Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 29, 1960, Winnipeg, Manitoba Jud Curt in greater Winnipeg free press want ads Ion free press monday. February 29, ,1960 the View ice it. In school found essential educators say it teaches Basic principles a discussion group at the Manitoba conference on education saturday thrashed out the a prestion of religious instruction in schools heard Many and conflicting views with the majority finally deciding religious was essential if pupils were to understand the Basic principles of society. The group was one of 24 which discussed 10 topics be taught a schools the the conference thirty six of the delegates at the conference attended the discussion group on religious instruction one of the three groups which discussed this topic. Views ranged from that of the secularist who wanted absolutely no religious instruction whatsoever to that of the person who thought schools must not ignore religion. No one favored having it As a compulsory subject. Whole child Jaensen Cornelius a United col lege teacher said today s philosophy seemed to be Attiat the whole child must be educated. And there were parents who Felt the whole child included the spirit., if the intention is to get up is course because of parents who feel this is As much justification for this As for physical education. But it should not be he said. Mrs Ann Thorn president of Champlain Home and school association said religious tolerance would be developed by an objective course which compared Dif Ferent religious beliefs. People of one religion would come to under stand others better. Three main views basically these were the three Maui views of those who spoke 1. Religious instruction would Lead to disunity and discrimination therefore there should be none a. It would by making a better person out of the child bring a closer together. 3. An objective study of All refer gloat would promote tolerance. Air Cadet meet on metro Bell Winnipeg special metro committee completed general study of the govern ment metro legislation saturday in hours of Spe Cial meetings the committee sche m outed to meet again tonight to hear the views of City fire officials and the Winnipeg pol ice commission. Following series of in camera discuss ions the committee will re port to a special meeting of City Council thursday after noon Here Are some of the changes suggested by com Mittee members at Satur Day s meetings the metro Council should provide compensation for people whose property is fro v zen under the terms of Sec Tion 83 of the Bill an Appeal provision should be included in Sec Tion 117 under which metro May. Be required to repair streets for the movement of transit an Appeal provision be written into sections 133 and 154 which can require aria to bring their water systems up to a Standard is by metro. F took violent exception to Section 168 of the Bill which permits arrest without warrant when a Ponce officer an individual is guilty of leaving garbage or sewage any body the com Mittee described Section As much too Tough the government petted to Goto Law Amend ments committee Day. The City should have its representations ready Fonow taig thursday Cial Council meeting. Gets Grant the lord Strathcona Grant of win be presented to the Beaver Squadron no. 695, of the Royal Canadian air cadets. Presentation will be made wednesday evening at Princess mar Garet school. North Kildonan by brigadier j. E. C. Pangman and air Commodore m. P. Martyn. Grant is Given to Cadet corps sponsored by school boards. The new North Kildonan. Squad Ron backed by the North Kildonan school Board obtained its charter in the summer of 1959. Year s total to 59. of infectious Dis a sea reported by. The department for the. Week with the year s Yal totals in brackets diarrhoea of the Newborn 1 bacillary dysentery. 4 err Hoea 35 i i army on pop bottles say units picking up some a year permanent fora army units apparently looking for extra dividends have organized raiding parties which Are stealing empty soft drink bottles Worth a year according to a bulletin issued by Maple Leaf services a civilian organization which does much of the army s catering. Most of the missing bottles Are stolen from other uts losses run As High As so per cent of the bottles offered for Sale in Calgary and one third of the number offered for Sale m Winnipeg. Mrs month eld Patilda a is holding Kathryn 7, and Tarry i. Or. Tammen was i of the were twin. Matthew and Martin. A thinking in t encouraged in schools says principal _., j. Ail Aid not Blanc the Lack eleven get Scarlet fever eleven cases of Scarlet fever and streptococcal sore Throat were reported by the provincial health department for., the week to ending Fejt 27, bringing the Contention was partially supported by another panel member or. H. O. Macfarlane of Ottawa chair of the recent Manitoba to society does not regard the school As a place where children should be encouraged to think for themselves and be free to make their own decisions miss Sybil Shack principal of lord Roberts school said saturday we Don t want to free children to make their own she said in a panel discussion at the Manitoba conference Ori education at the University of Manitoba we want them to make the decisions we make if they make their own we Are dissatisfied with them individuals May disagree but this attitude was that of society a whole she said miss Shack s on education. Wanted certain 4k Mac diary oys Emery. Pc food poisoning 1 a factious i m not too sure we want children hepatitis Beningo Coucal to think we want them to be infections 1 whooping cough he said for instance the tuberculosis a gon qualities of honesty find courage other members of the panel djs cuss my what should be taught in schools were miss Helen Marsh editor of the Dauphin Herald and or. D. W. Penner chairman of St vital school Board chairman was or Justice a m Monnin. Or Macfarlane said thei emphasis in schools must be on the three tools of learning Reading writing and simple calculation these were the fundamental subjects which must be mastered to enable the child to carry on into other areas and become