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cla = THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Port Perry, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1953 Ontario, x 7 . One of the most discussed, if not the _ most read, recent books on education is en- titled, So Little for the Mind. Apparently it is a provocative, well-written attack on progressive education (whatever that - maans) and is directed largely against ad- ministrators and so-called educational ex- perts. ; ; : Dr, Neatby, the author of the book, describes John Dewey as 'a marsh, a bog where armies of school teachers have sunk, and, one might add, many of them have never risen, but speak with muffled ac- cents from the depths.' John Dewey has been criticized by all kinds of persons of both high and low aca- demic standing, but surely this is an uni- que way of dealing with one whois acknow- ledged by most-learned authorities as one" of the greatest thinkers of modern times. 'Her attack on Dewey, if such it can be called, is all the more interesting be- cause later in her book she makes this statement: : ~ When i So Little For The Mind = - the future of which they are in a large part responsible, in relation not only to - present phenomena but to the whole of its past . . . They should surely begin by ceas- ing to urge the children to spare their ° minds and follow their fancies..." . This is rather amazing since have been copied word for word from the teachings of John Dewey. He pleaded " that educators should challenge the minds of the young as they have never been chal- lenged before; that they should use the it might past to reconstruct the present in terms of its most insistent demands-and needs in- order that we could enter a future free of the disasters that have shattered civiliza- tions-time and time again. Dr. Neatby is not the first author of an educational book to misinterpret Dewey. She, will not be the last. But, she has the distinction, the unique distinction of advocating the prin- - ciple thesis of the very authority she ~damns, - If Dewey is a bog then Dr. Neatby's book would seem to indicate that she has : wPhe key-to-the problem of education floundered into him without knowing it is -obviously in the hands of the teachers «++. They should be allowed and encour- aged to examine their roots, to look at the society in which they are to work and for Is Tt Sport? In a recent judgment handed down by the Supreme Court of the United States _ seven of the nine chief justices ruled that major league baseball was still a sport. But in spite of the judges major - «league baseball is anything but a sport. sional hockey courts have yet to rule on the cases now ---- 'the clubs make sure that their organiza- The owners of the elubs know that it is no sport; so do the managers; so do the sport writers and how the players know it. Bought body and soul they are tied up worse than movie actors. We have the same thing here in Canada in the profes- leagues. However, our pending. : Professional sport is a business, a business pure and simple and one that "really pays off fora considerable number of people. To begin with the owners of +v& «© tion makes money for them. fails to do so, something happens and that right quickly. It pays off for newspapers too, for one of the easiest sections of the newspaper to read in these troubled days is the sport section which takes up rough- ly about one-fifth of the news section of the average daily. = The sport writers find that sport is a paying business. Ina man- ner of speaking it is their job to sell it and they have developed techniques that put them in the front rank of publicists. They will do just about anything to give --When~it-*--hero=worship-that-comés-so-lightly-to-the for without Dewey Dr. Neatby would pro- bably never have done any real thinking about education and certainly would never have written a book about it. their readers a lively time of it. One out- standing sport writer has even gone so far as to tell his public flatly and bluntly - that sport is a business. . . . that and little else. How long he will be allowed to stay __in the charmed circle after the disclosures he has béen making is anybody's guess. There is nothing wrong with sport . . - professional sport as a business provided that we recognize it clearly as such and "take steps to see that it is not allowed to cheapen and degrade amateur sport and tie it up in such a way that many fine young - fellows are trapped in an unfor- tunate way of life before they have a chance to discover what has happened: to them. E : © We think it's rather a bad thing for this country to take professional sport as seriously as we do. The rather cheap | public school grants alone. the mature of a personal project by each pupil. "The use of pen and ink as the standard medium for writing will aceompany the use of these new work adjustment are met and overcome it is expected that the pupils will have as much pride in their accomplishment as in any other of their academic ac- complishnrents. UXBRIDGE 5 Mr. M. Frisque was hired at a spe- cial meeting of Council as architect to draw up plans to supervise and to be in charge of the complete alterations of the new Municipal Building. The plans Mr. Frisque had at the meeting were given unanimous ap- proval by council members and it is | expected that Tenders for: the various trades will be called in the immediate future so work can start within the next few weeks. Provisions have been made for the necessary municipal offices with space for Police Office and the storing of the Uxbridge Area Ambulance, All available space has been utilized in the most convenient manner and it is-expected the building, when--alters ations are complete, will combine mo- dern design with practicability. H NEWEST YORK COUNTY SETUP WILL BRING SERIOUS GRANT | CUTS TO ALL MUNICIPALITIES (Stouffville Tribune) The enactment of the famous Bill 80 by the Ontario Provincjad Govern- ment and the commence of the new York County setup on January 1, of 19564 will bring serious cuts. in the grants both, for schools and. in other * .