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4 Pan « / ¥ Prospect were not injured; but regret . age we live in, and isn't our God a THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, January '8th, 1959 The New China Slowly but surely we are beginning to get a true picture of what has happened and what is happening in China to-day. is almost incomprehensible because the nature and scope of the changes brought about in the past nine years gering to those who had any knowledge of the pre-war China. It appears that this vast country with its six hundred milliofis of people is undergoing a revolution begide which the Russian revolution pales in It is a revolution in poli social, economic and spiritual life. Surely bringing Red China to a pinnacle of It may well be that Red China and not the Soviet will be the ultimate power with which the West significance, power and achievement. must deal. 3 In a few short years the wiped out poverty. Imagine in a country were for hundred of years the rulers have maintained the only political problem was to feed the people, there is no hunger; And there is no érime. Since 1947, even in the erowded centres such as Peking, Shanghai - Students Look at In the ordinary course of events, it is the teachers who do most of the appraisal work in the classroom. "They are not slow to tell what they think of their students and stu- dent's abilities, habits, strengths and short- comings. A recent national survey now discloses what the students teachers, jut In general most high school students are pretty well satisfied with what they are l. However, they are quite critical of the way in which much of it is taught. . This criticism really boils down 'to a criticism of certain kinds of teachers and certain practices common in required to learn in school. some schools. Some teachers, they claim, lack enthus- asm or real interest in what they are sup- posed to be teaching: Such pointed out, tend to be dull and uninterest- ing and fail to keep pace with new develop. ments in their field. When these teen-agers were asked if they had any constructive ideas for teach- ers they volunteered these: Teachers should-- provoke more thinking by their teaching, bring subjects down to earth and relate Notes and Comments : It are quite stag- /is Chiviess have Teachers think of their In judging jects, and by achieved , , . : teacher, teachers, it is country great and work in order to satisfy their own and other needs. 'With them social responsibil- ity has become a fervent religion and out of it has grown the new commune which threatens to sweep away the last vestiges of the old and corrupt Chinese society. and Canton there has been no crime and no juvenile delinquency. To us, this'seems fantastic and increditable. evidence to support its truth. abolishing of crime has come a new clenli- ness to the land. China has cleaned itself up and rid itself of the common fly. social pressure to be clean and tidy and + neat is so great that even the young chil- dren respect it. work and learning that the greatest strides have been made. Everyone in China works, women, chil- dren and men. of rank and position . does some: manual work. The Chinese work for two great in- centives. _ One, id ohh to make their Yet, there is And with The But it is in the world of And everyone, regardless erful. And, they them to present experience, encourage rather than discourage. be more pleasant, teach more and talk less. not use marks as"a weapon ora punish- a good teacher, teen-agers consider personal appearance, tactfulness, attitude towards students in and out of the classroom, enthusiasm for their subject, ability to speak clearly and concisely, dis- cipline control, field, all around knowledge of other sub- general knowledge of their méthods used and results all attributes of the good If students feel that all this is required of a satisfactory teacher, it might not be amiss to point out what the satisfactory teacher requires of the student, First, the teacher expects the student .to have a real desire to learn; then, to have some well de- veloped habits of work and study ; and last- - ly, a sense of fair-play and a willingness to co-operate which is not confined solely to his fellow students. er and the good student, good results are bound to come. - Given the good teach- District. Churches Scugog, Manchester and Prospect Having had it so cold in December, we may have thought that January would be much milder. But once again the days are cold, The redeem- ing feature is that the sun. shines. Days like