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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1977-05-04, Page 14Madill Mirror Open House The week of April 17-23 had been designated as Education , Week by the Ministry of Edu- cation. Following along with this idea F. E. Madill S.S. decided to hold an Open House' for the par- ents. On Wednesday, April 20th between the hours 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. the parents were welcomed at the school by the teachers and studezos This had, been, the_first__7 _ time that this school had ever attempted such an undertaking during school hours, and because of this program this year was somewhat experimental. The object of the Open House was to provide an opportunity for interested parents to visit our school and hopefully see a typical school program. Parents. were welcome to come and go at any time during, the day and to sit in on classes in most departments. The only restriction was that they try to be to the classes on time so they wouldn't interrupt the class. Mr. Ritter stated quite clearly that there would be no late slips handed out to parents. During the course of the day, several activities were planned that would be of interest to all parents. There was a Drama Club presentation, "Ghost for Rent", the Phys. Ed. Department hosted a Gymnastics Demonstra- tion at two different times. This was a display of our Gymnastics Team, which we are very proud of. Parents were invited to sit in on the Madill Choir Practice, where they were given the oppor- tunity to see the work that went into making a good choir. The Greenhouse was open to parents who were interested in Agricul- ture. The Library, the Cafeteria and the Guidance Centre all opened their doors to this select group of people. In the main foyer a reception desk of several students was set up. By noon they had only regis- tered 14 parents and there are over 1000 students in this school. By the end of the day some 50 guests had registered. I was talk- ing to several parents during open house who felt this was a very worthy cause and were dis- appointed in the lack of interest. Perhaps the school will try this program again next year for the benefit of all the parents who missed out on it this year. It was a successful day for those parents who gave their support. Mary Anne Alton .Co-ediler Grade 8 Night To start Education Week off on the right foot, the staff and stu- dents of F. E. Madill hosted Grade Eight Orientation Night on Monday, April 18. This evening is held annually to acquaint the students with the school and a few of the faces and classrooms they'll become more familiar with in the upcoming year. This year, it was attended by approxi- mately 300 grade eights and their parents. The evening's program began at 8 p.m., and after hearing re- marks by Mr. Ritter and Mr. Kopas in Gym 228, the students were entertained in Gym 250. Presentations were given by the Students' Council, the Cheer- 4 4 WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1977 THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO PAGE FOURTEEN adra editorial Track Meet I Wednesday, April 19th the hack meet in Clinton. It was a tri- meet involving Goderich, Clinton and Madill, In the 800 metre race: Paul Craig finished second in the Mid- get BOYs' division, Harold David, son finished second in the Senior Boys' division. Sonya Colvin was our top Midget Girl, Michelle McCutcheon was our best perfor- mer_ forte ,b‘pierr_Cdris__Rutty Adams was first in the Senior Girls' division and Debbie Adams 'was second. In the 1500 metre race: Paul Craig finished third for Midget BoyS, Roger Morrison won the Senior Boys' division, Dwight Leslie was third for Senior Boys and Janet Wood won the Midget Girls' division. In the 3000 metre race: Roger Morrison won the Senior Boys' division, Dwight Leslie was third in Senior Boys and Janet Wood finished the Midget girls' divi- sion in first place. In the 100 metre race: In Mid- get Girls Heather Brent had the best time of 14.4 seconds, Jacquie. Workman was only one tenth of a second behind and Janet Wood placed third.' In Junior Girls Judy Malda placed first, Linda Taylor second and, Joan Huether, third. In the Junior Boys Tom Remington was our top runner. Dale Whitfield was second with a 12.8 time and Alex Irwin was third with a 13.0 time. In the 200 metre Midget Girls: Heather Brent had a time of 31.4 seconds and Lori Goodall and Ann de Bruyn tied for second with a 32.0 time. In the Junior division: Judy Malda was first with a time of 31.6 seconds and Linda Taylor was second with a time of 32.3 seconds. In the 400 metre race Midget Girls: Lori Goodall placed first with a time of 72.4 seconds and Sandra Harris placed second. Judy Adams placed first\in the senior division with a time of 73.8 seconds. In the Boys' Junior Division Alex Irwin placed first. In the senior division Rick Fines ran an excellent race with a time of 60.2 seconds placing first. In the Open 4x400 relay: Boys placed second. Team consisted of : Alex Irwin, Harold Davidson, Dwight Leslie and was anchored by Rick Fines. All the members of the track team did very well and should be congratulated for giving F. E. Madill such a high standing! Good luck at future meets! Cheryl Haldenby 12C leaders, and the Gymnastics Club. Meanwhile, parents were taken on guided tours of the school, with various teachers on hand to answer any questions. Displays were set up on Gym 250 be several clubs, as advertise- ment for new members next year. Guided tours for the grade eights were conducted by volun- teers from all grades in the high- school . All-in-all, this year's Grade Eight Night seemed to be a suc- cessful one. Many 'thanks to everyone who helped in any way! —Mary Eadie 12B Teacher Interview Mr. Wraith has one philosophy in life which he tries to live by and that is, "doing what I want to do, taking in all, the factors and accepting all consequences". Mr. Wraith is a very realistic; down-to-earth teacher who seems to be able to comprehend the way_ students think and behave. He feels it is first vital to establish yourself as an individual before you can be the role model which society and parents want for their children. He admitted that most parents expect the, teacher to re- lay all the conservative ethics, morals and values which they want for their children and yet they themselves do not abide by. "Education is really passing on ideals, values and behaviours which society holds to be the highest," Mr. Wraith expressed, "and teaching. is not just telling the students what to do, it's doing it." It is these opinions along with' an array of others that have made Mr. Wraith a very valuable member of the guidance