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 Kayce White — Editor

OUR OPINION

Nearly the truth

It goes without saying that any
newspaper that is doing its job will be
infuriating to some group in the
community, No good newspaper is

ever really popular.

In 1852 an editor of the London Times
wrote: ‘The press lives by disclosures,
Whatever passes into its keeping
becomes a part of the knowledge and
history of our times. It is .forever —
appealing to the enlightened forces cf.
public opinion. The duty of the reporter
is the same as that of the historian--to
seek ou’ the truth and present to its
readers not such things as statecraft
would wish them to know but the truth
as near as he can attain it.”

Alidy phrase, that. The truth as near
as he can attain it. That is what every
good reporter is trying for. He arrives
at it by working against the insatiable
demands of time and speed, the
demands of statecraft and of vested
interests to conceal some pieces of-
information and elaborate upon others.
When a reporter becomes careless or
biased in writing the truth as near as
he can attain it, he ceases to be a useful

reporter.

A newspaper cannot claim toaetually
shape its community. It can nag and
needle and prod a bit, but its basic
function is to provide a vehicle for the

public opinion that shapes the
community,

Readers feel quite free to ignore
their newspaper’s advice at election

time, and curse it occasionally for

affairs,

majority.

some outrageous or incomplete story it
has published, But the newspaper can
often be wrong in its judgment and the
reader will forgive it, knowing that he
is wrong just as often in his private

‘One editorial crime is unforgiveable-
-if the newspaper deliberately twists
the facts or if it twists its opinions
merely to make itself

__ A good newspaper provides its own:
necessary apparatus of correction: it
publishes all the letters from its
readers that it has room for.

And for 15 cents, the newspaper is
the best bargain in the community. The
news is there, together with the
horoscope, the TV schedules, Andy
Capp and advice to the perplexed. In
its pages you can find a used car or a
new house, pick up a few dollars for
that old furniture in the attic, find a job

or hire a man, and find out’ who died

yesterday.

All of which must be published |
accurately, and on time.-the truth, as
Near as we can attain it,

The right

Who needs liquor and tobacco

advertising anyway?

The only people .who. profit in any...
way through the advertising of booze_
‘and cigarettes are those Who make ‘em

and those who sell ‘em’.

Somewhere along the line a few
weekly newspapers and magazines
pick up a small slice of the profit
through logging the terrible things,

And while the B.C. government is at
why not outlaw automobile
advertising?. Think of all the people
who die annually in the province
because of automobiles—the terrible

it,

things!

Even foodstuffs--for heaven’s sake.
Have you taken a good look around you
lately, and seen some of the drastic
things that it can do to people? Terrible

stuff!

Or soap? Why not outlaw soap and
detergent advertising? The stuff is
mucking up our natural habitat, and
besides it stings when it gets in our
eyes. To say nothing of dishpan hands!

Clothing? Do away with it. Hair is
much more comfortable and a lot
cheaper to produce. Do you readers
realize that some people have actually
been known to choke on their neckties?

Electricity? The people who need it-—

tins!

to choose

deluged with advertisements that
make them feel sorry for themselves
-and.: that--ultimately drive them to

Phone: 635-6357" J

popular with the,

“You'll see — just when get the hang of ‘it,
the College of Physicians will come out with some lousy report . . .

.

Sex education ff

- compulsary? -

“VICTORIA .(CP).- The

.-. Registered. Nurses. Agsociation
« ~ Of B.C. has spggested. that
>. Gompulsory' ‘sex- education

courses be provided in schoals.
In. a brief to Education

‘Minister. Donald Brothers, the

nurses. state that such courses
could in future ‘reduce the
-number -. of. .- therapeutic
abortions. The brief is a
supplement to a position paper
on therapeutit. abortion
released fast month. . ;

Waffle group
should disband

says. Howard

Frank Howard, M.P. for ~

Skeena, and federal NDP —

sn

Fred is a riverman. A
simple, uncomplicated man
born beside the river whose
desires and needs don’t
exceed his capabilities. He
runs the current-driven ferry
across the river in the
summer and when the water is
frozen he operates the aerial
tramway which is the winter
replacement for the ferry.

Fred lives with his mother.
They are great friends. She is -
a very capable old lady but
she is in her seventies so even
though she-tends her own
large garden and cans a.

.... Telephone? How about those strange

commercials that mislead young girls

into believing they can’t cook properly
without a telephone in the kitchen?
This would seem to have a damaging
effect on both the stomachs and the
pocketbooks of unsuspecting spouses,
- Again-—it’s enough to furce a man into .
the nearest grog shop for a bottle of
Liquor Control Board Seotch.
And deodorants, and toothpaste, and

cold remedies and mouthwash? If we

smell bad we can bathe, Jf our teeth
start to go--we can visit the Vancouver
dentists. If we need a cold remedy or a
mouthwash--there’s a little store

downtown with rows and rows of

can’t get it anyway. Yet, they are being -

assorted bottles—any one of which will
suffice. It’s run by the Provincial
Government.

