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THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B,9.

Thursday, February 16, {

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| ESSTORIALS

The Cracker Barrel Forum

By A. J. Drinkell

= Worthwhile Planning

Decision of the Board of Trade to name a com- mittee to study, in conjunction with the village com- missioners, the proposed PGE sub-division plan and general future village expansion is a commendable one. Here is an example of leadership that private citizens should be able to expect from. an organization

like the board of trade, but too often in many centres] week in an article appearing in the current issue of ‘The Montrealer,” written by Meyn-

As far as our own problem is concerned, the com-|®rd Chapman in which he endeavours to missioners have been blamed in the past for their lack |Compare the attitude of the citizen of

fail to find.

A Comparison Of Societies

The boys evinced considerable interest this

of action on the matter. There has been room for|m™ediaeval times toward his du- = complaint, but at the same time it must be remember-| ties as such with that of present | ties” was founded in an era of

ed that these are busy men often saddled with a load |4@ay humans.

of time-consuming detail in village business that must be handled also.

Active entry of another group of citizens into the study of town planning will probably be welcomed by the commissioners.

Between the efforts of the volunteers and elected officials something worthwhile should result.

Matter of Personal Influence

Much enthusiasm has been expressed recently pe about the possibility of television as a teaching

medium. Most of this enthusiasm, we may say, comes not regarded as service.”

from the U.S.A., but we suspect that it will not be long

quotation from the book “Eng- lish Social History” by G. M,|tion — an era not unlike the

great ‘danger before the nation The article commences with a|State became strong enough 6

Trevelyan, which sets forth the| ry days in Canada, It is a far case for the citizen of the earlier | TY, says he, from this modern period in these words: “It was|eTa of standing armies, tax col- a time of strong civic patriotism |!ectors and the mercenaries of

when men found no trouble in| City water-works.

Something

orienting themselves to a society |800d, and perhaps something in which they automatically sery-|¢rucial may have died with that

ed in the militia, prepared for | Concept.

Man’s relationship to

defence at any moment, helped|the city andthe nation has keep the town's bridges, streets, | thinned to a point where the av- ditches and fields in shape. Such |€T@8e person's direct link with

work in the common cause was|them consists in paying taxes

and grumbling at the govern- “No. one thought liberty eon-|Ments he elects. to spend them.

before it is heard in Canada, too. There is good ground sisted in avoiding military or|The dollar bill, in the form of ‘for thinking that the TV screen will prove to be an- other obligations. Self-help and| taxation, has never been noted “other useful adjunct to classroom instruction: Here self-government were for many|for the loyalty it breeds. Even in Canada the CBC has done some very fine work in centuries taught in the school of | the vote has become a right not town life and to a large degree | t0o strongly regarded. It may be in the community courts. There|becduse in our,time there are

education by means of radio; not many teachers who

have used educational broadcasts in their classrooms

would prefer to be without them, if we are not seri- = ously misinformed.

Hnthusiasm, however, should not be allowed to Tun away with us. The discovery of a good new thing does not inevitably displace a tried-and-true old one. Teaching at its best h=s always been a matter of per- s0nal influence — of the direct action upon the pupil’s mind of a teacher who knows him, and who is known to him, Anyone who has had, during his school career, even one first-rate teacher will bear witness to this indispensable influence.

z More than eighty years ago James Abraham Gar- fleld (the 20th President of the U.S.A.) said in a speech at his old university, Williams College: “Give me a log hut, with only a simple bench, Mark Hopkins on one end and I on the other, and you may have all the buildings, aparatus and libraries without him.” That is a notable, though ungrammatical tribute to the individual teacher. Whatever television may bring, whatever educational splendors it may unfold, what- ever eminent men it may persuade to explain their Special subjects before its cameras, it will never take

= the place of the first-rate teacher, with enthusiasm and 2. W@ll-stocked niind/ working with pupils who can feel his enthusiasm,*ask him questions, ‘and lea¥n * not

simply from what he says, but also from what he is. —Peterborough Examiner.

No Liquor Interest Alliance

Revelations in the recently published combines Teport of the brewing industry of the apparently close relationship between the brewer and leaders of gov- ernment gives the average citizen some cause for concern,

We must admit that that we have permitted our government to get into the booze business in a big way — sales in Prince George alone are running well above $1,500,000 annually — and that it is inevitable, as a result, there should be many business dealings between the industry and public officials.

This does not mean, however, that the relation- ship should be anything but at arm’s length. Indeed, one could wish that a way might be found to widen rather than narrow the gap.

