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The Huron Expositor, 1960-10-27, Page 11Ire rSDHS 3 to • r • • r • • r 1 r • ents "THE (HATTERRO C" RELATES STORY OF SDHS STAFF AND STUDENTS (A new monthly amagazane, The Chatterbox, made its appearance at Seaforth District High School in September. The October and sub- sequent issues will appear in The Expositor. Edited by Robert Sharp and Gisela Helbig, the magazine re- counts activities at the School and provides a medium for student writers. With the wider distribution made possible by its appearance- in The Expositor, the public generally is given an opportunity of learning of the accomplishments of SDHS staff and students.) EDITOR'S COMMENTS Robert Sharp In this, our second edition of the school magazine, we believe that you will find 'some improvements. We hope that there are some new items which will interest you. One new column (if you could call it that) is the Student Council Re- port, and another new one is a sounding board for the teachers. We would welcome any articles or notices you would like to have published and your suggestions for. presenting the news differently, as well as ideas .for new columns. The staff of the "Chatterbox" is not complete, and anyone in- terested in writing or gathering news is welcome to attend Baur staff meetings. All in all, we hope the "Chatter- box" will acquaint you with stu- dents, teachers and events around Seaforth High. Seaforth Spartans Play For SDHS Dancing The last dance, sponsored by the Students' Council and held in the school auditorium, brought out a pretty good crowd. The music was partly provided by the Seaforth Spartans, a very versatile group of local teen-agers, When they were exhausted, we had to be sat- isfied with "canned" music. We think that it is safe to say that everyone had a good time. SPORTS AT SDHS Field Day Attracts Increased Entries BOYS' FIELD DAY EVENTS The 1960 Field Day was ,a huge success, with many more students participating than last year. Alto- gether, two hundred and seventy- four boys went into the events. In the junior class, one hundred and twenty-six boys competed for the championship. Bruce Whitmore walked away with the junior with 18 points. Bill Rowat came in sec- ond with eight, followed closely by G. Hall with seven paints. John Patterson became the In- termediate Champion with 21 points, ahead of 70 other boys: Runners-up with 12 and 11 points respectively were Tom Dick and Tom Philips. In the senior category, 77 young men competed in eight events, before Gord Ross took the laurels with 28 points. Bill Campbell was second with 15, and he was fol- lowed by .Neil Dolmage with 11 points. Unfortunately the scores for the color teams have been given with half -a -dozen different totals, but below I ,think are the totals for the boys alone: White team, 1465;, black team, 940; red team, 900; yellow team, 495. GIRLS' FIELD DAY The 1960 Field Day was a great success. Although the morning of October 7 was cool, it soon warm- ed up and became an ideal day. There were more competitors than there were in the last few years. An outstanding event was the In- termediate running broad jump. Eileen Dolmage jumped 13' 111/2", which wasleast at a foot farther than the winning jumps of the last two years. Each competition was also keen. Nancy Dale, Eileen Dolmage and Margaret Ann Staple- ton all tied for first place in the hundred -yard dash, and had to re- run the race to determine their placing. Several records were broken, ranging all the way from as little as Pamela Stapleton's one- half inch in the senior high jump, to the greater distance of over a foot in the intermediate broad jump. The senior winners were Pamela Stapleton, with 24''•points; Marg Elliot, with 22; and Phyllis Bry:" ans and Cathy Eckert, tied, with five each. Nancy Dale, with 21 points, was the high intermediate girl. She • was followed by Eileen Dolmage with 14, and Margaret,Ann Staple- ton with 13. There is new talent in the junior division.. Dianne Engel was first with 14 points; Barbara Nott and Shirley Henderson tied for second with, 7 points each, and Deanna Dale was third with 6. , The 1960 Field Day turned out to be the most successful one ,that we have had for some years. Let's show them next year that we can do ever better! HOUSE LEAGUE COMPETITION The color teams in the house league are something new this year that the school has started to get everyone interested in sports. Field Day was the first of the tryouts and everyone was hoping that his or her tea1trwould come out on top and get a head start on the run for finals at the end of the year. The whole student body is divid- ed into four colors: red, white, yellow and black, each with its own leader. The leaders are: Eileen Dol - mage, red; Dorothy Boyes, yel- Iow; Margaret Elliott, white; Phyllis Bryans, black; Ken