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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-01-16, Page 2ypy:knpw •that by saving just SW a day yetican have over •$54.(100 gQ, yP4r4 #01.11 GUEST ARTICLE Why teachers' federations • nvesto rs ovnelkocia CRN“A. FIRST OF TWO ARTICLES BY WILLIAM J, COURTNEY, HURON' pARK TED 110.L,MES 146 POr "Pp,* Lond,on • pg 4.a60a or griO,uire at Ttlg A.0yopate This Is the month when your sub- scription comes due. Expiry date is the first of this month. Your LA Label AND WHAT IT SAYS The last digit shown indicates the year (in this case, 1964) to which your subscription is paid. When this subscription is renewed, the rf,D will disappear and "5" (1965) will be the last digit showing. The other numbers remain to serve in future years. ur own , an 1), Ex-Qter, -RR 3 Orrt., Federation director • :: ::'." 4.16 et;Fe, Krog I'vAfrfei Wfsii,11,14,1,,-•112M,v0a We have re-established our floral business following the fire Sunday morning and we solicit your continued patronage. 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A Walt -Disney • produced probe into the waters that cover nearly three•quarters of the earth's surface, the hour•long program will be t'elecast over th CBC network on Thursday, January 23, at 9:00 p.m. After its television debut, "The Restless Sea" will be added (in colour) to the many other entertaining and educational films provided without charge by the Bell to church, school, club, civic groups, or other organizations. Interested groups may obtain a catalogue of Bell films available for private showings by calling our Business Office. BEST POTS IN THE WORLD This is an era of ever-more-elaborate abbreviations. Where a simple "SWAK" (Sealed With A Kiss) used to suffice on the baCk of an envelope, now they tell me it's "SWAGBK" (for "Great Big" or "Grand British," depending on your upper lip). In the telephone business, we've learned to live with many abbreviations.. Examples that are perhaps more familiar to customers are "ANC" (All Number Calling), "DDD" (Direct Distance Dialing), "PBX" (Private Branch ExcRhaencgenet)l.y, we heard a telephone engineer say he was working on "WATS" and "POTS", "WATS" (Wide Area Telephone Service) is designed for companies doing a large volume of Long Distance calling, and was familiar to us. "POTS" we never heard of (at Watt not in a tele- phone Sense). t. We questioned him about "POTS". "That," he said, is "Plain Old Telephone Service. And that's still our most important business as we head into 1964: bringing you the best "POTS" in the world. EDITORIALS They should get the vote The much-publicized CBC program In- quiry" which devoted a. balf,topr .to. proving how little some 18-year-olds know about their country is far from being alarming, or for that matter, news, Give us that CBC camera and. we could make your bones shake even harder with some interviews of .Canadian voters over 44L Or perhaps you didn't read about that mid- dle-aged man in Toronto who told a pollster that the Republicans in Canada Should get rid of that damn Kennedy 'as their leader because he's one of the jewiSh bunch selling out the nation to Russia! specialized knowledge and skill. The proportion of our teachers today who still lack degree qualifications would 'be very much smaller if the proposals of teacher federation through the years bad been in1Plemen- ted, Bureaucratic paralysis on the one hand and political ex. pediency on the other have in varying degrees in certainpro- vinces, placed Canada far be- hind the leaders of the English-. speaking world in the academic qualifications of her teachers. Teachers organizations in Ontario had an early beginning. We know that in the 1850's Dr. Egerton Ryerson stimulated the formation of "Teachers' Insti- tutes" in various counties in the hope of providing a simple kind of in-service teacher training. In 1861 the Ontario Educational Association came into being. It has now developed Quite amusing are the cynical corn- plaints from the pessimists and. traditionalists Who view with alarm the federal government's proposed 7n01/..0 to lower the voting age to 18 years. Such a dastardly thing to inflict upon the nation! All •those punks whom the .CBC. dragged out of pool rooms and disreputable joints to prove they didn't even know the name of the Canadian prime minister are going to run and ruin the country, They'll become left- wing (or right-wing, depending upon which you abhor the most) extremists, misled by devious agitators and smooth-talking communists, Bunk! We're prepared to stake a sizable bet that the 18-year-old today who apparently is about to get his franchise is far better edu- cated, knows much more about what's going on in this country and the world, and has utrip- teen times more access to channels of com - munication than did the 21-year-old who be- came entitled to his vote 40 years ago. And we'll wager that he has far less political, religious and regional prejudices than has the majority of today's voters, whatever their age may be. Less than 50% of the present voters of Canada exercise their franchise now in federal elections. Perhaps if their interest is stimulated at 'the enthusiastic age of 18, they might get to enjoy the privilege—and use it more often. One thing is rather odd about those who 'oppose the lowering of voting age to 18, that young and tender, wet-behind-the-ear age, We haven't heard them complain yet about the fact that our judicial system puts children in adult courts to face adult law at the venerable old age of 