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i Member of ~The Canadian Weekly Newspape + Association ) a = Bn Mie dhs ola od 1 8 THE 'STAR EDITORIAL PAGE wr he ppm PO sn Te A SRI EST AE TT ONT Thursday, February 6th, 1959 ~ 'Notes and Comments The English Language What an amazing language English x a barbaric tongue spoken or used by a handful of Western it was brought to Eng- 6th .and 6th centuries really is. Originally, Germanic tribes, land between the and in the course-¢f its de 1500 'years, people of the world to-da It is 'spoken in every continent, It is the official language of peoples. as diverse as it has spread throughout the world. Some four hundred guages. into English. velopment over millions of the y use English. wonderful but ~ the Climates in which it is found. And yet there is no trace of an organization devoted to the spread and use of this lan- guage, In this respect it differs from other It differs, too, 'languages of the world. in other remarkable ways. kind of mongrel language having its roots 'in the language of the Angles and the Jutes but borrowing heavily from Greek, Latin ahd French. Nor is limited to these three particular lan- Perhaps the Words. from some. other 'twenty to thirty languages: have found their way Languages differ. French is too linear for emphasis.' :Span- ish is sweet but monotonous. than to life and always follows music." It is a language without initiative. spread so throughout the worltt is twofold. ° German is 'balky. Italian is lends itself to music rather reason why English has First the language is flexible "andvever- It is at all times in 'tune with the times--This is unique with English. Secondly, English has lent itself tolitera- ture as no other language. ' It has been a * changing. First, it is a supreme veh its borrowings Canada's Defence , "At 'the present time, we avrather unhappy squeeze. our close ties with the United States, and because we are a member of Nato, it ap- pears that we are committed to a pro- gramme of military preparedness and mili- tary 'expenditure which can no 'useful purpose. ; With the current race States and the Soviet in the production of fantastically costly ICBM's and IRBM's, it is difficult to determine how best to blindly ignoring the warning signs all "plan and carry out our ow hat should we do about defence? How can we best make use of o our productivity? «Ag -long-as war was projected on the basis of World War II, Canada had a real contribution to make. Faced now, as we are," with the threat of a nuclear missile war, the picture is entirely different. The whole problem of.our force and navy needs re-thi a kind of re-thinking that want to do. It is much more comfort- are caught in Because of on as in the and realistic, Such action m serve little or whole econom = lems we never! have encountered before. However, .the problem exists 'whether . we like to-admit it or not, and the question arises--How much longer can we go on "between the n programme. around us? ur. wealth and gloomily state army, our air- sources on mi nking and it's we just don't ment. from the succinct dissertation to the: most elaborate and delicate poetry. :»Truly "an amazing language---one of the world's:uni- fying forces that is: often overlooked. . able, even if it is silly and futile, to carry drastic revisions in the entire "military set-up and in our total defence effort. General Turning, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff for the 'Unitedi'States-- ing. for military hardware could result: in the U.S: losing without ever firing a 'shot".. If 'this is so, Canada apparéntly is in: no position to squander her 'wealth and: re- What, then, is a realistic 'policy ?'* Here is a real question for our present govern- icle "for human' expression past. Re-appraisal, honest might impel us to make ight temporarily disrupt our y and bring to light prob- d that "irresponsible spend- litary preparedness. «| sitting on and do something fine for KEEP HYDRO OUT OF POLITICS | he proposal of Premier Frost: to create a Ministry of Energy is the first step along the road that could ulti- mately lead to political: interference; and control of the Ontario Hydro- Electric Power Commission. Such a course is undesirable from every point of view. Premier Frost should take a long second look at the possibilities that may very well come to pass should he implement the plan outlined for the first time in the Speech from the Throne. The municipalities and indeed the citizens of Ontario, once they really ' matter--who doubts Canada's ability Much of it will come -- is coming -- ~understand the implications of this plan,. will surely oppose it strongly. There is nothing in the corporate life of the Province of Ontario in