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the georgetown herald wednesday evening january 24th 1940 pag7 education services continued from page 1 faowues b personal service o entertainment d subsld- rlom of various other types rth need arises i l realises of course that primary purpose of the armed i u to win tho war and that all r services must be provided in way aa to contribute rather to distract from this end its jiues therefore both in canada gjgirbad have been planned care- a as jc synchronize with all con wholes of the army navy and air in such a way as to further null- inefttclency education most important all branches of the legions rif will be of inestimable value kiwihtolning the morale- and esprit- toips of the fighting men its edu- j program may rightly be consl- iiwli most ambitious ever laun- met such circumstances the this great enterprise actually v wn during the postwar years ifh9when thousands of canadians ollost the three or four years of 1 uvea that normally would have r ted them to tiecome selfsustalnlng the rest of their lives returned find their position gone thu pled with a military outlook that leathern intolerant of civilian mat- 1 contributed greatly to a state of j unrest and a consequent lna- to settle down despite the j aacrlrices they made their lack ijtrainlng in specific fields of endea- xrrade many of them unemploy- sttd even today there are those i wandering about trying to fit pelves into life as useful citizens at was one of the great tragedies line last struggle and one which the legion is determined shall ifetberepeated in the words of alex of calgary acting dominion s jst of the legion our objective to permit every man willing to learn eave the service after demoblliza- itrtth both feet on the ground hat such a program as this is feas- ivahd can be carried out success- r is perhaps doubted by many clvl- but the answer is that is can the last wax it is probable that present service conditions a later number of troops will occupy moos in the area behind the ac- j line of fire and that there will greater freedom of individual move- it between the front and back ar- j bases and the areas occupied by civilian populace in- addition l on leave and in convalescent pitlfi will be given sufficient op- ties to avail themselves of the kwus facilities and it is possible tat these can be extended to neutral ntries where canadians might be bed as prisoners of war apart ui the possibilities of these fields lshkely that selected men decotn- ided by their company officers ng a stated period of service un file will be permitted special of one month to take courses itty prepared on the plan of the i contributions ter school now in operation at arms j universities will be appreciated of course rmuch of the work to be carried tw4h be of a straightforward twsohooi character but that the tacb will be of that methods of w education since in many cases rjmen will have grade ix or better pic standing as well as consld- knowledge gained from war ex- eiducatloii the legion hu dm full support of the departments of educa tion of all nine provinoeie we as the universities and municipal autnbr- lues in all parts of oanada it 1b hil ly expected that the british and french governments will give whole- 1 hearted support of the scheme i it must not toe- assuned however that this work will be carried out only in- england hd ftot or taiatln fact it will be abandoned at the end of the war indeed a most energetic program is now under way in canada and thousand of young men are tak ing advantage of the legions service committees comprised of outstanding educationalists have been formed in every military district and these com mittees ably assisted by offloers commanding report that splendid progress is being made in calgary and edmonton for example energetic comltitees have been formed and as a result of their efforts lecture programs were started at the beginning of fahe1 hewvyear vocational courses are being given at technical schools and radio classes in conversational french are being held three times a week the program at the moment is mainly of a general popular educational nature but is is expected that this will be ex tended in the near future a ques tionnaire already has been distributed among officers and irien to determine fully what particular subjects they want to study the special area representatives who are assisting the legion in ontar io are as follows mr ross winter queens pnlverslty kingston dr ser- aphln marlon university of ottawa mr walter 3 woods and ueutcol gerard oarneau of ottawa toronto- i mr w j dunlop director of exten sion university of toronto prof t i r loudon university of toronto hamilton mr e t salmon mcmas- ter university rev john ward london or s p maine director of extension university of western on tario and one representative elsewhere throughout canada eq ually gratifying progress is being made in saskatchewan through ef forts made by prof j g rayner of the extension department of the uni versity of saskatchewan correspon dence courses are being provided to the men free of charge as are facili ties of technical schools study group courses are also being given at hall- fax seat of one of canadas largest garrisons special instruction is being offered to members of the naval ser vices the army and the air force in the quebec district bilingual studies are being given in vocational work ontario likewise has an ambitious program under way in manitoba the winnipeg committee has been func tioning since september and wellat tended lectures have been given on such subjects as causes of war geography of northern france recent history and customs of the french- people and french canada british columbia also is active and besides offering correspondence cour ses leading to matriculation is offer ing technical courses and courses in art music history and vocational work all committees throughout canada in fact are making striking the welfare under what other papers say getting thb news editor depends on friends for many item bilrfchuid lake news a contemporary remarkb that when one stops to consider the matter it la very plain that newspaper can only srlnt news items that somebody has rought phoned or sent in or which some member of the staff may have witnessed how very seldom a repor ter just happens to be on the spot when an accident happens a house takes fire a horse goes through the ice or a moose walks into the front yard therefore the community paper as welt as the daily must depend to a