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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-09-21, Page 5• it tr' • WADNF.aSDAY, . SEPT. 21st, 1960' LUCICN SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO N•rPr#""'"'"°"'"*"*"°'"'P"' RENOVATE S.S. S and' pIce AND MANSE (-ST HELENS. NEWS)• • By w. s 'Ts . • Boy,,. my .only regret is that, somebody didn't steer me into this teaching, game years ago. Iva' the easiest stint I've had since.1 worked in the salt mines of Poland. as a.priSoner of •War. About the same hours, too, The amazing thing about it is not that it's so easy, it's that .You actually get paid for. it. I, doibt, whether squirrels runningon ', a, ,treadmill ' receive• a nickel for their' efforts. And as far as h know, the prisoners in • those 'la- bor a-bor camps in :Siberia don't .draw a salary. Teaching is just :aseasy. as either of these occupations. *, * * Tfh, not really so " Abad, though. You don't have : to .get up until; about 715:.. iia .the morning, and some nights you ' have your. les- son preparations completed by •2 I seem to .be thriving on it: I've only lost 7 -*pounds, have • lasted two, , weeks' ."ifind haven't. even. ;beep fired yet. • It has a lot of good points, too. It •cuts down on' the smoking, :.when you have to teach six',per-.. ioas before lunch,'without tine' . ,.for a single;' drag, ,, from . .9 •. to 1. That' first cigarette, • when . you finallytotter out'. Of ''the class= room, isbetter than,, a -stick• of marijuana. •:It's like ` being• kicked Ion the headl- by •':ari. angel. The room spins slowly , around yo u you -drift happily about: a foot off the :floor. • • Then there's, „the happy: Bohe-. ,.;mian-camaraderie..of theteach- • ers',. • room,.. Six ,men teachers,, slumped 'heavily in " chairs,` star= ing at their bots. and sucking, deep on the weed. A few: women •teachers, .. exchanuging sprightly. -repartee 'about *how their feet • hurt• `It's all sort of . gay and warm and charming. °"• Miss W. D. Rutherford opened her, home. on Thursday for the regular meeting of the W.M.S,. and the •W,A.. when ' 15 ladie's were in attendance;: Mrs. B. •F:�. Green, *the president . •wasin charge of the W.M.S. meeting. Mrs.' George Stuart read the s •cripture lesson. The treasurer's 'report •'showed that • $81,00 had been sent to the Presbyterial. treasurer. It, was agreed to • try and proeu,re Miss' Ruth Sauna- ers, ourmissionary for prayer, who is on furlough from, Korea, ak.. speaker for your ' .Autumn •Tharikoffering. The ladies are 'asked to. save .their old . nylons and good • used clothing. Fifteen. hospital and six home calls were reported:. The new study .book,. "The Ship Under theCross" was introduced , by Miss Rutherford in .her .usual •interesting manner.' Mrs.. T. J. Todd presidpd for the. W.A. which, opened With' the r ` room; smoking aridtalking about joining the Canadian. battalion being raised to fight in .the .Spa, nish Civil War. • Our •extra -curricular activities .consisted of 'shooting ' pool • and roaring: it' up at the: country dances . in the :district, on Friday. nights: We had -almost none of. the .myriad of affairs and events which-. are 'part 'of high .school life today. About twice . a year, there would. be a rigidly super- vised : school •dance, at which all the boys stood: on one Side • of the gyre and tallied -.rii, .b while the g ,Y�. girls danced. disconsolately 'with each other. Today's high school studentis .as far removed, frdm the simple, youth of our day as -a, rocket mis- sile. is -•from a bow arid . arrow, .He works' hard and plays, hard.., He 'must becontinually on the, jumpi if he :s \to, meet. his, social. and acade¢�iic' obit etions. • Pro g ` video thie men in the white coats And another:asPect of the. job • has cheered nie immensely... Be- fore 1 began .teaching,; I . agreed with ..most people that teenagers . were/monsters from .outer space, or • Somewhere. I'v.e,changed my. :mind completely. ' I have • five 'classes of them, and there isn't :.a single one frem outer . space, as far • es. I . can . learn 71.) Seriously, I've never :met more,. interesting peop!e than the 180 odd kids I face ;each .day. They range from bright little crickets of boys, athirst for knowledge to great hulking brutes of 17, whose leering presence .makes ,your hackles rise;. from •• dumpy little' dolls. who will get .a'•crush on me, to elegant, sophisticated .: young women who will scarcely.