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09 Schools Stitle Creativity? Everybody agrees that the present turnout of municipal voters is at a disgracefully low level. The story is the same everywhere. This year Richmond Hill, the largest munici- pality in the county, had a turnout of only 37.75%, while Markham Town- ship had 36.6%. People just don’t seem to care who is running their local government. Yet of the three levels of government. (municipal, pro- vincial and federal) local government U; vuvn. v- .._ groups as the Non-Partisan Associa- tion of Vancouver before recommend- ing drastic changes in the present format of municipal government. Mayor Philip Givens of Toronto is one of the better known politicians ad. vocating the introduction of party politics_ into the municipal arena. _1_-L.'....â€" In the recent Vancouver elections this city-wide ratepayers’ organiza- tion demonstrated its power by elect- ing, with just one exception, its slate of candidates for council, school board and parks board. The only exception was an alderman, a new- comer to civic politics, who managed to make it on his own? Those of us who haven't finished our yuletide shopping will be glad to know our local stores are still featur- ing a. wide selection of Christmas gifts for the whole family. Variety. originality and dependability are all an important part of the many gift ideas being displayed by our local merchants. Those advocating the introduction of p field mi of such civic ratepayeq arty politics into the municipal ght first study the influence ’ or citizens’ Not only have we an exciting range of choice when we shop at home but what is doubly important we can do it in ease and comfort. We don’t have to chase off to the congested city fighting traffic and Weather in order to do our Christmas shopping. And after we have managed to reach the city we are still faced with the prob- All children are creative but our schools tend to stifle this creativity, Rene M. Querido, Netherlands-born British teacher told a recent meeting in Toronto. He said the remarkable creative forces in children “are only waiting to unfold. We let the very young child in kindergarten and some of the lower grades use his creativity but when he reaches a certain age we cut off and say ‘now we must get down to work.’ How much do child- ren do creatively in their school work and homew0rk? Most of it does not come out of themselves but is 3 learn- ing by rote to stuff their heads with facts.” "Education should prepare them to be active participators in life and not merely consumers. The teacher in dealing with his class has to be as creative as the artist.” he continued. Mr. Querido teaches in the largest Waldorf school in England. There are about 70 of these schools, the world over, whose approach is to help the child develop into what he or she Several trial balloons on revamping municipal and county government have recently floated out from Queen's Park. Although there is variance in the programs enunciated each suggests that the century~old lower governmental operation of the county system is outmoded, that the wind of change mUSt strike soon. Premier John Robarts, aroused by rumblings that Ontario counties might disappear into much larger governmental units, spoke out. He suggests that a revitalized county council might be the answer to re- organization. He does not state what size the new counties might be. Un- doubtedly there would be alteration in boundaries so that the govern- mental coat will fit a repopulated cloth, for the rural-urban population shift is steadily increasing. Chairman Hollis Beckett of the On- tario Legislature's select municipal law committee has restated his thesis, possibly after learning ' the More Kites Up On Municipal Change Subscription Rate_ 3345.0 p81: "Authorized as second class mail, THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, 'l'wo Possible Solutions )n Rate $4.50 per year; to United States $5.50; 10c s Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH, Publisher W. S. COOK, Managing Editor (Guest Editorial â€" London Free Press) Everybody’s Santa Independent Weekly: Established 1878 013132 liberal Ontario, Thursday, Dec. 17, 1964 Post Office Department, Ottawa” is the closest to the people and the voters have a greater opportunity to get to know the candidates, their platforms and the record of the pres- ent administration. Apathetic voters by failing to exer- cise their municipal franchise are ignoring the very important fact that the level of taxation on their homes, basic services and to a large extent the type of educational system they have for their children is determined by the people they elect to local 0f- The province, which is the master of the municipalities, should in con- junction with the local governments, investigate ways and means of im- proving the present election climate. Perhaps the answer lies in the estab‘ lishment of ratepayers’ groups sim- ilar to the one in Vancouver, dedi- cated to a common policy or, the alternative course of introducing party politics at the municipal level such as has been done in the United States. fice. Under the present system the only time the people bother to turn out in force is when they are faced with a. crisis or a scandal of major propor- tions. lem of finding a place to park and tramping through crowded stores. Very often we can’t find the gifts we want and all we have for our efforts is a lot of wasted time and frayed nerves. Courteous, helpful clerks are ready to wait on you and help you make your selections when you shop at home. Ample, free parking is read‘ ily available close by. Our modern stores