very great- extent on the kindness of the general public to passion interest- fing newsitems to the- afncewitli4 out this help the local division of the news in any paper is seriously handi capped- unfortunately however there are things happening in the presence of many folk who fail absolutely to see any news value whatever in the oc curence when the horse goes through the ice or a moose appears in the yard such incidents may happen in their neighborhood so many times that they are no longer news to them they forget that folks in other com munities would be interested in these incidents but that really is not the type of indifference to news of which had intended to speak we are thinking of the person who sees a very interesting and novel thing yet never dreams of going to the first telephone and giving the newspaper the story or at least giving a re porter a line on it the reporter may or may not happen to hear it on a street cdrnerrdut if it isnt in the next issue of the paper he hears all about it then even on the big dallies with a dozen reporters or more it is a safe bet that 50 per cent or more of the new pub lished is furnished by the public either in the form of reports on com munity or social events or of a tip on the moose corning into the yard one might add that a newspaper is a public uldlty which for the small sum of three cents or a nickel a week gives a very important service those prosperous browns and jiere a 1000 deposit for this young brown starts the third generation of browns at the bank of montreal ask for details of our various savings plans for all purposes education travel home- building investment insurance for emer gencies and opportunities bank of montreal established 1817 a bank where small accounts are welcome georgetown branch a c welk mariager diversified program ft various types of education to be d by the canadian legion war will include vocational te- morals building and pro- training in vocational for jiple the men under arms will be i to study mechanics woodworking rlcal engineering stenography rttlng bookkeeping and secret- work it also will be possible tbem to study agriculture since t standards and types in great fcteln and france are such that lworfc in this field will be feasible i opportunities are particularly ex- tin great britain in technical the matter of morals building rlegion is or the opinion that in action in social sciences will have 1 great bearing on the development n actve interest in citizenship r a great field exists for relnforc- morale an important base for br study would include history clv- economic geography and related bjects and there would be unrival- opportunity to correlate english wture with new scenes instruc- u furthermore will also be arran- t for those interested in dramatics art and architecture in this use will be made of art and museums where eollec- are still available my of the new soldiers are men enlisted before their university tbr forms of advanced study were feted and the legion is making facilities available for them 3i arrangements mfcde with cer- d university correspondence courses l be open so that they may obtain matriculation and even their u degree the method of instruction followed lpruicipally that or modern educa- n such as talks discussions and al- reading rather than mere lec- the importance of visual edu- has not been overlooked and pictures will be utilized ex- p fnr ttite purpose for qualified men assisting i in addition to those who are assist ing the legion as members of com- mlttees other noted educationalists are giving generously of their time for canada the legion has enlisted the help of wilfrid bovey obe ll3 d litt director ol extramu ral affairs mcouj university mon treal who is serving as national chair man of the education branch he is being ably assisted by walter 8 woods of ottawa head or the war veterans allowance board who lr- deputy national chairman for its overseas education services the legion has secured the fulltime help of mr robert england mc of winnipeg as overseas director and lieutcol hugues demartigny of montreal as associate overseas director as visionaries for visionaries they must be the old soldiers of 19141918 as represented by the15flnadtan legion war services are amply demonstrat ing that tse spirit of the first cana dian corps is as alive today as it was twenty years ago and this when one considers the great sacrifices that they themselves made must surely be a source of inspiration to all bibles for bombs christian science monitor we have heard much of some as- toundlngly effective weapons the war might produce now come dispatches which indicate that finland may have launched it the finns are assailing ruaslawith the book bibles in the russian language are finding their way into soviet union and finnish are reported to have dropped new testaments on leningrad the finns declare bibles are better than leaflets tar superior to bombs they can find support for their view in history religion has always been a revolutionary force consider chris tianitys effects its work in rome through the reformation the puritan revolution in england and the set ting up of the american republic down to todays struggle of which finlandsyls the clearest phase be tween godless totalitarianism and con cepts which in some measure recognize the real man as godendowed and capable of selfgovernment when wyclifle luther and tyndale guten berg and caxton made it possible for millions tc read the bible they releas- ed force no totalitarian countefrevoluttorr suppress consider what some things the rus sians may read in the scriptures would do to a regime which rests on hate intolerance cruelty aggression and worship of the state of direct application to the attack on finland is a certain story of david and go liath the tenth commandment has a word about not coveting a neigh bors land then there are the be atitudes blessed are the deacema- kers for one and other sayings of jesus and his disciples love one an other t now are we the sons of god this last alone will free all who understand it from the false beliefs about themselves which make war and misgovernment possible garage operators regular meeting the halton branch of the ontario garage operators association held their january meeting in the milton inn at milton thursday evening jan 11th the branch president mr j l mcklndley of burlington presided there was a large turnout of mem bers and as this was the first meet ing of the year a large programme was presented to the meeting for dis