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PAGEETH PW PA~?ATWAW ~'A9'U!ffMA?.1~ Ui~WJAM'~?Y?.?.~ fl%?9'AUWt IflU1~5L>AY, I~&A1~C11 mi, nu I by ELSIE CARRUTHERS LUNNEY CULTURAL CLrMATE and creation. This is not to say Is it the noise we live in in that not.hing good is being pro- this age, or the mad chase for 1 duced, but it's a jangled worhd as many or more appliances for artists, and some at least, if than the neighbours have, nont a guc.d deal of what is being the ultim-ate goal of many, or publishel~, or shown or played, the volcano we ail feel we may refle cts the janl.Adith be sîtting on wheni we regard climat for nle. n if thein the state of world relations; is 50 is the clinmate of apprecia- It the kind of education we 'areI tion. Civilization is more than giving today-is it any o! these a pink tiled bathroom with two things, or some, or ail of them, wvash basins. Are we emphasiz- that has Oreated the opposite ing WhY, sufficiently? Are we of a "cultural climate"? creatinz a respect for know- iedge, are we encourag-ing orig- This is a question worth inality, individuality, reaching thinking about, though fewv out f,,r what is hardest? Are we people Jike to bother thinking creating a respect for the best today. True, there is a slow, uf the rges in literature, art, creeping, beginning o! a return architecture, music, for the men cf respect for the mnan with and wonien xvho created it, and brains, but this is reserved for those who are trying to znainly for the scientist because create something today? we are now in an incredible These are my questions for age where the race is for the, Education Week. Maybe all the fastest, deadliest missiles to answers are yes. ihoot through space at the other** people vwno nappen to inhabit this small planet. But we don't need only scien- tists and mathematicians, des- perate as this crazy race may be. It takes men of man& po :fessions with as broad an edu- cation as possible to make aniv sense out of the age in which we live. And though we may :need clever scientists, if these inen know only science and en- gineering and their vision is set on conquering space with- eut having the humanizing ex- perience of learning more than a smattering of the history, achievements and failures of al the wor]d's previous civiliza- tions and the philosophies of their teachers and leaders - isn't the- picture a littie fright- ening? sn't it a littie like a Frankenstein taking over? It is littie wonder that few great, or even very good books, are being written, or pictures painted, or music written. Th-2 atmosphere of today's living is riot conducîve to contemplationJ SUIPPLY-DWINDLING Now, lor the light side. We have, thank h2aven, entered March, and we never thought to thank heaven for that. March ~has a habit of having six weeks instead of four. But this year just to say 'March makes us feel so much closer to spring. And wve are. The Crows are everywhcre, ahi of a sudden. And though the great invasion of birds wve had on the week- end xvere winter visitors, they made it seem springlike. We don't knoxv ii it is' hindsight, foresight or wbat, but this is the second tirne it has happen- ed, once last year, and again hast Saturday. We were finish- fflg lunch and commented that we badr,'t bad a visit fromn the Cedar Waxwings this year, and le five minutes, there they were in the apple tree, in dozens! Thcy set to work busihy on the apples. In another five min-ieth forPn osaki who have been around aIl week 1 arrived, theri some Bluejays,.i Oshawa Presbytery W.A. IioIdsExecutive Meeting Tbirty members of the Execu- tive o! the Oshawa Presbytery Womean's Association met re- cently at a buffet luncheon et Northminster United Cburch. RIf oLUI o Mrs. E. D. Cornish, president, opened the meeting in the morning with a poem entitled "Today" from the collection o! Maurice Bodcington. The bymns during the day were played by Mrs. C. A. Nayhor. Reports ware read by Mrs. W. J. Bow- man, Secretary, Mrs. R. H. Cor- nish, Troasurer, Mrs. Mansell Stacey, Literature Secretary, Mis. A. A. Drummond, Bursery Fund Committee Chairmen, Mrs. C. Penfound, Mrs. W. Tee?- pie, Mrs. Rex Harper, Mrs. A. N. Alves, and others. Mrs. C. S. Lee was selected to attend the Bay of Quinte Conference W.A. annuel meet- ing as a delegate, in Brighton on Meviy,4. Mrs. H. E. Grose was named1 to keep a list o! speakers in thei You, too., can get a PERSONAL four rosy little Redpolls who had also been around before, some Starlings and two Eneg- lish Sparrows. The tree was simply hanging with birds. A good many o! the Cedar Wax- wings came back on Sunday, and wvere not nearly as active. We think by now (Sunday night) they have eaten so mucla they may burst, but we hope not. One thing certain, the ap- ple crop is decimated. Monday a.m.