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Pay. 12 Times-Advocate, April 12, 1973
Apathy is alive and thriving
By LOUIS DOER
When I was in grade nine, I
thought high school was really
fantastic. It may have simply
been the excitement of my first
year in the "big times", but this
year certainly has taken a giant
step backwards.
It used to be that you could go
to a dance and see some people
dancing, or at least showing some
signs of life, but lately this has
not been the case. Everyone
knows that the better the
response from the audience, the
better the group will perform. I
will readily admit that the
reaction to the winter carnival,
(particularly Edward Bear) was
definitely an improvement over
past dances. I'm glad that this
turned out so well and I believe
the student council should be
given a great deal of credit for
the success. Even when taking
this sudden change in attitude
into account, the apathy still
remains.
There is very little school
GYMNASTIC RUNNERS UP — The gymnastic team at South Huron District High School placed second in
Thursday's Huron-Perth competition held at Stratford Northwestern, Top row, Marie Jarvis, Janet Gielen and
Agnes Van Esbroeck, Third row, Laurie Arnold, Gail Ecker, Nancy Underwood, Rita Reynolds and Kathy Par-
sons. Second row, coach Mrs. Brooks, Monica Eveleigh, Kathleen Gielen, Connie Miners and Lauretta
Seigner, physical education instructor. Front, Cathy Easton, Laura Johns, Linda Ritchie and Jane Van
Roestel. T-A photo
accept articles that you may
have to offer as a representative
of a club or as an individual. So
far this year we have had one
article given to us by someone
other than the newspaper staff
and we were unable to use it
because the writer refused to
identify himself. There is a
newspaper as well as a box in the
office in which to place your
articles. I mention these things
just in case you were not aware of
them.
The yearbook is also worthy of
mention. Again this year, the
yearbook staff has had to go all
out in order to sell enough
yearbooks to make printing them
worthwhile. Our school is one of
the few left with a year book or a
newspaper, and I know that a lot
of people would be disappointed if
there were no yearbooks. It
seems a dreadful waste to allow it
to be discontinued because of a
general lack of interest and
appreciation. Both a newspaper
and a yearbook can add a lot to a
school, and both are slowly but
surely losing support, It will be a
great loss to the upcoming
students as well as to ourselves if
we allow these things to fizzle out
because of a lack of appreciation.
"spirit" left. By this I don't
necessarily mean getting out and
giving the old school cheer for the
football team. This is great but
there are other things in this
school beside football.
One example of what I'm
talking about is the reception that
the Drama Club got last year
with their presentation of
"Impromptu". I'm sure anyone
who was here last year will
remember it. I don't really blame
the Drama Club for becoming
discouraged after a show of
ignorance like that. It takes a lot
of work and planning to get a play
together and I certainly hope
they will have a better response
this year.
One of the major reasons that
the Guardian has not been put out
as regularly as it should have
been, (apart from the lack of
ambition on the part of the staff
at times), is that there has been
very little to write about. There
are a few things like Outers' trips
which are brought to our at-
tention, but I'm afraid if it
weren't for them and a few
opinion articles, the newspaper
would be completely dead instead
of just on the way there. The
newspaper is always willing to
Students fly
to gay Paris
Technician says wood lot
can be potential gold mine
Displays writing skills
in short fiction story
English 456 is a senior English
course dealing with the study of
short stories and essays, In the
next editions of the Guardian, the
students hope to present some of
the best works submitted as final
projects for the course.
"Many people just don't realize
what a gold mine they have in a
wood lot, said Mr. C. Blanken, a
forest technician from the
Ministry of Natural Resources.
He was speaking recently to
grade 12 geography classes at
SHDHS.
Mr. Blanken cited the "im-
portance and uniqueness of the
maple syrup industry" as just
one example of this. It all started
with the festival at Elmira and
expanded from there, he said.
His major interest, however,
is in wood lot management. He
said that with proper
management, a wood lot can
become both a financial benefit to
the owner, and an ecological
benefit to the environment.
"We never see too much of
forestry around here," said Mr.
Blanken, "but we are able to
grow timber here".
Of major benefit to wood lot 0.
owners, he explained, is the
Woodlands Improvement Act,
1966, which authorizes the
Minister of Lands and Forests to
enter into agreements with
landowners to plant trees on their
properties and improve their
woodlands.
