The Brussels Post, 1975-10-29, Page 5Who
are
we ?
It is Monday morning and
probably your first awakening
thought's are of books, buses and
,school. Yes, that solid monument,
high upon the hill whose walls
bulge with knowledge, comes into
view at approximately 8:45 a.m. -
for almost every teenager on the
block.
Because of our present youth
we feel immune to growing old
and to the problems which
becoming an adult brings. We are
young and carefree and inquisi-
tive. We hate to be classified
because it took those many years
of childhood to finally gain
recognition and become an in-
. dividu al.
To each his own, the saying
goes and when has that been
more appropriate than now, in
this age of high life, fashion and
fad? We seek our individuality in
various ways ranging from the
hippie movement to the book-
worm. 'It doesn't matter how we
obtain it as long as everyone
realizes we exist and that we
stand upon our own actions and
train of thougtht , Education to
many is dull, fruitless and clearly
a wasted effort. To others, learn-
ing stimulates feelings of security
and comprehension.
Inspite of one's attitude, I don't
think anyone can pass through
these doors without learning
something. This is where our
minds develop. Not only in Math
and English classes, but by being
with others, we expand our
awareness of ourselves and
friends. Our imaginations ,. are
stimulated, perceptions quicken-
ed and our general mental outlook
is broadened by the presence of
fellow students. Long after the
chemistry equation is forgotten,
.happy meittories remain.
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ME BRUSSELS POST, OCTOBER 29: 1975
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FE Madill High School News
Policeman's hard one, student writes
of
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'would like to introduce you to
our Canadian Literature course at
the school. Mrs. Tiffin teaches an
extensive survey of Canadian
writing. The class is supposed to
enable us to begin to appreciate,
evaluate and analyze Canadian
Literature. Each week we hope to
let yo u examine an essay we have
written and observe if we have
succeeded.
'1Protectors of Peace"
A good day for a •policeman is
a day when nothing happens. But
when it does, he is confronted
with a number of conflicting
pressures and if he makes a
mistake he may cause himself
trouble.
The polilce themselves - far
from being dumb, flat-foot cops of
old whodunit movies - are now
being portrayed in the media as
being cunning, sarcastic
determined people who can crack
the meanest, most perplexing
case, and depart as a symbol of
our n ational peace and security.
A policeman is also required to
think. Common sense is neither
common nor sensible. It implies a
solid base of wisdom, experience,
compassion, and above all-
discretion.
Thus we have a tendency to
sterotype policemen as 3-+ bored
but secretly cunning men. An
attempt to talk with them reveals
a responsesimilar to the 'Colombo
style', and a gaze of undisguised
disinterest which appears
preoccupied and aloof.
Or, a policeman may exhibit
punctuating politeness hoping
desperately that you'll go away.
This is not to suggest he won't
respond willingly to a request of
assistance, he will. It is simply he
hopes that it won't come to th at.
Law abiding citizens require
honesty in a policeman; yet they
seem to feel they deserve special
privileges when being nailed for a
speeding ticket from an upright,
conscientious policeman merely
doing his job. The motorist will
argue, the policeman will
generally listen pleasantly,
writing out the ticket as he
listens. What the policeman
knows, and what the motorist
generally doesn't , is that there is
a peculiar connection between
arrests and accidents. But he
doesn't attempt to explain this to
the mad, raving driver.
There is no quota system in
effect among police. Certainly
police on traffic patrol or meter
march do not turn in a convincing
number of arrests to p revent
becoming suspect in a superior's
eyes. But, the policy among the
police is not to lay charges unless
they are certain to stick.
Police are supposed to be a
dominating force determined to
fight the evils that threaten our
individual freedoms and rights.
So why then are we so determined
to make their jobs much more
difficult than they are? Why do
we feel we have to outwit them by
being just one more step ahead of
them ? Why do we harbor
disrespect and mine suspicion?
It can be argued that police pay
insufficent attention to our
individual rights, that they simply
portray themselves as being
• simply protectors of the peace.
