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-- - THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1931 "PAGE SEVEN ---- - ---- THE WHITBY subscriptions and news will be received at the Whitby Branch Office at Gasette and Chronicle.~Telephone 25. After Business Hours--Phoue 359. REPRESENTATIVE--JAMES H, ORMISTON DAILY TIMES WHITBY SCHOOLS NOW HAVE A REGISTRATION TOTALLING 801 PUPILS There are eight hundred and one pupils attending the High, Public and Separate Schools of. Whitby, according to the latest registration figures. All schools show an in- creased attendance over last vear, and placing of pupils has been a big problem. The figures for the schools are: High School ........... Public Schools .. 0.506 Separate School ........ 65 ' Total .801 The total attendance at the open- ng in all schools was 771. Since that time, however, new pupils have been éoming in, particularly at the High Sehodl, where the attendance breaks all former records and has made the provision of extra accom- odation necessary. The school has a fine enrolment of county pupils this year. FH YC public Schools Filled At the Public Schools the regis- tration this week is 506, a substan- tial increase over last year. New pupils have been enrolling since the schools opened, three coming in on Monday of this week. All rooms in the three schools average well over forty pupils, so that if the school population continues to in- crease another room may be neces- sary. Because of crowding condi- tions at King Street School, thirty five pupils were transferred to Dun- das Street school. At St. Bernard's At St. Bernard's Separate school both teachers have large classes this year, The registration is near- ly seventy, which is larger than last year. While the attendance at the schools is due in some respect to new pupils starting for the first time. There is the fact that in recent weeks quite a few new fam- ilies have moved into town. SEEK ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGIOUS COURSES IN WHITBY SCHOOLS Whitby Ministers Make Proposal to the Board of Education at Last Reg- MAKE COURSE PART OF CURRICULUM Each Local Church Would Be Responsible For Re- ligious Instruction in the Various Schools Unanimously recommending grad- ed courses of religious education in the High and Public Schools of 'Whitby, the Whitby Ministerial As- sociation, embracing in its member- ship all ministers of the town, has approached the Board of Educa- tion recommending that provision be made in the school time tables to allow the teaching of graded cours- &s to the fourth year in Public choo! and the first four years in igh School. Pointing out the im- possibility under the' present by-law of accomplishing anything worth while, the ministers felt that such a plan as outlined hereunder would be a very real addition to the educa- tional and cultural value of the training - received in the schools. The emphasis has been laid upon the work in the High School be- cause of the great need of proper religious training during the adol- proent period of the life of every oy and girl. The curriculum and the respon- pibility for teaching the various courses is as follows: Old Testament Story: One Course Heroes of Israel: One course. Life of Christ: Two courses. Beginnings of the Christian Church: Two courses. Great Religious Leaders: pour'ses, ; The Social Teachings of Jesus: Two courses. Responsibility For Teaching Responsibility for teaching would be as follows: Brock School: St. John's Church --0Old Testament story, Heroes of Israel, Dundas School: Presbyterian Church--Old Testament story and Heroes of Israel. King St. School: Baptist Chutch --0Old Testament story and Heroes of Israel. High School, (First year), United Church--Life of Christ; (Second year), All Saints Church--Begin- nifig of Christianity. (Third and Fourth years)--Om- tario Ladies College, alternatin: with Great Religious Leaders and The Soqial Teachings of Jesus, St. John's R. C. Church--Feor R. C. students in all grades, he length of the courses in any one school year would not exceed sixteen or eighteen half hour ses- sions and would be so arranged that there would be no conflict with the school work and examinations as already arranged, The plan of allotting the instruction to the vari- ous churches rather than to the i Vidal ministers in charge en- sures the permaneficy of the work and the whole plan provides con- tifiweus, consolidated religious in- striction which the Ministerial As- soeiation hopes will help to build up Strong charactér and sound citi- zenship, ' _ The ministers and church authori- ties co-eperating in the plan are: Rév. A. L. Richards, B.D., minister of the United Church; Rev. Del. figiord, St. John's Anglican Church, Port Whitby; Rev. T. F. Best, Baptist Church; Rev, J. Lind- pid lately in charge of St. Andrew's Church; Rev. Dr. Carscallen, prin- cipal of. the Ontario Ladies'. Col- lege; Rev. E. Ralph Adye, L.Th, rector of All Saints Anglican Chiitch, A d Rev. Father J. Ryan, pastor of the Roman Catholic The whole Two lan is now in the 'hands of the anagement Conimit- | tee of theBoard of Education who will pass upoh its practicability as applied 'tor the local schools. Officials