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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-11-06, Page 17•' • . gt Grade Nine Night, sp ray announced: that ' had given Up -Smo.. because of the "threat d�of cancer. , she fool; the practice of chewing tooth picks, only to ?5d" t . t .contractedut. fi leo cit t i shy, 9 tenye r fromnow, 'even f amt .can 'pot remember the ' , pOunded into their heads - during ass, surely they will 'reineinber elittle lessons sof ii fe picked up along the way. One such example happened in English 551, When the subject of girls' dowries was being , dis- cussed. The teacher cynically ad-' viseed his students to marry for 41 B M can wli t it can tura Fbu the things 1st vauthat count. cc he ►, �t albt ually only interesting to those who, understand it,/ lias recently, ., Wen. more:. enjoyable for ,the majority, lin one .experiMent',; of which h the putal osshow the ignition of an element in air, the substance was Placed on filter topof It large c yl' . �pal?e� �o� . . .rg , y�d�• , Kna� twin ; that the reaction took a g while the teacher went onwith otter, work. .0 enl the silence e ofthe u» .li quietrocwas broke . "by a loud eruption. A. startled scream was heard from thein"the ofthe vicinity of back h. moat and everyone else jmnPO.. The teacher swung around •in time to see the flaming Paper on DANCE Central Huron Secondary School "Major HoopIe's Boarding House" FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Dancing9 12 ADMISSION $2J5 with Student's Card $3.00 Without • d *0 00 floor in fent ot,1 , IrtOzikeilt% hesitation, to ran to the Pty' , nd .furry' to atam:it out with his feet. tfaving,Having conquered' w charms . he >�i!�1nil . Y t 1: tim wa knew ' of something excellent for clea tches off th{floor. .s p � inm grade ,ei� eonietrteat , the definitions. for the :following Were asked; circle,, circuM, Terence, square, rectangle, and. a seven -sided figure. The following answers appeared: L ircle — a� line + hi h meets its other end without meeting. Circumference - a circumfer- ence runs ircumf er- C=rlc'e.,runs around outside a circle frying to get in., • S uarP — a Circle with corners. Rectangle a sloppy square. A seven -sided figure -- a hooligan. One cheerleader on the way out to the last football game, was touched by the concerned advice of a fellow student. "Dress warmly now, or you'll freeze your pompons." The battle for the merit of most knowledgeable mathematician, between a brilliant bespectacled student .and, a math teacher who frequently haunts room 200, recently took on "new dimensions. After a .long, complicated, gar- bled explanation of a non -exist- ing problem, the student, finally realizing his mistake ' stuttered, `'Forget it. Forget it. I'm wrong." With that historical statement, all papers ceased rustling, all breathing stopped. The teacher's eyes widened and his mouth dropped open. Sudden- ly, he recovered and smiled. And why not? He was now ahead in the game. But alas, this victory The Legend of Big John now showing at our HOUSE .� 1B9 t-1 c. nit�l 1we�; ; t r ► r. .FRIDAY+ / NOVEMBER 14,'8 A:ii1M. 5:30i:1101. 11,10U1V1RE CYCLONE GREEN MACHINE Nodtingrunr� IilaeaDeere" RESERVE FRIDAY NIGHT (NOVEMBER 14) FOR: • Free Snowmobile Maintenance School • Film on Winnipeg to St. Paul Race ('75) • Film on Snowmobile Safety (STARTS Al 8 P.M.) Liquid.cooling takes the heat off high- performance snowmobiling Front -mounted 340 or 440cc reed valve engine,, planted above the skis for superb handling. CD ignition and surface -gap plugs fQr sure-fire starts. Wide 32 -inch ski ststhce, disk brakes, slide -rail suspension, and more. See Liquifire now! Stirs up.a storm with race -inspired, styling Race -inspired styling with 340 or 440cc reed -valve engine, set over the skis for maneuverability. Wide 32 -inch ski _y stance and longer "wheelbase" or stability. CD ignition, surface -gap lugs, and disk brakes. Cyclone... now a \our open house. Family fun, low price John Deere dependability in two family -priced sleds. The 300 has a piston -ported 292cc engine. The 400 has a 339cc reed -valve engine, CD ignition, and surface -gap plugs. Both have bogie wheel suspension. On display at our open house. SPECIAL DRAW "Suit The Family" Total of 3 Deluxe Suits 1 -Man's, 1 -Woman's, 1 -Child's • McGEE AUTO ELECTRIC -- SALES BACKED BY SERVICE — 355 Josephine St. 3574416 first' ame.ev more. „Vialking into' the boys locker proemMonday'mo nin . Cam 1 got the . iii v;: . r before �i life.There,� c a with back turned to him gorgeOPA blond,with f * iega beneath a pleated a f>tgnrp that woull.:put e ^, o,. , a"' ,f toM:,41r..'J Monroe : m...,4 ;� cqoPheillsusuallylt`reasonable.:. man, and takes Women's tibera. 