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distriit high school system outlined continued from previous page further increases led to the building of additions in 1955 1959 and 1964 the school enrolment in sep tember 1953 tihe last year in the stone school was 134 in sep- tembor 1966 we estimate rhat the figure will be about 415 there was a steady annual in crease up to this year when we experienced a levelling off it is anticipated however that there will be further increases as the overall population or ihe whole district increases at present the facilities in the school are adequate even with the addition ol one extra class in september 1966 we should be able to absorb the anticipat ed increase for two or three years but wim likely require cmore rooms after that time however a sharp rise in popula tion could force earlier building it has been the policy of the laoton district high school board to attract and retain good qualified teachers so that the students of the school niay- benefit ironi the best instruc tion possible since the school as adjacent to the metropolitan toronto area there is constant competition with the schools ol the latter in hiring teachers it is necessaiy therelore to maintain a salary schedule and working conditions thai are competitive progressive steps in these directions have been taken over the past several years and the acton hoard is now in a lavurablc position teachers have recently gone on record with the submission that working conditions at the school and the attitude of the board toward education are among the best in the province at present the stall ol the high school numbers 24 although the average ol year ol expei i- ence is not high the calibre ol the individuals and their overall effectiveness is improving liom year to year the caretaking staff consists ol three fulltime caretakers ttho keep the building and the school property in excellent con dition they are rudolph spiel- vogel ren mclcinnon and norm robertson because of the size of the stu dent body the program of the ichool is limited the following programs are being taught at the present time fiveyear arts and science louryear arts and science fouryear business and commercial special comercial j grade 12 y the fiveyear program in arts a f nd science makes provision for 74 vpils of good general ability desire to proceed to grade twin t a to secure the further ed- ion leading to the secon- p school honor graduation rr or to q f on to a university eachcrs college or to churches hcr studies for which st albans aj completion of rev r mcjvv 1s required acton baptist ar program in arts rev s gammf designed to pro- a it j ilanced secondary ac on united ret tn based on stan- christian reform cmum anc acn rev w van dijk pupils pos- evangel penecostalneral ability rev s thoman r interests it knox presbyterian han one ol the rev a h makenzis maple ave baptist not p to georgetown but wsh to o u d t eral eduea- st joseph s rc rev v j morgan r the sec- ation di- recognie i their rades ear dr a j buchanan their sx church 175ore dr c dey 17a mill e 1300 employment in commerce and industry special commercial course designed to fit the graduate for office employment is an inten sive oneyear vocational course based upon an adequate general education pupils who hav com pleted satisfactorily grade ii or 12 of any approved fiveyear pro- grain or grade 12 d a louryear program are eligible for adr mission to this course in september 1965 a class in driver instruction was estab lished in the school a total of 147 schools in ontario are now offering the course and 60 more are expected to start oflering courses in september 1966 a memorandum fiom the de partment of education and the department or transport em phasizes that ail courses in driver instruction must be held outside regular school hours and must not reduce or inter fere with the time allotted to the regular subjects in the school curriculum students who xvlsh to have courses not ofresiud in their home school technical or voca tional courses may take such courses at neighboring schools the boaixl will pay lor tuition but not for transportation about 40 students ironi this dis trict are now attending george town or guelph in order that the ellectiveness ol instniction be increased and that more etleclivo use be made ol school time the sidav cycle will be introduced in september 1966 this is a sched ule which repeats itself every six school days it was designed originally to overcome a num ber of problems which have bothered secondary school ad ministrators and it appears to have been successful in the schools that have already adopt ed it education research willi the advent ol computers educators have more statistics available on various aspects of education than they can apply or interpret the department of education has taken giant steps to keep abreast ol grow ing problems they have been able to do this by making lull use of research techniques and findings decisions based on scientific researches in education are not necessarily beyond reproach however these decisions should be altered or supplanted only alter contrary information has been obtained trom more ob jective or more extensive re searches the corollary is that lav people teachers and hoard members should keep an open mind about new t hidings and new methods changes are not suggested at department levels unless tlicy have been scientilie- allv proved to have merit educational problems a problem which is loll here in acton and in other svhools is an apathetic altitude toward studies we lind all loo ollen that capable students fail to achieve their potential for tear ol having an accusing i inger pointed at them by some of their more vocal and indolent classmates too manv are satisfied just to scrape by with a minimum of ef lorl and reproach anyone who does a conscientious job to say that this attitude is dangerous is gross understatement because rt leaches students to develop habits ol laziness which culmin ate in i allure as a result or a survey of our graduates for the past 10 years we discovered that no student passed grade 13 in one year who had less than a 66 per cent average in either of grade 11 or 12 similarly no student ever obtained a grade 13 diploma in one year who had less than 75 per cent in grade 9 these facts point out that no one regardless of his ability has been able in a short time to develop good work habits even il such a person is able to de velop a healthy attitude toward studies his inadequate know ledge of previous work makes success close to impossible re sults show that those students who learn to work hard early in secondary school are able to cotitimisuiccssfullv such stu dents furthermore do not ex emplify a declining average throughout their high school work we refuse to allow students who aie obviously not working the hallmark of qljalltv to remain in school in most cases parents have been entire ly cooperative in such instances arid we havebeen able to affect a satisfactory change in atti tude although the reorganized program entices more people to stay in school longer it defin itely does not permit students to attend school without work ing it is essential that secondary schooling instill in students those attributes which will mould them into good citizens successful employees or employ ers inspiring and judicious par ents if this is to be realized educators must insist upon con scien lions attitudes and accept able soclul betiavior on the part of the students there is no patented method of leading each human being to personal success however wo intend to do the best possible with the equipment and person nel which we have at our dispos al we require the cooperation and support ol everyone if we are lo inspire ihe young people ol today to become the progres sive i reethinking capable ad ults of tomorrow cemetery enlarged a new cemetery area of seven acres has just been added to iairview cemetery acton also has the roman catholic dublin cemeleiy near town and the historic pioneer cemetery each veai the graves in all three cemetenes are decorated on decoration day dentists beardmore co limited financial bank of montreal 21 mill e bank of nova scotia 36miue 1100 4f hal ton and peel trust oakvule 8457181 general aceptance 75 mhi e 2940 tanners since 1844