which successive governments over the years can take more pride than in the de-| base to the point where it is now on story and an outstanding one, because velopment and administratiori of On-| the verge of obtaining university 'the principals who have made it so-- tario Hydro. Where suggestions of scandal and graft in other parts of | Canada have gone hand-in-hand with there has been imaginative leadership dents and the community--were not slow development of electrical power, and poor service, particularly in rural | jevel. Educators have sought and re- . "government should do something." areas, here in Ontario we have seen huge strides of development carried out that have brought electrical power _ into every part of the Province, in- clyding the remote areas, at low cost Facilities at Waterloo introduced a co- be proud to follow. and without a_breath of scandal or politieal interference, - . Ontario Hydro has not been engaged in any public edntroversy since the 1930s when the late Mitchell Hepburn ' cancelled contracts with privately own. ed Quebec power companies. To place Hydro under direct control "yentional engineering school where of a cabinet minister would lead to' such political temptations as would be almost impossiblé to resist. With the! possibility of using this vast organiza- tion-<which lets contracts on an an- nual basis of all kinds running into millions of" 'dollars; which requires | purchases of land and rights; which 'has on. its payroll thousands of men' and women-- the pressurés to which "this as yet unnamed cabinet minister and this successors would be subjected by those who for political reasons felt they deserved a slice of this rich melon |- would, to' say. the least, be severe, There is no doubt that Government intervention in the area of natural gas | ed; "attracting highly "qualified men | co would be welcome, but Premier Frost 'Clipped Comments has attacked the problem in the wrong way. Instead of bringing Ontario Hydro under the politiéal control of a cabinet minister, the proper solution would be to nationalize other. sources of energy in Ontario and organize them into a commission modelled after the existing one which represents a model of service and efficiency. ' THE TELEGRAM, Jan. 29, '69 venture in co-operative education. One hundred percent of the students have been placed in'industry, more are eag- er to enrol. The Waterloo experiment, it' will be seen, has worked. ' 'The 'marriage of theory and practice is a success. Now, with the institution well on the way to becoming a bona fide degree-grant- ing university, a 205-acre site Has been bought. Between now and 1965 more than $15 million will be invested in construction of 19 buildings to-house SUCCESS, STORY Any Canadian Industrial or busi- nessman -- or any Canadian for that | to pull up its educational socks should visit Waterloo College, Ontario. A small liberal arts college 30 years i ago, Waterloo College has ately ex- panded and broadened its academic status. It has done so, primarily, because and a sense of purpose at the local ceived wholehearted backing from in- dustry, business and the community at large. / : | Eighteen months ago, the Associate operative plan for engineering courses. Under the plan, the first of its kind in Canada, students spend six months out of every twelve in industry, alternat- | ing at three-monthly intervals between the campus and the workshop. This system compares with the con- the' students spend seven months on campus and five on vacation. To com- pensate for the net loss of one month per year in classrooms, Watérloo's en- gineering course is of five years dura- tion, instead of the usual four, | Clearly, if this new (for Canada)' concept of technical education was to! suecéed; it had to win the support of | industry. It did. Today, 118 Cana- dian companies are participating in' the plan, and the number continues to grow. | Existing classroom facilities are operating 12 months of the year. A distinguished faculty has been recruit- 1 who sense the challenge of this new [creation. With the Greeks, sport was '| the new College and Associate Facul- ties. Where is the money coming from? from the companies who have asso- ciated themselves with the College, from other areas of industry and busi- ness, and from individual Canadians. The Waterloo story is 'a success 'the educators on its staff, the men of industry and of commerce, the stu- content with merely clamouring that " They themselves did-something to begin with to advance the cause of Higher Education and, in so doing, blazed a trail other Canadians should --INDUSTRY Canadian Manufacturer Assoc. SPORT AND EDUCATION A good deat~of criticism is being directed at the U.8.A, for having spent $40,000,000,000 in 1958 on recreation and only $14,000,000,000 on education. The criticism is probably deserved, bit it might also be recalled that in their greatest period the 'Greeks used little of their iwealth for. edueation, while concentrating. much-on:games, Soc- rates and Plato taught inexpensively, manly by ehatting, with practically no equipment." "Arfatotlevmisinly did the same, althought he invented the sys- tems of keeping records, which led to the * paraphernalia. of present:= day schools. "Although the library. as Alexandria maintained civilization in. an otherwise. inferior, period, nothing has been found in.education to surpass the conversation of sages. Z It is probably a waste of time to mplain about expenditures on re. > '| held: in the Prospect: Church on Wed- nesday, .Feb. 11th at 8.30 p.m. And 'then towards the .end. of the month we will be able to have a meeting of the 'Official Board; and receive the | Statement, and' conclude the business of the year that is past." We shall give a full account in due time. There will be two more Lady Stewards, namely Mrs. Will Holtby of Manches- ter, and Mrs. Victor Aldred of the Island, together with our two Ladies from Prospect, makes a total of four, The Leaders of our "Guides" would like to meet with all the girls of the Island who are eleven and over, and .|who are interested in forming a 'Troop. The place "will be the base- ment of Scugog "Grace" Church, on Monday, February 9th at 7.00 p.m. And then on" Wednesday, Feb. 18th both girls and Leaders are invited to Port Perry, to meet with the Troop there. We. are so pleased that the Leaders of both boys dnd girls in Port Perry are so willing to help, and en- courage. all who would like to enter this sphere of work. There should be a place in this whole movement for the little Rural Churches around Port 'Perry to "give "Leadership; -and gather in these children into a world wide © movement. So many little Churches 'haven't the: facilities; . but they 'might 'be'able to provide some Leadership, 'and if all could meet for an' evening at w+ Céntral Point, we | might be amazed at: what could be '0f Many Things <= byvAmbrosé Hills' ARE YOU BLUE Anybody in the audience feeling blue? Well' Mister, I can tell you how to cheer up, but fast! Simply get up off whatever you are somebody else. Try it--go on! Go and give your wife a kiss, or pat one of your youngsters on the head, and make yourself smile. Everybody get blue. Everybody can get over it. Abe Lincoln tells us that the average man is about as happy as he makes up his mind to be. So make up your mind, buddy! " When I get blue-I-lecture myself. I have a few 3 by 6 filing cards on which I type out things I like to re- remember. One of the items is a cheerer-upper, written long, long ago by some fellow called Marco Morrow. I read it this morning when I got out of bed tired and gloomy, with a head cold and too much work ahead of me --work which I could have had done if I'd like to pass those words along to you. Cut them out and paste them in your hat. "It is a glorious privilege to live, to know, to act, to listen, to' behold, to love. "To look up at the blue summer sky; to see the sun sink slowly beyond the line of the horizon; to'watch the the worlds 'come' twinkling into view, first ore' by one; and then'myrids that no man can count, and lo! the universe is white with them; and you and I are here." Cynics may point out that here in Winnipeg, where 1' am writing this, the temperature is 22 below this morn- dng; the sun is getting up not sinking, the-sky is grey with: clouds, and the smoke from the Centrnl Heat plants is pushing straight south by the icy 'wind. 'Sure, that's so." But the frost is lovely on our windows, the den where I write is warm enough, the smell of percolating coffee reaches me, the rent is paid for this month, and I'm alive. Best of all, I'm the white-haired boy around home, This morning, at break- fast, 1 said to my wife, "Boy, you're looking lovely this morning." She was, too, but she nearly dropped dead with surprise when I said so. Giggled, too. And suspiciously asked me what deviltry I'was up to. I didn't tell her. I not'going to tell you, either! a religion. Pindar based his entire but on the glorification of the win- ners) *8itting most' of Sat. afternoon and evening watching games on T.V. antl then: putting in some of Monday reading. the. details and comments in the newspapers is a strange way to live, but these rites have been perform- ed in one way or anothér by humanity for several thousand years. poetry, not only on the Olympic games |: 'District Churches "iScugog, > Manchester and Prospect The figures for our Financial States '"Jment are pretty well in hand, and no- '*| tices are. going