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t ‘k 'A' THE MASTER \VORD Though rt little one, the master word looms large in meaning. it is the "Open Sesame" to every portal. the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher 5 Stone which transmutes all the base metal of humanâ€" ity into gold. The stupid man among you ll \_\’lll make bright, the bright man brilliant,_ the brilliant student steady. \Vith the magic word in your heart all things are possible, and without it all study is vanity and vexarion. The miracles of life are Wth it; the blind see by touch. the deaf hear With eyes,‘die dumb speak with fingers. To the )0uth it bring» hope, to the middle-aged confidence, to the aged repose. True balm of hurt minds, in its presence the heart of the sorrowful is lightened and consoled . . . Not only has it been the touchstone of progress, but it is the measure of success in everyday life i . . \VORK. The master word is \V’ORK.â€"Sir “villilffll Osler. 1k * '5" “Of a total enrolment in the schools of the combined areas (855) seventy-seven had been receiving regular help from the itinerant teacher and several others have been receiv- ing assistance on a less regular basis. Perhaps as important as the above help is the help that has been made available to the teachers concerned. The regular teachers in the schools have sought and have been given help and advice on the special problems presented by slow-learning or otherwise problem children. The teachers concerned have repeatedly ex- pressed their appreciation of the service thus rendered. “In addition to the special instruction given. Mr. Reynolds has, by use of special aids pro- vided by the Department of Education, been able to render valuable educational diagnosâ€" tic advice. During the spring of 1957 ninetyâ€" one cases of apparent eye defects were disâ€" covered by use of a telebinocular supplied for the purpose by the Special Education Branch 01' the Department of Education. Most of the children concerned have been taken to the oculist or optometrist of their parents’ choice and properly fitted with eye- glasses. This has made a direct and consid- erable contribution to their success in school. “Of particular value, too, has been the work done in speech correction. A total of fifteen of the more stubborn speech-correction cases were receiving attention during the 195768 school year. Quite remarkable improvement has been noted in most of these speech cor- rection cases. Parents, teachers and children concerned are receiving an emotional lift, and the future of the children looks considerably more bright.” Is the Urban Child Favored? “The services of remedial or auxiliary teachers have for many years been provided in urban schools. It has been difficult to make such provision in small rural schools. The 6 advent of the township school area up“ Of administration has made it a simpler runner to provide a modified type of auxiliary 13M} or service such as that prevailing in (Him. No. 3. It is to be hoped that teachers Mamie in this work may be induced to take pin-rim”; of this nature and that tOWnship SChOUl «red and other rural boards Will be able and do. sirous of providing the service to the cm . M, under their care who may need it in 1.1.1,: to make the most out of life, 4 “Educational authorities believe that I _ ‘1 c experience in Grey N0. 3 and that in ' l ington No. 2 will encourage others to u 11 out. Why should handicapped mil-31 (-17,, I,“ be forgotten when those in urban schmv .1, given the best expert assistance in .11 struggle to be people?" Reporting to the school area boar _;, March 1958, Mr. Rae further express» in opinion that “only a well trained and r: person be engaged. A poorly trained 01' {1‘ person should not be hired for this pr v1 demanding a high degree of tact and q judgment." Mr. Rae was referring i need to find a suitable successor to M; nolds, for he goes to Trafalgar TOWI’lSl’lt year to continue his excellent Work on ‘a it of the slow learner. At last the goal seems near. We an; - to report that the joint area school has, it East and West Zorra in Oxford County i- engaged a very promising young llllll' ! Donald Seaton, who is at preSent lfikl' » special education course in Toronto l= . an effort and a spirit of co-operation t .161 part of many interested people to real, _ goal. We of the Women‘s Institute are ml to know that we helped a bit. successful, Well all 7d To overcome the teacher shortage an: assistance until rural schools can set up at own remedial services, the Stothers E .p- tional Child Foundation has come up i . a splendid suggestion. The proposed ' School, housed in a trailer that can be ed behind a car, could, when suitably 5 2d. bring to any school in Ontario the .16 opportunities for diagnosis and help ' ire available in the best urban schools. Thr ea. however, will only became a reality 111:” Department of Education is convince Eiat rural people want such a service. Rt" 515 to the Department will assure the M 3i” that rural folk are aware of what is ins done elsewhere and that they expect fl?“ 39“ and all their children, opportunities 2- [119 best possible education up to the it Of their individual abilities. Let it not be said that Women's Ins lit-‘5 are a placid group, unaware of the or 5 9f their communities. Let us busy ourse.‘ is ill exploring the home scene to determine were best We can direct our interest and wit-7 “'9 can use our influence for the greatest 1.9M- Then, let us “put into action our beum Im- Pulses, straightforward and unafraid" HOME AND COUNTRY