Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 14, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba School language teaching to get govt. Help by Carol Partridge free press staff writer Manitoba. Government will give. I assistance 16. Cultural. 1 groups wishing to set up classrooms outside the Public school system to languages. The announcement was made to the filth ukrainian Cana Dian Congress meeting in the. Jim Walding nip member 6t the legislature for St. Vital. Or Walding speaking to the Congress delegates saturday said the language assistance program would be administered by the department of Cul Tural affairs. Organizations which qualify would be eligible to receive per student up to a maximum of class or one third of the. Total Cost of each classroom program. Or. Walding said the govern ments decision to implement such a program was in response to various ethnic groups in Manitoba who wanted to preserve their native language such As ukrainians. He said in Many cases there were Isuf fiend numbers to warrant a language class in the Public school system yet the demand was still there. The new program would get around this problem by helping cultural groups set up their classrooms outside the Public school system he said. Or. Walding estimated that As Many As students in Manitoba would probably take advantage of the program and As Many As 12 languages would be taught. In another address to the John Munro the new Federal minister responsible for multiculturalism promised to work closely with All ethnic groups to ensure that their goals Are pursued. Earlier delegates had Cri i tick cd the Federal government for not creating a separate portfolio for multiculturalism. Or. Munro is also the labor minister. However or. Munro assured delegates he would not ignore their needs. "0 u r government believes multiculturalism. Can operate fully within the context of bilingualism and both Are part and parcel of the reality of he said. The minister said he has Al ready asked his department to Rush completion of a study on non official languages and recommendations contained in it will be placed before the Feder Al Cabinet. If the teaching of the ukrainian language is of con Cern to ukrainian canadians then it is of concern to he said the Canadian Broad casting corporation also had an important responsibility in regard to non official languages such As ukrainian. Delegates applauded him when he said a committee has been set up by his department which he hoped would have some Impact on the Csc in promoting the linguistic Heri tages of the new minister also said he has asked information can Ada to study the effectiveness of present government mechanisms for communicating with Canadian of non English i and non French background. To no Furse Chiei threatens with Limie St. Vital police Are searching for a Young Man who attacked a woman with a knife Early sunday and stole her purse. A police1 spokesman said the woman had accepted a ride from the Man in downtown a i n n i p e g but she became frightened when he drove past the spot where she had asked to be dropped off. The Man stopped his car for a red Light at the Corner of St. Mary s Road and St. Anne s Road and the woman jumped out and ran towards her nearby Home. The Man chased her however and threatened her with a knife when he caught her a distance away. The 24 year old woman was not injured in the attack. Her purse contained no Money. The police spokesman de scribed the Man As about 25 years old 140 pounds of slim build and with medium Brown hair. He had a moustache and was wearing Silver trimmed glasses. U of w Marks event tie University of Winnipeg has scheduled lectures and programs for the week of oct. 21 in the -100th. Anniversary of the arrival of the f Iii St mennonite settlers in Manitoba. Or. Frank Epp president of Conrad Grebel College Waterloo ont., will lecture on the Meir Noble past at at convocation Hall in Wesley Hall. Or. A. Kreider of Bluffton College Ohio will speak on tie contemporary mennonite a t oct. 25, in theatre a Manitoba 1 a symposium Tori Menton its and pacifism will be. Held at p.m., oct. 24, in theatre will be or Roy Vogt of the University of Manitoba or. Arnold of the mennonite Brethren Bible col lege and Adolf ens archivist Canadian mennonite Bible College. A concert by the engbrecht singers and the mennonite children s choir will be presented at p.m., oct. 25, in he Ridell Hall auditorium. A display depicting mennonite traditions will be exhibited in the Mezzanine of the University Library and will close oct. 27. Mennonite week will close with the University s fall con vocation when three prominent members of the Mph Honiter Community Benjamin. Horch Helena Friesen Reimer and Rev. Gerhard Lohrenz will receive honorary degrees. Transmission troubles free diagnostic Check and Road test 157 Portage 786-2437 930 Nairn 667-1595 1311 map huffs 586-8049 4io Pembina 453-4124 weather report morning bulletin for Manitoba and Northwest Ontario skies were Cloudy throughout the District Early this. Morning with Snow in the Churchill area and rain or drizzle in West Ern Ontario. Temperatures at 4 . Ranged from .45 at Thunder Bay. To 13 at _ Churchill while most South Ern regions were in the 30s. A Large High pressure area Over the Western Prairies and the Northwest territories is causing a Strong northerly flow of cold air Over the forecast District and Cloudy skies with Strong winds and a few Snow flurries will per Sist in most regions today. Clearing will take place in most regions and overnight lows will be. In the teens and 20s throughout the District. Figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures today precipitation h High Pieu ure l Low a tenure old Fiona worm from temperatures following Are the High temperatures Low temperatures and precipitation for the 24-hour period ending at 6 . Yesterday. Max. Min. Vancouver 43 Calgary 52 Edmonton 5 52 Brandon the Pas is forecast for Winnipeg Bissett Interlake and red River