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Forty-two members of the Canadian Federation of Univer- sity Women. York County Club. turned out for their annual spring dinner meeting May 27. The meeting was held in King at the picturesque home of Mrs. J. R. Baker. Delicious cass- eroles, salads and desserts pre- pared by members of the club, were enjoyed. my: gun. “a u.» -.v° em“... ---_.-v spring dinner meeting May 27. “““"5 ““ “‘m "‘“mc” guest speakers, stimulating dis- Township of Whitchurch. De “mnlsneu' an“ pernaps am' “T’vl'iv'nv 77 Ht}; f t' 'd" 1th ’6 f 15 year, e es 1V8. ls r1 mg 8 cres o a The meeting was held in Kin‘g meeting it was announced that “5i used to representation - . ‘ v at the picturesque home of Mrs. President Mrs. D. Fayle and c s ons and chats over coffee at a: at us: learn, that long after Finally, Mr. Editor, I can as_!$cggstervatlves 1n the last Parlia- J_ R. Baker, Delicious cass_yv;;:le-§re;1tlient Mrs. H. Gibbarfi “fiflgfmztzivgfier Degllfisogdggn BERCZY rigithfiyhethta:;:1:f: sure you that there is no reasonk wave”, :sald Mr. Ra_nd, who.went on to say that now eroles, salads and deSSerts pre- t, e 6f eiates at the council throughout the year. John Andre a‘uthor of “WI Lord gimme Hotel’ Toronto; for the electorate to SUSpect my‘;â€"_â€"â€"‘â€"â€"â€"“ IS the tune to put Into motlon the plans for a perma 31:? :g'omgénbers Of the Club' amtftfnmogf ontiiSetc-iigf 01%;??? . If you are interested in join- liam Berczy (fa-founder of To: and later.was anoued a Co‘foun' 3:131:23infigfegaxiaiuggfmg'i selling something-1’3 ' ' anent -theatre' ‘iAfter five years Of Ste-ad}, progress Wit 831dy wisdom were su _ Windsor, from June 20 to June mg the University w°meny5 “mo”, has accused me quite der he dld net need‘ the pesition. s e er 111‘ HF}; filierilgssmed Time there IS 110- quegtlon that t-he Shaw Fesuva] has dem- Plied by the many membegs 23. Chm m York county' please rightb.’ of (“mung from family Yours trillya Sincerely. ‘Tesled . . Time . l’roven' Onstrated Its fight to bulld a permanent home and call Mrs. Faer at 884â€"3348, for memou‘s and “old fashioned hls- DORIS M. FITZGERALD. c. w. BIRKETT. M.D., Classified. Try It A . . Phone' has become a Vital part Of the area’s Onl‘tural life- who a - . V. . . . H . . . \ c me adorned \Vlth clues Regular meetings Will be re- information. tones when writing about Phil- Thornhill. Vaughan Township Councillor 884-1105-6 I (CODtinued 01'! 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Educators might say to their architect: "Give us flexibility in spaces. both large and small. because we are not certain that our staff will successfully adapt to team teaching and/or large group instruction. We may change our ideas.“ 0r: "Give us flexibility so that we do not have to make up our minds." Flexibility â€" what does it mean? Here. the word is not new. Eight or nine years ago. ar- chitects and school planners were talking about building in terms of ability to change treas. C. Herbert Paseur de- fined the expression as meaning: expansibility for exterior changes; versatility for multi-function: converti- bility for interior changes. In those days. educators were not demanding instant con- vertibility. However, Paseur predicted that the reverse could well develop. And how right he was! Every aspect of the edu- cational process is in the throes of rapid change and new ideas. Included in this change is the matter of con- struction methods. How can we make our buildings more flexible and therefore be betâ€" ter able to serve both stud- ent and staff. The traditional approach to building planning has been a natural progression from a clear, well-defined The following outstanding article by Richard Lawson appeared in a recent issue of "Dimensions In Education". Mr. Lawson is the superint- endent of architectural serv- ices for the Department of Education. â€"- Editor.) During discussions leading up to a majority decision by Vaughan Township Council to triple the salary of Reeve Brian Bailey. oblique ref- erence was made to offers of bribes by unnamed land developers and speculators seeking favors from council, This argument was used on several occasions in support of a sal- ary increase for the reeve, the in- ference being that a raise in salary would automatically shield the reeve against such bribe offers. And it is not only the chief magis- trate who could be so approached â€" council in general could be subjected to the same pressure. Policy decisions are the result of a majority decision of council as a