The Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-02-01, Page 7WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1st, 1961'
THE UCKN!OW SENTINEL, 'LUCKNOW,:.ONTARIO
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by Bill Smiley
lush o .'tarter.
In, , recent 'years, :.there has:
been a great deal of .criticism.
of education in this country,;
from 'both ' outside., and inside
the system. I't doesn't 'take a Ph.
D. to realize that 'a whale of a
lot of it . is justified: And'.
speak as a, parent, tax=payer,
'and teacher:
Only by :frantic efforts and,
vast infusions' ' of money have
we managed to keep our. system
a mere couple of decades be-
hind the times. • . .
'• I knowit's easy to indulge in
hindsight. But'' holy old jumpin'
Jupiter, surely therecould have
been a . little ' foresight, sone-
where. along: 'the 'line. ' Look
what we have: shortage' :of
• buildings, :shortage of teachers,
.Shortage of just about .every- -
thing.except pupils. And• a vast •
surplus. ,' of. them. This didn't:
:happen overnight. They weren't
all born Last'summer.:;It' was all.
there 20 ' years; ago, perfectly
obvious to anyone who 'could.
add multiply. The only pea
ple doing, any :multiplying were.
the parents;
'And the'; crazy part of it is
that wekeep urging: the kids to
'stay .in schools which:haven't ,,
enough, room : for the "new crop
arriving. `'Drop-out • has • . be
.come.almost synonymous: with
"delinquent". It doesn't matter
:whether `::they're doing any •
work, 'or. learning'. anything, or •
are just being ,bored ''silly..•
They're`' told. • to stay in school •
until, through! sheer. . old:' age'
and the 'tidal, wave= pushing
from behind, they get• a :magic
piece of paper that will open a
• golden door.to success.
• Y lmChiefl to blame are rents.
•..
..
: They ,have MY, sympathy. Many
of
of them remember .'the `,great
depression; Many. others. , hon-.:
estly' believe• Material security
means happiness. • But far, . tar•
.
too • . many of them,; . delude:
themselves." They insist • that
• Jack, who wants nothing more
• than to, get .out' of school and `.
become useful.. and happy. as` a
salesman : or a policeman; ' has
the : makings of • a great surgeon,:.
because he -has always: got more
than 60 : marks • in science. Or
: that 301, a born wire and 'Moth;
er, Who wants nothing more:
than •to..'get married,. •Should
struggle . through a, :course in '
psychology; ..because she's al.
'ways' been. a first.class:baby-sit
ter. • s '
•
Almost equally to blame are
the big industries and ,institu-
tions, from, oil companies, to.
banks, They are too' lazy; or. too •
cheap,. or ' b.oth;, to, interview
youngpeople' and hire them'on
what they are: It's much easier,
and a lotcheaper, just to say,
" "We •don't want anybody unless
he has at ,least a Grade 12'certi
ficate", even ifall they want
him to, do is stick. square pegs
in round tholes..:
Another thing vastly "wrong; •
with education 'is the way it is.
financed.. Let's take a couple of
wexamples. Here's an elderly.
couple . en; a • small, fixed in-
come. After years of strugglingt
they own their own :house. They1,
pay $400 a year , in municipal
taxes, Abottt' half of that is for
education,. even though they've •
Paid taxes' for years ;,to educate
their own children; or, if child-
less, 'somebody else's.
This system makes a mockery
of the concept that every child
has the ,'same educational op.
portunities. Don't try to :tell me ,.
that ,`the' kid in a poor bush
town in the north; has the same
facilities, •options and quality ,of
teaching as the kid 'in a rich
suburb. He' simply •' does; not.•
Money makes the difference.
And. speaking . of, inequalities,
isn't ,there something quite ri-
di u' ous in ,.a'. counts of 20 'mil -
c l y..
mil-
lion having 10 separate and dis-
tinct ;educationalsystems?
'•� Much ,'larger: countries. have one
•system, and yet have far, more
diversity and opportunityWith•
in that one than fmte. have with •
our 10 rigid and separate ones.'
It is provincialism, literally and
figuratively.. '
•Rigidity.,_is.another thing that
sticks in my craw. We have . ri-
gid curriculums, rigid • time-
' tables,` rigid. divisions. , of . the '
School . year, ' and 'anything .else,
rigid that•avoids difficulty and.
g.,
keeps.. the.; vast:, Victorianveha-
cle shambling 'along somehow. •
• You 'know, what? .I'mettin
g g
a little worked up about this.
But you can't keep a good belch
down, and 'I've been,. developing:
indigestion; o'ver.. ' the whole
business for some ti e.
Sorather than g 1 p g
the alo in off'
.:''
in all directions,: let's say this is
the•'first of a series. of`. articles
on education by a plain; ordi=
nary layman. I'll 'bet you can
hardly'wait 'for next week''s.
'thrilling instalment
•
School Board l`a
Supply Public
Speakiflg P�%zes
The 13oard of Trustees, Huron.,
Cou4ity School Area No. 2, met
in regular session on January 23rd
at.1 30 p.m.
A delegation' of ratepayers'were.
presentrequesting the formation
of a kindergarten class for Sept=
ember•. 1967, board agreed to, /`
I'study the matter. •
The board' consentedt'o supply:'
prizes for the:public speaking'
contest to beheld 4t North Ash
..field Public School on February 9
The :following expense account.
was approved for payment;;Tele--
..phone $46;.98; Ont. Hosp. Serve•
es;Commission $56:75; Receiver
General $661.00f Teachers
$6 ,161.42i Secretary -446;0o;
4Caretakers $373.53; Bus Opera't:•
ors $2,1(05.00; Bus Drivers
$249.73; The ,Lucknow Sentinel
$.3,25; Practice Teaching Mr,
A.N.MacLennan. $2.50, Mrs..