of the Department of Education in Toronto have viewel this proposed plan with considerable favour and it may be said epthusi- asm and providing no legal obstacles present themselves have assured the Ministerial Association of thelr support. WORK STARTED ON WIDENING OF CP.R. SUBWAY Work was started last week-end by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company on the widening of the danger- ous subway under their EASIER WORK TO tracks 'on Dundas Street Kast, Whitby, which is part of the Kingston highway. Pile drivers are at work placing piles for the support of the tracks preparatory to the construction of a pedes. trian subway on the south side, which, of course, means the widening of the traflic subway which has long been regarded as being too narrow and a trap for motorists. The cost of this work is being borne by the C.P.R., the Department of Highways of the Province of Ontario, and the Corporation of the Town of Whitby, the lattcr up to two thousand ony. The widening of this high- way has been advocated for many years, and about a year ago was sanctioned by the powers that be, GO TO MEN WHO DID HARD TASK With a force of about one hundred men on the job, rapid progress is being made on the gas main construction program of the Ontario Shore Gas Com- pany. Work was started on Tuesday on Byron Street South and the gang is Now work. ing morth of the Presbyter- ian Church. It was stated on Wednesday that some local men were wait-.. ing around in the hope of get-.. ting work on softer groupd than that so far encountered while others have remained steady on the job where work is hardest. Mayor Bowman stated that men who are wait- ing for the easier work would be disappointed as it was the desire of those in charge to treat all men alike, also to give the easier work to those who started last week on hard ground and worked in the hot sun. BASE LINE WEST of Ar- Mr., R. Mr. and Mrs. Pixley, den, were visitors at Hoar's, Sunday. Mr. E. Story was a visitor at Mr. A. Button's, of Oshawa, Sun- day. The duck season opened on Tuesday very quietly, as there are not many ducks yet from the north. The continued dry weather is making it difficult to plow and the pastures are failing. Mr. Reynolds, of Orillia, was a recent visitor at Mr. Roy Stirt- ivant's. The annual patients' were held on the grounds Tuesday. Miss Ida Story spent the week- end with friends in Toronto. sports Hospital don, of Hamilton, called on Mrs. C. J. Stevenson this week. Be sure and attend the Mis- sionary rally in Greenwood on or about the 23rd. There have been several cary through here from Niagara an Toronto selling fruit principally peaches. Surely no one need lack for fruit or tomatoes this year as both are so cheap. BRITAIN TO CLOSE CARDINGTON BASE St. Hubert Mooring Mast May Be Affected By Change in Policy London, Sept. 15.--When the airship R100, which visited Can- ada in August, 1930, is sold, the airship base at Cardington will be placed on a mere care and main- tenance basis. This announce- ment, made by Prime Ramsay Macdonald in the House of Commons means the collapse for years to come of all hopes that Great Britain will pursue the practice or intensive research in this means of conveyance over land and water. Mr, Macdonald estimated that moer fhan $50,000 a year would be saved by the policy. Cardington, until about eight years ago, was an obscure hamlet in the flat and uninteresting coun- try a few miles from Bedford. Then two sheds, each 812 feet long by 157 feet high and 18 feet wide, were erected to hold R100 and her ill-fated sister, the R101, which crashed in France last Oc- tgper. Around the giant sheds grew up a little cluster of trim build- ings for the personnel attached to the station, a mooring tower 200 feet high and 70 feet square at The farm hands, with thefr | wives and children, attended the | corn roast at the Boys' Home in ! Bowmanville, last week. Mr. | 8. Kirk gave them some selec- tions on the bagpipes, all having a good time. The many friends of Mr, C, J. Stevenson were sorry to know he had to go to the Hospital and all sincerely hope for a speedy recovery. Dr. Watson took the service here last Sabbath, He is an able speaker. He met very few of the people who were here when he was on the Circuit as a young man. Mr, Jas, McCormick had a cattle beast killed by falling in a hole near Mr. Young's. Silo filling is about completed in our neighborhood. | tower is the hase, designed to take a pull at the top of 30 tons in any direc. tion, was also built. Within the an elevator which can carry 12 persons at a time to the passenger platform, 170 feet from the ground. Staff Taken By Surprise represents ambitious enterprise and a considerable original out lay of money. The staff there wag taken completely by surprise even now nothing is known of the Air Ministry's detailed intentions in respect to the base. R100 has been lying, dismantled, in her shed at Card ington since shortly after the crash of the R101. Besides the Cardington mooring mast, there is a great mast at St. Hubert, near Montreal, another at Cairo, and fourth at Karachi, India, There were proposals to construct oth- two Mr, Fred Heath and son, Gor- that "the ambitious plan of MclLA REN'S INVINCIBLE QUICK PUDDINGS sugar needed. Just add milk. A delicious dessert quickly, easily made. Minister | Empire air service, for which the two giant dirigibles were built, would materialize within the near future. The crash of the R101 wrecked this hope; the economy axe is removing almost the last vestiges. 