are gain decorated and brimâ€" ming full of yuletide gifts that are guaranteed t0_delight every member of the family on Christmas morning. So when ‘you think of Christmas shopping try? our local merchants first. ’ is destined to become. Each child is allowed to progress at his own pace and painting, music, architecture and literature are as much a part of the curriculum as arithmetic, spelling and many other academic subjects. “We aim at development of the total individuality,” he reported. Un- less the whole child is rightly culti- ivated, his unique personality cannot be developed. The task of the edu- cator is to see that the unfolding of the personality is as harmonious as possible.” Pupils are encouraged to write their own stories, paint and draw, play musical instruments and sing. They even write poetry, he said. Old-fashioned we may be, but we still think that primary education's main objective is to teach the basic skills necessary as a foundation for the developing of creative arts. We also believe that the person with tal- ents worth developing will develop them whether inside or outside the walls of the classroom. premier‘s View. He too indicates that a. county council might be of value. might be elected directly by the people instead of selecting top municipal officers; that counties do their own assessing and tax collec- tion. Whether Mr. Beckett’s view or that of his committee will be ac- cepted by the legislature is debatable. The county system is deep-rooted and it is a sensitive issue, particularly in the non-urban areas. Neglected in the proposals is the inter-linking of cities with surround- ing townships and small municipal- ities in a county or area system. Mr. Robarts recently said that area plan- ning was essential to Ontario’s growth. No better plan now appears acceptable than the inclusion of city and environs in a larger complex through which area planning, polic- ing, supply of water and sewage and even assessing and tax collecting could be more equitably achieved. 10c single copy Ever since 1952, the Art Institute of Ontario has been spreading the gospel of great art through- out Ontario even to its most northern reach at Ati- kokan. The members of the institute are from among the most distinguished galleries and museums in Ontario. These founding institutions are: The London Public Library and Art Museum, the Art Gallery of Toronto, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Ontario Association of Architects, Hart House, University of Toronto, the Ontario Society of Art- ists, the Willistead Art Gallery of Windsor, the National Gallery of Canada and the Royal Ontario Museum. “They send out art exhibits and sponsor lec- tures by competent art authorities,” she said. It is hoped by the institute that their efforts in bringing this service to communities will result in raising the standard of art in schools, increase art appreciation and encourage people to express them- selves artistically. Many of the exhibitions listed by the institute are built around originals, prints and framed re- productions. Others include photographs, photo- graphs on panel, posters, sculpture and reproductions. According to Information Officer Mrs. H. T. Girard, the purpose of the institute is to take art into the outlaying regions of the province away fro-m the larger cities. Study an exhibitiOn of originals entitled “Ma- terials and Techniques of the Artist”. This exhibi- tion was prepared for the art institute by James Williamson, the director of painting classes at the Art Gallery of Toronto, and deals with pencil, draw- ing sticks, ink, etchings, pastels, water color, body color and materials of oil painting and some ways of handling oils. It poses questions like theSe: “What do the tools and materials used by artists look like in the flesh? How does one recognize a medium of drawing or painting by the finished pro- duct? What kind of surface is underneath a draw- ing or painting?" This particular showing will help teachers to show students the answers to these ques- tions. Study another one called “Methods and Mean- ings” an exhibition of originals and prints, which includes water colors, drawings, lino-cuts, wood‘ cuts, seriographs, lithographs and etchings. Each group is identified by a special color and each is accompanied by a panel mounted in the same color, giving a brief description of method and meaning. This exhibition has good educational appeal. _ _ _ “The painter’s art in layman’s language” which has recently been withdrawn from the list was a particularly good exhibition for thellayman who “knows nothing about art, but knows what he likes”, and he need not be hesitant in exercising his curi- osity in that direction. Fortunately a similar ex- hibition is being designed and will be shown this spring at the Toronto Art Gallery. To all those who seek to know pictures as well as like them, there will be tabloid courses in picture_ appreciation. The art institute has already supplied several exhibitions to the North York Public Library. Rich- mond Hill Public Library recently housed a showing called “Greece in a New Light.” This group of 38 original paintings by members of the Association of Greek Women Artists was arranged in Athens under the sponsorship of the Greek Department of Edu- cation, Department of Fine Art. The exhibition is one of the first of its kind to come to Canada and after leaving the Richmond Hill Library will con- tinue to circulate in other libraries and galleries until the late spring and will then be returned to Greece. Rambling Around Mrs. Girard has lived on Roosevelt Drive for 16 years. She has one son who is a student at the