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READING ROOM House of Commons, FROM AN HELLER RE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTEO TO THE INTERSST Vi OF THE PEOPLE rae penne neeR Ure pen Cpe eee Lhe NE VOLUME 20 — NUMBER T. F. Hamilton Rotarians on 14. T. F. Hamilton, principal of the Drumheller High School, addressed the Rotary Club at thelr weekly lunch con on the educational system of the present day from the standpoint of the teacher, There was a changing lattitude toward education today, said Mr. Hamilton, although in his own brief remembrance, he could recol- lect. other depressions, when educa- tlon was one thing which was never (considered should be cut down, and that the schools had to be carried on jn all their eflciency, _ , However, today things have chang. ed, and the question is often asked ia free education for all the best system and is it ethvarahian as a whole?” Young people are ton. ing if the time spent in ‘School and university is really a ‘benefit, as so many of them are not able to get any- thing to do, after leaving school or university. In the ‘past those, who did not have the advantages of cation, insisted upon their children getting the benefit of a ibetter edu- cation and in many cases made real sacrifices towards this end, But even carente today are wondering, if their acrifices were worthwhile. The first criticlsm one meets as regards the present system is the cost of education, the costa having increaed by leaps -and bounds. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Ot- tawa, show an increase cf 250 per- cent between 1913 and 1929 in the costs of education. The figures are alarming, but then there are cxten- nating circumstances. The. value of dollar between 1913 a 1929 would eut down the cost, while the increa: in enrollment of pupils is another facior, wnich must ‘be put alongside the increase in cost. When the de- crease in the purchasing value of the doilar, and the Increase in enrolmert are put alongside the increase in cos! th 250 ercent increase is chungel to a three percent decrease. In 1913 the number of pupils i: high schools in various communities was very small, but,-as an . speaker quoted the Lethbridge wnice he attended to w the 5e, When he attended Lanbridse High School, there were four teachers aud. 12% py day, there are elghtecn t ovr 700 pupils. - This jncrea rollment will account for a great per centage of the higher costs of giving higher education. Besides the standard teachers has increased as few had university training in the past, most high school teachers to- day are university graduates, thelr course costing them from three to five thousand dollars to give the ser- vice demanded by today’s =; yl system. Naturally tcachers should be paid accordingly. However, when one considers the cost of education, it might be well to do this, he sald, in comparison to the costs of what are termed hx- urles. In 1928 Canadians spent $47, 251,164.00 on confectionery, $78,000,000, on tobacco and cigars, $136,348,000 on pleasure motor cars, $149,000,000 on beverages, while the costs of. edu. cation in universities and amounted to $121,060,000, 1929, the education costs had reached their peak,.the same as ‘ything else, and since. then-costs have gone down considerably. The second crit cational sys 0 comprehensive, and the demand was to cut out the frills. The dimicu't here, stated Mr. Hamilton, is that we cannot agree as to what constitutes, the frills. Some demand that man- ual raining, domestic science, mnaic and art classes ‘be dispensed with, while others. maintain that these are Tost essential. Some iininate the foreign languages. that we are covering too mut required of wi very, ned is a frill to one, is oftentimes ecessity to another pupil. * However, the number of sillie: i. taken by a student could be cut ay and a student need not be req ned to take certain subjects. would be made here in cutt the number of. teachers, ,whtt prudent would be given the feducation requir The third eriticism is that the sent s¥stem endéavors to teach ail the children a’ong the same mould. The boys and girls educated for nor-- mal school and university, the eral course not giving the stude the ete staniing, mating jt neres- them to take extra subject provided that lato to go on to university. claim that the present es the students, who d university. Touching on ¢-mmercial and tech iol training, Mr. Hamilton referr. to the proposed amalgmatian of; the school districts In the Drumheller district, and while passing on opt fon of the merits of the proposal, ho Maintained that the need jn Druin- heller for a technical school, whe: ‘commercial and technical training could be given, is very evident. — It been argued that a cost a technical school here culty, but, as against this cost, the cost of educating the failures or duds not suited for the present training for university should be placed. Tho was the dim-! WHOLE NUMBER 1,051. Speaks to Present Day annual examination papers expect. 