-Heard a Mea- dow Lark. GOATS AND THE DECOR Do you ever fied notes to yoursehf which are quite unin- tehligible? This comnes o! too long a caoing off period. Look- ing over Jotted ideas for a col- umn, we came across these: goat to crop grass, peaceful de- cor. On two separate lines, in- dicating two separate thoughts, we hope. For we don't think the d-cor would matter to ai goat. The context o! these jot- tings has heft us, but we expect that we thought the goat to crop grass would be quieter than the power mower, and ahi the other power mowers in the neigbbourhood wbich constant- ly shatter the quiet of the even- ings from May to October. No gas either. Seh!-sustaining. Good too for frigbtening off unwant- ed salesmen, poor souk., Thet's a hard way to earn a living. A goat migbt be a very good idea though, don't you think? The peaceful decor now. Could that have had sometbing to do with combatting the need for psychiatrists? These notes are intriguing. We read an ar- ticle in the Saturday Evening Post a while ago by a man who constanthy wrote down brilliant idcas-they seemed eerth shak- ing w'ien he reached groggily for a nencil and ped in the mid- dle o! the night-only to fird them utterly meaningless in the rnornirg.1 Oshawa Presbytery who would be available to attend meetings o! Locals to talk on matters perteining to W. A. work. Any member having suggestions for speakers are to, give tbem, to Mrs. Grose, and those Locals requiring a speaker can get in- formation from the same source. After lunch Mrs. G. E. Joneh, president o! the Harmony Unit- cd Church W.A. led in a devo- tional period. It was announced that the Annual Meeting would be held in the Tyrone Church, and that Mrs. K. R. Rose, president o! the Dominion Council W.A. would be the guest speaker. This meeting will be hchd on April 23, and the program for the day wili be arranged by a Committee headed by Mrs. C. A. Nayior. Cenade's h!ghest peek, Mount Logan in Yukon Territory, has an elevation o! 19,850 feet. LOAN Our Personal Loan service is organized to meet the wide range of needs of a wide range of people. Personal Loans are available at any one of our more than 800 branches .. . for any worthwhile purpose . for from one to tliree years. A loan is readily repaid through regular xnonthly deposits. CANADIAN BANK 0F COMMERCE Provldlng Sp.cialized Persanal Loan service zinc@ 1936 BOWMANVILLE BRANCH A. L. HOOEY, Manager NEWCASTLE BRANCH J. C. PORTER, Manager FJ £95 Steady Pro gress for'59 Predicted in Bulletin For Bank of Commerce This year will be one o! prob- ably "steady if unspectacular progress" for Canadian business and industry, states the current Commercial Letter o! The Canadian Bank o! Commerce. And alter 1959, "the evidence points to the probability that this progress will be maintain- ed". No early return to boom con- ditions is foreseen but renewed activity and new lnvestment in exploration work and resource development are expected. "This activlty," the Letter comments, "«itseîf reflects another main source o! strength, the sustained optimism which,1 at al stages o! the business cycle, Ùnderlies much o! the economic activity o! this country". Consumer spending remains strong and personal liquidity- with personal. savings at an all- time high-continues to rise. These factors will provide "pow- erful acceleration" to the econo- my after unemployment eases. Large-scale unemployment in its second successive winter 'lis a human problem of great magni- tude". But continuing unem- ployment should flot be regard- ed as an indication that recovery has been delayed. The Letter traces similarities between the present situation and that o! early 1955, "'when the economy last stood on the threshold of a new perlod of expansion". It recalîs that unemployment at this time four years ago was when the repressive influence o! seasonal unemploynient was re- moved". f There should be substantially less unemployment this year, once winter's seasonal effect ends, than in the summer o! 1958. Next winter should wit- ness a much lower degree of un- employment than has been the case this winter and last. This improvement, and other favor- able factors, add up to a predict- ed I'recovery o! reasonable pro- portions". Consumer prices are not 'x- pected to rise materially, cx- cept possibly for services. Foud prices should remain stable and possibly even decline, barring adverse weather on a wide