cussion a very keen interest was hown by all the members in the time pent in the discussion of each item ot business and in the manner in which all itemswere handled it was decided that the regular meetings for 1940 will be held on the first thursday of evpry month the president reviewed the work of the past year and left no doubt in the minds of the members that the branch had made considerable progress in that time and much of th credit was- due to the committees rn all mem bers in the splendid and harmonious cooperation given him the presi dent also outllrad some of the things travelling lending libraries be- stationed at the front where will be able to borro books ma ts and newspapers to amplify mobile moving picture units by ua of which the meh will be able enjoy canadian docupientry and anal alms will be in operation legion moreover intends to educational- tours for al- of the forces on leave arid he hop the branch would accomp- fish in this year and said uiat no ei- fort on his part would be spared to make the branch still better in 1940 the board of directors will arrange a programme for the next regular meeting it will be held early in feb ruary the meeting then adjourned many teachers underpaid ithe elora express according to a recent survey made by a research committee of the can adian teachers federation during which a thoroughly comprehensive check was made or salaries and salary schedules in all parts of the domin ion the average school teacher in canada is unable to maintain a stan dard of living commensurate with the importance of his or herhask this is particularly true of hundreds of the rural teachers at their hard tasks on countrysides in every province yet if there is one member of the pro fession who deserves more than an other an adequate teward for ser vice fundamental in every respect to the welfare of our people it is the country school teacher figures re leased by the survey are startling and cuaht to be read marked learned and inwardly digested by all who are in terested in the problem of education over 10000 teachers are paid less than the mean legal minimum for fe male juveniles in industry over 19000 teachers are paid les than the mean legal minimum fo experienced women in industry why should a sheetmetal worker be i paid more than 87 per cent of can adian teachers it asks there can be just one cynical devastating reply a poor sheetmetal worker might spoil good tin new- mach1nex1cks stamp put it on letter mails it wasliington though no one has yet inventedlamachine likely to do away with postmasters members of that profession showed considerable inter est at their annual convention here in a coinoperated letter box that may i do away with the century old practice of stamp licking the postmasters took a busmans holiday and mailed thousands of sou venir letters back home just to show the mallomat works an outgrowth of the postage meter machine widely used in banks and business houses the mallomat is de signed for service in post offices ho tels stores railway stations and other public places to mail a letter you simply drop coins in a designated slot twist a dial to select designated postagevaiue in sert your letter in an aperature and it is automatically prepaid and depos ited in a ujb mall box ready for col lection for the postmasters a large goldfish bowl of coins was fur nished though ot course no such ser vice usually comes with the machilne the mallomat automatically de tects and reject counterfeit coins and tells you when you have underestima ted the weight of your letter it ac cepts letters up to six indies by twelve inches and up to 38 or an irichthlck the new machine made its debut in the lobby of new york citys general post office last spring when the first coinmailed letters were sent to pres ident roosevelt the pitneybowes company of stamford conn manufacturers of the mallomat has to have a license from the post office department to operate all its meter mailers it also manufactures stamp cancelling mach- uies used in most post offices also on display is a stamp venoing machine that gives full value for the coin inserted one 1cent stamp for 1 cent two 5oent stamps for a dime and so on an electricallyoperated machlner it la designed to- relieve stampwindow waiting lines during rush hours and to obtain stamps aftep- stamp windows have been closed with out paying the penny profit required by most private vending machines mall service is hot the only thing furnished free to the postmasters who have descended on washington 5000 the post office department has fur nished 5000 souvenir pictures of pres ident roosevelt and the same number of postmaster general james a far ley the airlines are giving away free plane rides over the capital a look at the yankee clipper- and minia ture air mail sacks to serve as hand bags for the ladies correspondents wanted the herald is destrons of ob taining conntry correspondents at all points not represented at the present time kindly apply early and paper and st envelopes will be supplied to yon at onoe if you desire news from your district please see that your district is repr now when in need of counter check boo give us an opportunity of quoting you prices 1 the georgetown herald vw a victoria january idyll rav institutions farms indnstrial and other plants in t britain and prance j has pan ssswwt t fca educational program which is ac carried out in ooushoratlon with i canadian association for adult than the girl who binds the textbooks nearly 37000 teachers or about 62 der cent of all canadian lay teachers are paid less than the mean minimum for unskilled factory labor about 53000 teachers or 85 per cent are paid less than skilled union work men some 32 per cent of canadian teach- 4ers earn less than iso a month ac cording to the report and about 52 month to put tt more bluntly the report continues more than half the teach ers of canada live at the lowest level or selfsupporting penurious existence la time that more light was thrown upon their condition f i c a pl hooff cplied janmtry sthmtvictorla bg thviamo j a rosl ooa only six days old january 1 on the farm of r j t woodward nearvujtoria the pretty little ladyissallytwjhnd abalfyearold daughter anifbnrf child of ccintnander r a tony wright rcn and mrs wrlghc elsqdlmatt the flowers were picked in the gardens of the empress hotel canadians and americans are visiting victoria to large numbers this winter the ideal weather permlttmg them to enjoy winter golf tennis tubing xldlhrinrilktng under splendid conditions