an educated person. Drifted Atway there were other desirable subjects but they should not be Given so much time in the curriculum that the three Basic tool subjects were neglected miss Shack denied this had happened m Manitoba or. Penner however questioned whether schools had not drifted away from the three tool subjects miss Marsh said she has come in con tact with students whose grades were inculcated in children. Early Grade teaching of languages is urged the teaching of second language in elementary grades was urged saturday by a discussion at the most speakers1 said there should w emphasis of speaking the and less on grammar. The group was., one. Of .10-Du-, emission groups at the conference which discussed various aspects of the one Delegate said the Proem which prevented Many from learn ing a second or third language was Lack Al motivation. It was diff Hunt in Europe he said where a person might travel 100 Miles and find himself in a foreign speaking country. We hear criticism now that children Aren t learning the subjects already remarked a speaker. How could they lean one or two More languages " another Delegate Stu Dent should be refused entry to the University just because he has failed to learn a second language. H a second language was consid ered essential for Entrance it should be taught earner Aad bet could not spell pro were Good but who write grammatically Perry miss contended that beyond the obvious necessity of Tea children How to speak and write it was i impossible to decide arbitrarily that one subject should be dropped and another selected. Ilung Mae Kane for example she had a Pupil with an in of 72 who just could not learn the multiplication table but a War after leaving school she was working As a cashier with a machine which added and subtracted for her Arith Metic iwas not foot miss Shack isaid the greatest problem n schools today was the a High in who from kindergarten on. Just sits without giving us now recognize fact we Are not drawing out of them what they Are capable of living. Tunc one of the sad by mine unite Wreh cent of All tattle no organise the dividend nits who Long to them d of allot her the bulletin average losses drink machine run at the average comm in Winnipeg this and regiment Cha. Time 39.2 per cent of All for Sale and the garters unite lost 32.4 per. Widest Are the Queen own rifles lost is per bottles. Lowest losses Are at Jvan Couver. Only per cent Honor system Maple Leaf services to restore an Honor system among units it says that i future wih be absorbed by the Jonas Canada and if unit divid oids will be Cut. The result will be that a Aher uts which collect n bottles than they should Wittl be taking Money away fam Belr comrades. Rates Wittl be according to i to the National civilian woman turned b a North Winnipeg woman s face was burned saturday evening in a Kitchen Accident which brought a Ponce warning against douse Oil flames with mrs Rose Blank my Machray Avenue had a Saucepan of cooking Oil on her stove when it caught in. She removed the Saucepan and placed it on the floor. Then. And she did not blame the Lack Ponce Sud. Her son on to because More on the flames the Oil exploded children were coming into school into mrs Blank s Sims w met sir to in miss Shack. Be general Hospital where she or Penner said schools were treated for second degree not demanding enough Effort from Burns on her face neck ears and Wiss a re Flection of society. For heavens Sake students Are working just As hard As they Ever declared miss Shack the irm neighbourhood House. Declared Mas Anim inc seventh r annual trouble Many parents Felt meeting of Logan nigh nerhood thei children were not working we i t.u. no film am Heel Namu no bar for be track l say one Man rules Roost in Shoal Lake area i an immediate investigation of monopoly Condi in communities such As Shoal Lake grand and Moose River in Manitoba were demanded Satur Day by the sixth annual Indian and Metis conference in Winnipeg. The demand came in a Tina which will he forwarded to the Prev facial government. It approved after discussion groups had heard charges that one or All cer Downs race track has been refused a cock if Cence by the liquor y chair Beard said Mon Day turned difficulty Selling Mere than liquor. Race track officials had pro posed to Cut Down the sue of the dining room to make room for a cocktail lounge. The track has a dining Reom liquor ii enee the hallmark restaurant 3 children v. Overcome the Canadian army to said monday that a number non commissioned officers Mili Tia callous would be released from service at a end of March. The report confirms a report which appeared saturday to the free press. The army sem a total of m cos would be Isle esd. To being done by the three Winnipeg Wen rushed to children s use Paul monday for treatment after they became in from Coal which filed their Debre Ann t. Gal Sandra 31 Matte and David Daniel Jaceb a. 7 months Ckodre. Of or. I Avenue buffered no Perman in effects a were released and Only the hefty rent red oxygen treatment. Mrs. Jacobean said her husband noticed fumes in their when he woke m about am and investigating found the fur Nace in their basement choked Witk Coal. He turned it off and was waiting for k to Cool so he could Clear it when at 30, the children started coughing the baby was a Rhost unconscious. I called it wee the Only number 7 could think said mrs. And they certainly got there i the fire department Rescue Wagon took the children to hos Pital. Tree Prem meetings meetings to be held tues Day to the free press building include Board room be Eaton s Public speaking group . Board room no. 1. Investment club. P m Board room no. 1, Sor Optimist club business meet pin. Dub room free press Bridge . Mot Avenue was granted a restaurant Beer and licence. Owners Morris Goldstein and Chian Tabachnik also applied for a dining room licence which was not granted. Army confirms us Wom. 0cin.i i. Was being consolidated. And that when the units involved would be Able the Fuh me Man at a Tate Reet rate services of the callous. Two people were controlling services and employment a Tain areas ;