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Dear Editor:
.The obvious answer to
dance supervision is to
have teachers perforin
the duty. After all, they
are experienced
supervisors and can
handle any problems that
arise in a competent and
efficient fashion. Such, at
least,' is the theory
proposed in last week's
"Chronicle."
In part I must agree.
Teachers are probably
the persons best equipped
to do the job. However,
that does not mean that
they should do the job.
At one time, teachers
enjoyed supervising
dances. Except for very
occasional cases of
drunkenness, there were
few problems. The music
was enjoyable (and not
loud) , the atmosphere
was friendly; and the
only people at the dances
were the students of the
school. Dances usually
started at 8 p.m, and
ended at 12. 'Sometimes .
there was a "live" band,
but often there were only
records. In some cases,
the band was the. school's
own stage band. The
purpose of those dances
was to giye students a
social evening.
What is the purpose of a
dance today? Is it a social
evening or . a financial'
venture?
For a social evening, it
should not be necessary
to spend thousands• of
dollars -on a "big name"
band that arrives with
tons of equipment and
fills our gym with so
much noise that a person
cannot socialize anyway.
For a social evening it is
not necessary to have a
dance "open". For a
social evening it is not
necessary to have a big
promotion to get
everyone to attend. For a
social evening,, I am sure
thatteachers would be
more than willing to
supervise. But is that
what our dances are?
When you ask a teacher
to supervise a dance
here, (at CRSS) you are
asking that person to give
up an evening with is
family or friends to police
a couple of hundred
people, some of whom are
drunk or under thein-
fluence of drugs and,over
wh.orn, he has little
authority. What is Tore,
'the teacher is requested
to do this whilelistening
to a band playing so
loudly that normal
conversation is im-
possible.
Put in those terms, it
seems impossible that
anyone would even
consider supervising a
dance. And yet, some
teachers have done so
repeatedly. • To
REQUIRE teachers to
perform this duty, under
present circumstances
would be almost
criminal.
Perhaps then, the
answer is to change the
circumstances. Students
Council seems to feel it
necessary to have big
name bands and open
dances to have a financial
success. But what if only
records were used? What
if only' students from
CRSS were admitted?
This week
A Remembrance Day
Assembly will be held
Friday Nov.* 9 in the
morning. Mr. Phillips
will introduce students
who will then read their
own compositions about
Remembrance Day.
The last post will be
played and Rev. Pick of
the Ontario St. United
Church will give the
invocation. .Poppies will
be sold at school that day. .
Basketball
On Monday night, in a
showdown between the
junior girls basketball
team and the midget boys
basketball`.team„Alm ;'jr.
girls came through again
with a victory •of 48-41
over the boys.
This game just. goes to
show that, once again,
Redwomen are more
powerful than Redmen.
C'est la vie, boys! by
Denise Corbett.
What if the. same rules
applied , during the day
regardind Tstudent con-
flict were applied at
night? Would this mean
that' no one would come?
If so, then students 'are
looking for something
other . than a social
evening, and -that. should
not be blamed 'on the
teachers.
It's obvious that many
teachers do not want to
supervise dances. It has
been said that parents do
not want to supervise
dances. It has also been
said that policemen are .
not interested in the job.
Perhaps, rather than
trying to badger or
coerce one group into
doing the job, in spite of
objections, you should
ask WHY no one wants to
do it. If the negative
aspects of the evening
were reduced or
elimi>riated, I'm sure that
supervision would no
longer be a problem.
R. Parr
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There's a difference
between good, sound
reasons and reasons that.
sound good.
By Karen Durnin
Is a poppy just a piece
of synthetic material that
I wear on a special day
.because ever.yone ne else
ev.r.Yo
does? Why do t wear that
red flower ,on my lapel?
Do I even know what my
poppy stands for? Is it
just a decoration to me? •
I believe that most
people today have no idea
what that red flower
means: Most people,
especially the young,
Chronicle quiz
Question: I) If a DC-10
crashes over the U.S.-
Canada border, where do
they bury the survivors?