last Synday are sent to test) our faith, Congregations were smal- ler; but it was a triumph of faith to be ip God's' Banctuary, There were just as many at Scugog "Grace! ps there were the previous Sunday, and the Church was very comfortahle. Modern inventions have done that much for us, that we all do not need to crowd around the old hox stove any more, We press a button, and set the temperature we want, and {it is so. Of course things do go wrong sometimes, and the motor refuses to run, or the oil congeals, or dirt gets in somewhere and holds us up. But hy and large, isn't this a wonderful more wonderful God than ever? From now until Easter we will be studying the great themes of our Christian Doctrine. Last Sunday we dwelt on the kind of (od we have, and empha- sized three aspects, namely: that God is Spirit; God is Personal; and God ig Eternal. A wonderful little book is "This is our Faith" by Rrev. Prof. John Dow of Emmanuel College. It may very well he, that many of us do not exercise .the power of thought very much; and our theology is hazy. How very important 'are these earthly years, when God allows us to learn about Himself and His purposes for us! Mrs, Braham sang for us at both Scugog and Manchester--%I do not; ask", and "Guard while I sleep." We were unable to have our- Service at Prospect, as the roads were filled in. "Some did set out for the Church; but never arrived, and had difficulty in returning home. And some met wit! accidents on Ng. 12 'Highway, and caused great damage to their cars. We are thankn) that the Painters of that their car was almost a complete the Island to have the plow open most of our roads in time for us to attend Church. We say "Thank you" men. Life is full of surprises, and the road is slippery and dangerous at times. And even though we ourselves are careful, we live in a society that takes foolish chances, The roads were all opened again on Monday, and we were able to hold our Annual Congregational Meetings at Prospect in the afternoon, aud at Manchester in the evening. The at- tendance at hoth meetings were very poor; but we received the reports that were presented; and filled the various vacancies to the hest of our ability. It is not always wise to appoint someone to office who is not present; ond yet sometimes our hands are for- ced. We hope that when all the pieces are put together, and all reports are in, that the total picture will be fa- vourable, and will show that the tal- ents were not hidden away; but ysed to the best of our abiljties.. @radyally we are resuming qur activities, grid hope to be in full swing again. The Brownies cguld not meet |. in the Church as the furnage was not working. The mator wonld go} hut there we no fire. The Manse had the same experfence.recantly; hut a good Samaritan "Tom" came at two o'clock one morning and got the fire going. Thé Cubs and Scouts are scheduled to meet this evening (Tuesday). On Wednesday the Scugog "Head" W.A. will meet in the evening at Clara Dow- son's; and on Thursday afternoon the Manchester W.A, will meet at the Manse. Seugog Church will hold thelr Annual Congregational Meeting on Friday evening in "Grace" Church at 8.00° p.m. : : Next week Scugog "Grace? W.A.| will meet on Wednesday; and Pros pect W.A. will meet at 8.00 p.m. a the home of Mrs. Mosienko. Also, on Friday' Jannary 16fh, the Minister would like to meet with the Rlders of the THREE Churches at the Manse wreck. - We. were very fortunate on a4.8,80 pm. Please come and lot us <4 4% fii, vi ki formulate our plans for the New Year to present to the Official Board. Happy hirthdays to the following: To Laura Needham, Arnold Heayn, Clara Kreig and Ruth Aldred of the Island; to George Leach and Walter Stevens of Manchester; and to Bill Bell of Prospect. We rejoice that little Erle Dyke of Manchester is home again from the Hospital. Our love and prayers to Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Aldred; and best wishes for new health and strength, and also to Arnold Goose who has been in the Hospital for some time. We also re- member -Lorné Ostram of the Island and others who are convalescing . at home. We do invite you one and all to come and worship with us on Sunday, and refresh our minds with some of the great doctrines of our Chueh.' District Doings LINDSAY PLANT WILL, - NOT CLOSR Canadian Arsenals Ltd. has no plans say where ahout 210 persons are em- ployed, * ; - Reports earlier this week had ang- gested the plant which, at Second World War peak production employed about 1,200 persons, 'would be shut down. ~ But an official