Those fellows in Victoria are
thinking, about us all the time!

Who needs liquor and tobacco
advertising anyway?

What this province REALLY needs -
is some of the old time religion!

And it looks as if we might be
it sooner than we expected.

getting

' Caledonia Courier

GUEST EDITORIAL

Teacher competence .

by John M. Chen-Wing,
Teacher, Caledonia Secondary
School

Teachers may be rated as
incompetent for a number of
reasons. For example, if they
‘have been given unfair and
unjust assignments which they
cannot handle; if: they have
inadequate facilities with which
to do their job; if they are being
victimized by their superiors or
if they are probationary

teachers who need’ assistance -

from their superiors in order to
’ develop professionally. Others

may be physically or mentally

disabled; immature, or poorly

educated and trained,

‘While the

competence must be how well

an individual performs on the_

job, there is vagueness and
uncertainly about how to judge
a teacher’s competency.. ‘Such
criteria! for evaluating whether
a teacher is competent should

criteria for.

- own ‘knowledge ‘and ‘techniques
up to:date in the:subjects he 0

--That the teacher seeks to
know his pupils and their
individual situations in order to
help. their individual
educational growth,

---That the teacher plans with
clear objectives and definite
purposes in mind, lets the
Students know what these
objectives and purposes are,
and judges immediate results

and. long-term expectations in.

terms of such goals.

--That. the teacher provides
tasks which will encourage
students to become involved,
develop their’ skills, and
stimulate their thoughts--with

consideration for individual -

differences within the group.

~-Thal the teacher provides
opportunity for questioning,
speculation and originality.
~That, the. teacher” keeps. his

be known to both teacher and’ teaches,

‘ evaluator. .

A-B.C, Teacher's Federation

Task. Force has’ receritly

‘developed a proposed criteria
. lobe used In judging a teacher's’
competerice... The -guideling

aes

whet

—That-the teacher keeps ‘the |
classroom
“controle: 2.3.

elas ‘situation. under

~<'THat ‘the teacher’ eatabliahed ;

- and maintains a mutual respect
> between, hirnzelf,. his

‘and thelr parents... °°. 4:

‘students *

“,

These guidelines, with slight
changes, may'be adopted in the
near future,

In my belief, to be human isto!

want to be competent, and it is

human to he capable of learning ©
‘to be competent in-some areas.

Branding’ a person as an

incompetent, and consequently -

rejecting him, deprives him of
his humanity. .

Competence must relate -to
diow well the job at hand js
performed. To ensure
competence for everybody in
everything--an impossible task-

Means that. we must either

reduce all job requirements or

learn how to emprove every. -

individual's capabilities.- The

more realistic, humane - and .
' ‘positive approach is to ‘try
harder to fit, the. individual's

“ “onallfacatians to” 'a “particule

[ame

‘SV-POPULAR’”  -

aa

The Taipei,’ Formosa, city.

government. said there ‘were .

- “162,000 television sets in the Ne< “orld
tionalist Chinese capital, one for .

- bach two families,

“winter supphy-ofp
. the two of thera: therd.are still

things Fred | must
do....like chop wood for the
two stoves and provide food
and so on.

Last year Fred's mother
had a holiday for a week and
because she stayed with
people of .a culture different |
than her own she ate food
v4stly alien from the fare
which normally formed her

diet.

She let Fred know when she
-was arriving home. He
‘wanted to surprise her -'she

was always ‘doing’ for other

people he would surprise her -

this time - he knew what she
would want. A beautiful tasty
fresh salmon for dinner.

She was coming home on
Friday. So Fred took his fish
net down to thé river on
Sunday to be in lots of time to

catch the necessary fish. He ;
lifted his net on Sunday night -

and no fish. The salmon had
not been running well so he
wasn't surprised. But the
same-on Monday, no fish.
Tuesday the same,
Wednesday no fish and
Thursday the net was just as
empty.

So Friday he had to catch
the all important fish.

Bul on Friday, about 1
o'clock in the afternoon, that
day in July, 1970, Fred's net
was taken from the water, He
had no fish, and also no net.

