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_1 30» â€" 50% Because of the interest aroused in a series. of articles that 1 wrote some weeks ago On the British university "hit or miss" problem}. I decided to research the "misses". Several letters have since grossed the Atlantic and I am now in receipt of the varied reactions, hopes and conâ€" flagrations of the "rejects". Of the 20,000 applicants rejectâ€" ed by the universities, some try again, some turn to a second choice. and some make a cult of their disappointment. Apparently, those who cannot write off their dreams of being +n undergraduate tell themselves that the offer of a place devends on luck as much as on merit, and this, of course, is true in many cases. But, in spite of the odds »gainst them they continue subâ€" mitting, applications: Ruth Adam of thelSunday Observer describâ€" ed the malady as: "like a gamâ€" bler putting coins into a fruit mwachine, sure that" the jackpot must come up at last." Many of these aspirants obtain odd jobs to keep them going, while they wait for the arrival of the longedâ€"for letter: "I can‘t tike anything permanent, there‘s still a chance," they say. Es s ere One boy, who has sent in 19 applications during the past three years. is bent on working his way. to Canada and trying for a uniâ€" versity here if he fails once again to gain entrance. Even the headâ€"masters get in on the act by personally eoachâ€" their students and writing letters of recommendation. One master who had written 30 such letters for a student said: "I‘d just sucâ€" ceeded in making the boy see it realistically and agree to go to a Tech. when he got a fluke Aâ€" leve! distinction in one subject, on his third try at it, and that started him off on the rounds of universities again." "These are the children" says Ruth Adam, "who have made university application into a selfâ€" inflicted trial by ordeal, to test whether they measure up to the cream of their ageâ€"group. Getâ€" ting turned down is a permanent wound to their selfâ€"esteem. It crystallises all the selfâ€"doubts of adolescence." £ C M Snsce She claims that the rejects of 1959 â€" those at the beginning of the rush â€" are using it as an excuse for every failure in their personal life, as the middleâ€"aged. man, who is passed over when. others are promoted, decides that it must be because he never got to an English Public School. Students blame schools and schools blame parents: "You get the father who wants to be able to talk about ‘my boy at Oxâ€" ford‘" they claim, "and the mother who is determined that her Johnflie shall get a degree, when Johnnie may, in fact, have reached his ceiling at Oâ€"level." The Dean of a women‘s college says: "We get girls who should never have applied â€" those who scrambled through the necessary exams simply by learning evâ€" erything by heart. It makes me cross and sad, and I tell their schouls so. Better a good Cocâ€" donâ€"Bleu than an indifferent Despite this sound advice, one cannot overlook the fact that many of the rejects are brill:ant students and worthy of higher education. While some schools recognize this dreadful waste and attempt to help their students others divorce themselves from obligetion. "I know we used to talk them into staying on," said cne headâ€"master "but the sixth soes on swelling, without the staff to cope, and there are plenâ€" tv more with brains coming up, who ought to get their chance." A Viceâ€"Chancelior adds: ‘‘In anv case, sending a child back to schoo! for a year, to turn an Aâ€"level 63 into a 65 seems to me Cisastrous from the child‘s point of view." An attitude similar to despair has aitacked many of the rejects, <ime of whom have settled down to camping on the fringes of uniâ€" versitv life. They take jobs close MARTEN‘S FURS 2853 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (between 4th and 5th Sts.) NEW TORONTO FUR SALE ON REGULAR STOCK REDVYCT 1O NS FINAL WEEK! has sent in 15 A New Look... ... At Education of of by Joy McAllister to the universities to be near old friends of the sixth form. One cxpu'fi.it this way: "The ones up at university are the only ones I can really talk to. 1 climb out of their colleges at night, instead of climbing in." â€" The largest of all secretaria‘ colleges now offers a course speâ€" clally for rejected university apâ€" plicants. They train secretaryâ€" [linguisu for the Common Marâ€" ket. It is similar to a degree| course with a financial differâ€" ence. By the time the university student has graduated the "Comâ€" mon Market" graduate has beenl earning for a year. The top ones cari get one thousand pounds| sterling a year in their early‘ twenties. This is the student who is hope ’irifou with the uniâ€" versity _ Adea .. The., ones ~whe wanted it for a definite vocationâ€" al reason, however, turn to their second choice. . Wouldâ€"be Arts students book a provisional vacancy in an office or a bank â€" the big five banks select trainees on a sixâ€"weeks residential test, the universities on a 15â€"minute interview, and wouldâ€"be scienâ€" tists apply to a College of Adâ€" vanced Technology. One girls‘ school advises reâ€" jéCted medical students to take a physiotherapy course and their wouldâ€"be English graduates, secâ€" retarial training, then attempts to get the latter group positions with a magazine or publisher. Almost as difficult to get into as the university is the teachers‘ training college â€" the second choice of the academic student. And it is interesting to note that daughters of clerical workers, the group least interested in univerâ€" sity entrance (only half of them apply for it, compared with alâ€" most twoâ€"thirds of the daughters of manual workers), make trainâ€" ing college their first choice. "But even the most brokenâ€" hearted rejected applicant" says Ruth Adam, "has found out in time, that it is much more seriâ€" ous to get into a university and not be able to stay the course. Over three in every 20 are failâ€" ures and already, the sentâ€"down are becoming a recognized group. Ten years ago, when the univerâ€" sities had less than a third of the present number of applicants to choose from, the ‘wastingâ€"rate‘ was lower than it is today. Even at that time, it wasted considerâ€" ably over two million pounds sterling of the â€" community‘s money every year." Australia considers it a "naturâ€" al right" of any matriculated stuâ€" dent to proceed to university, and France is accepting overcrowdâ€" ing as well as a very high rate of wastage. Fewer than 50 per cent of French undergraduates get a degree. Whatever this may prove it seems obvious that Britain must put forth a superâ€"human effort to correct this pathetic situation. Human waste is far more serious than any financial loss. Other countries are experiencing simâ€" ilar pressure for higher educaâ€" tion and some are courageously meeting the demand. PREVENT INFANT s POISONINGS â€" h By Dr. Robert E. Gosselin | Director, Poison Information | Center, Mary Hitchock Memorial ‘ Hospital, Hanover, N.H. ’_‘ As babies begin to crawl and‘ walk, and as thgir natural in-‘t quisitiveness grows, they beâ€"} come susceptible to accidenul‘ poisonings. Surprisingly boys beâ€"| tween the ages of one and lhrge‘ are â€" statistically _ more likelyl candidates for poisoning than are girls in the same age group. | Since the most common cause of, infant poisoning is the accidenâ€" \tal swallowing of drugs, mediâ€" cines and household chemicals, Ifhe basic rule for prevention is simply this. Place all potentiâ€". m ALL ABOUT BABIES ... \i“%fi%;}) A Public Service of the *# ~ National Baby Care Council A Public Service of the National Baby Care Council : Mrs. D. S. Seeley, Islington Ave., entertained at luncheon for | |committee members who are| completing plans for the Valenâ€") tine card party being held by the ; \Guild of Michael Power High \School, Islington, which will be| \held in the auditorium on Thursâ€" ‘day evening, February 14. | THIS CUDDLESOMEF BUNNY pyjama case will | downy delight the v~ungest member of your fomily}cbtoine und stimulate the oldest with her needle. velope Simple and easy to make in fur fabric or! $ 5701 Michael Power High | Plans Card Party For Valentine‘s | Former Alderwood ‘Gouple Celebrate 44 Years Married School, Islington, which will be| The first national baking chamâ€" _ At Provincial and National held in the auditorium on Thursâ€" pionship for teenâ€"age girls ever| Bakeâ€"Offs, entrants will be askâ€" day evening, February 14. {held in Canada has been inaugâ€" ed to bake their own recipe plus The guests will be received by urated by the millers gOf _Five|a "qualifying" recipe provided by the Principal, Rev. J. B. Mullins, |Roses Flour, A. Atkins, president,|the Bakeâ€"Off committee. Ten ofâ€" C.S.B., the Moderator, Rev. F. J.© announced today. _ \ficial "Young Canada" qualifying McCarty, C.S.B., the president.| "The bakeâ€"offs will be conâ€" recipes are now available. One Mrs. Ffank C. Cleary and Mrs. ducted and maintained on the of these will be selected for use Seeley; general convener. Mrs.{highest plane to give 9"C°“fflfle’1at each Provincial and National George Crowe assisted by Mrs ment and recognition to the bakâ€"| Bakeâ€"Off. Kenneth Thompson will be in ‘ing skills of young Canadian$."} ‘png Notonal Champion selectâ€" charge of decorations. Mr. Atkins said. "Every yesriucg in ‘Toronto will hecoime Mrs. Norman Flahiff, Mrs, A. young Canadian girls will have syouns Canada Homebaking L. Mackenzie, Mrs. C. J. Mcâ€"|an opportunity to display their Champion of 1963", and will reâ€" Keough, Mrs. Daniel Sunday.