The Wingham Advance-Times, 1968-12-05, Page 10A 4rice- Times. Thuisday. Mo. 5, 1068
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Student' is encouraged to seek
knowledge through self-help
9 By F. E. MADILL
Principal
The last addition which was
started in 1962 and openeslin
Aptil, 1964 provided many new
educational opportunities to
the students of this area., Vo-
cational courses became avail-.
able and the four-year, five-
year and occupational programs
were introduced.
As the enrolment continued
to grow the Board approached
the Department of Education in
the fall of 1965 with a new
building proposal which would
increase the capacity -of the
school to 1200 students., Per-
mission was granted for this ex-
pansion in December 1965. In
1966 the Wingham D.H, S.
Board and the Lucknow D. H. S.
Board decided to amalgamate
Boards and form a single dis-
trict operated by the Huron -
Bruce D. H. S. Board.
In May 1966 a new building
proposal was presented to the
Department of Education. Final
approval was obtained in Sep- •
tember 1966 for the present
addition. Construction was be-
gun on,June 6, 1967 by the
contractors, John Hayman &
Sons Co. Ltd. When completed
the school will contain the'fol-
lowingfacilities:
Twenty-seven classrooms,
5 science laboratories, 1 agri-
culture laboratory, 1 greenhouse,
2 home economics, 1 music, 1
library, 3 gymnasia, 2 boyst
occupations, 1 girleoccupations.
Commercial rooms: type-
writing (2), business machines,
marketing and merchandising,
office practice, secretarial la- •
boratory, accounting and book-
keeping.
Technical rooms: drafting
(2), auto mechanics (2), car-
pentry, machine, sheet metal
and welding, electricity, elec-
tx
Cafeteria and kitchen, guid-
ance area, "book and work room,
staff dining area, health area,
administrative area, plus norm-
al auxiliary areas.
Rated student accommoda-
tion - 1510.
The concept of a teacher
continually dispensing factual
information is being replaced
by a more student -oriented ap-
proach. It is generally ,recog-
nized that no two students learn
at the same rate. Experiments
are being conducted with core
programs with some abler stu-
dents taking additional topics
beyond the minimum establish-
ed for the core.
Today's student is encour-
,
aged to do more for himself.
To that end the addition in-
cludes a -library resource- ,
centre with individual study
carrels,' reading area, seminar
rooms and book stacks, where
students can pursue independ-
ent studrand research work.
Thee new concepts of educa-
tion demand more preparation
of the teacher. The addition
includes departmental work
areas whereby teachers of a
particular subject may prepare
'work either alone or as a team.
A closed circuit television
system has been established to
serve several rooms in the
school. We would like to ack-
nowledge our thanks to the
management and engineering
staff of CKNX for their help in
this area.
- We are fortunate in having a
capable staff and parts who
are interested in their children,
'along with the excellent facili-
ties which the school offers,
the' young people have unsur-
passed opportunities to acquire
an education. I should like to
acknowledge the contribution
made -by,the Huifon- Bruce •
D. H. S. Board, These men
have worked hard to provide
the best possible facilities and
equipment for this area. '
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'Architect's drawing of the completed school building which shows the inner courtyards by which the wings•are separated
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History requires more than
old-fashioned memorization
By MRS. S. CAMPBELL
History at the F. E. Madill
Secondary School involves nine
teachers and twelve coulies. It
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A section of the school cafeteria in which hundreds of students
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and the school staff are provided with hot lunches daily.
Guidance service provided for both
groups and individual students
By R. P. RITTER
Vice -Principal
Guidance in the secondary
school is aimed at helping stu-
dents to know themselves. The
Guidance Services Department
involves everything in assisting
students with their educational,
vocational, and social rdeci-
sions in a complex and changl
ing society. The guidance
worker performs two basic serv-
ices in the school; group work
and individual counselling. The
oup work program covers such
top as vocational and educa-
tional information, personal
relationships, self appraisal,
and the development of poten-
tial talents.
The second basic service is
counselling which should be
provided at each stage of the •
studeht's development. Counsel-
ling must be available when
the student feels the need or
when people who know him
consider he needi help.
A number of new counsellers
have been added to the counsel-
ling staff to cope with the in-
creasing student enrolment.
Heading the counsellers is Mr,
R. P. Ritter and assistant head
is Mr. J. M. Kopas who was
registrar at Waterloo Lutheran
University for several years.
Others on the counselling staff
include Mr. E. Beard, 'also -
Technical Director, Mrs. S.
Campbell, Head of the History
Department, Mrs. A. Tiffin,
Mr. M. Forrest, and Mr. E.
who was formerly Head of
Guidance at the Lucknow Dis-
trict Iligh School.
