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The Huron Expositor, 1976-11-18, Page 17ugar .and *lee by Bill Smiley Dotible standard .„ There is one type among the species Man that puzzles ilnd saddens me. In an age that congratulates itself on its openness, its honesty, its "Let it all hang out" attitude, the hypocrite is still very much with us. ' Some people might think the 19th century was the golden age of hypocrisy.. Certainly, it set some high standards in this line. There were the manufacturers who preached enlightenment and progress on the one hand, and on the other worked children 60 hours a week in their factories. There were the nien who brayed of chastity as one of the prime virtues, and ' dallied with prostitutes. There were the men who spoke glowingly o'f a gentler way of life, and set savage fighting dogs'on one., another. The list is endless. And the women! Oh, but weren't they the hypocrites, too? Just as tough and voracious as any woman of today, they hid these traits behind a facade of gentility, humility ; helplessness and fainting fits. It was an era in which the public mouthing of the christian virtues was only exceeded by the private Materialism, corruption, and sometimes downright viciousness of the .diddle and upper classes. Well, then, have we got rid of this particularly obnoxious type, well into the second half of the 20th century? Not bloody likely! Perhaps we're not quite as hypocritical as the Victorians, but I wouldn't want to bet on it. All that's changed is the terms of reference. No manufacturer today could get away with hiring children. But don't think they're any less heartlesS than their forebears. At least , in the 19th century, you knew the boss was a bastard. Today, a company can "reorganize," and turn half a dozen middle-aged men into the street by an "executive decision." Many men in today's society still practise a double standard, one for themselves, one for their wives. A man who gets drunlehas had "a few too many." A woman who gets drunk is "disgust- ing". A man can go to a business convention and have a little fling with a call. girl. If his wife kisses a couple of guys at the New Year's Eve party a bit too warmly, she's a sex maniac. We have politicians who spout of peace and plan for war, doctors who preach against drugs and tell you cigarettes will kill you, even as they butt their 50th coffin nail of the day and pop a couple of bennies to -keep going., We have pillars of the church whom you wouldn't trust as far as you could bounce a ,, bowling ball in a swamp. ,, We have all kinds of characters who will cheat on their income tax, and then berate people on welfare for "ripping off the government." We have teachers who "Can't understand the attitude of young people today," completely forgetting that they themselves were insolent, lazy, and not even that bright when they were young people. We have mothers who got id the family way at 19, and had a shot-gun marriage, bewailing the "sexual liceneet' of their daughters: ' A ), We have fathers who deplore 6 length the slothfulness of their sons; conveniently ignoring that they had to have a good boot in the tail from their own fathers before they'd even carry out the ashes, We have school trustees who will double over in an agony of glee after hearing a filthy joke, but in public sternly deplore the "pornography" children are being exposed to in their school literature. They are the type who will respond with chuckles and even belly laughs to the sexual leers of Norman Lear in Maude and All in the Family, but thunder fulminat- ingly againkt a fine novel like The Diviners by, Margaret Laurence. They are the type who don't want anything racier than "The Bobbsey Twins" taught in school, but will shout with ribald , laughter at smut on television and take in every restricted movie in town, laughing when there is bloodshed on the screen, and nudging heavily when a couple of naked bodies start squirming on the celluloid strip. What about today's women' Are they less hypocritical than , their great- grandmothers? On the whole, I'd say yes. They're just as blasted irritating as ever, but they're more honest. They still cry for no apparent reason; bdt they know there's no percentage in pulling a faint. They'd probably just get a glass of water in the face. 'But even the women are a long way from being out of the woods, when it comes to hypocrisy. And many of the biggest hypocrites are "surface" feminists. They want all the perks of the -new freedom, and all the treats of the old "essence of woman." Oh, well, "Let him' who is without sin cast the first stone." I'm certainly not talking about me and thee, gentle reader. But aren't you a little sick of them — all those hypocrites? hr HOW .D0 YOU LIKE YOUR EGGS/- .,- That may what John Sinnamon Is asking as he does some of the flipping duties at cook at the First Church breakfast Sunday morning. .