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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1969-06-26, Page 12PAGE TWELVE ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1969 The International Scene (by Raymond Canon) Last December the extension department of Fanshawe College asked me to give a couple of lectures on Canada's foreign aid program. These lectures were out of town and the first time I showed up, it was a few minutes pas t the appointed hour and the class was already wait- ing for me. As soon as I got to the door and told them my namea the first question they asked me was, "Are you American or Canadian?" When I replied I was Canadian, one of them ex claimed, "Thank goodness! Three of our five professors have been American, and they can't really explain the Canad- ian point of view." I was rather flattered by all the attention and questions that evening, and it served as an introduction to a rather vexing question that had plagued Canadian institutions of higher learning the last little while. Briefly stated, the problem is this. In our universities a great many professors are being hired or have been hired who are not Canadian and have lived here for a short period. Yet these sante professors are being called upon , to explain a Canadian point of view to Canadian students - which in all fairness is impossible for them to do. It is just as if we • were suddenly sent to an Ameri- • can university and asked to ex- : plain American foreign policy to American students, which we couldn't do either. I also remember my years as a French teacher when parents would come up to the every once in a while and say, "I'nt glad you speak French with a Parisian accent". Never having lived in Paris in my life 1 wasntt quite sure how to take this re- mark, but i presume that these sante parents thought that any- thing was better than having -their kids taught French from a French-Canadian teacher. - All of which may mean that 'unconsciously we think that .'people from other countries teach better than we do. As far as languages are concern- ed, we should` be learning to understand the Quebec accent as much as possible, since i.t is the accent that we are gt i. ; to hear and 11, much n•;.'1.; than any- nt Paris, rc,,ardless of how itnpor- we may think a Parisian accent is. So you see that the problem is with us in several ways, not having a large population we are subject to outside influences wh- ich under certain conditions may bc more harmful than beneficial. At the risk of sounding national- istic, I believe that there are r;. times, especially in our univer- sity courses when a Canadian point of view is imperative. We should make every effort to MUSEUM CURATOR PASSES Joseph Herbert Neill, founder of the Huron County Pioneer Museum, died in Victoria Hos- pital, London, on Friday, June 13, three days after his 84th birthday. He had been a resi- dent of Huronview. Mr. Neill was -born in Howicl< Township on June 10, 1885, a son of Joseph Neill and the•forttter Mary Jane Neill, 11e lived in . Gorrie until moving to Goderich in 1935, He was in the harness and shoe repair business before be- coming curator of the Huron County Museum. He founded the Huron County Museum in 19- 35 and built many of the exibits himself. It was in the 1930's he became seriously interested in collecting such items as one sees now in a number of pioneer mu- seums. "His museum" now houses over 11, 000 exhibits from a needle to a railway steam lo- comotive, began, according to Mr. Neill's own words with an old "tallow candle latern," Mr. Neill was Honorary Pres- ident of the Huron County his- torical Society; honorary mem- ber Howick Branch 307 Royal Canadian Legion, and a member of Victoria L.O.L. 182. To honor Mr. Neill on his 78th birthday in 1963 he was made an honorary member of the Museum. Section of the Ontario 1listorical Society, the first to be accorded this honor. A portrait of Mr. Neill has been painted by J. W. Mc Laren, of l3enutiller, president of the county historical society, and will hang in the museum. The picture was ro have been present- ed to Mr. Neill officially at the monthly meeting of the county council, but he was -unable to at - rend due ro 111 health. Ivlr. Neill was 0 member of the Salvation Army Coderich Corps. Surviving are one brother, 1ra Neill, \Vingham; seven grand- children; 23 great-grandchildren and one great -great-grandchild. The funeral was held at Stiles Funeral home at 2 p.m. on Mon- day June 16. Capt. Ralph Hew- lett officiated. A memorial service was held by the members of Victoria L 0 L. 182 at Stiles Funeral Home 00 Sunday evening. interment was in Wroxeter Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ar- chie Neill, Bruce Neill, Eldon Neill, Dennis Neill, Randall Marion., and Ted Keating. FOR ENJOYMENT IN EATING OUT Your Someone Special Deserves Our Best hire Canadians, if they have the qualifications and can do the job, even before giving consider- ation to any other candidates. i.dates. As I have said before, the ad- ministrators of foreign unversities don't come to Canada looking for teachers unless they have been unable to find there in their own country. Where does this lack of Canad- ianisrn show up most glaringly? Mainly in the area of liberal - arts. For example, in the field of political economy we need professors who can give the Canadian viewpoint without hes- itation, but if they are not Canadian to begin with, what can they do but give their own. And yet it if from this stream of liberal arts that many of our lawyers, journalists, and polit- icans come and if their courses have been well larded with for- eign points of view in subjects which ought to have been Canad- ian, then it takes a great deal of time to undo the harm that has been done, if indeed it can be undone. One thing that has to be done is that more Canadians in respon- sible positions must become con- cerned. Our graduate schools should beeared to turn out Can- adian graduates that get first crack at teaching positions in Canadian universities, if they ha- ve the proper qualifications, In short, it is our national ident- ity that is at stake and nothing else. WE SPECIALIZE IN . . . - CHICKEN, STEAK AND FISH SUNDAY DINNERS SERVED FROM 3 P.M. TO 7:30 P.M. 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