HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-02-24, Page 10Page 2—The Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, February 24, 1972
Editor:
Nancy Guest
Co -Editor:
John Deneau
Boys' Basketball
Wingham vs St. Marys: Mid-
get, 57-35 for Madill; Junior, 50-45
for Madill ; Senior, 50-37 for
Madill.
Girls' Volleyball
The Junior and Senior teams
played Seaforth and Northwest-
ern, in, a tournament but neither
Madill teams was able to secure a
win.
Special Announcement
After defeating Listowel 43-30,
the Midget boys basketball team
was declared the Huron -Perth
Champions since they had won all
of their games.
Congratulations team!
Cross Country Skiing
Last week we were visited by
Ernie McCullough, one of North
America's top skiers. He demon-
strated the proper stance and
form for cross country skiing,. as
shown in last week's paper. Many
students who had never been on
skis before tried this sport, which
is becoming more popular every
year. Mr. McCullough's visit was
arranged by Mr. Dan Webster, a
teacher at F.E.M.S.S.
A defect prefect
Dave Balser was chosen to be a
Prefect last yet, but, after giving
it a fair trialTohe' decided it wasn't •
for him and "turned in his
badge". I confronted him with
the question, "Why?" and he sup-
plied me . with some valid rea-
sons. •
The Prefect system., in Dave's
estimation, serves very little pur-
pose in our school. By labelling a
few students as "Prefects" re-
sponsibility seemed to be taken
away from. others. Everyone
should feel obligated to take care
of our Student j`,ounge, for ex-
ample, or to stop disturbances in
the halls—especially seniors.
As a Prefect, he was expected
to enforce' rules that he . didn't
agree with, (eg.: students aren't
allowed in 'the galleri'es''of • the
gym during the lunch hours even
while sports are going:,on below) .
Because a few careless students
dropped candy wrappers (smug-
gled from the cafeteria) on the
floors, the sale of dandies in the
cafeteria was almost ended.
(Prefects are supposed to keep
all foa'd in the eating area.)
Well students—pro or anti pre-
fect -you don't need a badge to
be responsible!
—Sandra Tiffin
A day i■ the
life of a prefect
There's that kid again,-muunch-
ing on his Nibs. Shall I nailrhim?
No, as long as he isn't throwing
them around, he's not hurting
anything. I guess this is the
second time this year I've been
on duty in the lounge. Look at
those chairs! And that fat kid
over there leaning back on his.
No wonder they get broken here.
Yet everybody leans back on
chairs. What's the use of saying
anything? After all, he's not
doing it on purpose. "Hey! don't
throw those bottle caps! Put
them in the garbage!" Dumb
kid! Look 'at the silly grin on his
face. I'm sure he did that, just to
bug me. Now, how much time's
left? Twenty minutes! It feels
like I've been in here for an hour.
Whoops! How did I get this
prefect buttop on upside down? I
wondered why those girls were
giggling at me. this morning.
Vuch' Duii t get excited kid, I
just put this pin through my
thumb." I'm bleeding! I wish I
had a kleenex. Oh. well, no one
will see it on this side of the drape
anyw.ays. What's the time now?
Hmm, just a couple of minutes to
go. "Okay, who spilled the pop on
the table? Well, wipe it up!" Slob.
I guess I can go now. Who in the
world ' stuck this gum here? I'd
like to wring his neck. Oh, I guess
it's mine. Boy, if that ,kid is back
here tomorrow, I'm not going to
let him get away with anything.
0, —John Deneau
"DANCE DOJ1NGS"
Last Friday night, F. E. Madill
S.S. was the scene of a dance
featuring "Spott Farm". About
275 people braved the weather for
the occasion. Although there- was
a loss,of approximately $35 the
dance was a Success in other
ways. Those who attended
seemed to be having a great time
and obviously appreciated the
music.
Thanks to the teachers who
chaperoned and to the students
who supported this student's
council activity!
--Sandra Tiffin
DRAMA ('LU'B
The Drama Club got back into
the swing of things this week un-
der the new and capable leader-
ship of Miss Murphy and Miss
Hayes. At our second planning
meeting of the drama executive it
was decided to attempt "Inherit
the Wind", our first full-length
serio...s dramatic odu .tion
This play deals with the trial of
a teacher in the early twentieth
century, who had the courage to
teach modern evolutionary prin-
ciples
rin-
ciples in his, classroom. The re-
action of the religious fanatics in
the town, and the tense court-
room scenes make for an exciting
and intriguing effect which we
hope the drama club can recreate
for its audiences. We're planning
on another drama club success
story, but we need your help to
make it happen.