Storey, red; Gordon Miller, yellow; Rob- ert Dinsmore, white; Gordon Ross, black. The teams are again brok- en up and a specified number of students is assigned to one person who is known as the form cap- tain. During the year basketball and volleyball will also score points for the team: 100 for first; 75 for Second; 50 for third, and 25 for fourth. The team points after Field Day were as follows: White team, 100; Red team, 75; Yellow team, 50; Black team, 25. SPORT SPARKS The situation on the gridiron is shaping up quite well. The coach, Mr. Godin, is putting the boys through their paces every night from 3130 to 5:00. Forthe past Several days they have een prac- ticing their defensive and offen- siee Plays. The dressing room Chatter 'seen1s quite enthuidestic and it looks as if we are going to have an all-around good team this year. Exhibition Game The exhibition game held in Mit- chellon the 26th of September saw Seaforth come out trailing by three points. It was a good game and valuable experience for our boys. Goderich 0--Seaforth 8 The fact that the team is shap- ing up was proven when the Gol- den Bears trounced Goderich 8-0. Campbell - scored the TD, with Hackwell booting over a two -point- er for insurance. Wingham 15—Seaforth 0 By virtue of a unique reverse play, Wingham managed to score 15 points to Seaforth's 0. Although held by the Golden Bears through the first half, Wingham managed to break away in the second half with their razzle-dazzle ground ga me. -- As you can see, our team is by no means a trailing team. The student body must get behind our squad and boost it to the top. Let's go! Girls' Sports Girls, with the boys already off to a successful football season, let's see what we can do in vol- leyball. Come on, everyone ! Scramble, not amble, for prac- tice, and let's win the volleyball tournament which will be held in Goderich on November 2. Let's get behind our newly -form- ed cheerleading squad and encour- age' our football team on to vic- tory this year. In case you haven't recognized our girls, they are: Gwen Storey, Phyllis Bryans, Ger- die Postma, Dorothy Boyes, Con- nie Britton, Mary Jean Boshart, Janet Rowcliffe, Pearn McLean. W.O.S.S.A. Since we sent only -nine students to WOSSA on Saturday, Oct. 20, they did very well. Even though they didn't exactly win everything, they made the other schools re- alize that Seaforth was not dead Yet. Gordon. Ross brought in the sole ribbon — fourth in the 440 -yard dash. Our Senior girls were Pam Stap- leton, who placed third in her heat of the 75 -yard dash, but didn't quite make the finals; Marg El- liott in the baseball throw, and Joan Bach in the 75 -yard dash. The Intermediate girls were Nancy Dale, 75 -yard dash and baseball throw; Margaret Ann Stapleton,' 75 -yard dash and stand- ing broad jump; Carolyn Ham- mond, baseball throw, and Ger- aldine -McTaggart, standing broad jump. ,Only two boys competed—Bill Campbell, 100 -yard dash and run- ning brbad jump, and Gordon Ross. Maybe next year we'll be- able to send more of our talent to WOSSA ntro EDITORS OF THE SDHS News Magazine are Robert Sharp and Gisela ilelbing, shown here as they considered material for inclusion in the October issue. The magaaine will appear each month in The Huron Expositor. (Expositor photo by Phillips.) TEACHER'S COMMENT ENGLISH CONTRIBUTES IDEAS • 1 SCIENCE IS KNOWLEDGE OF THINGS (By Miss Nan Taylor) Why should you study science? Now, there's a good question to ask a science teacher! Of course, for some of you the question is why should you study anything (with the possible exception of basketball or ballroom dancing). It is not that you don't want an education—oh, no! You most aim- iably and earnestly do want one. But you are not going to study in order to get it—that would take too much time from your teleview- ing, your roaring around the coun- tryside in cars, your various clubs, your interminable phone conversa- tions. And your parents are so cruel to you that they do not in- sist that you do study. And then when you fail to meet the stan- dards -imposed by the Department of Education, who gets blamed? I will leave you to answer that question—merely offering the sug- gestion that education does not consist of the teacher filling a large mug full of knowledge be- fore 9 a.m. and making the rounds each period filling up all the lit- tle empty mugs from it. To get back to the original ques- tion, I can think of a dozen good reasons why you should study English, but it is a bit more dif- ficult to think of many good rea- sons why you should study ,scie- ence. I say this because the study. of English will actually make you better in character and ideas, whereas the study of science will, at best, leave you with a bit more knowledge of things, and make no mistake about it, things are not as important as- ideas. So, learn