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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-03-06, Page 12w Times, Thanday, March Il�dS C0.EDITORS Sandra Currie Cecil de Boer letters to the Editor Editor: For a change, something I've Witten is going to be short and to point. A few near-sighted in- dividuals have had the gall to 'rite that they think that the teaching staff at Madill is second r*te. If it sounds, by my Vhat I am perturbed, then you are getting the point. You are attending one of the finest schools in the province, but the best school is useless without a capable staff. Scattered throughout the system are some very dedicated people and you are lucky enough to have a good number of them at Wingham. I'm not talking about test-slingers or task masters but very devoted, unselfish, idealistic men and wo- men. I say idealistic because every one of them knows that he Is part dreamer. They could earn far more and surely see more satisfaction and results from a few days' toil in some other pro- fession. Rather, they have chosen as their life's work a job that de- mands far more than it usually returns. These are very human beings, these teachers, and often more likeable and sensitive than we think. My doings in Madill have brought me very close to many of them. One very remark- able man whom I had for a teach- er once told our grade nine class that he wouldn't begin to like us until we were in grade eleven. Just as het said, that man .did be- gin to like us as we approached our senior grades. But, perhaps more remarkable is the fact that the older I grew, the more I relat- ed to and identified with him. As Joni Mitchell once said ... "don't it always seem to go? You don't know what you've got `til it's gone" .. . A Very Grateful Graduate, Rick Currah Gymnastic meet The annual gymnastic meet was held at F. E. Madill on Wednesday, February. 19. The Banting Institute competed against Wingham. Banting's team finally won over Madill's team. Both teams displayed much strength, agility, ability and gracefulness as they per- formed their individual routines. Each was marked -according to composition. Individual boy winners from F. E. Madill were as follows: Ken Wall, second, and Francis Mahe; third,. on the senior rings;. Andy Heim, second on the junior rings; Dave Cro+e, third in the senior parallel bars; Jim Blackwell, second, and Andy Heim, third, in the junior parallel bars; Francis Mahe, third, and Kevin Stuart, fourth, in the senior floor ex- ercise; Doug Kuyvenhove'h, third -in the... junior floor exercise; Andy Heim, first, and Jim Black - Well, 'th'd; tithe jufaok raiiilthig; ' ids' volleyball The F. E. Madill girls have been representing our school very well the last couple of Weeks. On February 15, the senior • girls' volleyball team travelled to London where they played two exhibition matches against Exe- • fair and Clinton. The seniors de- fatted Exeter in two straight games but unfortunately lost to Clinton because of a shortage of three players from their team. We are convinced that if the whole team was present for the last match against Clinton that is the Mustangs would have carried : ` away a double victory. On Thursday, February 20, the senior and junior teams com- peted in the Huron -Perth finals at St. Marys. The seniors placed fourth out of six schools, in the Huron -Perth finials. Within Huron county the seniors ranked second `s best. Wingham played their first ! game ai 9:00 against Stratford Central winning one game 16-14 and losing the next with a score of 15-9. Their next form of competi- tion was against St. Marys losing both games 15-10 and 15-3. At 1:30 the Mustangs stalked into Gym 1 and faced the Vikings. You could ° feel it in the air the girls were going to make this a battle to the end. Madill defeated Goderich in both games with scores of 15-2 and 15-12. Somewhere along the line they played Listowel • girls losing both games 15-6 and 15-11. Wingham played the last game of the day at 3:45 against Clinton. Unfortunately they only won one game 15-8 and lost one game 9-5. This was a tough series for the girls but it was all good ex- perience and they came out close to the top for Huron and Huron - Perth finals. Good work girls! The juniors ranked second in ,the Huron finals. Unfortunately they didn't place among the top "tour in the Huron -Perth finals. The girls played a top level of vol- :eyball throughout the day but somehow they were defeated in gall but one game. The coach, Mrs. 3haw, could not explain this 3henomenon but commented that text year they have a super team fined up and they have already ieclded among themselves that :hey are going to win 1975-1976 • 3uron-Perth finals. The volleyball season is over •'sir another year and I'm sure we ire all proud of the effort put Orth by both teams. Huron -Perth ;,ext year! Reporter : MaryAnne Alton Francis Mahe and Ken Wall tied for third place in senior vaulting; Mike