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THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, October 4th,, 1956 New" Trends At the Canadian Education Association convention in Winnipeg this week at least two new trends were noted i of some of our leading educators. there was a growing feeling that school administrators and principals should adopt a new get-tough policy w pupils who were not makin their opportunities to get It was suggested that those in school to 'warm the seats' should be withdrawn with or without tion of their parents. gradually being weeded out, tres pupils who failed had to pay fees to Experience to-date showed that most parents co-operated and that in many centres such pupils were NOTES AND COMMENTS n the thinking First, are the result plication. ith regard to tion is are we g the most of an education. who were only the co-opera- In other cen- The Fall Sport Mania Once we get past the fateful days of August there is little chance of any world _ situation arousing sufficient in America to precipitate any real world So now that baseball is swinging into the home stretch and the world series is about to take the stage, Nasser, the Suez, Israel and Jordan, will have to slip And to make sure crisis. quietly into the wings, that there is no hiatus footb under way with its fumbles, squables, im- ports, exports and reports. great circus, especially the Four puts it on the l ine. not like baseball and doesn't football . just to make sur to the world of professionali of big-business-sport, hocke up for its onslaught at capturing the public And just to make doubly sure that Joe McGoofus who may interest. public opinion world pennant the Grey Cup thrilling time ahead. all is now well It sure is a way our Big come to grips things . . like or getting the care much for e he's not lost zed promoters y is warming what we have continue at school. yuestionable measure since. not all failures It doesn't really matter who wins the- This is perhaps a of the lack: of: work or ap- In many cases the pupils simply do not have the kind of intelligence that readily absorbs book learning. The ques- justified in penalizing par- ents of such pupols? Another new trend made itself manifest in a demand by the trustees thdt unrestricted Federal grants be made to education. vinces have been afraid to press for Fed- eral grants lest the issue of Federal inter- ference should rear its head. However, this fear seems to have disappeared in the "light of the Lazerte Report which clearly demonstrates the inequality of educational opportunity that exists in our country. Hitherto, the pro- 4 in baseball . . nor who cops . . nor yet who takes the National Hockey League championship. . . and yet they will all give Johnny Public a of it in the days that lie But perhaps the greatest contribution sport can make, that is big business pro- fessional sport is that it keeps so many highly occupied with the non-essentials at a time when it would be very dangerous for us with our sport slanted mentality to with 'the really important making the U.N work. . . best possible kind of leader- ship in the U.S. or developing a two-party system in Canada that worked better than now, : Clipped Comments BUILDING EXPENSIVELY An incongruity of these times is the fad of building sprawling one-storey structures to serve as primary schools. At a time when so much tax money is required to construct schools to ac- commodate an unprecedented upsurge in enrolment .of elementary school pupils we have allowed ourselves to be talked into building schools the most expensive way. " The flat,- rambling schools have prompted the Peterborough Examiner to remark: 'Architectural fads im- posed on commercial or domestic pri- vate purses may be viewed genially; exercised with. public funds they should be criticized. Ontario school buildings since the war is open to question about its economy and effi- ciency." One almost gets the impression that "height has become dangerous to the educational process. The London, (England) County Council does not think so. It builds two, three and four-storey schools, and one now be- ing completed at Putney has nine stories. Nine flights of stairs are ad- mittedly too many to ask pupils and teachers to climb so big elevators have " been installed. This school has been made to rise high primarily to have playing-field space: Schols of, such height requiring elevators would properly be frowned upon in Ontario communities, but we do agree with the Peterborough paper that in this province 'the next turn of the architectural screw should be up." --Stouffville Tribune POOR WEATHER PLAYS HAVOC WITH FARMER Undoubtedly, this has been one of the toughest years farmers have ex- perienced in some time, Starting off the crop season with produce at low prices, they faced a wet, late -spring which continued throughout the sum- mer, delaying crops until, recently, great losses were experienced due-to frost, In addition, when there was a dry day there was so much work to be done in a- short time that most farmers overworked themselves in an effort to clean up what they could be- fore another rainy spell. And, as if that were not enough, there has been a tremendous shortage of farm help this year. - It really is no wonder many farmers have taken jobs in various factories throughout the area where