NATURE'S ART UNAPPRECIAT! [WOULD BROADEN FACILITIES TO MEET VOCATIONAL NEEDS, The Oakville-Trafalzar Journal hursday, February 1, 1951 SECOND SECTION Page 9 FOUNTY COMM ibis {ALTON KEE WILSON TELLS MEETING Educational facilities at Oak- ville-Trafalgar High School will be broadened in order to meet the subjects," sald Mr. Wilson. "It does not offer many in comparison with some other schools, but it needs for training and vocation-| will as soon as this becomes pos- al guidance of all the young peo-|sible." Quoting a number of sta- ple in the area it serves, D. J.| tistics, he pointed out that in the Um i] | N Wilson, the new principal, told a |year 1946 only 64 out of every 5 meeting of Oakville-Trafalgar | hundred children in Ontario at- Like Oakville, all Halton Tome and School Association in |tended high schools, and that only oY the auditorium Thursday evening. |13 out of 100 ever finished upper Speaking on the theme "Democ-|school. A committee investigating re racy in Education," Mr. Wilson | the causes of pupils leaving school le of Bact, statistics revealed, stressed the importance of devel: | before finishing their courses dir- county was becoming oping the talents and powers Of [found that 49.percent did so be- 3 ative, 1t was merely an each individual student. cause of inadequate teaching fac. IRR New Era HN rtvntne| percent are loaving 2 BREE a eo "At the present time we in Ont| because the schools are not doing Any- os So Instaled,! Boo ario, 1 think, are standing on the |a satisfactory job," the speaker Seive fic town and district tot threshold of a new era in educa-| declared. "Despite the fact that 469. In Milton, 79 more | tion," said the principal. He fe-|we are in a democratic country ann ferred to the recent Hope report|and trying to offer pupils the oh which, he believed, was bound to| things they need, we are not suc: - Eo orgetown have some effect upon the educa- | ceeding too well If more courses eo. onl the tional system of the province. are offered, more pupils will come fin 2000 more of Mr. Bell's "Equality, it seems to me, is one|to school and stay, and will have = fices have been put into, use " inn " SE more average ability. "We are o ; Mr. Wilson declared. "The idea | going to have to offer a wider -- EL past twelve months of giving children who come to in loot es motave ---- 2 school an equal opportunity is one |many pupils can't profit from GOING, GOING, GONE of the basic principles of educa-| those we have now. We will have Forearmed with the expert tion in Ontario." This meant that |to get more teachers and set up orrowfully gleaned from each student was to be given |an adequate guidance service." flav proposition a few mo -- Central Press Canadian every chance to develop his or Sees Obligation back, Milton organization tu L the west coast and buried sections of | her capaci to' the fullest ex-| «It will be my objective to try deaf ear last week to a, 5 of snow painted this picture of Stanley | tent, ample allowance being made | and bring to this school as many folesman for a dramatic d ts of the city. inconvenienced by the °|for the differences between the) children of the town and township se called "Going Places." d to appreciate nature's artistry different individuals. as want to come here," said Mr. jaded enterpi§ i " N . Briefly sketching the progress |Wilson. He stréssed the need for : s didn't go! #0 [it officially opened its new. arena. ] of secondary school education in| competent business men to act Blace in Milton, and the salefvian.|mpe first puck tilt was Just an PLEYERS GROUPS WIN WAY Ontario, Mr. Wilson pointed out |as school trustees, and for the fas quick to get some place | exhibition contest, but in this that prior to 1871 secondary | co-operation of the pupil's parents. Else as soon as he found how the | case, the game wasn't the' thing. schools were limited to male stu-|[ think we have an obligation to nd lay. The last time this type | Residents were more interested dents only. In 1911 vocational|the children of this community bt show hit Milton, the Canadian |i Jooking over the new ice pal- classes were set up, and in 1921 tol see that they get what they hampion declared, the town |ace and the Gazette reports they : : the Adolescent Attendance Act|need in order to develop their in- Eo wore me rote Bn i eat her ville is om lis wey to em-| es are being provided for each |was passed, making school at-| dividual capacities," he conclud- fhen the profits were handed say. inence in the realm of dram. | cast. 2 tendance compulsory to the age|ed. But. oa dram) aroun, those SHI! Tne' Oakville) Clubs) entry willl sixteen & Provision had also||[ ir, Wilson was| frtreduced by HARDLY TROPICAL the Oakville Club and Oakville | pe presented Saturday afternoon, |Deen made for handicapped pu- | John Ross, president of the assoc: "We certainly moved out of thel| POLICE CRUISERS, NOTE! Arts and Crafts, are among the) njarch 17. Date of the Arts and pils in the establishments of |jation. Piano solos were rendered Do el Tn hy Tot week | Greyhounds ean average more] chosen to compete in the | crafts play will be announced schools for the blind, the «deaf, |by lan Fraser. Speaker at the BT li a a oon! Svs Drens Festival | ter. Sterndale Bennett, director | and the mentally retarded. February meeting, on Thursday, Er ht: 0s i Tolono held in Hart Fouse|op the Canadian Theatre School, Thirteen Percent February 22, will be \Prof. John iorald, who is nevertheless still] there are some Who maintain they | foe ee University of Toronto, screened 52 players' groups be-| I wonder if yoy know that this | Diltz 'of the Ontario Department Eb mazed at the dearth of snow this | can travel even faster than that. ee on b layers 150, selecting _ the sever Central | School offers thirty different | of Hducation. © akville ul yers | ontario finalists. ~The winning L I d mat- rearing esilient x legs. .95 $59.95 --_-- NTREAT REAL ESTATE -- INSURANCE -- MORTGAGES Jarvis & Ryrie J. F. CARTER, ASSOCIATE 118 COLBORNE ST..EAST Phone 490 -- Holidays 296-W * OPEN EVENINGS | MacTaggart is Group entry is "Born Yesterday fastmoving play with a modern New York setting which was re- cently made into a movie. 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DELUXE SERVICE: In at 9 am, at 4 p.m. same day LEADING CANADIAN ARTISTS Something distinctively differ ent is offered Oakville music loy- ers in the third concert of the series presented by the Oakville Trafalgar Home and School As- sociation at the high school aud- ftorfum on Friday evening, Feb. 9. Four leading Canadian music- ians, each a leader in the field in which he or she excels, will form a concert party, to bring to the community a wealth of talent. The group includes piano and violin soloists and two singers. 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