From time to time, and particularly during elec- tion campaigns, there are rumors that liquor interests in this province have a slush fund from which dona- tions are made to the campaign expenses of the major political parties. In this way the brewers and distillers never lack a friend in parliament no matter what the outcome of the voting.

Liquor store patrons frequently complain that United Kingdom and eastern Canada brewers and dis- tillers are being discriminated against in favor of B.C. firms, which lends weight to the suspicion that in- fluence is being purchased by someone from someone.

Many years ago, during the heydey of the Con- servatives and Liberals in this province, it was suggest- ed in the legislature that political parties be compelled to reveal the source of all campaign contributions. There were charges and counter-charges of corruption, but nothing ever came of the idea. —

Perhaps that time is now ripe for another look at the proposal. If there are not to be grounds for an assumption that patronage, personal or political, plays a@ part in our government matters pertaining to intoxi- cating beverages, it would appear wise for the leaders of all parties to make known the names of the indi- viduals and firms contributing to party funds. ,

—Prince George Citizen.

were no rights without duties.” SOMETHING LOST Chapman points out that the

many such rights and virtually no duties.

There is no longer any fune-

concept “No rights without du-| tional basis or school for civie

From the Files of The Tribune

ONE YEAR AGO February 17, 1955

of Williams Lake Motors, Me: srs. Lapiere and have begun exténsive alterations

LeFrancoi

Felix Nicholson, manager of|on the building—

the Bank of Commerce was el- ected to the single seat on the board of directors of War Mem- orial Hospital— Jack Esler was

TWENTY YEARS AGO February, 13, 1936 With 50 below and wind pil-

injured when was pinned be-| ing arifts across the roads, pub- neath a load of lumber— One |1;¢ works men yyorked all night

man received an 18 month sent-

to open the road at Springhouse

ence and another is still being| prairie to enablé'a doctor to get sought following the burglary|t9 sixali to bring out a serious- at Williams Lake Motors— Theljy 1) man— ‘The thermometer

Valentine \dance in aid of the| a+ winiams fate registered 22 hospital fwd realized clipse to balows pre 3 = ae $300— The hospital addition ¢

still awaits the approval from Vietoria— Several cougars have been active in the Lac La Hache distriet— Directors of the Cari- boo Cattlemen’s will lend their support to the fight to restore the recent reduction of $5 a ton free freight assistance on feed grain— Ed Verby of Lone Butte picked up a man and woman hitch-hiker. He provided. them with a bed at his home. When he awoke the next morning he found his guests and car miss- ing. The car was found at the 93 Mile— The new poliomyel- itis vaccine has been made avail- ble to district children—

FIVE YEARS AGO February 22, 1951

$500 was approved by the vil- lage commissioners to be spent on improving the beach— First holders of the Gardner Trophy in the curling club champion- ship is the Dan Rottacker rink — The Elks Hall was filled to capacity to witness the first rol- ler skating carnival] to be staged in Williams Lake— The village commissioners approved a $31,- 500 budget for the Village in 1951. This is $9,000 over last year's figure— Dave Wiggins passed away at Hazelton in his eightileth year. He was well known around the Dog Creek area, having worked pack trains for many years—

TEN YEARS AGO February 21, 1946

The post office at Big Lake was closed when the property was sold and the new owners were unwilling to carry on with the service— The new owners

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or national respensibility. Mr. Chapman concludes by ponder- ing how the old: concept could be restored when life has be- come as specialized as it is to- day. It is a sombre fact ihe pen- dulum has swung until the na- tion state has come upon times of greater challenge and greater danger than the mediaeval city

ever knew. Peril has brought rights and duties into balance before — perhaps it will do it again.

VERIFIED AT. HOME

It occurs to us a close to home verification of Mr. Chapman's theories may be found in the field of education in which we abandoned about the last vestige of self-help and self-government when we permitted the small school boards to be disbanded without a struggle. The day of the school built by local hands with a little help from govern- ment has gone and along with it went the keen interest of those whose offspring require its bene- fits. Today we clamour for more and more services, more preten- tious buildings and an increas- ing array of highly specialized courses, with ful responsibility for their creation being delegat- ed to officialdom.

While the recent referendum was defeated largely through the opposition of the larger land owners many others are appalled by the soaring costs of this ser- vice. These costs will continue to pyramid unless we are pre- sume a fair mea- sure of individual responsibil- ity; revive our flagging interest in school affairs and demand a return to our former measure of local contro).

An increasing number of peo- ple particularly amongst those having served on the larger boards realize the consolidated district idea is proving a costly failure yet fall to see how we can restore the old order. It raay well be that circumstances will become so adverse as to compel us to recognize that if we would continue to enjoy the rights and privileges we must be prepared

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