| departments, it was learned at Whit- church Township Council on Saturday. The sethack will affect all the mun- icipalities in the newly constituted County of York, . Mr. Jack Crawford, clerk of Whit- church, presented to council a detailed table of school grants showing that a drop of $16,000 could be expected in Bill 80 provided machinéry to overcome this deficiency for the new Metropolitian Toronto: but not for the remaining York County. will:be doney aid willbe considered in]. books. After the first few hurdles of: 'entire recreation set up locally has at of small fry, realistic, down to the last detail. real thrill out of his replica of & : "Kids Demand Realistic Motor Transport Toys Toy makers report they cannot g automobiles, trucks, tractors and trailers with the present generation Shown 'here -is a typicaliexample. This youn ~The' semi-trailer is an aluminum reproduction, to exact scale, of Fruehauf's latest model "Road-Star" which features light Weight Hi construction along airplane lines as well as extreme sturdiness, This same sturdiness, acearding to a lsading Janafactirer of playthings, e model to withstand the ru i « sters subject this type of plaything. £8 Yaose 20 Which youig ® et by with faulty imitations of As a result, manufacturers of these miniature units, popular : _ Christmas gifts, are going the limit in making their ily! wll gator is getting a: ern tractor-truck and semi-trailer, HAS LINDSAY BEEN RIGHTLY SOLD ON RECREATION? -- One of the finest addresses at the Temperance Conclave held in Lindsay recently was that delivered by Stan Wardlow, Director of Recreation If East York. . As-he pictured the man- ner in which deliquency has been de- feated by means of engaging boys and girls in wholesome recreation we paused to reflect and ask the question: Has Lindsay béen properly sold on the value of recreation? It appears to us that recreation matters and the times been the victim of much unfair, criticism and unnecessary sniping. In East York for instance the peo- ple as a whole recognize the inestim- able value of recreation in various stars of the game must endanger those values which are necessary to partici- pants if they are going to keep their heads Vin 'a business -which spends so much thought on the problems 'of how to keep the fans pouring in at the gates . . . which spends so much time and energy in trying to fool the people into believing that pro- fessionalism in baseball, in hockey and in rugby is first and foremost sport. Professional sport is the modern circus and Barnum was right. Reeve McLaughlin told council that the situation was viewed with alarm but so far, little help could be fore- ~I'seen. He stated that Warden Cook and __ If this keeps up the Senate will be wholly Liberal and then it will be past about Russia are true. Americans do nothing about it. District Doings : 'made out for the identical sum of THE PASSING SHOW "M.A.C." - by ~ Walter Mitty in the Secret Life of Walter Mitty had nothing on our own George Dupre of Calgary, Alberta... Somebody should write a book on Why People Hero Hoax So Heasily. --0-- reforming. Jat Russia has just finished paying off a $20,000,000 debt to Canada for ex- propriation of International Nickel property in the Soviet. Makes one wonder if all the things that are said --0-- ; Every president of the United Sta- tes for the past thirty years has as- sured the people of Canada that he was for the seaway....and still the lm The moving picture MARTIN LU- THER is a Moving Picture. No one who believes in the essential worth of humanity can afford to stay away from this picture. Historically it Is as accurate as human beings can make it. : . Lester Pearson in a recent speech stated that Asia was on the march and there was nothing we could do to stop it." Perhaps we would be on the 'way to helping the march move in the right direction if we took seriously what he had to say. There is nothing that can hurt us more than thinking that military preparedness is a safe- guard against what is happening in Asia. : i --_0-- 2, You'd think to hear certain Ameri- can demagogues talk that the fate of the western world depended upon getting Igor Gouzenko to appear be- fore the Un-American Activities Com- mittee. But Igor Gouzerko said every- thing he had to say when he testified in the spy trials. His life since then has been that of a caged man, --0-- : ": Now that rugby has just abou wound up its doings ...our attention and our interest will be drummed up for hockey. Soon the scribes will be turning on the blasts and phoney hy- 'steria to get us all excited about the professional puck-chasers and the la- bels that are attached to them for the current season. MORE BOGUS CHEQUES TURN UP IN STORES od (Stouffville Tribune) Since the bogus cheque story was first revealed in The Tribune last week four more such cheques have turned up each inscribed with the name sof Dr. H. B. Freel. All of the cheques were $12.60. The puszling thing abont'the . story, is that no oneihas beensable to give a proper description of the phony forger. : Local Provincial Police officers have issued further warnings to busi- "quick change" artists who are opera- '| retreat. The report that counterfeit ting in the district. These men, ac- cording to police approach storekeep- ers with. large bills and request 'change. Immediately they pocket the bills and the change and beat a hasty $10 bills. are circulating around the town has brought enquiries from num- erous business men whose suspicions have been aroused. According to the local Bank staff no bogus bills are in circulation as far as they know. LOCAL UTILITIES RECEIVE REQUEST FROM NEWCASTLE ASKING FOR WATER----COST OF PIPING TOO EXPENSIVE A letter from the Newcastle Coun- 'Public Utilities Commission would consider supplying 50,000 gallons of water daily at the Newcastle village limits was considered by the Commis- sion at its November meeting held in the offices Tuesday night. Members felt that..while the new water supply system at the lake would casily be able to supply this additional amount when completed, the P.U.C. could not consider building a pipe-line to the Newcastle limits at its own ex- pense, - Ei LINDSAY . 