some science; in fact, learn lots of science, but really study English. It will make you an educated person—science will make you merely a knowing one. But above all, heed the advice Paul gave Timothy, as recorded in the Holy Scripture, "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed." Set Date For Commencement On October 28 the parents are invited to our commencement. The presentation of awards will be fol- lowed by dancing until, 1 o'clock, to the music of Ken Wilbee. The guest speaker will be Dr. W. A. McWilliams, former principal of H. B. Beal Technical and Com- mercial High School in London. Awards will' be given and • honor graduates will receive theirs pins. The honor graduates of 59-60 are: Harmon Brodhagen, James Crich, Ronald Eyre, Fred Flewitt, Don- lyn Hemingway, Fergus Kelly, Lewis Knetsch, Shirley Knox, Faye Love, Noreen McEwing, Mary Mc- Leod, Donald Morris, Carolyn Neil, William Norris, William Van Den Henget, Margaret Wood. We'd all like to tell the ones who went, and those who will go to WOSSA in the future, that we'll always be proud of them, whether they win or lose. Seaforth Golden Bears Bryan Brady, better known as "Torque", is more or less of a pro now with three years to his record. On the field he will 'be known as No. 3—Centre. Robert Elliott, after three years, is always alive and ready to dive. Bob will be wearing No. 5—Full Back. Bill Menheere will give the op- position a scare since he has two years' experience and is wearing No. 30—End. 1 -ebb Binnindyk, who we all like, is Ih'e captain of our team, He is no amateur with five years of well- earned "experience to his credit. Bob will be wearing No. 12—Half Back. Bob Govenlock, who can really block, • is heading into ' his fifth season. Bob will wear No. 18— Half Back. Mervyn Pepper, in the Golden sweater, is representing our team for the third time, and is wearing No. 21 --Tackle. „ Doug Norris will help beat the opposition because he has praotice on the drum. Doug is out for the second time—Defensive Tackle. Ken Storey is right in his glory when he is. doing his best. This is Ken's second year, and he is wear- ing No. 13—Defensive End. Nick Whyte is doing all right for his first time on the team. Nick will be wearing No. 22—End. Bill Uhler, who is tough and rough, is doing quite well in his third season. His number is 10— Defensive End. Bill Campbell, who can really amble, is one of our hopes. in the future. Bill isla p ying for the sec- ond time, and is wearing No. 15— Quarter Back. Bob Dinsmore—Bob plays in the back field and holds off the hungry pack. He is in his second year of service for the team and wears 14 —Middle Linebacker. Neil Dolmage is pretty tough and, of course, he can be rough. Neil is out for the first time and is wearing 25—Corner Linebacker. John Patterson, our intermediate champ, is very fast. John is out for the second time and wears No. 4—Right Flanker. Reid Hackwell is good indeed. Reid does most of the booting for the team. This is his second year, and he is No. 23—Right Tackle. Joe Steffler, who is out with in- juries at present, will probably be back in the next game, Fred Uhler plays well all the time. Fred is out for .the first time and is No..10-Defensive End or Flanker. Tom and Jim Dick are out work- ing ashard as ever. This is Tom's second and Jim's first year. Tom wears 9—Defensive End Back; and Jim wears 11—Middle Line- backer, Ron Beuerrnan is in his first year with the team and he seems to have a great deal of steam. Ron is No. 24 --Guard. Jim Sills, who can cause some spills, is one of the new members. Trumpet Band In Big Demand Mr. George Hildebrand and his •famous girls' trumpet tland have started the school year in a big way. They have attended several fairs and the International Plowing, Match, and have provided music (?) for them. They were also in- vited to play at the Remembrance Day parade on November 11. The girls will welcome Santa in both London and Seaforth by playing in both Santa Claus parades. In the near future you will have an opportunity to see the 38 mem- bers parading in their new uni- forms These consist of smart white blazers and black box -pleat- ed skirts. The former have al- ready arrived, but the skirts have not yet materialized. The blazers are regarded as the ultimate solu- tion to the occupational hazard of frostbite suffered during long, cold parades. Congratulations to our band which has brought much honor to our school, and thanks to Mr. Hildebrand for his efforts in our behalf. STUDENTS' COUNCIL REPORT One of the biggest events of the school year will take place Friday, October 28, at 8:30 p.m. Com- mencement will be held for the first time in a number of years in our high school, and we hope that it will be a success. The graduat- ing students will be presented with graduation pins; the girls, • red rose