Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 24, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free press. Wednesday june 24.1981 i new Challenge beckons Thompson educator or. Ralph Stanton left and or. C. C. Bigelow discuss one of the u of m computer programs computer study overloaded big boost in budget needed to meet demand says Dean by Manfred Jager the University of Manitoba com Puter science department will be hard pressed this fall to meet the student demand for enrolment says u of m science Dean c. C. Bigelow. In an interview yesterday Bigelow said the influx of students not Only in science generally but particularly in computer science Calls for major Bud get changes to enable the department meet demand. Money is needed he said in order for the department to hang on to its 22 professors who Are in urgent demand by business and Industry attract More teachers from outside and expand and modernize facilities As Well As computer hardware and software. We think the figure is Between and million a year on top of our current science faculty said Bigelow. Some of this Money is needed immediately. I think the administration is beginning to realize the situation in the computer science department is close to critical Bigelow said. Demand for student places in the department is growing by leaps and Bounds and i am told the new u of m administration under incoming presi Dent Arnold Naimark will address the needs As one of the first Agenda items. As things stand we need help immediately or we May be facing a decision of having to limit admin too few graduates according to a 19-Page report on the u of m computer science department Bigelow recently wrote for the new University president computer centres at universities throughout North America now graduate about 15 per cent of the computer scientists needed in business Industry and government. Last year the University s computer science department considered to be one of the three top departments in Canada together with those of the universities of Toronto and Waterloo taught 306 honors students and third year computer science majors. Projections indicate there will be 410 such students this fall Bigelow said. Most employers Are unable to satisfy their present staffing requirements with the City of Winnipeg being a particular Case in Bigelow said in his report. The shortage of qualified personnel is recognized As a National problem and projections indicate this shortage will continue to business and Industry now pay Elor degree holders in computer ence starting salaries averaging a year while masters degree holders earn at least and phys get at least computer science phys employed As University professors on the other hand Start at urgent Steps the University must take Bigelow said include immediate increase of salary Levels in computer science to make them competitive with Industry expansion of computer facilities for instruction and research and reduction of teaching loads to enable professors to spend More time on Grad uate student supervision and research. Weather City Calendar Winnipeg area forecast occasional Cloudy periods with the Chance of an isolated thundershowers in the afternoon and evening. Becoming Clear before Midnight. High near 23. Low tonight near 9. Mainly sunny tomorrow with a High near 22. Extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny thursday and Friday occasional showers saturday. Temperatures near Normal readings of 24 and 12. Northern Manitoba Clearing thursday sunny Friday of deaths Ter noon Cloud saturday. Temperatures below Normal thurs Day but near Normal readings of 22 and 9 otherwise. Northwestern Ontario isolated showers thursday sunny Friday and saturday. Temperatures below Normal becom ing near Normal readings of 22 and 10 saturday. Temperatures Canada and the world the weekly International festival of the arts concert presented by the Winnipeg brass quintet will begin at 8 tomorrow at masonic memorial Temple 420 Corydon ave cultural affairs minister Norma Price will give details about the summer festival of performing arts at an information meeting at 10 . Tomorrow in the foyer of the Manitoba archives building200 Vaughan Street the Festi Val will be held july 21 to aug. 2 at Assiniboine Park. The second band concert by students of the International music Camp at the International peace Garden will begin at . Sunday in the formal area of the Garden. Major Chester Johannessen director of the norwegian National youth band will serve As guest conductor for the music Camp s band. Graduation exercises for More than red River Community College students Are to receive certificates or diplomas at graduation exercises tomorrow. The College said 738 students will receive two year Diplo Mas during the afternoon. People who have completed certificate courses a Une year or less will participate in evening Cere monies. Both graduations will be held in the College s North eve at 2055 notre Dame Avenue. Classified death National Victoria. Vancouver Calo Arv. Edmonton. Reolena. Winnipeg. Thompson. Kenora. Brandon. Dauphin. Thunder Bay Toronto. Ottawa. Montreal. Halifax. International Chicago. new York. Boston. Amsterdam. Athens. Berlin. Helsinki. Lisbon. London. Madrid. Moscow. Max. 24 21 21 20 13 2 12 10 spots los anoles. Haze Las vegas. Clear Phoenix Clear Honolulu 43 34 37 29 23 21 9 14 11 10 partly Cloudy Bermuda partly Cloudy. Nassau partly Cloudy Kingston fair Barbados Cloudy Havana Cloudy 28 32 32 30 27 u 28 27 29 26 28 13 31 23 20 24 23 43 30 Winnipeg temperature Compa Lioni Max. Man. Mean june 23. 19.2 10.7 150 last year. 33.7 17.1 25.4 Normal. 