(ExpositOr Photo) REVIEW W.F.Igyr Eytaw.. W'sfifiV MEW LET US MAKE YOUR OLD FURNITURE BETTER THAN NEW! For a free estimate and a look at' our newest samples of materials CALL COOK UPHOLSTERY "Prol Vont UplIelstocing Ph. 523-4272 R. Cook, Prop. Neint? in Our Sonde 1131,34h, Ont. WE HAVE FREE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SERVICE A rest during SDHS game 1111111111111111101Mnr JEW FIRYMN REVIEW RE REVI EVV REVI IEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW ,FIEV IEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW t '4fi' J IOC 1 1 3 FV ,Hgveiv, f3\11gV.11 REV. :•• • Pam Carnochati Gr. 8 Even though this year I didn't run the race I was still excited. My job, at the race, was marking down• the finish order of the runners from our school. Another job for the people, from our School, that were not running was to keep the runners on the right trail for the trail was tricky, I feel the two hardest spots were the high hill and the sand: Some kids from other school didn't condition themselves very well but most of us spent hours practising. the race was good and I was proud of the runners from Huron Centennial'. Lori Hayter Gr. 5 Our school got three team championships and came in second over all. I liked the grass but not the hill. I would like to be in cross country next year. Dianne richt& Gr. 7 I liked the training because Mr. Walker made it bit longer each day and then we weren'ts tired as the ones who didn't train. HultOt skinning Grade S. Speaker On Thursday, NOvember 4th, the grade S class had a speaker named Mr. Perdue, '„sho'94118 them how to skin racoons. The grade & teacher, Mr. Millson brought two dead racoons tliat.the speaker demonstrated on. The_ class.discussed the fox skin which Mr. Perdue brought with him. This demonstration was used as an introduction to a novel they will be reading, Pictures On Monday, November 8th, pictures for the, students of Hullett were taken in the auditorium. Beforehand, parents were given the opportunity to decide whether they wanted indivichlal or class pictures taken. Remembrance Day' Assembly On Wednesday, November 10, the grade 8 class at, Hullett Central School ;( presented a Remembrance Day ' assembly. The assembly began with "0 Canada". The grade eights then told the history of Remembrance Day. Then the whole class recited John Macraes "In Flanders Fields". After this the class sang two songs': "Where have all the Flowers Gone" and "Let There be Peace on Earth". The Assembly closed with "God Save The Queen". Update on UNICEF Last week we reported that the school's UNICEF campaign had raised $260. Lately the staff has learned that the actual profit was $289.20, We apologize, for this error and hope that no such mistake will be made in the future. Teaze coming November 25 the rock fans of the area will be treated to one•of the most powerful, most explsive bands to appear this, year. TEAZE! They are a Windsor based band and comprise of Brian Danter, vocals and bass; Mike Kozak, drums; Chuck Rice and Mark Bradac,, gditars. They play their own music and have both a ,single (Boys Night "Out) and an album (Teaze) out. Every song is fast paced, good and hard rock and roll. Such cuts as "Flames Keep Growin" and "Dirty Sweet Lovin' '' are excellent. Editor Dale Parsons highly recommends attending the Teaze concert. It starts at .8:30 and runs until 11:30. Admission is $2.50 with student card, $2.75 without. Sherry Chuter Gr. S We started practising the first day back to school after, summer holidays and kept at it until the race in October. I sure didn't like the hill but I had a really good time, I will probably try out next year and hope to do just as well or better. Carol McIntosh Gr. 8 I didn't like the course we had to run this year mainly because of the sand and that cliff. I enjoy running and Sports and I know our school team did it's best. Centenaires (Continued from Page 13) boys, Each game out the boys are improving and before the season's in much older will be a team to contend with, The Centenaires twit lime game is this Friday night at 8:30 with Port Stanley providing the opposition. Last Wednesday was the semi- final game for the Seaforth Senior girls basketball team against Norwell. • It was an exciting, trying game for the Seaforth girls. They played their best but this did not give them the win they wanted and needed. The Seaforth senior girls lost the semi-final game against Norwell with a score of 51-41. It was a close game until the last