emphasized recently that there was no basis for such speculation. Rs The plant manufactures shell cas- ings and fuses. - ------------ BELIEVE RELEASE NEAR FOR HASSARD The Buffalo Bisons have given for- ward Boh Hassard his officia) release. The local resident who performed with both the Leafs and. Chicagq in the N.H.I,, has been placed .on waivers, If he is nat claimed by another club, he will be free to drop back to O.H.A. ranks, : ; Ts i god | meant that indiscriminate expansion _| of universities is the first, or even a | aim is wholly practical might receive to clase its ammunition plant at Lind-. "| by the Town Council from the Ops- UNEQUAL RACE 'Spéaking to a 'group of business- higher "education, Claude T. Bissell, president of the University of Tor- onto, said: "The real reason why a conference of this kind is particulary timely is that we now realize the des- perate truth of what was formerly a platform phrase--the race is now be- tween -education and catastrophe." The metaphor lacks the precision one might expect from an academic source, If education and catastrophe are the contenders in a race, what is their goal? If they are alternative goals, how can there be a race? oz If the president meant that. the country needs more well educated ci- tizens than it has at present, most persons would agree with him, If he necessary means towards that end, there is room for argument. Else- where in his speech he said: "Univer. sities should be carefully distinguish- ed from junior colleges, technological fnstitutes and centres for adult educa- tion, The latter group has an essen- tial 'role to play, but it is not the role of the university." It is perhaps fair to deduce from Dr. Bissell's remarks that the impor- tant features of a university are its facilitles for research and the acade- mie, rather than the practical, train- ing it provides for its undergraduates. On the other hand, his own institution, In addition to the liberal arts colleges, possesses a -number of schools, such as the School of Practical Science, the Dental College and others, that are essentially technical or trade schools. Dr. Bissell admita the ne- cessity of such schools, but apparently does not fesl that they are properly the concern of 'a university.' Yet, since most undergraduates want to be equipped for making a living, rather than spending their lives in research or teaching, it {as the practical schools that attract the heaviest enrolment, and apparently the heavier the enrol- ment, the worse becomes the finan- cial position of the univevsity, Before the University of Toronto expands, as it promises to do, to the point of unwieldiness, people inter- ested might well inquire into the need for having in ene city all the acheala and facilities that now belong ta the institution. Many students whose as good training as they now do, and at leas expense, if the schools of theft choice were set up in smaller ceritresq well removed from the distractions of the larger city. There has already been a proposal to found a new uni- versity at the head of the Great Lakes and the proposal has some merit; hut in view of the location, it might be better to establish there schools of mining and of forestry, and perhaps to ask the University of Toronto to give up those schools. An affiliation between Toronto and the Lakehead schools would he possible. --The Printed Word DISTRICT DOINGS-- The Whithy Dunlops have placed their finger on the centre star and he is slated to work out with the team at their next practice session. Hassard was suspended by: Buffalo early in the season when he failed to report to their training camp. Me was also prevented from taking part in the tour to Russia with Kelowna Packers. He is presently employed in the Birkett Insurance Agency, in Stouffville, yg = PETERBORO HOSPITAL OPERATING ROOM CEILING COLLAPSED -. It is alleged that when a ceiling of an operating room, in a Peterboro hospital, collapsed one day recently, that a Lindsay man just escaped be- ing caught under the debris, "Mr. Charles Paon, well known to cottagers at Pleasant Point, was an inmate at the institution and is re- ported to have been in the course of being wheeled in for an operation when the ceiling gave way. NO TRAILER CAMPS IN LINDSAY ? Several letters have been yeceived Lindsay Planning Board regarding a number of diversified matters, includ- ing zoning, tawn maps and camps for trailers, Last Monday night mem. bers of the Coungil were practically unanimous that trailer camps will hot he allowed within the town boundar- ies, It