Burt Campbel Publisher and Editor ere let the press the people's » unawed by rig Influence and unbribed by gain” Page Four ‘Thursday, April 11,1974 Too Much Empire Bullding in Educafion in B.C. According to a highly-placed:: elected municipal official from. the ‘East Kootenays, schoo} boards and city councils in that area are as upset over the major recommendations o! the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Secondary << Education inthe Kootenays as are the Selkirk, College council and ‘the ‘trustees of School District No, 9. Apparently residents of the. East’ Koote- nays don't believe an’.institution administered from here in the monies ‘received from the government.” ‘ We believe it is the responsibility of every institution to present its legitimate needs’ to government while it {s\ the: responsibility. of government to decide what monies it will make ayailable to education generally and what sums of money it will allocate to individual educational institutions specifically. Nelson is going to be’ nearly as responsive A local needs and vicinity of f In our view, no responsible government will allow ‘itself to hide, behind. the skirts ‘of: an dent board and let the board decide how tax monies are tobe allocated. As well, no would be an‘ East: Kootenay regional college” funded and administered locally. What’ was’ particularly petting to. this gentleman was his claim that?the: proposals’ of the Commission were exactly those a AeaeT to g council of any itself to be denied direct access’to government with its claims. in favor of submitting them to The Academic Board of British Columbia, which is’ chaired’ by’ the’ same Dr. * Ian” McTaggart-Cowan who,headed the. Commission. of Inquiry inte Post Secondary Education in the Kootenays, has now come up with a proposal for A’ New - Structure) dor, , Higher. Education in British Columbia. It recommends ieee new. agencies at the provincial level: a Couneil on Higher Education, a University Commission, : and’ *a* College Commission. ++: The Council‘on Higher Education “would have the goal of social East Minister Eileen Dailly many months before the Commission brought ‘down its report... some “non-political” independent coard. “Is there to be no end'to’ empire building in’ education in this ‘Province? Some weeks 1 ago.a ut ‘ind well: shot ‘3 _ jt out ‘letter’ to “the * editor should allow |: newspaper expressing Saher 1 aboiit the ik of attention paid by district drivers to crosswalks - in our new. city.’. % Although ‘editorial support. was requested ‘at the time’ for the letter writers’ concerns, we explained that winter was just then coming to an end and in ‘our experience one. of the first signs of the arrival of spring in this area was the * promptness: with’ which; highways department and city public works crews are out repainting faded crosswalks.“ °/ ‘By almost any measure, spring weather.has ~been ‘with us for over a month now and the many and its along Columbia and 7th ‘Avenues are terms of reference would facinde a review of the and overall “it would colleges; among other receive and. assess regional advisory boards on regional peers and on’ the improvement of existing’ services’ in needs and services,” The’ University Commission (and similarly the College Commission) “would have the goal of ’ fiscal responsibility and be primarily responsible s for examining ongoing academic (and technical-,- vocational programs’ and services) and ongoing « . support functions in the universities; receiving and reviewing operation ‘and capital’ budgetary requests. from each of the universities: relation to provin marked out. budgetary requests to them minister of ctu, and making an among “still almistty invisible to ‘motorists. ': he ROMP. have apparently, indicated tothe d mottiers that they, will extend every in seeing that motorists. observe the laws regarding crosswalks, but in. fairness to ) motorists the crosswalks ‘should ‘be ' properly. A week ago last. Saturday a mother and her. two children were almost hit in the crosswalk near Kootenay. Builders. A serious accident, or even’ a fatality, isn't, far-off if'the crosswalks ‘aren't soon painted—and if motorists