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THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAER, BO

Thuteday¥, April 9, 1959.

THE TRIBUNE

Published every Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C. By The Tribune Publishing Co.

From the Files ONE YRAR AGO April 5th, 1951 Subscription: per year . $2.50 Outside Canada .

Ray Cunliffe, local District Engin- + $3.00 . eer, Was elected president of the Williams Lake Junior Chamber Commerce, Dr. Larry Ave president, Eric Mutrray secretary, and Bill Crossen treasurer— Fun- ces were held for Jack ~|Moxon, brakeman, who lost his life

under the wheels of the PGE pas-

venger train at Macalister station—

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ete 4 = z __ | distric ross driv ill $600 It is entirely possible for a man to graduate from uni- ieee e Bee aes oe cee “ee versity in the United States at the age of 22 without being iB pighablye-the AAG Eee oe able to read or write.” Sa Se : seum and library in the interior has

At first glance, the above statement seems so arresting | heen made to the men: wlio are that it Must have been used as an “attention compeller,’ ANG | ng to form a local historical society not to be taken as truth. Yet the man who made it was Robert| — tom stepp of Cloverdale is~ in M. Hutchins, former chancellor of the University of Chicago tospital in New Westminster fol- He was speaking to a Canadian audience and he declared: owing a relay journey, aboard three _ ‘Liberal education was not murdered, it committed sui- aireraft from Chileo Lake— Local cide. It has only itself to blame for its complete preoccupation | :otelman Henning Madsen has an- with vocational training, which most industries could do bette: | aounced that his company will t: and in a shorter time.” ‘ver the ingraham Hotel Interests “Too many educationists have the attitude that schooling t Yellowknife, N.W.T., and will is important, but education is not.” ‘ispose of its interests in the Lake- Dr. Hutchins was, of course. speaking of the America) | iew and Ranch Hotels here— An- educational system, but he voiced his sentiments fn Torontu us MacLean, MLA for the Cariboo and at least by inference expressed similar concern fo. ee nan his explanation of Canadian schools and universities. Fs ea ah tavoriozitiis Govern- £ ae | ment measure which boosted premi- He is not alone in his attacks on the modern system of] ums for the British Columbia Hos- education. Of late there has been a series of these verbal] pita Insurance Service— Local assaults levied in Canada by Canadian educationists too -- and | curlers elected Ken Rife to the clun | mwarectiy at the Canadian system. presidency at: the group’s first an- he chief concern seems to be over the mass production | nual banquet. Fifty members were

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of a type of high school graduate who has been subjected to a| present to watch the trophies being |,

smattering of the arts, a brief introduction to the trades and] presented and talk over the past | the somewhat vague benefits of a course labelled ‘effective | season’s victories and defeats— Cul- | ving.’ mination of a dream of tive years | vhis is all well and good, but in the pursuit of supplying | standing was realized Easter Sun-| every student with some form of higher education, there is a|!a¥ by the delication of a pulpit ia | St. Peter's Anglican Chureh by Bishop Frederic Stanford— Funeral services were conducted from St. Andrew's United Chureh for Miss Eva Maria Sorenson, well-known district resident—

-growing feeling that the modern curriculum is failing to provide a solid grounding in the fundamentals. -

M. W. Steinberg, co-chairman of the first year English section at the University of British Columbia, has expressed concern over the fact that most of the university’s freshmen cannot spell or write gramatically. States Mr. Steinberg:

“We have to spend almost all the first year teaching students simple grammar and even then most of them can't handle the language.

FIVE YEARS AGO April 3, 1947 : A further $200,000 will be pro; “The problem has become so serious that next year vided by the Government with which English courses in second year arts will probably place much | ,, purchase passenger and freight greater emphasis on simple writing.” service equipment to be operated Cost too, enters into the picture. zt over the Hart Highway. This sum is In the Okanagan one municipal body is currently seeking | in addition to $663,000 which has

| son journeyed to Quesnel with four

of the Tribune | — Mrs. M. L. Gibbons of Hors y na heen appointed secretary of the B.C. Registéred Trappers 00: | tion— The wedd:ng of a popular. young couple was solemnized at < | Andrews United Chureh when Mari: Louise Walters, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Walters of Likely, hecame the bride of Gordon MecBur- ney, also of Likely— Mr. Irwin Brandly states he will be opening the Williams Lake Pharmacy as soon 1S a suitable building can be erect-

