The Brussels Post, 1976-11-10, Page 8THE LAST GAME of the football season for Madill
was played here on Tuesday, November 2. In the
fourth quarter the score was 6 - 3 for. the Mustangs.'
As some of the boys were playing both offence and
defence they soon tired and fell to a 16-6 defeat from
Stratford Northwestern.
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"And after high
school?-" then. what
Debating
team is
active
If you are good at expressing
your views, or would like to learn
how to participate in a
parliamentary-style debate, I
suggest you join the Debating
Club! Come to Room 221 the next
time a meeting is scheduled, and
find out what it's 111 about!
The "76-77" debating season
has begun, and judging by the
results of the October debate, this
promises to be a rewarding year
for Wingham's debaters. Both
the Junior and. Senior teams of
F.E.Madill won their debates
against the strong Clinton teams.
There were two debates in each
division, one being impromptu.
The prepared debates were on the
resolution "There is a lack of
proper planning for the
preservation of prime agricultural
land." What would your opinion
be?
Mrs. Tiffin is the coach of the
debating teams, and there are
about ten faithful members who
take turns debating and research-
ing. Meetings are held when
necessary to plan or practise for
deba tes. This club provides an
excellent chance for students to
gain experience in speaking and
to discover the format of a
parliamentary debate. Vchoknows;
we might just be harbouring a
prospective politican in our
midst!
Future plans of this club are to
hold ,acompetition in our school,
and, of course, to become this
year's Huron County debating
champs!
So, if you would like to learn
how • to argue effectively, and
possibly persuade people to see
things your way, the Debating.
Club beckons you! Get involved
for a rewarding ' experience!
Mary Eadie, 12B
It is beginning to get more and
more difficult to find something
new and different from every
year's yearbook. The students are
different because some have left
but more have enrolled. This does
not change the activities and
clubs. The hallowed halls of
Madill are still graced with the
present of the Prefects.
In 1968 Murray Elston was
the head prefect and Sheila
Crewson Was' his assistant.
There' are still graduates and
Madill still I holds
Commencement even though the
valedictorian changes from year
to year.
There will always be driver
training, a camera club, a library
club, french club, science club
and other such similar activities.
In 1968 there was a cadet club,
judo club and clio club (history
club). The ciao club's main prrject
in 1968 was to organize a
Centennial Diary containing the
dates of births and deaths of
many famous Canadians and a
local history.
They also witnessed a session
Of Parlianient under the
sUpervision of Murray Gaunt and
Visited the Toronto Museum. The
Cadet training and proficiency
had become somewhat of a
tradition at W.D.H.S. by 1968.
Cadets was then compulsory in
grade nine only with the rest of
the corps composed of volunteers.
Major Ritter and his staff assisted
with the corps in their preparatiti
Not far from my home a man
has built a house. He comes from
the city where he had, through his
business, amassed a small
fortune. His household'was one of
luxury and convenience, yet he
wanted'to get closer to the land.
With this in mind this
businessman bought a farmer's
cornfield and built his second
home.
Cases similar to this one have
been witnessed the country over;
there have been outcries but in
most places little or nothing is
being done about this situation.
In Canada, unlike many other
countries, we enjoy an abundance
of food. We do not have to beg
from our brother and sister
nations, our larders are full and
overflowing, food in Canada is
taken for granted. However, this
situation may come to an end
sooner than many of us dare to
think. .
Many people and businesses,
as well as believing that food is
unlimited, also label our
Canadian farm land as dispensi-
ble. The most productive areas of
our country are used for both
commercial and residential
construction, while less arable
areas in the north and east are
diligently avoided. Good farm
land is rapidly disappearing.
for the inspection held in May.
The judo club was instructed by
Mr. B. Roberson who held a
brown belt. At each practice club
members went through a series of
strenuous exercises called
Katanowaza to loosen and
strengthen muscles, As Donna
Malick, a member of the club,
stated "Judo is actually a study in
grace and co-ordination involving •
the development of an agile
body and a quick mind. It leaves
you physically and mentally fit as
well as self-confident." Clubs
such as these have fallen by the
wayside. Yet school spirit doesn't
change much from year to year.
There is still apathy among some
and enthusiasm among others.
