k t p y to know, v• thathe le a1 age: is fourteen and thati ginvesti- gators have found that there are many 'bnidee in Ontario" -of than tee - der age. The greatest number of these are, -of course, children of for- eign parents, oreignparents, butsome are of Canad- ian parentage. Few willuestion the contention h that fourteen is -too early age a •e for a girl to marry. A girl of fourteen is but a. child and is unfitted to take. on the responsibilities of marriage, although she inay feel that she is; wise enough for anything. I' recall" the case of -a young girl', of fourteen„ of fifteen "who wished to marry a widower with, a family of ARAPS' children. She was sorry for the:''.'', motherless children and wished to be able to do something to help them. A girl, of that age is romantic enough to wreck her life by entering into an alliance 'with a man whoin she • would loathe in the course of a few years. The legal age limit should ' be raised and young girls should be discouraged from thinking of .mar- liege until they reach years of ma- turity. • REBEKAH HOG .SHIPMENTS Reports of hog shipments for week ending Mar, 8,,1927: Londesboro: Total hogs, `66; select bacon, 34; thick smooth, 27; heavies, 5. Brueefield Total hogs, 35; select bacon, 17; thick smooth, 17; heavies, Huron County: Total hogs, 1,474; Scantly thinking what a great fel- select baton, 422; thick smooth, 846; low he is he may not be such a great Heavies, 02; extra heavies, 2; shop fellow, but anyway he will not be too hogs, 84; lights and feeders, 7. timid to speak for himself. At is a pity that children cannot be • taught to take exactly . their proper IT'S ALL IN THE STATE -OF MIND place in the world. 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