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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-09-14, Page 21• ,14 00) centra► uron. chronic -ichard brown, editor secondary school news Editorial: The lounge, open for all?. Editorial got carried away. The by Richard Brown p.a. as well as other things were damaged. The student body The same year, '73-74, arrived back to the tune that 'it had started, the that grade 11's were now principal foreclosed on its allowed in the lounge. mortgage. The following The 12's and 13's did not year the 13s let about 3 or like the idea. I asked 4 12s in their lounge. students and teachers These were half in 13. The (they're part of the school practice was dropped and were once students), though, and that is the what they thought. I also way it has remained... dug into the idea of the This brings us to the lounge and its history ... present. Mr. Phillips has In the '60s the 13's now let lis in and says grouped together in the ideally 9s and lOs should library because there be there. He says it is a wasn't room in the school student lounge, not a for •a lounge. It was in the clubhouse/or the sole use area to which they go now. of one group. As for a 13s when they're in the or 12s deserving one, no library. student deserves Around 1970, (nobody's privileges no matter how exactly sure), Mr. many years he or she has Homuth found room for been here. Under the them. Room 305, today's education act they are math office, became the students and nothing grade 13 lounge. It was more. Now the privilege for grade 13's. and no one of eating in the lounge has else. been revoked because of When the credit system the larger number of came into effect, 12's had students using it. All have spare time. They wanted to eat in the cafeteria. in so 305 became the There was a certain grade 12 lounge and the mystique, or aura about 13s moved to 201, where the lounge. "That's the lounge is now. where all the 'Grads' Unfortunately, the 12s hang out." It was something to look for- ward to when you finally got up the ladder. Now that `mystique ; has been stripped. You can't say anymore, "Hey, want to go to The Lounge?" All you can say is "Wanna go to the lounge?" Big Deal! There is nothing to it now. It is the same as the cafeteria. The idea of the lounge was that it was not like the cafeteria. You wait for your day in the lounge. It has a certain privacy. That's the past now. As far as the lounge being a clubhouse, it never was. The 13s got together there, studied, let off steam and got to know each other better. It was a responsibility to take care of it. One cannot create respon- sibility, one has to culture it. The lounge was preparation for University. In Univer- sity, no one cares about this, or that, or what you do. The lounge taught you responsibility, In the lounge one could get into some good serious talks. Two 13s getting into a good Welcome to CHSS, teach By Nancy Hearn & Paul Newland This year we welcome many teachers to C.H.S.S. It is our pleasure to introduce, in song, our new music teacher, Mr. Blackwell: (sing to the tune of 'Oh Suzannah!) Mister Blackwell came to school this year To make our days Day One But as our Music students know He is a lot of fun! For those of you who haven't had the op- portunity to get to know Mr. Blackwell, we supply this background in- formation we gathered only class of Music, Mr. during a personal in- Blackwell is the music terview on Friday teacher at Holmesville morning. Public School and is the The beginning of Mr. organist and choir leader Blackwell's musical at North Street United career was at the age of Church in Goderich. eight, when he started when asked haw he piano lessons. He at- spends the rest of his tended elementary and _ time, Mr. Blackwell secondary schools in replied that he enjoys London. In grade 13 he cycling, fishing and once considered going canoeing. "This past into dentistry but summer my wife and I decided to carry on in went camping up to music. At Western Algonquin Park." University he majored in Mr. Blackwell has piano but did, his . , un- . already begun to dergraduate work; in - -organize a school concert organ. band and hopes to get a Besides teaching our choir started within the • • next few weeks. Big Brother is still watching Hello. Well, things are munchkins watching you pretty quite in our hollow and doubled their halls since some of my respective salaries. Don't favorites graduated. But, do anything you shouldn't since they've gone on to unless you want everyone greater heights, I'veelse to know about it, more time to watch the because, NOW more than rest of you! ever, Big Brother is Speaking of students watching you!! lost and gained, we have birdie told me that they have not yet been' received by those who signed the sheets in the hall last year. What happened to them? By the way, just a word of warning -- I've tripled the number of little a fresh crop of kooks in the grub gallery. For those who weren't there the first day, there was a group of grubs near the centre of the gym, who, when Mr. P. mentioned that . all grade 9s were supposed to be in the cafeteria, made a hasty retreat amidst sneers and guffaws from senior students and former grubs. Guess they learned an embarrassing lesson, eh? Things were fairly quiet this past week, but J.A. livened things up by doing a little dance and singing a song . outside Mr. S's room. J.A., also, during English 550, suddenly shouted "Wunderbar" to'ease the tension of the last few minutes of the last class on Friday. atever nappenea to the ribe T-shirts? A little Ted Jahns' THE SCIIOOL SCA NP4 Rciurns I. Vit, Mr.rnori-31 Hili Sept. 26-30 8 p.m. Matinee 2 p.m. Sept. 28 r V�' fly/ 'TICKETS AVAILABLE AT MARY'S SEWING CENTRE Boys volleyball on On Thursday of last strategic aspects of the week 13 promising Redmen's gameplan. The athletes turned out for the gruelling physical first practice of the senior practices commenced on Monday afternoon . for both senior and junior teams. Mr. Jankowski is coaching , the junior volleyball team for the first time this year and he has 19 eager players signed up before Mon- day's practice. The juniors also hope to win in this conference. Best of luck teams. boys volleyball team. This year's coach, Mr. Allen (who can remember only once not making it to the Huron Perth finals in the last 12 years) has convinced the team that they should be able to win Huron Perth this year with relatively little trouble. Thursday's practice was used to work out the Weekend Entertainment Friday 8 Saturday Sept. 15 & 16 GREENSLEE VES TREAT YOURSELF AND YOUR FRIENDS... FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE OUR HOT BUFFET IS SERVED THURS. & FRI. 12 NOON - 2 P.M. Como as you aro We Welcome Luncheon meetings in bur Diningroom or private Banquet Room BUSINESSMEN'S LUNCHEON SPECIALS EVERY DAY Visit tile Keg Room •Colour TV . *Relaxing Atmosphere We aro open 11:30 a.rn.'til 1a.m. Mon. thru Sat.. Sun. 