George Valance who was the
representative from -W. D . H. S . at
the Athletic Leadership Camp in
the summer of 1967 made the
following remakItS. "As I look
back upon my stay at the camp, I
wonder at the amount and variety
of the material taught. I learned
everything from how to do
thirteen different types of lay-ups
in basketball to being an expert at
opening bottles of pop with track
shoes. Although the first week of
camp was torture, I regret the fact
that I can never return to that
beautiful camp on Lake
Cotichiching.'
the football team did quite well
in 1968. Their only loss in the
season was to Mitchell. During
the play-offs their first game Twas
against Mitchell. Winghain
This claiming ,of farm land for
other purposes is of course
nothing new. Since, the first
French explorers built their forts
on the banks of the St. Lawrence
River, this reclaimation and
building has become an on-going
process. However, now this
process has gone too far,
consuming twenty-four acres of
farm land every hour, and
pushing farmgrs to poorer land in
the north and east.
Along with decreasing the
amount of productive farmland in
production, urban sprawl forces
land prices to a point so high that
farming becomes an
uneconomical business. Farmers
cannot afford to start or expand
their businesses 'so decide to sell
instead, -allowing industry to
enter,
We as Canadians have a
reputation for helping to feed the
world. But how long can 'we do
this, let alone feed ourselves if we
use all our farmland for other
purposes?.- ' We must all stand
behind any government
legisla tion on this. point, for our
sakes and those of our children.
Notfar from my home a -city
man has built a house. If we all
stand together, his could be the
last!
1968
crushed them 18 to 0. The final
game against Exeter was a fight
for the championship. Wingham
was not a snow team and that day
there was six inches of snow on
the field in Exeter. Unfortunately
Wingham was defeated 16 to 7.
Bryan Walden , a player, made
this remark, "Because of two
groovy coaches, Mr. Gray and
Mr. Campbell, we still had a lot
of, fun . "
The cross-country team added
to the prestige of W.D.H.S. that
year by bringing home four first
place standings from the Huron
Perth and
W.O.S.S.-k Conferences.
School will continue year after
year. Favourite sayings, fashions,
friends and teachers' names of
1968 will remain in the memories
of the graduates until someone
like myself has the nerve to blow
dust off the cover of the year book
and draw old points of interest' to
view. I hope someone gets a kick
out of a little bit of Modern history
because it is interesting digging it
up.
MaryAnne Alton
ow much; is.,tirititnb-?'
In the next few there
will be many. decisions made. The
course of many lives will be
The ideals, decided.
and romanticism of leaving home
will become a reality.
Over two h undred students
will be leaving Madill ,
permanently next June. We may
not leave until. June, but many
plans will have been made, and
perhaps, subsequently scrapped
by that time.
Applications for community
colleges and universities will soon
be arriving. The desire of
students to attend whatever type
of post secondary they wish is
very likely to be fulfilled,
depending on a number of
factors. Those factors are, of
course, important. When
November exam time roles
around , everyone realizes what
difference a few marks make.
And then, there are always the
questions. "Where were you
thinking of going?" -• Well;
ah...."Any reason?" - No. "And
what exactly is it that you'd like to
do?" It seems to -me that people
sometimes forget that most of us
'have not been able to make up our
minds in eighteen years. Haw
they think we'll decide in a twenty
minute interview, is indeed
questionable.
Then there is the ever-present
factor of money, or perhaps, the
I am a person
Trying to be strong,
Wondering where
in this world' I belong.
I am. a friend
witty and gay,
Always talking
there's, nothing to say.
ever-present lack of it, There's
tuition, and books and expenses
to li ve, and, and, and But far
those of us who are pinching
pennies, there remains hope in
0.S.S.A.P. grants and loans and
various scholarships or bursaries.
There are some people who
believe that 'leaving high school
means goiong to university,
community college, or simply
finding a job. Not necessarily.
You could join the Armed Forces.
Your education is free in return
for service: There 'are two
agricultural colleges in our
area, Ridgetown and Centralia,
There are private schools for
those interested in secretarial
studies.There are INA:
'(Registered Nursing Assistant);
courses at various hospitals. There
are apprenticeships in mechanics,
plurnbing, etc. There is Radio
College in Toronto.
And if y ou are overcome by the
idea of marriage to a miser in the
backwoods, you can continue your
education through 'mailed'
"Correspondence courses",
providing you have a mailbox,
The list can gO on even further,
So, I suppose, we are left to
determine our own fate. The
deciSion is now at hand. For
some, it will be the end of formal
education for many, perhaps the
beginning.
Marilyn Congram
I am a girl
trying to see,
. The things I need
To set me free.
For I am a revel
wanting to be,
But deep inside
I'm just me!
Madill Past
8—THE BRUSSELS POST, NOVEMBER 10, 1976
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