25 ume could be saved and go against the cost of pro’ technical education. The speaker made it clear that when mentioning that theso boys and girls were uot fitted for the study of other work, ay failed on the academ ¢ «nb. ; it which they had no tnlerert o* To auaptability. Ho folt that the establishing of a technical and Yoca- aining school in Dem siler cne of the outstanditn x the proposed amalg u targe lot of the maza'ary evud Fe studied first hand at the coal mines and machina shops with. out any cost to mation, Pitty percent of the original cost of equip- ment was provided by the Province, while the teachers salaries wer more or less the same. Teachers feel, when teachtur a class cf girls in algebra, that very few of thom will make practical use mation, ot r tra ning in after life and Stone it. They take up househord quties, when married, or follow carcers, in which the study of algebra has no bearing. Teaching French to. foreign students, who ean carcely speak English is another matter of criticism, while students want to drop subjects because they argue hat they will never use them in thir life's work, But the teacher has to be firm and tell them that, they gpt to take these subjects to Ret thelr certifies ‘aking subjects in which a student {s not Interested creates loss of confidence. © ‘They cannot do It, and at the end of the year, students fail in such sufects, and lose confidence in thelr ability to do things. The next erticism, continued Mr. Hamilton, was on our system of ex- | aminations dimiculty was to stem of testing teacher and student at the same time. s vx of efficiency, we were down to the percent basis. ‘The school teach- er and the school were, judged. by their percentage of students, who paased. os aminations do test the c snowleige wf fects, the sindents hare, and if that ia what we want, then examinations are the best to give the people. But examinations cannot test the interest and love of the students in any subject. Tf we can develop in- terest in subject by the student this {s.more important than: examin- ations, Students should not be judg. ed by examinations alone, while it must remembered -that in these days teachers continuonsly "change ; and teacher leaving, be-, a big percentage of passes to his or her successor, .The ten- deney v fx to judge teachers by their percentage pass, which might lead teachers to devise moans to an end, such as micleing out elghty per- cent of the good pupils and spending their entire Ume on them during the year, forgetaing the tweny--flve per under present s¥s\ “There 4s 8 ae ie ev y stud. ent It we could get ahold cf it” main tui Mr. Hamilton. The trouble ix that in High School, the standards | are raised and cow are crowed (Continued on Inside page) our Musical Festival Predict-': ed Most Successful la History The directors of the Drumheller, District Musicial Festival predict the | most successful festival ‘In the his. | tory of their organization, when a 934 festival opens at Knox-Un Chureh next Tuesday, March 13. cording to President T. M. McGarry more than one hundred entries have been received to date, and while there are not so many different classes en- tered this year, the much larger num- ber of children’s entries is a most en- couraging and gratifying feature of the coming festival, — This yn ind’e ding commercial and] or ¢ to.2. failures, it was not to be understood | em the Miners in oF: _ DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA, CANADA, THURSDAY Luscar Indians Win Alberta Hockey Crown! spiracy Charge Against By Beating Miner 6-2} Williamson son Adjourned System of Education ‘The Luscar Indiana won tho Alberta} ‘The hearing of the charge proterr- Senior Amateur hockey ehamplonship | ed against Arthur E. Williamson, of examining tboard, when examining the| Friday night at the Drumheller arena! Drumheller of conspiracy to commit before 4 jammed house, when they percent of their time fatlures, tls} beat the Drumhelier. Miners, Sout | jouxnod Monday by Magistrate O'Con- ern Albel by the score 2. ‘Thus taking the series! by two straight games, having beat- dmonton by 4 to erta champlons 3 The margin of four