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The Real Crisis in Modern Education
• Those. Rosy Ups
Are Turning Rusty'
'Dear Anne Iiiret: Three
years ago I met a girl who fell
in love with me, When I had to
tell her I only liked her, she
tried to kill herself — so I kept
on seeing her. Finally I did fall
in love. The day we celebrated
our second wedding anniver-
sary, she told me shed. id not
love me nor the babY, and
wanted a divorce. So two
months ago I left.
"I still cannot see hew I fail-
ed her, I made a good living, I
helped at home, I did all the
cooking. She just read love
stories or, listened to the radio.
I was trying to save, but all she
wanted was to spend and be on
the go, sometimes being out
half the night and drinking too
much, Through two illnesses I
nursed her like a father — and
this is what I get!
"Recently I wrote asking her
to come back for the baby's
sake, and she replied, 'Do you
think I'm going to let that baby
ruin my life?' Is there any hope
of living together again? My
mother has the child.
A BROKEN LIFE"
* I think there -is little hope
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that your Wife will ever re-
turn, She has no feeling of
responsibility or Jove toward
you or her baby. When you
* calmly, review your life with
her Yoti will, I believe. con
elude that this way is best;
* she is not a good wife, and
* she certainly would not Make
• a good mother to ,your baby,
* You two will he better off
*P without her,
• All she wants is an, easy life
* and her own way. She lacks
h` character and stability. '4rY-
* lag to kill herself was not
• proof of any love for you; she
* could not have her own way
'0 and was too weak to face go-
ing on without it, She was
* spoiled to begin with, and you
* continued the process; you
* were entirely too good to her,
* If she had been made to face
* rher duties, she might have de-
* veloped some moral strength;
• but you cared too much to
* force her. It was not love she
* needed so much as discipline.
* Plan your life now with no
thought of her in mind. If
* she did consent to come back
* it would only mean, I'm
* afraid, that every other refuge
* had closed to her — and m
* that case she would continue
* to' be your major problem.
* There are other young wo-
* men in your world who would
* appreciate the devotion of
* which you are capable. I hope
* when you are free of this
* wife, you will find such a one.
A CHILD WORRIES
"Dear Anne Hirst: My daddy
has always drunk liquor ever
since I remember, He comes
home at night and starts quar-
reling and disturbs everybody.
"He and Mom have 'been mar-
ried 17 years. She had said sev-
eral times she is going to leave
him, but then she reminds. me
he is good to us when he isn't
drinking.. He always says he is
going to stop but he never does.
"I think your advice will help
us. WORRIED"
* So many personal angles
* enter into this problem, I
* think it best that your mother ,
* write me herself. She can ex-
* plain what she thinks causes
your father to desire alcohol,
* and other points that should
* weigh• in any counsel offered. If
* she will tell me more ' about
* the situation I shall be glad ,
* to try to help.
* Drinking is one of the
* curses of the world. It can
* change a happy family life
* into one fraught with fear,
* anxiety and shame. Yet every
* day we'learn more how a vic-
* tim h e 1p s cure himself
* through intelligent aid and
his own determination.
• I realize how your father's
* behavior embarrasses you,
* and perhaps touches your so-
* cial life, and I am sorry. What
* you can do is to let your
* mother sense your sympathy,
* and in every sweet way show
* how you want to relieve her
* anxieties. She is the one that:
* suffers most, you know.
* *
A broken marriage is a tragic
affair, but sometimes it turns
out to be a blessing. If 'this has
happened to you, refuse to
mourn; pick up the pieces and
go on to happier •days. Anne
Hirst is sympathetic and wise,
and will help you through.
Write her at Box 1, 123 Eigh-
teenth St. New Toronto, Ont.
Modern education -- its faults,
failings and, problems — is, a
subject that concerns every one
of us; and aithought it applies
to irn ited States' Conditions
specifically, we think' the fol=
lowing •hard-hitting article has
enough- Canadian applicability to
be worth reprodueing. It is by
William H. Stringer,. Chief of
the Washington Bureau of The
Christian Science Monitor. *
We hear a lot about the
underdeveloped countries these
days. NoW, as the White House
Conference on EdUcation has
sounded its sharp warnings, it
is also pertinent . to ask: Is the
United States going to be known
some day as, an undereducated
country?
Fantastic, one may say. And
if one listens to radio commen-
tators who discuss only whether
the White House conference has
grass-roots support, instead of
dealing with the stark needs,
one may continue • to avoid
reality.
But let an official be quoted
on the, subject who is somewhat
removed from, the educational
world ,but knows firsthand 'the
tremendous need for teachers
and good teaching in the United'
States.
In' fact, as an innovation, let
this column from. here on be-
collie largely the statements and
statistics of Rear Admiral H.
G. Rickover, who built the 'at-
omic submarine Nautilus and
who has had intense experience
in searching for young- engin-
eers and, young college 'gradu-
ates for some of the most mod-
ern — yet most typical for the
future — problems in engineer-
ing, metallurgy, physics, and
electronics. His awareness of
educational needs extends well
beyond the engineering phase.
