Page 4 TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C. © 72 Wedfieaday; October 2,968... é COPPER TOOLING is the craft that Norma LeFrancois will teach during the upcoming Community Centre and Adult education programs. Mrs, LeFrancois is shown with Adult education classes start _ Night school gives that extra pu By CINDY LOEWEN Mr. Ken Gray up at Skeena Secondary School is a gentle- man who is interested in giving other individuals that extra push they need to’ get a better job through more completeacademic and technical training. As Director of Adult’ Educa- tion, he:.is responsible.in the organization of evening courses' for those who wish to upgrade their academic standards, *The adult education program is an atiempt to meet the needs of people who find their quali- fications lacking in order to ad- vance in their jobs,” Gray said. Often a man cannot even qualify for a job which his apptitude indicates he cowld handle, He is held back because of his lack of education, Gray continued. ee) Ole ‘ A new program enabling a stu- dent with grade 10 education to complete a high school diploma in two years has been added to the adult curriculum this year, “The adult secondary school Color bar puts UK on a sticky wicket By SCOTT TYRER never been popular live-and-let-live policy, until South Africa’s . Apartheid has Britons adopted a in Britain, but most segregationist policy interfered with a sport near and dear to the British heart — cricket. premier, South Africa’s John Vorster, cancelled a schediled fowr-month tour by the English team when colored South Afyican-born Basil D’Olivera was substituted for injured bowler Tom Cartwright. . Even moderates such as Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the Conservative party's shadow foreign secretary and past presi- dent of the Marylebone Cricket Club, which selects the players, joined In the protest. Former Commonwealth seeretary Duncan Sandys said Mr. Vorster’s ban showed the “folly and futility of racial segre- gation.” -The Daily Mail, a Conservative paper, said ina front-page editorial: . ‘Mr, Vorster has insulted not only Basil D*Olivera and the MCC but the entire people of this country,” While the furore rages, the MCC secretary, 8. 5, Griffith, said that although the final decision on the members has not been made, the club’s decision is clear ~ if the chosen team is unacceptable, the tour would be cancelled, St is tobe hoped the MCC does not reverse its decision to. include “Dolly”, as his fans know him, in the.team, but not to spite the South African government, Quite the opposite. “All ‘sports, particularly the gentlemanly, white-shirted game of cricket, should be above politics, " - Where the MCC’s decision gives South’ African right wingers fuel to feed their apartheid fire is not the question, In-the quest to retain any sports quality, it is important that _members be chosen on their propaganda value. ; merit as sportsmen, not on their "To bow to pressures and cut D'Olivera, a proven high- ’ quality cricketer —he scored 158 runs in a Test match:against Australia in August — would be a blow to the purpose of sport ~ to unite athletes in such international meets asthe Olympics, so oe 6 oe mo, Baron de Coubertin said he revived the Olympics “so°: that athletic representatives of the world may. be: brought ° ‘together, and the spirit of international comity advanced: by the celebration of thelr chivalrous and peaceful ‘eontests.** International: competition is an opportunity for persons of ‘different countries to meet ‘similarities between their countries. —... and discuss the differences and *- . “To: complicate, the selection of. teams with politics, as ‘ .South Africa would do, would lower the quality of play at bast - ‘or at west threaten .the puxpose of international’ sport. |. quired to buy ‘flreworks in Tor- ° face atores,, no permit waspeed- is stil? handling registrations. program has been established in co-operation with the department of education,’ Gray explained. ‘We have inaugurated two of these into the night school pro- grams, the academic and the technical,’ Under the new system the night school .student will.take three compulsory subjects, Englisti; Social Studies and Mathemati¢s. Over a two year period the stu- dent will also complete five addi-| tional courses of his choice, in ejther an academic or a tech- nical field. ® eo @ , In the past it has taken a night school student with grade 10 standing four years to complete the diploma course, *To enroll, a student must have been away from school at least one year and have a grade 10 equivalent,’ the adult educa- tion director said, ‘But ifa person does not have grade 10 standing it should not prevent him from - inquiring about th program?” . Students of all ages enter the night school courses, However, Gray said, the majority are be- tween the ages of 19 and 25, eee He explained many of the stu- dents got as. far as grade 10 had other interests and left school, . “They think it is easy to go out and make a dollar, Thenthey find they can't get a good job and suddenly they realize there is a real purpose behind edu- cation,” he said, ' Two hour classes, witha coffee break, will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 four nights a week, : Ca a | education program aims to aug- acquired achievement, _. an Completion of four of five busi- entitle the student to a busi- Firecracker permits to ‘The by-law. requires another reading and ‘approval before he- coming effective, © Adult won"; need a permit to buy firecrackers this year. ~- . ‘But they will ‘have to ignite them on their own property. .., |” ‘That is :the- essence ‘of a: new | by-law Introduced at Monday's | Terrace Municipal meeting of Council, ; _ Changes in the by-law were in- troduced. because of loopholes in mit, from the’ fire chief was. re- 6 ‘tha municipal dary, :., “ 7 Toe! édit. a sample of her work. Community Centre’s Peter Fanning butchering or 11, perhaps they failed or/| A second part of the: adult ment and improve other areas of | ness management .courses will |. bedropped | provioiia legislation, While aper-| - ness diploma. The courses cover the areas of effective communi- cation and supervision, letter writing and better - business English, and personnel manage- ment.