The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-12-07, Page 12R. P. RITTER, vice-principal, introduced
Karen Powell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed. Powell, class valedictorian at the WD
HS commencement. They are seen here
with Principal F. E. Madill, right,
—Advance-Times Photo.
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4 $CHOOL PAGE EDITOR: Pat Walker
PHOTOGRAPHER: Kerry Stvckey
Karen Powell valedictorian
On Tuesday, November 28
the junior and senior girls held
their first basketball tryouts.
The number of juniors was
greater than that of the seniors,
which is the usual thing, but
for the last two years there
have been more tryouts for the
senior team than in a number
Karen Powell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Powell
of R.R. 1, Wingham, was the
valedictorian for the 1966-67
graduating class when com-
mencement was held at the
high school on Friday evening.
Mr. Chairman,
Honored Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen;
It is my privilege tonight to
speak to you on behalf of the
graduates of 1967. This is our
opportunity to say farewell and
thank you. While inquiring
around of several people to
find out what would be appro-
priate to say in this speech, I
found that I got the same piece
of advice from everyone.
Make it short.
We have the honour and
distinction of graduating in
Teen Topics
INTERVIEWER
JIM WHEELER 12B
QUESTION: " What do you
think of being a prefect?"
0-0-4
MALCOLM ANDERSON:
"No comment, I'd like to keep
my job."
0-0-0
TIM CRONIN; "Tell you
what, I'll give you my pen
for awhile and you tell me how
you like being a prefect."
0-0-0
DOUG WHEELER: "It's al-
right 'cause I get to boss the
girls around."
o--o--o
GEORGE VALLANCE: "It's
fine, but some of the lower
grades don't yet know what's
going on."
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NEIL GOWING: "Forget it."
0--0--0
DONNA MUNDELL: "Well,
with kids like you ---
0-0-0
IVAN McBURNEY: "No com-
ment."
0-0-0
SHEILA CREWSON: "Oh
brother, well, it's alright but
your kind of scared to order
Students around."
0-0-0
DOUG MOWBRAY: " I think
it's rotten."
0-0-0
KATHY KASCHENKO: "It's
alright but the responsibilities
are too much for little 01' me."
0-0-0
DIANE CHAMNEY: "It's
O.K., except for the gallery
wars and the guys from Bel-
grave."
0-0-0
NANCY VAN CAMP: "It's
alright if you don't have guys
like Grant Coultes around."
0-0-0
RUTH ANN TAYLOR: "Ws
a lot of work, but it's worth it."
1967, Canada's Centennial
year. Therefore, as we face
the future, we must consider
not only what we can do for
ourselves as individuals but also
what we can do for Canada as
Canadians. Canada is a coun-
try which offers unlimited op-
portunities to its young people
and it is our duty to take full
advantage of these opportuni-
ties. While the educational
systems in Canada are among
the best in the world, it is not
enough just to get an education.
We must use our education to
make some useful contribution
to the development of our
country. We must set our goals
high and be satisfied with noth-
ing less than the best. Cana-
dians of the past made Canada
the great nation it is today. It
is our duty now to carry on and
make Canada a great nation in
the future.
As we all go our separate
ways we will always be able to
look back with pride that we
are graduates of Wingham Dist-
rict High School. We are for-
tunate in this area to have a
school board who are willing to
devote so much of their time to
providing our students with ed-
ucational opportunities second
to none. As we go on to ad-
vanced education we begin to
realize how important a good
high school education is.
On behalf of the graduating
class, I would like to express
our sincere thanks to all those
who worked so hard to help us
in our years at high school. To
Mr. Madill, who planned our
acedemic activities so care-
fully and was always available
to help with our problems; to
Mr. Ritter for his patience and
guidance while helping us plan
our careers; to our teachers for
the encouragement and toler-
ance they have shown over the
years; to our parents for provid-
ing that extra push at times
when we lost sight of our goal;
and to those in the audience
here tonight whose interest, as
shown by your presence here, is
greatly appreciated.
We are proud to be gradu-
ates of Wingham District High
School and we hope that, in
the future, we can make Wing-
ham District High School proud
of us.
Girls try out
for basketball
of years past. In previous years
the coaches had to search every
corner of the school for seniors.
Perhaps the change is due to
the fact that practices are held
with the wrestlers.
The juniors are having a
bit of trouble obeying the rules
of basketball and the seniors
are having difficulty in playing
the way the coach wants them
to. However, under the ser-
veilance of Mrs. Underwood
and Mrs. McLennan we hope to
develop two successful teams.
To be or not to be, that is the
question.
Lots of people know a good
thing the minute the other fel-
low sees it.
Every year, after the gla-
mour and excitement of the
football season has faded, and
after the exams and their re-
sults have run their usual course,
a new sport creeps into promin-
ence at Wingham District High
School.
Basketball season announces
itself by a continual thumping
noise which drifts out of both
gyms. For the benefit of the
Grade 9's I will try to explain
a little bit about the game it-
self and how it is organized at
our school.
Basketball is a game of re-
flexes and quick thinking, com-
pletely different from the bruis-
ing, punishing sports of football
or wrestling. Each team has
five players, two guards, two
forwards, and one centre. Their
job is to put the ball in the
basket defended by the opposing
team. The defending team
tries to keep the opponents
from scoring and to obtain pos-
session of the ball and score
themselves.
To watch good basketball at
the school, watch the senior
boys' team. Most of theseplay-
ers have hag at least two or
three years' experience, and
have mastered the fundamentals
of the game such as dribbling,
rebounding, passing and shoot-
ing. As the skill of the player
increases he moves on to more
complicated moves, and he
begins to plan each play in ad-
vance and anticipates what will
happen.
Being tall also has its advan-
tages. How many people on
the girls' teams, or on the
junior boys' team have to worry
about a red-headed telephone
pole pushing his paw up through
the basket, knocking the ball
out before it goes through the
hoop?
Girls' basketball is pathetic
to watch.. Their scores sound
more like volleyball games
than basketball. I have never
yet seen a girl get her feet off
of the gound when jumping for
a ball or grabbing a rebound.
The final area of basketball
in the school is House League.
These games are so rough and
full of infractions that they
ruin the game completely.
Perhaps a little more emphasis
on improving the calibre of the
play would induce the students
to play a cleaner, better game.
Basketball is one of the most
popular spectator sports on the
continent and one of the least
understood; so come out and
cheer for the Mustang teams
this winter and find out what
it's all about.
Exams are over!
Well, it was certainly a re-
lief to be finished with exams
but by now most of us have our
results back and you wonder
whether that sigh of relief was
worth it or not. For some, yes;
for others, no. "However," we
say, "I'll try harder next time."
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