the hours are regular and the pay good and guaranteed, For those who have re- mained at home, it has been a story of disappointment and frustration. To make matters worse, at a time when they were unable to get at their crops, the city .announcers on radio and tele- vision and some urban papers an- and several indirectly placed blame for this increase upon the farmers: One of these days, it is hoped that city people will understand that if farmers were receiving comparable returns to- industrial workers for labor invest- ment and risk involved, food. prices would be far higher than they are now. : The one compensating factor about farming is that it is a type of activity which in good years, brings great personal satisfaction. Each farmer is his own boss, producing products es- sential to the welfare of this country. He is doing it in fresh air, usually at a less nerve-wracking speed than the high tension production lines of in- dustry and he is working: with land where the miracle of growth must continue to amaze him each year. This, in many ways, must offset the hardships which accompany his oc-, cupation, Otherwise, there would be no farmers. But, certainly, it would be much better if the monetary re- turns at the end of the year gave him a better'reward for his efforts, --Canadian Statesman. District Doings AJAX-PICKERING HOSPITAL HAS $19,000 DEFICIT 18 MONTHS Township Council were informed at their meeting on Monday night that the Ajax-Pickering hospital for the months of January 1 to August 31, 19566, shows a deficit of $19,161.12, grants was made. The request stated that $6,000 was needed immediately. The grants between the three muni- cipalities were broken down as follows Ajax, $2,260; Pickering Township, $2,260, and Pickering Village $600. The township tabled the matter un- til they have a-few more details. as to administration costs, GIVE GO-AHEAD TO BUILD DIAL EXCHANGE IN PICKERING The Bell Telephone Company were' granted permission Thursday by the Ontario Municipal Board to go ahead with building their proposed Dial Ex- change here. They have purchased a lot, 168 by 818 feet from Mr. Bill Wal- ton, at the east end of the village. The dial exchange will serve the Pickering. Ajax area and it is reported the area will be served by dial service by 1958.1 The Board hearing was to deal with| the temporary Zoning By-law of Pick- ering Village. NEWCASTLE GIRL KILLED ALIGHTING FROM SCHOOL BUS. Marjory, a Grade 1 student at the Orono High School, had stepped down. from the school bus, in front of their home, and walked around the back of nounced that the cost of living had gone up due to higher costs of food A request from the hospital for]: lives "on an adjacent farm to the Powells. The force of the impack hurled the young girl on 'to an embankment be- side: the fence in front of their home. Both of her shoes were torn off. One of these, told Samuel Powell, that his daughter had been killed. "Knobby", the Powell's dog, picked up one of the shoes and brought. jt to his master, Samuel, who was at the barn feeding his stock, Ernest "Alldred, driver of the bus, said he had delivered all of his charges from Orono High B8chool to their homes except a boy student and Mar- jorie. The bus was north bound when it stopped in front of the Powell farm. The Skelding car was travelling south. POLICE SHOT COW HIT BY CAR ON CFRB RGAD Vandorf OPP were authorized by Dr. Carl Heder, King City veterina- rian to shoot an injured milch cow after it was struck by a car driven by Gerald Jennins, 18, of Temperance- ville district on CFRB sideroad, last week. : ' The cow loomed up from the dark- ness on the road without any. warning. Gerald swerved his ear towards the |ditch but could not miss the moving animal. Damage to the car was $360. The cow, worth $100, belonged to Emerson Bateman, second concession of King. It escaped from the pasture field after dark. ™ DESK SPIKE FILE PLUNGED INTO HEAD OF YOUNG CHILD A shocking accident took place at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hayes, Cambray. Mrs, Hayes was called to the telephone and placed her 2-year-old daughter, Catherine, on a desk, which apparently folded up. The child fell, the head striking a long spike file. The spike entered the temple for some distance. Mrs. Hayes rushed with her child to the barn and called her husband, who almost froze as he saw the sight of the file and a sheath of papers im- planted in the child's forehead. He pulled the file out and the parents rushed Catherine to the office of 'Dr. L. D. Shier in Lindway, who asked how far the spike had entered and theu treated the child. The file had ap- parently bent in the temple and just missed an eye. Apparently no ser- ious injury was sustained. ONE OF CANADA'S FINEST ULTRA-MODERN MOTELS TO FACE HIGHWAY '401 With building under way on the new ultra-modern motel, "The Venture Inn", at Liberty Street entrance and Duke street exit at Highway 401, to and from Bowmanville, an entirely new 'front door' will be afforded, This new haven on the 401 Highway will undoubtedly be one of the most color- it into the path of a car driven by her life-long" friend, Jack Skelding, who ful and appealing places of stay in the province of Ontario. Dr. Dymond Speaks {On Hospitalization "Premier Frost insists that the Government "Hospitalization scheme must be universally