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TEN YEARS AGO April 6, 1942 J. G. Turgeon, MP for this dis- trict has been appointed as chairman of the House of Commons committee on reconstruction and rehabil tion— School principal Mr. Phillip-

students as delegates from the Wil- liams Lake Superior School, to at- tend a youth movement conference — Miss Gladys Smedley, of Williams Lake, received word to report for Army Corps. As far as we are aware, she.is the first woman from this dis- trict to join up— A farewell banquet was held in honor of Rev. Conway, of the Catholic Chureh—

TWENTY YEARS AGO April-7, 1932 Enthusiasm among the members of the Golf and Country Club still 'S as strong as ever, and there every likelihood of its seeing an- other successful season. New offi- cers elected at the annual meeting were Mr. Tyson, president; Dr. Ross, vice-president; J. F. Smedley, ecretary-treasurer— Due to efforts of Rodk Mackenzie, MLA, all rentals on leased land have been reduced from fifteen cents to seven and a half cents— A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. A. Norberg, and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Wright of 127

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support of a resolution condemning the ‘mass production’ already been provided to purchas2 bolicy of the preseni_system of education as too expensive for | necessary equipment for the Pacitic the tax-paying public’s support. . Great Eastern Railway— W. R. Nel- Mr. Steinberg’s suspicion that his immediate problem has | son, building contractor, has been become worse in recent years -- due to the general evolutioi ee the eae se eee fF ed i pawn ane that j ar y a growing|the new warehouse of the Caribéo os Samat nd \invi } ‘= wwe "pake Bai ° ¢ their season's activities with a ban-| The Cariboo Quagmire quet at the Lakeview Hotel— What, is believed to be a new record pric: for the sale of commercial cattle at} If any single demonstration was needed to back tha Williams Lake, was established Cariboo’s demand for a new deal on its major highway prob-|\nen Len Hill, butcher of Quesnel, Jem, the condition of the road north of Williams Lake last purebased a carload of Onward Ranch. week certainly supplied it. steers through the Cariboo Cattle- No land slides, no floods or other catastrophies other than men’s Association at the average the annual spring break-up and two days’ rain combined to price of $14 per hundred pounds-— turn the Cariboo ‘Highway’ into a quagmire that was almost | Tne Williams Lake high school bas- impassable. ketball team walked over Quesnel That the situation didn’t deteriorate into one that would | team 36-17— The Williams Lake’ have stalled waffic on the road for several weeks can only be | Board of ‘Trads ls sponcoring a. spring attributed to nature itself, with the drying winds working | ‘!#7-UP, paint-up week for the town a short-term miracle on the soggy roadbed. And we think it will take some proving if Victoria wants to take the credit for the wind. WE GOT THIS BAG MADE O SPRING BARGAINS OF LEVIS--THEM LEVIS:

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From Another Viewpoint ° “THE PUBLIC'S BUSINESS» - (in the Abbotsford-Sumas-Matsqui News)

The other day a Calgary alderman duct themselves as they shou! delivered a lecture to the press, in| There have “been more than a tew which he propounded the philosophy | examples of abuse of the freedo:n hat newspaper representatives at-|of the press. Yet! is for the public, tended council meetings “only by, and the public alone, to register its courtesy of the aldermen.” Protest and voice its censure of such

In Victoria, members of the legis-| Unfortunate acts. lature recently threatened’ to call! Certainly no elected representative before the house a publisher whose|Should seek to interfere with the editorials: displeased them. freedom of the press. The public has

In both cases, elected representa-}2 Tight to know, and it is the duty tives acted foolishly. Yet such non-|#° Well as the business of the press sense, and dangerous nonsense it is,|t® let it know. could gain wide acceptance if not ere subject to critical analysis. The Canadian Pacific Railway

Freedom of the press in such cases| Covers some 17,000 miles, compared is not freedom of the publisher, or| with 13,100 for the Atcheson, ‘To- his staff. It is freedom to tell the] peka and Santa Fe, biggest Ameri- public about the public's own busi-| can carrier, : ness. Petty attacks on freedom of the press are actually attacks on the essential freedom of democracy it- self,

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