whole. This is the same Mr. Sauve who just a few short years ago so arro- gantly moved our forestry research station from Maple to Sault Ste. Marie. In Maple the federal labor- atories were not only grouped with their provincial counterpart but they also were close to the excellent re- search facilities available at the Uni- versity of Toronto and. in fact, throughout Metro. The close prox- imity of the provincial and federal research facilities was an ideal ar- rangement and augured well for the future. That was until Mr. Sauve arrived on the scene and decided to make the big move to the Soo. It was not only the decision to move the labs that was painful but But is a higher salary any guaran- tee of honesty and integrity? No one in Southern York County will shed a tear over Maurice Sauve‘s failure to win the Liberal nomination in the new Montreal riding of Gane- lin. The delegates very wisely sel- ected a local resident in preference to an outsider even if that outsider is the federal forestry minister. Mr. Sauve lost his former seat to Iles de la Madeleine through redistribution and since then his name has been linked with various Montreal area ridings. Quite a shock for a former cabinet minister to suffer defeat at the hands of an underwear salesman. Subscription Rate $4.50 per year; to United States $6.00; 10c single Ca Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Published by Richmond Hill Liberal Publishing Co. Ltd. W. S. COOK, Publisher “Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa” THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, June 6, 1968 Mr. Sauve's Downfall Influence An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 @3112 liberal to the titles of books. Prizes were given to the most original of these. During the brief business meeting it was announced that President Mrs. D. Faer and Vice-President Mrs. H. Gibbard will be delegates at the council meeting of the Canadian Feder- ation of University Women in Windsor, from June 20 to June 23. statement of use to a fixed plan solution. In the school of today. and, indeed, of to- morrow, a clear, unchanging statement of use is no longer possible. All that can be said is that the school should be an area in which children are exposed to information- rich surroundings in which they will learn. The basic problem. then. is to decide how this totally man-made environment is to affect the This is a serious matter indeed. One often hears rumors of develop- ers and speculators seeking special favors from people in public office but it is very seldom that it ever gets beyond the hazy air of sidewalk gossip. If any member of Vaughan Council has been approached either directly or indirectly by anyone seek- ing special consideration then it is their duty to report the incident immediately. And to think this is the same Mr. Sauve who but a few short years ago was being heralded by some sections of the daily press as Canada’s next Prime Minister! Vaughan Township, because of its location and the fact so much of the land in the fringe areas bordering Metro is already held by developers is particularly vulnerable to this type of approach. No one should be allowed to make such a suggestion to any public official without it being challenged. The move has been far from happy. Not only did the govern- ment lose valuable staff members who refused to relocate but it also ran into local opposition in the $00 over its choice of location for the new centre. In order to compensate for a serious shortage of trained per- sonnel, Mr. Sauve has been busy try- ing to recruit trained scientists in the U.S. and Europe. the under-handed way in which it was handled. After meeting with representatives of the councils in Southern York County in May 1965 Mr. Sauve promised to review the whole matter before reaching any decision. Not only were the local politicians and citizens protesting the move, but also such responsible bodies as the furniture manufactur- ers’ asociation. Then suddenly and without warning in reply to a ques- tion in the House of Commons from former NDP member Douglas Fisher, Mr. Sauve unceremoniously stated his mind had always been made up in the matter and he intended to move the labs to the Soo. Paddling sumed in September, with the first autumn meeting an in- formal dessert and coffee party. Thereafter, views of prominent guest speakers, stimulating disâ€" cussions and chats over coffee ‘will combine to offer pleasant and informative evenings throughout the year. learning process in the desir- ed way