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Thursday, April 26, 1951.

TEE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LARLY. B.C.

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B.C. SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAM
HELD UP AS GOOD EXAMPLE

An aggressive program of school over-

hauling in British Coulmbla provides
strohg proof that Canada’s shamefully |
antiquated schools can be eliminated
Fred Bodsworth writes in an article
titled “The Shacks We Call Schools” in
the current issue of Maclean's.
Boasting by Canadians about their
modern schools has completely obscur-
ed the fact that education still goes or.
in tl of dated, dung
iuse ill-furnished and badly lit shacks
which no progressive farmer would

use to shelter a milk herd, says Bods-
worth.

But in British Columbia. a report by
D r.Max Cameron, professor of educa-
tion at the University of B.C., at the end
of the war, brought prompt action by
the province, which reorganized 649
scattered school districts into 74. began
to spend 150 times as much per year on:
schools as it did before the war, and
launched a school building program
which has cost $40 millions in the past
two and one half years. It is now
estimated that eighty percent of B.C.
children are now attending either new
or extensively renovated schools.

Although there are 1,500 new schools
in Canada with glass block walls, air
conditioning, acoustic ceilings, terrazo
floors and suntrap windows, 10,000
others have no lights and must clese
early on dull afternoons because stud-

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ents cannot see the blackboard, say:
Bodsworth
Rovghly 10,000 Canadian schools, says

| Bodsworth, have no indoor toilets.

‘An estimated 5,000 still use on!y pail
and dipper for drinking water, thereby
spreading epidemics. There are a thous
and or so whose only water supply is a
nearby stream. In Ontario there are 31
log cabin schools, in ‘Manitoba 42, and,
says Bodsworth, “nobody has counted
bow many more there are in the rest
of Canada.

Bosworth quotes a reputable school
architect as saying: “Many schools in
towns, as well as rural areas, are noth-
ing but grim and ugly fortresses, super
fire traps with oily floors, poor lightiag,
Victorian sanitary facilities and little
play space. a

One teacher in eastern Ontrio re-
cently complained the average tem-
peratures for Novemper were 52 de-
grees at 9 am., 54 degrees at noon,
and wrote: “I wear woolen underhose
and heavy cotton overhose. My feet
are still cold.”

Bodsworth gives evidence of chil-
dren wearing coats, hats and even
mittens in school and reports that “Aa
thousand rural teachers have quit
their jobs in Quebec because of pour
heating.”

About four years ago, Winnipeg call-
ed a team of educationists from the
University of Chicago to give unbiased
comments on city schools. “The report
left more red ears around Winnipeg
than any Portage Avenue blizzar,”
says Bodsworth.

British Columbia, says Bodsworth,
affords the strongest proof that anti-
schools can be eliminated just as soon
as citizens admit,the need. The prov-
ince now pays 70 percent of new school
costs a8 against the former 30 percent.
Rebuilding in BIC. is going on so fast
the Minister of Eduction has time to
do little more than run around the
province officiating at opening cere-
monies.

“§.0.S.” has no literal meaning, but
was chosen as a distress signal be-

cause if its ease in transmitting.

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ON gEOCD TERMS” WITH THE LANDLORD

—central Press Canadian

The King and Queen of England and Princess Margaret, at left, are
seen chatting with tenant farmer J. Hodgkinson and his wife during
their visit to the Duchess of Lancaster on their first day of a two-day

tour of north Lancashire, Eng. The

occasion of the royal visit wag the

600th anniversary of the creation of Lancashire, of which King is also

duke, as a county palatine.

Catholic Women
Re-Elect Mrs. Piercey

Mrs. I. Piercey was re-elected presi-
dent of the Catholic Women’s League
at their annual meeting Monday nigat.

Named as first vice-president and
second vice-president _ respectively
were Mrs. W. Bellmond and Mrs. P.
Hosey. Other officers are Mrs. E. Des-
chene, secretary; Miss W. Weetman,
{reasurer; Mrs. O. Norberg and Mrs.
G. Gibbons, executive.

The meeting decided that a food
concession would again be under-
taken at the Stampede this year.

Father Naphin, C.Ss.R., gave a very
interesting talk to the group on the
work of the league in England during

the war.

orest Grove News

MRS. P. GRAHAM and Mrs. Brav-
tigam returned Friday from Kamloops
after a short holiday.

A BENEFIT DANCE will be held
on the 28th sponsored by the Women's
Institute for Joe and Sonia Bradley,
who lost their house and belongings
in a recent fire.

MR. and MRS. ENGAR SANDBACK
returned Saturday from their honey-
moon.