'. Fredreceived a summons to

appear in court in the fall. He
appeared, the case was
adjourned. It cost Fred $5 and
his mother $5 for the trip from
_ their home beside the river to
come to court. Another date
was set. :
The date arrived and Fred
and his mother paid another
“$10 to get to court. Again the
ease was adjourned, The -
reason for the adjournment :
was valid. ;
‘The next date arrived and
Fred and his mother again
.. paid the same amount to get to
court. @fhe old lady hed
stomach flu but she came

r anyway fo be with her bay. "P" We ish “don

Again for a good reason, but
* for no fault of Fred's the case
was again adjourned.

The date was set for yet the
fourth time for the 25th of the
month. But on the 21st of the
month this simple riverman
received a letter from his

- lawyer saying that the lawyer
~ Was requesting that the trial |
be set for the dates of the 21, 22
or ‘23. ‘This caused some
concern to Fred who didn’t
understand the ways of these
legal people anyway so he
waited at home for

, W appear. The judge had said
* the 25th but Fred's lawyer had

said the request was being
Made for the other three
‘dates, 21, 22 or 23.

’ Fred didn’t hear from
: anybody so on the 25th of the
, month, the case came up in
‘court and Fred was not there,
* Anyone who. knew. Fred knew
‘he wasn’t. there. because he
., didn’t know he was supposed
4to-be there but’ that . was
+ knowledge fromthe heart not
from. the ‘lawbooks so a
* warrant was sworn out for the -
~ viverman’s-arrest.. >.

Fred was duly arrested and
y brought in from his home, His
old mother was sick with
“apprehension “and worry

"because like Fred she was a -
Simple person and the ways —

wand punishment af , . law were

The Editor
Terrace Herald

“Dear Sir: oo

In your April 8th paper was
this to me, so revolting ietter by
an American citizen. |
In.my. opinion’ Mr. Ari

* Watress is attempting to use a:

Canadian paper in an effort to
organize’ other’ recent
immigrants from his-disgraced
homeland.

To."gather around the Big
Eagle, beat the drums, sing -
God Bless America, Praise the
Lord’ and. other congressmen
who condone: thé -barbaric

’ slaughter of a population: far

walt

YOUR OPINION

‘people I can well understand
‘much of their attitude towards
“our society, © .
3 Tam left with the impression

sthat people like Mr. Watress are .

verification of the date he was _

In my VEC WE snore seine

" unknown to her. She didn’t .

know what was to become of
her poor Fred when all Fred
had tried to do was give her,a
nice fish dinner. - .

_She said, "I should stop
eating fish. Look at all the
trouble it has caused because I
like fisn.””

Fred was brought in to jail
and let out on bail because
Fred really was not a criminal
in the sense he would do willful
damage. When he was
released he was told to be in
court the fallowing morning at
10 a.m. .

Fred's outlook on life is “If

will run tomorrow” and
instead of arriving at court at
’ 10 a.m. he arrived at 11 a.m.
. He was admonished by the
lawyer and the judge for being
late. -But was never told he
was consciencious when he
appeared five times at his own

’ expense for the case which

was continually adjourned.
Fred sat in court and listened.
’ He understood’. some of
the verbal transaction. When
‘the judge asked why the net
was-in the water on Friday
instead of on Sunday, Monday,’
‘Tuesday, Wednesday or
Thursday .until 6 p.m., Fred
said loudly, ‘‘Because I didn't
catch no fish on them days,”
but. he was silenced.
Many other such cases have
ended in finis but. Fred’s
. lawyer got -him .off on a
technicality. .
‘Fred and his mother
returned to their. home beside
the river, At that time:the
Department of Fisheries still

had Fred's net.which they. had _-
been holding since July, eighit ,
and a half months, They said 7

_ they would release it.

Fred will only fish with a ten
fathom net between Sunday at
6p.m. until Thursday at 6 p.m.
and whether or not he catches
a fish during those days or riot
he most not fish any other
time. He must: fish for his-

‘winter food supply for himself .
and his mother and the many’,

many friends and guest and
relations who visit for meals
which is the way of his folk.

Fred is an Indi Me

7, “Tan. to ea ane pa aneeseaiiie
t' tap, today” they ' stick) wafted actoss the stands,

- Conscience.

and Comment
‘By REV. KNEILLFOSTER °

’ World champion bicycle rider -
Cochise was to be challenged by -
another . World. © Champion -
Kuhlmann of Switzerland, (the
hour, 4,000: meters
respectively); thus went to the
Velodromo here in Medellin,
Colombia expecting the best
bicycle racing in the world.

We were not disappointed.
The atmosphere was much like -
that of any sporting event in
North America. Hawkers
Peddled, .. thelr. -. WALES ese RHE«r:

aroma:oi chusos (a corn meal

leadership candidate called #3
upon. the Waffle group to 2AM
disband itself by the end of next. Gi
week's convention atthe very 2am
latest. : ne 4
“Regardless of the leadership
oitcome or policy decisions’,
said Mr. Howard, “it is
imperative for the preservation §
of unity within the NDP that the 7a
Waffle voluntarily disband #m%
itself. as quickly as possible.