1930 AGREEMENTS WILL AID WORK OF COMMITTEE Conference Success De- pends on Federal Struc- ture Committee London, Sept. 15.--The India Federal Structure Committee, which must reach a solution of the problem relating to the mach- inery necessary and the method of employing it under the new Gov- ernment of India, or jeopardize the Round Table Conference later, resumes next week with the All- India Congress participating and Mahatma Gandhi as its pignipo- tentiary. This committee will now work under the advantage of the 1930 agreements, which means the re- moval of innumerable minor ob- stacles; in fact, it should be able to get down to business with very little delay. The presence of Gandhi may mean either a very great advan- tage or a hindrance, according as the Mahatma's attitude is one of asisstance or of placing complic- ated demands before the meet- ings. Government quarters give Gandhi every credit for honesty of purpose, but fear that his im- practicability and the instability of his policy may bring a clash be- tween Western and Eastern modes of thought. And this would of course make the deliberations in- creasingly difficult, and perhaps really inconclusive, so far as the main objects are concerned. Gand- hi will, undoubtedly, squeeze every possible concession out of the British Government before the discussions are brought down to earth and any real advance ach- ieved. The Hindu-Moslem problem is now even farther from any solu- tion than at the close of the 1930 Conference. At the moment there are no discernable indications of any possibility of agreement, and unless an almost miraculous change occurs in the next month or so, the Indian problem may have to be ended by the #mposi- tion of a settlement by the British Parliament and the Government of India on lines of the Govern- ment of India report. Acute observers with a knowl- edge of India see little hope of bridging the age-long racial, re- ligious and language disputes through any mutual agreement, even though Gandhi shofild lend his prestige thereto, Behind the plans to safeguard Gandhi's arrival in London today there wag an interesting reason-- a large number of students had planned to meet the Mahatma on his arrival at the railway depot, dressed only in loin cloths and capes. These plans were acei- dentally divulged, and the arrival arrangements suddenly altered to avoid the occurrence of what might have caused grave reper- cussions, WHIPPING TREE HAS REFORMED Old Relic Still Attracts At- tention in Town of Alfred, Maine Alfred, Me.--An ancient white cak, gnarled and battered by years of conflict with blizzards and thundershowers, the zero temperatures of Maine winters and the sizzling heat of Maine midsummers, is the only relic of the old whipping posts left in the State, It stands on a corner in Alfred, a quaint little shire town of York county named for Alfred the Great when it was in- cerporated back «in 1794, with a small bronze tablet on its enor- mous trunk. The tablet was plac- od there by the New Century Club of Alfred, and bears the following inscription, "Whipping™ Tree, 1800-1830." In the good old days, the rec- ords show that a public whipping was often the punishment meted cut to those who kissed in pub- iic, used tobacco, gossiped, swore or scolded their fellow citizens. Women, as well as men were. taken to the whipping tree and lashed twenty or thirty times on ' the "bare skine." VALUABLE BRITISH OFFICIAL RETIRES London. -- John Berry, the office-keeper at 10 Downing Street, official town residence of the Prime Minister is retiring af- ter having been in the Treasury service since 1895. He has been" presented with a cheque, a wire- less set and an illuminated scroll. The inscription on the scroll re cords the fact that for 36 years: Mr. Berry has fulfilled his duties with unfailing dignity and kindlis ness. In addition to Prime Minis- ter Ramsay Macdonald, his fam- ily and the present staff at No. 10 the signatures include, among' others, those of Rt. Hon, Stanley: Baldwin, former Prime Minister, and Mrs. Baldwin; Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George, former Prime Min=: ister; Rt. Hon. Philip Snewdeny Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sir Austen and Lady Chamberlain, Lord Beaverbrook, Lord Derby, Rt. Hon. Reginald McKenna, a former Chancellor of the Exche- qnuer, and Lady Oxford. H J) 0g UI "where Quality Counts' The Cardington hase, therefore | by yesterday's announcement, and | almost | ers in Australia and South Africa | years ago, when it seemed | an | @ A 100% Canadian Organization Managed and Operated Exclusively by Canadians ON STO IAMITED RES Rolled Oats J ) [ln LIMITED STORES "where Quality Counts" DAS LARGEST RETAH GROCERS Boiling Fowl each 75 PRIME RIB ROAST Ib. 19¢ ROUND STEAK ROAST RUMP ROAST ib. 17 Fronts Lamb ». 12 1-2. 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