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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-06-10, Page 7Flashback Many pr�bIems remain• Fpr many of us, our schpol days at F. E. Madill are now complete and so it is ap- lropriate we should be ooking back to see what has taken place. I would like to turn back t e hands of time, not to w en I started high school, b 10 years to 1971. We man- ag d to find an old school neiuspaper printed at that tiniti called the Perception Ba iHaving read an edition of e P r e ce tion ,p Bag, I would like to compare stu- dent concern of then and now. Per aps it would be best if I r reshed everyone's memo with the atmos- phere that time. It was the days of long hair, short skirts, and teenage revolu- tion. Teenagers of 1971 were "doing their own thing" and fighting back against their parents. It was less than one year after the famous pro - 'test at Kent State University ;and the prevailing mood off +unrest • in the US was being !felt in Canada. 1971 was,.per- 'haps the beginning of the end for the riots of the 1960's. ,.j Nevertheless, everything !rwas not yet calm and many ebellious teenagers , were 'still fighting back. It seems that one of the most common ways of "escaping society" was by drug abuse. Many articles were written on the pros and cons of using drugs. The problem of drug abuse still . exists today but our ''affluent society seems to be more willing, to •forget about the problem than to deal with it. Another issue of those days was the seal hunt off. the : coast of Newfoundland. Stu- dents were encouraged to i save the life of a sealby donating money to the Inter- national Fund of Animal Welfare. It was warned that if too many of the seals were 1 killed extinction of the species was inevitable. Well, the seals are still being killed and.,, ttie,:;,;pontroversy con- t, on- , ,' harsh criticism of ti e s dent council was found on page . of the Perception Bogg The writer of the article blaitied the student council for the lack of school spirit and student involvement. It, as noted, however, that the 4tudent council blamed the s udent body for the failur of activities since, the studen 'would not partici- `pate in student council spon- sored a ents. This problem still exists today, with op- posing sides using the same argi4ients, that they did 10 yeull ago, ,It seems that although the people have changed, most of the problems have not changed since 1971. Long hair is gone; short skirts are nit and riots are few and far between. Nevertheless, the revolution of the early '70's is still going on. Today's teen- agers are facing similar pro-, blems but handling them in a different way. Perhaps our quiet way of dealing with these problems is better and then again maybe not. Only when (if) these problems are. solved will we know who chose the better way of coping g wikh them. I hope that you have en- joyed looking back in time. Maybe the teenagers of today aren't so bad after all. Larry O'Malley Editorial The i Well, this is it, the fhjg school page article I w#8 , ever writ:"The entire y,lre' has just flown by mg../ find it difficult to believe it is. al- ready June; it :spears as if. at . were only yesterday that �Mny co-editor, Lynne Nicolson, • and I were planning what we would be doing for our year , as editors of • the Madill Mirror: We brought in some new' ideas and revived, some • old ones. Whether we were successful you, . the reader, can be the only judge. • In writing for the school paper 1 feel that I - have gained so much. I had the opportunity to improve . Yearbooks of este ear ' A long time ago, in a grads wear in graduation county afar away, a school pictures of today. The photo - was founded, and it was graphs in the earlier ver - known as Wingham District sions of the yearbook are High School. often small and there are no In the years since then individual pictures, but class many things have changed pictures instead. The classes at this school, including its were numbered with Roman name, which is now F. E. numbers and not the normal Madill Secondary School. numbers we use today. The mirror. of all the changes Earlier yearbooks htid far that took place at our school more literature, written by is the year, ook. the students, in them. But if In the fiftia, the yearbook you read the articles, it is was called 'Vox Studentium'. easy to see that many of the It was published in paper- issues people were,( con - back. By about the mid -six- cerned about then are still ties, the name 'Vox Stu- being discussed, (eg. the dentium', was changed to the Russians, women's lib, com- yearbook we know today. It mercial and how bothersome was a hardcover book, called they are). -- 'Courier'. Other articles in the year - Compared to the yearbook books of bygone times