â€" how space. sonic. thermal, luminous and social factors help children to learn. At all levels of education there is currently a great in- terest in developing curricu- lar patterns and teaching methods that help students learn how to formulate solu- tions to problems, as well as to acquire information for its own sake. Advances in tech- are interested in join- University Women’s York County. please Fayle at 884â€"3348, for CU L .'10c single copy OPEN PLAN â€"- MOVABLE FURNITURE UNITS Dear Mr. Editor Statements have been atti‘ib’ uted to myself with respect to recent newspaper reports con- cerning the Bloomington Side- road - Woodbine Development in Whitchurch Township. To set the record straight I would like to say â€" (1) I never at any time suggest- ed that John Sikura should sell his property before the development of the above site, because it would lower real estate values. (2)1 disclosed my connection with the proposed develop- ment to the Whitchurch Council, when the subject was first raised. (4) l3) (5) If the electors of Vaughan wish to have your suggestion followed they can petition the council and if a sufficient majority consider the council’s decision an error in judgment I will resign as of July 1 and the deputy-reeve can take on the position of reeve. He has indicated to your paper he would serve for a smaller salary than the council deemed appropriate. Please correct these figures at the earliest opportunity so as to set the record straight. Your editorial suggests I refuse the 1968 incre- ment and this I will not, under any circumstances, do. This was a majority decision of council and although I may or may not personally agree with that decision, it has been my custom to accept majority decisions of council and treat them as a decision of the directors of the corporation and make sure they are implemented as so directed by council. This certainly will become an election issue as we have one member of council stating the job should be part-time and at a smaller salary. He must of course run for the office of reeve and let the people make the decision at the polls. nology â€" the use of instruc~ tional television, the trend toward automatic retrieval of data. the development of portable audio-visual equip- ment â€"â€"- all place new ways to learn at the disposal of teachers and students. We now need new spaces and areas in which to do these things. However, good public discussion should be based upon accurate statements and your editorial indi- cates that as of July 1. 1968, the reeve’s salary would be $17,000.00. This amount you state is incorrect. The new salarv becomes effective July 1 but is not retroactive, therefore the basic reeve’s salary for 1968 will be $10,000 plus other amounts which_approximate an additional $2,000.00. WHITCHURCH DEPUTY CLARIFIES HIS POSITION A' creative and talented architect can always find a solution to a planning prob- I am delighted that the issue of the l’eeve of Vaughan Township’s salary is receiving great cover- age in your newspaper. This brings the subject into the realm of public discussion which is precisely what I believe should be done. I have not attempted to in- fluence any other member of council as to how they should vote on this issue. That my interest in this or any other development is what is best for Whitchurch Township. That the petition in opposi- tion to this development does not represent 90% of the electors of the township as was suggested. L. C. HENNESSEY. Deputy-reeve, Township of Whitchurch BRIAN BAILEY, Sincerely, Reeve Unfortunately I missed the fact that Mr. Andre had estab- lished by research that Berczy was born in Wallenstein in Swa- bia, and not in Saxony as given in other histories. Saxony he says. was a “guess”. but as Berczy deliberately discarded his family name, he may not have been very explicit about his birthplace. William Berczy has been rec- ognized as the founder of Ger- man Mills. the first settlement in Markham Township. and as a very talented Artist. However, Mr. Andre‘s statement that “Berczy was a Co-founder of Toronto" (officially named York until 1834) will have to be sup- ported by other very able and well known historians who have done intensive research on the beginnings of the town of York. before it becomes acceptable. ‘Meanwhile I leave further dis- cussions on this subject to such experts. ip Eckhardt. Errors do creep into these records, and. unless challenged, are not rectified. so I am glad he has brought the question of ‘Eckhardt's birth- place and the date