3 MOVE TO STANDARDIE WORK BOOKS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ~ PUPILS : Work books are to be supplied to all Grade Five children in the Lindsay Public Schools within the next few days. The Lindsay Public School Board is doing this as an experiment with this particular grade in an at- tempt to more fully co-ordinate the work of all the Town-Schools. These work books will in no way substitute for the note books the pupils of Grade Five are now using, but will substan- tially eliminate the so called scribbler. It will supply a work book in which all the general work of the classroom the Commissioners had endeavoured to approach the Minister of Education but -had been told that they could: re- ceive no_ assistance. said county officials were prepared to carry the matter to the government itself, if necessary. The cutback in grants would also affect roads and other departments. Led an Siny, Clipped Comments. TIMES HAVE CHANGED It is unfortunate but the whistling 'male striding down the street and the full-throated singing housewife as she goes about her home duties seem to be almost extinct. . Most people have an enviable regard for those who can sing heartily while they work in the horie or whistle gai- ly as they stride down the street. But we don't hear such things often now. Why? Islife so complex and absorb- ing that the brow must always be furrowed with thought rather than rippled by happiness and harmony. Perhaps the roar of the automo- biles has discouraged the whistlers and, possibly, singing in the home has been hampered by the whir of the va- cuum cleaner. Whatever the causes bright summer day to see the whistling postie marching down the street with a half a dozen dogs with wagging tails also enjoying the whist- ling and the walk. --Stouffville Tribune $6,000 full price for this 'acre of land. Easy terms ar Reasonably priced: 3 All Kinds of PORT PERRY nessmen to be on the lookout for cil inquiring whether the Bowmanville $500 Three piece bath, built in cupboards. Good selection of choice buildings lots for sale, well located. Listings Wanted WM. HEAYN, Real Estate Broker i | 355 b room house in Prince Albert. Approximately one ranged. : 2 Phone 174 r 12 However, he |- are they are to be regretted. There is no more pleasing a picture on a} forms. A large tract of waste land has been reclaimed and turned into one of the largest & finest play fields in the Province with a modern stadi- | um and many other splendid appoint- built where over a thousand young- sters play hockey, starting Saturday 3 L morning at 6 o'clock and running through to the noon hour, where there are one thousand sweaters filled with boys who have- a bright, hopeful fu- ture because they. are being looked after in an organized way; where 700 young people comprise one of the largest, tap and ballet schools in the world; where over ninety thousand people were accommodated in a large swimming pool during the past season and where there are craftsman clas- ses for all types of boys and girls and adults, __ : The result--no delinquent boys. Un- doubtedly the recreation centre in Lindsay has been a haven of oppor- tunity for many youngsters. - Here in Lindsay ~young-hockeyists--are-to_be. found at the arena early Saturday morning where they take part in or- 'ganized hockey. They also take, part in supervised baseball and other sports through their lives. may cost a few citizens a few pen- nies but the average ratepayer is gldd plan of recreation and the opportunity of helping boys to become good citl- zens. This type of recreation is sure- ly a deterrent to delinquency. --Watchman-Warder GLADLY SHARING YOUR TALENTS To worship is to share, and to give. But "the gift without the giver Is bare"; hence to give in turn implies more than just making a money con- tribution or being present in church on Sunday. To give,_to share, to worship means to sacrifice something. And our joy derived from worship will be in proportion to the sacrifice we make in giving and sharing of our time and means. sing sit back and be entertained by choir. and minister? Is it enough to make a small contribution--one_ that represents possibly less than oné per cent of our earnings (the Govt. gets | ten) and relax in the thought that we have _done our share? Is this small contribution enough to give us the right to criticize choir and minis- ter (come, we do criticize them rather freely at that since we pay for their a right to criticize anybody unless he is prepared to do better. And if we think we can do better (or well, per- haps not so very much better after all) why don't we do it? Why sit back and carp? Or is this attitude just a face-sav- ing gesture, a bold front to cover up the doleful fact that due to previous engagements--the Lions Club on Mon- day, the bowling alley on Tuesday, the bridge club on Wednesday, the theatre on Thursday and the cottage on the week-end--we just haven't the time? Such considerations as these might well fill our thoughts as we approach the Christmas season. --Bowmanville Statesman True the recreation centre and arena to be associated with the wholesome - Is it enough that those of us en- dowed with good voices and talent to ° services)? Addison said no-one has BARRISTERS' and SOLICITORS Gordon D. Conant, K.C. Roger D. Conant, B.A. Offices: - Oshawa, Ont., 7%: Simcoe St. S. Phone 3-2227 Ajax, Ont., Phone 25 Real Estate - WHEN BUYING OR SELLING YOUR HOME, FARM or BUSINESS PHONE PORT PERRY 395 - "HOWARD LANGILLE, BROKER Queen St., Port Perry REAL ESTATE Consult J. A. WILLOUGHBY & SONS for complete Real Estate Service. 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