'don �oritsfa e-talte,a out h: ir l in the, boys' locker -r n was just too much, Stalking up behind the: individual, he prepared to, her on a short trip: right the door. On closer OatninatiOn, the curves 'turned _ out te angles. Heaving .a Sigh. of TOO, Mr. Campbeltdiscovered that [he "she" was really a he. Last week was pr grecs report! week and the parents of. the stuw dents gota chance' to sem, how= their child was prokgressing or net progressing. One student, ° sport- �; ing a disappointing report prer pared his mother by stating, . f, failed in every subject except ge* ography." The mother. amazed, asked, "How is it that you passed geog-' raphy?" • Taking a gulp, shoving - his;; hands to the bottom of his pock- ets; and with his eyes never leav- ing the floor, the boy replied, "Because I didn't take geogrl phY " Club News • The Safety Awareness finales. were held on October 30. Those whomade the team are Andy Heim, Glenn McLean, Bob Strauss and Gordon Wray. The Book and Record Swap is ` in progress. There were almost- 200 books at the start of the sale and more are welcome. Aside from this, how many people `no- - ticed that the prisoner in the main display case has two left • hands? Yearbook sales have drawn to a , close. For those of you who hav- en't bought one, you don't know what you have missed. Student Council is taking a'•• 'Lining up, on the teachers' side short rest after passing some--• were such greats as Mr. Brew - $4,367. The t' r.: r, ter; Mr. Taylor, Mr. is . in budgets. . '. w :b - g j���fjyl!�/1� gest budgeters, ' A•.. dwa rds , Mr. Athletics councils, aft mpson; _r e, Mrs. Shaw, smaller clubs who have not yet Mrs. Lobb, Mrs. Hopper and Miss been considered will almost drive Schofield. New faces in the crowd the amount passed in budgets to ."Fere Mr. Mali, Mr. Elliot, Mr. $8,000. So join a club or sport. Lane and Mrs. Radford. This is your money. You might as Twyla Dickson, Maxine Watts, well benefit from it. Bruce Jermyn, Dianne Penning - Gordon T. Wray ton, Ruth Henderson, Ken Teevit, Brian Cooper, Jim Ritter, John Campbell, Nelson Underwood, • Jeff Dumstead, Robin Brent, Mike Heim, Kendra MacDonald, Rick McKay and Rick Fines made up the students' team. Mr. Cambell ably performed the duties of referee. . After captains Bruce Jermyn and Miss Schofield tossed a coin, the game began with the teachers having first serve; which they lost without gaining any points. The students fared the same with their serve. Then Mr. Simpson put the teachers' team on the scoreboard by scoring a point. Slowly the teachers' score grew until they were leading 6-1. Mike Heim, serving for the students, scored three points. The teachers retaliated however, when Mr. Shore raised their score by two. Then the students began to play. q. sP�.NIO8li'WLS BAST ETBA L on October29 a lna ° . i 1 l ed the second -place 'tons league, St. Marys. At` the end of g :...rys the first quarter Madill was trail, ing 14-2. Things started to `Wm* prove and at the enddf the second' quarter St.with a Marys s led y closer lead of 2f.-18.,1! adil, With; less than two, minutes remaining, took the lead .3/-36, However -a -.- foul gave St.' Marys one and .a bonus situation. Sure enough, St, Marys tied the score` 37-37. Thee seconds to go, and a hook shot by Twyla Dickson,, from outside the key, gave the gills the best vie - tory of the season. .t a � serve, Bruce �►erm u uc. `tom r �three in o Obits a row.• :fid scc Mr' Mali, .w saw ,U e's su rb �1 ►hi is over the � i^`vp• net /`tel Iii} knees y■.■reverence. The rest of the :teachers,scam- a. bled to "beep'the-ball in The a rl,s rewas 1040.1* Finally tilo�o � student - lat ..ed their secret card. s ., • y, JimRitter tv point* scored by gave the game, to the students. w Bytsecond'amsa the teach. he game, ! ers had discovered which was the net and :which, was the baM. The game picked up. Alt Ugh at the beginning of the .game the stu- dents led 4-0, the;teachere, Seem- ing to realize their dignity was, at stake, began tot to hit the ball over the net. This tnique prov- ed to be successful and the teach- ers won the game, due to Mr. • Simpson's excellent serving. All the teachers who took part in this game deserve a' lot • of credit. As well as giving us stu- dents a good time, we hope they had fun doing it. Certainly this volleyball game is a • memory many of us will have for a long, long time. JUNIOR GIRLS' BASKETBAIA. The Junior girls finished their regular seasonby playing the undefeated team from St. Marys. The girls played Well and was the only team in Huron -Perth who came close to defeating them. The final score: 39-33. Congratulations : to all team members who helped bring our last place standings of last year into the top five, TEACHER -STUDENT TABLE TENNIS MATCH ' , Last Wednesday, October 29, the excitement was high in Gym 228 as the teacher -student table tennis match got under way. The students