MRS. TASSEL returned Tuesday
from Kamloops with a baby girl, a
sister’ for Judy. Mrs. L. Scott gave
birth to a baby gir) on the 10th.

THE PTA will hold their
meeting on the 25th.

next

Pidgin English is perhaps the clos-
est approach to a world language.

Forest Grove Board Hears
Reports of Coast Delegates

Delegates to the Associated Boards of Trade convention
held recently in Vancouver, gave their reports Wednesday night

at the regular meeting of the
Twen

Forest Grove Board of Trade.

y-five members were present and Bill Oscienny was in

the chair in the absence of president Walter Jens.

(Mir. Oscienny’s report on a dinner
speech by the Honourable B. C. Car-
son, was very informative. He out-
lined the minister's views on a long
term building program to connect the
principal centres with a system of good
arterial highways. He also gave a
summary of expenditures during the
past year for maintenance, new con—
struction and ferries.

Ted Nadin gave a report on a talk
by Mr. Dolan of the Dominion Travel
Bureau who had emphasized the fact
that Canada does not make full ad-
vntage of all her scenic spots and
ponits of interest. These must be made
known if we want our tourists _to see
and appreciate them.

Publicity convener, Mr. Barnes, sug-
gested a membership drive by Board
members. The two teams are to bring
all new members to the next meeting
and introduce them. The losing team
is to arrange an evening of entertain-
ment for the Board. Mr. Barnes’ second
suggestion was to donate an athletic
cup for a senior event in the Area
Track and Field Meet Mr. Oscienny
suggested that the cup be given for
the Boys’ 220 yard dash as this event
did not have a trophy whereas the
corresponding’ girls’ event had.

In regard to the tourist industry,
members agreed that some effort
should be made to identify and pro-
vide trails for areas set aside as camp
sites and park sites. The secretary,
Don Cameron, was instructed to write
to the Parks Board Victoria. to ask it
they would mark the trail from Canim
Lake to the Falls at the east end of
the Lake.

Ted Nadin gave a report of the suc-
cessful meeting of the road committee
with Mr. Cunliffe, road engineer. A
vote of thanks was extended by the
meeting to the committee, particu-
larly G. Graham and R. Jens who
donated their time and machines for
the improvement of the road from

This apemsenent is not publishe. o1 Arpiayes opti lh Laver Control
Board or by the Government oh British bia.

The Annual Meeting of

Association’ can best by

and attendance. f

held.in the Parish Hall a
11th of May. All membeys

A meeting of Directors will be held in the
, Association sfiice at 2030 a.m, ‘

Association will be
0 p.m. on Friday,
and others who are

out

shown by your interest

The Annual Meeting of
will-be held here this y

attend this m/ting.

B.C. Beef Cattle Growers Association

year on the 21s€ and 22nd
of May at the Parish Hall, All cattlemen should

the above Association |

LEGION NOTES

Harold Richardson will be the of-

ficial delegate of the local branch of
the Canadian Legion to attend the
provincial convention at Penticton
May 20. Vern Saur will also make the
convention trip.

Exeter to the Cariboo Highway. A
letter of appreciation was forwarded
lo the engineer for consideration giv-
en to the requests of the road com*
mittee.

The blind turn from Forest Grove
onto the Cariboo Highway on the
Williams Lake side was again brought
up. When the néw highway was con—
structed last year this turn-off had
not been filled properly. Don Cameron
offered to interview the engineer. The
secretary was instructed to write to
our Provincial Member, inviting him
to the next Board meeting.

On The Library
Shelves

THE HINGE OF FATE
Winston S. Churchill

Those who have read the first three
volumes of Winston Churchill's on the
Second World War have been waiting
for the fourth to arrive on the library
shelves. It 18 now here.

Churchill says of this fourth volume
“I have called this “The Hinge of
Fate” because in it we turn from al-
most uninterrupted disaster to almost
unbroken success. For the first six
months if this story all went ill; for
the last six months everything went
well. And this agreeable change con-
tinued to the end of the struggle.”

The late spring of 1942 was the
lowest point in the fortunes of the
United Nations. A year later the Jap-
anese had been defeated in the Coral
Sea, at Midway and at Guadalcanal; the
British air offensive had started bat-
tering Germany; in the Mediterran-
ean, Malta had survived her ordeal;
the tide in Russia had turned; the
Highth Army had beaten their way
victoriously through Libya. Then
were laid the plans for the invasion
of Sicily, Italy and France. “The
Hinge had turned.”

In The Hinge of Fate we read Win-
ston Churchill's own story of the most
“critical period ofthe war -and the
dawning triumph which was to be the
reward of the courage'and the labour
of the Allies, not unaided by his genius
and his faith.

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