don't start _ f observing them.: ; (During: the’ noon’ hour: on ~Monday—after this editorial, was, written—a department of crew was seen busy at work painting Sthe crosswalk near the Oglow Building. We urge to observe it.) Patricio Young Says... is‘the be-all and end-all of our: in- tellectual devel. opment. is “the: idea ‘that education automatically. brings about wis- ¥dom. It doesn’t. ‘A child might express the dom of innocence’ in simple™ © _ words, while the “intellectual” *cwraps his stupidity i in sixty four :dollar © words whieh no one’! understands. : Equally: :: y speak Of wit i associated with education, -tellectualism or-the number, of degrees ‘a man’ might hold. ‘Solomon, teoweibg bit benign approachable.”: He -said, -“The mouth of the Just brings. forth “In latter: years, the sages. have said, “When one partner is { What" have: some ‘of the ‘great men of’the ages ‘had .to say about: wisdom °is\.worth Sewing = Machines, : Typewriters, TV's B&W and Color TV's for: Union. Peters 1334 Cedar ae alls Telep! 368-6331 tent’ by week or month -} = another - philospher, Cowper, i obse k ee that it knows so.r ch, ‘Wisdom is humble: that.it does not. know: more.’ At the sa swas wise a ough to observe, “It. to e for thers. FE than or ourselves!” The Duke. of: Buckingham advised’..us, “The sublimity of wisdom: is to do all those things while living, that ‘one ‘might: wish to have | ime, Solomon aces Young summed it’ - Wis \for.us when he sai tocomprehend the whole.” ‘Was he:perhaps telling ‘us not ~ to'make'a mountain out’ of-a =molehill?.- That. nothing: to- boast about: “in. having’ a.“quick” temper?’ * Wisdom then’ is’ ‘that recious gomething often called Tilt] “ary, architecture, m sature' and: other:-works - of there’: was «; ‘restricled © by? ithe: ‘By Delbert Doll : “othe, « private enterpriser tends to view all commodities in terms oftheir, market’ place value. Those products * and services ‘which are“in demand will tise in ‘price until -the (Supply, matches or excedes the ‘demand. Those ‘products and services wl are not in demand ‘will fallin: price until the); producer’ can’ no/.‘longer afford “to produce:them and they will be Femoved from the market. * + This theory of value places the® onus ‘of: judgement: upon both the producer.and consum- er-in‘true democratic ‘fashi * argument: “of =the Painlings, 2 lal music, If ur their work, In fact ‘be“tntil “generation: that value,‘ esthelic tary, is < attached. the creativity.” How’; then do the > ‘arts~and “arlists\-benefit ; from * the private enterprise, system? The first benefit is freedom lo create. TheJartist is. not political: . ystems that must accompany to do vith education ‘or. ; ‘expertise. A: child: may) utter * + words,of wisdom before he can even. spell ,,the .word. ; By); the, “-same.token) the so-called intel- were. rightfully hers. > Doing the housework, ‘she ‘ would: have given her a “pleas but: this ‘was ‘Those cre: tions which’- find. acceptani among even ‘small portions of ‘-sociely may ‘be: pursued. Re- t atrictive laws on poronography creations are.not the of; they private enler: ‘Thé } economic - aspect of : enterprise. - offers lal : He works: of art. the abundant wealth crealed by the private enterprise ‘system. It:pravides the-surplus for art schools, ; music. schools,. public thealers, .; civie.’) symphonies, public: art: galleries, and those other. expression..of ‘civic con- cern for‘the arts,-The taxation of. the wealth) of the,’ private enterprisers has not proven the burden:that previous: creations weighed on ‘the masses.’ *< [tis easier’ to appreciate Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel if one forgets that il'was'financed by’! the: drudgery * of: millions ) whose. meagre production: was lessened by the taxation by. the Pope's agents. * f It is easier. to. wonder: at’: “the Palaces of Versailles if one * forgets the cost,lothe ordinary necessity’ of wringing wealth from the impoverished’ mass to'finance. the? great works: ol h “ty: ‘priv processes - of: metal refi ining have’ produced’ cheaper’ mate-- jals for casting of statues. The ease’of welding has opened the possibility. of ; new forms "of °’ metal art. The mass production ‘of ‘oil ‘paints ‘and synthetic colors has lessened the expense “the ' t a EASTER ; LIBRARY HOURS. GooD FRIDAY, APRIL 12 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 (p.m, SATURDAY, APRIL “13 4 9am. to 5 p.m. EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 4 p.m. to 5 pum, |)" “EASTER MONDAY, “APRIL 15 8:30 8m, to 4:30 a i wh’ W Bee rowing piulleges, at ‘Selkirk Call ge: Lil ~ ELIZABETH “the: SECOND,. ay the: Grace of God, “of the United Kingdom; Canada‘and ‘Her ther Reals and ' Territorie: quesn “AMES, G. LORE oN ¢ “ Minister: of | ‘(was inicorporatedss’a Cie ‘Municipal Affairs ©: (ty: municipality’on; ‘from, Provisions of: the Municipal’ Act and'subject of the’ ‘said: letters Patents). of painting. The of synthetic fibres‘such ‘a8 fibre: glas has gridened the’ area {ote arte). ; -The inventions of records, tipes, ‘stereos, “radios, - micro~ ' phones, and the other. marvels °,, of the electronic age have made possible’ the . preservation of * { good: music and drama_and its spread lé millions of people: who . otherwise ® dnt have *; afforded “it. improvement: of the: printing; processes. thave ngravings; st statues, and It simply places .an ‘onus upon;the:artisl to exp work: in terms ‘that will develop an: appreciation: for..it. among ordinary people.’ The’ artist has’ benefitted from tHe teen developed ‘ Michael! Phipps. 23,- will now: begin; teaching people in Castlegar to meditate as part of hi ‘ish's“World Plan. cl Sy.” instructed by Mahar “This ‘local_man‘and 1969 potential is. masses of the esthetic values of art. ‘The.’ private enterprise system. does ‘not. deny. the existence of values other than those: formed, iby, the market, cand theoretical aspects ‘¢ th Science of “Creative, Intel gence, each® one» personally ‘of the political, religious, or => moral order./ The’ Renaissance works. of Jarl were. ‘created. largely oh’ commission from the aristocracy.”.The® artist: had to please ithe provider of the money-or-cease’ to create. z<-The control of. art by the »-benevolence of a single ruler is “far more. despolic® than’ the present’ system of reward by, public whim. The patronage of Uhe slate -has* proved ‘no less ‘despotic, The slate of the arts in ‘the ‘communist: countries is realism”. The proscription of dissident “artists and. writers with’ no :allernate » means - of support is hardly conducive to a’ ereativily and 3 of Stanley. p! Secondary ‘School, has. com- pleted. ai, course:.:in»:Vittel, France, which qualifies him as a teacher ofthe Science. | of Creative Intelligence (SCI) and its practical, aspect, . Transcen- . dental Meditation: (TM). = Making’ ‘and the, ‘decorating of the was the work of Molly. pies * Centerpieces ‘for’ the tea tables, consisting ; of : slender. tapers placed: styrofoam surrounded with. wee flowers ere made, by Mrs.°H. Johnson, ‘Mrs. E.. "Rourke and Mrs. D. Rourke. =. President ‘of’ the | Ladies Auxiliary > Mrs.” Rourke. cwel-. comed the many. guests: ‘and. declared the tea open. The hall was fited*to capacity and the well laden bake table was very quickly depleted. Mrs. H. Johnson.and Mrs. John. Johnson. attended . the bake table. The larage display. _ table of sewing ‘and novelties “was the centre. of ‘attraction under’'the caré’ of : Mra. ave Davies and Mrs. W. Ni Mrs. R..Olsen’ and’ Mrs. co - Flemming were in charge of the white. elephant table. ‘The ever busy kitcher supervised by Mrs. Jim Walker by. Mrs. F. Dodson, Re) Champ; McCullock, Mrs. C. Symington, Mrs. ‘T.’ Walker. and’ Mrs. M. Peachey. Mra. W. Leduc was in‘ charge ‘of making up the boxes Mrs, R.- ‘of goodies too be. taken out to the business people. Convener of the’ tea tables, Mrs. F. Bonnett, was assisted in serv- ° ing by2 Mee H. Bate; Miss Mary ‘Whitehead, rain, took’ the teas business people,” ‘Mrs, D. Conkin sold the tea’ tickets, Mrs. ‘C.' Kerr. was’ in” charge of the hamper tickets. At the close of the afternoon, the hamper’ which’ the branch members - had been’ ‘selling, tickets on,-was drawn for and the lucky: winner’ was Mrs. Steve Melnick. - The L.A. extended their MUSTARD FRENCHS: PREPARED ......... 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