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Dine every Sunday In the relaxing atmosphere of the Candlelight � Dining Room, enhanced by our Plano C, background music. Candlelight L.) Restaurant 8, Tavern Mooned undir $AYPIELD lin., G4 DE*ICH 5244711 conversation don't want the whole cafeteria listening. They disturb others in the library, and the halls aren't exactly made for it. Where can you do it? Ah, but what about all those I asked. The vast majority of them believe the lounge should be for 12s, and 13s. A good number believe it should be for 13s only. Very, very few believe it should be open to all. I asked about equal numbers of lls , 12s and 13s. Sur- prisingly, about 99 per- cent of the grade elevens asked, said they thought it should be for 12s and 13s or 13s only. This was the same for all the grades. The teachers thoughts seemed to reflect the students' thoughts. Look at the situation as it stands now. The 1 l don't want to be there. The 12s and 13s don't want them there. Even the 9s and lOs want to wait. As one person put it, "It should be for 12s and 13s, I • know when I get. there, I don't want 11 s." My point is this, if the students, want it the way it was, put it back the way it was! If 'the lounge is worth having, it should be for grads. CLINTONNEWS.RECORD. Tim JR SEPTE Thanks to the custodians for their by Kathy Phillips The Chronicle staff would like to extend our thanks to the custodians of CHSS. We greatly appreciate the time they to;ak to get us equipment whil0 decorating our office and that they put up with us when we didn't return ,the equipment immediately. Dear Editor: Lounge for all The Editor, Central Huron Chronicle Under normal cir- cumstances I would -not. air the reasons for ad- ministrative decisions of this school in the columns of the local newsprint medium. Because you have sought out the concerns and views of individuals, however, and because, a -goodly number of . students are legitimately concerned about the student lounge, this one time and this one time only I shall publicly share with you and your readers my reasons for an administrative decision. The student lounge was instituted by my predecessor when I was a vice-principal in this school. At the time, it seemed to suit the cir- cumstances that saw virtually no one other than a Year 5 (Grade 13) student with spare periods. My recollection, however, is that the in- tent was to create a "student lounge" in a room large enough to accommodate only those on a spare from Year 5 (Grade 13) . So far as I am aware, there was no intent that this cir- cumstanceshould remain unaltered_lor all time, i Be that.,as it !may, though, that was then and this is now Since 1971 we have -experienced two -major changes in this school that should have affected the student lounge. Firstly, it. was possible to free a classroom for a lounge and secondly the in- troduction of the in- dividual student selection school organization made it possible to have a Year 3, 4 or 5 student with a spare. Restricting the lounge to Year 5 students, therefore, did not seem to keep pace with this organizational change. Having 'this in mind I introduced last year the inclusion of Year 4 students in the lounge and this year I included the last group on spares, the Year 3 students, in the the elm haven's _.....-..." .....'' f - ---7.--'.-7-;;NA 7/1 twtri s� come in...see and experience the difference, spectacular lighting... super sound... groat new atmosphere... all for your, dancing and Ilstening:.pleasure. FREE! • DISCO DANCE LESSONS with Rene, our disc jockey, MONDAY AND TUESDAY,NIGHTS' 7-8 P.M. te , lounge. When these decisions were made I realized that they would be perceived as encroaching on the special privilege of the minority Year 5 group. Let me be very blunt. In my experience over 27 years and in 6 secondary schools other than Central Huron, not one granted 'special status to Year 5 'students. On the contrary, my major experience with a student lounge was with one that was open to ALL students in Years 1 through 5, and it functioned har- moniously. I believe, strongly in a student lounge. I believe in a spot free of teacher supervision where students can talk, listen to music or just recharge their batteries. In other words, I believe in a private place where you can just be you. So strongly do I believe in a student lounge as a place where a student can go on a spare, that I have, refused requests to eliminate the lounge and use it as a needed in- structional area. Believe me, I am convinced that a student lounge is a necessity. I would hope that thoughtful students would agree with this position. With acceptance I see the possibility .of Student Council support 'for proper furniture. I see, really,Via* studen . asis °where r a C titin ,in a harried student life renews , one for the next class. Are you really, as a student body, unable to share this vision? I am convinced that. the vast majority of students are or I would never have made the decision I did make. • G.O. Phillips, Principal. KEEP THIS Your Tri Chem In-. structor is Dorothy Benzo, 161 Huron St. Clinton. PHONE 482-7027 Chicken Out with our.... TUESDA DINNER SPEC 1AL -Regular s2.35 Dinner- TUESDAYONLY Their patience and willingness to help allowed us to decorate our office without going into debt (paying for equipment would have broken our bank ac- count), was sure ap- preciated. While we're at it, we would like to thank the, custodians for keeping our school in mint con- dition. 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