The Lucknow Sentinel, 1970-03-11, Page 23WEDNESDAY,' MARCH llth; 1970
THE LUCKPIOW SENTINEL,' LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
i,ETTER. .TO THE..EDITOR
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G. ONT,INUED. FRO,M.P 1GE 1
all my years of watching hockey-,,,
seen .anything like.thts and hope
never ,do again: If it :hadn't
been, so pitiful.,. it would have.
been funny... In thy,. first .place
the two teams were pretty evenly
matched, both were determined
and werequt to win. .Ripley was.
at a `lldv'antage with fewer
• players and on the other team's
home ice,; nonetheless this is
• hockey, isn't ,it?
1 won't go unto the details'of
the game asit would take too .'
much space to name all
penalties called for supposedly
wrong doings. Ripley players.
got away with nothing at all,.
which is to be expected and the
proper: way I .guess , but while
they took one. penalty after the.
,other, the' Ripley platers' stip on
the ice ".were being slashed,
'speared, tripped and .kicked'
w ith the, blades' ofskate . w^ i n
they were down. This was,
4 > 'allowed;. for 1 eustadt.anything
was' allowed until the fans got
' too noisy and the
officials called a, penalty on
Neustadt once in a while;_
The Neustadt boys played
rough,. theyplayed dirty but '.
• they knew, they could get away
with it,'so who could blame•them%
'They' were out, to win. These two
officials ,//the-refer-ee-in=pa-rtid•ul-ar
the linesman just'went:along. for.
the ride ., did eyerything' for,the
Neustadt team''butgut•the. puck in
'. the net. Given a stick; no
doubt they would have done that
tot'. In the• last few minutes '
.• of play Ripley tied the score:.. A
few seconds after, a, Neustadt
player got another goal to make
the score 10..- 9. This goal was'
scored on the offside, • At. least..
onehu. ndred people• watched it
and knew .the•goal wouldn't
be counted.: " B'oth'officials were
ddwn::'by the Ripley' net and..coulci.
see the offside but didn't call
it..__They .allOWed_.the..:goa-1„ One-
of the Ripley coaches, a man
who: has spent" the biggest part of
his life involved in sports, had,
one of the players summon the'
referee• to the bench. :The
• referee refusedand asked the boy.
•if he thought'he was crazy .
enough to go over there. Now.
this seemed strange, as'both
officials when they weren't
having a father -son chat with
one of the Neustadt 'players,
arm over the lad's shoulder and
alY, were draped over the Neus-
radt.bench:/conversing with.the
•coaches of that team., I wonder. •
Could this all have been hockey.
•businessthey discussed.'or was it
monkey business. Anyway: with
about' a minute arid a half left to
play Ripley scored.. The: goal
light went on (tate goal judge was:
a Neustadt lady I believe). At
least one half of,the spectator's
were in a•positiion to'see the
puck go over the -goal line and
sit • for, a coup'1t#•seconds in:
the-iret afore the goalie scooped .
it out and 'shook his head.r.'.' The.
referee, I take it; :
couldn't:see this last goal as.
Ripley was not credited .With ,it
and the game ended 10 9 in
-fa-vour-o -Neustadt parhaps-
Ripiey co}ldn'Lhave b_eat_therri
I'ts not the, .game' .thatc.on'cerns
me, and so many other.
+_peoplee,_but-the_tdot that these
two beings saw only wh,at they ''
wanted to see and the reit was to
be ignored . As the old' saying .._
goes, It isn't whether you wiri or.
lose ,..but how you play the•; game.
Or is it? ;
' Now• this °is my" biggest
compla int .. Like every other ,
-parent I have done my best.to.
teach my children right from
wrong :T have stressed the. fact.
that it is better to fail a grade in
schooLthan_to--gain-that grade by --
Cheating. They have been told
that cheaters always lose and .
come to no good, Now I ask you:,.
is this the example' we want set
for our children? Are they to be
brought down for cheating when
someone like this can demonstrate
how you can win being a cheater?