Here, then, as presented in a
recent address by Admiral Rick-
over to the Thomas Alva Edison
Foundation, Inc.,' are pertinent'
points about American,educa-
tion today. To save space I will
list them briefly without fur-
ther Lttribution or comment;
they speak for themselves:
On the engineering side some
experts believe the United States
is not even graduating enough
trained people to sustain, to fer-
tilize, its present rate Of techni-
cal expansion beyond the year
1970. To maintain present liv-
ing standards in the face of
rapid population growth indus-
try must produce 10 years from
now 40 per cent more than it
does today.
The United States has used
up in minerals and fuels since
1914 lore than the entire, world
consumed in all of history be-
fore 1914. A- similar growth in
consumption simply cannot, oc-
cur in the next 30 years "unless
we make profound changes in•
technology." This requires more
and more laboratory and engin-
eering skill.
It is well known that the
Soviet Union is going to pass
the United States in scientific
and engineering educatioh un-
less something is done, The
United States today has about
800,000 engineers, the U.S.S,B,
650,000. Between 1950 and 1960
the Soviet Union will have
graduated 1,200,000 engineers
and natural scientists, the ,United
SteteS 900,000 as presently pro-
gran;-d. The Soviet. engineers'
will be as expert in their fields
as the Americans are. The Mis-
sions Ste educating as Many
women as Merl in the' proses-
signs;: fat f ewer American.
Women enter the great prefes-
Slens,
"Perhaps the most insidious
weakness a nation can have is
the belief . that it can'do
everything better than Other
people. We are subjected to this
kind of propaganda in various
Media, such as the slick ariVer-
tiseniehts of Our.magazines.. ."
The present - day AMerican
school pupil has a school year
twit" as long SS the pupil tit
1370, and nine times as much
per pupil' is spent On education.
The question is whether he is
adequately, trained for the de-
mands of, today's: society.,
Too many graduates consider
their degree merely as a ticket
to a job and:a pass for security.
"This desire 'for security in
terms of money rather than in
opportunity for self - improve-
Ment is hard to understand a
society 'Where' . security is so
readily available." '
The United States is spending.
about 21/2 per cent of•its:riatien-
al income on educatien. ;n Con-
trast it spends more than. 4; per
' cent on "recreation. In 19.51• the
amount spent for 'advertising
was $199 for every family in the
United. States). but the, amount'
spent for primary and secondary
education was onlY '$152* _Per
household.' The national,Outlay
for educating citizens ig:siabstah-
tially less .than the 'outlay for
educating„customers.. • •
Industry, ,whiali already has
made splendid e eontributions ,of
schelarshipse could help
more by beintribtitink 'directlY.fo
education — say a percentage of
gross sales —, and by loaning
physicists and engineers for one-
year te :thing periods to schools
and universities (more, "people3s
capitalism").
It is more important to have
better `teachers t h a n better
school buildings. The main, the
fundamental problem is that
teachers' Salaries are desperately
low -= hence da not attract.
enough highly qualified men, and
women. "It-. will profit us very,
little to spend millionS of dol-
lars on scholarships and :then
place the students under incom-
petentteac ee." Niggardly
teaching salaries.— to these upon
whom we depend to transmit
our culture and env civilization.
-- commit a fraud on Our chil-
dren.
To maintain the present pupil-
teacher ratio in the face of heavy
population growth, the elemen-
tary and high schools will have
tb enlarge -their teaching .staffs•
by 500,000 in the .next 10 years,
yet there is already a present
shortage of '140,000 qualified
teachers. To make up the, elack-
and prepare for the future actu-
ally "more than half the college.''
graduates during the next' 10
years will have to 'enter the ;
teaching profession."
Moreover, the school year
should be lengthened. The pres-*
ent "rnerican .achoOl year is
based on an agricultural econ,-
only where children had to, help
on the farm. Students in Europe,
including, the Soviet Union, at-
tend school six days a week, in-
stead of five, and their vacation
period is about two-thirds of
Ours.
In a word, I expect Admiral
Rickover would sum up by say-
ing that the Ainerican people
must give far more thought to.
and pay out far more sums on
education from here on
only so that the United States,
may hold its own in the matter
of living standards, World leader-
ship, and the raising of citizens
of ability and wisdom and
vision.
The Abbe Talleyrand, that
supreme artist in diplomacy,
Wes slightly crippled by a genie.
leg..Madani deStacl — a 'five-
letter wOrilan', if ever there was
one_ Suffered froth a SqUint.
She hated Talleyrand like' nbie
son and knowing that he Was
rather sensitive about his leg,
got a lot of horrid Pleastire
`cernitistratirie With hirn
liciatsly Abeut it. bne day, in
her crowded salon, Telleyrand
Was announced and he Seated
himself With smile difficulty,
'And your peek leg, my dear
Abbe,', she gushed,' 'how is it
today?';
Talleyrandput one leg over
the other.. (drosSecl, as you See
(CreiPte,. territne 'VOUS Voyet)
Madame'', he answered.
