HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-11-05, Page 14Page 6 Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, Nov, 5, 1964
WHATZIT? — Judy McGlinn and Evelyn
Ortlieb, students at the Wingham District
High School, pose with the sculpture of a
bear et the school entrance. The Year-
book plans to run a contest to name the
little beast.
—Yearbook Photo.
THE SENIOR GIRLS' VOLLEY BALL tournament at the
high school last week sparked plenty of interest with 10
schools competing. Stratford Central and St. Marys are
pictured in the girls' gymn during the event, which was
won by Stratford Northwestern.
Edited by MARY LOU JAMIESON
W.D.H.S News and Views
Cross -Country Team Wins
(Late for Last Week)
On Friday, October 23, the
C: }ss -Country Team went to
St. Marys to compete in the
Huron Perth cross-country run.
Eight schools were entered and
approximately 45 runners.
In the competition Wingham
finished second. In the individ-
ual standings Jack Galbraith was
third, Malcolm MacLeod was
fifth, Rae 'gathers was ninth,
and Doug Heffer was twenty-
first. Due to a misinterpreta-
tion of rules by spotters Bill
Jarvis and Bruce Bates were di-
rected off course thus allowing
St, Marys to win on their home
ground,
The coach of the team this
year is Mr. Danny Stuckey who
deserves a lot of credit for the
work and the time he has given
the cross-country team in the
past two months. He has work-
ed many nights from three to
six o'clock with the team,
coaching and getting them into
shape,
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On Saturday, October 31,
the team went to Sarnia to
compete in the Western Ontario
competition where they planned
to gain revenge on St. Marys.
--By Jack Galbraith
Stratford Wins in
Volleyball Meet
The Huron -Perth Conference
volley ball tournament for sen-
ior girls was staged at the Wing -
ham District High School on
Tuesday with 10 schools com-
peting.
Stratford Central was the
championship team in the finals
when they defeated South Hu-
ron, the Exeter team,
Both Stratford schools sent
teams with others coming from
Seaforth, St, Marys, Mitchell,
Exeter, Listowel, Clinton, God-
erich and Wingham,
The tournament was broken
into two groups, the girls play-
ing in both gyms. Exeter was
top in the first group and Strat-
ford Central came out on top in
the second group after a play-
off to break a tie with Cliriton.
The Stratford winners will
proceed to the WOSSA "A"
playoffs and Goderich, as the
top "B" team will enter WOSSA
"B" competition.
The Wingham team defeat-
ed Listowel and St. Marys and
in turn lost out to Stratford
Central and Clinton.
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Ruth Coultes,-Did you pass
your exam?
Doreen Smyth, -Well, it was
like this - you see. , . .
Ruth Coultes, -Shake! Nei-
ther did I.
We Could Be More Considerate
On the next rainy day, ap-
proximately one thousand pairs
of muddy feet will invade the
once spotless halls of Wingham
District High School; the
crumbs of the same number of
lunches will find their way to
the cafeteria floors; tiny scraps
of paper which strayed from the
waste -basket will litter every
classroom. And who has to
clean up the mess that we so in-
nocently make? Of course, it
is the weary-looking'm a n,
dressed in the dark -green uni-
form --namely our school jani-
tor.
Would it be too great a
hardship for us to be just a little
more thoughtful, a little tidier
in our ways, so we could make
the work of this man more plea-
sant and rewarding, and all
help, as a team, to keep our
school immaculately clean?
When we enter the school
doors each morning, the build-
ing is warm, shiny, and orderly;
but, by the time the nine
o'clock bell has rung, the cus-
todians must bring on the mop
and pail, ready to start all over
again. The mats so kindly
placed at all the main en-
trances have a purpose. They
are to hint to us that we must
wipe our shoes before proceed-
ing to our lockers or classes,
whichever the case may be.
How many of us take the hint?
Only a second of carefulness on
our part would mean an hour
less scrubbing for the janitor.
After the lunch hour, the
cafeteria is a disaster area for
the "mop and pail" man. Wads
of bubble gum are carefully
stuck to the bottoms of chairs,
apple cores are neatly scattered
across the floor and the remains
of cookies and cake line the
table -tops. Doesn't anyone un-
derstand the term "garbage
container"? The chairs are
left in a hap -hazard fashion,
some not even near their table.
Much of a janitor's time is spent
spent undoing our damage to the
cafeteria.
Greasy fingerprints on win-
dow -panes, heaps of chalk dust
on blackboard ledges, crooked
rows of desks, and bits of candy
wrappers strewn across the floor
give the custodian a helpless
desire to run from the class-
room altogether. There are
metal hooks on the window -
frames which are to be used to
close the windows rather than
our grimy hands. Is it not pos-
sible for us to gracefully re-
move ourselves from our desks
instead of trailing the desk
half -way across the room with
us? Even the teachers could
help the janitor by occasionally
wiping off their own boards.
But when the students leave
school at four o'clock, a care-
taker's work is still not done.
He has yet to prepare the school
for evening classes or meetings
and clean up after the adult
crowd has left its imprint on the
building. It is not only the
students who share in keeping
the janitor busy. Outsiders also
must heed the silent pleas of
our janitors and assume a re-
sponsibility in keeping Wingham
Activities
Magazine sales have been
steadily rising but I certainly
hope there are more to come,
The totals of the first collection
days were $359 and $399, re-
spectively. The prizes are ter-
rific so I hope more students
will make an effort to sell some
subscriptions.
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Exams are drawing close.
They begin about the 20th of
this month and believe you me,
that is not far off! In quoting
one of our teachers (Mr. Gnay)
"Work accomplishes all things",
I hope the students take this as
a reminder to start studying.
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Commencement Exercises
will be held on November 13
with a dance to follow. All
former graduates are invited to
remain for the dance if they
care to do so. The Student
Council has hired the Cavaliers,
a modern orchestra, to play for
the dance. We hope there will
be a good turnout.
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"Hole -proof hose don't wear
well."
"I think they do."
"I mean they don't seem to
stand up."
"Maybe you don't wear them
enough."
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Do you think that the radio
will ever take the place of a
newspaper?
No, you can't swat the flies
with a radio.
District High School.
Truly, our janitors do an
important work in keeping this
beautiful school a building to
e proud of. Let us all en-
deavour to make their jobs re-
warding for them.
-Joyce Procter 13A
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