The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-02-08, Page 8PAGE 8--GOD•ERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSL AY, FEBRUARY 8, 1979
Battle of the ooks not oa
BY JEFF SEDDON
The Huron County Board of Education was
served notice Tuesday that the battle of the
books is far from over. The board received a
letter from the Huron Freedom of Choice
Society asking that Margaret Laurence's novel
The Diviners, removed from the board's list of
approved English literature books, be rein-
stated. The letter also asked that anytime a
trustee is involved with a decision to approve a
textbook that the trustee be made to read the
book before making that decision.
The board shuffled the issue off refusing to
re -open the debate on approving or disap-
proving of books for classroom use in county
schools. The novels became the centre of a
bitter and emotional contraversy in 1978 and
resulted in the board taking The Diviners out of
the classroom.
The Huron chapter of Renaissance Inter-
national, headed by Blyth resident Lloyd Barth,
started the issue boiling last year when it asked
the board to ban three novels, The Diviners,
John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and J.D.
Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. The request
brought book supporters and opponents to the
field of battle andculminated in a highly
emotional public meeting in Clinton that at-
tracted about 500 people. The board reacted to
the issue by taking The Diviners off the list of
approved texts. That meant that the book could
not be used in classrooms but would be left in
the school libraries. The board did not consider
the move a ban on the novel.
Freedom of Choice members felt different.
The group formed a few months ago with the'
idea of forming an organization similar to
Renaissance International but with opposite
aims. Members hoped to gain enough
representation to have the same impact on
trustees as Renaissance supporters. Some of
the members of the Freedom of Choice were
willing -to leave The Diviners off the approved
list of texts and concentrate efforts on future
issues. But in its January meeting the group
decided to ask the board to re -instate The
Diviners.
Board chairman John Elliott was not in-
terested in re -opening the book issue and asked
the board for a motion to recieve and file the
letter from Freedom of Choice. Elliott in-
dicated later that his intention was to have the
request dealt with according to board policy,
policy adopted after the last book fiasco.
The chairman said the board had adopted
definite policy to 'handle such requests and he
felt that policy should be followed. He said
English department heads, superintendants of
education and some teachers will be meeting
with the board's education committee in June
to approve textbooks and the board will look at
a recommendation from that committee at its
August meeting. Elliott said if Freedom of
Choice members wanted to meet with the
education committee to make a presentation
they could request such a meeting.
Zurich trustee Herb Turkheim felt that the
letter deserved more than that. He asked
Elliott if the board intended to acknowledge the
letter or "completely ignore' it.
Elliott pointed out that the board
acknowledges every letter it receives. He said
he felt the hoard policy adequately covered the
situation and that action to acknowledge the
suggestions from Freedom of Choice was an
"adequate repyly".
"When the book banners came along we gave
them two audiences and now the other side
comes out and we are saying po thanks we're
not interested," said Turkheim.
Lucknow trustee Marion Zinn said all she got
from the Freedom of Choice letter was that the
group was asking.trustees to read_ books before
taking any action.
"There's a lot of stormy days ahead -we
should be able to read a lot of books," she
quipped.
Goderich trustee Dorothy Wallace suggested
that the board's action was "giving an im-
pression of being a fairly autocratic board".
She pointed out that a group of citizens is
making a request and the board is "just filing
it"
Exeter trustee Clarence McDonald asked
that when a letter of reply is sent to Freedom of
Choice that it be explained that "the book is not
banned it is de -listed". McDonald said the word
banned is not the proper expression and asked
that the letter explain that.
Margaret Rivers, author of the letter, said
she was dissappointed with the board's action.
She said she did not think the boa5d would re-
instate the novel but sne cud think the matter
would be sent to committee.
Rivers said she did not know how Freedom of
Choice would react to the board's move adding
that the group is meeting later this month and
further action will be planned.
She said she understood the board's action
adding that in a way it was fair. She conceded
that the issue can't be debated "over and
over".
