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! '
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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
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lit how great the
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*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
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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?")
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county • winners: Debbie
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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.
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