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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-03-05, Page 14Page 14 Times-Advocate, March 5, 1970 DOING EXPERIMENTS ON A RABBIT — During the last couple of weeks students at South Huron District 1-Egh School have.been doing experimental work with drugs on rabbits. Shown above putting the animal to sleep are Richard Laughton and David Marshall. T-A photo Students debate problem of detergent affecting pollution pAemway Trizyme 52 Bio-Ad ri Cheer Tide Oxy Kdxo I Drive All ABC Sunlight Amway 5A8 Fab Arctic Power Ajax 2 Omo Duz Bold SBurerefze Amaze Bestiine B-7 Explore Maleo Wisk Tend Maskin- tvatt (Swedish) 8 .5 Amway 49 Colgate 47 Sep-Ko 44.5 P&G 44.5 P&G 43.5 P&G 41.5 Lever 39 Lever 39 Colgate 37.5 Lever 36.5 Amway 36.5 Colgate 36.5 Colgate 36 Colgate 35 Lever 35 P&G 32.5 P&G 32.5 Lever 32 Lever 27 Lever 27 Bestline 26 Witco 25 Maleo 10.5 Lever AB Helios Snowmobile Enthusiasts PLAN NOW TO ATTEND A Snowmobile Operators CLINIC Pineridge Chalet Hensall (Two Miles West of Hensall — 1/2 Mile South) SAT. & SUN. MARCH 7 & 8 Clinics At 10:00 a.m. & 2:00 p.m. each day. FREE Instruction By Experts • Mechanical Aspects of the Snowmobile and Basic Rules of Safe Operation • Snowmobile Clothing and Safety Helmets • Mechanical Problems that could occui. and Simple Repairs that can be made on the Trail. • Demonstration showing Characteristic Response to Controls and Driving Techniques • Main Hazards Encountered An Ontario Safety League Promotion In Co-operation with Snowmobile Manufacturers and Dealers THIS ADVERTISEMENT SPONSORED BY THE FOLLOWING DEALERS Larry Snider Motors Exeter SKI-D00 235.1640 John Elder Enterprises RR 2, Hensall SKI ROULE 262-5506 Hyde Bros. Ltd. Hensall' SCORPION 262.2718 Exeter Farm Equipment Exeter BOA-SK1 235-1380 Milt Robbins & Son Ltd. Exeter SNOW CRUISER 235.2940 By LINDA HATJOH Activities around the school this week are very quiet, due to the approaching * exams. The girls and boys curling teams which both finished first in Huron Perth competition, will compete in WOSSA curling at the Ivanhoe Curling Club in London, on Saturday, March 7. The members of the girls curling team are: Janet Davis, Barbara Lamport, Elizabeth Mickle and Jane Smith. The boys' team members are: Kevin Lamport, Brian Miller, John Knight and Doug Webber, * Mr. Ridell, took his agricultural classes, to see the Farm Show in London, Wednesday. Tuesday * * * afternoon, a gymnastic team from the University of Western Ontario, came to the school, to put on a demonstration. * * By reading this column, each week some of you may think that the students are not very active, but the activity around Mr. Elliot's Biology room, has been quite exciting, finishing up By JUDY BURKE This year the Students' Council has decided, upon the request of many students, to put our money to use for some underprivileged people. We have adopted three children. We have had many successful fund-raising activities — the walk-a-thon, the chocolate bar campaign and dances. Having no specific project in mind we decided this money should be shared with someone who really needs it. The names of these children are: Ratna Thapa, Shun Yim Wong and Johannes Msibi. We hope the following Students' Council will continue the support of these children. In our land of plenty we tend to ignore the problems of these underprivileged countries. Pictures are shown in the paper and the reader cringes at the sight of a. starving child dying in the street, and quickly turns the page to the sports section or comics. Many people complain about the rising costs of living and inflation and feel they just can't afford to give to various charities mid-term projects. These projects include photosynthesis experiments, disections, models of hearts, muscle structures and movie making, There is also one project on the content of tar and nicotine in various brands of cigarettes. There will be no Guardian next week, due to upcoming exams. Girl hockey team loses two more By JOY WHITEFORD South Huron Pantherettes lost their last two games 6-1 and 12.0 respectively. The first game was in Tavistock against the Stratford Memorials. Susan Luther scored the lone South Huron goal. Saturday in St. Marys the girls dropped a 12.0 decision to the Tavistock Jets. Cathy Marriott was in goal for the first two periods. At the end of two the score was 10-0. Nancy Braid took over in goal and the final score was 12-0. The Pantherettes' next game is in Milverton at four o'clock, Saturday. which help these people. Well look around and take a second look at everything we do have and thank God you have fresh fruit, meat and eggs, regardless of their price. SHUN YUN WONG will be 14 on April 24 and is a Form Two student in Tung Wah Hospitals No. 1 College, Hong Kong, Message from former editor Editor's Note: This letter was received in early December. Unfortunately the Guardian is not accustomed to cheek its mail box. However, this 'Christmas' message is shockingly relevant throughout the year. Our apologies and thanks to Ian. An open letter to the students of SHDHS. Let us all rejoice. The soaring hawk of creativity lies struggling in the halls of South Huron, unable to fly because of the intellectual pollution clinging to its feathers. Let us all rejoice. It is less