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HRONICLES
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I wonder how many farmers,
in how many;farm homes last
Saturday were either late with
their chores or else hurrying to
et them done ahead of time so
as to be in' the house to watch
or listen to the •Grey Cup finals.
Personally I am not interested
in the game itself--7not under-
standing the play—but like
most people I Was very inter-
ested' in the 'final score. Not
only that btit it is nice to know
so, many .pepple are enthusiastic
Over a common interest. Part-
ner and Bob ere following the
game with close attention. Joy
and I soon found it was 'hardly
safe' to speak so .we retired to
another room where we could
talk .in peace. It was surely a.
great ,day for, Vancouver. Visi-
tors, obviously were well enter-
tained andmuSt have been quite
.impressed 'with the western .type
hospitality. 'Every year Can-
ada ,is increasing her reptitation
as, a sports:eilincled ceuntr y,
which includes the farming pep-
ulation 'from 'east to West. No
dciubt radio has helped to pro-
mote this interest and now tele-
vision has added to it.
I wonder if people were as.
interested ' in the' nominations
for municipal office, that 'were
held in many centres the night
before. Certainly the city papers
did not show too much concern
for out of town news. There-
were nominations in several
parts of our county that same
night. We were, very anxious to
know the result which we na-
turally expected to find in our
morning paper. There wasn't a
line! We bought' two evening
papers. One of them' did men-
tion the fact that in the.county
town a woman was nominated.
for*couricil. Beyond that, not a
word. Thank' gOodness we have
our' weekly paper to look fore
ward to. 'Without it how would
we ever get our local news?
Which raises a question . .
what, exactly, is local news?
At one time it was mostly a
column devoted to births, mar-
riages and deaths; or a detailed
write-up of church concerts, ba-
zaars and the annual election o(
officers of various organizations,
During municipal, provincial or
federal election campaigns there
were long-winded letters, usual.:
ly far from' complimentary, from
public-spirited citizens. Now
local news is much wider in
scope, It concerns super-high-
ways, large land deals, labour
unions and nealth insurance,
General news is like an octopus
with tentacles that reach out to
every village and farm so that
general news inevitably be,
comes, to a great extent, local
news. For this reason farm folk
now need an awareness of pnb-
lic affairs that was not actually
necessary a decade ago. Unless
we cultivate this awareness we
May find ourselves left out in
schemes in which we should be
included.
Referring again to the recent-
ly suggested Health Insurance,
Delegates of the Provincial Fed-
eration of Labour are putting on
the heat for the, early formation
of some kind of health plan. And
remember, labour usually gets
what it wants. So, if a health
plan comes into being for or-
ganized labour, where does that
leave the farmer? Isn't this
something that should be inves-
tigated by the Federation of
Agriculture; by the Women's In-
stitute and by Farm Forums
across Ontario? Who needs to
be included in a government-
sponsored health insurance plan
more than the farmer? Farming
i$ a hazardous occupation. On
very few farms are farm em-
ployees insured under the Work!.
men's Compensation Act and if
the farmer himself is involved
in an accident about all he can
claim is the 'cost of hospitalize-
tion—that is if he has contri-
buted to some such Scheme. If
not he must bear the entire cost'
of his accident, phis the expense
of extra help while he is laid up.
For this reason, we certainly
.hope that if, and when, a Health
Plan is orgardied, the farmer
will not be the Forgotten Man.
lqefore it is too late, the Voice
of the Farmer should be heard
across Ontario thieugh an or
ganized group or 'society of
which he ,is• a member.
And, now supposing We con-
tinue' in lighter vein. I wonder
how many of you read an article
a feW 'days ago in a Toronto
paper written by a woman who
DID NOT own'. a television set.
Just in case you missed ,itthe
writer called,' on• some friends,
arriving in the"middle of a TV
programme. ,They greeted her
in a hushed, yoke, motioned her
to a chair, , and there .she sat
trying to pick up the gist of the
play One drama followed an-
other, and then -the news," with
• interlude of conversation
during the advertising. The
guest had to leave fairly early ,
and said' her farewells with her
hostess looking sideways at the
TV screen. There had been no,
chance fOr the guest to talk over
the main .purpose of her visit.
It • is that sort of 'thing that
makes-.me dubious about us get-
ting a set., It would be easy to•
become so, enthused over• a pro-
gramme one would forget to be
courteous. And yet TV must be
very nice to watch—in your own
home—when you - are too tired
to be bothered with anything
else. And there is much .that is
re:a?zing and educational. As
for Partner, I'know he would.
go for the spOrts telecasts: How-
ever, we are' still sitting on the •
fence . . shall we or shall we
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the fuel consumption of a war-
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in six months owing to rust
which formed while it was in
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Three years ago a team of
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