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Oshawa Times (1958-), 16 Sep 1967, p. 9

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DURHAM COLLEGE DOORS WILL OPEN MONDAY TO 200 STUDENTS \NDERS Dishonesty To Steal h a sign reading, Fash- y Begins at 11:00 a.m. 1b can you get?--Madi- fad: If you'll wipe the your mouth and listen, at. Nobody said church ould dress to the teeth. is in poor taste to go to yarefoot, in bathing orts and bikinis. Got it ANY CLASS AT DURHAM COLLEGE CAN BE LOCATED INSTANTLY «+ Janet Kemp, Secretary To Dr. Willey, Checks Schedule Fhe Sunes SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1967 FOUR MONTHS AGO TRUCKS WERE ABANDONED IN THE MUD e « e Sixteen Portable Classrooms Now Occupy Site College President Happy | Despite Delays, Problems By JAMES COUPER tronics room, typing and sten-| To, say the college won't be |sity. That leaves 2,750 to either of The Times Staff ography room, and a cafeteria | ready on time would probably|find a job, go to a teaching in- | For 16 portable classrooms which seats 60. All are elec-|prove embarrassing Monday |stitution, or just sit around and sitting in an old cow pasture, |ttically heated. morning. Four months ago, the wait for something to happen. Durham College of Applied Arts} PERPETUALLY HAPPY site on Simcoe Street North was} "In the United States," he and Technology is a modern; Dr. Willey, in contrast to the|@ mud field which tried to|continued, 'they count on 60 * % en you turn 21 are no longer yered by your ents' Hospital rance. You must » out individual abership within 30 s. Get your ap- ation form at a k, a hospital, or Commission. NEW JOB? keep insured fol- y the instructions the Hospital In- ance "Certificate Payment--Form 4"* that your sent employer is vired to give you leaving.. EWLY WED? "family" Hospital jrance premium | now be paid to er husband and 3. Notify your up" without de- or if you both pay niums direct, no- the Commission, Your INTARIO OSPITAL SURANCE Plan looking school. The portables resemble the|looks perpetually happy. He white wood buildings found out-|calls students, teachers and side many high and _ public|secretaries alike by their first schools about as closely as Dr.}name, and even when he is Gordon E. Willey, the college's|angry at construction workers president, resembles the stereo-| getting two preparation rooms type headmaster of 100 years|reversed, he doesn't look like ago. he really means it. The portables are painted in| If Dr. Willey was not a light- pastel shades of brown, green,| hearted sort of fellow, he might and yellow, and are about as/find himself spending more modernistically designed as a/time in hospital having ulcers rectangular classroom can be. |removed than he does on the Polished pine beams extend| campus. through the ceiling, dividing} Registration was completed the fluorescent lighting into|yesterday. Classes start Mon- sectors. Fresh colored drapes|day and the college isn't ready. surround the windows and in|Dr. Willey said, "I can see us and 16 portables from Sept. 11 to Sept. 18. The characteristic Willey op-| The upgrading class, whic even|was designed to bring students havejup to an _ educational level ; only 200 students where he ex-|where they could enter into one © pected 250. Next year at this|of the college's courses, was a | total disaster with four people | will | applying. The technology course is also disappointing, with 40 entering where 70 were hoped for and } though the college time, he hopes to have phase double the size of the college and accommodate 600. And a for 1969 is in some classrooms parts: of the|jall out here over the d walls have wood paneling. with hammer and nails"'. : Only six of the portables are} The library, which, he said the ordinary "'sit down and/will hold 1,500 books costing listen to the teacher" type of |$15,000, is vacant. The drafting classrooms, One is an adminis-|room is a chaotic jumble of in- trative office. There is a wash-|struments and each of the room and health room build-|rooms needs a cleaning and ar- ing; a teachers' lounge and in-|ranging and an allotment of Oshawa graduating students' lack of interest in the college is something which puzzles Dr. Willey. "There are in excess of EXPERIMENTS 3,000 Grade 12 and 13 gradu-| _ t ates in Ontario and Durham|tive of the first year is merely terview room, a library, chem-|minor supplies, such as chalk istry room, science room, elec-!and brushes. DR. WILLEY, DRAFTING INSTRUCTOR DAVID HELMER CHECK DESIGNS Three Different Drafting Machines Are Being Used \old headmaster, is a man who|SWallow every truck which got/per cent of graduates entering | near enough to unload supplies. | junior colleges. If we could get Dr. Willey was the only per-|40 per cent, we would have expected} 1,200 students.' } lawns,| What has become of the 2,550 paved parking lots, flags flying) graduates who didn't enter uni- erected byjversity and didn't go to Dur- early September. He changed}ham is something Dr. Willey once,|doesn't know and doesn't ex- § pect to find out. hi road' counties," he said, "and about|to function, Dr. Willey has man- 250 of these will go to univer- ment. "We have three different ; , drafting machines in one room | and four different class setups. | what we want." _ concerned about getting a per- i manent building -- he doesn't » even mention it unless asked. _ And then he regards it as some- thing which will make the col- esteem. "T lean toward the functional -- making the best economical use of land space. We are con- tation." 