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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-01-13, Page 13I Drive through winter with a smile ... when you let us keep your car happy. Drive in for a check-up. S tk RUMEN P This Friday, Jan. THE KINSMEN PAVILION IN WINGHAM — Presents — THE MUSIC OF THE GALAX! ES DANCING FROM 9:30 TO 12:30 ADMISSION — 75c th YOUNG MEN'S •:`k,t1:.--7 SKI JACKETS VALUES OW $Q 410111Q TO $24.95 11U e .07 1 UP Wingharn Advance -Times, Thursday, Jan. 13, 196(3 Page 6 r District High School News Are You in Step? "Bonitarern, Disciplinam, Seientiarn" (or for those who do not take Latin, "Goodness, Dis- cipline, and Knowledge") -- this is the motto of the Univer- sity of Windsor, located be- neath the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario. The University of Windsor is quite an international institu- tion. Naturally, a great ma- jority of the students are Can- adian. However, there is a large number of American stu- dents attending as well asmany from such far-off places as South Vietnam, Peru, Chile, India, Pakistan and Trinidad. The University of Windsor is not what you would call large, especially when compared to such places as the University of Toronto. At the moment it has a population of about 2,500 students, but it is growing quite rapidly as it becomes bet- ter known. Being small, both in size of campus and in population, it offers the advantages of the smaller universities. One ad- vantage here is the distance between classes. The buildings on the campus are not very far apart and therefore are only about four or five minutes' walk at the most. An advantage of being small in population is that one gets to know more of the students around him. Academic achievement is emphasized at the University of Windsor and there is quite a good atmosphere for study in the residences and library. There are several study rooms provid- ed in the residences. Though emphasis is on aca- demic achievement there is a good social and athletic pro- gram offered. The centre of the students' social life is the very modern University Centre in which is the cafeteria, very important to all students no matter where they are. Up- stairs there is the Ambassador Auditorium where entertainers such as comedian Paul Lennon, and later this year the New Christy Minstrels, entertain the students. The various clubs at the university hold their meet- ings upstairs as well. Down- stairs from the cafeteria is found the grotto where, every Friday night there is a dance. There is a wide range of sports offered at the University of Windsor. The university plays intercollegiate basket- ball (famous for the Lancers who are one of the top basket- ball teams in Canada), hockey and many others, except foot- ball. There is an emphasis on interfaculty sports such as foot- ball, basketball, soccer, swim- ming, etc, In this way every student gets a chance to partici- pate in his or her favorite sport. This summary of life at the University of Windsor is by no means complete, but I do hope I have given you some idea of what the life there is like. In closing I wish every stud- ent in Wingham District High School success in his or her academic endeavors and hope some of you with university in mind will give serious thought to Windsor, 0--0--0 Jim Deneau, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Deneau graduated from Wingham District High School last year and is enrolled at the University of Windsor. He was awarded a university entrance bursary and was pre- sented with a proficiency award in biology at the school's com- mencement this fall. Jim was home for the Christ- mas holidays and looked quite at home when he visited the school and sat in on a couple of classes. Advance Admissions Now Final Grade 13 students entering Waterloo Lutheran University in the advance admissions pro- gram now will be accepted on a final basis instead of provis- ionally, as last year, when the plan was introduced. Henry Dueck, registrar, said students accepted after writing their grade 13 Christmas ex- aminations will know they have a place in Waterloo Lutheran University this fall. Students must still write the final examinations and may be required to repeat any failed pre-requisite subjects in pre- liminary courses offered by the university. Mr. Dueck said advance ad- missions proved successful on a limited trial basis last year. The plan enables the university to give more personal attention through interviews and more careful processing of applica- tions. Under the Waterloo Lutheran plan, a student can be accepted well ahead of the rush if lie meets certain requirements. He must have maintained an aver- age of 65 per cent or better in grades 11 and 12 and an average of 65 per cent or better at the Christmas mid-term examin- ations. In addition, he must not have spent more than five years in secondary school. "We hope to take the final pressure off students, since they will know they have a place in university," the registrar added. "We would urge students to en- rol as early as possible. Each application must be accompani- ed by the confidential princi- pal's report stating that the re- quirements have been met." No deposit will be accepted with the applications, but eligi- ble students offered admission by the university are required to make a $50 deposit, which is applied against tuition expenses, The deposit ensures that a stu- dent doesn't hold a space he doesn't intend to fill. Waterloo Lutheran Univer- sity is following a policy of controlled growth with under- graduate enrolment limited to 2,400. A liberal scholarship program is offered, including $6, 000 centennial scholarships to those who attain 90 per cent in the final grade 13 examina- tions. SATISFIED CUSTOMER When the late Charles Laugh- ton was preparing for the finn- ing of "Mutiny on the Bounty" , he went to a famous court tai- lor on London's Bond Street and said to a clerk: "I believe you made. a uniform for one Cap- tain Bligh. I should like to have duplicates made to my measure." "Captain Bligh, sir?" Laughton nodded. "And what year would that be?" the clerk asked. 