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By Jim Irving A secretary is often only as “effective, as efficient and productive as her boss will permit her to be," Richmond Hill Councillor Lois Hancey told a dinner meeting of secretaries at Summit golf and country club last week. As good as boss wants "fiersecretaries were guests at the meeting spon- sored by Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce in connection with “Secretaries Weelf" in Canada. vv Mrs. Hancey traced the history of secretaries from the time they were known as “Lady Typewriters,” through their various stages of up and down, to the present when many have achieved the status of “executive assistants.” Howevef, Secretaries still had to fight for any gains they made. the speaker said. I , , ___:n_ _..__A .0-.. .. Salaries and positions still favored men. with most companies convinced they didn‘t have any problems involving equal opportunities for women, because the only Women they employed were secretaries “and secretaries have nothing to complain about.” “Availabléwééiééri’c’e "suggests‘ nothing could be further from the truth in the typical Canadian organization. I‘Indeed. the ‘girls‘ â€" nearly half of whom are 35 â€"- who occupy secretarial positions appear to be Canadian industry’s most discontented female employee group," _Mi_‘s. Hanc‘ey said. ,. A secretary tended to be thought of as “an ex- tension of someone else. rather than a free standing entity," with “ill-defined” responsibilities, varying work loads, and “almost totally dependent on a boss’s evaluation," she said. It still boiled down to a battle of the sexes, Mrs. Hancey said. Men didn‘t mind asking women to clear off their desks or get them coffee, but they wouldn’t think ofasking another man to do the same thing. Also. there was a feeling among men that secretarys' jobs didn’t offer enough of a challenge to men, the latter having an “inner feeling" for such things, something women lacked. “With attitudes like these. it’s something of a “With attitudes like these. it’s something of a miracle there hasn’t been a general uprising among secretaries long ago," Mrs. Hancey said. “Can you imagine the chaos which Would result if every secretary in Ontario went on strike?” Mrs. Hancey said any man who was content for a secretary to be “little more than an extension to typewriter," was short-changing all concerned. French aid offered “He is losing a unique source of intelligence, dedication and enthusiasm, which might well prove to be the decisive factor in the success or failure of his endeavours," she said. Mrs. Hancey said she welcomed the opportunity to pay tribute to secretaries. “There is an old saying people get the government they deserve,” she said. “Possibly the same im- mutable rules applies to business executives and professionals â€" they get the secretaries they deserve. Education Minister the ministry of educ: boards $44 million in Education Minister Thomas Wells said this week the ministry of education will offer Ontario school boards $44 million in incentive grants over the next three years to improve and expand French courses in the schools. The plan, which is for both eleme secondary schools, is based on three programs: basic core of 20 to 40 minute: struction; basic core. plus one or two of 1 subjects in French; and immersion pr which the majority of instruction is given The grants will be based on the number French language instruction students 2 during their school years. 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