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Fl Madill writer says
Canadian identity unimportant
Teachers battle students
we instill in the next generation
some concept greater than
materialism. It'll take a lot of
work and something that is the
Christmas spirit of everyday
living: We have to give in order to receive.
Warren Ball, B.A
Last Wednesday night in
Activity Period, two teams
assembled in gym 251 to engage
in an awesome battle. This battle
was, of course, the Student-
Teacher Volleyball Game.
Lining up the teacher's side
were such greats as Mr.
Brewster, Mr. Hunter, Mr.
Taylor, Mr. Stuckey, •
Mr. Edwards, Mr. Simpson, Mr.
Shore, Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Lobb,
Mrs. Hopper and Miss. Schofield.
New faces in the crowd were Mr.
Mali, Mr. Elliot, Mr. Lane and
Mrs. Radford.
Tywla Dickson, Maxine Watts,
Bruce Jermyn, Dianne
Pennington, Ruth Henderson,
Ken Tervit, Brian Cooper, Jim
Ritter, John Campbell, Nelson
Underwood, Jeff Bumstead,
Robin Brent, Mike Heim, Kendra
MacDonald, Rick McKay and
Rick Fines made up the Students
Team. Mr. Campbell abl
performed the duties of referee.
After captains Bruce Jermyn
and Miss Schofield tossed a coin,
• the game began with the teachers
having first serve, which they lost
without gaining any points. The
students fared the same with
their serve. Then Mr Simpson put
the teacher's team on the
scoreboard by scoring a point.
Slowly the teacher's score grew
until they were leading 6-1. Mike
Heim , serving for the students,
scored three points. The teachers
retaliated, however, when Mr.
Shore raised their score by two.
Then the students began to play.
Bruce Jermyn began to serve,
and scored three points in a row,
Mr. Mali, when he saw Bruce's
superb serve whizzing over tho
net, fell to his knees in reverence,
The rest of the teachers
scrambled to "keep the ball irithe
air."
Finally the score was 10 •
The students played their secret
card. Five points scored by Jini
'Ritter gave the game to the
students!
By the second game, the
teachers had discov ered which
was the net, and which was the
ball. The game picked up,
Although at the beginning of the
game the students led 4 •0, the
teachers, seeming to realize their
dignity was at stake, began to 1r)
to hit the ball over the net. Thi
technique proved to be
successful, and the teachers won
the game, due to Mr. Simpson's
excellent serving.
All the teachers who took part
in this game deserve a lot of
credit. As well as giving student
a good time, we hope they had
fun doing it.Certainly this
volleyball game is a memory
many of us will have for a long,
long time.
Inspiration
Isn't it strange that we look at
the weaknesses of a person and
say, "So that's what he's really
like!" Why don't we consider as
act of chairty or a gesture of
kindness and say, "That's the
real self showing through."
Recently at Grade Nine Night,
Mrs. Lobb proudly announced
that she had given up smoking
because of the threat of cancer.
Instead, she took up the practice
of chewing tooth picks, only to
find that she contracted Dutch
Elm Disease.
In ten years from now, even if
students can not remember the
theory pounded into their heads
during class, surely they will
remember the little lessons of life
Picked up along the way. One
such example happened in
English 551, when the subject of
girls' dowries was being
discussed. The teacher cynically
advised his students to marry for
money. The reason? Money can
not buy everything, but it Can
sure bliy the things that count.
Advanced Chemistry, a subject
usually only interesting to those
who understand it, has recently
been More enjoyable for the
majority. In one experiment, of
which the purpose was to show
the ignition of an element in air,
the substance was placed On filter
paper on top of a large cylinder.
Knowing that the reaction took a
While the teacher went on with
other Work. Suddenly the silence
of the unusually quiet room was
broken by a loud eruption. A
startled "scream was heard from
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time straining y ' our eyes
elsewhere for an identity that is
within you. And don't let the
misguiding problem of diversifi-
cation lead you . astray. It exists
even in the most unified of
countries: But, I am beginning to
feel with growing consternation
that there is yet another reason
for our failing to recognize our
merits, congratulate ourselves
and most importantly, to
consolidate ourselves; namely our
own government.
We seem to be in an age of
weak, 'wishy-washy'
governments and ours is certainly
no exception. Gone are the days
of majority governments and
great leaders. We no longer
co-operate for the good of the
c ountry and we allow petty,
party politics to interrupt the
course of justice. We no longer
seem to have the ability to rise to
an occasion. The Quebec crisis is
a perfect example of the
governmental inability to take a
stand on an issue. Instead we
have all but legalized dishonesty,
and corruption which is ruining
our capitalistic society, a phrase
which I am not afraid to use. Our
alternative is communism or'
socialism, call it what you will,
they are just an even greater
corruption of capitalism.
Fortunately, Canada does not
show signs of military
mindedness (an undoubted
,asset) and therefore will not
share the disillusionment of
Prussia or Sparta: let us hope we
retain our 'free life'.
But what can we do as
individuals, as Canadians, in this
ever-changing, aggressive world
of ours to retain our 'security of
spirit'; you may well ask
yourself. Canada, surely has a
greater destiny than our great
neighbour. Then let's clarify our
position with our politicians. They
are, after all, subject to us.