of his cont- ract to attention. Lieutenant - Governor John Graves Simcoe would certainly be astonished. and perhaps am- used to learn, that long after his death, he was raised to the peerage by the owners of the Lord Simcoe Hotel, Toronto; and later was allotted a co-foun- der he did not need. Architects have a habit of saying to their clients: “Tell us what you want, and we will produce it for you." Many do not seem to have grasped the fact that in this time of tremendous educa- tional change it is difficult for the educator to establish what is wanted. The need is involved with those elusive elements of human problems. Opposing philosophies and theories. experiences and at- titudes, opinions and conjec- ture all play a part. Out of this frustrating search has emerged that all-embracing descriptive clauseâ€"we must have flexibility in our schools. lem. However, not even an architectural genius can solve a building problem be- fore it is clearly stated. The educational specifications and learning philosophy must come first -â€" architec- tural solutions will follow. The well-designed school must serve the needs of the educational program â€" of the student, teacher and ad- ministration. To the architect, this im- mediately conjures up fright- ening visions of many plan- ning terms â€"â€" convertible, movable. removable, change- able. adaptable. divisible‘ de- mountable and so on. To build all these characteristics into a school building to meet unspecified flexibility in education for a building life of 50 years is to invite a fantastic rise in school con- struction costs. Let us then attack the problem with a few direct questions: 0 Do We mean open basic Planning of an area in which immediate flexibility may be achieved by the provision of furniture, shelving. racks Firstly, I do not for a minute believe that the primary issue is the matter of a $10.000.00 ex- penditure per ce. in the eyes of our taxpayers. It is beclouding the issue to suggest that this a- mount. in light of a multi-mil- lion dollar budget. is the major concern. Our township is presently at’ such a stage of its growth as to either allow for intelligent ord- erly development or to degen- erate into the all-too-comrnon situation of development with- out proper planning â€"- “devel- opment by reaction‘fi As oppos- ed to the primarily “house- keeping” responsibilities of North York officials. Vaughan’s officials are “building the house". And the building of this “house” requires close contact with the contractor, architect and mortgagor involved. I am certain that anyone who has served in a political capacity will recognize the necessity of developing and maintaining close liaison with neighboring municipalities (such as Metro- politan Toronto) and with the provincial government. Now is when we must have such liaison, especially at an elâ€" ected level â€"- the importance of this has been amply demonstra- ted to us by the “garbage fias- co" example. The involvement of other levels of government in our development is unquest- ionably of a major degree. Ad- equate and intelligent represen- tation by a civic leader at this level should be our most im- portant objective. Thirdly, I cannot accept any argument based on comparative salaries in other municipalities. The reeveship of Vaughan is a position quite different from the mayorship of Richmond Hill or North Yurk. As a matter of fact, basing the salary of an el- ected civic leader on population figures only is, to my mind. just as ridiculous as paying a newspaper editor on the basis of how many words he can pen per issue. That the basis of pop- ulation has in fact persisted for decades is evidence only that no one has had the fortitude to challenge it. The real issue is whether or not the reeveship of Vaughan Township requires full-time at- tention. I feel it does! Secondly. it should be made manifestly clear that in moving the resolution I did not give any consideration to the worth of our incumbent l'eeve. Rather consideration was given solely to the importance of the office. I am firmly of the belief that there is far more likelihood that 3 $15,000.00 salary will attract a $15,000.00'candidate than will .3 $5,000.00 salary. You only get what you pay for. As a taxpayer in Vaughan I would far prefer $15,000.00 worth of representation. Dear Mr. Editor: . Your editorial of May 23. "Reeve's Raise Unjustified". raises a sufficient number of questions that I feel your read- ers are entitled to this council: lor’s thoughts on the matter. Finally, Mr. Editor, I can as sure you that there is no reason for the electorate to suspect my motives as you have suggested. I have no interest whatsoever in the pesition. Sincerely, 0 If, in 20 years, the open space concept in education is reversed, do we want to be able to revert to the single unit with complete privacy per class, bearing in mind that the building still has a life value of 30 years? The answers to these and many other questions of space-use concepts can come and furnishings that can be moved about. grouped. nest- ed. stacked. in a variety of ways to produce combina- tions of large/small spaces? 