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i t ,-'â- 4 T "i t V 1- . "^ â- Â» ♦ / < r # > « >• ^ t /, k â- > T •> ^ •; â- f •J â- y j; ♦ â- * ( -»- % f K â- I f V â- Â»â-  A t ♦> â-  « i * - ? i :* V 5 » « * â-  » T ^ » -; t ', 'f 'f « â- V t 4 â- f < « n > * 4 '♦ •♦ i -V J. ^. »><•••â- â- ' Summary of the News Practical Ar'thoQctic TOllONTO.â€" More practical ques- tions ia the' new public school arith- metic were demanded by the Oulario Ratopafers and Trustees association at the juinual meeting in Toronto this week. Trustees from school section 10, Vestra township in Simcoe county pointed o'U that the questions used in the present book had no relation to the actual problems in arithmetic the children had to solve in every day life. Three Die in Crossing Smash Gait's worst recent tragedy early Friday claimed the lives of a young couple aiid a friend when a Canadian Pacific Railv.-ay passenger train smashed th!?lr automobile to wreck- age at the Dundas Street crossing. The liiyjLd. John Macey, 27, milk truck driver; his wife. Jessie Leeds Macey, 23. whom he married a year ago last November; and Miss Olive Moore. SI, all of Gait. Coroner W-'rd W'oolner. Ayr, open- ed an inquiry which was adjourned for hearln-; of evidence at a later date. Police said a string of freight cars, extendin.'^ to the east, cut off Macey's view o< t>ie approaching train 60 feet back from the crossing which was un- protected, the watchman having gone off duty. Easter Lily Demand BRAMPTON'.â€" With the shipping of Easter lilies from local conservatories almost completed, growers here are re- porting a larger demand for their flow- ers than was the case last year. Every day, special coaches have been pock- ed up herp by passenger trains on both railway systems to haul the East, er flowers to retailers in points as far west as Edmonton and as far east as St. John's Newfoundland. According to growers, the volume cf Easter lilies this year is much above that of the average vear with a tremendous quan- tity of stock available. $lO Newsprint Price MONTREAL.â€" General Manager P. M. Box has announced Lake St. John Power and Paper Company will adopt a $50 nev.-sirint contract price for the first half cf 1D38. Wheat Boost CHICAGO.â€" With European impor- tations the heaviest since the Great War, actral re-entry of the United States into world export trade stimu- lated farmers' hopes for prosperity Saturday. The highest domestic wheat prices in eight years gave the United States wheat crop to te harvested this .sum- mer its sre-.tost value since 1929. An SOO.OOO.OOO-bushel crop would be worth more than $1,000,000,000 at pre- Tailing prices. Wheat tas advanced steadily â€" -5 ceut^ a bushel in the Ual week, 10 cents in a month â€" '.n the face of im- proving crop couditionj. This week the arid Nortjjwest, where last years drought cut production drastically, re- ceived wli'.t was dcscri'ccd as a •$!,- 000.000,000 inow." Trad?rs said that even a btmper crop might bring high prices because of the uuiisual demand from European natit-as, t:ii..>fly Great Britain, Ger- many and Italy, hich have been scouring bread-stuff-production coun- tries foi- isiportaiions at the rate of almost 2,000.000 bushels a day for weeks. Strike Ended PETKUBOROUGH. â€" Final settle- ment of the st.iiie at the plant of the Peterborough Brinton Carpet Corn- pan^', where 240 employees were out, â- was effected Friday. The workers agreed to accept a general 10 per cent, pay cut restoration which goes Into effect immediately, and all hands will return to worlc. The .strike resulted from failure of the company to restore pay-cuts amounting to Z' per ceat. made dur- ing the depression years, and reached a head when IKtysix v.eavers, mem- bers of the Brussels Carpet Weavers Union aeked aid from the National Board et" th" Union. Duke Accepts Plaque OTTAWA.â€" Lionel Kosbery, Ottawa sculptor received a letter from the Duke of Windsor accapting a plaque of himself which Fosbery executed. Tc3 p!aqu3 of the former King Ed- ward VIII. a portrait in relief in bronze, is about live by six inchǤ in size. Pigeons Disript Time BIIANTFOIU'.â€" The marcli of time was hiilted for seventy minutes when pigeons which roost in the PosioflJce tower here, after being locked out of their home in City Hall tower, perch- ed on the hands o( the dock and pre- Tented theni from making the usual turn. A dozen pigeons were too much for the power of the clock. The occur- fenc? was the second of the kind here. Sd stories of pigeon pie are being ard around the Post office, where t^e birds are proving a nuisance. i Coast Actors Praised VANCOUVER.