was pointed out that proper eamps should be properly serviced ana at the present time Lindsay has not men recently oh the problems of | Clipped Comments SNAP OUT OF IT! It's time for a lot of us to wake up and live! Science says we normally operate far below our redsonable capacity. Neuro-surgeons say our skulls are crammed with far more brains than we actually need. The average man's muscle is capable of far more work than he gives it in these days of driving to the corner store and sitting all evening in front of a television screen, : One doctor is working on a pill which he thinks can double, triple or quadruple the amount of useful work a man can turn out. Our view is that most of us don't need a pill so much as we need a good swift kick in the pants to wake us up to our potential. Look around your community. Who does most of the work on local volun- teer services, committees, clubs? Al- most invariably the people who are busiest in their professions and busi. nesses. Activity breeds more activity. Stir up your brains with one job and you find they function better on other jobs. . Physical exercise is good for think- ing, too. Keep the blood/ flowing through the arteries and" some of it is bound to perk up the old gray mat- ter, too. Even people who have'had a heart attack are capable of greater activity, the doctors now tell us. That practi- cally eliminates the last good excuse for anyone to shut off his energy and settle down to live like a vegetable: --Stouffville Tribune. LUNATIC FRINGE? Retall food clerks in California have come up with what is surely the last word in fringe benefits. They are demanding an employer-financed fund for psychiatric care "for clerks who crack under the high pressure of their jobs, Initial cost would be two cents per hour per employee, -According to a spokesman for the clerks .their duties consist of "stock- ing shelves, preparing food for dis- play such as peeling outside leaves off lettuce, and checking merchandise at the cash register." It may well be that this kind of work is indeed hard on the nerves (although we've not heard that any of the clerks in our local supermarket have ever gone ga-ga; still, maybe the lettuce leaves and customers are tou- gher to deal with down in California.) Even so, it does seem to us that the granting "of this particular request would establish a dangerous prece- dent. The thing could spread and become general throughout industry and the professions to the extent that nobody would work for a company or public body that didn't make avail- able (free, naturally) the services of a full-time psychiatrist, complete with couch, And while that would clearly be good for those in the "head-shrinking" business, we doubt if it would do a thing for production or the cost of living. --Industry, Can. Man. Assoc. HOW TO LIVE: LONGER Somewhere about the age of farty, husbands and fatheys usually get a- round ta giving serious attention to thinga like their wills, thelr estates and what would happen if inevitable death were to come along unexpected- ly and unhappily early, They have | acquired insurance and perhaps in- vestments over the years, but it is usually around age forty (according to psychologists) that the enormity of the whole thing comes home and they force themselves into serious study of the grim possibi)ities. Now, for the first time, in most cases, there is a good long look taken at succes. sion duties. The lopk at succession duties fre- quently concludes « with the remark that a tax-ridden Canadian today, young or old, just cannot afford to dle, This is an expression, of courde, true, On becoming dead, one has na- thing to worry ahout. It ia the fa: mily and 'successors who have the worry about whether or not they can afford the loss of the family tax-earn. er, : : Having reached this clear, unemo- said he would hurry home and explain it to the potential successors, a young, pleasant wife and three fine but somewhat exhausting children. His {den was that, once his family was a suitable plece of ground for a camp. and as one young student of succes- | sion duties remarked, it fs not quite]. tional conclusion, one such tax-earner |. him alive, they might among them or- ganize a few more life-extending de- dinner, and a perpetual dispensation from "drying the dishes. It seems worth the try, though most wives and children are almost as tough bargainers as the Department of National Revenue. --The Printed Word 0f Many Things by Ambrose Hills HOW MANY HYPOCRITES ABOUT LIQUOR? You cannot advertise a battle of beer in a Manitoba