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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1971
The a of the ugly girl!
They tell us this has been the Age of Aquarius. But it's really
been the Age of the Ugly Girl. Of course there are a lot of lovely
ones --they stand out almost incandescently, so fresh, so natural,
their hair shining, their faces clean and unmade -up. Yet they
too are a trifle over -exposed and in their extreme minis and long
hair, resembling nothing so much as a bevy of lovely mermaids.
Nonetheless, these attractive ones only serve to emphasize
the generally, unkempt, unpressed, almost unwashed look of
the majority of girls who stroll our streets. For them, mini skirts
and "hot pants" only serve to emphasize their legs, lean, knock-
kneed and scrawny, or ugly fat. As girls, they seem deliberately
to choose the styles that emphasize the bad points.
Where this passion for ugliness will end, no one knows. Are
these supposedly "hip" youngsters governed by the same herd
instinct which causes women to conform to fashions which flatter
no one. Fashions for women for the past three years have resembl-
ed something out of a horror movie. Are the current styles just
a snide joke of the fashion creators, a put-on, like the one in
the Tale of the Emperor's Clothes, which proved that most people
will agree on almost anything in order not to differ from majority
opinion? Only a child had the good sense to say... "but the
emperor has nothing on." (Unchurched Editorial)
TODAY'S CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
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"Handsome and lively"
Ross is 16 months old, a sturdy, well-developed, healthy
boy with big -blue eyes, very blonde hair, and clear, fair
skin.
A lively youngster, he likes rough games — especially
wrestling with a two-year-old. He enjoys books and televi-
sion, and though he is a very active child he does like to
be cuddled.
As a younger baby, Ross had his moments of being irrit-
able and difficult, but he is getting over that and is usually
sociable and happy. He is developing normally now., but
there is a chance he may have learning problems when- he
reaches school.
This dear little fellow needs loving parents who are easy-
going but able to be firm when necessary, and whose
academic expectations are not Loo high. To inquire about
adopting Ross, please write to Today's Child, Department
of Social and Family Services, Parliament Buildings, To-
ronto 182.
For general adoption information, ask your Children's
Aid Society.
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Teaching in our school this
fall has been a combination of
walking the plank and running
the gauntlet,
When school opened, about
fifteen hundred kids and eighty
teachers walked into something
that looked as though the Irish
Republican Army has been using
it for a couple of years as a
testing ground for bombs.
A new addition, about
the third since I came here,
was in its glorious death throes.
That means it might be finished
in six months. It was begun a
year ago.
It wasn't so bad during last
winter and spring, because
most of the construction was
outside: brick piling and steel
work. In fact, it was quite
lively, especially in the spring,
with the Italian workers ogling
the girls through the windows
and being egled back, and
drinking beer on the job, and
yelling and laughing.
But during the summer, the
termites, the inside workers,
got into the mausoleum and the
result, for a while at least, is
complete chaos.
The termites are the electric-
ians, plumbers, floor and ceil-
ing men and others of that ilk.
If you aren't tripping over an
electric cable or walking through
some fresh -poured cement,
you're liable to be showered
with sparks by a welder working
overhead.
The library isn't ready, there
is no cafeteria, and the gyne is
not finished. These are pretty
important areas in a school
that size.
Did you ever try to teach
poetry with a jackhammer
blasting a few feet away? It's
like trying to have an elegant
garden party in the middle of
a monsoon.
Did you ever try to teach
anything in a room that has one
naked light bulb at the back and
is 'so full of somebody else's
junk (equipment), that you
couldn't see your students even
if you had lights?
Just to compound the confus-
ion, the numbers of all the
rooms have been changed. Thus,
my old room, 269, is now
E202 or 204, I'm still not sure
which.
Time was, when a little
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grade-niner would ask, "Sir
can you tell the where Mr.
Jacklin's room is." I would
answer with sublime confidence,
"Sure. Just along the hall to
the boiler room, turn right, and
it's about three doors down on
your left." Now, I haven't a
clue where Mr. Jacklin's room
is. I think he's moved some-
where, and the place is so big
I couldn't tell the kid how to
get there if I did know.
It took me half an hour to
find the new staff "lounge",
which turned out to be a square,
bleak, underground hole with
no windows and a couple of
light bulbs hanging from the
ceiling.
In the proposed cafetorium
(a bastard word if there ever
was one), the windows were
sealed off because it would be
air-conditioned. Then it was
learned that it wouldn't be air-
conditioned. Can you imagine
what it will be like in there
with the smells of cooking and
five hundred bodies, on a hot
day.
It seems to me that school
architects are in a class by
themselves, like carpenters
who would never tackle any-
thing bigger than an out -door
privy. Perhaps I wrong them.
Perhaps they are hampered by
rigid budgets. But I can't imag-
ine any firm that specializes
in designing schools being asked
to build something that comb-
ined aesthetics and utility.
However, there's always a
bright side of things. The public
address system is not working.
The bells are not working.
These are two boons, and I
hope they never get them work-
ing.
None of the teachers has gone
stir-crazy yet, despite the
architect's fetish for windowless
rooms. In fact, there's a cert-
ain gaiety and esprit de corps
among the staff, the sort of
thing that always emerges in
a great disaster, like a bombing
blitz or a paralyzing blizzard.
And the kids love it. Kids
love confusion, especially in
their teens, when they begin
to resent bitterly regulations,
rules and rigidity.
They can wander through the
ruins, pretend they got lost,
chat with the workmen, and be
late for class. That's living.
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Special hints for
fall gardens
September is a good time to
plant and divide perennials,
say horticulturists with the Ont-
ario Department of Agriculture
and Food. When transplanting,
keep the new growth and discard
the darker center portions of the
roots.
Spray roses regularly for black
spot and mildew. Pinch off any
badly infected leaves. Also
check lilacs and phlox for mild-
ew attack.
Pay special attention to your
lawn now. Fertilizer will en-
courage a thick growth before
winter. A herbicide should be
applied for weed control. Use
2, 4- D for broad-leaved weeds
and mecoprop for chickweed.
Se* the lawn mower blade a
liule lower as the grass grows
rapidly now.
If your area is subject to
early frosts, take cuttings of
geranium and other plants soon.
Dig up dahlia roots and tuberous
begonias after the first killing
frost.
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