All owners of five or more
acres of land, exclusive of
structures, that is approved by
the Department of Lands and
EDITORIAL
Learn in Education
•
Week
By MICHAEL. FOREMAN
The week of April 9 to April 13 is Education Week, 'klis is a
time for parents with elementary or secondary school chi Iciren to
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Some may find today's standards and methods of educatlyn on
the verge of ridiculous,However others may find that everythiqg is
in perfect working order,
No matter what your opinion of today's methods are, you still
have to ask yourself what education is all about? Is education doing
what it set out to do or is it just a formality we all have to go
through for at least sixteen years of our lives? Are our children be-
ing educated tedorjus
Thesel
t brain washed by some adults who call
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teachers?
all a
certain
vali d questionsam o u nt
of
which
honesty,
must be asked as well as
Education is playing a bigger role in todays society than it did
50 or 60 years ago and for that matter more then it did five years
ago. We live in an era that triples in technology every two years
and in another five years it will triple in less then a year. So where
do you say education should end and where should it begin?
Many believe it should start at the home from the time they
can walk. Others fell that age five is soon enough because they feel
any education other than toilet training is a mental hazard to the
infant. This is a very controversial subject which only the parents
can enforce, The parents are the ones who can tell that their child
is different, but too many parents make the mistake of doing
what's best for them and not what's best for the child in question,
This carries on into school and involves an individual who has
the task of teaching the children. It is next to impossible for the
teacher or teachers to make the same indications as did the
parent, for the teacher is not looking after two or three children
but has to look after from 25 to 40 pupils at one time. This may
result in shoving math down the throat of a student who is not a
mathmatical genius but is highly creative in the arts, This may
cause severe psycological problems such as depression, regres-
sion, perscution and an overall inferiority complex which will be a
constant hinderance to it's social as well as academic life.
How do we overcome these problems of modern day
education? We can sadistically sit back and say that the willow
stick has been spared too easily or we can say "Well where's all of
our tax money going to? Why isn't it being used to build bigger and
better schools and more qualified teachers?" Again these
questions have to be asked openly and answered honestly.
The latter part is more the right question and method.
However, how can you use a whip on a child who is slow or extrem-
ely introverted.It certainly won't make them learn any faster,
because that student is already at his peak performance and the
child who is hypersensitive and nervous will just draw deeper into a
shell. So the strap is not the answer.
One can compromise, however, and use an amount of authority
that makes the child know that he or she is doing wrong, But the
real answer is patience, kindness, understanding and praise when
the pupil does something good. This way the pupil will trust the
teacher and gradually come out of hiding and try to please the
teacher by doing better instead of being afraid of something new
because the teacher will embarrass and torment the child to the
breaking point.
All schools suffer from having teachers who are nothing more
then bullies and are there only to collect a pay check twice a
month.
The odd bad apple in the teaching profession is small however
compared to the number of obnoxious and impertinent students
that crop up in a school, What do you do with a student like this? Do
you whip them until they learn respect for the teacher or do you
rise kindness and understanding? Here I feel it's totally to do with
the individual, because what might be good for one might kill the
other.
Maybe that's what Education Week is all about. Maybe it's a
time for all three parties to get together and discuss problems or
maybe it's just an excuse to meet all your friends at once.
To those parents who haven't gone yet maybe you haven't
realized that your child's emotions are in question and not your
favorite television show, However to those who couldn't make it
this year for very legitimate reasons then try to make it next year,
your children will benefit knowing that you are concerned about
their future and not that you are just sending them to school to
keep them out of your hair most of the day.
Solet's stand together and through education make this land an
even better place to live.
Think about education.
land not being usedf or anything
else.
Sometimes explained Mr.
Blanken, we will come across a
man who owns land in the
country but is not making any
real use of it. Often it will be good
agricultural land, and he em-
phasized that it is not his in-
tention to compete for this land.
"It would be much better in
agriculture," he said. "But it
would be better in wood lot than
in nothing."
This spring, Mr. Blanken is
helping to plant about one-half
million trees on 6 to 7,000 acres
throughout Huron, Perth and a
part of Wellington counties.
The trees, will consist of about
50 percent white pine, some
spruce, a mixture of conifers, and
more and more hardwoods, such
as walnut.
Forests as suitable for this
planting or improvement are
eligible for assistance.
The owner must pay for the
nursery stock and must protect
the woodlands from fire, insect
and grazing. The department
takes charge of the rest,
however, including weeding out
the culls, marking and selling the
trees. All profit goes to the owner.