"I feel it's time the board put its foot down
and said this is the way we are going to deal
with this but it didn't do that the last time," said
Rivers.
She pointed out that the Renaissance group
was given an opportunity to,address the board
the last time it brought the matter up. She said
the board discussed the matter with the
Renaissance group adding that it "irritated"
her that that opportunity was denied Freedom
of Choice.
•Newspapers topic of w�rksho
Anita Robinson and Jim Whytock were married
on December 30, 1978 in Calgary, Alberta. They
are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Robinson of
Goderich and Mr. and Mrs.- Lloyd Whytock of -
Lucknow,
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3 DAYS
LEFT
School is no longer just
a place; to learn the
fundamentals of reading,
writing and arithmetic.
On April 20-22, 35 high
schools from Sarnia to
Kenora will be studying a
new subject, newspaper
work.
Central Huron
Secondary School (_CHSS)
'in Clinton has set up and
will.be hosting the two
day workshop for some 65
students.
As well as producing a
weekly page of news and
features for the News -
Record, the students of
the Newspaper club also
publish a 1,000 circulation
monthly tabloid paper
distributed in the school.
As well as writing and
laying out the "tab" they
also sell and compose
advertising to pay for it.
The CHSS- in -school
paper, which has been in
full operation for over a
year, will combine with
the other schools to
create a 24 page tabloid
edition over the weekend.
Over 7,000 copies of the
paper will be printed and
sold in the schools who "
participated in its
making:
Rick Brown, editor of
the CHSS paper, ex-
plained that each school
delegation will send in
news copy as well as
bring $20 worth of ad-
vertising for the paper.
Once the workshop is in
session, the 65 students
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will be divided into
groups and each given
two pages to work on.
With this, they will edit
copy that has come 'in,
design the layout, make
up the ad.vertisements
and put the pages
together.
Rick went on to say that
workshops will be held on
•
editorial writing, news
writing, • interviewing,
photography, layout,
advertising and graphics.
Along with help from
other students in the
school and CHSS
teachers, Rick hopes to
have representatives
from the Toronto Star,
tht Canadian University
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Press, papers , from
Guelph University,
University of Western
Ontario, Mohawk and
Centennial College at the
workshop.
To help fund the am-
bitious project, each
student will pay a $30 fee
and Rick is looking for
Police move to
unmarked cars.
O.P.P. Commissioner
H.H. Graham announced,
that effective February 5,
1979, a stepped•up E n-
forciment program
utilizing unmarked police
cars equipped with radar
will be implenicnted.
This departure fr•orr
established O.P.P. policy
is an all-out effort to
reduce the incidence' of
death and injuries on our
highways. 0
In the past radar spee.g
detecting equipment was -
generally used in.' the
.familiar black and white
cruisers equipped with
roof mounted lights and
antennae.
Both types of police
,cruisers will now be used.
Commissioner Graham
said a recent pilot
project ,in Western
Ontario was very ef-
fective. Commissioner
Graham efnphasized"tiiat
he is confident the
motoring. public support
thisventure, as the force.
has received many
complaints of speeding,
tail -gating and unsafe
lane changes, etc., in-
cluding many involving
commercial vehicles and
buses
Sheppardton
Mrs. Agnes Foster has
received Word of the
arrival of a great-
granddaughter, Renate
Ruth, in North York
Hospital, Toronto on
January 30. She is the
daughter of Mr. and"Mrs..
Peter Halozan of
Markham. Mrs. Halozan
is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Norval Anderson;
former residents of
Goderich.
$1,200 in sponsorship.
Each sponsor will receive
an advertisement in the
paper.
The CHSS student
council will help pay for
the paper costs until
money from advertising
is collected. The paper
will be printed at Signal -
,Star Publishing in
Goderich.
The students attending
the seminar will be
billeted in Clinton over
the weekend. The girls
will stay at the Ontario
Street United Church and
the boys will be sleeping
at St. Joseph'ts Catholic
Church.
"I'm really looking
forward to it," Rick said,
"but I hope it's not a
flop," •
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