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fr4 th acton free press wednesday june 26 19ob youth fresh tracks by barbara mcintosh to beard or not to beard to beard or not to beard that is tha question as soon as a beard becomes a possibility young men face the problem of deciding if a bushy chin istbelr answer to individuality for fellows who can boast a successful crop the beard is a sign of masculinity tar those who cant it is cause for embarrass for hippie types it often completes a hairy circumference of the nose and eyes to shield an expanded mind from the square masses vet the college set the beard sets the classics intellectual apart from the insensitive engineer for the motorcycle buff its all a part of the linage and helps to dlaunfnlsh the toys from the girls opinions about bearded boys are as varied as the beards them selves says one young girl who wants to light her way through a wiry msse to see that adorable dimpled chin says another nothing is quite as revolting as a heard full of this mornings breakfast and bacteria think its a great way to travel on the other hand many girls think a beard adds a quality of distinction to an ordinary face when you come tight down to facts the beard does have a number of advantages over the naked chin it can ba the perfect remedy for a receding chin pimples or fat up it can add years of exper ience to a babyface needless to say a wengroomed beard is easier to look at than bloodstained cheeks and resor sears seventy years ago men were not considered men unless they had a healthy beard one hardly needs to dwell on the great men in history who saw the advantages of a beard today to sport one a young man must often suffer the contempt and ridicule of his cleanshaven friends and beardhating females yet the beard like anything else depends on the individual it can range from a welltrimmed flush of bushy maturity that de mands an admiring glance to the often comic snow-whlte-and- thesevenawarfettpe that would probably look better if it wasnt i say for the fellow who is prepared to devote the a roe and love that a good beard demands it can and should be a source of pride after all if there is one thing left that a woman cant do quite as well as a man its grow k beard wmmvmmmaammmwmtovmm mmmaamlmmewwmmwmvmm computer takeover no sweat course at humber college computers may be taking over the work but industry still re quires trained people to take over the machines this hay humber college of- applied arts and technology in etobleoke opened its first concentrated oneyear comput er programmers certificate course it is to be a fulltime program of training in computer skills and related disciplines according to a j almond chairman of the business di vision there has been tar too much conjecture about educating for the data processing field largely because of the stlu pre valent but unfounded tear that machines are going to do away with jobs we hist have to atop worry ing and learn to live with the computer the use of the computer is growing and there hist treat enough trained people to handle it business organisations ac counting economies mathemat ics english and other arts subjects in addition to compre hensive instruction in computer skills to enroll students must pass an apptitude test at the college the tuition tee is 200 for the full course for further information con tact the registrar humber col lege of applied arts and tech nology s495 lakeshore blvdu toronto 14 ron mcknight gives graduate address gets high standing in commercial course being h besot pre vented ron mcknight from being s success at it years old be recently stood near the top of ms grad uating class at variety village vocational school for handi capped boys in scarborough and was chosen to give the address from the students at the grad uation ceremony on june 12 after three years in acton district high school ron wss selected from long waiting list of boys from all across ontario to take the twoyear special commercialcourse the residence was opened in november 1949 eponsored by the variety club an organisation to aid crippled children the new brick bnlwng haseccommo- dauonj for 24 boys all onground levett it offers courses in com- merdsl and business sheet metal electrical appliances heating and airconditioning and watchmaking rather than an exam system each boy begins the week with a certain number of points and then loses points as the week progresses the school serves a dual pur pose of training the students for professions and also of helping them to become self- sufficient each boy is respon sible for keeping his own room and closet clean and his own things in order ron mcknioht recently graduated near the top of his clasi from variety village vocational school for handicapped boy in scarborough staff photo championship teams one with his house master and tbo other with the school principal talking with ron it is easy to see how much he enjoyed and had consistently high st f wortunlly of ig hi stay btehdmjmhe school we were all one closely knit family ron scores during his stay variety village he had 116 of a possible 120 points before christmas of this year and 94 out of 100 from christmas to easter in the commercial course he studied all phases of office work including typing bookkeeping payroll work record keeping duplicating processes and the use of various office machinery recreational facilities at the school include game rooms for pool darts tabletennis crib- bage and euchre ron became a skilled euchre player on two one in a way im sorry to be finished because you do make close friends there many of the kids i had known for several years from various crippled children summer camps his mother mrs jimmy mcknight shares rons enthus iasm a lot of people dont realise that there are these facil ities for handicapped people when they donate to the crippled children they think the money goes away somewhere but it can be used by people in tholr own town now that he is finished school ron is looking forward to joining the working world he has sent applications to several industries in town because he feels it would be easiest for him to uve at home im very hopeful that some day i can become a- radio an nouncer he beams and if personality and deter mination have anything to do with it ron will succeed ben rose instructs journalism course sheridan colleges new course in community journalism and advertising is attracting wide attention appllcatlonshavebeen made by students in bar ris sud bury and colllngwood as weu ss by young people in peel and hel ton the two counties sheridsn specifically serves esrly final admlaaion has su far been granted 10 students taut pending applications indlcste that sll available plsces will be over subscribed within the next few weeks the course will be given at sheridans brampton campus president j 14 porter announ ced that the journalism course instructor will be benjamin d rose mr rose began hs newspaper career 27 years ago as s young reporter wltli a suburban toronto weekly then went to the ottawa journal in 1945 he joined the toronto star as assignment re porter his20yearcsreer there included city hall beat political campaign reporting copy editing and medics reportage he has done documentaries for the cbc both radio and tv and numerous feature articles for magazines mr rose has studied at queens university and in 1961 became the second canadian to win a sloanrockefeller founda tion fellowship to columbia un iversity new york where he spent a year in the school of journalism for ho last two years he has been information officer with the toronto board of education come tt get 1m i pick your own strawberries 5th line we phone 8658202 quart prftctrrfj boxm only bring yor own or purchase at patch welcome ferri huttojwllla the optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds and the pessimist fears this is true university registrars confused registrars at various ontario universities are experiencing more difficulty than usual in trying to weed out applicants for the coming term in the past grade 13 depart- mentals have provided a basis for judging applications but since the decision to discontinue the government examinations university offldelsare faced with finding another method of stand ardisation according to registrar trevor boyes of waterloo university emphasis will be on the high school principals trade 12 re sults and records in grade 13 including the schools guess of final marks some universities are also considering results of ontario apptitude tests which were writ ten by grade 13 students for the first time last year grade 13 marks are expected to be out by the end of june and in the hands of university regis trars by midjuly since grades are to be decided in the individual high schools there is bound to be considerable variation in the marking schemes and thus in the overall marks in order to help high schools in future recommendations some registrars will begin sending progress reports of 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to get an estimate of the number of interested children the cost of the lessons and transportation will depend on the number going mr townaley feels that at least 0 swimmers are naeeaaary to keep the costal 1400 mr towasley announced at hobday nights meeting of the parks and recreation commit tee that he learned through a story in the ullton champion that the ullton pool would not be available to acton this season he said he had stlu had no official word from milton but had gone ahead with kelso plans the pool at kelso is modern welleojilpped and thoroughly supervised by redcross instruc tors the final decision wtu be known by tuesday lessons are expected to be in august when it appeara most acton families are back from summer holidays acton electric company residential industrial commercial free estimates i no job too big or too small ne uwmtm 4s mai u n acton of factory vlcakanv during the month of july only subject to stock depletion sjy with the purchase of one item save dou wth 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