available, not mandatory, and that it must be with- in the power of the public to pay. Assurance was given repeatedly that no group at present constituted would be left out. Be assured the Medical Co-ops will be included," Thus stat- ed Dr. M, B. Dymond, M.L.A., when addressing a recent meeting in the Baggotsville School for Group Sec- retaries and members of Ontario (County) Co-operative Medical Servi- ces. Dr. Dymond began his address by presenting a comprehensive outline of the history of the hospitalization mo- vement, dating back to the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Babylon, Greece and Rome--medical care closely asso- ciated with the church--provision for care of indigents--case histories re- corded-- diseases classified. The Ro- man military authorities had spacious hospitals in the countries they occu- pied as well as in Rome. So we sce that even in pre-Christian times the government was interested in hospi- tal care. What of the future? We are going to grow at a greater pace. ' The entire hospitalization mo- vement hag been, and still is, too haphazard, stated Dr. Dymond. The financing has been left to the charity of individuals and groups. As we have noted, religion and hospital care have gone hand in hand. The church still plays an important part in the work but there is a move toward in- surance." We here in Canada have lagged behind some others--moving somewhat slowly. There are two main opposing ideas. First, voluntary hospitalization sche- mes; second, a scheme sponsored by the government and covering the en- tire population, paid in whole or in part hy the government. - } Continuing, Dr. Dymond said, "You want to hear about the proposed Pro- vineial Hospitalization_scheme. Can- didly, T do not know the latest think- ing of the Government on this." At the last session, a Hospital Services Commission was set up. Their con- cern has been with the procurement of manpower and personnel training because of the great shortage of nur- ses and technieal help. Dr. Dymond, who is Chairman of the Standing Committee on Health in the Legislature, further stated that! many groups did research on hospita- lization and presented their studies to the Committee. This was an impres- Btve piece of work. All plans were studied so that it could be laid be- fore the public. Some scheme must be evolved. How far should it go! We must begin in a modest way and expand. - A Hospitalization and Diagnostic Service is the springboard from which the Province of Ontario will start. Three groupings must be considered. First, Government pay- ment for indigents by three levels of government--Federal," Provincial and Municipal. = Second, payroll deduction and established groups." Third, direct payment by indivduals for self-em- ployed persons, Eighty per cent. are now covered by some scheme. An administrative programme for those not on payroll deduction has not heen worked out, The Government Hospitalization scheme in British Columbia was com- We believe that in Ontario it will be possible to keep pace with the demand for beds. When Great Britain intro- duced their Plan they had not had many private schemes so there was a bad backlog--that is not the case here. The worst block in acceptance of the Federal Plan by the Ontario Gov- ernement is that the Government does not recognize mental and tubercular these patients average 16 months in hospital, we feel that they should be included in the Government plan. The estimated cost of the present proposed Ontario scheme would be 126 and a quarter million. However, this would not be all 'new' money. Grants now being paid by our Provincial Government would reduce it to B85 million. Catastrophic Insurance Although it has not been discussed in the Legislature as yet, the trend in thinkng has changed to Catastro- phic Insurance, stated Dr. Dymond. He congratulated the Co-op Groups for pioneering in Catastrophic Insur- ance, : | "What is Catastrophic?" qerrie Dr, Dymond, Our thinking is that the patient can pay up to 109% of their income for medical costs but be- yond that is catastrophic. Such in- i i 232 * oti A h ih A Wel 4 rs surance would take care of crippling pulsory and beds were not available. | patients as eligible for the grant. As} ---- ---------- costs and leave a field for insurance eompanies. , ° Dr. Dymond concluded by stating, "We want the feeling of the people. We have reached no conérete conclu- sions. Some scheme will be intro- duced in the near future." The speaker was introduced by Mr. Anson Gerrow, Reeve of Scugag Twp., and thankedy.by Mr. Walter Kerr of Ashburn, Director of the Medical Co- op for Whitby Township. A meeting for Group Secretaries and members of the Medical Co-op in the northern part of the County was held at Udney the evening before the Baggotsville meeting. The speaker at this meeting was Mr, Paul Meehan, Manager of the Co-op Medical Servi- ces Federation for the province. Mr. Meehan stressed the importance of the Catastrophe Supplement pioneered by the County Medical Co-ops. This year $40,000 has been paid out for catastrophic illnesses by the Medical Co-ops within the Federation, Fig- ures show that hospital costs have been going up 59 per year for the last five years and they will continue to climb, warned Mr. Meehan. "The cost of complete medical care now av- erages $147. per