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Published every Wednesday by Fairway Press, a division of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Ltd, 225 Fairway Rd., Kit- chener. Ontario, Address correspondence to Waterloo Square. Waterloo. Ont. Telephone 744-6364. How much conservation ON EDUCA TION To a large extent this legislation embodies the ideas set forth by the Reville Commission in a hotly-disputed report issued in 1972. --cNegotiations to include unspecified "terms and con- ditions of unemployment ' l --Unspeciiied power for the Minister to "make reguta- tions governing the procedures to be followed“ in negotia- tions. -Mandatory time tables for negotiations and mandatory two-year contracts. "Ten years from now," authorities tell us, "nuclear energy should be generating .about one-third of our electric power, and by the year 2,000 over half of it." And atomic blasts, we are told, could be used "to dig coal through solid rock virtually instantly by the use of fis- sionable devices". -Compulsory binding arbitration of all disputes between teachers and boards. --Creation of a provincial arbitration committee chaired by an appointee of the Minister of Education. Such folk demonstrate a complete lack of faith in mankind's almost unlimited ability to mould, change and adjust to unfavorable con- ditions of both climate and environment. It is these qualities of adaption and innovation which have raised homo sapiens above the animal world. Let's not be pessimistic. Let us remember that man is greater than his environment and, given thought, can control and change it. Among the pending education measures the one surest to strike sparks is Bill 275. an Act to Amend the Schools Administration Act. Among its provisions are the follow- ing: l Our future world is pictured by extreme con- servatioritsts as a land reduced to barren ugli- ness, with Canadians deprived not only of a fu- ture means of livelihood, but of such actual necessities as electric power, gas and oil, which contribute so much to our standard of living. By Don Baker . Trustee. Waterloo County Board of Education In the next few months education bills will consume a great deal of energy in the provincial legislature. Although a major revolution was imposed on education in Ontario by the forced consolidation of small school boards into county regional boards back in 1969, much of the legislation governing relations between teachers and boards and the internal lives of boards dates back to the 1940’s. The present spate of bills before the provincial legislature only looks hasty because of political bungling. In fact a legislative overhaul has long been necessary. All Canadians approve of the preservation of this country's natural beauties of field, forest and stream - of its bird and animal life but no arbitrary decision to restrict the development of northern Canada's almost unlimited electric power resources, or the carrying of oil by pipe- line across northern Canada, should be made without more complete facts and figures. , The term conservation is frequently used in a generalized and often vague sense, with no fig- ures or data supplied regarding the actual ex-' tent of our natural resources or their rate of de- pletion. No one denies. the need for greater conser- vation of Canada's natural resources, but does it mean hoarding against a possible future far- removed emergency, and in the process ignor- ing the present drastic needs of the world at large? 4 Watqrtoo Chronicle, Wednesday, Mum 6,4974 Favors strike over resignation In Canada one year $8. m United States and Foreign countries, one year $l0 SUBSCRIPTION RATES ESTABLISHED 1854 Wendy Herman, editor Trustees have also been recently converted to the teach- ers' point of View, chiefly by the behaviour of teachers in the last year. Trustees would rather deal with an openly avowed strike than with mass resignations, "sick off", work t0'rule procedures, study sessions and so on. Truss tees are saying, in effect, let strikes be called strikes and let evervone take his responsibilities) accordingly. By taking this view, trustees are in effect agreeing with teachers that teaching is not an essential service of the kind that_would justify depriving teachers of the right to strike, It must be admitted however, that trustees are somewhat self-serving in taking this point of View, Many would actually prefer to deny the right to teachers, but they fear even more the centralizing emasculating ef- fects of compulsory arbitration as outlined in Bill 275. This has meant a self-denial of the right to strike. con- tracts between individual teachers and boards, and certain self-governing and selGiisciplining powers. The emerg- ence of consolidated regional boards in 1969, the govem- ment's decision to downgrade its priority for education expenditures and the example of teachers