excelled to keep up with the teachers' expert playing. However, as the match wore on, the teachers showed their pro- ficiency in this sport and rose to defeat the students 24 games to 4. Congratulations, teachers! VOLLEY AWAY! Last Wednesday night in Ac- tivity Period, two teams as- sembled in gym 254 to engage in an awesome battle. This battle was, of course, the Student - Teacher Volleyball Game. Gossip Rumors are circulating about the girls being on the football teams next year! Anything the `guys' can do, the `girls' can do t; better. Many stories spread quickly through the school on the length of the TB needle. Versions I heard varied from one inch to four inches — one never knows. To many it was a traumatic or- deal just waiting to be called to the Health Room. On Wednesday around 3:30 cer- tain girls were seen walking with shockingly wide eyes. I guess they had never seen their male teachers in gym shorts before — wowee! ! Camera Club . I quickly learned this week that everyone in the Camera• Club is a hard worker. As I walked in the door, Mr. Willis handed me a paper towel and told me to wash and dry some jars. After I finish- ed, Mr. Willis agreed to tell me some facts about the Camera Club. The eight members of this club meet every two weeks on Thursday night in the dark room or the auto shop. The club aims to create an interest in black and white photography among the students. The club has three cameras which each member -may use to take pictures, then process and enlarge themselves. The Camera Club has excellent facilities to teach the basics of photography, however the small darkroom pre- ventspractical demonstrations to the members. A- Y+ `5y. ,;@}may 'y� J,�, 1■ ��pp"FRp�-.41. F «.^l k ,. i, _s J Sin s three members. New members are always welcome but watch out for Mr. Willis and his dishpan when you enter. 0 r • • 4 �4t •. • 0 • i Sbvients n p _diem � Che- s....!',w.iB411•.• w..•I.. :#.•10.•At TeaChers do teachstodetits'40, This week a news report from a conference of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Can- ada read: "High schools are not teaching the three R's —reading, writing and arithmetic as they should be." Such accutations' re- garding. the teaching of English are interspersed with reports that students can't read or write properly any more. It is wrong to apply these allegations to ;F. E. Marlin 'teachers and students. I hope to reassure our sttidents and their parents that. tile stand- ards for acceptable and effective communication remain high. They were never relaxed ithOUgh several levels of attainment were established in the past decade for all courses and subjects. The .cri- teria for a passing grade in d hi level English course for an honor diploma is higher than it ever was. Students who have entered university from this school' > did not require remedial course$ - nor will they in the immediate fu- ture. This statement is based on visible evidence which I would show proudly to any, doubters. The `evidence' consists of eighty research essays written by the Grade Twelve, English 451 class- es this month. These demonstrate as high a standard of organiza- tion, writing skill, original think- ing, scholarly research as I've ever been privileged to assess. Furthermore, itwill be almost rx o� ycal`sf ater': stti to bili Teacher "Interview Miss Linnen • Miss Linner, whose father was in the Air Force, was born in Manitoba but she spent her SOMA years in Quebec, Flin Flon, Manitoba, and Goderich. After high school, Miss Linner participated in a five-year Co -Op leaching course at the University of Waterloo. During this• course. she taught in Ottawa and went to Teachers' College at Althouse. In her first year of teaching, Miss Linner taught Grade 9 and 11 math and also grade 11 computer science. She enjoys sewing, boating, golfing and music and keeps busy as a CGIT leader. However, Miss Linner's favorite sport ,is curling and this year she will be assisting Mr. Hawkns and Mr. Roberts with the curling club. I mean, Why Not? STUDENT -TEACHER table tennis match: On Wednesday the teachers proved to the students that they also have school spirit. Mr. Ritter and Mr. Inwood helped the staff over- come the students in a hard-fought game. and they are evidently of dog so ov rw. More e , t •sets now enrolled in the standard level Engles courses are constantly practising the specialized; a is required for effective boa municationin ouriness wo They do trite `'`' bl letters and 'correct'. tet Porte- Setting standardnE mean that students at However, if they .these, standards at S.S., they fail. ,.. In spite. of tlist „a •cerotae of student; Y i> F grades aof 'schoO; generation ago. Even t ago, 60 Per cents o population leftF befor efve-. This Meant;: onrstudentslire now nlonger are grade 'elite group. Ofcoi. ` .scholarly