quarter. In this remaining time, Norwell managed to pull ahead to give them a 10 point lead over Seaforth, thus winning the game. Notes from Cross Country reports written by the runners, Faye Carnochan Gr. 6 I enjoyed participating in this sport. I think it gets> you in shape both physically and mentally. I enjoyed the two mile race, although I didn't particularly care. for the huge • hill to climb' or the sinking sand. I am going,tto keep on competing and doing my best in the future. Becky Collins Gr. 6 I liked cross country this year but I feel sorry for some of the kids in other schools who got sick because they didn't train right. I'm going to run again next year bec ause I really like it. Nancy Taylor Gr. 4 I had fun practising for cross country but got poison ivy when I went up the hill and had to go to the doctor's. Stephen Coombs Gr. 4 The things I liked about the cross country, were running through the bush and coming to the finish line. I didn't like starting because it made me nervous when there were so many kids. I liked coming home and getting the popsicle. David Binnendyk Gr. 7 I think the training was fun because it was increased grad- ually. Other than the great big hill and the sand, the course was alright and we' had fun that day. Shelly Homer Gr. 8 I went to cross country for the fun of taking part and doing my best. Tony, Gibbings GE. 8 Cross country was well worth the time. Running gradually from a short distance to a longer one, Out of all the years I have participated in cross country, this would have to be one of my best. Our school didn't come first but se cond was just as "good. It's great to see Seaforth finally doing some practising but it's too bad Clinton doesn't. Joan Binnendyk Gr. 3 I think that both gym teachers did a very good job training us. Even though I didn't run in the actual race I had a good time at practices. I got my run when we went looking for the bus driver. Pauline Wallace Gr. 7 1 liked our cross country run a lot except for the hill. It was too hard and took too much energy at the start and I couldn't run the rest of the race very well. Whoever thought of the hill should have tried running it. Wade Clark Gr. 7 I have had a great experience with cross country. It was fun running, being with other kids and getting popsicles. You can see that I liked cross country. Rickle Johnston Gr. 7 .1 think our cross country practices were good for our legs and were fun. The meet was fun but the hill too big. Richard Johns Gr. 8 the route was good because I like running in a bush because you can't see how far you have to go. The beginning was really hard running in the sand and then the hill was a real challenge but it was too hard on you at the start. Nancy MacGregor Gr. 8 I lure was cold .before we started and I was scared of spraining my ankle again. Boy does it hurt! I didn't do so hot but maybe next year. . Rodger McKinley Gr. 7 I like the idea of training us to run longer than the meet really was. Track was easy compared to the school run except for tlie hill. The idea of walking around the course first and ,getting advice from Mr. Laurie and Mr. Walker Cheryl Seymour was the high scorer giving a total of 18 points to her team. The enthusiasm from the spe ctators was great. It was an important game for both teams and the tension seemed to run through the crowd as well as the team. The spectator's cheers brought a lot of encouragement to This game, of course, does not mean that basketball season is ekes' for the senior 'girls for another season. They still have a few'games left to play so let's keep cheering them on. was good. Overall it was worth the bit of homework we got so we could catch up on our day's work. Brian. Coombs Gr. 6 I liked cross country because we got to run with other kids and compete against other schools. Seaforth finally did well this year, barely coming ahead of us. I think everybody enjoyed it because I sure did. Sylvia Wood Gr. 7 Our training As good and I think we did quite. well. Nancy Parsons Gr. 8 I enjoyed cross country this year and found i ier. The running is good a d I plan o in cross country in grade nine Beth Consitt Gr. 6 Our teacshers Mr. Laurie-and Mr. Walker really helped us, get prepared for the meet. They had us run everyday at school. Our school came in second out of all the schools competing and I really enjoyed the day. Leonard Teatero Gr. 6 Cross country is fun because you get to meet other people. I liked practice too when My. Walker took' video-tape pictures of us and then showed them on the T.V. I also liked the popskles but didn't like the place the meet was held with 'sand, cliffs and mud puddles. 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