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THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B,9.

Thursday, February 16, {

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| ESSTORIALS

The Cracker Barrel Forum

By A. J. Drinkell

= Worthwhile Planning

Decision of the Board of Trade to name a com-
mittee to study, in conjunction with the village com-
missioners, the proposed PGE sub-division plan and
general future village expansion is a commendable
one. Here is an example of leadership that private
citizens should be able to expect from. an organization

like the board of trade, but too often in many centres] week in an article appearing in the current
issue of ‘The Montrealer,” written by Meyn-

As far as our own problem is concerned, the com-|®rd Chapman in which he endeavours to
missioners have been blamed in the past for their lack |Compare the attitude of the citizen of

fail to find.

A Comparison
Of Societies

The boys evinced considerable interest this

of action on the matter. There has been room for|m™ediaeval times toward his du- =
complaint, but at the same time it must be remember-| ties as such with that of present | ties” was founded in an era of

ed that these are busy men often saddled with a load |4@ay humans.

of time-consuming detail in village business that must
be handled also.

Active entry of another group of citizens into the
study of town planning will probably be welcomed
by the commissioners.

Between the efforts of the volunteers and elected
officials something worthwhile should result.

Matter of Personal Influence

Much enthusiasm has been expressed recently
pe about the possibility of television as a teaching

medium. Most of this enthusiasm, we may say, comes not regarded as service.”

from the U.S.A., but we suspect that it will not be long

quotation from the book “Eng-
lish Social History” by G. M,|tion — an era not unlike the

great ‘danger before the nation
The article commences with a|State became strong enough 6

Trevelyan, which sets forth the| ry days in Canada, It is a far
case for the citizen of the earlier | TY, says he, from this modern
period in these words: “It was|eTa of standing armies, tax col-
a time of strong civic patriotism |!ectors and the mercenaries of

when men found no trouble in| City water-works.

Something

orienting themselves to a society |800d, and perhaps something
in which they automatically sery-|¢rucial may have died with that

ed in the militia, prepared for | Concept.

Man’s relationship to

defence at any moment, helped|the city andthe nation has
keep the town's bridges, streets, | thinned to a point where the av-
ditches and fields in shape. Such |€T@8e person's direct link with

work in the common cause was|them consists in paying taxes

and grumbling at the govern-
“No. one thought liberty eon-|Ments he elects. to spend them.

before it is heard in Canada, too. There is good ground sisted in avoiding military or|The dollar bill, in the form of
‘for thinking that the TV screen will prove to be an- other obligations. Self-help and| taxation, has never been noted
“other useful adjunct to classroom instruction: Here self-government were for many|for the loyalty it breeds. Even
in Canada the CBC has done some very fine work in centuries taught in the school of | the vote has become a right not
town life and to a large degree | t0o strongly regarded. It may be
in the community courts. There|becduse in our,time there are

education by means of radio; not many teachers who

have used educational broadcasts in their classrooms

would prefer to be without them, if we are not seri-
= ously misinformed.

Hnthusiasm, however, should not be allowed to
Tun away with us. The discovery of a good new thing
does not inevitably displace a tried-and-true old one.
Teaching at its best h=s always been a matter of per-
s0nal influence — of the direct action upon the pupil’s
mind of a teacher who knows him, and who is known to
him, Anyone who has had, during his school career,
even one first-rate teacher will bear witness to this
indispensable influence.

z More than eighty years ago James Abraham Gar-
fleld (the 20th President of the U.S.A.) said in a speech
at his old university, Williams College: “Give me a
log hut, with only a simple bench, Mark Hopkins on
one end and I on the other, and you may have all the
buildings, aparatus and libraries without him.” That
is a notable, though ungrammatical tribute to the
individual teacher. Whatever television may bring,
whatever educational splendors it may unfold, what-
ever eminent men it may persuade to explain their
Special subjects before its cameras, it will never take

= the place of the first-rate teacher, with enthusiasm and
2. W@ll-stocked niind/ working with pupils who can feel
his enthusiasm,*ask him questions, ‘and lea¥n * not

simply from what he says, but also from what he is.
—Peterborough Examiner.

No Liquor Interest Alliance

Revelations in the recently published combines
Teport of the brewing industry of the apparently close
relationship between the brewer and leaders of gov-
ernment gives the average citizen some cause for
concern,

We must admit that that we have permitted our
government to get into the booze business in a big way
— sales in Prince George alone are running well above
$1,500,000 annually — and that it is inevitable, as a
result, there should be many business dealings between
the industry and public officials.

This does not mean, however, that the relation-
ship should be anything but at arm’s length. Indeed,
one could wish that a way might be found to widen
rather than narrow the gap.

From time to time, and particularly during elec-
tion campaigns, there are rumors that liquor interests
in this province have a slush fund from which dona-
tions are made to the campaign expenses of the major
political parties. In this way the brewers and distillers
never lack a friend in parliament no matter what the
outcome of the voting.

Liquor store patrons frequently complain that
United Kingdom and eastern Canada brewers and dis-
tillers are being discriminated against in favor of B.C.
firms, which lends weight to the suspicion that in-
fluence is being purchased by someone from someone.