regions mainly Cloudy today Wilh a few Snow Lur Ries. Winds North at 20 and Gusty. High near 45. Clear tonight Wilh a Low near 25. Tuesday increasing cloudiness and a Little warmer. Winnipeg 5 Thunder Bay 74 Kenora 53 Ottawa 56 58 50 Toronto Montreal Chicago n Miami 81 los Angeles 73 Minneapolis to new York n Boston 53 Phoenix 93 Athens 75 Rome 43 Paris 52 London 52 Berlin 54 Amsterdam 50 is 42 36 25 15 27 Brussels 48 36 Madrid 59 39 Moscow 57 43 Stockholm 46 39 Tokyo to 37 Hong Kong 81 -77 Winnipeg free press monday october 14, 197 4 2nd" class mall registration number Well meet again by Carol Partridge free press Slaff writer a Singer who promised thou Sands of servicemen during the second world War Well meet again is keeping her word to the Delight of Many Winnipeg veterans v Vera Lymm the sweetheart of the Allied forces arrived in Winnipeg saturday to prepare for a show at. The Centennial concert Hall. The tuesday night concert sponsored by the army Navy and veterans Assiniboia Tenil. 283, is already sold out mostly to sex servicemen and their families who Are looking Forward to an. Evening of nostalgia. In an interview saturday miss Lynn said she usually in eludes most the songs she made famous 30 years ago., because if t did to my Audi ence would be very disappoint but the pretty Blond Singer docs slip a few new numbers into her repertoire including songs by Paul Anka and Tom Paxton. But it is Berkeley Square White Cliffs of Dover bless Emall and when the lights so on again which bring Back the memories and have audiences around the world shout he for More. Miss Lynn who is always accompanied by her musician husband Harry Lewis yelled widely singing at Chari ty., concerts servicemen re Inions and other celebrations. Try to space my engage ments so we can still spend inc at our Home in Sussex she says. The couple married for 33 years have a daughter who also lives in England. Miss Lynn said the invitation .0 come to Winnipeg came at he right time because she was planning a trip to Vancouver to ape three television specials with the Irish rovers. Her visit is the Centennial University role changing Condo says Vera Lynn the Singer whose voice is known by. Veterans of the second arrives in Winnipeg to prepare for a show at the Hall tuesday. Welcoming her at the Airport saturday is Gordon Mclntosh. President of the Navy and air Force veterans Assiniboia unit 283. The veterans group invited. Miss Lynn to Winnipeg As its Centennial project. Project of the army Navy and air Force veterans Assiniboia unit. Gordon Mclntosh president of the unit said they invited the Singer to Winnipeg but we never thought she d actually she is just fantastic the jest thing that s happened to Winnipeg in a Long he said. No doubt when the Petite Singer with the big voice sings r final number tuesday Light Well meet a lacked concert Hall will agree Vith him. Students Okasaki bound Oil japanese Exchange by Dennis Hryciuk free press staff writer _ using chopsticks to eat Rice and seaweed taking a train that travels 130 Miles an hour and being part of a sports festival with people All this and More Are eagerly anticipated by a group of Winnipeg students who will act As unofficial ambassadors to Japan in the next two weeks. The 13 students Grade 6 and Grade 4. Pupils of Grosvenor school leave Winnipeg tues Day for a 15-Day cultural Exchange visit to Okasaki Japan about 150 Miles Southwest of Tokyo staying in Okasaki Homes and going to school classes there the 10-year-old and 11 be a r o 1 d students whose parents Are financing the visit will study aspects of japanese Cid Ture and participate in Community activities in a City com parable in size to Winnipeg. In return Okasaki students of the same age also sponsored by their parents will visit Winnipeg probably next june and stay at the Homes of the children who Are now on their Way to Japan. The purpose of this trip is to Cement better relations be tween Ann Phillips principal Grosvenor school said in an interview. The travelling students who Are part of the school s project to learn about Japan Are r e n a t a Jakubowicz Shawn Nesbitt Shanley Allen Debbie Betsy Badertscher Celia Thomson Donna Cousin e a u David Flintoft Bobby Barry David Whitehouse Chris Dalli Viken Warren and David Crabb. Supervisors travelling with them Are Kay Kasano who will act As interpreter Elizabeth a Grosvenor school Grade 6 teacher and John Crabb. The students who have been practising japanese words and phrases and who have seen films about their destination had their own ideas about what Japan would be like. Lots of people and traffic tand kind of said one of them. When i think of Japan i think of mountains and said another. The people Are polite clean and David Flintoft and celia., Thomson Grade 6 students at Grosvenor school 1045 Grosvenor Avenue Are packing for an Exchange trip to Japan. Do exercises at g o clock every morning. Have to do that too and help clean the streets like ill the children i Don t look Forward to doing said one girl who was obviously excited about All the other things the group would be doing. Get to go train from Tokyo it goes 130 Miles an and use chopsticks like we be been i can t believe we re really one of the group shouted. And then Alt of the students began to talk excitedly about seeing a car factory visiting the mayor of Okasaki and Tak ing part in a sports festival in which tie entire City of participates. While the students expert Elice japanese life and enjoy the sights they will also make notes Oil areas of study which will be presented to the other students of Grosvenor school when they return. This is a project of the whole miss Phillips said. We Are planning Japan Day when All Iho Stu dents will get log Ether. Stu dents who Are staying Here arc working on projects the idea for the visits she said came from a japanese p r i n c i a 1 in Okasaki who wrote to school officials in Winnipeg asking for an Exchange of students in order to promote better understanding