—Blake Ferguson
Activities Com'misioih
The "Activities Commission"
was recently established to deal
with the problem of dwindling
attendance and interest in school
activities. It consists of five staff
members and several students
but the meetings, held each Tues-
day and Thursday during the
..activity period, are open to any-
one interested.
At their suggestion, Monday
morning assemblies' will be
• spiced up by skits of demonstra-
tion, educational ane -or enter-
taining, sponsored by a different
activity every week. This should
add a little life to the usual drab
assembly. It is hoped that 'Lit
Meetings" can be revived on a
more regular basis and perhaps
debates on current issues re-
velent to students could be
started.
It Was suggested . that grade
eight students be . required to
specify what activities they in-
tend to join when filling out. their
high school application. In this
way, participation might be
viewed as a natdral and expected
thing.
A survey ,of all high school stu-
dents will be taken to gain some
insight in to the reason for lack of
participation., We will find out
such information as how many
students have part-time jobs
after school or need transporta-
tion home from late activities,
get. suggestions for new clubs,
and see if those active in the com-
munity are also active at school
and vice versa. This should pro-
vide a guideline for action to re-
medy the problem. V
Extra -curricular activities can
and should play an important role
in our school. life. You can help to
'save, the activities from. a tragic
death!
-Sandra Tiffin
Peanuts
(WELCOME YOUR HEART
FUND VOLUNTEER ON .
HEART SUNDAY
SEE NO EVIL, hear no evil, speak no evil. Here we have a fine example of prefects on
duty. These students are to 'be commended for their law-enforcementefforts, without
whichthe school would be drastically different. —School Photo.
Another exclusive interview with prefects
Well folks, here's another "Ex-
clusive Interview" coming right
at you! This one's all about our
great student police force, The
Prefects!
These young, ambitious, law -
enforcing students carefully pa-
trol our school halls keeping the
peace and making sure that the
ordinary •kid stays in line.
I asked several of these pre-
fects what they thought of pollu-
tion in the school -like paper and
garbage and cigarette butts, etc.
Blake Ferguspn replied, "Well,
I'm not going to pick that up. I'm
•
nojanitor, you know!"
John Schipper stated, "Anyone
who pollutes our fair corridors
should be treated like garbage."
Larry Robinson said, "If they
wouldn't let those kids out into
the halls, they wouldn't .get so
messed up all the time:"
Pearl Whitehead commented,
"I think it should stay there; it
has a certain atmosphere about
it. Kinda .fits right in."
You can tell these young people
have been well disciplined on
rules and regulations and quite
adequately fit this type of tough
•
PROMINENT PREFECT Janet Whitehead reprimands two
unruly students for their criminal activities.
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DRAMA CLUB was never like this! Miss Hayes, Ellen O'Donnell, Ron Sillick and. Miss
Murphy plan the club's spring activities at an executive meeting. —School Photo.
BASKETBALL FANS watch the Midget team in action. The boys' team was undefeated
this year. —School Photo.
By Mary Henderson
. Henders n
and Kathy Hogan
In order' to maintain (or. more
likely, to creat ) are
ut ti
on for
impartiality ,and, unswerving de-
votion to presenting all sides of a
question, the school page staff
decided it would only be fair to
present the administration's
"policy regarding the prefect
system-. Thus we interviewed
Mr. Ritter, our vice principal.
Mr. Ritter first' explained that
new prefects are chosen by pre-
vious prefects from Grades 12
and 13. A list of the candidates is
then presented to a committee of
teachers to be checked over, but
no additions are made.
Mrt Ritter feels that the' pre-
fectsare the "elite of the school"
by virtuey.of their position rather
than their personality. He likes to
think of prefects as deterrants to
potential' "anti -social behavior"
rather than as "glorified tattle-
tales". He also thinks that being a
prefect can be good training in
people management and that
many situations can 'be handled
better by prefects than by tea-
chers and that it is better if stu-
dents do not feel there is a tea-
cher breathing down their necks
,all the time. In addition, the pre-
fect system frees a lot of teachers
from performing "trivial" tasks
that they regard as an .insult to
their professional status.
As to why F. E. Madill is one of
the few schools that has a prefect
system, Mr. Ritter replied that in
-such a composite and large
school as ours. something is
needed above and beyond the
regular staff.