They will respond by saying they
,are :inhibited from expressing
Opinions. They also warn us that
if they do not receive increased
powers and replace their
knowledge with the proper
sophisticated tools of their trade,
anarchy and lawlessness will
replace law and order.
Few towns or cities have
enough men/ women to do the
job, and recruitment is difficult.
The functions of a police force are
being stretched daily as
individuals require them for
peace-keeping duties at
demonstrations, sit-ins, "Protest
activities". Today it is automatic
that a , police-officer
"baby-sitting" at a rally of one
sort or another is unavailable to
watch for the burglar breaking
New teacher
says kids
respectful
Mrs. Garland grew
up on a farm in the Kitchener-
Waterloo area where she
attended Rockway Mennonite
High School. She furthered her
education at University of
Waterloo for four years
specializing in Math. She then
attended Teacher's College at
Queen's University.
Mrs. Garland has been married
for 2% years and her husband is
presently teaching at Grey
Central School in Ethel. Her
interests are sewing,
cross-country skiing and hiking.
Mrs. Garland likes Wingham
and she also likes our school. She
thinks the students are friendly
and respectful and also easy to
cope with.
Mrs. Garland is a very friendly
person and we, the memebers of
the school page as well as the
students, wish her luck in her
teaching career.
a doctor. When she told him the
symptoms, the doctor took one
look at her slides and told her that
the earth shoe was the worst kind
for her feet. He said that the foot
is meant to haVe the heel higher
than the toe. The tension put on
your legs by having the heel lower
could cause phlebitis, which is
inflamation of the veins in. the
legs.
This is only one example of
tniarepresertation that we are
'subjected to and fall prey te.•
Claims that are made in
magazines and catalogues lead
the consumer to believe that he is
'getting good quality from the
product.
But the tonsuiner mast also be
Careful not to buy an item because
it is a 'fad, "Let the Buyer
Beware"
Colleen Raymond 12F)
into 'homes or stores,
Police officers are under-
standably reluctant to subject
themselves to the risk of
assassination while on duty.. MI
police officers accept the risk of
being killed in the prevention of
serious crimes, and in appre-
hending criminals, but it is asking
too much of them to take the risk.
Police are also becoming more
reluctant to make arrests at the
scene of the crime; out of a fear of
attracting a crowd- touching off a
riot or fear that the arrest of an
individual or group of individuals
will result in charges of police
, brutality.
The police feel cheated by the
judicial system of Canada. The
abolition of the death penalty
threatens their mental and
physical well-being. Policemen
are now being shot because they
We are teenagers and stu-
dents, but ; even more important,
we are people. People trying
desperately to amplify what we
think and to relate our fresh
knowledge to the adult world into
which we will soon be thrust.
It is the beginning of a new
term, the first year of high school
for many, whom we Weltoine, and
the last year for others Whom we
congratulate. Well, soon it will be
MOnday morning again, and of
course, our awakening thought 's
will be of books,, buses and
School.
Safi Leithittaiit Editor
are policemen. Although in the
minds of the assassins, they are,
of course-fascist pigs! Do we not
have an obligation to protect them
as they protect us. Can we deny
them security, or do we selfishly
maneuver the laws to protect
only ourselves?
The portrayal of violence on the
television screen has built up our
tolerance to murder and of b good,
so that we can see a shooting or a
mugging and not even flinch or
sympathize with the ;
Following tradition, the
Geography Club shoved off
undaunted from FEMSS slightly
later than scheduled on the first
Saturday of October. Our group of
39 young excursionists and five
seasoned geographers was a little
bleary-eyed but was able to catch
up on lost sleep on the two and a
half hour bus ride. •
Travelling north through Bruce
County brought us to our
desintation - Cyprus Lake Pro-
vincial Park located six miles
south of Tobermory. The forest of
this naturalists park was in full
bloom and the weather, as
guaranteed by Mr. Cardy,
provided clear blue skies and a
brisk wind..