0 Are we talking about the use of movable full walls that collapse, fold, roll, that can be changed by a main- tenance crew in one night? . .. by the teachers between class periods? by specialists over a weekend during the holiday periods mov- ed electrically or mechanic- ally or manually in a few minutes? 0 Or do we refer to flexi- bility in terms of ability to expand or extend the main building to meet future needs. OPEN PLAN - FOLDING PARTITIONS earning Area 1 Mr. Sauve said he hoped to‘ establish a scientific group at‘ the northern city with adequate ‘library and laboratory facilities to give impetus to plans for a college there which would have an important influence on the| community. I believe the fate' of the laboratory at Maple (in ‘cluding the million-dollar grown Jth chamber. just completed; ‘when the axe fell) was undecid-i ted so staff might remain for at ‘few years. 1 UXBRIDGE: Robert Wing, a 26- year-old Bay Ridges Public School teacher. will seek the Ontario Riding seat for the NDP in the June 25 federal {election atcu neutral lUl‘ESU'y neauquarl- ers built at Sault Ste. Mariel Flying Officer John Tucker Comes You stated that it was only in Home 1961 that the department moved‘ , ‘ . . its staff to Richmond Hill, wjth‘ John Tucker, eldest son of Frank 'luckel. the understanding that this wasI Thornhill. graduates from Royal Military College to be permanent location. l at Kingston in June. 811°“ ‘9 a“? .p“°vmgeyls hospital It has been study. study. study since his days in ie;3 012113331gfsininlargifioiii‘ Thornhill Secondary School but John .has .made the grade in fine style. Another plus IS 1113 commg panies dealing in forest prod- , . ” ucts. ‘ marriage tn Jana. Floor] of Rlchmnnd H1“ on June 1;). I understand many qualified and experienced men have re- signed and will leave the com- munities. “Thus a drastic blow has been dealt to the patholog- ical. and particularly silvicult- ural. research programs of the Department of Forestry in On- tario. It is ironic that the sil- viculture work being done from the $00 is in Southern Ontario." This is quoted from your art- icle. I understand many of the ‘po- sitions left vacant by those who have left have not been filled. It will be many years before the various research programs will regain their impetus, those who know the problem well. fear for the future. At a public meeting held in May. 1965, Mr. Sauve met area council officials and promised to review the situation which would force some seventy fam» ilies to move north. Suddenly he said his mind had been made up long ago, and that he plan- ned to recruit new scientists in the U.S‘A. and Europe to count- eract the many resignations re sulting from the move. What a cynical attitude to take, and what an unwise and costly one to the taxpayers. Can you tell your readers if all or part of this costly plan has been carried out? Yours truly. W. MARSHALL. In 1965 “The Liberal" pub- lished an article telling of For- estry Minister Maurice Sauve’s decision to have the consolid- ated federal forestry headquart- Wing won the nomination by acclamation here May 12. About 75 delegates attended the meeting in the Uxbridge Royal Canadian Legion Hall. The riding was held by Mich- ael Starr for the Progressive Conservatives in the last Parlia- ment. only after school planners have established the basic patterns of the program. Curriculum. group patterns and teaching techniques. use of tools and other materials to support the learning effort and the administrative pat- tern â€" all directly. and fun- damentally, affect the de- sign. layout, furnishings. building materials and fin- ishes. and. indeed. the color schemes that comprise the school unit. A creative plan in programming should lead to a creative and effective design of the school facility. The answer. of course, must lie in experimentation. and this is what is happen- ing. In several provinces and in many areas of the United States, new