Heim, first place in junior high bar; Bruce Dickert, first, Kevin Stuart, second, and Ri- chard deBoer, third, * in senior high bar; David Ritter, second in the junior pommel; Rick Wil- liams and Brian Work tied third place in the senior poinmel. The girls' gymnastic team from F. E. Madill displayed ex- cellent abilities. Individual girl winners were as follows: Kate Cook, third in the intermediate" unevens; Martha Graham, third, and Myra Dane, fourth, in the in- termediate balance beam; Mari- lee Kennedy, third in novice bal- ance beam; Ruth Cooper, third in novice floor; Peggy Orien, first, and Pat Orien, second, in inter- mediate floor; Susan Brookes; first, and Pam Clarke, second, in novice balance beam. -Theanting"s girls' gymnastic team won 59-22 and the Banting's boys' team - won 60-44. Each school made an excellent show- ing of ability and should be com- mended on their efforts. adill by Lynda Lyons Mary MacKinnon Brenda Johnston Jane Shiell QUESTION: Have you any comment on the recent editorials and "letters to the editor" which have appeared in the school page? 0-0-0 GENEVIEVE KINAIIAN 13B: I thought the letter on cheating was really well written and very true. It's about time someone spoke up and voiced their opin- ions on this topic. 0-0-0 JIM RITTER 12H: I was glad to realize on reading Jim Pat- tiSon's letter that some people really know what is going on around here. I couldn't agree with luta more. 0-0-0 HUGH ROSS 12H: I feel it gives the students a chance to express their ideas and thoughts about the goings-on in the school, and to show their interests on topics of concern. 0-0-0 MR. McLENNAN: First of all, I'm happy to see that some of the students are actually expressing their opinions instead of taking an "I don't care" attitude that seems to be prevalent these days. Secondly, it was nice to see the rebuttals appear. I'm glad some students are on my side. 0-0-0 ROBIN BRENT HA: I feel in the last editorial that the editor didn't have a fair judgment of the majority of the teachers but in some cases the teachers do follow the "care less" attitude about the students. ° 0-0--0 MRS. TIFFIN: I'm delighted that the students are .thinld about the quality of education. noticed that the ex -students have a different view now from the time when they were here and that in all cases they are very ap- preciative. 0-0-0 GAIL RENWICK 13C: The re- cent editorials have been inter- esting, to say the least. However, the only ones with which I totally agreed were Jim Pattisotestletter to the edito°r, and Cindy4Thorton's editorial about cheating. I'm glad that the students are finally using the school page for expressing their own opinions. Keep it up! Editorial In last week's edition of the school page, a very concerned in- dividual wrote a letter to the edi- tor about the present condition of the student lounge. She stated that a little care and .common sense on the part of the students could keep the lounge clean and the furniture in usable condition. She also . mentioned something about the discarded bottles and accumulations of : paper, foam, bottle caps and chips of broken pens, pthicils and rulers building up on the floor while the garbage cans remained empty. She said that little has been done, or is being done, to improve the situa- tion. Early this week, a move was made in an attempt to improve the condition of the lounge. Any- one who was in the lounge on Monday, within a short period of time, couldn't help but notice the Yearbook supporters UCO Belgrave, Belgrave; Sepoy Drive -In, Lucknow; Bridge Motors Ltd., Brussels; Bruce Willits Tire Service, Luck - now; . Hayward Discount and Variety, Brussels; Kuenzig's Su- perior Store, Teeswater. The Tuck Shop The Madill Tuck Shop is a ser- vice run by the Athletic Council. This organization provides stu- dents who participate in physical education classes with proper gymsuits and sockyThese are available in a wide range of styles in our school colors — pur- ple and white. The Tuck Shop managers are Brenda. Johnston and Sandra Currie. It is open every Tuesday and Thursday. Also available in the Tuck Shop are school medallions, jogging suits, Adida shoes, and duffel bags. Thereis still much stock avail- able in the Tuck Shop so when you're not too busy, drop in and see what the better dressed F. E. Madill student wears. change in its appearance. The floor was clean and the furniture was spread out in a suprisingly neat and orderly pattern. For the first time in the last several months, the coke -stained floor showed up having been concealed by the blanket of garbage that in- habited the first foot of room next to the floor. On seeing this change, I was very pleased and prepared to congratulate the people respons- ible. But, the change in -the lounge was short-lived. When I returned on Thursday, I noticed the usual mess of foam, bottle caps and pop bottle spittoons spreading from wall to wall and from ceiling to floor. It was