HOG Mae. inaot Pane, ‘ HIW 99Gt rete the cast of Change of Heart. '. Mine group here The. well-known theatrical, mime _com- pa ofa ging, ahs, is suitable for ali ARGS; + playing A Vancouver and around the province. The evening Goidon White, Deborah Maizels, Ellzabeth Murray-Byers and Robert Astle are the HaEyM hae and, recommended ‘for -.- Theatre Oct. 26 at 8 p.m. The evening — will consist of two parts, the first. being a series of short pieces called Quick Changes, the second a western melodrama entitled Change of Heart. This group has been widely acclaimed in For Canadian women, Thursday was an higtoric occasion, On Oct. 16, 1929, women Breakups a waste TORONTO (CP) -— When marriage separation occurr, society loses a lot of people who could be coping and be very productive, says a woman volunteer with the nlne-month-old Separation Support Service. Judith Gabor, a former Juniér high school teacher and a divorcee, says that “the pain of separation hits everybody." “Noboay ig immune. People often assume that {t's only: women with children who have been left, or an older woman for a younger woman.” ; The service, set up under the auspices af the Family Service Association af Metra Toronto, is operating on d $32,400 budget and gets between three and 10 calla & day from separated people — 60 per cent of them men, Ma, Gabor and her super- visor, social worker Louise Bailey, have the help of 22 volunteers who andwer phones and act as ‘buddies’ to separated people. The volunteera, cach of whom has been separated or divorced, recelye 16 hours of paychological training from Ms. Gabor and psychologist ri. Bernard, Lacome, in . ‘addition ta a two-week ‘orientation session. “We try to create a net- work of support around the newly separated,” sald Me. Gabor, ‘‘Our concern is always prevention — ‘preventing the crazinesa that people can get into when they separate, auch a6 al- cohollsm, severe depression and child abuse.”’ ae ae wavtod Jon bis Women ce children and families, Tickets will be available at the door , or call 635- 2101. for more in- formation. The company will also be performing in Kitimat, . ad also give two school performances at the R.E.M. Lee on Monday, « Oct 29, and a workshop on mime-movement at the Terrace Little Theatre, Saturday Oct. 27 from 10 & a.m. to 12. noon. Those students and adults in- terested in attending % should contact Cherie Theissen at 635-2977. Cost Prince Rupert, Stewart; for the session will be and Kitwanga. They will tre were declared to be persons within the context of the British North American Act. So the 50th anniversary waa marked Thursday with special awards, concerts and government receptions across the country, “We're celebrating the breaking down of a legal barrier in the landmark decison of 50 years ago but the economic and social barriers accorded to women now are the same as they were in 1620," Lynn Me- Donald, president of the Na- tional Actlon Committee on - the Status of women, told a news conference, Ms, MeDonaid said that 50 yeara ago men earned about 60 per cent more thaen women ‘and the same situation exists today.” “Canadian women are atill not equal persons with men in the area of equal pay, unemployment ingurance, pensions, Indian rights, violence and the media.” In Ottawa, the occasion wos tnarked by a special Persons Week which started last Monday with a city hall reception. Flora MacDonald federal miniater of external affairs was the guest speaker, On Wednesday, Gov.-Gen, Edward Schreyer and Mrs. Schreyer marked the an- niversary with a reception at Government House. In memory of the five ‘Alberta women whose ef- - forta led to the historic decision of the Persons Case, commeémorative medals were presented ‘to a group of ‘women for thelr work to im- prove the status of women in Canada, The flye members of Toronto city council — Barbara Adama, Susan Fish, Janet Howard, Anne Johnaton and June Rowlands -- also held a news con- ference Thursday to an- hounce the recommendation to colincil to establish a Person's Award, Ms. Rowlards eaid the lebrate q Aa] $5.00 todt iron Labo change award would be presented B ople whose & annually “to pe By VIC PARSONS WHITEHORSE (CP) — A special -report on the problems of rural students Ir,' urban achools has the Yukon government looking Into a multi-rmiliion-dollar plan to bulld high schools to.gerve the territory's outlying areas, Yukon Education Minister Doug Graham. says the report, prepared by Bob Sharp, a. Whitehorse elementary school principal, has confirmed the govern- ment’s worst suspicions. “When you bring kids into Whitehorse from outside, they seldom do well,” saya Graham, who notes that last year 127 of 251 students from other areas could have taken their courses in their home communities, The report showed that Tural students attending school in the Yukon capital have higher fallure rates, dropout rates and poorer attendance than their. counterparts from Whitehorse or even their friends left behind in home towns. ' “We're exploring the possibility of stopping kids ‘from coming here,” says Graham. ; ; “We'll aay ‘If you want to come to Whitehorse and you - have the same grades in your community, we'll pay nothing.'” The territorial govern- ment hes pald & subsidy of $55 a month to those students who want to attend