goals In last night's’ game was due to the wonder- ful work of Kennedy who fingured in tive of the newly crowned champions goals, and to the fact that the Drum- heller team elected in the last per! iod to put all’ men up, with the result that, Kennedy scored three goals and MeVey one, thoy had no one to beat but Jimmie McNamara. It was n0 fault of McNamara, who payed splendid game in the neis. Drumheller should have won the game in the first period, as they had scoring chances ‘galore, but Low. was invincible. ‘They played the Indians off their feet, ut had to be content with a two goal margin. Lusear came back strong in the second and had the edge, as the Miners could not not protect thelr two goal lead, and the score was tied at the end ef the end of the period. Starting on even terms In the final tanza the Miners continued the pres- sure play but could ot beat Pow, while Luscar put up a great devense. Kennedy took. advantage of every break, along with McVey, and - this is the sum total of the story of their victory, The Miners. were without the ser- vices of their star Irish O'Brien, while Luscar were without Gillis, who was called back home through the serious illness of his father, and Jerwa, who nursing an injured hand. Kennedy, Onychuk and McVoy were the stars for the winners, while all the Drunt- heller boys turned in a good game, ‘but just could not click on their scor- ing chances, us, in ‘the first and third periods, they shot sufficient hard ones on Pow to win a dozen games. The ice was firm but soft, but not- withstanding, it was a game, which will go down In local history aq a stoutly fought one between two teams quite worthy of their respective halves of the Province. The Indians are worthy champions of Alberta, and Drumheller wishes. their sister’ coul town all the luck in the world in the) play-dewns for the Allan cup and} Canadian championship. Line-up: Car Luscar—Pow, Hills, Me- Vey, Onychuk, Colebrook, Mitchell, Barter. Drumheller--MoNamara, Anderson,’ er, Kennedy, Saunders,! cent of the time 10 be spent on duds Wainman, Gustason, B, Wright, Bade Witllani McDonald hearing -the™ chil- Hoffman, Whippe N. Wright, Young Slater. Referee—Barl Overand, Okotoks. Stimmary of Game First period — goals: Drumheller, | Holman unassisted, 5.08 min; Drum! ponata jheller, Gustason, unassited 9.34 min. | Sara nae Wainman, Hills, eet perlol—goals, Luscar, Saun ders from Kennedy 9:25; Luscar, Ken nedy unassisted 17:45 min; Penaltics —Badger, Onychuk, Hills. Third period—goals, Luscar, Ken- nedy unassisted 6.05. mi Luscar, Kennedy unassisted 15:15 min; Lus- car, McVey unassisted 19:40; Penal- tles—Saunders (4 min); Saunders, (3 mins); Carver, Saunders. Total Score—Luscar 6; Drumheller 2. The »: Wee farmers au peneon being held » f Trade on Thurs day, March 29th, will be addressod by ation that both parents and children } 4 yrominent official trom Edmontor, realize the benefit to. be derived fromy wo will speak on the grasshopper competition in the. various classes, and the great value of the couceny on thelr work from ouistendiny At two o'clock the same menace, a farmers on, a meeting of the 1 be held in the Whitehouse ban- a w critics on the art of music and. elo- quet’ rooms: at jwhien Frank’ Baker’! Western representative of the Indus- 1 an Council of cution. The entry cards ware, issued io conte week, Will be acquainted ‘vith the ximate time they Will be requir ed to appear. The festival ~continaes days, March 13, 14 and 1 day be! voted to elo by the adjudicator, Mrs. E. ‘St jaircetor of drama, University of CAL berta, Edmonton, while the last two 'days will be taken up with musical and vocal tests, with Vernon Barf, M.A.WAA.G.O:, of Edmonton adjudt. cating Those wishing to secure season tic- kets covering the entire ‘festival, e: cept the final concert Thursday night, are requested to get in touch with the Secretary, Mrs, J. G. Harrison, or any of the directors of the Festival , association. for thre te “oe fit a X= Dovelopment Canadian Meat and S. G. Carlyle, Comn Live Stock Edmonton, will eakers, Mr. Baker will speak on Hog production and give practical demonstration on Wiltshire s . Carylo will, speak on cattle and sheep. Tt ig expectea that other speakers wil be prsent, packers, The Western Gites, Cherolet dis- tributors, report a brisk demand for the 1934 chevrolet, but the demand throughout Canada has been: so heavy ‘that they have taken delivery of just a few cara. However, production has been speeded up to even greater heights, and, further shipments will arrive in the near future. Craig Plorce spent a coupte cf days m Edmonton last week. MARC! [Hearing of Arson Con- arson with intent to defraud was ad- Hor until Tuesday morning, 13th, 1934 at ton o'clock, CG. A. Edwards appeared tor the Crown and W. R. Sandercock repre- sented Williamson, while both sides were ready to go ahead, and the num- ierous witnesses were present. How- ever, the official court reporter from Calgary was not present, and while the Court waited an hour,whilo a large crowd waited outside, no re- porter showed up. Mr. Edwards in addressing the {court stated that, upon enquiring in. 