HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-03-10, Page 4Around School
HIGHLIGHTS
from the
HIGH SCHOOL
These days Wingham District High
School students are slightly perjudic-
ed against the snow plows. Much as
we love school, you understand, we
also get quite a kick out of unexpect
ed holidays. The holiday we had last
Thursday and Friday presented us
With a wonderful opportunity to study
for those dreaded exams. I wonder
how many of us studied.
The teachers took advantage of the
lull to take a well-earned rest. Three
of the more energetic ones sharpened
up on Eheir ping-pong in the Recrea
tion room, Thursday morning.
Even though the weather has been
decidedly that of winter, spring is in
our minds. Of course when we think
of spring, we don’t see flowers and
birds and green grass, but we poor,
underprivileged student's see Latin
exams, chemistry tests, science pro
jects, and all that kind of stuff, You
see, within the next few weeks, our
prayers will be answered. Wonderful
old exam time will roll around again.
Can you think of anything more ex
citing than sticking your nose in a
French book while the world rolls on
without you? We'll try not to com
plain too much, for education really
is important isn’t it?
Catherine Keating
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by Sally Slosser
District basketball being over fpi\
the season, interform basketball is
Off to a good start. All games are
being played in the Armouries, It’s
such a, nuisance, in such stormy wea
ther as we are having, to arrive at the
armouries with wet gym suits and
running shoes filled with snow. How
ever this will be remedied when our
new school with a gymnasium has
come into being.
The first £ame was played on Tues
day, March 2nd., between XB (Sandra
Smith, captain) and XC (Mary Fran
ces Currie, captain.) XC proved the
better team with a score of 21-14.
Berva Gallaher refereed the game.
Betty Foxton's IXB team defeated
Dianne Alien’s IXA team Wednesday
March 3rd., with a score of 28-4. Re
feree for this game was Sandra
Smith. The scheduled game for
Thursday, March 4th, between XIIA
and the XIIB and C team was post
poned. The captains of these teams
are XIIA, Marguerite Ford; XIIB and
C, Shirley Bradburn. March 5th is
the date for the game between IXO
captain, Florence Sanderson and IXB.
Other game will be posted later.
Last year* the junior champions
were the girls who are now in XIA
and the senior champions were the
girls now in XIIA. These two classes
have always been keen rivals. This
year should display some
ketball since both classes
mined to win the honour
senior champions.
good bas-
are deter-
of being
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At the Library
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In each Saturday’s Toronto Daily Star you see a
drawing of a modern home and the floor plan. Homes
illustrated are within the reach of people of moderate
incomes and working drawings of the plans may be ob
tained from The Star at small cost.
News of Neighbours
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INTERIOR DECORATING
Every housewife is an interior decorator in her own
way . . . forever interested in making her home beau
tiful, comfortable and more convenient to live in. So
all women are interested in Susan Proctor’s practical and
helpful suggestions on this subject.
YOUR GARDEN
Another Daily Star feature is a column “Youi
Garden” written by John Bradshaw, an authority on the
subject, who offers amateur gardeners helpful suggestions *
covering the planting and care of lawns, shrubs and
Sardens.
Order The Daily Star delivered to your home
The following is a letter
Charlie McKibbon, globe-trotting
Winghamite, who is at present travel
ling in India and the Middle East.
The lettei’ is published by courtesy
of Mrs. J. W. McKibbon, to whom it
was addressed:
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“The IibruHau reports that we now
have m our Reference Library a
larger number of boobs than has any
other library in the county.” No, dear
reader, tills is not the comment of
the Wingham librarian. It is an ex-
Cprpt from a collection of howlers and
misprints that have been compiled by
Denys Parsons under the title IT
MUST BE TRUE. The items in this
book are arranged to tell the story of
“Shrdlu” whose identity is explained
in ah introductory note.
Some of these items we have seen
before, and too many of them at one
time sickens the appetite; but there
is enough that is novel and spicy in
the book to make it good occasional
reading. We liked this one: "Jenkins,
it is claimed, was driving at a high
rate of speed and swerving from side
to side. As he approached the crossing
he started directly towards it and
crashed into Miss Miller’s rear end
which was sticking out into the road
about a foot. Luckily she escaped in
jury and the damage can easily be
remedied with a new coat of paint.’’
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NORTHERN EXPOSURES with
pictures by Richard Harrington and
text by Cillford Wilson is, as the sub
title says, a record of “Canada’s
backwoods and barrens pictured in
monochrome and colour.” Mr. Har
rington is a Canadian free-lance
photographer whose work appears
regularly in LIFE, NATIONAL GEO
GRAPHIC and other periodicals noted
for their first-rate pictures. And in
this book there are excellent pictures
of northern Indians, trees, rivers,
landscapes. Even a picture of an
empty dog-sled is made full of mean
ing.