Between Peoples. The officials contacted her and then it was a matter of a lot of planning and hard work. It been said miss Phillips. What Beller Way to learn about a country than to experience it first and As she addressed the group assembled in her office she reminded them of their duties As unofficial Canadian ambassadors. Want All of you to re member that very few Japa Nese have Ever seen canadians so you Are going to be watched and examined just like you were Little Birds in Glass cages. You must set a Good if. The students visiting Japan continue to be the warm enthusiastic and courteous group that was assembled before her miss Phillips need t have any worries. The role of universities is changing to reflect a changing student population w. J. Condo who will become chair Man of the Manitoba govern ment s universities Grants com Mission in january 1975, said i thursday. More. And More students Are attending on a part time Jasis working and taking free or four courses and his is having an important effect on. The program of the uni he. Said in an inter View. There is also an increasing emphasis education for people in the native people and mature students. As chairman of the University Grants commission or Condo will be in a position to encourage outran looking development in the province s universities. Expansion and development Are . Approval of the with other members of the be looking at the Quality and Quantity of. Education offered and giving advice Anil assistance with the development of hell have to judge whether Grant requests from the three universities and St. Boniface College Are justifiable. The. Grants commission studies tie Finan c i a 1 submissions of these bodies evaluates their pro Grams and distributes funds appropriated by the Legisla Ture. This year these funds amounted to this is about 80 per cent of the schools operating costs. Only about million of this was de signalled for building. The government has Many health and social Hydro devel6p ment environment and ecology studies and so on. We can Only Hope that gets a fair share of the lax or. Condo is no stranger to University administration. He has been an accountancy and administrative expert at the University of Manitoba of Over 22 years. Dec. 31 just before he takes up his new Post he will resign As vice president administration of the University. Naturally i la be sorry to leave the University but i m looking Forward 16 the Chal Lenge of working with the com Mission. Universities have a lot of problems that need o be worked out. One difficulty is that expenses Are going up for Post secondary education at per haps a faster Rale than enrol or. Condo said he could t say if this trend pointed to higher tuition fees since tuition is under the Juris Decilon of the universities themselves together with the province. And it would be very pre sumptuous of me to take any directions before i be worked with Hie lie added. However one principle or. Condo will be working on is that universities should let peo ple know what is going on and How Money is being spent. Not Only How the Money is spent but some indication that it is being used wisely should be Given. It s important to let people know what s going he said or h. If. Saunder son the first Manitoban to be come president of the University had an Active publicity pro Gram where he would speak anywhere in the province to interested people. Each University should have ils own method but it should be kept before the pub Lic another principle is that universities need to be More sensitive to the needs of their constituents. A lot of people who have dropped out Are returning. It is hoped it s because they feel the need their Edu cation. Studies Haven t been done to determine who and Why but i have noticed this in or. Condo joined the University staff As assistant comptroller and then comp troller. In i960, he was named As vice president As Well As comptroller. In 1970, the two functions were combined under vice president Nistra he was also Secretary Forto. J. Condo the Board of governors from 1952 to 1973. T yet. His personal contributions and personal interests Are submerged in an Over All concern for the University. My own interest has been in the development of the entire University. As a member of the administration it has been a privilege to co operate in getting projects during his time the University the faculties of dentistry and administrative studies were established and St. Johns and colleges we removed. To Campus. Also research at .the.? University., has Recagni a culture country and tie guards Young one in a the children s Aid society of Eastern Manitoba provides ser vices to children of the St. Boniface area and to. Those in Eastern Manitoba. It protects children from neglect places children under Agency guardianship in Foster or family group Homes counsels Fanti pics and ha-3 an adoption service. Important roles Are the preventative work in facing family breakdown problems before they become crises ing the Community in its responsibility for the Agency s services. Is the United Way funds these latter roles in part through family resource centres in the Windsor Park and Norwood Section of St. Boniface. In Addi Tion the United Way contrib utes non Ward care costs not covered through the Canada assistance plan because of gov c. R n menial regulations practices but judged by Hie Agency to be deserving of Community support. The 1973 United Way Alloca Tion was the j974 and 1975 allocations Haven t yet been determined. This year s Campaign is after for 52 health welfare and recreation organizations. Armed mail robs car Wash police Are searching for a Man who robbed a car Wash attendant of a Small amount of Cash saturday night. A police spokesman said the Maii armed with a handgun walked into the sparkle car Wash 1004 Nairn Avenue at about p m. And demanded Cash from the Lone attendant. Arrests have been made in connection with the Holdup and no description of the Man was available ;