corsages; and the boys, bou- tonnieres, supplied by the Students' Council. The Students' Council is plan- ning to sell -canvas duffel bags in the school colors at $2.50 each. They are sturdy, well -made, and would be very handy for anyone, especially members of the school teams. Anyone interested please contact your form representative, or,some member of the Students' Council. New Construction Well Advanced It seems that construction is getting well along now. The foot- ings (whatever that is) have been poured, and the foundation is fin- ished. The brickwork on the side walls has started to go up. The old boiler has been taken out and a new one has been put in. Poor Mr. Plumsteel and the staff are left homeless because the of- fice is being broken up to form a new corridor. The intercom sys- tem was also temporarily out of commission, but happily it is func- tioning well again. Before we know it_ the confusion will be ended, and the new addition will be com- pleted so that we can move in. GLEE CLUB NEWS Once again Room IX emits melodious (?) tones as our Glee Club begins its weekly practice. The . club is practising twice weekly (Mondays and Wednes- days), as opposed to last year's once a week ,in an effort to pro- duce an even better selection of songs for your enjoyment. •Mr. Plumsteel acts as director until later in the year, when Mr. Stewart takes over the final groom- ing before Variety Night. We hold high hopes that the new members of .the group, as well as the old ones, will continue to pro- duce the music enjoyed by every- one in the preceding years, and bythe soundofit theyare going to succeed and produce the best yet. Jim is No. 16—Defensive Back. Bruce Whitmore plays on the line and doesn't let anybody back be- hind. He is in his first season and wears No. 6—Guard, Paul Rau, from Grade 10, is quite tough and hard to beat. Paul is in his first year and is wearing No. 17—Defensive Back op Flanker, Ben Akker is no slacker. He fs going into his second season, and is wearing 18—End. Tom Love can really shove and is out for the first time. Tom plays in the back field as a defensive back and flanker. Jerry Hall is not so tall but he keeps his eye on the ball, and re- presents Seaforth on the Middle Guard. SBAP011,1I1 ranter HIGH SCHOOL Trumpet Band has been in general demand this fall and has been the fea- tulle attraction at many area fairs. liere, the band takes part in the program at the Brussels Pall Fair, (B.H photo:) Teacher's Profile Born hi Egypt, Mrs. G. H. Donald Teaches French To begin with, I would like to extend our welcome to Mr. Don- ald, and hope that he and his wife will enjoy this and many more years teaching at Seaforth High School, and also wish them a suc- cess in this married life. Mrs. Donald, the former Miss Dolly Matalon, was born in Cairo, Egypt. When asked the year, she answered, "That is a professional secret." She attended Lyeee Francais, which is a public and high school for girls only. She then came to Canada to attend university in Montreal. Mr. Donald was born in Grey County, presumably near Arthur, although he did not state specifi- cally. When asked the year, he proved a little less reticent than his wife, and revealed that the date of his birth was during the thirties. He attended public and high school in Arthur and Queen's Uni- versity, where he majored in econ- omics. Mr. Donald's parents live on a farm. Their one daughter still attends school: Mr. and Mrs. Donald attended summer school in Toronto in 1959, where they "—just happened to meet." When asked about her future plans, Mrs. Donald said that she hoped to continue teaching for a while anyway. What They Think Of Each Other V.I.Q. (Very Important Question) What do you dislike most about your teachers (students)? The teachers generally summed up our faults. in this way: Too many students tend to give up too easily because acquiring an edu- cation takes a secondary place to numerous extra -curricular and so- cial activities which are now al- most equal in status to studies. The teachers say that students coming into grade nine have many bad habits, but as they advance up the ladder they either break them, or don't make the grade. As a result, they figure that we're not really bad, after all. "What is wrong with teachers?" was answered briefly by almost everyone with: "Nothing, except that sometimes there is a little too much homework assigned"; "they're all a pretty good bunch." So this shows that teachers aren't regarded as ghouls. So much for the candid opinions teachers and students have of each other, but I wonder if they don't change their tune in staff meet- ings and gossip sessions in the hall- ways? Tickling The Funny, Bone The doctor rushed out of - his study. "Get my kit at once!"' he shouted. "Why, Dad?" asked his -daugh- ter. "What's the matter?" "Some fellow just phoned