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WEDNESDAY, JUNE lqth, , 1064
THE Luciolow SENTINA4 LUCKNOW, ONTARIO:
Twelve• years ago last .Sep-
•,tember, Weirmothers watched
with a 'mingling of smiles and
• tears . as •a 'hundred children set
Q ft for their. first day at School,
• The little girls were curled and
ribboned •and starched and- ad-
orable. The 'little boys were
• , scriabbed ,and'slieked• and scared.
This month, the rerrinants of
, those 100 tots, and •thousands
like; • them, Will graduate ,,frorn
Grade 12, their school days just
a, nostaLgic ache. Fewer than
• half , of the original hundred.
'• are still together. 'Some- haVe
failed • and ibeen' left behind.
ctt he rS " have ;quit ` wheel and
gone to work, some ibecause they
Wanted „to, :Some because they
had to. One is in reform school.
Another was k•illed in an aCci,
dent. two are married. •
Seven of the original. hundred
will go on to university. "Five
of these Will. graduate. The re-
niaining thirty or forty will be
swallowed up iby banking, nur-
sing; industry, business. Within
a few... years they will be •par-
erta,.. citizens, taxpayers.
Perhaps one 'willbe an •al-
coholic. Three' will be divorced.
One bay will enter politica, One
girl will enter a mental linstilz
tation. But most pf them will.
ulp to. their ears in life, even•
as you and I: .
What kind of' people • 'are •they
right now) as they prepare to
break out of the shell of school
and home and stand: on the -
windswept plains, of adUlt Jiv-
ing? What do they think about?
What do they feel? Are they
better than we were, or worse?
FAr b t trent me te •boast
that I can see Clearly, into that
of ethotion • and imagina-
tion that makes up •tlie . teen-
age inind,.• But • as their English
teacher; reading, their last es.
says, I learn a lot about them.
One thing they are is pretty lion -
est. Thus, I get a peek •into. that,
murky maze occasionally. Join
' On "going steady." An, arnaz-
ing number; of, ,both sexes, agree
that it's stupid. 'Ong lad says
it's. great at first,,, becauie you..
always have a • date' and never
feel left aut.. But, he adds, af-
ter a spell of the same.routine
'With the same girl, ,week after
week?... you always have a date
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••• Custom .• Butchering
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Cutting and Wrapping, ;c •pound
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CATTLE, CALVES •and LAMBS EVERY • DAY,
• , EXCEPT SATURDAY . • '
We Do Curing and Smoking': . Beef, 'Pork acid 'Lamb.
Sold Whole, Half or Quarter. . . For Better
,And L6iTer Pries Call Ripley 100,
Chas. HOoisina, Prop.
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and it's as boring. as being Mar-
fe. girl. Points, . out that "go-
ing, steady" a prestige • deal
at .first, but 'inevitably leads t�
a feeling Of being left •. out of
normal fun, because •,yoti're 'seg-.
• regated. It .. ends, -she warns, in
one • of two things: a too -early,,
tragic marriagd; or bitter argix4,
• ments , and 'recriminations, • just
like being married. You can't
win, it • seems.: , • .
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, On, making friends: One Young
lady, with a mind :like a told
chisel, 'observes that we never
really' look for.. .friends -- only
for love and security.: The same
giri,suggests. wryly that, "Sonie
old ofriends should be savcired;
others ' should be severed:"
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On: noise. in daily .life. They
like it. Tuned • to a noisier ,sr)
•ciety than the one'. in which' 'w.e
grew. .tip;. 'they thrive on the
SqUeal of tires, • the squawk
the. translator, the shrilling of.
the telephone and: the thUmp
the 'jukebox. Altlaugh one lad.
eni a rks "Those 'signs at ' the
street corner S Which spell STOP
don't necessarilymean Squeal
Tires ••-Olv..Pavernent:",--
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On manners. Oood: manners
are a , must, the: essence of. so-
ciety. They • are.b ased, not merely.
on . politeness, ' 'but on . T. ,
On.' •. teachers. Pretty Vile
things,bUt not: SO bad, on • look-
ing back They 'detest the grouch,
the sarcasm 'artist; „and the per-
son. who, can't control a .• Class.
• 'They like the teacher ',who. cent- •
bines courtesy, conunT1 sense,
reason,: a :sense of humor, and'
professional , eomPetenee..
• -On leaving seheol.EV'en the
lunks: and 'the, renegades of boys
feel ari 'overWheirning, almost
indescribable,. sense of losS ,and
sadnes,a,.. But it's mingled with *a•
certain eagerness to take, on the
big world. '
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Are these young • peopledif-
ferent. from their. :parents at
the same age? Yes, on the sur-
face.. They seem more con,fideht,.
better adjuited, tougher. They
are 'definitely leSs.inhib.iteU,'in'
thought, word and deed. .Whieh
is hot a .iba'd thing. They appear
casual,. careless • aud • CalloUs.
They • are more ,' :knowledge-,
able. •They are less . ibigpt,-
ed,',bui.just as conVentional, in
an unconventional "way.,
Remember, • they were born
into a clifferent:. world. While
they haven't.known the desper-
ate, frightene4 . years Of the -
great depression, . a's we did?.
they .know, the era» of transi-
ence, looieniq. family ties, eha,,n-
ging morals and standards of
living, and the great mushroom
elotid, ••
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1•,have ,a.. lot. .al,
respect, \and a great deal of hove,
for thern. Probably' more than
r had for my *owri :generatiOti,
Beneath' the teen -ate .facade �f
cockinesS; they are Just as trot1-
9oled and [lonely and seared and
'uncertain as you ,and r
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' .,They , are jUst as eager to. do •
the right ; thing, as rebellious
against what seems wrong. They
are' juit as gtod, in the moral '
sense, as ••We'• .were. • And just
as bad, With a lot 'more appor-
. All I c an sa.y, as .theY
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change 'the Morass of the teen-
ager for the Ibogof the :'adulf." • F.7
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is, "Wekathe to. the human race. •
And may you be. fieet of :foot," '
There's nothing' 'like -a, dish,
towel to ',wipe that Contented
grin -off a •husban,d's :face.
THE KANGAROO, .the ,largest of 'the
• Australian ,marsupi,als,,!sams fhs
• cOuntryside in large bands. -Althoughs
•full-grown kangaroo S nine feetihigh:
and weighi-, 200 pounds.; ihe baby Is.
only an inch long when it s born. It
'stayi inside its Mothet's. Peach -until,
• It is fivefor six months old? at which * .
, . time it•weighs'aever4 pounds and is
able to shift tot itself. • . . •
•• When the young kangaroo leaves Its
?home,' it is ready to take its rightful •
:place in the Woad. To help your Children;
• take their rightful place in the. world,'
there is nothing betteethan life insur-
: ante. Let me tell you about Sun Life's .
Educational Policy which can so easily
provide fu'ndi fOrtheir college education, 4 ' •
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