"We get no commission. It is
just a public service," said Mr.
Blanken.
The agreement is for a
minimum of 15 years and for that
length of time, it would cost about
$20 per acre to look after the
woodlot.
"It takes that long to make
something out of a wood lot," said
Mr. Blanken. "By having 15-year
contracts, we will eventually get
better wood lots."
If the owner breaks the con-
tract, however, he must pay for
any work which has thus far been
done on his property. The costs of
a planting are small, about $10
per acre for 800 trees. The owner
assumes this cost, while the
department pays for the planting
and any necessary refilling of the
woodlot,
Mr. Blanken stressed that a
woodlot would be a good, long-
term investment for any land
owner, but especially one with
Says high food cost
is fault of lazy cook
SPEAKS TO GEOGRAPHY CLASSES — Forest technician C. Blanken from the Ministry of Natural Resources
spoke to grade 13 geography students at S.H.D.H.S. recently. Here he talks with Bob Marshall, Larry
Ferguson, Allyson Robichaud and Maura Gascho. T-A photo
Letters to the editor
By DEB HILLMAN
We (18 kids and one teacher)
left for Paris on Tuesday, March
20, a day later than expected.
Monday was rather hectic
because they kept postponing our
flight, and finally at 1 a.m. they
bused us to the airport hotel, for
the night.
Most people didn't get to sleep
til quite late (or early), A false
fire alarm added to the night's
happenings! A beautiful buffet
breakfast calmed ruffled
feathers and at noon we left for
the airport. You wouldn't believe
how glad we were to finally get on
the plane (3:45 p.m.)
We arrived in Brussels,
Belgium at fiye o'clock Wed-
nesday morning. Immediately
the buses were boarded and we
left for Paris. The scenery along
the way was that of small, quaint
farms and vilidges. We got to
Paris big, beautiful (dirty) Paris
- around noon and we checked
into the Apollo Hotel. The rest of
the day was free so we got
acquainted with the city and most
'hit the sack' early.
For the rest of our stay in Paris
we went on tours, We went to the
Eiffel Tower, on a river boat ride
down the Seine, to the lovely
Chartre Cathedral, the Louvre
where we saw the beautiful
'Mona Lisa' and the Notre Dame.
We also went to an old French
castle called Sully, Fontainbleau,
Versaille, Place de la Concord
and Moulon Rouge. On our free
days we shopped and visited the
places we were not taken to on
tours.
At night we had free time and
we could do as we wished. Some
nights we stayed in and visited
with the many kids who were
living with us at the Apollo.
Paris was wonderful! The
shops, the crazy drivers, the
famous places they're all part of
Paris, If you get a chance to go,
don't give it up - you'll not regret
it. time Speak out on 'butts',
Skiers schuss
to win area
Sir:
I would like to write to you on
behalf of Mother Nature, As you
know, the day is divided into
hours by the natural position of
the sun. By using 'Daylight
Savings Time', and setting the
clock one hour ahead the entire
natural balance of people is
temporarily upset.
In the evening it remains
daylight much longer, thus
causing parents to have difficulty
in getting their children to bed.
Once in bed, it is very difficult to
fall asleep. After a night of an
hour's less sleep, many people
neglect to set their watches
ahead, and thus go through the
day in a state of confusion, The
stomach, accustomed to the 'old'
system of time, cries out for food
completely off-schedule,
For the globe-trotter,
calculating the time differences
between time zones is further
complicated by trying to
remember exactly how many
hours time difference there is. I
realize that this system was
originally employed for the
benefit of farmers, but is now no
longer necessary. Could you
please inform me as to the meirts
of this system?
Mother Nature,
By MISS B. KING
Bright sun, and four inches of
powder was the backdrop for
representatives from 35 Ontario
schools competing for the annual
0.F,S.A.A., ski meet in
Collingwood.
Computors buzzed from race
headquarters at the mountain
and spat out results of racer's
times, while teams consumed
hundreds of donuts and gallons of
hot chocolate.
Paul Kristoferson, Gary
Tiernan, Rob Guenther, and Tim
Stover schussed with some of
Ontario's best in the slalom and
giant slalom. By the end of the
second day, the course would
have been more suitable for ice
skates.
Three miles away, the cross-
country teams consisting of Tim
Stover, Phil Phillips, Paul
Fydenchuk, Pete Cotlos, Cathy
Cook, Kim Pridham, Cathy Ryan
and Kim Kristoferson gruelled
around a five and three kilometer
course.