University of Toronto. This is the beginning of her sixth year as information officer and preceding this position she was secretary to the curator of the To- ronto Art Gallery. The efforts of the institute are producing defin- ite results, Mrs. Girard said. “There has been a greater increase in the building of galleries as an extension to libraries, as for example, in Barrie, Welland and Kitchener. It is becoming a favorite centennial project for communities. Half the exhibits go into schools. The schools that avail themselves of this service say that it helps their program con- siderably. One quarter of the exhibits go into li- (Continued on Page 16) Second Mouglm' The Art Institute Of Ontario Sponsors Travelling Art Exhibits And Lectures A Hong Kong Chinese fa- mily will have a bright Christmas this year because of the generqsityfiof a group of sixty Ontario central re- gion office staff ladies at Willowdale. Usually the sixty distaff members have drawn names and exchanged gifts among themselves at Christmas. However, last yuletide it occurred to them that their gift exchanging was rather superfluous and self-centred. They felt that they could do something more worthy at this season. Someone sug- gested pooling this money to adopt a child in Hong Kong for a year through the “Ca- nadian Save the Children . Yesterday’s news is not necessarily dead Will Appear Again Next Week Hydro Ladies Support Chinese Boy The plan to adopt a child was put intq action. And so, for the past year the sixty young ladies have been sup- porting a Chinese lad, Yiu Wah Wong,_now ten years old. They have had grateful letters from the boy. whom they have nicknamed "John" thanking than for their sup- port and the special remem- brance and gifts on his bir- thday. His one special re‘ quest was for a group pic- ture of all the girls and this has been sent along with a Christmas package to “John” and the members of his fa- mily. Yiu Wah Wong 101:5 years old, was born in Hong Kong. He has been helped by the Hong Kong Family Welfare Society, because his father died. six years ago and his BY GEORGE MAYES I Elizabeth Kelson took As parents we should first take our children's interests into consideration and set a pro- per example, how to dress and cut his hair, how to become a proper citizen and gentleman in the future. As parents, also we should co-operate with school authorities. If they re- fuse to accept our children on these principles, then let us co-operate and stop teaching the child to rebel. If we. as parents, rebel against school authority, we set an example before our child to rebel. Next. that child starts to rebel against public law and finally becomes a menace to the public. As a parent and taxpayer, I feel it isn‘t fair to the parents who are in favor of school authority and are not in favor of these haircuts. Also it isn’t being fair, to have somebody else's child to set such an ex- ample before my child whom I have labored so hard to‘ teach and make a lawâ€"abiding citizen. Let's consider other taxpay- ers who support the schools‘ and are willing to make ladies‘ and gentlemen out of our child- ren, so they can be proud of them in the future. Let’s co- operate with the school auth- ority as parents and better this community rather than degrade it. Dear Mr. Editor I would like to extend my very sincere thanks to the 334 residents of Ward 1 who cast their votes in my favor during the past election for the posi- tion of Ward 1 trustee on the public school board. Also I wish to thank the very many separ- ate school supporters who apâ€" proached me and wanted to cast their vote for me, but who nat- urally were unable to do so. While I was defeated, I trust. like myself, you will take my defeat as being just a temporary setback. After all such a show in numbers as was registered in my first try ever for a pub- lic office could never be classi- fied as a defeat but rather a tremendous show of confidence by people who appreciate what‘ I, and in particular our rate-i payers' association have been| fins/Ital: The editor urged his readers to give thought to the choice of a Christmas gift. “It may be Dolls in rubber, rag and wax. Pianos, drums and swords. Steamboats, engines and safes Guns. tin and wooden soldiers. - Dolls’ tea and dinner sets. Waggons, sleds and the like. These were listed for sale by T. Eaton & Co.. a regular ad- vertiser in "The Liberal” in December 1889. The same store listed as po- tential Christmas gifts: plush and leather albums, manicure sets. purses. toilet cases, photo frames and satchels. Furs for milady were also featured with the most stylish article being a boa. These were available in black coney, brown goat, lynx, black goat, black bear and opossum. Muffs to match, of course, were available along with caps and capes. The Concrete House. also ad- vertised as the Fireproof Store. operated by W. Atkinson broke into rhyme: THANKS WARD 1 VOTERS We may not have the biggest store on earth, but write it down. In bargains we will give you‘ ’ "" " more than any store in town.