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Page 4 The Oakville- Trafalgar Journal "CHAMPION OF THE RIGH Published Every Thursday Morning in Oakville, Ont, by Oakville - Trafalgar Publishers, Ltd. Colborne St. E. (Next Post Office) Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association S. Casey Wood, Jr. Vincent H. Bamey. Managing Editor Phone 1298 Advertising Manager HONEST QUESTIONS--WHY NOT HONEST ANSWERS Two weeks ago this newspaper asked questions believe, should have been in simple terms which, we readily understandable to anyone. We said that light should be shed on the confused and disturbed situation which had arisen from recent discussions of the high school area board. In reply our numerable columns of space. was wasted. A four-month-old report concerning differences between continuing members of the staff and the new principal was printed on its front page to answer a If the chairman of the board, who pointed out his anomalous position as Star, in this way sought to un- on other members of the board we didn't ask. question which editor of the Recor load responsibility we can understand why he published the report. While applying whitewash to himself, it didn't explain what the board had done, in virtue of its re- sponsibility for affairs in the high school, about the letter from the secretary in which she threatened her resignation unless certain action was taken. The chairman-editor took copious space to ex- plain how he had leaned over backwards by not pre- month-old report about He wanted to be viously publishing the four the teacher-principal controversy. fair to all other newspapers, he stated. What happened to him in the last four months? Our editorial elicited some brand new informa- tion about the secretary-principal situation. With his announcement in his editorial column that the secretary's resignation had been accepted he proved he had abandoned his correct position. Neither this paper, or any other, had heard of the hoard's decision in this respect until we all read that editorial. At the last, surprise meeting of the board a dele- gation from the north part of the township appeared. the chairman-editor the next day, asked what the board He was told about the Then the conversation was: Our reporter, in telephone conversation with had done at that meeting. delegation's appearance. Reporter: "Was there anything else handled?" Chairman: "Nothing of any importance." Nothing of importance . . come before the public in a long time. The announcement is made editorially in the 62- year-old Record-Star, in reply to a demand of this paper that something be done! We thank the chairman of the board for this We view with deep concern the method information. by which the information finally became public. And we sympathize with the hapless editor- chairman for the plight in which he is placed. es himself or kicks himself. doubt if he has merited praise recently. His position points the reason why the editor and staff of this paper have refused; and will continue to refuse, appointments or office in public bodies. A newspaper serves best by restraining itself to a posi- events and incidents objectively. This is what this paper has done and will continue to do--in-the interests of this town, its tion from which. it can view people and its public officials. Even the poorest newspaper should seek accura- cy, especially in editorials. This time we would gently rebuke our local con- He accuses the editor of this paper of having been at a meeting of the board at which the The al- temporary. four-month-old report was first made public. editor has never attended any board meeting, though always represented by capable reporters. Recriminations between contemporaries is to be But when right demands it, it is sometimes Before now we have ignored jibes of the 'We hope that henceforth we may be But silence at times might regretted. necessary. Record-Star. able to continue to do so. be considered acceptance or agreement. Our contemporary, fortunately, points out It refers to us as "champions of the We accept the appointment with pleasure. 42 weeks--or since our first issue--that To emphasize that fact, we adopt the words offered by our aged contemporary and this week affix them with the reason. right." In fact, for has been the guiding influence of this paper. pride to the masthead of this paper. contemporary last week took in- Most of it, we suggest, . except that the hoard had reached a decision about the most discussed, most debated and most disturbing incident that has We UNMARRED MELODY ! A The good feature radio 4 @ programmes are return- ing to the air. If your radio has static in its throat and its tone is weak and thin . . . we can make it sing. . . . EXPERT SERVICEMEN TO WORK H .B.LOFQUIST RADIO and REFRIGERATION Sales and Service TELEPHONE 711 JUST GIVE US A CALL AND WE'LL PUT OUR COLBORNE ST. THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR J OURNAL K YN) Trafalgar Tales By Bessle Cairns JUST JANE 1 promised last week to tell how I handled the case of a bad girl; I do so, not for any person- .. I think practically any teacher might have had the al credit . same results. . . . to prove that a youngster of 16 or 17, who has strayed from the straight and narrow is not neces- I merely want sarily lost to society. The principal of the school where I taught came to me one day "Bessie, T would like you to take another pupil. This girl has a story. She is one of a large family and her mother is in the sanitorium. Un- fortunately, the girl has got out of hand. She was sent to a spe- cial school for girls but ran away twice and refuses to go back." . . . She didn't sound very promising. The principal continued, "Doctor , the psychiatrist, brought the case to my attention and we thought Jane might have a chance in a new environment away from her old associates. What do you think? Her LQ. is only 65 so we certainly can't expect much in the academic line." with a request, Jane came to my class next day . . . and every school day until the end of June, though it meant her travelling six miles each way by street car. She was turned 16 and though no older mentally than my Grade VI pupils, they were far too young to be suitable compan- ions for her. I sent for two ex- pupils of mine who were then in Grade VIII I chose them spe- cially because they were nice re- liable girls from good homes. 