M'. tvlacCharles $25'..00; Sports
equipment• $15.,50; Operations'
Webster, and MacKinnon 44.81;
*Ken 'Hodges,$2:50', 'Alexander
Hardware $6.20, Albert Phillips
Wrn. Cranston $39.00,
Frank 'Pentland '$36:56 Spence
Irwin $22.00, Ontario,Hydro
$230.91, Imperial Oil •Listed'
$422.42 ; W.A. Hamilton $69.42
Parinabecker's Gen.' Store $5.57;
Instructional supplies '$275.61;
Dental $24.00; .Pannabecker's
Gen. Store (Gas).$114':25;. Blue -
water Truck, Centre Ltd. $62.91
`Mr. A.N. MacLennan (mileage)
,.$14:90; Howard' Blake (secretary
to Principal) $30.75
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Attending the opening of Parl.ia
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:Bruce riding'were. Mrs. Murray
Gaunt of :Wingham , Mr"; Alex
Corrigan. of Bluevale, ; Mr. and
Mrs.. Wallace . Conn. Ivir: , and Mrs.
'Alex Robertson..
• Visitors; on Sunday. with Mr: and.
Mrs 'Torn Magoffin and Mr and
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•.ON EUROPEAN TOUR
Mrs. Cecil Falconer, Mrs.; Nora:
:Groninand.Mrs. Wesley Tiffin
;returned home :from' Sarnia:' on
Sunday with Mr. • and Mrs. Hugh.
MacMillan and family, after:a •
week's visit there. They' tell us '
'Mr.. and Mrs, ' Hector''''l'tirdon •of •
Sarnia left on Tuesday_: January 24;.
ona 3'' week European•;tour
.On Wednesday evening White-
church and Brussels' Broomball'..
teaniSy la ed at .Wing g.ham with a
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score 1-0 in favour of Whitechurch
Thursday:evening Whitechurch.:
and. B'eimore tea ai'ts•played
Belgrave- with a score r-0 in, favour„
of° Whitechurch..
Mrs... Howard Walker:returned f
home on Sunday, after spending a
week with• her, mother Mrs. Alex
'Leaver of Wingh'am who was con-
valescing •after being in.Winglham
;and District Hospital. •
• Visitors this week with Mr.• a'nd. •
Mrs, Gershom Johnston of Winghani.
were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth.
Johnston of Clinton on Friday and
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on.Wednesday Mr. and Mrs.' Ross;
McMichael and family..of Seaforth,
Bill Rintoul'accompanied by Mac.
Caidi'ff of Brussels 9n Wednesday
went'on the Walton• bus to the
Farm '
m,plement Show held at the
Col'iseurn, Toronto:.
Mrs:' Charles 'Tiffin, :.Janette
Johnston and Mr;. and Mrs. George
Youngwere Saturdayvisitors with:.
Mr.:; and Mrs. Bill Brown of Luck•
now,
Mr. •and Mrs. Norman. Coultes.
were in Toronto on Thursday to
bring Miss Ruth Coultes nurse -
in -training .horne
urse-
in-training.horne from the, Sick
Children's Hospital where she had:
completed '3 months training ainin and
, r
o Sunay they' accompanied her
tH:amlion::
she receives � whe -' re
training • in the Health Association•'. •
Department of •Hos ltal work,
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Miss Mildred : McClenaghan , R.. N.
the -week' . end - with
of Milton'spent
her mother, Mrs: George McClen-
aghan.
Mr... and Mrs, Carl McClenag han.
were Sunday, visitors with •Mr:' and
Mrs: Lorne'Howe' and family.of •
Teeswater,. • ••
Mr.'•and MrsClayton Scholtz
o'
ltz,
Karen. Lasa and Kentonof
Goderich were Sunday:- visitors with
his parents;•Mr and Mrs. Ezra
Scholtz.
Mr; and Mil.: Alex Robertson
and. family of East Wawanosh were
'Sunday, visitors with ,Mr ;and Mrs,
Dawson Craig...'
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Quilfing Bee:
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Mrs. Leonard; McInnes 'was :host =
ess to` an, old • fashioned 'quilting:
. •
bee on Tuesday, when Mrs.
:Harold and a', ;.
old Campbell Mrs. Harry ..
Laois. of. Lucknow.'and Mrs'.' W. R.
Hamm ilon , Mrs.. Oscar White and
Mrs Cl �rence Ritchie and:: Mar
a y.,
Ann,' s ent. a pleasant afternoon: •,
.... P.
working on a colourful butterfly
quilt,,
The
.., •Lucknow ladies had •a
busydayplanned' for Wedne,.day
•
w.hen`theYwere ,going :to do. some. ',
aking for a sister Mrs,• Lloyd
Hunter, who,has beenonthe, sick
k: .
list for some time
Sympathyois; extended to the fart •
ily of William R. McGuire whose. •
death occurred',in:Kincardine ita .
hos
i l on Wednesday.: Attending '
the' funeral was his daughter. Mrs:
:Dorothy 'Engel .and M . E
ng el'
of
DublinDublin•and the Revet'endTC
Wilkinson of Downsview.
• .Mr•, and Mrs.. . Harold Johnston
ate anS n
of Teeswater visited. on.. da ,y
with Mr ; and Mrs. •Harry Collin
g ..:
Church service was suspended in:
-Olivet on Sunday becauseof:,
blizzard conditions' during the .
weekend. School was. close ,- on
:' a : at thebeginning of the
Fr,td y..• eg mg
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