16. • • • •/... • :,. •-• • Away to the Good Roads sentatives proved profitable. " 'I must say that I didn't hear any dis- cussions on roads while I was there,' he con- tinued. visited the suite of rooms _occupied by Huron county council and found the gather- ing strictly a social one. There was no discus- sion 'of roads there. I also visited the suite oc- cupied by Cowan's insurance agency and found it was strictly a social gathering too.' " 'All 'in all, I would say I enjoyed it very much.' " 'Exclaimed Reeve Fisher: 'That's the best report we've ever had.' "Farrow: 'Why? Because it's the short- est?' " "Fisher: `No. It was the longest.' "Farrow: 'Seriously, it doesn't do a town any harm to meet with other municipal repre- sentatives.' BACK IN OPERATION AFTER OUR FIRE! During the Christmas, Eas. ter, and =Paler vacation periods parents are aware that the teachers are not in the class room <11 for no other reason than the fact that John or Mary is under foot), At the sometime the parents and public may read or hear reports of various teacher federations holding conferences or assemblies. Certain key words and phrases constantly invade these reports e.g. salary schedules, disputes, negotiations, certifi- cation, professional status, teaching a second language in an elementary school, teacher training, and teacher shortage. These reports fill many of our public with confusion and mis- understanding which oftenleads to distrust and contempt for the teachers when coupled with the realization that the schools are closed, On many occasions I have been asked "What is the Teach- ers Federation? What does it do? (and in the same breath) Is it a Union?" With these ques- tions in mind I accepted the invitation of the editor to ex- press some personal opinions on the role of the 0 n t a r io teachers' federations in educa- tion. To expand this rather broad topic I will deal with it in three phases. (1) How and why teach- ers' federations came into being. (2) What teachers' fe- derations have accomplished. (3) The future goals of teachers' federations. •„, It's Good Roads Convention time again. Hooray! We can't resist reprinting the report to town council of last year's convention of this noble body of municipal representatives, at- tended then by Deputy-Reeve Claude Farrow. Farrow dutifully reported on a talk by Provincial Treasurer James N. Allan on the new tax benefits municipalities would receive and on a resolution presented by Usborne township council regarding acceptance of road tenders. Remainder of the report follows: "Refuting suggestions that few of the delegates actually attended the sessions, the deputy-reeve estimated that about 80% were at the meetings. " 'I think we should be represented at the Good Roads next year by two men,' he said. The discussions with other municipal repre- S William J. Courtney, a member of the staff at J. A, D. Mc- Curdy school, RCAF Station Centralia, has been re-elected a director of the Ontario Pub- lic School Men Teachers' Fed- eration. ?1V : SZFAVir::12• BY THE EDITOR Don Southcott What's behind all this, Cy? into a mass of people, sections, and groups interested in schools and in education, some lay and some professional, but not an organization of teachers speak- ing for teachers directly to the authorities who c on tr ol the school law and regulations. About 1886 a group of teach- ers in Perth tried to establish the "Educational Society of On- tario" in order to combine the advantages of a labor Uniop 4.40 of a fraternal Denevojent spo, et.y. 'This bold Venture died at birth Ro pot until 1.908 did ariether rebel group arise to work for •teacher'spensiozisand other .ecOneMie benefits, This was _composed .pf seep n ry school teachers only, It merged. after io yuars. with the 0..E.A. In Ontario the system of school administration under •different school boards for the so.called public schools as dis- tinct from secondary, partly explains .the separate teacher federations to existence today. But it does not account for women and men teachers of the elementary system orga, nized in separate groups. In this case the women began first, forming the Federation of Wo. men Teachers' Associations of Ontario, (FWTAO) in 1918. The Ontario P ub 1 c School Men Teachers' Federation (OP.SM- TF) started two years later, The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) was founded at a Christmas cOrivention in 1919, Atthis same period (1920) the Canadian Teachers' Federation was born, • which offered membership to existing provincial groups, The two Catholic Teachers Federations came into being in the late thirties, to round out the five-federation family in Ontario. These five federations were still orphans until 1944 when the Ontario Teachers' Fe- deration was established by the Ontario Teaching Profession Act. Even though four other provinces had received their professional bills by this time it was a notable achievement in itself, because it meant uniting the five independent groups for joint purposes such as those involving legislation, the col- lecting of fees, and representa- tion in the Canadian Teachers' Federation, It should be noted. that one condition laid down by the Ontario government was the relinquishment by the teachers of the right to strike. As late as 1944, Ontario Teachers had achi ev ed the means to the ultimate end--that is, a recognized place in the educational power structure of the province which will enable the organized teachers to play much the same role in teaching and in education within our public school system as is played by doctors in