depart- ment. He also teaches electricity to grades 9 and 10 as well as elec- tronics to grades 11 and 12. The Audio and Chess Club have Mr. Wraith as a staff 'advisor. During his nine years as a teacher at Madill, Mr. Wraith has realiied that learning is a very painful process because it is,hard to admit that we are ignorant, still we continue to learn as long as we live. Often we are confused about what actually is the student's place in a ,community. Mr. Wraith believes that the student does have a definite role and that is to teach those around them. Because educational material or knowledge is doubling every 10 years it is our assignment to make others aware of what is going on as we see it. Many families are tracking back t,o nature, including Mr. Wraith. He enjoys hang-gliding (at a low altitude) and also ca- noeing. Like many concerned citizens he realizes the need for When was the last time you said somebody didn't know beans about something, Or described fog as being as thick as pea soup? It probably wasn't very long ago, because we English speaking people really take the cake when it comes to using the names of food in our everyday speech. For example, when things go right — life is a bowl of cherries, but when they go wrong, it's a fine kettle of fish. If things are mixed up and crazy, they've gone ba- nanas, If a man is not important he may be called a meatball. If he's clumsy, he's butterfingered. If he's cowardly he's chicken livered. If he's funny he's a ham. If he talks too mueh he spills the beans, but if he talks too little, he „1 clams up. Moreover, he doesn't earn As you know plans for our ' Spring Formal are rapidly getting underway. The theme is "In Days of Yore" in old Eng- land. Barb Ryan, this year's con- vener, has been racing around as if she is a contestant in the fifty- mile marathon trying to get com- mittees organized. tt will be/challenging to watch an idea become reality in the next month and a half. Calculations are already buzzing for a huge castle and moat, a multi-coloured dragon, Robin Hood and the boys, and a petite country garden. We hope William Tell, knights, and ladies-in-waiting will make an appearance for the special even- ing. Disney World move over; the F. E. Madill Prom is about to take shape. Some-people-say-thatit-is-just-a- show. That it is simply a chance to show off glamorous gowns and sparkling costume jewellery. That the prom is intended only for the so. called "upper-crust", and that it has no real purpose or meaning. Each one of us must establish our own ideas about that, but I feel there is a whole lot of mean- ing behind the formal. First of all we work as a close team of almost 200 students or- ganizing, building, wondering, and watching Old England the way we imagine it, come to life. There is something magical too, just watching your peers float, or whatever, around the dance-floor when they are not clad in ,jeans, roots and T-shirts. The Junior French Club spon- sored French Speaking Competi- tion on Thursday, April 14. The judges were Mrs. E. Suter and Mrs. Wraith. Winners were chosen from each of .the three grades participating. First place winner for grade 9 was Melody Brewer with her speech, "My Village, Bluevale". Faye Forster and Cathy Brighton placed second and third re- spectively. Norma Maclntyre more conservation of our wilder- ness. Although Mr. Wraith feels the isolation effect which often comes with such a career be- cause so much time is spent in the classroom, he feels that a school is really the community it lives in; so' if we all try a little harder we can make the best a little bet- ter. —Joan Leishman money, he earns bread or dough, or .he brings home the bacon. If he's working for peanuts his wife may egg him on to butter up the boss. If something is good, it's peachy, but if it's bad, it's a lemon. Someone will always say, of course, that it's just sour grapes or the way the cookie crumbles. Whatever you do in life, be sure you're worth • your salt or you may get in a pickle and end up eating humble pie, and that would be getting your just des- serts. On the other hand, if your life is in apple pie order, you can take most claims against you with a grain of salt! Did you ever see . . —a shoe box? —a hot dog stand? —a cake walk? —a house fly? Somehow they seem so adult, and you realize that they also have grown up and wonder .why you never noticed before. . For many grads it will be their last time to get together for an evening with so many memories. It's like. walking into a fairyland where everything is perfect. It's good that we have this chance. One thing that has always dis- appointed me about the formal is that each year. only a handful of teachers come. Every member of the staff is extended an invita- tion, but why don't they come? Do ,they not realize how impor- tant it is to us now, and will con- tinue to be, many years in the future? Do they not care that they, in part, have helped mold us into our present shape? Our teachers have shown us ._ancl_tolCus_so much in the past years, and we want to share this evening with them. Perhaps they feel we have been chaperoned enough and do riot want to intrude on `our' night. If this were the case, why would they be' invited at all? • Of course we sit back and, pon- der over everyone's outfit and gossip about who is with who, but that's just part of being human. Besides, finally you get to meet the most handsome 'man in the world your girlfriend has been telling you about all year. So when you arrive, just watch the smiles and listen to the laugh- ter, because that is what it's all about. Joan Leishman Editor placed first in the grade 10 divi- sion speaking on "Music" and Susan Chapman was second. In the grade 11 class Barbara Loree won over all speaking on "Choosing a Career". Runners up were Steve Johann and Andy Heim. Cash prizes were awarded to the' winners as well as to those who received honourable men- tion. INSPIRATION: Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers. —Hans Anderson INSPIRATION: The thing done is nothing, the doing everything. —Frederic Phillip Grove One fowl is GOOSE, but two are called GEESE, Yet the plural of moose should never be MEESE. You may find a lone MOUSE or a whole nest of MICE, Then why isn't the plural of HOUSE HICE? If the singular is THIS, and the plural is THESE, Should the plural of KISS ever be KESE? We speak of a BROTHER and also of BRETHREN, But though we say MOTHER we never say METHREN. The masculine pronouns are HE, HIS, and HIM, But imagine a feminine SHE, SHIS, AND SHIM. So the Canadian language, I think you'll agree, Is the funniest language we ever did see. —Judy Malda Jr. French competition Our funny Canadian language