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> "THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE PR Thursday, June 8th, 1961 Notes and Comments The New Educator We are beginning to feel the impact of television in education even if we are still at a loss as to how we can measure just what effects it is having on our children and on us. Television is a compelling medium, Most people have more than a little curiosity in their make-up. Often, it is solely respon- sible for a gdod deal of the trouble that both children and adults find themselves in. We want to know what's going on; what's going to happen next; what unex- pected turn or twist is going to complicate the situation and how it is going to be resolved. We take, too, a special delight in learning new things, particularly if the learning is made graphic and interesting and challenging. We like variety and the splitting of the television viewing time into half-hour periods makes it possible for troduce a .mixture of many things. It is true, of course, that individual program- mes tend to follow a pattern which once established becomes a well-travelled rut. The western dreadfuls with their violence, their gun-play and their too manly heroes and too wishy-washy heroines well illus- trates the rutted programme. However, there is nothing to indicate that this tend- ency to sameness makes them less popular. They become an easy and an unthinking habit. The who-donits and the crime shows are on about the same level a little nastier. viewing that man's motives were few and simple . . . a little love, largley physical, Crime. Pays ol ad Everyone is familiar with the old cliche, "Crime doesn't pay". Two recent books go a long way to prove that it does . ..all over America. One is called the Purveyor and it tells the shocking: story of to-day's illicit liquor traffic. The basis of this criminal racket which deprives the govern- ment of one billion 500 million dollars a year and is in addition the source of much .gangland crime and murder is simple, =. A gallon of legitimate whiskey costs about $25.00 It can be made for a few cents but the federal tax alone is $10.50 and the-rest is for the fancy profits in la- belling and marketing. The illicit traffic circumvents all this. It produces--liquor for a few cents a gallon; bottles it in fac- similes of the authorized stuff; labels it with phoney labels and phoney government stamps and markets it through the length and breadth of America with the conniv- ance of corrupt officials and corrupt police forces. There is almost unlimited wealth in America's thirst and these liquor rac- the designers of programmes to in- : One might deduce from a week's - tional fare on TV? .... a lot of action, usually\violent--often fast and deadly--the sale of ammunition. since the advent «Qf television must have hit new and lofty heights . . . . and the ever-present, all-powerful money for which man seems to exist. 0 But there is no denying that television sells ideas, sells values and unfolds for many people a whole new world. It does it too with amazing aptitude. Informa- tion is presented'in an interesting and a challenging way that stimulates learning even if it doesn't do much for retention, Beside a television presentation the aver- age teacher in the classroom is dull clay. \ If the school is going to compete for at- tention in the business of learning teachers are going to have to show far more ini- tiative and imagination and ingenuity than they have considered warranted uy to the present. It has been estimated that the average child looks at television anywhere from 16 to 24 hours a week, Whether the teacher likes it or not invidi- ous comparisons~ are being drawn and these comparisons will 'become more fre- quent as time goes on. How is the teach- er to meet such competition? Should she strive to do so? Will children accept dull teaching in the school when they are ex- posed to such highly stimulating educa- These are questions for which we have no ready answers, How- ever, they are questions which should con- cern us and, for which we should try to find some answers if we are going to main- tain or raise standards in the schools. . " One of the startling things was the dis- covery that small towns are in this racket as deeply as some of the big cities. Thus Ithaca, New York, was found to be har- bouring and protecting some fifty big time gamblers and vice-lords: Buffalo contri- butes over 100 million a year to gambling, bookmaking, prostitution and the numbers racket. ' something of a shock that these things have spilled over into Canada. and that there is a definite tie-up with organized crime in the United States. The difficalty of coping with this rests squarely on the fact that crime pays. The amount of money involved is so stagger: ing that it is difficult to find the means to offset its corrupting power which is so widespread. } Until the general public understand that crime is paying and that crime is under- mining the very basis of our free society little can be done to put a stop to it. When --Lately our police" have discovered with PLANT, LINDSAY keteers have exploited it with every rotten trick in the criminal records. 