HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-05-10, Page 24THE HURON EXEQSiTOR, MAY 10
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BY JEFF $,E1109N citizens• it was ;their "right
!ReVerend Ken Campbell'and res_..ponsibility"
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lelassroom, use that. .refleet
values, and morals taught in,
their homes.
In a sontett t $ frenZieds
speech made in Clinton
liursday night the Baptist
preaches° explained the Re-
naissanee movement in
1Canada and outlined its.
goals. Campbell. the founder
Of Reit aissanceInternational,
;
told the parents the
movement *WAS the most
"•'dynamic liberation
moveznettt iii the ,.puntry:''.
Campbell was invited to
:Clinton by the Concerned
• Citizens• of Huron County. a•
group, actively lobbying; to:
have three English literature
novels taken out of county
high schools. The novels.
The Diviners by Margaret
Laurence, Of Mice and Men
by. John Steinbec1F and
Catcher in the Rye by J' D.
Salinger. • . . are considered
blashpliemous and immoral
by the parents. The •county
board of education agreed to.
delist The -Diviners but did
nothing about the other
novels.. - out as fools.
Campbell urged the He said paretns, or anyone
parents, not to lose sight of
their goals nor to succumb tta
criticisms from book
publishers opposing moves
to has novels taken out of
the ilassroo
ms
He said
parents opposed to the use of
Some ie materials in classrooms
seem to be open game for
individuals and groups who
feel any type of restriction.
placed on literature re-
presents restriction of rights.
He said it was a parents
"Fright anis responsibility" to
Select materials to be used in
the education of . their
chidlren.
Campbell steered clear of
comment on the three noels
hinder tire in • Huron ,County
Concentrating .on bet*
¢electionp° lieies in the
education: system rather than:
the •books selected.. He said
the novels upsetting parents
in, Huron were secondary to
the' preblents parents were
;encountering as ,a .result of
efforts. by parents tet control
rlassroom material.
He said'dthe attitude by
many school administrators:
that children were the pro-
perty of the state when they
were in school was .. what
Renaissance Wanted to
combat.,
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 classroom shas
'resulted in '• unwarranted
attacks from book publishers
and groups that feel that any
restrictions placed on
literature is a restriction of
rights. He said both groups
'attempt to make the parents
else offended by literature
such as Teh Iyiviners are
made out as: "bigoted,
narrow minded) 'red -necked
boon -dockers". He added
that Huron County has suf-
fered more from these at
tacks than other areas
because, of its rural back
ground.
He pointed put that the
same novels upsetting Huron
County- parents 'had
surfae..ed in .Hamilton with
next to, no -publicity. He said
a top, school administrator in
the city had commented' that
a novel was unfit for
secondary school use
because of.its : content and
the remark. ,was cart any
unnoticed„
"Vvhy aero in on Chilton.
why not Hamilton?,'
Campbell asked. -
The minister told the
;crowd that RenaiSsanoe
international was not formed
tit promote censorship or to
glean up classroom materials
but rather to fight for
Patents* right§ to control
what is; used In schools He
said the movement, had ne
list of novels; it wanted
banned, nor did it concentrate
any effort on a particular;
novel. It merely. fought for
parents' rights: to have their
children taught froth
material the parents appals**
of.
•He said Renaissance was
not" a fundamental sect nor
did it have any religious
overtones as the media and:
book publishers have
indicated. It was a group
devoted to having classrooms.
in Canada reflect the values
of homes in a pluralistic.
society with a Judeo-
Christian heritage,
. Renaissance involvement
with literature used in class-
rooms, stemmed from book
selection policies. used by the
education system. The
movement wants book
selectionPoh
urs
that'
guarantee parents the right o
determiAe what their
children are taught.
Campbell's attack of
education systems bucking
Renaissance drew a revival
type response from: the
crowd. His criticism of,'school'
administrators that are
"unbelievably, arrogant" and
school policies that require
parents, to explain why they
don't want a book used drew
a chorus of "amens" from
the audience.
He told the parents there
:was; ng way any "self rep
specting parents with any!
P
personal worth or dignity
should have to write an essay
telling why he or she doesn't
want a book read".
"All that has :to be said is 1'
don't want that book read. .
. game over period," said.
Campbell..
He said school.,
administrators and boards
did, not "have the right tri
impose values onm y home",
He said parents should
"reject the totalitarian:
'concepts, of those child
seducers
Campbell: ` said all
Renaissance wanted; was
educators to observe the
good neighbor policy, He
said the good neighbor policy
shows respect for people's.
differences. He said that
policy ,permits parents that
have objections to literature,
• used in schools appeased., by
providing their children with
alternatives.
He said literature parents
choose to have in their hom-
e 3 their own business but
iliterature used in classrooms
should show the good
neighbor policy.
Smiles
A Mississippi river steam-
boat slowed to a halt on
approaching a dense fog. An
impatient passenger :.asked
-the captain •what_. wasthe
cause for delay.
"Can't see up river was
the laconic reply.
"But I can see the . stars
overhead," the passenger
said sharply.
"Yes," responded the cap
tain, "but unless the boilers
bust, we're not going .that
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He SO ; ,t any literature that
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that he found novels that
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objectionable than, ,novels
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