aut, calling our. Stew- '"lards together, to check same and ar- "rive at estimates for the .New Year. The: meeting of the Stewards will be accomplished. '+xWa hope 'within the next two week to 'have.our ten: boys initiated into Scouts, so they will be able to wear their.uniforms. «And then on Sunday, Feb. 22nd have them all attend Church Service in the Pros- pect Church, Our. Counsellors, met. last evening (Monday) at the home of Ruby Roach of Manchester. - Somehow we; hyber- nated during January; but Spring is on the way, and the work must go on. The next meeting of our P.M.S.HiC will be on Wednesday, February 25th in the Prospect' Church at 8.30 p.m. There will be the election of 'Officers, and a'slate is: being prepared as a guide. ' The executive has rendered a very valuable service, and worked so harmoniously with oug, Counsellors. Arrangements are being made to go bowling on Tuesday; March 10th, if the «alleys: are available, .The- cost will be fifty cents per person, which will: cover. our. expenses. Also arran- gements are being made for our next Sunday: evening; Service far the Area on Sunday, March 22nd... We. will be able. to: announce full particulars at a later date. As we approach Easter, we begin to think of new recruits for the Church. The time does come when we do eommit ourselves to Jesus Christ and His Kingdom." If you have been attending the Church Services, and would like to become an active mem- ber of the Church, you will have an opportunity to do so at Easter. The Minister will be pleased to meet with you and help you in any way. It isin THIS LIFE that we are trained: for service, not only here; but throughout all' eternity, On: Sunday 'our theme was JESUS. We believe that in Jesus Christ, God comes face to face with men; so that they learn that bears their sorrows, and their sins, God loves them, seeks their good, and claims their exclusive faith and perfect obedience." The revival of religion must begin with Church Mem- bers." The old Adam is not complete- ly dead. God does not expect per- fection immediately He calls'us. But the longer we remain in His company, the cleaner we become. No one can look squarely at Jesus and be the same as he was before. These are a few excerpts from the Sermon. Come and think through with us some of the great truths; which as Christians we say that we believe. Woe are planning to have our first Sunday Evening Service at 'Scugog 'Head Memorial", Church on Sunday, Feb- ruary 15th at 8.00 p.m. Scugog "Head" W.A. will meet this Wednesday evening at the home of Joyce Heayn, and Manchester W.A. on Thursday afternoon at the home of Ruby Fielding. Next week Wednes- day Scugog "Grace" W.A. will meet in the evening at the Manse, and on Thursday evening the Prospect W.A. will meet. Remember that we have changed the date of our Choir Prac- tise on the Island from Thursdays to Friday evenings. ] | We have been slow in congratulat- ing Mr. and Mrs. Wright Crosier on celebrating fifty-five years of mar- ried life. Maybe if we really knew Just how .many married 'people are - Ah ' Hilltop Herald winning mood. Last week the boys ed Brock, and the senior girls also won, but our juniors went down to de- feat. ) rl This Friday, Feb. ¢ the girls bas- ketball teams go to Sutton and the Sutton boys come here. On Saturday, Feb, 7th the bantam basketball team will go to Sutton to compete in a tournament. On Friday evening. Miss McCully is escorting a group of senior students from Uxbridge and Port Perry High Schools to the Crest Theatre in Tor- onto to attend the play 'Thunder Rock", A bus load of students ventured to "Sky Loft" last Tuesday for an after- noon of fun and frolic at skiing. Mr, Jefford was proud to announce last Monday the arrival of a bounc- ing baby son. ' We were happy to see Mr. King back to school this week after an in- jury to his knee. Also, Marlene Ba- dour suffered from an injury she ob- tained while playing basketball. But that doesn't keep her away from school; she uses her crutches. In thé final game between Bill Mc- Millan's and Dale Lowcock's curling teams, Dale Lowcock's team came out victorious. The score being 5-3. Manchester at Ruby Fieldings on Thursday after- "living very happily together, we | wouldn't get the notion that marriage is failing. God bless you Mr. and; Mrs. Crosier, and we dgghope that you | make- the Diamond Celebration. Our sympathy and love to the Lane family ard to all who are in Hospitals and | shut in at home. "Someday He'll make it plain to us, and someday we'll understand". We do invite all who! are able to come and worship with | us on Sunday, come and bring the] ' children. | noon Feb. 5th at 2.00 p.m. Mrs. Gladys Archer spent a couple of weeks in Sutton. Ruby Roach entertained the execu- tive