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WINNING SENIORS The Madill senior.girls basketball team has won three out
of five games so far this season. Team members are, rear, left,' Miss Scofield,
coach, Kendra MacDonald, Louie MacLean, Ellen Reid, Dianne Pennington, Mary
Ann Alton and front, Twyla Dickson, Maxine Watts, Glenda Ballagh, Peggy
Deneau and Ruth Henderson. (Student Photo)
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I quickly learned tnis weex that
anyone in the Camera Club is a
and worker. As I walked in the
oor Mr. Willis handed me a
aper towel and told me to wash
nd dry some jars. After I
nished, Mr. Willis agreed to tell
e some facts about the camera
lub. The eight members of this
lub meet every two weeks on
ursday night in the dark room
rthe auto shop. The club aims to
reate an interest in black and
'kite photography among the„
tudents,
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This week a news report from a
onference of the Association of
niversities and Colleges of
anada read: "High schools are
t teaching the three R's -
eading, writing and arithmetic as
hey should be." Such
cusations regarding the
eaching of English are
erspersed with reports that
tudents can't read or write
roperly anymore. It is wrong to
pply these alligations to.
,E.Madill teachers and
udents.
I hope to reassure our students
nd their parents that the
andards for acceptable and
ffective communication remain
igh. They were never relaxed
ough several levels of
ttainment were established in
e past decade for all courses
nd subjects.
The criteria for a passing grade
a high level English course for
honour diploma is higher than it
ver was. Students who have
ntered University from this
chool did not require re me dial
urses - nor will they in the
mediate future. This statement,
based on visible evidence which
would show proudly to any
ubters.
The 'evidence' consists of
ighty research essays written by
e Grade Twelve, English 451
lasses this month. These
monstrate as high a standard of
ganization, writing skill,
ginal thinking, scholarly
earth as I've ever been
rivileged to assess.
uthermore , it will be almost two
The battle for the merit of most
wledgeable mathematician,
ehveen a brilliant bespectacled
dent and a math teacher
quently haunting room 200,
Gently took on new dimensionS.
er a long, complicated,
tbled explanation about a non
fisting problem, the student
ally realizing his mistake
ttere'd, "Forget it. Forget it.
wrong." With that historical
'malt all papers ceased
tling. all breathing stOPPed•
e teacher's eyes widened and
mouth dropped open.
41,dttllY, he recovered and riled. And why not? He was
ahead in the 011ie: But alaSi
victory went to his head, and
he graphed (1,-i) in the first
chant, the score became even
ec More.
Walking into the boys' locker
61 on Monday morning, Mr.
mPbell got the surprise of his'
'There, before his vets? eye,
Nok turned towards his was
otgeous blond with long
Pely legs beneath a pleated,_ ;, arid a fignre that would' put
Yn Monroe, to shame. N ow,
The club has three cameras
which each member may use to
take pictures then process and
enlarge them themselves. The
camera club has excellent
facilities to, teach the basics of
photography, however, the small
darkroom prevents
practical demonstrations to the
members. This club has now been
active since 1964 when it began
With three members. New
members are always welcome but
watch out for Mr. Willis and his
dishpan when you enter.
years before these students will
be writing university essays and
they are evidently capable of
doing so now.
Moreover, those students now
enrolled in the standard level
English courses are constantly
practising the specialized skills
required for effective com-
municationin our business world.
They do write 'proper' business
letters and 'correct' technical
reports. Setting standards does
not mean that students attain
them. However, if they do not
attain these standards at
'F.E.Madill S.S., they fail.
In spite of this, a 'higher
percentage of students completes
more grades of school than a
generation ago. Even ten years
ago, 60% of the high school
population left before Grade
Twelve. This means thatme of
our students are now graduating;
no longer are graduates a small
elite group. Of course all are not
scholarly and we can point to
more graduates who spell and
write poorly. However, we could
also point out more who write
skilfully and effectively.
This week the final draft of. a
Language Skills teaching plan
was distributed to the Huron
County schools for use in all
English classes from Grades 1 to
13. A glance at this chart for
'teaching the use of our language
could reassure anyone that
students are being taught "the
basics" of correct language
usage. I assure you that some
have learned to use it splendidly.
Joan Leishman.
Mr. Campbell is usually a
reasonable man, and takes
Women's Liberation for its face
value, but a girl in the boys'
locker room was just too much.
Stalking up behind the individual,
he prepared to send her on a short
trip right thtough the door. On'
closer examination, the curves
turned out to be angles. Heaving
a sigh of rellef,Mr Campbell
discovered that the "she" was
really a he.
