—~ Page 8 __ THE TRIBUNE, WILLTAMS LAKE, B.é, Phursday, June 8, 1988, THIBAUDEAU THIBAUDEAU = THIBAUDEAU_ THIBAUDEAU THIBAUDEAU All the above guaranteed by the platform of the Party Vole KEN THIBAUDEAU ‘4 4 the Can: stands for immediate extension of the P.G.B. stands for non - compulsory and non - monopolistic Hospital Insurance and no. co-insurance, stands for equal rights in Forestry policy. stands for larger Agricultual appropriation, stands for 30 percent reduction in private car licenses [Letter to the Editor TO THE EDITOR: Bs I have been advised by members of this association that Ralph Chet- Credit Candidate for has publicly stated |wynd, Social Cariboo Ridin from the platform, that while the Progressive Conservative platform states that we will commenée con- struction of the P.G.E. Raflway from Squamish into Nort&Vancouver, we are unable to say when the extension jw that. there is an agreement between! National Railway ana! Great Eastern Rallway Which would prevent sueh an exten- sion being completed before 1962. I have this date confirmed that these statements were made by Mr. Chetwynd with members of the vari- ous audiences who have heard him be-completed due to the fact % speak, and we have been in contact with Mr. J. A. Kennedy, Geueral i Manager of the P.G.E. and I have re-! ceived a telegram from him this date! which I feel quite certain confidently | answers the statements made by Mr.! Chetwynd and I have taken the lib- Jerty of quoting this telegram which reads as follows: 4 Vancouver, B.C. June 4, 1952 Mr. L. F. Cashman There is no agreement that I have ever heard of that has any bearing whatever on building | the railroad, Squamish to Van- couver, either for or against stop this is sent to you at the request of the O’Brien Advertis- ing Agency. Signed, J. A. Kennedy, General Manager. This would appear that there has been an attempt to mislead the voters of this riding and this let- ter has been written to bring to the attention of the General Public the true facts and to repudiate the state- ment of the Social Credit Candidate made in this connection. Yours very truly, L. F. Cashman, Secretary Cariboo Provincial Constituency Progressive Conservative Association. (continued from page 6) Cracker Barrel . . . i | denly becomes’ apathetic, rings home dilapidated exercise books full of aimless doodlings, thumb marks and dirty smears, the parent has just cause to be apprehensive. Should the area representative visit the school and discover that to be typi- cal of the entire school, he, too, has reasonable justification for express- ing a derogatory opinion. The fault cannot lie entirely with’ the children. When a teacher must write stating she is having to give grade 5 work to her Grade 9 pupils {and others complain their Grade 5 tudents cannot compose a simple} sentence one begins to think the fault does not rest entirely with the! teachers, either. There must he! something amiss with the system, and we are prompted to suggest the practice of passing pupils from one! grade to the next without giving an| impartial and professionally devised test, based upon the year’s work, is simply not giving a square deal to either teachers or scholars; despite the contention a small percentage may fail due to extreme nervous- ness. After all, it would seem the real gauge of the efficacy of any system is the ability of the students to make practical application of the things they have been taught. Although at their recent conven- tion ou B.C. teachers avowed there! is nothing wrong with our present methods the mere fact they recom- mended certain changes indicates they were not entirely satisfied with | that avowal. While, on the surface | 1 may xpnear desirable ta aim at making thousands of pupils of equal mental capacity, at the-end of a giv-- en period, it must he remembered human nature is in na way gkin ta a mess of park scraps which may be Placed in the hopper of a mincing machine and made to emerge from a tube all nice even little sausages, That just cannot be done with hu- man mentalities. It tends to bring the brilliant ones down to the level _of the mediocre, Without going deeply into the Pros and cons of Dr. Hume's article or analyzing too closely the state- ments of other highly placed prot- essors, it may he safe to venture the pinion they present a distinct chal- lenge to those responsible for com- piling the courses of study for our elemetary and secondary schools, and the manner in which those courses must be presented by the teachers. Life, generally, is not all sunshine and roses, a fact it will not harm our youngsters to learn while at school. The mass of instructions issued to teachers these days indi- cates, however, that school life should be made just that. Philosopher Ber- trand Russel believes the scholars will not acquire a very considerable amount of knowledge unless there is discipline in the school. We firm- ~ ly believe our teachers, in the aggre- gate, are exceptionally well trained and extremely conscientious. They would probably do a better job if their superiors profoundly ponder- ed the utterances of those in charge of our colleges and universities in- stead of smugly declaring all to be well with the young. Combination Mcdels - Static Spoiling Reception? That's when it pays to own a combination radio- Phonograph, when reception is poor you can still enjoy the music you like best. COMPLETE LINE OF Record Players - Wilkinsont Radio & Electric Records JUNE 26 Annual JUNE 12-13 . ARENA EVENTS Bronc Riding Calf Roping Steer Riding Mountain Race JUNE 14 FLAT RACING Ten Races $1,150 In Purses 12-13 - 14 Williams Lake EVENING ENTERTAINMENT Dances at Elks Hall Wrestling - June 13 - 14 War Memorial Arena Indian Dance on * GIANT MIDWAY FOUR EXCITING DAYS — JUNE 1 1-12-13 -14 Admission to Stampede Events — Adults $1.25; DON’T MISS) < THE OPENING DAY PARADE Car Parking on Grounds — 50c FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT STAMPEDE Children 25c ASSOCIATION MANAGER Grounds