Many years ago, during the heydey of the Con-
servatives and Liberals in this province, it was suggest-
ed in the legislature that political parties be compelled
to reveal the source of all campaign contributions.
There were charges and counter-charges of corruption,
but nothing ever came of the idea. —

Perhaps that time is now ripe for another look at
the proposal. If there are not to be grounds for an
assumption that patronage, personal or political, plays
a@ part in our government matters pertaining to intoxi-
cating beverages, it would appear wise for the leaders
of all parties to make known the names of the indi-
viduals and firms contributing to party funds. ,

—Prince George Citizen.

were no rights without duties.”
SOMETHING LOST
Chapman points out that the

many such rights and virtually
no duties.

There is no longer any fune-

concept “No rights without du-| tional basis or school for civie

From the Files of The Tribune

ONE YEAR AGO
February 17, 1955

of Williams Lake Motors, Me:
srs. Lapiere and
have begun exténsive alterations

LeFrancoi

Felix Nicholson, manager of|on the building—

the Bank of Commerce was el-
ected to the single seat on the
board of directors of War Mem-
orial Hospital— Jack Esler was

TWENTY YEARS AGO
February, 13, 1936
With 50 below and wind pil-

injured when was pinned be-| ing arifts across the roads, pub-
neath a load of lumber— One |1;¢ works men yyorked all night

man received an 18 month sent-

to open the road at Springhouse

ence and another is still being| prairie to enablé'a doctor to get
sought following the burglary|t9 sixali to bring out a serious-
at Williams Lake Motors— Theljy 1) man— ‘The thermometer

Valentine \dance in aid of the| a+ winiams fate registered 22
hospital fwd realized clipse to balows pre 3 = ae
$300— The hospital addition ¢

still awaits the approval from
Vietoria— Several cougars have
been active in the Lac La Hache
distriet— Directors of the Cari-
boo Cattlemen’s will lend their
support to the fight to restore
the recent reduction of $5 a ton
free freight assistance on feed
grain— Ed Verby of Lone Butte
picked up a man and woman
hitch-hiker. He provided. them
with a bed at his home. When
he awoke the next morning he
found his guests and car miss-
ing. The car was found at the
93 Mile— The new poliomyel-
itis vaccine has been made avail-
ble to district children—

FIVE YEARS AGO
February 22, 1951

$500 was approved by the vil-
lage commissioners to be spent
on improving the beach— First
holders of the Gardner Trophy
in the curling club champion-
ship is the Dan Rottacker rink
— The Elks Hall was filled to
capacity to witness the first rol-
ler skating carnival] to be staged
in Williams Lake— The village
commissioners approved a $31,-
500 budget for the Village in
1951. This is $9,000 over last
year's figure— Dave Wiggins
passed away at Hazelton in his
eightileth year. He was well
known around the Dog Creek
area, having worked pack trains
for many years—

TEN YEARS AGO
February 21, 1946

The post office at Big Lake
was closed when the property
was sold and the new owners
were unwilling to carry on with
the service— The new owners

Pacific Great Eastern Railway Co.

Op T & Express Service

B ig
between
VANCOUVER, B.C. and PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.
Including Sleeping & Dining Car Service
Prince George - Squamish Dock
April 24 to September 24 inclusive

Ly-Vancouver (Union Pier) 9:30 a.m.-Mon-Wed-Frid
Ar-Williams Lake 5:20 a.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat

Ly-Williams Lake 50 a.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat
Ar-Prince George 1:20 p.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat .
Ly-Prince George 4:00 p.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat
Ly-Williams Lake 11:20 p.m-Tues-Thurs-Sat
Ar-Williams Lake 41:50 p.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat
ArVancouver (Union Pier) 6:30 p.m.-Wed-Fri-Sun

THROUGH FREIGHT SERVICE
Ly - Vancouver - Mon-Wed-Frid
Ar - Wms. Lake - Wed-Frid-Sun
Free Picknp and Delivery on Freight and Express

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Williams Lake
Dry Cleaners

or national respensibility. Mr.
Chapman concludes by ponder-
ing how the old: concept could
be restored when life has be-
come as specialized as it is to-
day. It is a sombre fact ihe pen-
dulum has swung until the na-
tion state has come upon times
of greater challenge and greater
danger than the mediaeval city

ever knew. Peril has brought
rights and duties into balance
before — perhaps it will do it
again.

VERIFIED AT. HOME

It occurs to us a close to home
verification of Mr. Chapman's
theories may be found in the
field of education in which we
abandoned about the last vestige
of self-help and self-government
when we permitted the small
school boards to be disbanded
without a struggle. The day of
the school built by local hands
with a little help from govern-
ment has gone and along with
it went the keen interest of those
whose offspring require its bene-
fits. Today we clamour for more
and more services, more preten-
tious buildings and an increas-
ing array of highly specialized
courses, with ful responsibility
for their creation being delegat-
ed to officialdom.

While the recent referendum
was defeated largely through the
opposition of the larger land
owners many others are appalled
by the soaring costs of this ser-
vice. These costs will continue
to pyramid unless we are pre-
sume a fair mea-
sure of individual responsibil-
ity; revive our flagging interest
in school affairs and demand a
return to our former measure
of local contro).

An increasing number of peo-
ple particularly amongst those
having served on the larger
boards realize the consolidated
district idea is proving a costly
failure yet fall to see how we
can restore the old order. It raay
well be that circumstances will
become so adverse as to compel
us to recognize that if we would
continue to enjoy the rights and
privileges we must be prepared

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We must dis-abuse our minds
of the thought there is some
thing undignified, or degrading
in actual participation in pro-

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