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minm By Bill Smiley
There's been quite a fracas.
reeently in one Canadian town
iter its ,school volley - toward
It'ePeaterS. -Bone of •eontentioff
' is the suspension from Ligh
,-school of seven ;pupils. Lach
warg his $ear ,„„ pach
waS over.16; and all were given
.111e gate' "for habitual :neglect
•ofotity."
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This r'patticular "Incident oc-
curred in Wiartari, Onh; and
_as a follner,„„estiter_oLthe best
flttle old weekly newspaper in
Whitton . and a present school
teacher, 1 followed the clakh
with more than Usual interest.
° i"began with a red herring,,
when the -mother of one of the
suspended pupil's charged the
principal with discrimination
because the girl in question was .
poppycock, but held my peace.
- an Indian. I knew this was p
atrick's Day.
if the kids don't aehieve a
passing mark? Or would any,.
such drastic ,action leave a ,
stigma upon them which 'they
would never overcome?
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Lots of questions. Who has
the answers? 1. -ft's have a.
forum on it, Many intelligent,
thoughtful people read this
column, What do you think?
Is suspension 9f non -workers
In high school a,' positive or
negative approach? What al-
ternatives- are -there?-° -Let's
hear your opinions. Send them
along to the editor of your
local paper, and we'll' thrash
this thing around until we get
everybody' hopping mad.
Plans ForSt..
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Sure enough, the charge was The members of St. Peter"s".
vigorously countered in the next C.W.L. held their February
issue, not by the principal, but meeting with the president,
by bus students. They claimed
that Indian students, took part Helen McCarthy, in the chair.
iri all school activities and were A discussion was held regard -
treated with equality ' and re- ing the at. Patrick's supper
spect in the classrooms. The -
tetter also pointed out that
there were five non -Indian
pupils suspended.
which- is to be held at the
District Collegiate Institute Caf-
eteria. The conveners for the
supper are: Mrs. Con Baechler,
Mrs. Bert Baechler and Mrs.
-rt ,..,„,,,,t7-4!,.trealgta-gi..Agimant.;4ttct,,,,*;,, .4 Clyde Everett. .
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eht-ipter,...43334.„versw....undwv-fit6h.
the youngsters were shown the
door. A former clergyman in
• the parish, now teadhing in a
U.S.-college, Wrote -a hot de-
fense,„„of the pringinars,„.„4
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By Constance PeOce,
Elveltointed., star shone
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brightly:, at Maeltit 00, tor
three evenings' last week when
thO QOCICrich Little:Theatre CO11.
vinced a doubting audience that
a good drama, Well dane;., be-
longs on our theatre billboard,
The most important point on
our star was a remarkable pla4r,
"The Gla$s .111enagerig” bY -Ten,
rtessee WiUians and the glow
of the. other four is shared iby
the cast of actors who portraYed
the three members of the Wing:
lield ,family- and- their long
sought for "Gentlexilan Caller."
Pc each of these four Per-
sons we owe an extra round of
applause since they gave their
wtrpaS a most satiSfyiag''
formance of this . play, calling,
for -astute, interpretation 'ad
clever " delivery. Mr. Williams
Muaienc
is noted for lines, moods and
situations of the ,deepest omo,
tions, ". To And competent
group in our local theatre to
portray these is not only en-
lightening but if', is also, coin-
inengable that the direetbr,
iViariorle lviae.0e, east • her play
with persons so well suited ° for
their given roles. " •
This Play was C4QSell as
GLT's entry- in the Western On-
tario Drama Festival. At the
Thursday • evening .PerfOrtnanee
Miss Beth Lockerbie, of Tor;
onto, was in the audience as pre-
linfiriry adjudicator.
Fobow-
ing the performance, she gave
a closed crititme to the cast
and other club members. Later,
they enjoyed a social hour con-
vened by Mrs. D. E. Campbell,
social director of Goderich Little
Theatre- -adjudication,
Miss Lockerbie •was warm in
# her praise, but, net overly gen.,
Crotis in individual
She perhaps. feels it unwise at
preliminary adindicatien. to
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Single out a performance -or to
raise faise hopes °thata club
h_as made entry -to the district
>finals. This decision is never
announced until the sixteen
plays have been vlewed,
We Prefer to feel Mss
Lock-
erbfe, was concerned.. more in
,her • direct cpnunentS Of the
'closely knit family teamwork so
evident, . by .this cast, and • so
important to this play of great
tenderness, 'beauty. and frostra-
tion,,,, She .recognize4 each attar
in 'order of Appearance, Yet the
depth of her remarks were .not
too Peraonali;ed.,
First, we met the min,' TOM'',
abley taken .by Don Stoyle...He
was "the storyteller" •and his
narrations were :loath pleasant
viewto „„ arid 'moving:Ice „hear. s
actions, on atage as the' restfeas,
dreaming poet gave a very goodi
overall mpression, handling
the 'distrtiction of a Continually
nagging mother and the love tof
his bewildered sister in apt
balance. . , •
Amanda 'Wingfield, the dom-
ineering mother, a faded reinn-
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ant of. southerh, 00PularitY1 at
tunes efferVeSeents, warinly Of-
feetienate, yet bitter, WAS play-
ed with 1#.04t delicate PereePtian,
by, Virginia Ledge, She per,
trayed- 007', 'great varlet,/0!
