CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Aug. 23, 1962 CASTLEGAR NEWS indred and Forty-Seven No Binge — An Attempt to Fill a Need British Columbia is .heading into an education ‘binge”. and unless care is tak- en this: province will suffer the inevitable hangover, the president of the B.C. School Trustees Association, R. E. Lester, commented recently. In a number of quotable quotes con- tained in a press release circulating his views, Mr. Lester describes the “binge” as an increasing demand for junior,.or community colleges and he says the hang- over will be a multiplication of institu- tions...and. services ‘beyond _..practical needs.” It's “easy to.scramble eggs, but I them is hing else a- gain,” he remarks, in attempting. to ana- lyze an by his abilitities at the kitchen range. According to the press release,. the School Trustees Association president’s concern is two-fold: A number of com- munities in B.C. are : to ‘unser al, and technical training program F underway in the province, Mr. . Les- ter suggests that the wise step might be|, to ,put some. support, behind it .rather|§ than becoming, as‘he puts. it, ‘‘excessively enthusiastic in new and fields.” He apparently, isn't aware of. how]: enthusiastic Nelson.; became about. its summer arts school : and its vocational school — and, it already has.a junior. col- . lege. Living in: Langley, with UBC. near B at hand, perhaps, he: doesn’t ; realize the cost of sending .a; ~student | to that. rT sity from. the interior of the province, or perhaps -he hasn’t: read ; the ‘latest .enrol- unfamiliar |} VICTORIA REPORT NESBITT T don't know fe: K’ve lived ini Vic. tol dso Tm used‘ to/ tourists, and 1 ‘ike them,’ for they: pep ‘us up, but T've ‘never, ‘never, never like | the ‘flood: that gulfed ‘us ’this year, thanks te the World's Fair in’: Seattle, ‘Its a ‘pleasant,' exciting strug. ‘ rough ‘Government ment figures for the .Point.Grey The immediate past president of the: -Un.| th iversity of B.C.,, Dr. Norman ; MacKenzie, after: years of being at Bay hens arn’t~ buying ‘much; they're Just < looking, “However, (:I py. no: attention ‘to that, knowing for some reason small colleges, now says: such colleges, rating on. ,the liberal arts, should junior colleges and little effort is being made by these groups to correlate junior colleges with vocational and technical training schools already underway. We. can appreciate Mr. Lester’s con- cern if interest in many communities is centering just on junior colleges and not on vocational and technical schools, But we can hardly understand his concern - be built at Burnaby, Abbotsford, Kelowna Nelson and Prince George. He says these five would serve the province adequately for the forseeable future. His advice that the existing private colleges in Nel- son and Prince George be utilized rather than establishing duplicate public colleges in these cities is, of course, nothing more than the voice of sanity. just a ber of B.C. ties are seeking to establish junior col- leges. Instead, he should be applauding them. At the present time a junior college is in operation at Nelson and two others are under development at Prince George and Langley. Because there are promo- tions for junior cdlleges in other parts of the province, Mr. Lester concludes that things might soon get: out of hand. Out. of hand! ‘When these colleges must rely upon’ public support by. dona- tion and. subscription and receive only very small token’ grants from the federal government and nothing from the provin- cial, then—unfortunately—there is ‘the chance’ ‘that far too. few junior colleges will be built. The ‘situation is nowhere near. getting~‘out of .hand: and won't be for a long’ time to come. After itemizing the present vocation- : The § Search Some search for ‘Truth, so they may, say, “We've risen above the common clay And dwell apart in lofty spheres. Untouched by foolish mortals tears”. Then trumpet loudly and proclaim Their pompous ego: in Truth’s name. While some, with quiet humbleness, Step by steady step progress, Along the twisting, thorny trail That leads the searcher to the Grail. They feel the pain, and share the cares And dream the dreams that mere man dares. They know when Ego is renounced, Truth sweeps the being — Dr. Mack ie’s » Dr. John B. Macdonald, believes UBC: will have to set a limit to the number of students it will accept. He is liberal-minded enough to suggest that junior colleges should be built elsewhere in the province and. that they should be autonomous. And if they set higher standards than. those at UBC, the new university president says he would not mind since education in B.C. would, be advanced asa result. In discussing junior colleges at its annual meeting in Victoria in October, the B.C. School, Trustees Association would do well to do a lot of talking and little deciding, provided . it-: first: gives]; {they're 75, at $10,000 a year, and amass talk that way. 3.2" ‘Two .“Princess’’. liners. ‘br! 4,000 people a day from Seattle, The ferry slips are jammed, arid queues of cars pile up in the main ets, Several thousand’ rubber. neckers a day pour through the Legislative Buildings, on whose lawns the tourists spraw! and take off their shoes to rest their poor aching feet. Tourists fall ali over themse!