were of today, the yearbook of interviews with new past years was. physically teachers and " profiles of not too 'different, but the various clubs, some'of which styles and clubs and articles are no longer in existence, have changed drastically. In for example, the school the"fifties all the girls were orchestra, school wrestling wearing dresses, and bobby. , team, glee club, . French socks, and `bloomers' as club, military cadets' and gym clothes. Most of the . others. boys • had short short hair, In most if not all of the and a lot of, the Grade 13 boys yearbooks there are pictures wore dark suits. and articles about the Looking through the year- numerous sports teams' at books of the sixties you can the, school. In earlier year- see,,hemlines rise anclAaj ,:books the football team was ,'lines dr p. Even the gr ditd'' call l,the rugby team, and in tion pie Fires show changing , 1967. ''won. the Huron -Perth styles. All of the grads are Football championship. either in suits or formal wear There were no soccer teams or in casual shirts, none and there were fewer girls' wear the dark 'robe' that teams in past years. In the sixties Wingham's "blue- berries" were the Listowel teams, not the Goderich teams. When the .rules of the con- stitution of the school were changed, .the new amend- ments were put in the year- books too. In the late fifties the constitution was changed to let any boy in Grades 12 or 13 run for president. The then new post of 'social convener was added at the same time. It was decided the social convener would run the 'teen town' club (which held dances for the students). The school king and queen and 'Miss Mustang' were in- cluded in earlier versions of the yearbook, whereas now only the school leader and queen are included. Past yearbooks also had . articles discussing fund- raising drives and what the money was used for. Some of the money went to support a, young 'foster child named Guiseppe Morazza. . Many things have changed since the first yearbook came out, but many things have also stayed the same — the listing of future plans and pet -peeves etc. of grluates, the valedictorian's message were always included. There was always a formal (but in earlier days it was ' in December) etc., which goes to show you that'styles and ideas and eras come and go ,hilt F. E. , Madill goes on forever. School cheers Every school and group likes to identify itself with some sort of cheer or song. We have our "Rah! Rah! Rahn!" now, but what about way back when? Here are a few of those special cheers that meant so much to past students. School Song Cheer, Cheer for old Win n ham High. Shout to the rafters, shout to the sky, Send the Purple and White to win, They always come back with a grin. We're first in the classroom, first in the field; We're bound to win = it's signed and it's sealed; So we'll send the Purple and White to win It's onward to victory — Rah! Rah! Rah! Swing to the left, Swing to the right, Stand up, Sit down, Fight! Fight! Fight! Purple and White, Purplle and White, For these colors we do fight. Are we for them? Well I guess. Wingham, Wingham, 'Yes, Yes, Yes! ' g - ALL DAY TUESDAY pieces delicious Chicken Golden Brown French Fries marry, Cool Cole Slaw uttered Slice ecian Bread Regular $3.00 Josephine Street in the Zehr's Pkixu Corner of Hwy, 86 & 4 WINGHAM Little Red Rooster Sitting On a fence, Cheering For Wingham He's Got Sense. We're going to Win it, Yes, Sir-ee, "Doing what Comes Naturally." Yea, Wingham! Liz Brydges 1 1A ww®®eww®ewewww LET THE Winglium Advance -Times HELP YOU PHONE '57' -2320 were b®40wsea®ernw ski own Its which, as any Wish teachers t, needed im- co-editor I had to thership, emula- organizational a super chance lit how great the stt ! nt9' F. ^ •Madill are *les' Written about sports ,,Mikis, student spot lights andstudent opinions. 1I hope site articles 1 have • written:in the past were, thought-provoking and worth being printed. 1 enjoyed the elialleneMof:being part of the journalistic.. world, even it only a sm l'part. Unfortun- ately, als 1 *til be graduating this year,, there may be a chance of t av getting mushy, so 1..t .`iI move on to why .:�=. 1 am writifl this. Because this the edition of`the 1.980-81 school paper:I would likeis to use the opportunity to thank some people. The first would be Mrs.