tiring to sit around and talk in trivial cliches than to wrack our brains trying to create for personal and universal enjoyment. Put another mark on the scoreboard for the apathetic silent majority. (A reader of "Time" wrote recently' "I like the term "silent majority". It sounds much better than 'a nation of sheep')." Strike a blow for traditional Huron County conservatism. Why patronize radicals who try to see past the nebulous borders of counties and provinces to see the world. Strike a blow for moral and intellectual decay. It is easier to offer sex and/or alcohol to befriend the mob than it is to offer mental ability to befriend the selfless few who attempt to help the mob to raise its standards. There were times last year when I had to defend the students of South Huron as to why the support for the Guardian had run so low. At that time I could say that they did not want to work for- an organization which was losing money. Unfortunately, this year's editors have no such recourse. The blame falls squarely on the apathetic shoulders of the students. No one wants to hear last year's editors ramble on at great lengths, so keep the faith and let us all rejoice. Yours contemptuously, Ian Neal U.W.O. Emphasis on helping others By MARY WILSON I was greatly concerned by Mr. Wooden's comments on the front page of the T-A last week. He said that "it is too bad that people expect students to do the fund raising for so many causes". I find it "too bad" that there isn't more we can do or are doing. School is too much a world of its • own — too self-centred. Social concern must become an essential part of education. As for his statement that "this is the worst possible time to ask kids to do it (the campaign for the Red Cross)" because of the upcoming exams, there must be something wrong if a mere mark on a report card becomes more important than helping others. I was also shocked to learn that the service clubs of this area were no longer willing to do the canvassing for the Red Cross. Perhaps if schools encouraged an active altruism instead of passive egotism the service clubs of the future would not refuse to do "the job." By KATHY DEWAR Wednesday of last week some grade 9 pupils of the four-year Business and Commerce Course, protested. Their Science teacher, Mr. Komery, presented them with some facts about pollution, These facts were about the percentage of phosphate used in the different detergents put to use by the housewives of different communities. Now, Mr. Komery said that all of the phosphates in the detergents are polluting our waters. One pupil asked, "How does the phosphate in detergents pollute our waters?" Mr. Komery replied, "When the housewife has finished her wash, she pulls the plug out and this one small act is the start of water pollution. The waste water, containing the phosphate, is then carried by drainage pipes to an eventual opening, free running rivers, streams, even lakes. Phosphates are tremendous nutrients for algae growth. Algae multiplies rapidly and when it dies it starts to rot and thereby robs the water of oxygen. Because water needs oxygen to live, then, the fish and all living organisms die. Another question was put to the teacher by an inquisitive class, "Can this pollution be stopped in any way?" , Again, Mr. Komery replied, "Phis can be stopped, BUT, people making these detergents are too greedy to care. The producers are not willing to lose a lot of money -by switching to a detergent that has a lower percent of phosphate or no,, phosphate at all. Soap manufacturers honestly think that housewives are stupid and not intelligent enough to really distinguish how much phosphate is in what detergents. And that as long as the detergents are satisfying their needs and does the job properly, they don't care." This last statement made the class of girls angry and they protested, housewives weren't as stupid as people gave them credit for. The girls went home and apparently told their mothers of their disturbing Science class. Next class, some of the pupils told Mr. Komery that their mothers were so overcome by these facts that some mothers actually changed detergents. Following is a copy of the news column Mr. Komery presented to his class. Also the facts which made his Grade 9 class of girls protest. So, I sincerely hope they will make some of the housewives start thinking and maybe they can do something to show the producers of our detergents that "they are not just stupid housewives and that they do care." Phosphate analyses Pollution Probe analysed the following cleaning agents in a University of Toronto laboratory. These are the figures obtained for phosphate content measures as PO4. Product % Phosphate Manuf. (measured as PO4) Heavy-duty laundry detergents Laundry soaps Instant Fels 9 Purex Lux —1 Lever Maple Leaf Soap Flakes —1 Can. Pack. Ivory Snow —1 P&G Automatic dishwasher compounds All 45 Lever Finish 43 Econ. Labs. Calgonite 42 Calgon Cascade 36.5 P&G Amway 34 Amway Swish 29 Curley Light-duty compounds (Laundry and other uses) Dreft 34 P&G Zero 7.5 Boyle Mid. Explore Liquid —1 Witco Bestline Liquid Concentrate —1 Bestline Nutri-Clean OLC —1 Con-Stan Liquid dish detergents All liquid dish detergents tested were less than 1% phosphate. Editorial Question school spirit By BETH COOK Since