6,000 we should build another college 100 miles away -- no one should have to travel more than 50 miles to a college." ates is his answer to the prob- lem of attracting students. "Di- them." And he thinks some may have stayed away this year simply because the college is new. 60 expected. Dr. Willey said he will still split the class into three next year because "We | lave to get this show on the Although the primary objec- aged to find room to experi- Dr. Willey has taken back his © predictions of 10,000 students by . the late 1970's. "If we get 5,000- § A sales program aimed at © next year's high school gradu. : When we move into a perma- | nent building, we will know & Dr. Willey isn't particularly i eee lege more functional rather © than improve its pride or self- * . centrating on getting the right | people and equipment, It is the & type of graduates we have | which will determine our repu- = rect mail is the way. to get * ONLY STUDENTS NEEDED TO COMPLETE BUSINESS SECRETARIAL CLASSROOM Electric Typewriters, Individual Four-Track Dictation Machines Available Bs oo SARIN CRA AMPLIFIER -OSCILATOR PREPARED FOR SCHOOL OPENING » « « Science Master Elwood Manery Makes Adjustments See (Oshawa Times Photos By Joe Serge) ;|midnight Friday when dozens 'jhibernation to celebrate the 2 \long, hot summer. iilaw reads, the period of no Pending Talks WHITBY (Staff) -- More than 400 employees of a major & Whitby industry -- hit yester- unanimously to return to Division-Stancor Limited -- Street East. A meeting between Local 50. 3 p.m, today, Some 450 of 650 workers staged a wildcat at the plant esterday when they failed to |report for work on an 8 a.m. jshift. But many were back on ,|their jobs by the afternoon fol- jlowing a tentative settlement reached between the company Monday 'subject to negotiations on working conditions at Slkarjin. protest of piecework rates and union in morning talks over a protest by workers in the cutting room department. ged to stage another| dispute. illegal strike if no progress is = on grievances they claim.|eight workers who quit their The company has rehired Meanwhile, workers voted|jobs in the department Thurs- work|day -- which started the walk- 'The eight employees quit out. aj(time a worker has to do a reas Plant on Victoria/job). Lou Sklar, t (production), today declined to , disclose conditions of settle. 'Upholsterers' International | ment. : Union of North America, and} Last night, workers at the he company was scheduled for|United Auto Workers union hall meeting, voiced a rash of come plaints. Thomas Edwards, first vice- president of Oshawa and Dis- trict Labor Council, said when he arrived "the people were determined not to go back to work until all grievances had been settled". Lawn Watering Ban Ends In Pickering Township BAY RIDGES (Staff) -- The saving of wear and tear on gar- den hoses and sprinklers in Pickering Township ended at of hoses rolled out of summer turning on of taps following a} At midnight, the township by- lawn watering will be over. But, many Bay Ridges' lawns have turned brown under the intense heat, others have van-} ished completely as top soil) turned to dust and gushed across the streets. : Beginning last June 15, resi-| dents were allowed. to water jonly their shrubs and flower gardens and then only with a jsprinkler can, The rationing iwas a result of the township} extending. the watering area! while using the same facilities! built for the Bay Ridges sub-| division, the Sherman Scott) Water Filtration plant on Brock Road South. This winter, the township} hopes to build a 3,000 gallon} Steps Taken For Budget Initial action for preliminary discussions on the 1968 budget was taken at the board of con- trol meeting Thursday. City clerk Roy Barrand was instructed to write to depart- reservoir to avoid further water shortages. Assistant Township Engineer Raymond Hutchinson said water pressure was kept at normal this summer from the plant which filters 1,250,000 gallons daily. Blessing Set At Holy Cross The Most Reverend Philip F. Pocock, Roman Catholic co- adjutor Archbishop of Toronto, arrives in Oshawa tomorrow to officiate at the blessing of Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, Simcoe Street South, The Reverend M. J. Darby, pastor of Holy Cross Church said today more than 30 priests will be present at the blessing. During the past year and one- half, the church has undergone considerable renovation, with a $350,000 addition being added to the existing structure. The addi- tion includes a new rectory, sacristy, seats for 300 additional people in the church, and two new rooms in the parish hall. The church's capacity is now 800 people. The blessing will take place at 4 p.m., Sunday, followed by the celebration of mass by the archbishop. Another Detour For City Drivers Work will start Monday on iment heads to report on any Inew projects in their depart- ments and their manpower needs for 1968. City treasurer Frank Mark- son is to be asked for his com-| ments. on the car pool. Con. the widening of Ritson Road North resulting in an expected jfour-month detour for Oshawa motorists. The reconstruction will start at the section between Bond and iCon. Robert Nicol said he would) William Streets and will pro- lbe going to Toronto next week|ceed north. \for discussions on this point. Reports were asked for by Oct. 15. : | The move follows adoption by the council of a motion by Ald. preliminary budget discussions. North and southbound traffic on Ritson Road will be detoured via Adelaide Avenue, Division Street, Bond Street and-or King |Street. It is estimated the con- Gordon Attersley calling for the| tract will take 18 weeks to com- plete.

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