weekly paper. It is against the law. You might cor- rupt the family. At least, that's what the pressure groups tell the govern- ment. 1 wonder how many of those pressure-group members subscribe to the Reader's Digest? Reader's Digest, says the editor of Durham Chronicle, contains, in its Christmas issue, eleven full pages of beer advertising; 7 pages for whiskey; 4 pages for wine; 2 pages for gin, and one full page for rum, Many of these advertisements in this "family maga- zine" are in full, rich, appetizing color. How many of the pressufe-group hypocrites will concel their Digest sub- scriptions ? Not very many, I'll wager! Ministers will continue to quote it from the pulpit, others will praise its high moral tone. I like Reader's Digest. I'll continue to read it. Iam told that the publish- ers, Mt. and Mrs. DeWitt Wallace, are the very finest of" people and very closely connected with the church. I kiiow they devote a great deal of their space, to articles dealing with the spiritual side of man's nature, and I thank they for that. And while I am a non-drinker, I know that beer and, whiskey exist and are purchased and consumed by better men than me, and I see no reason why they should not be advertisegl, and advertised attractively. What I object to, and find morally reprehensible, {as the attitude of the Manitoba government in banning such advertising from the weekly news- papers, who need the revenue, while at the same time allowing other publish- ers to flood the province with such blandishments. Maclean's: leans heavily on liquor advertising; so do Saturday Night and Liberty maga- zines. Liberty is a very popular magazine in Manitoba, and you see many young people reading it. Mac- lean's is also very popular with young and old alike. If they are to be cur- rupted by such advertising, the dced is already accomplished, without the intervention of our government. If the government is not too dainty to engage in' the retailing of liquor itself, surely it is being hypoeritical in the extreme to take this attitude about convinced of the necessity of keeping vices such as slippers and pipe after Seagrave W.M.S. Due to a number of circumstances the December meeting of the W.M.S,, small attendance, A Christmas devotional was led by Mrs. Bruce assisted by Mrs. Butt and Murs. Clements, The business period brought reports for 1958. The treasurer reported we had $25.00 more than our allocation so it was decided to send it in to the Presbyterial treasurer. There has been $88.23 spent for sewing supplies and we have a balance in the work account of $13.72. We are grateful to Mrs. Grose and Alma Frise for sub- stantial gifts. In September we under- took to support a Formosan Bible stu- dent by paying $6.00 per month. So far we have collected $80.85. Mrs, Fishley reported that for the year we had sent to the W.M.S. secpe- tary 19 quilts, 11 crib quilts, a layettes, 6 boxes (226 bs.) of used clothing. To the Fred Victor Mission have gone 9 large new quilts, 1 used quilt, 260 Ibs. of used clothing and footwear, bes{des fruit and vegetables. Greetings were recelved from Mrs. Tait who is still unable to be with. us. Members were asked to bring their used Christmas cards to the next meet- ing On account of the need for more W.M.S. work it was decided to make an appeal for more women of our con- gregation to join our group. World's Day of Prayer program was left until we could. contact the Sonya W.M.S. "Announcing that this was a day of surprises, Mrs. Eagleson presented our president, Mrs. Bruce with a life- membership certificate and pin, then Mrs. Fishley received a small sewing cabinet in appreciation for the use of her home for every kind of work bee. Instead of the regular study book, Mrs. Eagleson read a letter from For- mosa and recounted some stories she had real in "The Shadows They Cast." Election of Officers resulted in five changes: President--Mrs. Bruce; Vice-Presi- dent, Mrs. Eagleson; Secretary, Mrs. Dawson; .Corr. Secretary, Mrs. Eagleson; Treasurer, Mrs, Clem- ents; Planist, Mrs. Keen; Supply Sec., Mrs. Fishley; Missionary Monthly Sec., Mrs. Butt; Quilting Committee; Mrs. Fishley, Mrs. Dowsoh, Mrs. Mac- Taggart; Buying Committee, Mrs. Harding, Mrs. Osborne;:Mrs. Clements. Next Meeting will be held January 28 at the home of Mrs. Dowson. LIVE BETTER. Electrically .... with an..ELECTRIC WATER HEATER ------ em | liquor advertising. How About That! 1 iiieg times on 26% of e rdin [0] Book of : es Today Fy of Americans. r 8,000 000 © are squthpa ws. a ------ held at the home of Mrs. Butt, had a Ee