Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 15, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba Looking backward eighty Yean ago Jan. 15, 1874 w. G. Fonseca Pioneer Winn pegged of the Point Douglas District had a warm and Colmor table Hall which or. Fonseca Lent free Lor concerts yield in Aid of Good purposes and when the Winnipeg general Hospital asked if hos Pital Aid concert could be staged there or. Fonseca said promptly xes and on the usual seventy years ago Jan. 15, 1884 rambles in the Northwest was the subject of an interesting address by or. Daniel m. Gordon minister of Knox Church to the Young people s association of that Church or. Gordon had rambled and buc boarded much in the Northwest and knew his theme. Note or. Gordon served As Chap lain of the 90th during the North West Metis armed protest of 1885. Sixty Yean Jan. 15, 1114 the Low Price wheat the do minion government s immigration policy the million Dollar loan and Manitoba s exhibit at the 1893 world s fair in Chicago were the chief subjects of debate and criticism in the Manitoba legislature a stirring analysis of the reasons Why wheat was grown just now for practically nothing was made by Charles Adams new member for Brandon. Winnipeg free press Friday january .18, 1954 Page 13 fifty years ago Jan. 15, 1804 Art Brown the rowing club s crack goalkeeper announced his intention to quit hockey and de vote himself to his business. Brandon citizens and stockmen at a representative meeting declared themselves in favor the establishment of a midwinter fair or who Are net accepted elect rep. Resent Alvea to each school s up committee corresponding to our students councils in which Pioneer and Komsomol representatives also sit. Such committees organise after class activities. Parent teacher relations on both the class and the school level. Volunteers help serve in Buffet during the is minute recess periods organize lecture courses for parents on Parent child problems and special interest groups for the Chil Dren. All parents meet three times a for a Progress report. From and monthly meet Gerald t. Russell again Heads sunday school Gerald t. I a mall win general of the Suh Day id Oil a usual meeting of St. Andrew s River height. United sunday school. Other officers re elected Are David g. Miller associate Genera superintendent mrs. A. A Mel n Nis Nursery Roll superintendent the principal. Lines of class Dan Junior department pendent e. A. Ford and w. J. A tag. Jota igbo rest. Augustine s Church in suburban department. New officers Are miss e. Don achy Secretary c. D. Crubbs and Jimerson treasurers g. C. La yell acting intermediate super parents Are held. Apartment superintendent c. R. Personal Comfort London fun Uzun were ulna to take Bot water to Ter Victot when the heat inf by item broke Down. A 10-year-old polish displaced person who. Came to Winnipeg in 1m9, Michael Kinal was the Star of an unusual graduation Cere Mony in Alexandra hotel Kitchen this week. He received his Nis Nursery roil i Irnen us Ween be Pius mrs. G. By. Maclean kind rear apprentice Book from Nugh Mac ten department superintendent Arlane hotel manager signifying mrs. . Patterson he had completed the hotel system Nurt mint Cuner intendant c. R. For two year training course for Cooks. Helen subfield Don Bowan these two students will represent the faculty of education of the University of Manitoba at the Western Canadian student. Teachers conference at Moose jaw feb. 22 to 25. Delegates irom the Normal schools and faculties of education in Mani Toba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia will attend the conference. Russia to broaden system of education forty years ago Jan. 15, 1914 Winnipeg s water Supply problem was settled with the granting by the International joint Waterways commission to Winnipeg of the right to draw its water Supply from Shoal Lake the water of which had been tested for purity the City had previously tried an Artesian Well system and intakes on the Rivers encountering very hard water with the Wells and pollution in the water from the Rivers. Thirty years 15, 1924 Hon. William Jennings Bryan a Leader in United states politics since 1896, four times democratic candidate for the presidency and former Secretary of state travelled to the democratic National com Mittee meeting in Washington to present As a candidate for the democratic nomination. President Murphree of the University of Florida. Twenty Yean ago Jan. 15. 19s4 t. B. Press associate editor and Arch Dale cartoonist attended the meeting of 1he Winnipeg City Council to be material for an editorial and car Toon on running Winnipeg coun cil members figuring in the editorial included mayor Ralph Webb and aldermen Blumberg Pinner five Rice Jones and Simpkin among subjects debated were Heans. Land glut slums cookies the depression Honey and the single tax. Up reporter Bill Bonn had b four hour interview with soviet Deputy minister of Edu cation. The interview first of its kind in recent years was arranged by the soviet foreign of fice and one of its senior officials acted As interpreter. This article first of three reports what bom was told about the Public school system in Russia. By Bill Boss Canadian press staff writer Moscow is Broad and graduates automatically trans Fer to the nearest seven Grade school. If such schools Are far from their Homes students live in dormitories where the Only charge is for meals. In the lower grades handles All subjects from the fifth year education is by specialists. There Are no school fees for the first seven years but High school students pay 200 rubles a year Al though free education is planned for these students now that it is being made compulsory. Ening its education system to pro gets one Chance vide 10 years of compulsory school ing. Or. A Vil Vassily Yich Jymine Russia s Deputy minister of Edu cation since last year and the mail primarily responsible for implementing education decrees of the supreme soviet of the and the communist party outlined Many aspects of the russian educational system in an interview with the Canadian press. Compulsory he said begins at the age of seven. Kindergartens exist for children from three to six but Are not obligatory although popular among working class families. September decree last september the communist party decreed that 10-Grade Edu cation will be compulsory through Russia by 1960. Or. Jymine s Job is to extend the existing seven year system to the equivalent of Canada s Junior matriculation level children usually have Only one Chance in each Grade. It a Stu Dent fails try school principal class teacher and a medical specialist determine whether the child is ill retarded or Lazy. In special by that deadline. In Moscow and certain other Large centres 10-Grade schools Al ready exist. Elsewhere education is conducted in four Grade schools which take pupils to the inter mediate level and seven Grade schools which carry them to High school. Ills technical Type retarded Chil cases a second Chance May be Lowed but in most the child transferred to a school or one for Dren. The state operates special schools for Blind deaf and retarded children who Are boarded at state expense. Those whose Homes Are nearby May live at Home. Schools have a principal and at least one assistant principal. All must have five years teaching experience to qualify. Party membership is not mandatory. Orphans and children of herds men in the far North who live in dormitories receive books free. Other students pay for their books. All schools have a medical offi cer but Only the larger ones have one to themselves. Most schools a nurse. Children May be accepted into the pioneers soviet version of the girl guides and boy scouts at and into the Komsomol Young communist league special offer new 1954 Ria Victor 3 Speed radio phone combination the magic of High Quality performance is yours to enjoy. For Only 189 with your Tram we will accept your eld radio As a Down payment pay As Low As a week hmm to hit choke. Shop by phone Call 92-6451 our will Call no Globe 423 Portage ave. Surplus Stock Sale Reg. 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