1 introduced them to Jane with the simple explanation that Jane came a long distance to school and knew no one. "I hope you girls will make her stay here pleasant." The girls responded wonder- fully and during the whole year I was satisfied that at recess and noon-hour Jane was in good com- pany. In the classroom I neither ignored her nor singled her out. She was one of us. . . . She stood first all year. At the end of the term Jane and I had a little talk. She was 17 by then and thought it was time she got a job. I didn't discourage her. I was pleased with her and told her so. If she ever needed a friend she knew where to find one. I felt satis fied that she had her feet on the right path. . . . The principal of the school, who had also been my principe when I was a pupil, often made the remark, "The best any eacher can do is point the way and occasionally say, "Well done." I felt I had done my best for Jane. Some months later Dr. S---- came to see me at school. "I'd like to know how you handled Jane?" . . . I told him what I have told" you. "I can only say," was his comment, "that the re- sults were wonderful" He then told me Jane's whole sordid story. It was a counter-part of the girl friends of the beanery gang boys. As he shook hands he said, "I want to thank you. I couldn't have believed one year could have effected such a change" I firm- ly believe that what could be done for Janes can be done for Johns, too. It requires the aid of inter- ested citizens and each case must be dealt with individually. I don't believe anything can be done with a gang . . . but taken out of the gang, as evidenced in- court the other day, those lads aren't. so tough. Didn't one show up as a cry-baby? What became of Jane? . .. T was pleased to read in the paper one day the account of her wed- ding . . . and a nice wedding it was, too. The bride wore white. NOTICE Trafalgar Township Resi-| dents in Fire Area No. 2 The Fire Call [changed for Fire Only. . . . Call OAKVILLE: 1 GEO. WRIGHT, Fire Chief. has been Letters To The Editor Alexandria, Ont, Aug. 31, 1948 Mr. S. Casey Wood Jr. Managing Editor, Oakville-Trafalgar Journal, Colborne St. E. Oakville. Dear Mr. Wood: Someone has sent me a copy of your paper of Aug. 26th, with its full-page ad containing the very generous offer of four books with a subscription--and all for $2.98. One of these books happens to be my own little poetry collection, Stairway to the Stars, so it pleas- ed me very much. It is indeed en- couraging to see the editor of i newspaper helping in such a fine way to circulate the books of our authors, and T wish to thank you very much, I am sure this will sell many copies and in will please my publisher, Mr. Thomas Allen, very much, too. I am dropping him a line to tell hint: Thank you again, and with very best wishes for many new sub- scriptions and much success with your paper. Sincerely, Dorothy Dumbrille. The Music Album By Irven Fell The business end of music has not escaped the problems of labor and labor unions. It does seem that music and labor unions are at opposite poles, but when music becomes a profession and a man makes his livelihood at it, unions will have their place to save him from exploitation. To those who love music, it should not make much difference from a listening point of view be- cause to my mind it is not always professional music which inspires us. There are some excellent ama- teur musical organizations and in- dividual artists, and there are some very poor professionals. From an artistic point of view, it does make a difference whether a person is performing for the love of doing it or performing because they get paid for it. Yes, I real ize that some of the top musicians couldn't be anything else but ar- tistie, it doesn't matter how much they got for it, because they are born arists, but we have all heard performances which had profes- sionalism written all over them, but somewhat lacking in artistry. The point T am trying to make here is that 3,000 people may go to Massey Hall and hear a bril- liant performance and come away feeling emotionally uplifted, but in the same city, on the same night, 30,000 people could be equally uplifted by listening to amateur performances in halls, churches, schools and homes. Music, as part of the national fibre, must always be- like that, otherwise the good derived from it will be very much curtailed. It does not take perfection in performances to inspire. If it did, 80 per cent of the listeners would never be stirred because they are not competent to judge whether a performance is perfect or not. Individuals are different and a perfect performance is only as perfect as it affects the individu- als emotions. In ome recital a person can be enraptured by four or five numbers on a program, but the same person will snort in disgust at other numbers, played or sung by the same person on the same program. People do not always listen to music because it is music, but consciously or un- consciously, they are searching for inspiration and when they do not get it, be it from amateur or professional performance, they are loud in their criticism. Coming to the problem of labor interference with music, I do not Thursday, September g 194 think we, as music lovers, should lose any sleep over it. Basically, unions are to protect people from being exploited by other people. Generally speaking, if it were not that we, as intelligent people, were trying to exploit one an- other, I doubt if union protection would be needed in any walk of life. 1t is my own opinion that pro- fessional musicians should be well paid for the work they have to do. It demands very unusual tal- ent, constant study and practice which never ends, or shouldn't, and an artistic sense Which sets them apart from the rest of the world. Musicians are a queer lot, and they probably would never be able to fit into any other walk of life. The case of the strike at the Metropolitan Opera came in the news. Members of the orchestra in this organization are said to receive $150.00 per week and want more. This sounds like a lot of money, but considering What is expected from them, it isn't so much, not according to salaries paid these days. These people are doing work which only a few people in the world can do, and from a professional point of view, should be paid with that in mind. Whether we agree as--to top artists receiving $3,000 or $4,000 for each performance is another matter. Personally, I don't agree any more than I agree that busi- ness executives and industrialists should receive hundreds of thou- sands| of dollars a year. gg back to the trouble at the vy, when one considers that . season there is a sellout of y | scriptions, at whopping py, there certainly must be some radically wrong. It is noy ,J nounced that the season wil o, again but Pll wager there a lot of changes. 1 'We amateurs in music hay nothing to fear from union croachment. If the unions ped all professional mug, from performing, I am ope those who believe that the type music, which is a part of the gy} of a nation, would still go o the schools, the halls, the chure, and most important, the home T further believe that the ny can serve and protect the pro sional musician Who, even thoy he may ignore monetary cong eration in order to advance culty] and the things beautiful, he g has domestic problems and moy to feed. As a rule, a musician not a good business man, that is another reason why should have someone to prot] him from exploitation. Mobile telephone service { Montreal harbor was inauguratd when the master of the dre "Midland," while in tow down i St. Lawrence, called the dredgir} company's office in Mont from the vessel. 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