of Young People's on Monday evening. Mrs. Betty Young and daughter Margaret of Toronto were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Crosier on Sunday. We are sorry to report the infant daughter of Mr, and Mrs: Jack Wan- ninkhof is in Sick Children's Hospi- tal. We hope for her speedy return home. istrict NEW HIGHWAY ROUTE HAS BEEN PLOTTED The exact line for a new -lane high- way, to pass through the northern section of Ontario county, has been plotted, according to W. J. Fulton, the deputy minister of highways. The new proposed expressway will provide access to the Muskoka area and-will- run on the east side of Lake Simcoe. Work will begin as soon as the Don Valley parkway is near com- pletion. L. The new road will duplicate High- way 400 as a tourist-traffic artery. It will link up with the Don Valley park- way, north of Woodbine avenue and Steele's Avenue in Toronto and will run into Highway 12 near the junec- tion of Highways 2 and 7, just north of Sunderland. The exact route to be followed by the highway is a closely guarded se- cret to prevent land speculation. SPREAD OVER 5,000 TONS OF SAND ON PICKERING TP. ROADS To date this winter; more than 5000 tons of sand has been spread over icy roads in 'Pickering Township. This figure was revealed by Road Supt. Jack Chapman at a special meeting of Council on Monday night. - Last wint- er, only 500 tons of sand was used. $50,000 FOR MARKHAM TWP. SCHOOL SITE A price of $60,000 has been asked for a' fifteen-acre school in Markham Township near Bayview. A delegation of township representatives from the 'Markham-Richmond Hill High School Board 'appeared ' before Council on Monday night. ' The members present were Stewart Rumble and Wesley Mid- 'dleton. The new school which the Board is proposing to build would take care of all students east 6f Yonge Street. Mr. Rumble requested an early decision as the school would need to be in opera- tion in September; 1961, LOCUST HILL SOLICITOR ASKS MARKHAM COUNCIL TO BLOCK AIR FIELD Mr. Conlifi, Solicitor for Locust Hill residents, numbering 24 in opposition, asked Markham Township Council to block the establishment of an air field on Howard Hagerman farm, No. 7 highway. A deputation of thirty-eight persons attended the council meeting on Monday night. A number appeared only as spectators. Dr. Harper, one of the associates ~The Printed Word preparing to build the air field, said 13 Doing that an option had been taken on the 24-acre farm; that the consent of the Dept. of Highways had been obtained and an application placed before the Board of Transportx: This application would not be dealt with until consent of council was given. Dr. Harper said that a considerable number of younger people were inter- ested in flying should be encouraged in this day and age. Mr. Conlin said that as far as he knew, only the person selling the farm was interested in having the field. He said that the idea that such a field would be an asset in war-time was ri- diculous. ""The best interests of the community would be served if council refused the application," he added. TAKE FOUR BALLOTS TO ELECT REEVE DOWSWELL TO ROAD BD. Members of the Ontario County roads and bridges committee, the board of management of Fairview Lodge and the County's representative on the Children Aid Society were named at Wednesday's meeting of the county council in Whitby, Named for a five-year term on the Road Board was Reeve Patrick Duffy of Mara Township. He was elected on the first ballot over William: A. Heron, of Whitby Township, and Reeve Earl Dowswell, of Uxbridge Twp. ° After five ballots were called Reeve Dowswell was named. for a four-year term on the road board. He won out over Reeve Russell Francis, of Thorah Twp. and Reeve Heron of Whitby Twp. Named to the board of management of Fairview Lodge were Reeve R. Fer- guson, of Uxbridge, and Reeve J. J. Gibson, of Port Perry. Losing out was Reeve Kenneth Lev, of Whitby. Appointment by Warden Walter Beath as county representatives on the Children's Aid Society were Reeve Kenneth Lee, of Whitby, Reeve Wm. A. Heron of Whitby Twp., and County Clerk William A. Manning. GAY COLORING APRONS FROM COTTON FEED BAGS When a budding young artist begs for crayons, it's a wise mother who firat of all turns a gaily printed cot- ton feed bag or flour scak into a cover-all apron with handy cobbler pockets, All you need, according to ping the chain-stitched seam. soaking the fabric in warm, soapy water to remove labels and printed brand names, po local sewing _ center experts, is. one 26-pound print bag and a package of bias binding. Prepare the bag for sewing by rip- Then Our basketball teams are still in the © (Jr, and Sr.) basketball teams defeat. . The Women's Association will meet .