Wednesday, March 12, 1958

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MALE NURSE RECEIVES EPAULET

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» the Mack Training school, St. Catharines General hospital, Ont.,

William Pletch, Woodstock, was

given an epaulet instead of a

eap during the traditional capping ceremonies. Jacqueline Hulls,

letch on

months of training.

of his first six

Education, Pas

t and Present,

Theme of Speakers at Skyline

Two interesting talks
past and present,
and guests of the Skyline
tion, at the group’s special
ing Education Week.

Douglas Stevenson, School
Board ‘vice-chairman, and a
noted authority on British
Columbia history, gave some

highlights of the growth of the
educational system in this
province since its inception.

Back in 1843, there was one
Roman Catholic convent for
children of the monied class. Tt
was this year that Sir James
Douglas wrote to London asking
for permission to erect two
Protestant public schools, one
in Victoria and one in Esqui-
malt. He specified that the
teachers for these schools should
be married, middle-aged, reli-
gious and with a sound English
education. “

Between 1849 and 1956, the

Gold-Lacquered .
Meter for 75,000th|
Power Customer

KAMLOOPS — Roy Moffat’s
new home received a novel
finishing touch Monday—a gold-
Jacquered electric meter.

The meter was installed to
mark the fact that the Mofiat
family is the B.C. Power Com-
mission’s 75,000th customer.
With the meter went a gift of
an lectrie dryer for Mrs.
Moffat, and sma gifts for the
two boys and a little sister wha
are now busily exploring all the
corners of their new home.

Presentations were made at a
brief ceremony Tuesday after-
noon by Commissioner HW. H
Griffin, and Director of Load
development C. W. Nash, both
of the B.C. Power Commission,
and Mayor J. Fitzwater, of
Kamloops.

Roy Moffat, who is a shovel

operator on highway construc-

tion near Barriere, B.C., told
Commission officials: “It is the
first time I ever won anything
in my life.’ Mr. Moffat did
much of the work on the house
himeelf.

Connection of the 75,000th
customer marks a new high not
only in the number of Commi
sion customers, but in the rate
of growth of the publicly-owned
utility, according to Mr. Griffin. |
The Commissioner told the
gathering that nearly 6,000 cus-
tomers have heen added during ;
the current fiscal year. The!
average rate of growth for |

previous 11 years has been 5,000
customers a year. The Commis-
sion was set up in 1945, and its
first billing went out to 13,000
customers,

1956, to
Canada’s

From November,
November, 1957,
general wholesale price index
declined by 1.1 percent, the
price index of 30 industrial
materials declined by per-
cent, average per capita week!
earnings in industry rose by
Percent, and the consumer price
indev rose by 2.5 percent.

—Quick Canadian Facts

on the educational scene,

were given to over 35 members

Parent-Teachers’ Associa-
meeting last week mark-
eases net ere ee

Victoria and Craigflower schools
were erected, and in 1869 the
first school act was passed, set-
ting out educational require-
ments for the 350 children en-
rolled in British Columbia
schools.

In 1876, the first high school
examination were held and 68
students passed.

In 1901, the first normal
school was started and the same
year the school board system was
inaugurated.

It wasn’t- until 1920 that the

Province had a minister of edu-
cation to look after policies of
this growing system,

The first school act was re-
vised in 1891 and again in 1944:
This act is being presented to
the legislature this session tor
its third revision. >
DISTRICT SET-UP

School Inspector Douglas
Chamberlain spoke next on
“How your School District.
serves you.” He stated that

School District 27 is one of the
largest in point of area in the
province, encompassing 1,100
square miles.

The organization of the dis-
trict starts with its 36 local rep-
resentatives, who are elected by
ratepayers in each centre of pop-
ulation. These represetitatives
in turn elect seven from their
membership to serve as trustees.

He outlined the duties of rep-
resentatives, trustees and the
school board staff and also ex-
plained how the curriculum is
set up by the Department of
Education.

The program closed with the
showing of a film on “ The right
way to hold a meeting.”

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