- ves in the Museum, there are so many of them. They picnic in Bea. con Hill Park, and on the water- front. The horse-drawn tally-hos never had it so good. School buses have been taken from their’sum- mer vacation to haul the crowds. Our visitors drive through the grounds of Government House, the Americans thinking it very oad Tourists Swamp Victoria d | tourists: were ‘always'' American; throbbing .:a8 it-- never throb. bed ‘before. There's a. “no vacancy” sign out each night, The carpets have been worn just about threadbare, I've actually seen ci. garet butts on those carpets, There are‘consant quenues in‘ the Em- press for’ the coffec shop and din; ing. room. The famed Empress tea and crumpets are served in three shifts, starting at, 1.30 p.m. a CCE CTA _ VOLKSWAGEN and RAMBLER SALES & SERVICE Phone R.A. (Bob) Horswill 365-3491 Stock of \ Cars and Trucks New Rambler Cars Old-time Victorians ‘say the Empress"no: longer. has, any-.tone, but I look’at it this way:' What's the good tone in a morgue, and that’s what the Empress was be. coming until: manager ‘Cyril Chap- ‘There aré'so. many Canadian tourists here this year that we're all: bewildered. Time was | when we pride! ourselves: that? it’ was easy to tell an American, But now; in slacks or shirt and say: ‘'Those dreadfully ‘loud Americans,” chances are you'll find the lady How do you tell an American from a Canadian anyway? Quite frankly I never can—merely by looking. They all look alike:to me. Certainly -it has been a lively summer in. Victoria, what with Centennial events, and the hordes of visitors. I can’t quite believe it's my native Victoria; for seven nights 6,000 people a night went to'the excellent Centennial pag- eant; for seven nights 6,000 people a night went to a combined effort by an American circus ‘and ‘the famed RCMP Musical Ride—a the die-hards to splutter and write indignant letters to the editor. This is Victoria, isn't it? man gave‘itja hefty. shot of jazz.) 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The dear old Empress Hotel is thorough discussion’ to other .subjects that. are more properly. its concern. Tt ‘is worth noting. that UBC's’ Mac- donald regards his “first and most. ur- gent task” as the formulation of a plan for the future of higher education in B.C. He -has promised that the mechanics of formulating a plan will be discussed with the university’s Board of Governors and its Senate, and has. said he’is completely in favor of decentralization, “not simply one or; ion - thr the whole province and taking responsi- bility for the whole, of higher education.” He says the main problem, after ion and 14 on. will: probably be arriving at a means of accomplishing decentralization quickly. It is apparent already that under Dr: Macdonald, higher education in this pro- vince is going to receive a thorough going over and that the answers will be found without any “binge” and without the — Margaret Obedkoff Lester sees as inevitable. Men in Space But No Razor Blades Perhaps we will never “of R ing genius up there in the Russians. While the world gapes in wonder at the feat of Golden Eagle and Faleon swinging through space and mak- ing small talk with each other, the man in the street.in Moscow has difficulty buy- ing a ballpoint pen. But this is not the most note -worthy fact. What is remarkable to the Western mind is that there is no outery, no dis- cernible chorus of protest. The Russian might be aggravated by the need to use old razor blades, but his personal frus- trations seem to be forgotten as he trains his eye and ear to the fantastic evidence space. Is it the Western world that. is off- beat because we seem to be unable to do without the luxuries we insist ‘are neces- sities? Do you have to be a Russian to live in the paradox of masterly scientific achievement and infuriating shortages in the stores? This is the lot of the Russians. They have no choice. If they had a choice they would probably be as annoyed as Canad- ians at empty stores, That might just be the basis for the understanding that now .Seems so remote. — Vancouver. Province CASTLEGAR NEWS Published Every, Thursday At { “TRE OF THE. Castlegar, B.C. L, V. Campbell, Publisher . Mali subscription rate to the Castlegar News 1a 33 per year. The price by, delivery bey ls 35 cents a 2 month: Single copies are 10 cents, ‘The Castlegar News 1s authorized os second- clase mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa, for pay- ment of postage in cash, and Is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, It 1s a member of the Canadian Weekly News- papers Association, the B.C. division of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, and B.C. Weekly Newspaper Advertising Bureau, — ‘Burt Campbell, Ealtor ‘All correspondence should be nadiensed to ‘The Editor, Castlegar News, Drawer 490, Castlegar, BO. Letters for publication must. be. accompanted by the correct name and address of ‘the writer. 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