Through the writing of letters to
them and the publication of our
desires, morals and religion let us
make known to them just how far
they can go. Taking a mile when
offered an inch is a game that the
the vicinity of the back of the
room and everyone else jumped.
The teacher swung around in time
to see, the flaming • paper on
which the substance was placed,
fly through the air and land on the
floor in front of the desk.After a
moment's hesitation, he ran to
the paper and furiously tried to
stamp it out with his feet. Having
conquered the n ow charred ruin,
he nonchalantly stated that he
knew of something that was
excellent for cleaning the
scorches off the floor.
In a grade nine geometry test,
the definitions for the following
were asked; circle,
circumference, square, rectangle,
and a se ven sided figure. The
following answers appeared.
Circle - a line which meets its
other end without meeting
circumference - a circumference
runs around outside a circle
trying to get in.
Square - a circle with corners.
Rectangle - a sloppy square. A
seven sided figure - a hooligan.
Gossip
Not mentioning. any names a
new "TOM B" was noticed
Monday •around sehooli as he
happened to have his hair "cut &
combed" i Many wonder if this
was an act of force.
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political will have to do without.
And in our education system let's,
teach our children to stand up for
themselves, give them morals
and self-dignity and that's half
the battle done. The ancient state
of Athens grew to be what it was
due to the educational investment
and only,,collapsed because of the
mis-use of democracy, not to
external forces. So we can
withstand all foreign elements if
New Teacher
leads CGIT
Miss Linner, whose father was
in the Airforce, Was born in
Manitoba but she spent her
school years in Quebec, Flin Flon,
Manitoba and. Goderich. After
high .school Miss Linner
participated in a 5 year Co-op
teaching course at the University
,of Waterloo. During .this course
she taught in Ottawa and went to
Teacher's College at Althouse.
In her first year of teaching,
Miss Linner taught Grade 9 & 11
Math and also Grade 11 computer
science.
She enjoys sewing, boating,
golfing and music and keeps busy
as a CGIT leader. However, Miss
Liner's favourite sport is milling
and this year she will be assisting
Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Roberts
with the curling club. I mean, why
not?
What did
you think of
grade 9
night?
Well ... I likedit. I thought the
games were fun. Nancy Fisher 9D
I like the skits but the food was
bad. Larry Miloseuic 9H
I liked the music. I liked the
skit ...especially Nelson
Underwood. Steve McKay 9G
The music was O.K. It was the
best part of the night.
Mark Passmore 9H
It was evident at 3:30
Thursday; of the deep Contem-
plation revealed in many students
faces, as they decided which story
their parents would believe
regarding their progress report,
this time.
Club News
The Safety Awareness finals
were held on October 30. Those
who made the team are Andy
Heim, Glenn McLean, Bob
Strauss and Gordon Wray.
The Book and ReCord Swap is
in progress.• There were almost.
200 books at the start of the sale
and more are welcome. Aside
from this, how many people
noticed that the prisoner in the
main display case has 2 left
hands.
Year book sales have drawn to
a close. • Por those of you who
haven't bought one, you don't
know what you have missed..
Sttident Council is taking a
short teat after passing some
$4,367. in budgets. 'The 2 biggest
btigetera o Activities and Athletics
councils and a few .,faller clubs
Who have not yet been considered
Will almost drive the amount
passed in budgets to $8,040. So
join a club or sport: This is your
money. You might as Well benefit
from it.
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[Intro to Canadian Essay]
Perhaps some of us have
pushed the importance of the
Canadian identity back into our
subconscious , although I am sure
most of us are quite aware of its
vitality and importance to us.
We h ave been successful in
retaining our individuality and
the majority of Canadian citizens
are proud of the fact. Warren
would like to share his opinions
on Canadianism with you, maybe
it will inspire you to voice your
opinion.
I'm sitting in my Canadian
room, at my Canadian desk with
my Canadian pen, amid my
Canadian ideas, trying to write a
Canadian essay. But, as many
before me, I'm having problems.
However, not with something that
has occurred to me as a maj or
factor of those people's essays,
namely the Canadian
identity. This I consider to be not
only uninteresting but also
irrelevant and unimportant as it
stresses something that is
basically a problem that bothers
the intellectual and not the
average, vast majority of
Canadians and possibly could be
a figment of intellect desire for
intense classification.
Anyway, that doesn't seem to
be the problem. There seems to
be a ring about the phrase 'the
space, the beauty and the free life
of Canada itself' that provokes
disbelief somewhere in my
subconscious. It's not that it is
unacceptable, it's just 'that most
people don't believe it, or at least
relate to it in my experience. In
short, the Canadian dream has an '
awareness problem. Canadians.
don't realize their national
heritage. their present day
success nbr their optimistic
imam for the future unless they
have lived outside that border
which is typical of our humility in
that it is the longest undefended, •
border in the world.
Awake! Realize your fortune,
and I can vouch first hand for the
fact that the Canadians do' have in
their style of life, true buried
treasure. But don't waste your
Teacher gives up smoking ,
contacts Dutch elm disease