“When a group establishes ii

itself within. a | larger
organization, identifies.itself by
“name, sets up a structure, runs
oneof its number as a candidate
for leadership and generaily
tries to become a party within a

party it does a great disservice Ja

to the NDP as a whole..

“The establishment of any Be

such group, as is the case with
the Waffle, is divisive.

_ Immediately there are . two

-£rqups - one the Waffle and the
other everyone else. A situation
exists where party. members

- are either with the Waffle or are
outside of it. : :

“Group dynamics, which the
Waifle either. doesn’t
understand or chooses to
ignore, sets one group aginst the
other. There is a tendency to
look at proposals from ‘the point
of view of thelr source and not
their merits. If you are not with
us you are against us is the
concept which automatically
grows from the establishment
of an identifiable group such as
the Waffle.

“Another bad feature which

flows from the establishment of ‘9 :
a group such as Waffle is that*-

“cake plos~beef rassted “di” W 7 antl-groups’ tend to be'set™ up:

Two or three radio stations
covered. the event ...and
thousands of fans were on hand
for the confrontation.

In the first race between the
greats Cochise was joined by
Hernandez and opposed. by
‘Kuhlmann and Fichs, both
Swiss. The Colombians opened
a considerable lead in the early —
laps but it was not enough, In
the final Jap the Swiss turned on
a blazing burst of speed to win.
~The next day with Cochise
pitted against Kuhlmann alone

“it was a different. story At the-

. Was

and perfecter of our faith."

end of the 1,000 meters Cachise
40 meters in front,
Kuhlmann was beaten at his
own specialty, ,

St. Paul often talked about
racing too -- though in slightly |
different terms. “Let us’... lay
aside every weight and the sin
which doth so easily beset us,
and let us run with patience the
race that is set before ‘us,
looking unto Jesus the author:

Cochise has come up out of

'. poverty but with his long back

and driving legs: on. -the
brakeless bicycles he has made
himself: famous and wealthy.

The day is coming of course

“when younger legs will leave a

weakening Cochise in eclipse.
So itis in the world the strong
will win for awhile,
God the faithful win forever.
Reason enough for all of us to
run carefully ‘in the only rdce

that really counts,

* ‘This is in fact happenirig within

the NDP and was a predictable
result of Waffle itself being
established. And there will be
no abatement of this inner
tension and force so long as
Waffle exists and continues to
operate as a_ self-appointed.
‘purist group within the NDP.

“Even if I agreed 100 percent
with Waffle proposals I would
riot join join them for the
reasons set out above. 3 have

‘been asked to join an anti-

Waffle faction and likewise
want no. part of that group
either .for each can be as
divisive as the other. However,
the full weight of any blame for.
dividing the NDP must rest with
the Waffle for it was the first to

‘form itself and must he the first

to dissolve.

“The reason. I call upon the
Waffle to disband is that any
continuation of its existence can

. only lead to further divisiveness

and disruption. We have a far

-Breater task ahead of us than
‘the doubtful Juxury of internal
‘guibbling”

-. STICKY PROBLEM — -

CALGARY. (CP)}—The main-
tenance staff.at Jubilee Audi-
torium removed a total of 2,500

_ pounds of chewing gum. from.

thé.floors, seats: and carpeting

But with: ,last year, gum-shoeing. investi- .

gators reported Thursday. The.

- Statistical sirprise is that the

auditorium concessions ‘do not |

sell gum.

‘OW MANY TIMES JAVE)

I TOLD YE

DONT

\\ LIKE CIGARETTE ASH ): -

“80 lacking in human kindness to - |

“others, that they simply cannot

realize (he unbelicvable, savage :

-spatred being generated by their
Jactrocities, within the minds of
“the oriental people towards-his
sown children, .

-&-T-feel it ts only normal to
‘assume that in the near future
‘with the publicity now and this

s80 revalting chapter in history
reco

rded ‘I will look at their’

‘< Dads'and wonder if he did such
“horrific things to guys like me,

WELL, INCL
THIS TIME

my baby sister’ and my grand .

ama.. 1 a tat .
Quite likely, again, countless.

icripples, orphans ..and~ other

‘4human' remmarits will’ wonder.’ *:

why: their’ dads, like. the
vai

lapanese ‘and’ American :.dads..
d ‘not’ believe,-in negotations.””
~ Ninstead of the Big Bomb. ©.

“ON MY CARPET 20 /