â€" For the second suc- isive night Vancouver's Strolling yers won high praise from Adjudi- ;0r G«orge de Warfaz, at the British Columbia regional drama festival on Thursday. An excerpt from Rudolph Besier's "The Barretts of Wimpo'e Street,, was describee* by Mr. de Warfaz as "an absolutely perfect production." Coupled with credit to the amateur dramatic group which Wednesday won praise with Vincent Godefre's tragedy ''The Widow of EJphesus," was the ad- judicator's comment that either Gay Scrlven, leading lady in both Strolling Player presentations, or Colin Lau- rence, director of both plays and por- trayer of Edward Moulton-Barrett in last night's effort, could "go to New York or London and win fame with any professional company.'' Engineer Dies at Throttle SUDBURY.â€" With his hand on the throttle. Engineer Edward Williams. 57, died of a heart attack en route from Sudbury to Markstay Friday af- ternoon. Fireman W'. .\ntler was- on the engine with him and rendered aid. but be soon learned that Williams had died almo't instantly. Williams had had twenty-flve years of service v.-ith the C.P.R. The heart attack seized tim nineteen miles east o' Scdbary. i H Seeding a Month Early WINNIPEG.â€" About a month ahead of last year, wheat seeding has start- ed in Southern Alberta, it was an- nounced this week by the agricultural department of the Canadian Paciflc Railway. Jack Barton, a farmer in the Taber irrigated district about 25 miles east of Lethbridge. has seeded 40 acres of wheat, the announcement said. Elementary Economics TORONTO.â€" Elementary economics and sociology were suggested as sub- jects for study in the hijh schools and collegiates of the province in a reso- lution from the Perth County associa- tion prey-ented at the Ratepayers as- sociation meeting in Toronto at the O.E.A. this week. War Fuel Supply LONDON. â€" The recent discovery of new and plentiful oil deposits on the Island o* Trinidad may make the West Indian colony Great Britain's main source of fuel supply in the event of war, the Sunday Chronicle reports. British experts, the newspaper said, have discovered new oil deposits on the island. Conscienoe-Stricken SASKATOON. â€" Discussions over money matters by the Bedford Road Collegiate here brought forth a tiny piece of cheerful news. The person who carried away tools and books seme time ago sent a mon- ey order to clear his debt. 'I felt 'the call' and wished to clear the sin awa.v,'' he w^rote. Teirperance Education More Temperance education in the schools of the province was recom- mended in a resolution passed by the Ontario Ratepayers Association. Car Owner Pleads For Its "Borrower" NIAGARA FALL:>. ONT. â€" I!ruce Biggar. manager of the -Niagara Falls Co-operative Dairy, scoured the coun- try roads to tet his automobile and capture the thief, but in .Magistrate's Court he made a strong plea fcr leni- ency on behalf of Nolan Eddy. 20, charged with the theft of the car. As a result of Biggar's plea, the charge was reduced to "joyriding," and Eddy was allowed to go on sus- pended sentence. Agriculttiral Training Urged For Students Ontario's primary and secondary schools, particularly rural schools, should emphasize training in agricul- ture, and devote iiiore time to the study of current affairs and econom- ics. VV. G. Nixon, M.L.A.. for Temis- kaming told a group of friends here. Youth will be served "plenty of dis- appointment" if they are taught early the problems of business. Mr. Nixon contended. He commended the pro- gramme of the Department of Educa- tion under Dr. J. L. Simpson. "People are beginning to realize that the cur- riculum was made for the pupil â€" not the other way round," Mr. Nixon said. Discussing land settlement schemes of the past fifteeu years, Mr. Nixon said that while conditions have chang- ed, the pioneer farmer must te wil- ling to work and he must have a love ut the soil in hi„ heart. It is hoped to include cheese and butter ill the pasteuri:;ation plan, but at a more opportune time. M;;ycr Mitche'.l, while favoring pas- teurization, voted with Councillor La- coste against the resolution. Death Rate Soars OTT.WVA, - Birth.-* registered in sixty-seven cities and towns having a population of 10,000 or more, during February, numbered 5.S96, a decrease of -4 per cent., compared with 6.S72 v.x February, 1,936. the Poininlon Bureau of Statistics reported Saturday. .Marriages shewed a decreat,e of per cent., with 2,025 against 2.2J!. while an increase of 21 per cent, w^s shown in deaths, with 5,179, compared with 4,422 in February last .vear. Speed Limit Up TORONTO.