- A man with a large sack A dollar at that store would standing outside a wooden door purchase 12 lbs. extra granu- with a large padlock complain- lated sugar, 17 lbs. bright su-Yed: “It seems to me that folks gar. 18 lbs. good raisins, or 15138 mighty 'tiClflal‘ about 1001(- lbs. filiatra currants. ling up their old hencoops when * * * * lChristmas comes around. How The editor urged his readers‘do they 'spect honest poor to give thought to the choicelfolks are going to get their of a Christmas eift. “It may be Christmas dinner, I wonder." mother, who has been seri- ously ill, was unable to sup- port the family of four chil- dren. A donation by the On- tario central region distaff members of sixty Canadian dollars provides the neces- sary food and clothing, edu- cation. medicine. etc., for the boy for an entire year. In addition to this year's donation of $60 to support Yiu Wah Wong for 1965, the central region staff girls had a happy time preparing a huge Christmas parcel that contained food. clothing, and some toys for "John" and his two sisters, brother and mo- ther. They sent it off with two sisters, ther. They their warn MRS. D. MOORE, Richmond Hill. happine Items gleaned from files of “The Liberal". the home paper of this district since 1878. In Years Gone By nan Dear Mr. Editor isr remen I is To the successful candidates Vhatll wish every future success in multheir offices. not For the residents of Ward 1 ‘0m_ from myself and the Elgin Park ‘k “ Ratepayers Association. we wish nity you all a very happy Christmas our and a very prosperous New Year. 5:; GET OUT AND VOTE and Dear Mr. Editor: 19 aj The thoughts I want to ex- nanipress here are the result of 3150 discussions on current topics with held by a small group of men re_ 1n Richmond Hill who meet m, one a week. We represent the older gen- eration, all retired and over 65 and some have been drawing the old-age pension for some years. We are sales managers. bankers. engineers, civil serv- ants, university professors and while not active in business life today. are vitally interest- ed in the world around us. We are of the opinion citizens of today are not taking their privilege to vote seriously and hope in some small way to help in the crusade to emphasize that privilege so highly cher- ished by our forefathers. Why lock the stable after the horse is stolen? By this I mean so far as civic elections are concerned' we won't get another chance to elect a council for a yeaq and then it will be for two-year = terms and these comments will A be long forgotten by then. The complacency of voters in this and other Canadian com- munities is disgraceful . . . most of us have some excuse for not taking time out to vote. Personally I was brought up I n I I to regard my vote as a great privilege and can say with a clear conscience I have never failed to do so. There are of‘RICHMOND HILL, ONT. course extenuating circumstan- ces like illness or unavoidable absence and others but the vot- ers I refer to just can’t be both- ered. Perhaps a demerit system could be devised with 25 points for the first failure to cast a ballot, 50 for the second and the loss of 100 on the third: when the voter lost 100 points he would lose his vote at the next election. What about a penalty for non- voters who lack a valid ex- cuse? Perhaps a fine of one or two dollars. I believe this suggestion would stir up more controversy than the flag issue. Do we knm Worst offenders Perhaps the family budget He mentioned a gift of note- paper made by a young girl to a friend. Each sheet had at- tached a tiny fern, a bit of lace- like grass or moss, or a bril- liant, fairy-like leaf, which she had gathered and pressed. the merest trifle, a reference to some whim or fancy or a playful reminder of a jest, but the gift has taken on a soul and a meaning." A man, far from his home for many years, he reported re- ceived a book with the title “The Old Home" and found in- side photozraphs of every room of the house so dear to his memory, down to the great kit- chen, with its roaring fire and the gray-headed black “aunty” and "uncle" beside it; the brook where he fished as a boy and the woods where he gathered walnuts and wild flowers. It was amateur work, but greatly appreciated. An English writer sent ti) 3 friend a Book of Days, each sheet containing a cheering or noble thought for that day chosen and copied by the donor. brance this yuletide. They now realize that their gen~ erosity is paying off in terms of human happiness in a part of the world where much help is needed. Like sixty jolly “foster mothers" that they have become, these young ladies have been thrilled with the letters from their adopted boy and the picture they received during the year of this Chines youngster. An idea born at Christmas time last year has developed into something very tangible and rewarding this yuietide. For now a warm personal relationship exists for sixty hydro staff ladies with a 390 Allgood Street know I who men or keeper would are the 'women? * of the see that the all votes were cast if it hit her ogrlin the pocketbook. the at Now you might say “So what? People who are forced to vote will not vote intelligent- ly anyway." Don‘t you think political parties and candidates take ad- vantage of the lack of voter in- terest and if they knew that 70 or 80% of the voters exer- cised their franchise, they would plan their campaigns to reach a vastly greater number than at present? Today the candidate with the loudest voice and the largest campaign fund has a better chance to win. We live in a democracy. 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Continuous from 5 pm Wfiimmw ESTIMATES PICK UP & DELIVERY Plus PLUS law And Students High school students in Hamilton will soon be giv- en a book that tells them how easy -â€" and how wrong â€"â€" it is for them to break the. law. It‘s designed to teach the history and purpose of luv and foster respect for it at an age when youngsters can be molded. The book is “Youth and the Law" and It‘s to be distributed free by the Kl- wanis Club of Hamilton to all high school students. In one example, the book details a case of shoplift- ing by a group of girls. It won't be required reading. but teachers may refer to it. in classes it they wish. 884-2230 st complete Show