and w more graduates who s write poorly, However, also out Mort , point ,`. "alone ' skillfully and effectively This week :the final Language Skills.. teaching pi was distributed tc the ' Huron County schools for use in all 'Eng- lish classes from Grades 1 to 13. A glance at this chart for teaching the use of our language could reassure anyone that students are being taught "the basics", of correct language usage. I assure you .tom' t. p v 1 rn R� t+ 1F } Living, taking, giving in Canadianism Perhaps some of us have pushed the importance of the Canadian identity back into our subconscious, although I am sure most of us are quite aware of its vitality and importance to us. We have been successful in re- taining our individuality and the majority of Canadian citizens are proud of the fact. Warren would like to share his opinions on Canadianism with you; maybe it will inspire you to voice your opinion. THE LiVING. TAKING AND GIVING IN CANADIANISM I'M sitting' in my Canadian room, at my Canadian desk with my Canadian pen, amid my Canadian ideas, trying to write a Canadian essay. But, as many before me, I'm having problems. However, nbt with something that has occurred to me as a major factor of those people's essays, namely the Canadian identity. This I consider to be not only uninteresting but also -irrele- vant and unimportant as it stresses something that is basi- cally a problem that bothers the intellectual and not the average, vast majority of Canadians and possibly could be a figment of intellect desire for intense classification. Anyway, that doesn't seem to he the problem. There seems to he a ring about the phrase 'the space, the beauty and the free life of Canada itself' that provokes disbelief somewhere in my sub- conscious. It's not that it is unacceptable, it's just that most people don't believe it, or at least relate to it in my experience. In short, the Canadian dream has an awareness problem. Canadians don't realize their national heri- tage, their present day success nor their optimistic dream for the future unless they have lived out- side that border which is typical if our humility in that it is the longest undefended border in the world. Awake! Realize your fortune, and I can vouch first hand for the f ct that the Canadians do have hi their style of life, true buried treasure, But don't waste your time straining your eyes else- where for an identity that is with- in you. And don't let the mis- guiding problem of diversifica- tion lead you astray. It exists even in the most unified of countries. But, I am beginning to feel with growing consternation that there is yet another reason • for our failing to recognize our merits, congratulate ourselves and most importantly, to consoli- date ourselves; namely our own government. We seem to be in an age of weak, `wishy-washy' govern- ments and ours is certainly no exception. Gone are the days of majority governments and great leaders. We no longer co-operate for the good of the country and we allow petty, party politics to interrupt the course of justice. We no longer seem to have the 'ability to rise to an occasion. The Quebec crisis is a perfect example of the governmental in- ability to take a stand on an issue. Instead we have all but legalized dishonesty and corruption which is ruining our capitalistic society, a phrase which 1 am not afraid to use. Our alternative is com- munism or socialism, call it what you will, they are just a corrup- tion of capitalism. Fortunately, Canada does not show signs of military mindedness (an un- doubted asset) and therefore will not share the disillusionment of Prussia or Sparta: let us hope we retain our 'free life'. But what can we do as in- dividuals, as Canadians, in this ever-changing, agressive world of ours to retain our `security of spirit' ; you may well ask your- self. Canada surely has a greater destiny than our great neighbor. Then let's clarify our position with our politicians, They are, after all, subject to us. Through the writing of letters to them and the publication of our desires, morals and religion let us make known to them just how far they can go. Taking a mile when of- fered an inch is a game that the political will have to do without. And in our education system let's teach our children to stand up for themselves, give them morals and self -dignity and that's half the battle done. The ancient state of Athens grew to be what it was due to the educational investment and only collapsed because of the mis-use of democracy, not to external forces. So we can with- stand all foreign elements if we instill in the next generation some concept greater than materialism. It'll take a lot of work and something that is the Christmas spirit of everyday living : we have to give in order to receive. —Warren Ball, i3A