To the accusation that the pre-
fects are doing "the dirty work"
of the administration, Mr. Ritter
explained that the' prefects are
really only the representatives
and officers of school regulations
and the final disciplinary mea-
sures are carried out by the ad-
ministration. Y`
In. case, ' by • the opinions ex-
pressed on the rest of this page,
that n
You are
ofu
any
Mis-
taken impression that the pre-
fects are on their way out, and
you will be able soon to go on a
rampage of sneaking food out of
the
cafeteria, stacking lockers,
sliding down, railings, necking
down by Room 11, having snow-
ball fights, "Smarties" fights,
water fights and in general,
having fun, you can forget
it: Mr.
Ritter says the prefect system is
here to stay:
Mr. Ritter
work.
I asked a few others why they
thought they deserved this posi-
tion.
Ken Gowing answered proudly,
"It's quite obvious why I'm one of
the perfects ... er ... ah... pre-
' fects."
Kathy Hogon stated matter-of-
factly, "It's not that- we deserve
the position; it's just natural for
some people to be elite!"
Ken Aitchison: CENSORED.
Ron Sillick confided, "I'm. not
really a Prefect: I just wear this
badge. so I don't forget my
name."
I've often thought it would be a
pretty rough job to be a prefect
and student at the same time, so I.
asked some how they handled it.
Jim Scott said, "It's kinda hard.
sometimes with the gang wars
between classes and ev.ery.thing.
You don't know wether, to break
it up or join in." .
Sandra Tiffin: I' like, being a
student and having a ball; but I
also like being a prefect and bug-,
ging people. There was only one
time when the two roles conflict-
ed and that was when I was down
in the deep, dark corners ot;, the
school, patrolling of course, and
was accosted. I ' didn't know
whether to take him to the office
or take him home. _
These • answers were just a
small sampling that I got from
the prefects from all the ques-
tions put to them (actually, they
were the only sane answers) so in
conclusion, we can conclude that
most prefects are just as honkers
as the rest of us.
—Bill Snow
Interviewer—
Shirley Gray 12F
Question: What do you think of
the prefect system- and how
would you improve it? -
Candice Foxtott 1211: "I think
they could do a better job, be-
cause I go into the lounge and see.
them fooling around` With the kids
in there, and they don't stop the
damage."
Mr. Dubelaar: "They should
have much more power: They
should be somewhere between
teachers and students. If they
had enough influence in both
directions, that is, if teachers and
students would listen to their
suggestions, complaints, ex-
planations, etc., school life would
be one heck of a lot better."
Rick Cranston 96: "Some of
them are okay. I don't really
know them that good. I like the
people themselves but not the
fact that they're prefects."
Barbara Moore IOD: "Well
they're doing a pretty good job.'I
wouldn't want to be one.
Miss Hayes: "They do a pretty
good job. They, would probably do
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a better job if the kids would
appreciate what they're doing in-
stead of giving them static."
Bill Hilbert I2D: "They're sat-
isfaactory:"
' Joyce Dobson 12E: "I don't
think they do anything."
Carl Stanley IIC: "I'd give
them more authority. Some of
them should 'be more open-
minded. They should be more
strict in the cafeteria::"
Eric MacKenzie IID: "Far
gone."
Mrs. Reid: "I think they're
doing a good job. They could use
more co-operation from the rest IN
of the student body."
Marilyn Prior IOD: "What are
they supposed to be doing any-
way?"„
Donnie Simpson 12B: "They
don't help any. I wouldn't send
anybody to the office because I
don't like the rules." (He's a pre-
fect)
Haddon MacArther IIE: "I
think' they're all right. I don't
•
kno'W •how to improve it."
Mrs. Campbell; "I think it en-
courages anybody who's a pre-
fect to take that responsibility."
Ian Finlayson IOC: "I think
they do a good job. They should
look after the cafeteria better."
A canoe is like a small boy;
both behave better when paddled
from the rear.
CONESTOGA COLLEGE
Huron Centre
Announces
The. Following. Courses
Post Secondary
Secretarial, 1st yr, starting September, 1972
Manageme,nt
. Development
Effective: Supervision, 10 'weeks, $30.00
•Human Relations, 10 weeks, 30.00
Farm Cost Accounting, 10 weeks. 30.00
'All starting as soon as sufficient applications
are received. -
Personal Development Plan
Academic Upgrading, Grades 7-12. raft -
time starting, March 13, 1972
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