'The second expose has to do with the When you place a two-dollar bet with the local bookmaker little two-dollar bet. you have started a chain - eee leads-to-corruption-of the 'police, a break-" down of law and order, to narcotic activi- ties and when the occasional citizen stum- bles on something to murder, . liquor traffic, enabled to crt reaction that We're so bu "society. - And ing indeed, the average citizen realize the implication perhaps he will take a second look at the at betting. Perhaps, with the second look will come some ideas and some measures by which the police will be 1sh this kind of social rot, sy fearing the Russians that Wwe don't take time to consider what js really happening in our society and to our what is happening is shock- : District Doings EQUALIZATION NOT SETTLED. The touchy question of settling Ont- ario County's equalization for another year was set over to a meeting of the council in June. County Assessor G. Hepditch had prepared a proposed equalization which council surveyed but did not rule upon, ) Mr. Hepditch reported that he had arrived at the proposed equalization this year by accepting the local ass- essments and 'using the equalizing factors laid down by the assessment appeal court which ruled on last year's * equalized assessment, . His proposals raised the total coun- ty assessment by more than $6 million to $87,404,236. air Population in 'the County during the past year has risen from 67,695 to. 69, 647. y : The equalization topic which will be discussed at the June sessions of the . County Council, must be settled by June 26th. i ---- 8,700-FOOT WING NEARS COMPLETION AT VISKING Work is nearing completion on a 8,700-square-foot addition to the Col- borne St. plant of Union Carbide of Canada Ltd., Viskings Division. It is | R of next month. The plant, which produces a wide range of products for the meat-pack- 'ing industry, already occupies some 170,000 square feet of space, A company official said the single- storey addition will provide extra storage capacity and office space. It will also permit the re-arrangement of some production equipment. MARA VOTES JUNE 7TH Mara Township residents go to the polls on June 7 to decide whether hard liquor will be sold within its bound- aries. An advance poll, for those un- able to attend on that date above, will be held June 3, in the municipal build- ing at Brechin. a In event of a favorable vote, hotels in the township area will have to make some changes to qualify for the new licences, Canvassers have called on a number of houses in the town- ship soliciting votes while. a number of meetings of the temperance frater- nity have also been staged. GUS BODNAR DROPPED BY ST. CATHARINES Former NHL player Gus. Bodner, "who is a partner in Lindsay's Hotel Benson, has been dropped as coach of St. Catharines Teepees, Announcement of this was made by udy Pilous, the Teepees owner-man- scheduled for occupancy At the end!ager, MARKHAM TWP. TO GET FIRST GEM STORE IN CANADA A department store, valued at $750,- i 000 ang\containing 120,000 sq. feet, is shortly*"to be erected in Markham Twp. This is a store belonging to the GEM American chain, and is for the use of civil servant employees only, + Some fifty stores are "operated in the i United. States on this basis, but this is the first one in Canada. Sales in the store are strictly con- . trolled by each customer becoming a member on payment of a $2 fee. Sales re restricted to government employ- ess only, including civil servants, mili- tary forces and municipal employees. All must produce evidence of steady employment, / : Mr. Morden, a solicitor for the firm, Mr. Goldstein and Mr. Basso, repre- sentatives, explained that the pre- ferred customer control made losses i very small, and grades of stock are limited to the class of customer ger- ved. The potential number of cus- tomers in the mefro area for the store is 142,000, Lower prices prevail, the representatives said, The location of the new store is in the southwest corner. of the Township of Markham, facing Yonge Street, Ample parking area is provided, as well. : | ~ Markham Township Planning Board has approved the application and fol- lowing consultation with their solici- REPORT from PARLIAMENT BY HON. MIKE STARR M.P. ONTARIO RIDING The Government's rural develop- ment program moved forward in the Commons this week, with the Minister of Agriculture outlining the main as- pects of a long-range plan to place agriculture on a par with industry and commerce in the national develop- ment of Canada, The program includes such features as: Agricultural Rehabilitation and De- velopment, an Act authorizing the Federal Government to enter into a- greements with the provinces on such matters as alternative uses of mar- ginal