that he can't live five minutes without me," hasped thedoctor, reaching forhis habin rt. ' His daughterbreathed a sigh of relief. "Just a moment," she said. "I think that call was for me," * * A teacher, annoyed by his clock - watching students, covered the face of the clock with a sheet of cardboard on which he had let- tered: "Time will pass. WILL YOU?" Breathes there a man with soul so dead He never to himself has said: As he stubbed his toe on the foot of the bed? REORGANIZED ' DRAM PLANS PLAY SERIES AT St The Drama Cluck vas organized: a while ago under the superY4S59n of Mr. Pullen. A very large, ggrroup turned out to the first 'neeti zgs. It remains to be seed if the mem- bership will continue to he as. large. At the first meeting, Mr, Pullen read the script of .out first production for us. The cast is now in active rehearsal, and we hope to get on stage in two weeks. The play is a "Mellerdrammer'i, that is, a play that has very lit- tle to do with reality, but is loads of fun anyhow. Our objective is to present it as close to the early vaudeville style as possible. Auth- entic costumes from the 1900's will be worn, and bar room music will serve as the background. If this play is a success, the Drama Club may receive a new, much-needed make-up kit, as a reward. The play is to be presented in assembly soon, so you have a treat to look forward to. STUDENT PROFILE Who is she? That student with the pleasant smile and the "hi" for everyone she meets. Well, I'll give you some Glues. A Grade XII student, she's the Students' Council money -keeper. She likes to experiment with cart -wheels at cheerleader practice, chew gum in French class, play the baritone in the, school band, and go out with Joe. Her future occupation is to be nursing, and later the honored one of housewife. When questioned on the authority of a subject her favorite reply is, "That's what my Mom told me." You've probably guessed by now who she is, but I'll tell you any- how. She's Dorothy' Boyes. COMING EVENTS There isn't much coming up just now—all the important things seem to be done and over with. There are a few things, though. The entries for the Senior Divi- sion of the Essay contest have come in and I suppose everyone is holding his breath to see who gets the prizes of five, three and one dollars, Commencement — Oct, 28 —,get all the details elsewhere. The Magazine Campaigu has be- gun, and we have high hopes of reaching our quota of $2,000 in sales. There will be a campaign dance after the end of the 10 -day campaign for everyone who brings in $5 or more in subscriptions. TEEN FASHIONS ' `Special' Wear For Schogl Dances Special evening' dresses needn't ,cost par a gorttmoi, 40: rot; npelk `five or s . dresses, #a take lett .fo the coin ng dance§ from now •unta.:. chrtstmas ' Row abut the (white wool dress', tb.e, dress far 14e gt •• with an eye t<► .tbe aece ao dei partment? Whether flitirb1Awn ; graceful or ae 1inj as a reed, your white dress will take aCees$Qries like nothing else. Style -wise you *nigh!t chaos a sheath in white Wool,'.,J.e ay with long sleeves and a - 'ftatterintif scooped out ne914140, 17.0r dreg-, bngt itanup swhths ato" hneartryhlr, eLluysede small white bag with.a sparkle pin and sparkle earzngs for , that glamorous touch. Ur wear tUle dress with a gold leather belt and shoes. Carry the samte small bag andlet. weanTheeffegoldct earris simplings y anstdunning brace- , A full -skirted dress of persey with long ,tight sleeves and a high, at -the -front 'low -at -the -back neck- line looks:. heavenly adorned with. geranium pink satin contour belt and satin shoes dyed to match. How about deep lilac shoes and • purse and a long droopy sash that ties in the back? Go ahead, plunge into the white wool dress story. You'll love it. Tapping The Grapevine Joan: Math wouldn't be nearly as interesting without a teacher, would it? Bob: Is 4:30 a.m. a respectable time to return home? Mr. Pullen: Is romantic poetry your favorite? Gordon R.: Now that your watch is fixed, there isn't any excuse for being late Saturday -nights, is there? Robert and Bruce: Did you find • a suitable definition for "cette garce de bique'7 Marg.: We heard that you had two on your string. Nora: Have yod and Don Me taken a sudden interest in' bowl- ing? Who was parked on Dundas St., London, on a Friday night not too long ago? 'How is the "French club" com- ing along? , Barbara H.: Which was it? (Goderich or Dublin?) . Sam S.: Why were you so mad Saturday night? The Public is invited to attend the Annual Commencement of the Seaforth District High School S.D.H.S. AUDITORIUM Fri. Night, Oct. 28 Guest Speaker— DR. W. A. McWILLIAMS Former Principal of the H. B. Beal Technical and Commercial High School, London. --- ADMISSION FREE --- - SDHS Subscription Drive CAMPAIGN. 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