unionizing else- where have contributed to a change in this traditional self- conception. In practice, collective bargaining already exists between teachers and boards in Ontario despite the fact that it is not covered by legislation. The Minister of Education has been caught by rapidly shifting currents of opinion among both teachers and trus, tees. For generations teachers have defined themselves as professionals and have succeeded in getting that self- conception enshrined in legislation. Both want the scope of negotiations clarified in the legis- lation itself. Both oppose a compulsory arbitration pro- cedure that would leave all real decision-making in the hands of the Minister. The Minister sets the financial ceii- ings within which Boards must operate, or his appointee to the five-man arbitration board, whose main function would be to settle claims breaking ceilings. Real power would be transferred entirely to the Mowat Block. More on the Bill in my next report Yes, the little chap is paying his first visit to the And doUnstafrs, two wo- men are squabbling about how to bring up my grand- From the point of view of both teachers and trustees, Bill 275 is largely unacceptable and has been roundly con- demned by the Ontario Teachers Federation, and the On- tario School Trustees Council 2ril, Both groups want teachers to have the right to st e. Both oppose the vague extension of ministerial powers implicit in the bill. Some days you can't win a nickel. Today is one of them. Outside it's bucket- ing down wet snow to clog my driveway. Inside, I'm etting the 'flu, and my faw is aching from a going- over the dentist gave me. "sittf Juneau, Bill Smiley There, I did. And I feel better. He's a dandy little fellow. He's fat, and he smells like a baby, and he produces the occasional lopsided grin, as though he finds the world amusing. old family home, and he's the only bright note in the day. _ Think I'll sneak down and have another look at him and try to cheer my- self up; My role is to try to apply some common sense, but it's about as effective as throwing oil on a fire to put it out. They both tum on Jne and assure me that my knowledge about babies is about as ca ious as my knowledge if/eil',',',',",. There have been map- sodies written about the beauty of a child nursing at And he's certainly not suffering in the groceries department. He's gulping great quantities of the pure, unadulterated stuff nature intended for him, . This little guy is certain- ly getting that treatment. If his mother puts a fresh .diaper on him. his gran has got it off and put another on before he has a chance to wet the first one. I learn about modern nursing In tuct, I know all there is necessary to know about infants: keep them warm and dry and well fed, and they'il be happy. They're just like human beings in that respect. And, two of the more tridiculous aspects of it right now are his mother and his grandmother. One has had a baby for six weeks and thinks she knows all about babies. The other hasn't had a baby for a years, and she thinks she knows all about babies. He doesn't know the half of it. It's not only amusing; it's ridiculous. The paper has taken a lively look at Waterloo City Hall and although we are not always in agreement with her political opinions. she has certainly strength- ened the Chronicle's roll as a real community news- paper. It is a healthy sign when some alternative view- point§ on fitrpolitics can be offered in the press. Wei wish Wendy Herman success as she continues her career as a journalist elsewhere. Apparently this is the last issue of the Chronicle to trepublished with Wendy Herman as editor. Last week as editor Dear Editor, h J; ’5 , e // I ..=_ _ tiEiiGGEq Yours truly, Rosemary Rowe. Secretary. Downtown Residents Assoc, I CAN'T FIND m VALVE All I hope for little Nihov is that he gets a charge out of life, allows himself to love and be loved, and is healthy. It doesn't really matter what you plan for a kid, of course. In Allis crazy world. nothing is clearer than that the best-laid plans nearly always go agley. Oh, yes, and one other thing: that he's twice the man his grandfather is. its mother's breast. And I must say it's something to see her cuddling him up to one side and reaching with her free hand for her bottle of beer. She got that out of a baby book, which, so help me, suggested nursing mothers have a bottle of beer to break the monotony or keep the flow coming. or something. This is a little digression. but! was almost fully grown before I learned that my basic idea about nursing mothers was wrong. Anoth- er kid told me, when we were about six, that there is porridge in one breast and milk in the other. That's why they switch the baby over. Yep, there's nothing like a baby around the house. That kid just don't get to cry. Someone snatches him up the minute he bleats once. Even I.