1789". Not in the least ruffled, the clerk replied, "I'll see, sir." "And do you know, " Laugh- ton said later, "the clerk was hack in a few minutes with the complete record and measure- ments. I had the duplicates made and wore them in the picture." --James Hines. Backed by throbbing drums and twanging guitars, the Chub- by Checkers chant of "Let's Twist" started millions of youngsters on a wriggling, writh- ing caper that Rocked 'n Rolled the world. Today the twist is merely a step remembered nostalgically by the "older generation". But Old Granddaddy Twist's off- spring have mushroomed into a whole spectrum of no-touch, "unsociable" social dances. First came the Madison, then the Mashed Potato, the Wobble, the Locomotion, the Hully Gully, the Rhino Rump, the Ska, the Scrub Woman, the Frug, the Watusi and the Wrang- ler Shake. Along with the new dances, the "in set" popularized a new kind of night club, the "disco- theque", where the music is on records. The new High Priest of the wigglers and wobblers of the "discotheques" is a pint- size, rubber-boned, whirling dervish named Killer Joe Piro. He's the jet-set's favorite danc- ing teacher, and he has taught almost a million Americans to do the Frug, the Watusi, the Chickenback and the Monkey. Killer Joe's pupils include Ray Bolger, Marlon Brando, Ad- lai Stevenson, Sybil Burton, the Maharani of Baroda and the Duchess of Windsor. He's been to Washington to dance the Wa- tusi with the Number One Teen- ager of 'em all, Luci Baines Johnson. According to Joe, all of the new dances fall into two cate- gories: "One where the feet tra- vel, as in the Hully Gully and the Watusi; and the other where the feet stay still, as in the Frug. All of the other dances are variations of these and are mostly charades acted as you do the Frug or the Watusi." The Watusi and the Hully Gully -- where the feet move-- are something like square danc- es, done in groups, with a lead- er calling out the patterns. It might be the Dean Martin, toss- ing down a drink; Esther Wil- liams, tapping water out of her ear; or Al Hirt, tooting his horn. Then there's the Grave- digger, using a shovel; or the Swim. The Frug — where the feet stay in place — needs a steady, smooth twist beat. The first step might be the Chickenback, copied from the way a chicken shakes its tail feathers. The feet don't move, just the bot- tom and the wings. In the Mon- key, scratch your chest and climb a tree; in the bug, search around, scratching your back, neck and head until you find the bug, then give it to your part- ner; for the Pony, hit the hand on the hip for "giddap"; for the Woodpecker, the hands flap like wings and the face bobs as if pecking wood. In the Hitch- hiker,, you thumb a ride; the Surf is like riding a surfboard and balancing on the waves. The Wrangler Shake, which Joe created for a manufacturer of jeans, is danced with the feet in one place and with a solid shaking of the hips. The first step is a side-to-side figure 8. Then a hand clap and fin- ger wriggle, Next the Wrangler Shake, where you twirl a lasso river your head or in front of you. Then Around the World, a clockwise circle of the body. Follow with the Pony (giddap!), a repeat of the Wrangler Shake with partners back to back, and end up with the Rubber Legs, shaking your head and wrig- gling your knees like Elvis." Killer Joe, who has a daugh- ter of his own, is one parent who sees nothing "immoral" in today's style of dancing. "How can it be immoral when the kids don't even touch each oth- er?" he asked. "Besides, this isn't the first time people have been shock- ed by a new dance. Some time back, a whole continent of par- ents was scandalized because their kids were holding each other close and whirling around the floor. Preachers and prudes were screaming the dance was "too fast" -- in more ways than one. But the kids liked it, and the dance caught on. "The name of the dance? The Waltz." Teens Climb on Nylon Bandwagon To members of today's swinging space generation, good grooming and a chic, sophisti- cated appearance are clearly all-important. And that in- cludes wearing full-length ny- lon stockings. A survey recently conducted reveals that approximately half of the nation's teenaged girls living in urban centres start wearing nylon stockings before they reach 13 years of age. By 14, virtually all have started to wear nylons though not neces- sarily on a regular, day-in-day- out basis. Are the 'teens' just putting the survey-takers on? Not like- ly the study concludes. When a group of mothers with daue''- ters under 21 were asked the same questions, virtually th same answm es were obtained. Not only do 'teens' start to wear nylon stockings early but they also tend to wear them o it more rapidly. The study found that the average teen uses near- ly twice as many pairs of nyle-, hose as an adult does. Who pays for teeners nylons? Here again, both mothers and their daughters tend to agree. Up to age 16 or so, mom likely does the buying.131., from 16 on, hosiery purchases have almost completely trans- ferred from mother to daughter," the survey disclosed. 4 Jim Deneau Describes University of Windsor By Jim Deneau GARY DOUGLAS May have needed a box to deliver his speech but he got his message across. He was elected. SALLY GALBRAITH Elected president, the first girl to ever hold that posi- tion in Wingham District High School. MURRAY ELSTON, running for office in Students' Council, made his grand entrance into the gym with Brian Mc- Kague as his piper. He was one of the winning contestants. GARY REED LOIS FERGUSON Vice-president Elected REMOVE KEYS When you park your car, even on your own property, re- move the keys. In some com- munities, a local by-law pro- hibits leaving keys in the ig- nition so that thieves or child- ren could start the car. to. 5 s3/,. -.. ON MEN'S: AN uD BOYS' WINTER WEARING APPAREL '• HANNA'S MEN'S & BOYS' WEAR