year for a family. SMALLER TIRES FOR 1957 CARS Buyers of 1957 model cars this fall will ride on more dependable and eas- ier steering tires, according to Wil- linm. B. Flora, vice-president, sales, B. F. Goodrich Canada Limited, Approximately 70 per cent of 1957 cars will be equipped with the new 14 inch tires, which, along with the im- proved 15-inch tives, will help give the new cars a longer, lower look be- cause of the smaller appearance of the tires. "The latest engineering accomplishments in construction, com- pounds and treads, are being built in- to both sizes to meet public demand for tires that match the higher horse- power and longer, lower styling of new cars," Mr. Flora said. The 14 inch tire will measure about one inch smaller in diameter than the 16 inch casing but the section width of the new tire will be approximately 10 per cent wider. Because of the increased section width, the 14-inch tire will contain more material and weigh more than the older-type. An optical illusion results from the de- creased diameter and increased sec- tion width, creating the impression that the tire has a smaller diameter than it really has. ) Mr. Flora pointed out that, while the 14-inch tire will earry 22 pounds air pressure, two less than the 156- inch, the smaller. casing will have the same load carrying eapacity. This results from the fact that the 14-inch tire has greater air volume, enabling it to carry the same load with less air pressure. The new 16-inch white sidewall will also appear smaller be- cause of the narrowed sidewall, Two men following a woman dri- ver. "She's got her hand out the window," remarked one of the men. "What does that mean?" THANKSGIVING Come Thanksgiving, devout families flock to churches across the country. And Denny Vaughan is no exception; here he and his charming wife, Helens, attend Toronto's beautiful Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. Of Many Things NO EASY WORLD - This is not an easy world for any- one; but those who try to make it easy for themselves find it the hard- est world of all. Those who accept it as a tough world and decide to con- dition themselves to meet the chal- lenge can build a mighty satisfactory life. First step toward the satisfactory life is acceptance of the fact that you cannot escape work. Even million- aires, you know, must do many phy- sical chores on top of the mental ef- fort that boosted them to their pre- sent place. The rich man who fails to keep himself physically fit, pays a heavy penalty when he huffs and puffs around a golf course, or tries to wade a marsh or portage his canoe. The laws of compensation make it impossible for any man to have things easy, because if he takes things too easy in one area of his life, he must sacrifice in another, At a summer camp this year, I saw a couple of farm boys looking with envy at the camping equipment of visiting youngsters from the city. But later, scrounging wood for an evening camp fire, I heard a city boy say to his country cousin, "Gee, you' are powerful!" What is a high-pow- cred outboard compared to strong arms and clear eyes? ' In a tough world--and it will al- ways be a tough world--there is no sense in attempting to make it casy; but there is a great deal of sense in making yourself strong to meet it. Faith and hope make good shock absorbers, 'and should he kept in fine repair, RN Skill 'and enterprise make potent fuel to power your motor for the long haul . . . and be careful to strain out cynicism or envy whicli can clog your carburetor fast, Love and kindness help you face "Only one thing for sure", replied the other. "The window is open." the traffic without too much strain. Self-respect cushions your trip. A sense of humor helps you around the detours, In short, the world report on road conditions might read: "Rough, but passable--have a checkup before you undertake the trip." How would you fare in a careful checkup? IRE Hilltop Herald The red School House on top of the hill has really had some busy days this month. We are back in the swim of classes; on the 26th, the Track & Field meet wag run off; and this week we nominated and voted in--a brand new Students' Council. The Students Council is made up of both boys and girls elected by the student body to keep the social, poli- tical and business affairs running smoothly: . The President of the Students Coun- cil is fifth-former Floyd James and assisting his is vice-president Muriel MacMaster. Th& following are the other import- ant officers of the Students Council. Secretary--Mary Lou Robertson Treasurer--Joe Lukas Pianist-~Glorin Hastings Social Conveners---Claudette Bou- langer, Bob Carnegle Pres. of Literary Society-- ~ Donna Sammaels "Vice Pres.--Patsy Asling Sec.-Treas.--Grace Wilson President Boys Athletic Soclety-- Brian Lee Vice Pres.--Garnet Warriner See. Treas.--Stephen Fralick Pres. Girls Athletic Soclety-- } Carol Tanton Vice Pres.--Carol Beare Sec. Treas.--Darlene Christie Press Reporter--Mary Lynn Hodgins » DAIRY FOODS SERVICE BUREAU . Cheese is a most valuable food is yours for the asking. Write today. DAIRY FARMERS OF CANADA and would you believe it---there are more than 40 kinds of cheese made in Canada. October is Cheese Festival Month and what a 'wonderful variety awaits you right now at your food store! A free set of Marle Fraser's Cheese Recipe Booklets