at this moment that I de- cided something must be done to improve the appearance of the lounge. I thought over some pos- sible solutions but most of the few I arrived at would work no longer than a day or two. The idea of re- stricti'g the lounge to only the senior students is both an im- probable and impossible solution. Closing down the lounge for a week appears to result in double the damage and mess the week after. Other than these ineffec- tive solutiong to the problem, I came upon one that I am convinc- ed could work and would work well if enough people got involv- ed. If some people don't soon get involved in the improvement of the lounge, I will be prepared to launch my attempt. The solution involves a "Save Our Lounge" campaign in which a large number of people are in- volved. The campaign inches the guarding of the lounge by a select group of people. If things should happen to get messy and disordered, the group of students will clean it up and put things back in order. You may be asking who this select group should be. The ideal situation would be to have the group consist of every member of the student body. Since this is un- likely to happen a group of about one hundred (100) volunteers would probably prove sufficient. But if this method is to be suc- cessful it will require a very dedi- cated group of students who are prepared to keep the lounge in a neat and orderly appearance. r -Cecil de Boer 13A. rr Looking back I've been here for five years now, five long, short years. I came into grade nine just as the last of the greasers went out and the first of the hippie culture entered. F. E. was then, and is now, a good school, not a great school, but it likely never will be. Madill isn't.known for its football or soccer or basketball, drama club, glee club, or chess club. I guess we're pretty much run of the mill. I can remember when the main hall mob was Neil Graham, Nancy Guest, Bob Sangster, and the Corrigan brothers and crew. I remember when there was a glee club and a drama club of 150 vol- unteers. I remember the year we all went to Goderich to cheer our football team on to victory and then lost. I remember Mr. Gnay in the role of Santa Claus at the Christmas party, and the pie auc- tion, and the pie -throwing con- test. I remember where a chariot took a hunk out of the shop cor- ridor wall near Mr. Shore's room during the great chariot race of nineteen hundred and sixty-nine. have seen the loom where the cadet pants are stored, I have dug flowerbeds for Mr. Webster, sold chocolates bars in the rain and seen Mr. Trudeau land his helicopter on our front lawn. I've seen kids leave school to make the almighty dollar and then come back humbly a week later. I've felt teachers soften to- wards me as I've grown older, and have made friends from Old rivals. I've made a fool of myself on stage and got clapped at. I've made a fool of my$elf in the classroom and got slapped at. I've both picked on grade nines and stuck up for them. I've cursed seniors as a junior, and juniors as a senior. In the five years I've been here, I've learned a lot, but not so much classroom knowledge as practi- cal lessons. I've tasted defeat and success. I've passed, , and failed, been rewarded and punished. I have learned tolerance from the intolerant, patience from the im- patient, and gained wisdom from the foolish. I feel that any person who has denied him or herself a full high school education, has denied himself one of the world's greatest gifts — time. Here we have time to learn, reason, (Wand achieve, and to do all those thousands of things we wouldn't have time to do if we were in the outside world. These walls reek of knowledge; not the x plus x equals 2x knowledge, but the knowledge of human ex- perience,. Come to class, gripe and bitch about your teachers and your crummy marks, but learn from them too. There is so much to learn, that no time is ever really wasted, but used in some obscure way. Your time here is precious. Make • friends, strive to be a better person, and learn to take life as it comes, day by day. Rick Currah. 357-2320 RUR'T+Np 'I, LLTh$ ET # SEETE 1101, MET On February 21 we .ryedt to Stratford filo rthwestern for the Midget Huron -Perth :tournament. The first game =0 against Goderich and we were defeated 52-84. Top scorers for the first game were Wayne Bell with eight points and Ken Tervit with six points. In the second game the score was tied 45-45 with only to few sec- onds to go. Clinton put in .three quick baskets to defeat us 51.45. Top scorers *tor the second game were David Gamble with fifteen points and Ken Tervit with twelve points. Congratulations on a fine effort. Good luck next year. —Coach, Mr. Shore. MJR+GrE: CO Fe�r ► , Exeter came to Wing� to de, feat the Musts, We were very.nueh in the game until after halfftinne, The Score aatt e eof the second quarter was 101 guess we just lost Steam. 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