Before setting out on the trail,
Mr. Bender, Mr. Wardrop and
Martin Benedict "rustled up" a
hardy luu nch of hog dogs.
After each member devoured
as many hotdogs as he possibly
could, all hopped back on the bus
to be taken to the starting point of
the Cyprus Lake Trail. To
every one's delight this very short
bus ride brought us to "the
trail".
The point where we started on
the trail was in a coniferous
forest. Travelling this section of
the trail consisted of crossing a
bridge and climbing up, over,
down and around which brought
us out onto Georgian Bay.
Being a person not gifted with
descriptive ability, I cannot
express the beauty. The lake
waters were an icy blue. The cliffs
On October 10, at 7:30 a.m. 21
students and 1 teacher arrived at
F.E.M.S.S. in various stages of
drowsiness, the object being to
catch, a bus destined for the
University of Waterloo on a
Science Day. This is a day in
which high school students take
part in University science lectures
to "Get a taste" of University life
in the field of science.
We arrived at about 9:00 a.m.
and after locating ourselves with
respect to the campus, we
scattered to go to 'various lectures
As the 9:30 physics was
nioved to and her room
lecture
some of
us attended. lecture not intended
We Can't shrug off the
frightening reality that we are
drifting slowly perhaps, but
drifting towards the kind of
violence we almost have
convinced ourselves couldn't
happen here.
When we take our police force
so much for granted, we must
look ahead to the day when our
attitudes will change and we no
longer have police willing to
protect us. What will we do then?
Karen Currie 13A
along the shore were astounding.
The spray of water against the
jagged rocks was pictorial . The'
background colours of the trees
were vibrant. For anyone with
slight appreciation of artistic
beauty this would be a worthwhile
excursion at any time of the y ear.
'Features of the shoreline, as
pointed out by Mr. Brewster, •
were: a cave formed by under-
cutting; stacks; arches; wave
action against an irregular
shoreline; a blow hole; erosional
features; undercutting of
dolomite layers and many more.
Many wanted to make this part of
the sojourn a permanent
residence.
The remaining leg of the
journey passed through more
coniferous bush and a marsh.
Miss the chance of continuing on
Being so close we could not
to Tobermory. By stroke of
we arrived with enough time to
allow us to frequent some of the
souvenir and art shops before the
Che Chemau arrived. The
docking taking off and on of cars
and passengers, and departure
was awesome to all of us.
Unfortunately the departure of
the Che Chemaun also meant our
own departure from this piece of
truly Canadian scenery. It was a
bus load of hearty geographers
with a new wealth of knowledge
going home from this very
entertaining and educational
Cyrpus Lake excursion to
Provincial Park.
Susan Adams.
for us and which could only have
belen understood if a solid basis in
calculus was had, which excluded
most of us. The first chemistry
lecture was completely cancelled.
The rest of the day went OK with
other lectures and demonstra-
tions, and the overall impression
of the university was good as we
arrived home at 4:00 p.m.
Inspiration
The people I'm furioUs with are
the Women's liberationists. They
keep getting on soapboxes and
proclaiming that women are
brighter than men, That's true,
but it should be kept very quiet or
it ruins the whole racket.
Anita Loos (author)
(Compiled by the students of
Consumer Education 301)
Manufacturers of earth shoes
claim that they promote the
natural way of walking. Since the
heel is lower than the toe the body
Is more erect and this• is to improvepoSture. It is claimed
hat they reduce backaches and -
help to strengthen leg muscles,
Nile and arch.
Doctors claim that earth shoes
!kill do no harm to adults but can
cause' serious harm to children.
ids up to sixteen and boys up to
ighteeti ter years of age, Cali staffer ftoirt long m muscle darriage
.irlee this type of shoe puts
!elision On• the muscles in the legs,
Y Mater learned this the hard!
?i)C She experienced tramping ,
lit feet arid se the Went to see
Stick to ordinary shoes,
consumer ed class says
Geography club
tours Bruce park
See science day
at U of W