scale. Wholesale prices halted a prolonged climb a year ago and may well exert a stabilizing in- fluence on the whole consumer price index soon. The outlook for export is, on the whole, "full of promise", with Europe as well as with the United States. The rise in U.S. economic activity indicates in- creased demand this year for many of Canada's primary pro- ducts. Last year, despite the recession in the U.S., Canadian exports to that country, our largest customer, fell only frac- tionally, wbile exports to other countries rose. The Canadian market for Canadian products and services is, like the export market, ex- pected to grow this ycar. In- creased population tbrough nat- ural increa3e and immigration, together with increases in both employmcnt and incomes, should send consumer expenditures to record hevels. Parent - Teacher Raies Discussed By Principal Educetion Week is being mnarked through Ontario this week. An address given by Mr. A. A. Merkley, Principal o! Vincent Masscy School, before the Salem Home and Schocl Association rccently on Parent- Teacher Relations contains much o! interest and is particularly appropriate to the celebration o! this week when the thougbts o! many citizens are on the schools. Highlights o! Mr. Merkley's eddress follow: Youg, child goes to school egerly or timidly-or probeb- ly with a mixture o! both feel- ings-be begins bis !irst formai tasks in education, away from home in a new group with adults to guide him. For meny ycars this new world will be his workshop; its standards and requirements wil set most o! bis goals. Hie will learn not only the tbree R's, but a way o! behe- viour towards members o! so- ciety. Hie wil leare wbat be cen and cannot do, and bow to deai with bis own successes and failures. Remember that your chiid may experiece dif- ficulties wbich even you as a parent have not met. Remem- ber that you cannot live bis life for him, but also that bis difficulties are very reai and that he needs your hehp and approval. Yolàr high standards are o!ten impossible for a chihd. You must understand wbat his troubles are, and wbat bis strength' Is for meeting tbemn. The pupil wili greduahhy as- sume an attitude toward learn- ing itsclf, which will be en- thusiestie, interested, casuel, or bored, 'dcpending upon the guidance he receives. In the familier atmosphere of bis home the child learns, too. There, long before he en- ters scbool, be bas learned many things about the worhd around him, conimonplece, everyday things wbicb might not be rated as "education" ia a formel sense but whicb, ne- vertheless, are the foundetion o! bis future iearning in school. His curioslty, bis eagerness to f see and touch bis energy for fînding out, are the spurs that actîvate bis learning et an early CADMUS (Inteeded for lest weck) The February meeting of Cad- mus W.A. and W.M.S. was lield la the Sunday School roomn cf the church on Tuesday evening, Feb. 17 wîth just 10 members present due to sickness and icy roads. Mrs. Samells presided over the meeting wbich was opencd with the theme song fol- lowed by a bymn "Wbat a Friend We Have ia Jesus". Mrs. Semelis led in prayer. Mrs. MecKay gave the scrip- ture lesson, the topic being "A New Commendment - Love One Another", Roll caîl was enswer- cd by exchanging Valentines and eech one reading the verse. The correspondence wes read and the minutes o! the lest meeting were read and epproved. The treasurer gave ber report. Mrs. M. McKee gave a report on tbe World's Day o! Prayer service held et North Nestîcton. The roll eall for next month wifl be something perteining to St. Patrick's Day. The business part o! the meeting included pleans for a booth et the Thompson sale on Seturday. It was decided that we sdi bhot- dogs, sandwiches, pie end cof!ee. The lest Fridey o! this month was set for e crokinohe party- we only hope tbe weathermae is favorable. The meeting was closed with the byma "Jesus, Lover o! My Soul" and the Miz- pah Benediction repeated in unison. The program was made up o! a reading by Mrs. Passent, reading by Mns. Jim Gray and a contest on candies by Mrs. Sweet. It was won by Mrs. M. Gray and the consolation prize went to Mrs. M. McKee. Lunch wes served by Group Two and, a social hour spent. age. Every experience, every new'discovery, is educetion. So, when the child enters schqol, he bas no academiic skills, but he bas been leara- ing. Parents have played the most important part in this eearly educetion as they have patiently helped bim. Now, with the new aduht who will gradualhy grow to understand him, he has a larger field for his interest. In tbe fitrst few montbs