medicine and health services, or by law- yers in the practice of law and in the administration ofjustice. (To be continued) aries, let's try the works foreman and see how It works out. Council isn't paid to go running around looking at drains and it shouldn't have to," Councillors Taylor and Wooden led in objection to the idea, particularly because Mayor Simmons and Reeve Fisher had cooked up the idea between them and because they had even thought of a person who might handle the job. Despite the fact that Simmons and Fisher agreed the job would have to be tendered for, council bucked the suggestion because they s u sp ected skulduggery. The mayor appointed a committee of the most outspoken op- ponents to investigate and the matter was hotly debated for three more meetings. Council finally decided to advertise for a man AFTER they had agreed to raise their salaries. Works Sup't Jim Paisley has been on the job for some six months now and council seems to be happy with his services, although none of the mem- bers has yet to concede to the mayor that his idea may have been a good one. And, despite the fact that Deputy- reeve Bailey hasn't been running up and down the streets with the snow removal crew as he used to, and the drains chairman (now Wooden, for- merly Taylor) hasn't had to super- vise personally the installations and repairs to sewers as he used to, and members of council haven't had to look after the minor details that have developed during the biggest program of public works in the town's history, none of the councillors admits he has less work to do than before. So what's new or sinister about the mayor's salary reduction proposal? Not a thing, as far as he's concerned, But he's made the rather foolish mis- take of being honest, sticking to prin- ciple and standing up for what he be- Heves is best for municipal govern- ment, which can subject anyone to ridicule these days, it seems, Which is probably why some people don't stand for public office. bet two-to-one Mayor Simmons won't be back in 1966. 50 YEARS AGO The first jaunt of the CIC snowshoe club of Crediton will take place Friday evening. The. recent snowfall has made it splendid for snowshoeing. May Schroeder, Dashwood, Vera Atkinson, Lucan, and Ja- mes Walker, Exeter, were suc- cessful in passing their exami- nations at the Clinton Model School, Messrs W. J. Beaman, W, W. Taman, Nelson Sheere and C. E. Anderson went to London Wednesday to take part in the Curlers' bOnspiel. Saturday afternoon the stage between Seaforth and Hayfield made its last trip after 64 years of continuous service. Rural routes have made the ser- vice unnecessary. 25 YEARS AGO The old Crystal Palace at the Exeter Fair grounds has been sold to Cliff Brintnell who will have it torn down and re- moved in the near future. THEIR BEGINNINGS From their beginnings until now Federations have had as their chief objective the desire to be the effective professional voice of all teachers in state- supported elementary and se- condary schools. This, of course, confronts us with the question whether or not teach- ers are, or can be, profes- sionals. Characteristics of a profes- sional person: (1) He has specialized know- ledge. This means that his work makes intellectual demand s upon him; that he must retain a s c h ol a r 1 y, inquiring attitude; and that he must constantly take responsibility for important de- cisions affecting the personal lives of people. (2) He uses specialized skills and techniques. Despite the foregoing emphasis upon the ability to generalize, a profes- sion has a practical side invol- ving techniques that can be taught to others, provided they have the basic intellectual equipment. (3) He serves society and people. A professional person is motivated by a desire to help people and to serve important social ends. Because of this, he works best independently, with a minimum of supervision from fellow professionals and without interference from laymen. (4) He has a corporate voice. Professionals are strongly or- ganized in order to attain and to maintain high standards of ad- mission to, and of competence and ethical behavior in the prac- tice of their chosen profession. There are today in eight pro- vinCes eight provincial teacher organizations (federations), in Quebec three, and in Ontario five (which unite in a sixth)--a total of 16 (17) provincial groups which are established by the teachers themselves (a) to serve their professional and personal interests effectively and (b) to serve equally ef- fectively the public interest, by safeguarding standards of pro- fessional competence and of ethical behavior. Admittedly their control over certification and competence is still incom- plete, but teachers' federations are endeavoring to remove that defect. The same may be said about lem of getting men to serve on council, and more than that, of getting good men. Sometimes we've had to have two nominations to fill the seats. Other times we've had to beg people to stand. Worst of all, few of those citizens who might be expected to give the best leadership professional people, suc- cessful businessmen, people who have shown themselves capable of sound management — ever offer themselves for service on council. Councils in the past have felt salar- ies should be raised to entice men to the jobs. Simmons, however, disagreed. He felt higher salaries would attract only those who wanted the money, not necessarily those who would serve the community well. He thought the major drawback to a man sitting on council was the problem of calls from