'to the situation he had found that Calgary authorities had failed to send a reporter to Drumheller. Ho felt I that an official reporter was essential to take the. evidence. down in such a Case as tho ono before the court and requested the Magistrate to ad- journ hearing. to. permit of arrange- ments to be made to secure reporter March H, 8, A.H. Hardy, Flin Flon Wins Speed_Skating Championship A. B, Hardy, the Flin Flon flash won the Alverta indoor speed skating skating championship at the Army & Navy meet at) Drumheller Arena, Thursday night, he had a perfect ave uge of points, and showed a clear pair of heels to his competitors in all the events in which he was entered. ‘He bad a lap and a ‘half lead at the finish of the two mile race, | Hardy takes the Alberta Senior indoor cham 1934 pionship back to Manitoba: to sect along side the Banff carnival and Manitoba Outdoor Championships. Ernie Taylor, H. Reddy, of Calgary and Alex Young, of Banff were ted for second place in the men’s senior champlcnship with forty points each. Enid Taylor, of Calgary won the Al erta ‘senior ladies championship, with a perfect average of sixty points, Jack Anderson, of Banff won tho Intermediate men"s championship with 90 ‘points, D, Deane-Freeman of Banff being sccond: with ‘fifty points and Richard Daxter, of Calgary thirc with forty points. Jack Robertson, of Ban won boys under 16 championship with Mr..Sandreock concurred in the re- quest to the Magistrate, Stating that the present week was a busy one in court circles. . Magis- trate O'Connor named next Tuesday, ag the adjourned date with which date both counsel expressed satisfac- tion. Meunwhile Charles Edward Mc-} Donald and, George Slot, who were sentenced last Tuesday by Magistrate O'Connor, to one year's {mprizon-! ment in the Lethbridge jail for the burning of the Atlas Grocery Store at Newcastle will be held here to Bive their evidence at the William: son hearing. William McDonald Pre- sented With Certificate For Heroic Action William McDonald, of Drumheller, the young man who saved Marjorie and Gordon Wheaterott ‘from drown.! ing In the icy waters of the Red Deor river one evening last November was an honored guest at the Board of| Trade luncheon Friday. The two Wheateroft children and Mr, MeDon-! anld’s mother were also guests of the y Board at luncheon. Thomas Bennett, Introducing | Mr. MsDonald and the iittle, rots, whom | he had saved and Mrs. McDonald, re.| counted how-the little boy had fallen through the thin ice, and his sister | [nad gone. to his resuce only to be under the supe: drawn: into the water by her brother ‘ dren's cry rushed to their aid, and had to crawl on his stomach over the thin ice to reach them. The. chil-| dren were given first aid by Mrs, Me- Donald upon being rushed to the Me- | home. Mr. Bennett stated that this was the fifth oecasten, up-| on which Wiliam McDonalld had sav-, ed persons from drowning, so the recignition of McDonald's bravery was well deserved. Mayor Hanley, upon behalf of the Royal Canadian Humane Society, pre-' sented their parchment certificate for heroic action, which had been suitably tramed by the Board, and when .con- gratulating him expressed the hope that the ‘children, whom McDonald had saved, when they would grow up, would. always remember his great deed, and if those younger than them- selves got into difficulty, they would repay McDonald's kindness by extend | ing the helping hand to others. ‘The young hero made a modest re- ply, stating that he had only done what other men would do, and what, he was glad to have beon of service on the occasion. He received a great owation from the large gather- ing present at en i is UNIVERSAL GARAGE NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT The Universal Garage, next door to the Waldorf Hotel, is now under new, management. Buster Ewer and Sam Biggs, both formerly of the Chevro- let Garage, are now {n charge, and having had considerable experience In the service and of the garage busi- ness the public can rest assured of getting real service, Repairs to all makes of cars will be featured. Car storage, gasoline, tls, and all the usual accessories will be kept on hand.’ We bespeak a fair share of the local car owner's business for the new management, who will at all times, do their utmost to merit the confidence of the citizpns of Drum heller and district. :mond, of Calgary: ‘yards eighty points, with John Bird of Bantt second with seventy points, Bobbie Crosby, of Banff won the juvenile boys championship under 14 yeurs with 60 points, with William second points. Ronald Yavis, off Drumhet'c y won "the midget: boys under twelve 1s ‘championship’ with thrity —poinis. Anue Kaleta, of Canmore won: the junior girls under 16 with 3» points, Helen Peyto, of Banff, being secont tiwh 20 peinis, - Edith Hawkes, of Canmore, won the juvenile giris wider under 14 championship with 30 points Barbara Whyte, of Bantf, bens sec- ond with 20 oints. Betty Davidson, cf Banff took the midget girls under 12 with 30 ponts, Mary Deegan bving second with 20 points. All the senior men’s records, estab. lished Thursday night were al reords for Alverta indoor sou ing championships, as well as all she ladies records. The 221 records in the jatermod mn's classes are also new records. No previous indoor records were broken, ,as the ice was heavy, but in the interdemiate men’s mille race, Jack Anderson, of Banff, came within one second of record, and R. Crosby, of Banff came within one second of of the 220 yards. juvenile boys record. The races were enjoyed. by the small crowd, while they were run off in record time. They were run. off nvision of the repres- entatives of the Alberta branch of the Amateur Athletic Union, of Canada, The provincial fce sports committee being L. S$. Crosby, Banff, E, Tay‘or, Calgary, L, E. Wood, Edmonton and T. B. Keele, Drumheller, Jack Harri son, of Drumheller being the A.A.U of Canada representative" Other of fificlals were: Referee: Toomy Cod Judges: W. Kay and Ernie Elkins, Starter: James Rodgers; tinmekeep- ars: Nat Howell, Chance Lehman and Jack Conlin; Scorer Tommy Blair and Harold A. Brown, clerk of course. Bruce Reid. Patrol judges: Melville, Gusty Gustason, BI Wright Albert Hoffman. Announcer Frank Sparrow, and track measurer Capt, J. R. Teasdale G. Read was local secretary of meet RETIRES s | \ | WALTER PRATT wio retires as General Managtr of the Canadian National Hote:s, Sleep. ing and Dining Cars on March 1. fveatt retires after a railway career “extending over half q ventury and Is well known t:um coast to coast. the 5 $2.00 PER ANNUM Mayor A. P. Hanley Ad- dressed Board of* Trade, Friday of the special committee on the posed amalgamation of the school dis tricts in the Red Deer Valley district, at last Friday's luncheon of the Board of Trade, which was presided over by President H. C. McConkey. Report dealt ‘with many phases of the situa. tion, and after being thoroughly dis- cussed by different of the members present, the report was adopted, and copy of it will be sent to G. W. Gor- man, chief inspector of schools, who along with the local inspector, L. A. Thurber, are making a survey of the district. The report deals with the debenture situation the cost of operation of the various school districts, assessed val. uations, assets, tax arrears, and var- jous other items important to a de- cision on: such an important matter. It also recommends action along cer- tain Ines toward ultmate amalgama- tion, after the problem has been more thoroughly studied, while it hag de- finite recommendations as to the qualificcations of school trustees and electors. It polnts out that the qual. Ifeations at presen are 09 lax, while, as a starting point, only British sub- Jects naturalized or native born, should be allowed to vote in school ‘board elections or any: other election, and not anybody, , over twenty-one years of age, with certain Jength of ree quiulifications. also sug more sensible arfangement as fo property qualifications than ap- pears in the school act today. It Virtually sets out the principle that, those, Who have to pay the bill, should have more control over expenditure, The committee was thanked for the work they had done to date, and were d to continue their jnvestigutions ‘pointed ott at meeting by Pre. saat McConkey that the Provincial yovernment should. make. an assess: ment cf the who! ea. by’ their ex- pert. assessors, for information pur- poses and have their uccountants check everything, so that, when the issue is put before the people of the dstrict for
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