traits .of this 'Woman. 'Witit *Mt
maintaining - 'her character
throughout.ller- accent was
well acquired, and her Stage
mannerisms coincided With her
voice, calling at all times Upon
arenikkable memory- to handle.
such:an. abundance of
Miss Lockerbie also acknow-
ledged the insight sCiail Sully
gave ;to- the role of Laura, the.
tense, unbearably shy, lame
daughter. „ • She felt, this role
was, charmingly handled, lust
enough "underplay" - to be .de-
linatetY • convincing. • As this
exquisitelyqragile girl blosseron
ed, with radiance at the .atten:
tiOns of her .first "date,".. Gail
brought, to` us _a truly beautiful
intLe4rArleyt,atwioanstlie "Gentleinan
.
Calldr," and the built-up en-
trance of Edward Warren in
this role gave a decided `lift to
the play. He was ruggedly na-
tural, his voice and actions
marking him, as natural
theatre actor, yet this was his
oc..it • er.°
nrSt, stago venture. He ..can be to give SPaeiousneSS to ' this
deservedly 'proud Of his fine drab, fiat in -11 .Sc, alley,
• performance at the Min ,,Whe way. The co:stnnies. stage pro,
orought hope to the Sehenting Pertie$ and Make -Up were all• Mother and her liagie daughteri, in tone; the musical background
and wile unwittinglybrought gaVe emphasisjo„,-..:thne. and,an-3'
aboututmhtieeelviriallaefielithhemPr?ud t!ownearioda,.W40ast icanodweelehed4austseectm,
e
Furthering her remarks about of gaining theRestiva4 but we
the Play, Miss. Lockerbie gave do know that 0.00' drama has
Commendable tribute' to the a Place on our ,stagei-especially
Other departments -Of the pro when eXecuted_ by such a' corn -
duction, 'The lighting petent cast and .under such cap.
under the direction, of Ted Able direction as given by tied-
Ilebarts gave a deep' Aline/101On, orie Piaefie, four Little Theatre
as did the set, cleverly designed resident.
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donation was made to the Re-
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Two members of the C.W.L.
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••10.40,-'1,g,d,"•,-,elalriniir"-- it'''X'WaW,nOt only -good '
to -- -
for the students suspended but ruary 23rd.
for the oth as 40.1. :Still an- . Mrs: Leo ,Chfsholm .and Miss .,. ' " •• .....,,,-
---.----. -'-. 'other letter roundly abused the Helen McCarthy volunteered to
:principal for hisstand. • visit the sick in hospital.
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The spiritual reading was,
Important thing to come out given by Mrs. Leo Walzak, en- ,.
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,,- 'of the scuffle was net the. dis- titled "Truit tssential to Sanct- ,
crimination charge, which was itY." •
patent nonsense, but° the fact The meeting was adjourned
that a principal and a, school and was followed by •a social
board had fhe nerve to penalize hour in which coffee was served
by suspension a number of and the ladies prepared maga-
pupils who were,- not- pulling zines for mailing to the mis-
their weight. - sions.
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It's no secret that there's a
percentage of students in every
school 'which falls into this
category.- Fer various reasons
—parental indifference, psychol-
probleinS, or just plain
„lassitude --•-they 'refuse to work.
Wank of --them have aVerage,
some: Tabve-average,
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`p:eme of them are content to
„ sit all day like' vegetables,
„donvsing, daimina, doodling.
• They are no trouble to anybody
and no use to anybody.. Others,
more lively; but just as adamant
in their rejection of work, spent!
' their time in a running battle
,with authority. They have. a
-----computskenjelettrairetterition:
These :are .the discipline prci-
-bkms,,,,the people who disturb
other pupils, the People :Who
push some teachers ever v year
Into; nervous breakdowns.
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