citizens who needed drains fixed, roads graded and other minor complaints which in- volved the works crew. Besides being bothered by the calls, the majority of which• came during business hours, councillors were further annoyed by having to run around the town looking for the works department and, in some cases, overseeing the jobs that were done in their particular fields of re- sponsibility, Simmons felt the answer was to hire a works superintendent who could handle the calls, supervise the work without requiring advice from coun- cillors, and solve most of the minor complaints himself. He presented this suggestion to the council a number of times during 1962. At the inaugural session of 1963, when some councillors proposed higher salaries, the mayer brought the matter to a head. He said (as quoted in The 'r-A of January 10, 1963): "I think council should be strictly an administrative body, You (speaking to the councillors) seem to think coun- cil members should be paid for doing all this running around. If we get a works superintendent as I have been advocating for the past year, this council can become an administrative body instead of being nine bOsses for the men. Rather than change the sal- A fellow just can't be honest any- more in the realm of public financial affairs without subjecting himself to ridicule and suspicion of sinister or selfish motives. Try it yourself sometime. When you're with a group of the more "pro- gressive" men in your community, casually mention that you're trying to secure records for every cent of re- venue you received during the past year in order to make out your income tax return. Tell them you're worried that you might not provide the govern- ment with all the tax that's due. You'll stop the conversation with a silent thud. You'll be stared at in utter amazement. At least a few will burst out laughing and some will call you a stupid fool and probably a downright liar (which you probably would be if you did say it). Mayor Simmons has found out just how popular it is to try to be honest about his public salary. His suggestion that council members should reduce their salaries has proved as popular as a bevy of bats in a beauty salon. What's more, people are laughing at the mayor's vow to return $300 of his $550 salary because he doesn't believe he deserves the latter amount. Incre- dulous, eh wot? "What's behind this," asked Coun- cillor Delbridge in frank bewilderment, when the mayor pressed for reductions. The same question had been voiced on the streets of the town for two weeks. "What's his game?" someone asked me the other day. "He's just trying to get votes" said another person. And an area township official was convinced the mayor was insincere until he learn- ed that Simmons had promised to give $300 of his salary back to the town. There isn't anything mysterious about the mayor's proposal. Nor any- thing new. He's been trying to get the idea across to council and to the town for at least a year and a half. Here's the background: The fact that he (Simmons) became mayor two years ago without opposition and Without much experience bothered him. it was another example of the prob- GirriMK,MIIS417.4,W117'7i7SMErriMMInnISMIr • 'ASS77,- Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 exeferZintesakworafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND Member: 0.W.N.A., C.O.N.R. and ABC "I just knit to keen busy:" Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ont. Authorised as Second Class Mail, Post Office DO% Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage in Cash Paid-in, Advance Circulation, September 30, 1963-3,828 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $4.00 Per Year, USA $5.00 illataarizzainwirczwv=z,m, A class of 100 young men and women are taking short courses in Agriculture and home eco- nomics at Dashwood under the auspices of the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture with J. C. Shearer in charge. Miss Reba Simmons and Miss Phyllis Bierling of town have been successful inpassing their examinations for nurse regis- tration. Reeve W. D, Sanders, town, Rev P. Passmore, Usborne, Reeve Chester Mawhinney and Deputy Reeve R. Lamport of Stephen are in Goderich attend- ing County Council. 15 YEARS AGO Jack Orchard of Byron who recently graduated as an op- tometrist, has purchased the practice of John Ward. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Pen- hale left Friday by plane for Australia to visit their daughter Mr. and Mrs. Keith Colby. Telephone subscribers in Mt. Carmel, Shipka and KhiVa areas were connected to Da s 11 wood central recently. This brings the inn-1*er of subscribers at Dashwood to almost 650, natDivre. Wof, ESxteu taerft., Stanbury, a one of the World's leading medical author- ities on blood, has been named national commissioner of the Canadian Red Cross Society. 10 YEARS AGO Friday was Charter mem- bers' night at Exeter Lions simper meeting 'when vice-pre- Sident J. B. Creech reVieWed the history of the club. Mrs: Bill C h a rri be r s Was Crowned Softball QUeeti at the annual whiter danCe of the EX- eter Legion Ladies Auxiliary. Fred R. Dobbs, reeve of Bid- dulph, Won the Wardenship of Middlesex county and John A., Stephe it, Bitinsliard's chief MagiStrate, head8 Perth Coun. ty, sunday night fire at Huron Ltimber Co. Ltd., caused around $20,000 dm-liege, Man- Ager A. J. Sweitzor eatimatod. Pi:reran 'fought for three hotirs to coritrol the Outburst. Stanley Prayno, at present erripleyed by GOttld & 4ory, has taitchased the HeatiOre atOre in Exmar • -'