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Members of 0 language class in a Toronto public school. In. slructicm is given to children in small groups, often comprised of several nationalities. Learn. ing a new language is not nearly so difficult for children as for lheir parents and with a little help they quickly culch up to the others in their classes. ew Accents in the Class Room By Helen Champion u N CANADA a boy can be the Prime Min- 1 ister or a. super star in the National Hockey League.“ an immigrant father explained, adding confidently: “There are great opportunities here for my children.” His View epitomizes a salient feature of Canadian immigration: that a strong motivating force is the desire of parents to ensure a better future for their children, In many cases parental dreams are coming true. Immigrant children are making the best of their opportunities. Three years ago, Dutch-born Betty Kragten couldn’t speak a word of English. This year she won the gold medal in an Ontario public speak- ing contest. Hers was not an isolated triumph. She was following in the footsteps of fellow- countrymen, Thomas Kuiper. who won an ora- torical championship in 1959, and Wybe Byls- ma who had won a trophy and cash award in a public speaking contest in 1958. At the Ottawa Technical School. in June. 1961. John Bormanis. a Latvian immigrant, led his grade XII class. Two winners of the 1961 “Adventure in Citizenship” contest, sponsored by the Rotary Clubs across Canada, were Italianâ€"born Frank Bucciarelli and Dutch-born Matthias Sikkes. In Nova Scotia, Billy Wong. 3 Chinese New Canadian who knew no English when he ar- rived in Canada seven years ago, was invested this year as a Queen's Scout. Nor is 1961 an exceptional year. A Flemish-Canadian, Silvere Brechez. was named Canada’s top Sea Cadet for 1959; a Dutchâ€"Canadian, Jack Heynen, won the Boy- FALI. 1961 of-thc-Month award in Lethhridge in I958. Many others have achieved enviable schola5~ tic records and won valuable scholarships and bursaries: Germanâ€"born Helmut Hesse in Newâ€" foundland. Uve von Harpe and Marlene Schick in Ontario are examples. Immigrant students have had similarly high records in institutions of higher learning. A Polish»born student. Joseph Schatzker, who couldn‘t speak English twelve years ago. was the top medical graduate at the University of Toronto in 19m Another Polishâ€"Canadian student. Mark lab- lonski. made his mark fl musically. He was a consistent winner of scholarships and festivals in Canada. and in I960 won the s1.th Lhevâ€" inne Award at the luliiard School of Music in New York. This year he won top prize for piano in a competition sponsored by Les qu~ nesscs Musicales du Canada. A Dutch-Canadian. Henk van Oene of Alâ€" berta last year won a valuable pest-graduate fellowship from the Shell Oil Company of Carl- ada. Limited. while another Dutch-born comâ€" patriot. Franciscus Johannes van Oss. won the Governor-Generals medal and four university student awards when he graduated from Saint Francis Xavier University in 1959. A Germanhorn immigrant, Ernest Zwerg. who earned a B.A. degree with honors, led the class of l961 at the Ontario College of Educa- tion. Many of these students achieved their records in the face of formidable obstacles. Not only were the majority handicapped in the begin- ning by language barriers, many were also 19