lands; development of income opportunities for rural areas; and soil and water conservation. This would form part of a general Rural Rehabilitation Program which would take into account the rapid and numerous technological developments in agriculture in recent years. Amendments to existing legislation to provide grants for agricultural museums as well as fairs and exhi- | bitions. Freight assistance on shipment of Western feed grains which went into effect last August, and a number of other measures to assist Western grain farmers. Of particular interest are the pro- visions of the new Farm Credit Act, which was proclaimed in October, 1969. . The Farm Credit Act replaces the Canadian Farm Loan Act. It sets up the Farm Credit Corporation which reports to Parliament through the Minister of Agriculture. : The new Farm Loan organization is based upon present-day conditions in agriculture, rather than conditions Basically, it recognizes the fact that farming today requires a great deal more capital than was the case in the past. In 1960, some 5,339 loans were made through the Farm Credit Corporation.: Average size of the loans was in the neighbourhood of $7,600. Total value of all loans approved came to $40,000,000 compared to a total value of $8,300,000 in 1956. Most of the loans taken out were | for the purchase of land; although ma- chinery and livestock loans came to 11.4 percent. : The corporation also made 28,463 mortgage loans, compared to 18,931 such loans in 1956. . Such loans are made to persons in good. standing, whose principal occu- pation is farming. Experience, ability and character of the applicant are taken into consideration." ~~~ . On Monday, the Prime Minister in- augurated Commonwealth Technical Training Week, with a statement in the House, which was greeted by ap- proval by spokesmen for both Opposi- tion parties. ¢ The Prime Minister said: "All these broad objectives, I rea: | lize, cannot be reached during a short i week; but if public attention is drawn to them and more people in positions! of leadership at all levels, 'national, provincial and municipal, become. a- ware of the need for positive planning and action to reach these objectives,' then this Commonwealth Technical Training Weck will have been worth 'U while." The Prime Minister's call for sup- port by provincial and municipal lea- | ders emphasized the importance being placed by the Goverpient on taking steps to raise the level of Canada's technical skills to the point where we can remain competitive in the chal- lenging world of today. The Government has already taken steps to meet the situation by legisla- tion which would reimburse the pro- vinces by 75 percent of their contri- butions to the building of new schools, tor, also approved the new store. The owners plan to have the large project in operation by Oct, 1st. "We were well satisfied with the job Gus did with the Teepees", said- Pilous. "However, the directors feel 'that to operate a junior A team we |. must have someone who actually re- sides in this city and can devote a full 12 month§"to hockey." Bodnar told Pilous he could not ac- cept the job on a year-round basis. as they existed twenty or thirty years | bp das I am happy to report that the pro- vinces all across Canada are co-oper- ating eagerly in this offer; and that the announcement made by. the Pro- vince of Ontario this week regarding increased facilities is an indication of the attitude which is being adopted. Replying to the Prime Ministers statement, the Leader of the Opposi- tion, Honourable L. B. Pearson, said this on Monday: "It is a cliche, of course, Mr, Speak- I'er, to say that we live in a technical i and scientific age, but it js something that is very true, so it is necessary for technical education to keep abreast of the fantastic changes that have taken place both nationally and inter- nationally," The Leader of the CCF Party, Mr. Argue, added: ' "We are pleased that this is q Com- \ monwealth venture. We need such facilities and enmphasis on such facili- ties in Canada, and they are also needed much more in other parts of the world." Considerable discussion was caused this week over the Government's Bill to amend the Criminal Code with re- gard to Capital Punishment for mur- der. - The Minister of Justice said that in setting up a division in the definition of Capital Murder, so as to recognize two types of murder, planned or de- liberate murder 'calling for capital punishment, and murder which is a result of sudden impulse which would not involve capital punishment, the Government was approaching the question "on broad grounds". The Minister made this further "The whole basis of society, in the sense of any ordered form of life, would dissolve and chaos would reign if we did not have laws embodying that code of conduct by which, collec- tively, we say we desire to live, And because we live in an imperfect world, these laws require sanctions." 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