it is a high school production, it seems natural that this newspaper often contains articles on school spirit. Although, sports are the best supported and most popular activities in this particular school, there are other diversions offered for those who do not possess the bodies of Greek gods but nevertheless, somehow, attain a semblance of happiness, This variation in activities, is good but it is the promotion of school spirit itself that should be questioned: Why are students so anxious to immerse themselves in group activities? Team participation generally causes a heightened animation in men. It is a well known fact that much more is accomplished through a collective effort than when individuals attempt projects. The increased productivity of the group is a result of the magic of numbers — a merging of intellects and brute strength. However, it is the emotional attachment which the group inspires that is the Achilles heel of teamwork. Many people desire to be a part of some form of fraternity merely to escape their individual responsibilities. They crave the security of the group for it will instruct them in the 'etiquette' of life, In their assimilation into the group, they can evade their weighty responsibilities as human beings for the individual man need not question his personal attitudes and actions. The group establishes a morality which should not, in fact, must not be questioned. An insecure man is no longer selfconscious because he knows that by following rigidly the pattern established by the group, he cannot go astray. It is very necessary that groups be aggressive. Those men who desire a group identity must know that their group is powerful and productive. A group must triumph over all other groups in order to prove its virtues. As long as his 'team' exists, the individual will feel stable since it is not necessary that he think or question. It) is not particularly important what sort of body he belongs to. When he joins a movement solely to escape from himself, the individual is not selective in his choice, Authoritarian Christian religions, communism, fervent nationalism and racism all offer ample opportunities for a man to hide from his intellect. Possibly, it appears extreme to compare school spirit to these other teams which are on a somewhat more grand scale. However, a person is confronted with school spirit when he is at a particularly impressionable age. Adolescents are often awkward and unsure of themselves. Their excessive sensitivity stimulates their need for a group identity in which they will not appear clumsy and naive. Once they become accustomed ,to the refuge of the group, they cannot be persuaded to function without this collective crutch. The group is a depressant and they have become addicted to it. Before school spirit is encouraged it would be wise to help adolescents become aware of themselves and their potentials as individuals. The adolescent should be taught the hazards and the benefits of being an individual unit. Certainly, he will meet with many seemingly insurmountable obstacles throughout his existence but he will quite probably be amazed by the inherent strength and ingenuity he possesses. He will generally overcome the most awesome of problems and he will have a great sense of personal pride and satisfaction in his success. Groups undeniably have legitimate and useful functions. They are the most practical means of action in many instances. However, their efficiency could be multiplied and their dangerous side effects could be remedied if their members were taught to be first, all individuals. A group that is concerned with the members would reassure its followers that their first duty is to themselves. SHARE YOUR GOOD HEALTH BE A BLOOD DONOR Around the school Time out for exams. Miscellaneous Calgon (water conditioner) 75.5 Calgon Amway Water Amway Softener 73,5 Solvease 23 Russel Snowy Bleach 22.5 Schafer Spic and Span 21 P&G Mr. Clean 6.5 P&G Ajax All-Purpose 6.5 Colgate Arm and Hammer Church & Sal Soda 1 Dwight Fleecy Brist. Myers Javex Bleach Brist. Myers Whistle Brist. Myers Jet Spray Econ. Labs. Lestoil Noxzema Downy P& G Dutch Bleach Purex Lawsons Borax Brist. Myers Pinesol Cyanamid (Note: — indicates less than one percent). Important: The estimated error on the above figures is plus or minus 10% of the figure shown. (95% confidence limits). This means that, if, for example, the figure is 40%, we feel that the actual value could lie anywhere between 36% and 44%. Student Council decides to adopt three children JOHANNES MSIBI will be 16 RATNA THAPA is 16 years of on March 12. He lives in age and lives in Bombay, India. Mbabane, Swazilani. TRYING A GLASS-MELTING EXPERIMENT — During a science class at South Huron District High School last week, grade nine Students attempted glass melting procedures.Shown above are from left, Thu Itegier, John Taylor and Dave Kip ref. T-A photo ANOTHER SCIENCE PROJECT — Every grade 13 student at South. Huron District High School is undertaking a special science project this year. Joanne Lansbergen shown at the right or the above picture built a replica or a human heart and uses marbles to show the flow of blood through the various channels. Shown above admiring Joanne's work are Mike Hoy, Reeky Taylor and Betty Cameron, T.A photo