Shawnigan Lake School - Yearbook (Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia Canada)

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Ijaumtgan Magazine Sprembpr, 1954

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(editorial G yO DOUBT spurred by the publication of the controversial book So Little lor the Mind, by Dr. Hilda Neatby, Professor of Modern History at the University of Saskatchewan, there wages in the realm of education a minor war between those who may be termed Traditionalists and others of the Progressive school of thought. It must be acknowledged that all tradition is not necessarily good, nor is all progress sound, but from the welter of argument and opinion that is expressed, there should emerge in time a pattern which, it is hoped, will embrace the best of both worlds. Meanwhile, we at Shawnigan are striving assiduously, and not without success, to raise ever higher our academic standards, believing that if our purpose is to be realised fully, the leaders of tomorrow, whom we hope to develop, must be content not merely with the 50% pass mark, but must, by hard work as well as mere environmental adjustment, attain higher levels of scholarship if they are to fulfill the ambitions which are cherished for them. In our efforts to achieve this objective we deplore the tendency to one word answers in examination papers and the true or false questions that are so prevalent. Examinations in this form induce an element of chance and place a premium on a memory for facts alone, without offering scope to the student who has been taught to reason and express both his knowledge and his reasoning in clear, concise and readable form. For this reason the Speech Day address given by Dr. Roderick L. Haig-Brown, LL.D., In Praise of Reading, which is re-printed in this issue, is noteworthy not alone for its scholarly content, but also for its timely advice and help.