|baking skills in friendly compeâ€") (sive a $1500 educational grant Mrs. Edmund Butler, Mrs. Roger tition with other teenâ€"agers from| or , §1 q99 Canada Savings Bond. Reaudry Mre S M O‘Neill Mrs |across Canada." Pothab o roud Inerpuaaeataiinn alrveramae Mrs. Norman Flahiff, Mrs, A. L. Mackenzie, Mrs. C. J. Mcâ€" Keough, Mrs. Daniel Sunday. Mrs. Edmund Butler, Mrs. Roger Beaudry, Mrs. S. M. O‘Neill, Mrs. W, V. Bedolfe, Mrs. T. A. Legris, Mrs. Frank Young and Mrs. J. L. Jerome are conveners of various comittees who will assist Mrs. Seeley at the party. Thirtyâ€"one relatives and friends were present including eight of their nine children. Mr. John Stewart, the couple‘s eldest son, travelled in from Sudbury with his wife to attend the event. VUI DUADILDJ ... ‘ Drugs and medicines account: omm |for about oneâ€"third of the acciâ€", ce of the |dents. About 18 per cent of the, Care Council accidents are caused by swalâ€"‘ § l!owing detergents, cleaners and| ally harmful substances in places car polishes. Insecticides, rodenâ€"| that are completely inaccessible. ticides, insect repellents, bleachâ€" The substances that cause acâ€"/ing solutions and disinfectants cidental poisoning are present iniare some of the other substances most every home, And wherevcrxmvolved. + l they are present, danger lurks.‘ Storing harmful substances in‘ COULSTON‘S PHARMACY | LONG BRANCH, 3759 Lake Shore Bivdé. w. _ 259â€"1552 HOLLAND PHARMACY MIMICO, 213 Reyal York Rdé. ........... CL. 13371 KNAGGS PHARMACY LTD, LONG BRANCH, 3459 Loke Shore Bivé. W. _ 259â€"4603 DON RUSSELL PHARMACY NEW TORONTO, 2891 Loke Shore Bivd. W. CL, 1â€"2201 WALTER‘S DRUG STORE ALDERWOOD, 94 Brown‘s Line ................. CL. 1â€"7751 WHITLOCK‘S DRUG STORE qurensway, #36 The Queenswey .......... CL, 1â€"7411 WORDSWORTH‘S Drug Store MIMICO, 2422 Leke Shore Bivd. W. ........... CL, 1â€"6261 SAVE TODAY AT 1.D.A. B A N Deodorant 1:=>= ~»==â€"â€"â€" BANDâ€"AID Plastic Strips BENYLIN Expectorant s« BRYLCREEM ::« CLAIROL Creme Formula > CORICIDIN 2s _ NIVEA CREME + & OLD SPICE After Shave Lotion >+:â€"â€". ADORN 7 AQUA VELVA + gifts PRICES EFFECTIVE TO JANUARY 26 The search for "The Young Canada Baking Champion . of 1963" will begin with entrants submitting the answers to a series of qualifying questions that estabâ€" lish baking knowâ€"how. They must also send a favorite recipe. Entâ€" rants must be between the ages of 13 and 17 inclusive, as of April 28th, 1963. The search is on for the outâ€" standing young Canadian homeâ€" baker. a% If an entry is determined as being one of the ten best in the Province where the girl resides, sheâ€"will be invited to attend the Provincial Bakeâ€"Off along with a parent, or chaperone. Provincial Bakeâ€"Offs begin March 23rd, and a winner from each Province will be named and will receive a $100 $1,500 Educational Grant For Young Canada Baking Champion Plus 90 Prizes For Runnersâ€"Up downyâ€"soft bianket cloth the pattern may be ubtained by sending c stumped addressed enâ€" velope to this paper. Ask for Model No. household containers that babies associate with food and drink is ‘another contributory cause of ‘poisoning among babies. The ‘number of people who store poiâ€" ‘sonous substances such as keroâ€" sene and gasoline in soft drink ‘bottles is appalling. | If these substances had been \kept in their original containers ‘and placed in outâ€"ofâ€"theâ€"way areas, where babies and young children could not réach them, lthe occurrence of : poisoning ‘would have been eliminated. up will receive a $25 cash award, and 300 special citations will also be awarded. The National Champion selectâ€" ed in Toronto will become "Young Canada Homebaking Champion of 1963", and will reâ€" ceive a $1,500 educational grant or a $1,000 Canada Savings Bond. She will also be given a suitably inscribed Silver Rose trophy for permanent possession. Canada Savings Bonds in the amount of $200 and $100 will be awarded to the second and third finalists. & March 23rd, Moncton, N.B.; March 23rd, St. John‘s, Nfld.; March 30th, Charlottetown, P.E.L; March 30th, Halifax, N.S.; March Judging panels have been esâ€" tablished across the country, made up of some forty leading home economists. Helen Gougeon, known from coastâ€"toâ€"coast as one of Canada‘s leading food authoriâ€" ties is special consultant for the Bakeâ€"Offs. ; Special Special Special Special Special Special Special Special Special Special ...... 1.68 ........ 1.08 98c . 48¢ 1.68 98c 1.08 1.98 1.28 68c LADIES‘ NYLON Gowns & ‘Jamas Pert ‘n perfect styles for school, dress, and play. Full size range, 1 to 14X. 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