o! sebool the èhild is eager to bring home with him the tbings be bas learned there, and to talk about bis new friends. At scbool be talks about home. He makes an effort to bring together the two centres o! his activities-home and school. Parents and teacher, each with his own skihhs and knowhedgle, can supplementi ARTHUR W. BROMELL Funcral services for Arthur W. Bromell, 57, of 5995 Drexel Ave., Dearborn, Michigan, who passed eway on Thursdey, Fcb- ruary 19,, at Wayne County Hospital, were held at the Cald- well Funcral Home Saturday, Feb. 21. Rev. H. Hille, o! New Hope Beptist Church, conduct- ed the services. The lete Mr. Bromeil was born at Brooklin, Ont., and had lived iii Dearborn for tbe pest 18 yeers. lffe is survived by bis wife. the former Marion RoutLey o! Brooklin and one son,. Doughas. Also surviving are bis moth- er, Mrs. E. Bromell, o! Bow- manville; three brothers, John o! Toronto, Elgin and Howard of Bowmanville and four sisters, mon meeting ground Is the child. This ls the ilnd of close en- operation and unification in education that every child needs. From what we have learned about children in rela- tion to their formai schooling, one general assumption is clear: A child does flot learn reading, writing, arithmetic, etc., as isolated subjects. In our democratic way of life, the three important parts are home, schoool, and church. Whatever the home is, the child is likely to be. The young- ster brings to school feelings which affect the whole manner of his living. These are o! con- cern to a teacher although she can do littie about them as a general rule. Schools and teachers are not tryig to relieve parents o! famiy responsibilities. No in- stitution, however forward looking, can do that effective- ly. New school programmes are directed toward goals which are no different from parental ideals. They are concentrating more and more on the achieve- ment of all-around living for children in their families, their society, and in future life. Maybe parents look upon teachers with the samne degree of awe that they had for their own teachers. Pcrhaps somne feel that ahl teachers are to be approached with caution. May- be the feelings are happier ones, rooted in memnories of teachers who gave encourage- ment, who were ready with help over hard spots, etc. Thereý is no doubt that some teachers regard parents as cri- tics. Probably most look at them with genuine friendliness and are happy to know themn, glad to discuss their pupils with them, fully aware that they can be of the greatest help, eager to learn from thern ail that will help in understand- ing their youngster, ready and glad to learn from themn as peo- ple with experiences different from one's own at some points, similar at others. OBITUARY of Sohinia; Mrs. Frank Bray (Mary), of Oshawa; Mrs. Chris Cook (Helen), o! Toronto and Mrs. Leonard Bahl (Fera), o! Taunton. Interment was in Cadillac Memorial Cemetery, Garden City, Michigan. mospherically Robert Surtesa, director of photography, ha& caught the essence of the atory. The musical score composed by Johnny Green represents a tre. mendous asslgnment brilliany'* completed. It consists of! tA hours and 18 minutes o f orig.'.. inal composition. Producer David Lewis has acà complished a wonderful feat la'- bringing to the screen the tu. multuous drama with auckt glowing production polish. Cut, Miss Taylor and Miss Saint coni. tribute portrayals that show the mark of first-rate talent. MO VIE REVIEW ROYAL THEATRE Mon. - Wed., .March 9 - il at 8:00 p.m. only RAINTREE COUNTY with Montgomery CUift, Eliza- beth Taylor Eva Marie Saint. A fabulously-made drama o! romance and human conflict against a civil war background. Brilliantly acted and photogra- phed. Made at a cost of $6,000,000 the largest budget in the com- pany 's domestic history, Ramn- tree County is the first to be photographed in the enveloping new 65 mm. negative process, MGM Camera 65, which the stu- dio calîs "The Window o! the World." The film is highlighted byl outstandi'ng performance under the directon of Edward Dmy- tryk. It Js around three charac- ters that the story primarily re- volves. Montgomery Clift plays a young Indiana idealist search- ing for meaning in life. Although in love with a sensitive, local girl. Eva Marie Saint, he is dup- ed into marriage to Elizabeth1 Taylor, a scheming Southern belle. Obsessed with the idea that she has Negro blood in her, she eventually drifts into insan- ity. Indiana is the locale o! the story, but much o! the film was shot in the beautiful country of Kentucky. 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