>te;'yl McDonald, our staff advisor, who encour- aged tis, never complained and 'did just a super job of holding us above water when the times got tough. Next would be Lynne Nicholson, whom I got to know better over the year. Lynne never complained when I couldn't finish Some- thing and was always ready with'smile and pen when dif- ficulties arose. Thanks for being a friend, Lynne, and I really wish all the best in the future. One person I really would like to thank is Henry Hess for faithfully publishing the page, being: patient when, at times, it wasn't that great and for his encouragement and constructive criticism. A vote of appreciation must go to the girls in the Practice Office and Mrs, Ball for reproducing our work from often garbled notes (like this one! ). Anotherlerson who wasn't even on School page, but gave us exvllent reports on boys baskee fall during the season , a ` ' was Rance Willis.Ia arks, Rance, and I sincere ihope you. join school page next year! . Next in line; ' are all the people who gave us their appreciation ,. or valid criticism during the year. It really . made -the year so much more worthwhile and gave us, when we needed it, . the courage to go on. I must extend best of luck to Liz Brydges, as next year she will be your editor. I have full co fidenee in her as I know she will do a fantastic job. ' I think that's about it except for a thank you to the school president and vice, Larry. O'Malley and 'Kathy Underwood, for a job ex- tremely well done and for making my year a good one. The year is over and as the saying goes, "This is not the end but rather it's the beginning'' Bernice Passchier Co-editor Madill Mirror Poet heads Union: Poet - novelist Margaret Atwood was recently elected head of The Writer's Union of Canada. Editorial The ye The WI' ngham Advance -Tunes ,� to 1p . 1 have to shake myself to realize that this will be the last editorial 1 will write.for the Madill Mirror. It's been.a short year in that there never seemed to be enotigb, time to say all the things that popped into my head. Usually the best ideas were lost somewhere between eating breakfast and putting the pen to paper. It's been short, too short, for people like John Lennon, and it will seem unbearably long for the people he left behinEventually, though, they will see the value in living again, perhaps gaining a g ,n g better under- standing of life as Ronald Reagan and the Pope have because they have come so close to losing their lives. I hope that you, the readers of the school page, have enjoyed the articles written and have • on more than one occasion been in - Creative corner School — it makesand molds, opens doors, and minds. Plants seeds of `Life'. Memories — they cloud our heads, swell our hearts, make eyes teary. . Friends — some linger for a time, others hurry onward the special are forever! Goodbyes —. hardest of all, to break the ties. Time to move on, again. Hopes — for a clear passage, into a new unknown.' For happiness. • Time — it.goes so quickly by, never ceasing, never slowing, never waiting. Deb Sjaarda spired. We hope they have given you something to think about and that you looked forward to reading the school page every week. So I guess it's time to sign off for the last time. I'd like to thank Henry Hess for his patience and the opportunity to use the paper for the publication off the Mirror, Mrs. McDonald for her understanding, Bernice Passchier, my co-editor, for a great year, and the staff of the Mirror, and you, the readers, for making it 'all worthwhile. It seems as though time had wings, • ` And I opened the cage too quickly So it flew away, - Leaving only rnenlories. And yes, through the tears, A srhfle; Have a fantastic everything. Lynne Nieelsee Co-editor. Madill Mjjrrer 198981 Chauvinism in schools? Laurence, Atwood, Munro and Engel are well-known authors, but not on Ontario high school English courses, which feature eight reale . authors for every female. Seven main characters are male for every one female ,(Priseiilla Galloway, author of "What's Wrong with High 'School English?") I, 141.' wpn,' 3r8 441, - wpm; wpm; NaagOzOni wise; 1 wpm; .CarrieA Opr 341: Wim, 67 wplrn; Brenda Henderstrn Pilary„ :Elien dal wpm: Opr 44,1 ]!ebbie idl'a� wpm.; Opr 442:. Bev Oreen,, 6i wpm; Pauline Schm dt, 6Q. wpm. county • winners: Debbie Shore; Bev Ot'eeW SeO�s,�•. Elizabeth Wilkins, Junior:, Kendra Robertson, Novrcey LORI PARKER, a Grade 6 student at Sacred Heart in Wingham competed in the running broad jump at last Wednesday's track and field meet held at the school. Some events were held Tuesday, and the regional meet is to be held June 17 at Sacred Heart in Wingham. INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS—Students who earned individual championships in their categories at last Tuesday and Wednesday's track and field meet at Sacred Heart were: Paul Brophy and Tammy Kieffer, juniors; Sean Kieffer and Valerie McGlynn, inter- mediates, and Kent Hallahan, senior boy. Suzanne Doerr, senior girl champion was absent from the photo. SACRED HEART RUNNERS -UP --At last Tuesday and Wednes day's track and field meet were: Laura Hallahan and Billy McGlynn, juniors, Lori Parker and Terrence Allen, intermediates, and Rita Brophy and Scott Allen, s� s. lE