Collingwood Collegiate, in the
spirit of the city's winter car-
nival, hosted and billetted 350
students and 65 coaches for the
duration of the races.
The team as a whole, eViderieed
commendable spirit and stamina
against the rigid competition
they encountered.
We didn't win 0.F.S,A.A. but
We did win W,O,S,S.A.: as her
Soul representative, We couldn't
lose
Her time would be better spent
browsing through her cook books
than picketing supermarkets. If
she would only take the trouble
she would surely adore the
exotic Asiatic rat meat or snake
meat or even horse flesh. With a
bit of imagination she could
surely adopt these dishes to a
North American standard.
Hamburgers could be replaced
by succulent ratburgers or
otherwise drab meals livened up
with snake steaks, or horse
stroganoff.
In the African section surely
she wouldn't want to miss the
staples of African diet, dog, ants,
caterpillars and muskrats.
You haven't really lived till
you've tickled your palate with
chocolate ants, hare a la king,
juicy dog hocks or caterpillar
casserole.
For a real taste treat you
should try pickled muskrat, a
favorite dish of the Congo tribes.
Over half the people of the
world do without beef so why
can't we? Housewives time would
be better spent setting rat traps
or smoking ant hills than
brooding over beef.
Come on - live a little! You
don't know what you're missing!
By TONY KYLE
What will be the outcome in this
battle of "meaty-ocrity?"
We seem to be plagued lately
with the problem of spiralling
food costs. What I cannot
determine is what the fuss is all
about. If we can't decide on fair
prices for the flesh of the lowly
cow there are certainly plenty of
alternatives around us.
I think the root of the problem
lies in the laziness of the
housewife who refuses to in-
vestigate other common dishes
that are much more tasty than
ordinary beef and far more
economical. At the same time
these alternative gastronomical
delights would provide an in-
teresting and varied diet for
herself and family,
all your friends saints? Don't
they ever do anything wrong?
Just because a few do it does not
mean that all young kids do it.
I'm eighteen years old, and old
enough to judge for myself what
is right or wrong," she replied.
"I don't care, Marsha, I have
said you can't go and that's final.
I simply will not allow you to
drink and carry on!" he said.
The next weekend her parents
gave her permission to go to her
girl-friend's. They didn't know
that her friend's parents were
more lenient and allowed the
girls to go to a party that
weekend,
Marsha remembered how she
had got drunk that night just to
show her parents. But, of course,
she didn't tell them because they
would have had a fit if they knew.
She also remembered the day
she started smoking. Before that
day she had thought smoking was
a useless waste of money. But
something made her take a
cigarette, and from then on she
smoked whenever she could.
Things just kept getting worse;
she had to do more and more
behind her parents' back. At the
beginning she tried to get them to
understand that if they'd just let
her act naturally and give her
some responsiblity that she
would be responsible. But they
just couldn't seem to understand
this. They kept refusing to let her
go out, and she had to lie to them
and cheat on them so she could
get out and have some fun.
Finally the day came when she
couldn't take any more. She
packed her suitcase and left a
note explaining why she was
leaving. She told her parents not
to make the same mistake with
her younger sister.
Marsha looked at the family at
the table and she knew how that
girl felt, She wanted to go tell the
girl's parents what might happen
but she realized they wouldn't
believe it; they really believed
they were doing the right thing.
Marsha could only hope that
the girl wouldn't react the way
she did because it was a lonely
life.
She paid for her Coke and left
the lunch bar. She walked to the
highway and started walking.
She had a long way to go to the
next town,
By LEISA RITCHIE
Marsha got out of the car and
thanked the couple for the ride.
She then set her suitcase down
and turned to examine her
surroundings.
She found herself standing at
the side of the road in front of a
little gas station and lunch bar.
The place was small and run-
down, but she was hot and thirsty
so she decided to go in and have a
Coke,
As she walked in the sound of
the juke-box blaring in the corner
filled the room. The music
stopped abruptly and the sounds
of an argument at a nearby table
attracted her attention.
The people arguing were a
young girl Marsha's age and her
parents. They seemed to be
arguing about the music that she
had put on, and that led to
another argument about young
people in general. By the look on
the girl's face, Marsha got the
impression that these arguments
were old hat to her. Seeing that
family and hearing their
argument brought back many
memories to Marsha.
She remembered a similar
scene at the supper table one
night.
