. Canadian forest industries July-December 1920. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN A X IJ VVOUJJW (j k K 1, li .â ^1. i/i. L 111 i/cr 1 laborers. During- the last year 60 a)llej4e men have been so enj^aj^ed for a season each at a stretch. They win out by contact and person- alityâworking- at manual work during the day, and teaching at oppor- tunity, where classes may be gatheredâbut at all times they stand foV the best ideals embodied in Canadian life. A foreigner often meets in these camps his first healthy-minded Can
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1920. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN A X IJ VVOUJJW (j k K 1, li .â ^1. i/i. L 111 i/cr 1 laborers. During- the last year 60 a)llej4e men have been so enj^aj^ed for a season each at a stretch. They win out by contact and person- alityâworking- at manual work during the day, and teaching at oppor- tunity, where classes may be gatheredâbut at all times they stand foV the best ideals embodied in Canadian life. A foreigner often meets in these camps his first healthy-minded Canadian in the person of the instructor who, to the amazement of the foreigner, is a laborer with him on the same tamping or skidding outfit. It is true that success or failure of such work depends always upon the instructor; given a young man ])ractical enough to jum]) in and work, who, while college bred is a mixer, even in uncongeni;il surroundings, and who has strength of character to stand for staunch and sane Canadianisni at the outposts or our social life, and the work will succeed. Some Obstacles in the Way The following are perhaps the chief difficulties in the way : 1st. The hours of labor are too long for successful study. 2nd. The crowded bunkhouses are unsuitable for the best results. 3rd. It is next to impossible, especially in the winter season, to secure enough instructors for the task of bringing education to the man. The universities insist on too much class attendance. But time, the great avenger, is gradually righting these wrongs. The fierce light that ])eats upon a throne is beginning to shine on these and other kindred ])roblems. The old fallacy that education acquired by the help of teachers within four brick walls was good, and that any knowledge obtained outside these walls could not be dignified by the term scholarship, is being exploded. By curtailing the attendance required for a degree, the universities can, if they will, supply a sufficient numbe
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