• deign, to sweep me with .one of those ;insolent.. glances' with which ,'' elegant, sophisticated, young women dismiss" Fold- men., don't come for me soon, .I Shall look forward :with pleasure, arid. some tre'pidation, to letting him: use' me as a springboard fron?. which ' to launch some' of his, jumpa; • ' PAGE FIVE HIGH-QUALITY PROTEIN, AND CALCIUM TO BUILD STURDY BODIES liree,l Marie Fraser's "Milk and • • Honey" Recipes:' Write todayi. , • DAIRY RAI?MiER:S OF CANADA 409 Huron Street,Toronto .use 4f ,the. theme hymn, prayer, and creed. The scripture lesson was read, 'by Mrs. Eldon Miller : and the comments, by. Mrs. Lorne Woods. The theme. .was, The spirit is the candle of the Lord- the test. Mrs. Green expressed .; her appreciation 'of the Work., done at the Manse :during their vacation and it was agreed •that' the association pay for. the tile put on the. bathroomMon, Plans: were made for the cleaning of: thefloor of the Sunday ..School roof i ; which • has recently.. ' been redecorated . and'. it was decided' to hold a • tea and bazaar' •at 'a :later date. A pleasant social •hour• followed' when afternoon tea was served ;with Mrs;.. Eldon Mil- ler .and Mrs:.James Curran as hostesses._ Rally • Day. was. observed in the United Church on. Sunday with; Mr. Lorne Woods..: the superin- tenderrt of • the Sunday , School conducting worship . service , on 'the:: ther ,e, "Into all the World, :with the Bible." ' The choir . sang the anthem "The' hope of the World 'is Jesus" and' GYadys'-Mc 'Dornald read the ,stork,' of "The Bible in • the Pickle Jar," . telling of °how Kim and his family .risk- ed. their lives:. to save the . trans- lation of the Bible from. the `communists: iii .'Seoul Korea, ' by' burying.. it in 'a pickle jar. •The Iffering was taken by Patsy. ranstori' and Susan, Dorscht 'and' Rev. B. F: 'Green told of the wonderful ' work, of the Bible Society in presenting •the . Bible. in so Many languages and distri- buting it throughout the world: Mrs. Havens Group W.A. 'Grants 1 members of Lucknow W.A.. met Tuesday afternoon for the :September' .meeting, at ;Mrs Breckles:home with 14 members and 4 visitorsr ien-t. Themeet- ing eet- ing. Was '• opened with , ..theme hymn and • 'motto. The roll call Was answered by the . first ,chur- ch. - I -attended. ' 'After businesi.. was completed Mrs. Pharis'•. Ma- thers, program .,;convener, took charge.:. of program. Mrs. John Nicholsonread the ' scripture & gave the devotional. Mrs. • Wm. Humphrey 'gave a reading "His Coming' A recording 'by 'Mrs. Harold Haldenby was played. Mrs. McKim gave an interesting :talk on her;,: European • trip, deal- ing.. with •different foods of the different countries. .• .'Mrs. J. Boyle gave a reading "Button up • . your Lip." Mrs:. • Ma thers thanked, all "who: took part and conducted :an oral contest and all '.repeated the Mispah..benedic-, tion Group IH WA. ' Miss Ada Webster was hostess 'for an evening, meeting, when 22 members answered the roll, call. A. poem entitled '`God's Gift" was ,read .by Mrs. B. 'Elliott to open • the meeting followed ' by ;hymn 350.' The devotional theme was .The Test," scripture ,being 'read from Gal; 6 ' 1-10..by • Mrs: ;LE: Taylor;, meditationand pray er by. • Mrs. E. Wightman. Hymn 384 closed the' devotional period. :..The business • period '; consisted ' chiefly • Of. committee reports, flower arrangements, for the church services. '& discussion :on. the anniversary $upper; `; 'Mrs. > Raynard •Ackert presidedfor., the program :and read a lovely poem which was followed . by a 'solo by Miss M. Rae.. Stewardship rernarks were giverCby :Mrs. A.' 'Robinson' on the chapter "Youth Speaks." '., Mrs. L. Hall favoured with two readings: Mrs. L Ack- ert showed ` slides of B:C. and of the C.N.E. Which were:.inost col- ourful &, interesting. The bene-' diction `closed the Meeting after- which 'e contest. -and social time. Was, enjoyed. Close , to '37,000 -persons; 56 per:. cent.,of ,,then? women,: , are employed• by The ,Bell .Tele- phone ,Company of Canada• .. in Ontario .:and Quebec: Oh, it's exhausting., ; but scarce: 1Y ;dull. The modern. high school, is a far' cry ' from the leisurely hall of. learning you and I 'at .tended, Dad. The .bodies: are:• . pouring into them from the pub- lic schools ublic',schools at ,such` . a,rate that space and time are the essentials: in coping with, them: As 'a result the ,thundering, 'herd must be kept on the run • and under the titiTa113 t ald0�. Ali *w' • With a broader curriculum; his . outside , activities • tripled or • u quadrupled, the youth 'Of today must scramble, riot.' amble, it he: is' to avoid .being trampled un- • derfoot, Young Hugh, who made' the jump this year from the moderate. pace . of . public • school, with its recess periods and . long lunch hour, to' the split-second gallop of a‘ district high school is enthralled and appalled;, !`Gee, dad," he observed,. "you haven't even :time. _to go to the bath- room ",. He's right. •• •Rackgry' 'Thfrties, ni the .titin when I 'was in high School, there wasn't much' point in graduating as'there were no jobs available. Some of us; stayed around so long' the new kids thought we Were on staff. 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