24.4 12.5 18.3 a limit i record 38.3 in 1900 lowest on record 0.6 in 1887 precipitation total for april 1 to june 21 122.3 Millimetres Normal 152.6 my. Akister Robert 54. Of 155 Kane Avenue. Benzer William 68, of Edmonton. Alfa., formerly of Winnipeg husband of Mary Benzer. Carruthers Francis fre Derick. Devlin Arthur Robert 73, of Vancouver b.c., husband of Janet Devlin. Elrick George Wesley 55, of Stony Mountain formerly of camper. Funk Agatha 90, of Stein widow of Jacob Funk. Hildebrandt Heinrich p., 87, of Gretna formerly of Blu men Ort husband of Anna Hil Debrandt. Mining Frances Eleanor 84, widow of Leslie mining. Hol Peter 98, of 573 Sher Brook Street suite 11, Hus band of Salmon hoi. Lanyon Kristin Margaret Jemima 65, of 1390 Lincoln Avenue widow of Frank Lan Yon. Lecocq Alice 63, of 39 Moore Avenue wife of Louis Lecocq. Mitchell Lenore 62, Hus band of Olive Mitchell. Morris William Joseph 72, of 865 Sinclair Street widower of Nora Morris. My Seniuk Nicholas 71, of 480 Spence Street husband of nettle Mysen Luk. Nazarenko Therese 86. Parkinson Hazel Alexina 82, widow of Osborne b. Par Kinson. Plese Michael 26, of Stein husband of Therese plese. She Nowek Joseph 74, of East Selkirk husband of Julia she Nowek. Reid Nora Luella wife of Bob Reid. Thompson Herbert a. Of 859 Garwood Avenue Hus band of Mary Thompson. By Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press Thompson Elanor Ingalls superintendent of mystery Lake school District is on the move after 18 years in Thompson. But warmer climes Are not for her. Ingalls is heading farther North. On aug. 12 she will become superintendent of education for the Yellowknife . School District. It s a Chance to gear Down before Ingalls said. In her new Post Ingalls will be responsible for three modern Elemen tary schools with open classrooms and Central resource areas similar to those in Thompson. The Yellowknife school population numbers compared with in Thompson there Are 68 teachers and nine aides compared with 224 teachers in Thompson. Challenging move she exercises her female prerogative of not revealing her age but admits to being already eligible for Early retirement. The tall energetic educator who is Well known in Manitoba especially for her service As president of the Provin Cial superintendent of schools association said she was t particularly look ing for a move but found an advertisement announcing the Yellowknife opening intriguing challenging and in the end her husband Carl Ingalls retired from the ramp after a 23-year stint is his fondest memories Are of dog team patrols in the High Arctic where he sometimes took cover in an Igloo with his dogs during severe storms. On at least one occasion he was without a guide and had to Trust his dogs to take him to an outpost about 500 Kilometres away Over White trackless Tundra. Ingalls once commented that Thomp son was As far North As she would live permanently and As far South As Carl would go. Now things have changed and they Are both Happy. A native of Regina Ingalls holds degrees in Home economics from the University of Saskatchewan and in education from the University of Brit ish Columbia. As Well As teaching be fore she arrived Here she also served for years with the Saskatchewan department of health. Arriving in Thompson where Carl was posted in 1963, Ingalls began teaching in the new High school and was later principal of the Juniper Ingalls intriguing Challenge elementary school. She was in charge of the Juniper school for five months when it pioneered the first open class room concept in Manitoba. On May 30, 1968 tragedy struck the Thompson school District when Henry Letkemann the Young Community s first superintendent of schools was drowned. Ingalls was suddenly thrust into his position becoming the first woman in Manitoba to serve As a school superintendent. Dynamic Days i guess we lived through a lot of Thompson s most dynamic Days. One year the school enrolment almost Dou bled Between june and september. For four or five years students had to use the classrooms in shifts while we tried desperately to keep up with the growth through a Large building she said. Just when we thought things were getting More under control the new Burntwood elementary school burned to the ground on thanksgiving week end 1972. We also had our share of clerical strikes and teachers work to Rule she said trustees teachers and administrators Over the years tried to develop a school system tailored to meet the special needs of the fast growing Community which also had a record population turnover. Students were constantly arriving All through the term from Europe Asia As Well As Many parts of Cana she said. A system which stressed individual learning within the More flexible framework of the open classroom and Central resource area seemed to be the Best Means of meeting the Situa Tion Ingalls said. Throughout the years considerable criticism has come from parents whose children found it difficult to adjust to the less rigid Structure and from teachers who found it equally hard to adjust. Ingalls said she understands both the teachers and the parents apprehensions but feels that Over the years the system has worked to the Best advantage of the Bright students the slow learners and the Walls crept in Over the years Walls and dividers have crept into the open areas including the re Parker collegiate which once boasted a 60-metre by 60-metre open area space with 20 teaching areas and a Large resource Centre where everything was said to be mov Able except the toilets and staircases. She said a major emphasis in Thompson has been placed on devel Oping a constant communication with parents teachers and resource personnel to give students individual attention and assistance. While often criticized Lor being too set in her Ingalls said she has been consistent and persistent in Fol lowing her objective of creating individually motivated and resourceful Stu last week 136 students were graduated from the collegiate compared with five in 1963. It was kind of exciting to realize that All the graduates were born on the year i came to a Leader of Thomspon s Metis Community who had three of his seven Chil Dren graduate from the High school others Are still in the system said i like what our kids got in these schools they be come out real Strong individualists. My oldest son is just completing the geology degree at the University of Manitoba. I credit the schools and our recreation system plus what we be Given him As a family for his spectacular with your portable Sony Srf-80w new to mpg. 3-Pieee stereo system with detachable stereo tuner and headphones. Slip the unit out of its Home base com Panion and you have a Sony Walkman am pm stereo radio Lor sensational music at Home you re sur rounded by Rich stereo projected from two big speakers. Sony s Srf-80w two stereos in e _ twice Tho fur Walkman pm stereo radio with personal Headphone. A miniature pm stereo receiver mat clips on your Belt or slips into a pocket. 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