2) If you take several
pennies and place them in
a box 5cm,by 9.2cmby16
cm, and packed as many
as you can into the box,
then how many nickels
are there total?
Answers? Watch this
space next week.
Answers to last week:
The next highest
palindromic number is
27072. From the initial
26962, the driver travelled
110 km in that hour. The
officer stopped him for
speeding along Highway
8, of course. Incidentally,
he is now wearing a
palindromic number to
go with his prison suit.
(Answer to
housekeeper quiz next
week)
Why
have very Vague ideas
about Remembrance
Day. Qh yes, they know►
that this day is .to thank
al.the 1 soldiers .Biers that
fought'in the World Wars.
But is that awareness'
enough? Do they know
what fields that flower
covers? Thai poppy isn't
just a retninder Witten us
Remembrance Day is
approaching. It is a
symbol with an infinite
numberr of stories untold.
That poppy may be a
mother's reminder of a
son she let go and lost, or
a wife who -finally ac-
cepted that her husband
was never going to return
again. TQ the veteran,
does it bring back ex-
plosions and pain or does
it form a picture of death
enveloping a close
friend? To so many
people, the poppy holds a
story of its own, whether
it brings relief that a'
horrid space in time has
passed or pain of
someone taken, never to
be returned.
Because a poppy may
mean one thing to you
and another to someone
else, I find it difficult to
write down one specific
reason why I wear ' a
poppy. The meaning of
my poppy evokes many
pictures. When I think of
the red flower, a scene of
Flanders Fields appears
in my mind. There seem
to be unending rows of
witite crosses with names
unreadable. I feel
illiterate as do so many
other young people. But I
understand eratand that even
though I didn't; know the
'warriors, they knew Me.
,For to them was the
future they fought for so
dearly. Because. I am
alive and free today,
those men didn't' die in
vain. Each one succeeded
in his own way. They died
so that we could live.
As the picture of
Flanders Fields recedes
in my mind, another less
familiar sight appears.
This graveyard isn't
glorified with neat white
crosses and its name isn't
recognized around the
world. Here is the place
where the innocent lie.
They weren't soldiers but
just common people as I
am. Their lives were
sacrificed because of
their government's
greed
When .we pin that poppy
an, . do we think of in-
• nocent, `nen, women and
children lying in a
gratveya'rd or , worse,
tortured to death and
then buried in masses?
No, we,don't. Our minds
are fixed on the soldiers
who fought. I
acknowledge their one -
ha If of the story but there
is another side just as
important, too often
forgotten. I feel that the
other victims are more
unfortunate than the
soldiers. For shat Pur-
pose did` they. die?
Because they were
t
caught "
o the middle,
'
t dle
The next time I pick up
My poppy to pin on,. .my
lapel, I'll stop and look at
it, What does it mean to
me? I:t may be, just a
pie Q.f red material but
that doesn't'hide its true
identities: 1
es
sol
die
S ho
fought and died ..for me,
civilians who i died
•without cause, and my
-freedom.
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We need all 1976 Issues,
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We buy all types of Military items
(swords, daggers, medals, etc,). and awards
PAPER MONEY
We wil buy Canadian paper money 1935 and
prior. And paper money from all Canadian banks.
We also buy U.S. and foreign paps
government and bank issues.
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2. Foreign Coins
3. World Gold Coins
4. Collector's U.S. Paper
Money
5. Collector's Canadian
Money
6. Newfoundland Silver
and Gold Coins
7. All U.S. Coins
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1967
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We buy all coins, sets and
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Franklin and other mints. We
pay IMMEDIATE CASH.
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the duration of this event.
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9:00 a.m. 9:00 p.m. Friday
Closed on Sunday so we can all attend church
These hours in effect from
November 5 to December 24, 1979
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anything, including sh..., er "waste" products at the local sewage treatment
plant. Here PUC employees Bruce Schoenhals and Steve Gibbings take a break
Monday after cleaning up the plant's digester, along with other workers.
(News -Record photo)
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Being bored and being
contented are often two
view points of the same
thing.
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known as a good listener,
and we'll show you a
person who's phony about
other things too.
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