Last week was progress report
week and the parents of the
Students got a chance to see how
their child was progresSing or not
progressing: One stirdent,
sporting a disappointing report,
prepared hiS mother by stating,
"I failed in every subjeet except
geography."
The mother, amazed,. asked,
"How is it that you passed
geography?''
Taking a gulp, shoving hiS
hands te the bottom of his
pockets, and with his eyes never
leaving the floor, the boy teplied,
"Liecanse I • didn't take
geogiaphy.""
As long as I can remember,
myself as well as my peers have
always been searching aimlessly
for the magical moment when we
'grow up'. I don't know, maybe
nature never meant us to be
satisfied with our present age
but it seems we never are.
As a child I figured I would be
grown up the very day I, with my
brand new lunch pail and shiny
. new pencil case, trudged out the
laneway and .was lifted onto the
bus step. But as I sat there
frightened squeezing close to the
huge seat, the astonishing fact hit
me. I wasn't grown up yet! And
even as birthdays passed and
spankings ceased and I reached
grade 5 and was moved to the Sr.
Wing in our school, it didn't meet
my expectations. This, definitely,
wasn't where the grown ups hung
out either.
I was depressed. Here I was
(almost) over 4 feet tall, able to
reach the hat rack above the coat
hooks in our room and still not a
big person.
Then the day came to get my
first brassiere. (This probably
won't have much affect on you
guys but for us it's a magical
stage) I asked my brother if he
noticed anything new, he replied,
"What, did you get y our hair cut
or • something?" I turned away,
with deflated ego, realizing this
Wasn't even growing up. Yeats
went by; I was allowed to wear
eyeshadow, drink coffee and go
on dates. Still my mind wondered
if I had missed the wonderful
`age' The entering to high school
made me more wondrous for here
I was an ankle-biter, just a grade
niner.
Time slipped b y; I passed my
license, got a part time job and
even acquired a social insurance
number. But for some reason. I
continued to search.
Now that I near legal
'adulthood age i I wonder why the
things I had envied and
respected did not meet my
expectations? What really makes
a person grow uO I think
perhaps it, is a tittle when you
learn right from wrong, when you
solidly establish your Morals.
Maybe it is a time when you learn
to love without selfishness
without criticism: It could be
day When you accept the beattty
and wealth of this love.
I guess,, too, it is a time when
udents do
rn here
urprise irt-locker room
we realize that money, chick hair
cuts, new clothes and big cars do
not make us wealthy. Because the
clothes and hair cuts go out of
style, the money is spent and the
big car rusts. Growing up must be
a time when we understand
ourselves,' our minds, our actions.
An hour when we stop ignoring
our soul.
Just maybe we grow up when
we learn not to always live for
On Friday, October 17 the
Senior students of F.E.Madill
officially welcomed the grade
nines to our school. Under the
supervision of Mrs. Lobb, the
Athletic Council did a fine job in
conducting' games and relays.
These activities seemed to have a
few added complications. How
often have you played volleyball
with a sheet hung over the net?
The program was then turned
over to the Drama Club. 'This was
the highlight of the evening as
they produced music, acting and
tom' foolery as has never been
seen on a Madill stage before.
"Thirteen Years of School" was
the opening act. The 13 things
your mother probably told you
"not to do" throughout your
school years were demonstrated
by Janice Rae, Bev. Maize,
Grade 9 is welcomed
Sandra Henderson, Janet
McPherson. Debbie Brenzel,
Kelly Jones, Gail McPherson,
Jack Thompson, Joyce Chamney,
Nelson Underwood, Aisley
Currie, Sally La Vain and Jacinta
Kiuffer .
Following the entertainment a
banquet was held in the cafeteria
hosted by Mr. Lee. A rock hop
was held from 7 - 8 p.m. in the
gymn. We extend our warmest
wel come to the new,
enthusiastic grade niners - they
will be a great asset to our school
body.A very special thanks to
Marilyn Murray and the Drama
Club for spending precious tim .e
on the production also thanks to
Mr. Wood, Mrs. Lobb, Henry
Olechowski and Mark Tiffin for
their hard work and support.
That's the _"Spirit".
tomorrow, brit for this hour, the
one at hand.
Still perplexed, but not sad, I
know now that all the grown up
veneer means nothing. So don't
set a time or an event. Grow and
learn. There is no special age.
Besides today is what is
important - live it fully, perhaps
we will grow up tomorrow.
Joan Leishman
Editor
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