The text makes up only a quarter
of the book, but it too is excellent —
full of interesting facts about the
northern Indians, the Eskimos, their
methods of travel and manner of liv
ing. Especially interesting in the ac
count of how the primitive traditional
construction of the dog-sled is super
ior to anything that scientific modern
man can devise. (It reminds one of
the comments on raft construction in
THE KON-TIKI EXPEDITION.
The only jarring note we found in
and contentment that Mr, Harrington
found jn living with these northern
peoples after the frantic complexities
of life Jn the south. Yet we read else
where that his home is in Toronto
and at the present time the is in' Mex
ico taking pictures. Sometimes we get
awfully tired of reading about people
who extol the virtues of the simple,
primitive life and at the same time
get their rewards from modern, mix
ed-up society. Personally, we’U take
the complexities of modern civiliza
tion, and the comforts that go along
with them.
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The third book we’ll mention this
week is one that is like the other two
in that it can be classified under the
general heading, "Reviewer’s Delight,”
The first one was short, the second
t^MJokonealinghabits that can be
skimmed through quickly* It is galled
MAN ALIVE YOU’RE HALF DEAD
and is written by Hr* Daniel C. Mun
ro.
One can slcim through it quickly,
because like most books on self-im
provement-..whether they be about
your body, your mind, your manners,
of your soul—it is full of so much re
petitions so many tiresome examples,
and so many dull case histories that
to read every word would be like in
specting every pea in a can of peas.
Besides writing at too great length,
the author sometimes, especially in
the introductory chapters, takes a
rather pompous and patronizing at
titude. Anybody who says, "I pride
myself on the fact that I haye come
to know human nature pretty well”,
star t. .............. ..............."
However, without trying to makt
food faddists-of us,, Dr. Munro does
make a number of apparently sensible
suggestions about food and eating
habits. His main thesis is that inade-
quate absorption of food causes do*
generation of tissue, and that a com
bination of high proteins and high
carbohydrates in the diet prevents th*
complete absorption of the nutritive
factors of foods and places an unnec
essary burden on the entire digestive
system. He goes on to explain why.
This is the kind of preventive medi
cine, we, should read more about,
MAN ALIVE YOU'RE HALF DEAD
is worthwhile dipping into. It hug
special* appeal for you druggists and
us hypochondriacs, for the author ia
a great pusher of vitamin pills.
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February 23rd.
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Dear Mother:
We are now in Goa, colony of Por
tugal, and it is quite different. This
is a lovely spot in India on the Arab
ian Sea. Will go for a swim this after
noon. Went across the Bay of Mor-
magao yesterday in &. little tug boat.
It was a delightful spot—shops very
interesting and scenery grand. Leave
by small steamer up the coast to
Bombay tomorrow.
Had a wonderful week in Ceylon.
That is truly a gem of an island, the
cities and towns just wonderful. I
think maybe the finest spot ydt. Col
ombo is a grand city. From.there by
bus up to Kandy—old temples and
many spots of interest—bus to Pol-
onnaruwa, where the Queen will visit.
It is a beautiful spot on a lake made
by a past civilization, and all the old
ruins of temples, forts, palaces, etc.
Stayed at a lovely guest house. Hun
dreds of monkeys jumping all over
the place. They even come in the room
if any fruit is left around. Elephants
on the roads. Also went to the river
to see the elephants when they came
down to bathe.
From there to Sigiriya. Climbed the
rock fortress, over 1,000 steps up.
Grand view and the, murals painted
on the wall are out of this world. Got
to Sigiriya to find the inn taken over
by the big J. Arthur Rank movie
company of England. As there was no
bus out that night they made room
for us with their company. They are
making a ‘ film starring Gregory
Peck "The Purple Plain,” so went out
the next day and watched them pro
ducing part of the picture—very in
teresting. Then back to India via boat.
Visited Moduya, a beautiful city. On
to Coimbature and a couple of days
rest at Cotacamund, high up in the
hills. A grand trip by small train
through the jqngles, etc. Lots of mon
keys, elephants, snakes etc. The flow
er ring trees just magnificent, also
Calla and Madonna lilies growing
wild. Then on to Mysore and a day
at Bangalore, and on here to Goa.
Weather just perfect, no rain since
leaving. India is really wonderful, the
people so nice wherever you go. The
teachejZand people from the mission
field over here when at home only
talk of the* filth and the poverty, so
you have a poor idea of this land,.
Some of the spots here are just
breath-taking, so beautiful there’s
nothing like it back there at all. Sun
sets behind palm trees beautiful, Have
really been seeing India. Only wish
I could do the same in China.
Love to all,
Charlie
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