â€" Ontario's new motor- ing speed limits â€" fifty miles per hour o : the open highway and thirty miles per hour in all incorporated munici- palities or "built up areas" â€" does not come into effect i^ntil May 24, Attor- ney-General Roebuck announced over the week-end. The bill was giren Royal assent la t • Legislature on Tiiursday. March 25. Ordinarily, it would have been op- erative forthwith, but under legisla- tion introduced earlier in the sassion by the Government its operation is indirectly held up for sixty days. Municipalities will just have to put up with the thirty-mile limit prescrib- ed for them, J. P. Elckell. registrar of motor vehicles, stated Saturday. They have no power themselves to reduce it, he added. Ever since the legislation was pass- ed in the House there has been con- siderable confusion regarding its date of effectiveness. Highways Depart- ment officials were certain its opera- tion commenced at once. Not until the Attorney-General had his say was the air clear. Modern Children Love Their Teaclier Claims O.E.S. Pres. Lord Tweedsmuir Cpens Ses- sions of Ed'jcaticoalists in Toronto With nearly six thousand delegates present representing all branches of educational activity in the province of Ontario Education-.' ' socvit'-'n session for 19-37 were opened at the University of Toronto on .Monday ev- ening by Lord Tweedsmuir. Dwelling on the new attitudes to- wards education as compared with the old fashioned ideals in the school H. .V Griffin, president of the O. E. A. in his opening address, claimed that children no longer disliked school. The modern child, he declar- ed, had no dislike of the teacher or the schoolhouse and the old fash- ioned truant officer was almost un- necessary for the modern school.* Said Mr. Griffi.T "The President's address, as in- dicu'.tU in the programme has re- solved itself into some comments on education which might be entitled then and now. I was prompted m my selection of material by a word- picture given, over the radio by our own Denton Massey in his discourse â€" "The Young Manj Goes to School" â€" The scene, we aee tolJ, took place near Boston. The facts were, that on the week end in question, the school burned down, and the 300 children stood in the street checrin?- as the flames demolished the bui'ding. "-•Vlas". thought I "is this true ^'f our schools'."' If so â€" why'.' In t.ie past, perhap.-;. bat in this year of grace ViZ~ â€" decidedly not. .A.!- though realities have changed â€" the legend ]'ersi.sts." "The facts of the case to-day are â€" that instead of being armed with a book and a rod the teacher in your school has been carefully train- ed and visualizes w-hat the children of the particular age and back- ground need most. Xo longer does a uniform course of stuJy and sys- tem of compulsory examinations keep our students either preparing for or passing these nerve-wrecking monster.^. What was once a pro- traded liurd'.e race is now an a!'- absorbing process where the child participates to the full in expressins; his opinions, taking part in discus- sion â€" and through instructon and suggestion builds up for himself a fund of facts hitherto crammed down his throat and disgorged on the examinations page." "You say, "Is this so in our school?" "Is this the attitude of our teachers?" Yes, I am convinced that this 60-mile-an-hour system teach- ing and learning is absolete. So if you wish to be considered up-to-date in the tasks that confront us as ed- ucators, I hope you have c*ome to this three-day Convention in a re- The Quints Are Begmning to Talk Each cf tha Famous Five Can lay Atc'Jt 15 V/crdj in French Callender. Ont.