The new addition to the
school sees a large expansion
in the physical layout of the
guidance services department.
A well ecrnipped guidance in-
fosmition centre and three
counselling rooms make up the
guidance complex at the school.
A familiar face to the students
•is,the new full time guidance
secretary, Mrs. JoanHenry,
who directs traffic in a busy in-
formation centre and who ad-
vises students of the many ed-
ucational publications avail-
able in the centre. .Mrs. Henry
comes well qualified for her
position as she was formerly the
• guidance secretary at West Hill
Secondary School in 0 Ve n
Sound. Mrs. Henry will ar-
range counselling interviews
has-been traditional with the
subject to emphasize constitu-
tional and political develop-
ment, •as for example in Eng-
land, Greece, France or Ca-
nada. Interests and emphasis
in history change and now we
are balancing historical study
' with considerations of social
and economic problems, bio-
graphy and current events.
Each grade level has always
stressed one segment of history_
but recently the tendency is
specialization within the course
--called the ill -depth approach.
Connected with this is greater
• student involvement in re-
searching topics in the special-
,
ized field; this is a tendency
likely to be developed further,
hence the patch method of
covering world history with.
some students from grades nixie;
to tVeiiqrati'
the sure -y- system.
Taking history requires from
the student more skills than
mem9ry or recall. It involves
translation.and interpretation
of information and, on the
higher levels, making an anal-
ysis or evaluation.
Studying history gives the
student perspective; it has .been
compared to being on the
'mountain top of human know -
ledge and scanning down the
• generations --so enables a pes-
son to see himself as part of the
• living human process on this
globe. Furthermore, the past
is all around each .of us in num-
erous ways and as each individ-
ual moves out to other institu-
. tions, other areas, and other
acquaintances, his range of
personal contacts with the past
is going to enlarge and hope=
fully his feeling^and capacity
for understanding historical ma-
terial too. It is our hope that
history in secondary School helps
the' student visualize the long
duration of history, see its points
of time and occurances, and
fit himself into its dimensions,
for parents at any time; please
call 357-1800 and ask for Mrs.
Henry.
Reolopowop
Precision is first requiremen'
in mechanical drtaftitig..coursi
. By B. MILOSEVIC
Drafting is a graphic lan-
guage that expresses and con-
veys ideas of shape, size and
construction of parts of mech
anisms or of -complete mechan-
isms.
To have optimum value,
engineering drawings must be
clear, concise and subject to
but one interpretation. In order
to produce drawings_ that con-
form to accepted standards and
practices, professional drafts-
men and engineers utilize 'cer-
tain types of equipment, draft-
' ing materials, and instruments.
Since time is an important ele—
ment,in any industrial work, a
cleat nn51erstowling• 04411, the, TA
diaftitSPVAA/i3diffri1/84eRk
niqugs A illippric#4saeRAHRT•4
the process of drawing. prepara-
tiOnS.
• In Grades 9 and 10 the stu-
dent,is-introduced to the funda-
mental operations and theory
of basic drafting and- emphasis
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is placed upon the s,tudent ac-
-wiring a thorough understand-
ing of these basic drafting skills
and principles.
Subjectlmaterial is present-
• ed. to the pupil based on the
psincipl&that one learns best
by doing; therefore the project
• is the medium of instruction.
Each.new idea, each new geo-
metric priziciple and technique
is introduced only when it is
required in order to complete a
drawing, Once the pupil has
been introduced to the basic
drafting instruments and tech-
niques, he can inimediately
apply this knowledge to h,i's
fi!st ti• PT°ItFt,11,•- , • '
8tudentswho vakpfils,tirtis^Jill
doting instructionain)Gisadesp:n
• 11 and 12 are taught more- ad-, •
va-nced theory and techniques
of machine design which em-
braces. the knowledge of
Strength of Materials, Metals,
Plastics, 'Beari7s, Lubricants
HIM
and Seals, Gear Design Princi-
ples, Casting Processes, Dies,
Jig and Fixture Design, Power
Transmission, Fluid Power,
Standard Components for massa
production and interchangeable
assemblies which follow the "
trends and practiceslound.in
today's Modern drafting room.
Pupils specializing in draft-
ing are not kequired to serve
• an apprenticeship after com-
pletion of Grade 12.
The courses in Mechanical
Drafting are intended not only
tb encourage logical thinking
but -also to/develop an appreci-
ation of good design and to
learn the principles 4.rntqlved- I
• and y..iqrSiY(RiPak10.8)
the Rasi a, pg ancl,tedipologyn
aisociated'with the type of °
work the pupil expects tO enter
when he graduates from a sec-
ondary school,. Science and
Technology Programme of
Studies,
One of the offices used by the Guidance Department
Congratulations
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