In an organization such• as the
W O ; A . A . who would ever think
anything like this would•be
allowed to,happen?'. 'I defy.
'either• one -of these beings to deny
anything I' have written, There
isno need to name names',
although they .will be ready
available if need be. 'If this
is the kind of -thing that is .to go
on in these games I think,
though it would break manya
boy's heart, trophies should be
doneawa`y with, and no reward
offered,: I. know it is too' late r
now to help the. Ripley team. •
They are:. good ,•losers , they are:
willing` to wait till next 'year
:but rnaybe:;sorneone with a little
bitof goodness -will —T --
two
two buddies to hang up .their.'
skates and stick to • watching'•
T.V. hockey;. Thanks for the
space Don, i .
•
MRS; MAE DORE •
• 'LucknoW , ' Onta'f i ,
•M.arch 6', 1910..
Commuftit-y-Fetu-m-,•
The Lucicno'w Sentinel,
Lucknow , ;Ontario, rt
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think of one of My pet peeves •-• Spells'$ucc:e$$'`, and '"$cholas$
the idea that;a student should Make Dollar$":. If'a,slip o..f`pa'per
stay in school and get his diplorna: is all that parents and 'students •
so that he can, get a better' job • and authorities' want for our'�J *h ,
and earn more money.,;. Recently.;, then they deserve it if that's all
I heard a high,school guidance they get,. '
teacher say„ The main thing a"•.'
student should',try to. get.. out of '-
.school is a•diploma",.
Surely that teacher rneani, t'o';
say that students, ought to :work •
towards the values represented by
'that slip of paper... I, was under ,
the impression that a,• teacher's
job' was more than filling heads.
.;with facts and .equipping people
to'ea.rn money. .A computer'
or trade school'cotild do that
much. Of course !. They have' to
• eatn money;, they can't Jive)
without it: but a person who is
yn- Fanonl. 'a. sklled�varknaa
become a Wealthymental
bankrupt.:I„.hope I am teaching
'students to think'aiid, appreciate
and 'wonder: And , at, a time.
when "the'average• Canadian •
changes.his occupation four times
or more in his life time, 1 hope
I am teaching students
h nge-. ran ly .. the •
most valuable thing I learned in
school 'was.''how and when to,'say ;
"I don't' know ."
I've been•'trying to do more
than to.teach the' right answers; I
want them to be able to.ask the.
right questions. Am I wasting
my time discussng'the value '
-of u,Ii. sJ. Shore
concentrate more on teaching
how to write cheques and add up
a bank balance? •
Surprisingly enough., that's all
.most students Want too7 just to
get this whole.dreary school
routine over as a necessary
prelirninary to. get outand earn.
May -be we should put signs all
over the use. saying, ,"Study
But forgive me if.I still try to
inspire. critical appreciation of
fi-fe .and,-lien-ut --and- trut-h---i-n-yout• ..
Someday,' I hope it will be• one.
of my students who will tell: you •
that; in spite of everyone's efforts
to cheat and frustrate him in
spite of the deadening influence ,of
exams', ;and parental pressure ; in
spite of the frantic race for a
certificate, he still got an. ,
education - he learned not only
how to earn money.. but, how to •
think, to enjoy., to appreciate.
to understand, to evaluate - to'`
live!
. yours' sincerely
A FORMERHIGH SCHOOL
I EAc:Ht.R.
LadyResM�et
Lady representatives from
.Lucknow ,. Tara , Tiverton,
:Kincardine, paisley and Ripley
fly.. tut-a�Soc tI-fi11Ct;
l\'ionday in St, Andrew's United .
Church, .Ripley to hear ' t •
reports from the Agricultural
Societies Convention, which was
held last week in 'Toronto,
r
aso
conducted the meting and' '
called on delegates to•give
reports on various sections „, A
'question and answer period' follow•'
ed and man robleni plaguing
•;yp
.Fairs were talked over.
., The meeting began at.10 a :tn..
and 'closed at l p.,.m Speakers
included tars. Russ Barclay of
Tara:. p