â€" Each of the Di- onne quintuplets can now say about 15 words in French, Dr. -Allan Roy Dafoa caid this week. ' The h.:jie3 ccn ask for a drink of water if tliey want one, and can also make their wishes in oiJer re- gards known," Dr. Da.foe said. "If they want to go outside to play they can get the idea across to their nur- ses without trouble, but their vo- cabularies act-..a!ly only include about 15 words at present, although we ex- p'!ct to have them talking better when they are three years old." The Quins will celebrate their third birthday May 28. They speak French only. Dr. Dafoe said, but when they can use their tongues fluently they w^ill be taught English. The babies are well aware of their individual identity, and if .Annette, for instance, is addressed as Cecille by a confused nurse or visitor she win shake her head hard, almost shout, "non. non" and point to Ceci'le. They are all familiar with their own names and those of their sisters. Dr. Dafoe said. He eaid they did not know how to ask for something to eat, or how to say they were tired "because they are fed at regular times and put to bed at regular hours, so they never get hungry or sleepy except at the proper times." "As far as their talking goes." Dr. D: foe said, ''you must remember that children of multiple birth never talk at an earlier age. "All along we have been expecting the Quins to be able to say quite a few words by their third birthday, and they will be able to do that. Al- ready they know the usual 'good mor- ning." how do you do' and so on, and I think by their third birthday they may surprise everyone." WHEN HE DOESN'T FORGET The e v.ployer. a.-cording to Wil- frid Heighington. is in danger if be.-roming the forgotten man. Work- ers generally .«eem to be satisfied if he t'jrns up once a week to do his stuff on pay day. â€" Torono Globe and Mail. ceptive frame of mind, prepared to listen, prepared to do your own thi.n'-:ing and finally return home and 5-ipport moiern trends in pre- sent-day education. Our complex syste:-!! of livin'r demands a change, oar boys and gir!s deserve a "break" â€" and your teacher should be. and is. ar."io-J3 to make the adjustmen's necessary. It is no longer true that half the world lioes not know how the other half lives. Radio, the film, fast-moving conveyances, along with the Press and reading material have n'ade this an e-.-er-.-^hrinlang world until we are neighbours, one to an- other. Sirce stanivng before you on this platform, it has been my priv- ile'::e to attend two all-Canadian Education .Association conferences â€" one, the National Home and School Club meeting â€" the other the Canadian Education .-A.ssociation meeting at Regina. In each, the topics ran.'Ted from the all-provoking therre of statistical costs on educa- tion to the curriculum and to the dynamo of the system â€" the teach- er. Three things vere of common interest: ( 1 ) That the public finally got what it demanded. (2) That the Course of Study must be enriched by meeting the de- mands of the times within the spe- cified field covered. (3) That the public were willin'^ to pay to the uttermost that the youth of 1937 should receive better, broader and more useful instruc- tion than had been the heritage of their parents. __ New Regulations Demand Separate Beverage Rooms From April 1st Hoteb Must Have Two Rooms â€" One for Men â€" Oa« For Womerj â€" Municioalities Given Right to Set C\oaog Hours By By-Law TORONTO.â€" New and far-reach- ing Liquor Control Board regula- tions which require all Ontario ho- tels with at'thoritiea to operate two separate and distinct beverage rooms W?'** Province ' To Share H?lf Of School Costs R~*epaves Adopt Platform At O. E. A. ''etsio-'s in Toronto r-is Week "Develop the school and save de- mocracy" was the keynote of the new platform adooted by the Ont. School Trustees and Ratepayers' .As- sociation meeting at the O.E.A. in Toronto this week. Planks In the platform reflected the emphatic de- sire of the association to shape the provincial school system to meet modern needs and conditions. High lights in the platform were the proposals t'at the government should carry fifty per cent of all school costs to eoualize the burden between different municipalities, standard diplomas for entrance to business and technical schools ''n- stead of matriculation standards, and that a minimum salary of $700 a year be guaranteed to rural school teachers. The platform adopted by the as- sociation was: We believe: â€" 1. That eoual educational oppor- tunities shoul i be given to every child in Ontario. 2. That SCc of school exnenditure should be borne by the State. 3. That greater co-ooeration be- tween school boards should be fo-*- tered in the interest of boys and girls. 1. That a Province-wide medical c"araination should be given at least once each year during the elemen- tt'rv anil secondary s -hool life of the chiid. 'k That a permanent re -ori should be kept of every school child throughout hi"! elementary and sec- ondary school life. 6. That a more practical course should be ''rovided for all primary and seconc'ar\' schools leading to a standard dinloma which would 'e recogriTed by business firms, agri- cult.iral coUeTes and the ether prac- ti-al rrofessioas. 