schools have been built that explore many of the flexibliity concepts. Some have adopted a limited open philosophy that makes use of folding walls and full dividers. By these means. spaces may be cut off for small group instruction or opened to large areas. Others 48 Laverock Aver-umr Richmond Hill. Liberal” . . A Time . . Time Proven Try It . . . Phone 884-1105-6 space With no provision for closed subdividing. making use of units of furniture such as shelving, coat racks, low chalkboard stands to achieve compartments. At present, it is too early to draw any conclusions as to the merit in any scheme. Only careful and detailed evaluation and analysis, after a suitable time period, of all the factors involved in the learning process carried out in these schools will enable us to establish a pattern for future development. It has been study. study. study since his days in Thornhill Secondary School but John has made the grade in fine style. Another plus is his coming marriage to Jane Flood of Richmond Hill on June 15. Congratulations on both counts John! iWhat steered John Tucker toward a military career? “For one thing," said John. “it gave me the opportunity to play lots of sports and get a good education at the same time. I was interested in radio and telecommunications and the services seemed to be the ideal place to get the necessary training and experience in the practical_use of;it.“_ John spent the first two years at Royal Roads, Victoria. B.C. Royal Roads is a former naval acad-v emy which has been expanded to include all three services. The last two years of training took place at RMC. One visitor to a new school designed and built on the principle of no classroom found that “in one corner a group was peering through microscopes. In another area a group, with their backs to the other children. sat in- tently at desks giving the teacher their full attention He said afterwards that he had felt very smug at having such dynamic news up his sleeve, and one could hardly blame him for savouring the moment, or for commieâ€"ng when he announced that Bill Fraser. fresh from the lK’thfEnd of nndon where he has ‘been playing the role 0 B'o'SE' 'angan in the very successful revival of “Heartbreak House”, will be joining the company in Niagara-on-the-Lake to re-create the role. Paxton Whitehead, artistic director of the Shaw Festival, caused a great stir of excitement when at a recent press information party he an- nounced the signing of Jessica Tandy to play Her- mione Hushabye in “Heartbreak House”. as she used the blackboard. In the third area children were singing and clapping. And a fourth group was hud- dled into a small knot ab- sorbed in erecting huge card- board boxes. Fully carpeted floors created an informal. muffled atmosphere”. RMC was founded and opened in June 1876 with 18 cadets. [This was at a time when Lord Dufferin was the Governor-General and the Prime Minister was Alexander MacKenzie. “Heartbreak House” is the first play of the season and opens on June 27 with Frances Hyland, Tony Van Bridge and Paxton Whitehead joining Miss Tandy and Mr. Fraser in the cast. Rehearsals started last Monday with Val Gielgud directing. and according to Brian Doherty, founder of the festiâ€" val, and president Calvin G. Rand, the Court House Theatre will be filled to capacity, with advance ticket sales already reaching the $20,000 mark.’ ‘ Rambling Around In the Sp oflighi: ROYAL CANADIAN MILITARY COLLEGE (Continued on Page 14) By JOAN HAROLD DEMOUNTABL E PARTITlONS The future? One can only speculate at this time. Of tremendous value is the work already done by the Educational Facilities Lab- oratories Incorporated in the United States. Since 1958, they have conducted a vast program of research, experi- mentation and dissemination of knowledge regarding edu- cational facilities. In Toronto, a major study of educational problems is presently under way, known as the Study of Education Facilities SEF. The Metro- politan Toronto School Board has established this study to estimate the nature and dir- ection of the changes facing the public education system in Metropolitan Toronto. From this information, SEF will “recommend the kinds of school building facilities required to accommodate the needs of education in the present and future”. It is a study of major importance. and at the end of its three- year operational period. there could emerge a system of modular school design and building that may influence e d u c a t i o n construction throughout Canada. Teaching by Elizabeth Kelson