school in Whltehoree. The problem is com- plicated by the fact that the federal department of Indlan and northern affairs also. .pays the way for some natlye ‘Students, Bul the depart- ment has cut down, this year supporting 92 students compared with 190 a year ago, The situation reveals an overlap In jurisdiction between the territorial and federal governments which presenta problems in man areas in the Yukon, . Graham says as ‘an alternative to students coming Into Whitehores, the territorial government is looking at setting up more secondary schools so that the maximum commuting dis- tance for students might be 160 kilometres — close enough so they can go home on weekends, “It would cost $7 to §2 million {to .do it all tomorrow,” he says, “Over Ume— say four to five years — it would cost $11 to $12 million.” The education budget for the territory this year is $20 million for operating and maintenance costa and $7 million for capital eosts. Sharp's report found that many of the students who at- tend school in Whitehorse came simply because of the ‘glamor of the big elty which has about two- of the territory's 22,-000 inhabitants, Courses often had little to do with their decision. . Others came because they had to be removed from bad family situations, because their families go out hunting or trapping during the school year or because they were genulnely unable to get courses or grades at home. Strangely, many students lured by the city quickly be- came disillusioned with Whitehorse. : Sharp also found that whereas in September, 1978, about 90 per cent of rural students expressed a desire to participate in extra- curricular activities, ine _Teallty was that by May, 1879, only seven per cen d ne so, . During the lod, the number of ruralPouients in Whitehorse schools fall sharply to 149 from 251 due ta dropouts. sharp found _ that elementary echool students’ fared poorly away from their families, suffering from anxiety, depression and homesickness, Some tried to run away. “These events suggest keeping the child at home is preferable to sending him to - Whitehorse in all but special cases," Sharp says, The other students turned toward other means of ex- pressing their allenation — by drinking, drug-taking and boarding places all night places . Among Sharp's findings were: Rural students in White- horse averaged 62-per-cent attendance compared with 81 per cent for students aver- all and 9 per cent for counterparts in rural schools —Rural students had passing averages in courses ranging from a low of 44 per " e8nt in social studies to a high of 62 per cent in com- merce, The over-all average in Whitehorse was 70 per cent for social studies to 89 Percent for commerce while The Herald, Monday, October 22, 1979 Page 5 Taking schools to the children in -rurat communities - the range was 74 per cent for social atudles to 60 per cent In commerce. ~The dropout average was 49 per cent for rural students in Whitehorse compared with 25 per cent over-all and only nine per cent in rural schools. —Studenis who were put up In private homes fared best, with a lower dropout - and failure rate than the over-all average, Yet those In government boarding homes had a failure rate alx times that of those in private homes. —Parents often were not told how their children were doing until they had become diselpline problems, Sharp concluded that the government should extend a aystem of small secondary schools throughout the. territory, The figures indicated that - most atudents would be better off attending schools in thelr own communities, Sharp said. He noted that atudies in British Columbia and Alaska had suggested small rural schools are better than regional institutions and sald discussions with both parents and students demonstrated that dif- fleulties arose and worsened when young people were away from parenta. Sharp also advised that students who want tocome to Whitehorse but who have the * courses available at home - should be required to have a referral irom their home community or permission. . from regional supervisors. ( Oct. 17 and Oct. o4 WINSDAY tickets good for TOTAL OF 100 OF $5,000.00 EACH actions have been significant fam in helping secure equitable # treatment for Toronto women," ; In St. John's, Neéld., Education Minister Lynn Verge announced distribution of a teaching kit to the province's high achools on the women's suffrage movement in Newfoundland, | which resulted In the legisature giving women the vote in 1925, . . A conference Is being held in Nova Scotia today and Saturday for women from the four Atlantle provinces to look at effects of con- ‘temporary education on women’s on 2 ee, “This: confexence; 158 one channel through which we can make known the weaknesses of the system and plan the the research and action required to see that institutions are betler able to serve our ‘needs as women,” sald conférence co- ordinator Muriel Duckwork. In Manitoba, .__ the provinclel governinent held a reception Thursday to mark the anniversary, In Alberta, 4 .u of the five women whose per- Bletent, painstaking . battle led to the landmark egal decision by the Judicial Committee of the Priv Council in London, England, there were dinners attended by noted Canadian women. 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