7. That our te".c'"ing profession be assured of a creater tenure of ser- vice and at least a minimum sala.y of S'C^.OOO and greater freedom of citizenship. S. War Hein-; t'ne -.rreatest rren.-.ce to civilization and domocracy. every e^ort should be made by teachers to encourage internat'onal oeace and to tea-ii the truth about war. 9. That every effort be made to encourage a better class of moving pictures artl thr't a'l educational films shoi'ld he stamr>ed. 10. That assistant's be given by the Federal C'overnment to the Provin- cial Oovern^ients for the vocatic.il trainir"' and cmTiIoymcnt of youth. 11. That all real property be base! on a Provincial equalized assess- ment. 1?. That v.e make a thorough study of the unit of administration for the purpose of securing the greatest economy and efficiency in our edu- cational system. 13. That every effort be made to incTease interest in education in or- der that our citizens may be well prepared for life. 14. That there be the greatest pos- sible co-operation between our As- sociation and the Department of Education. â€" one for men only, and the other solely for women, except where at- tended by bona fide escorts â€" were announced Sunday night by Liquor Commissioner Edmond G. Odette aa effective from Anril 1. These regulations, which have been designed to eliminate as far as pos- sible "muted drinking" w^ith its at- tendant abuses, of which there has been '•onsiderable complaint of late, bave been mooted for some time. Actually, notification of their pre- paration has been for some weeks in the hands of hotel proprietors. "They all have had ample warninif of what wp intend to do." said Mr. Odette, "and if on .\pril 1 they have not altered their nrem'ses to-'-onfonn with our re'"!irpmenrs there wi'l be no renewal of their authorities for the forthcoming year." May Set Closing Hour A second set of reeiilaiions. which also come irrto ooeration on .A,pril 1. vests in the raunicinalities the right to declare bv by-law whether the beverage rooms in their midat shall c'rise before 12 o'clock mid- night, the hoi"- nrescribed by Pro- vip'^ia! reg'i'.Ttions. "There will be no closinu of bev- era-^e rooirs before 10 o'clock at night." said Mr. Odette, "but if any muricinality fee's that they shoald be shut by 1(1.30. or 11. or 11.30. sav. all thev have to do is to pass a by-Ia-K- .ind submit it to the Liquor Control Board, and we will do the rest. .A municipality, for instance, might desire an earlier than 12 o'- tHonk closing on some particular night. That's all right with us. From f'e first of the rnonfh ?•"=•.• wi'l ""'ve the authority to go about getting it" Inspection Tightening Up la view uf the fact that there were no amendments to the Liduor Con- trol .Act itself at the recent Legis- lature session. Mr. Odette is taking regulatory action to tighten up on inspection and other angles of the bonâ€"''^ adffliristrat'-n "Things are working verv smooth- ly now." he said last night, "and o^ir insrei-tors are keening a very close cHe^'k on conditions. .At the present ti.me they are looking ov-r the hotels, listing any whic trade no move ^a n)eet-<mf~^pril 1 demands." IT WJ ^^^o'-k for "'rimen MONTRK.XL. â€" Canadian women are ur-r-Ml bv .Mrs. M. M. Cutherland. Ot- tawa, of the National Emmloymont Cor-mlssion. to reorganize their ac- tiviti'>s and prenare to i ndertake women's work." .\dvocating "wom- en's work for w^omen." Mrs. Suther- land to'd members of Montreal Wo- mea's Club: • Tn'ess we can get It. WP shall Snil curs^lvos out of occu- pations." Women's restion ibilities was to recognize the tields that are theirs. !n the past, making of textiles, nurs- in.?and teaching activities. When those aclivitios went outside the home, women followed along, the si)eaker said. It is up to us to reorganize our own work and get our women pre- pared to undertake women's work. The trouble with house work is that no one have been trained for it â€" neither the girl who tries to do It nor the mistress w^ho tries to direct the girl. "The wonder to me is that mors homes are not broken up in the first year or two by Inexperienced young wives. We need more training foi the girls and for the women." Smoke Cov ers Nest Planes of Britain's -S'aval .-^ir Kxta flying low over smoke screen being laid by H.M.S. Crusader, attendant destroyer, to cover their nest on carrier Courageous' dec'ic f r - --<:.<:•