"But why can't I go? Give me
one good reason," Marsha said
rather loudly.
Her father waved his hand and
replied, "Because I said you
can't is reason enough. But if you
want a reason, I can give you
several. First of all, you're too
young to be going to parties
where who knows what goes on.
Do you think I'm stupid? I've
heard what your friends do at
these parties, All the drinking
and carrying on that they do. I
don't want my daughter mixed up
in it,"
"Dad, those things aren't all
true. I won't say they don't drink
but it's not a drunken brawl. We
sit around and talk and dance. As
for carrying on, I think I know
what you mean by that, Sure
there are a few that do it but are
Films featured
in coming events
April 13 - Dance
April 14 - Films - Abbott and
Costello in the Naughty Nineties
and Shakiest Gun in the West,
April 15 - Films Tell 'em Willie
Boy is Here plus one of the
Saturday films,
April 28 - Films - Francis the
Mule in Haunted House and Hold
that Ghost.
April 29 - Films - Joe Kidd plus
one of the Saturday films,
May 4 - Dance (Formal with
the theme of "Birds and the
Bees")
May 5 - Films - Dracula's
Daughter and You Can't Cheat an
Honest Man
May 6 -Film - You Can't Cheat
an Honest Man,
"How come?
Notice: Kiddies' Show at 1;30 on
Saturday - Admission 25 cents,
Two shows on Sunday 1:00 pm.
and 71,00 p.m. Admission $1,00
Times and Admission could be
changed.
Iv
By RANDY GILFILLAN
You see others and scorn;
You laugh at them, make jokes;
Not liking their colour or tongue,
You don't eat or speak with 'em;
They're not the same;
Sometimes you can't tell;
'Cept by their narte.
Is this good or right;
Should it be done,
Should you put your bias on a
shelf?
Look at Votirself!
Sir:
I am outrageously furious
about this smoking business: all
these immature imbeciles who
can't respect the request of Mr.
Wooden not to smoke inside,
outside, or around the school.
When Mr. Wooden said No
Smoking, he meant No Smoking,
and that means across the street
as well.
Have you ever walked down the
south side of Gidley Street, down
by Dr. Gans' house. To put it
bluntly, it's one heck of a mess, a
dirty jungle of cigarette butts,
boxes and candy wrappers. If
that is all you people have to do,
smoke and make a mess of other
people's lawns, you should all
have your heads examined,
There are 100 smokers ap-
proximately, and on the average,
they smoke five cigarettes a day,
five days a week. That would be
about 2,500 butts a week.
HORRIFYING.
Then you have all these so
called "concerned ecologists"
who either smoke or who sit on
their fanny watching these
animals runing our land and air. I
am sure that all you smokers
would not like one week of SH-
DHS cigarette butts on their
lawn, Ask Dr. Gans how he feels.
I throw all my support to Mr,
Wooden and I propose that
students are not allowed to smoke
within a mile radius of the school.
Suspensions should be handed out
to students again.
This is ridiculous when people
smoke and ruin other people's
property. They should have more
brains than that.
Name withheld on request
Sire
Food Costs! Who's telling the
truth? There seem to be three
distinct sides in the struggle, the
housewives, the producer, and
the middleman. When asked why
food costs are soaring so high,
one lady commented, "Why - it's
mainly because of the meat!" We
are forever hearing of the down-
trodden farmer and the equally
suffering middleman,
Each contends that they make
nothing but the lowest amount
needed for life, yet somewhere
we find an overwhelming per-
centage of the consumer costs
disappearing as profit. Who is the
magician? It can't be the poor
scapegoat distributor who
staunchly declares he is barely
above the poverty level. It cer-
tainly can't be the farmer, that
dear soul who is constantly being
"ripped off". It obviously isn't
the cow, although from the
denials of both the farmer and
latter all blame would point to
Bossy as the root of all evil.
What I want to know is this: If
the cow doesn't make the profit,
the farmer doesn't make it and
the distributor doesn't - who
does? Unless there is a third
"monster" in the affair it is
a serious'question with a non-
distinct answer.
Secondly, on the question of
boycotts, it appears as if the
consumer may be slitting his own
throat, Various farmers are
saying that boycotts are driving
them bankrupt and Super-
markets have been releasing
thousands of meat cutters. If beef
becomes scarce it's going to
skyrocket in price as soon as
demand is restored.
Perhaps time will prove me
wporsosnigbiti,itybu. t it is a very real
Tony Kyle