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Whitby Free Press, 14 Nov 1979, p. 12

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I J -?AÇ LE 2, E NS OEBR 14 179 WHITBY FREE PRESS Henry Street NewÉ Fai Thursda By CHRIS ILSON and MELANIE GAMSBY Henry Street High School I Henry Street 11gb School held uts 25th Annual Commencement, ceremony ta bonor of the graduating class of '79 and the award wlnners from the past academic year. The valedictory address was given by Donald Duggan included an excellent slide presentation depicting highlights of the past scbool year. This speech bY the chosen representative of last year's. grades 12 and 13 students was very weil received. Some new awards were introduced inte the programn this year. These were: the West Lynde »Comnmunity Prize won by Lynda Wells; the Volun- teer Association of the Witby Psychiatrie Hospital Awardwon by Julia Moffatt; and the Late W.A. An-, drew Award won jointly by Mary Roney and Bryan >Williston. Other awards included the Rotary Club prize received by Karen Wilson; the Kiwanls Club Bur- sary won by Jean Campbell and the University Womens' Club Prize received by Margaret Wilson. The coveted Mayor's Medal went to Lucy White and the Andrew Foundation Scholarship went te Margaret Wilson. The winners of the school Honorý Prizes, were: Kathleen Irwin, Janice Fleming, Jeffrey Moskaluk, Paul Hague and Susan Wilson. And now as the 1980 commencement draws nearer, new winners are in the making. >Fail Freeze is upon us. Not just the cold nighis but thé Variety Nigbt at Henry 1*1gb wil be corning soon. This will be Henry's fourth annual Variety Nigbt featuring dramatic skits, musical groups and art displays by theoer 100 students-involved.. The cost? Only $2 for adults and $1 for students - good entertatament for the rigbt price. Se join us at Henry for Fali Freeze and support the music, art and theatre arts departmenis. Mark Friday November 23 on your calendar;- and come to Henry Street Higb School's annual fun, nigbt. What a night indeedi Starttag at 7 p.m. and only $1lgets you in. If you're brave enough you may enter the baunted bouse, or test your skiils at the shootlng galleries. But for real, genuine dlsgust, watch the fold fish swallowlng contest. Finally, for the climax of the nigbt, watcb or even participate ta the "Miss Henry" beauty contest (for maies only). RecentlY, the Student Council financed a trip to Peterborough for some 0f Witby's senior citizens for a weekend. The two day altexpenses paid tour was well worth the effort for ail, as the color of the fail season was at its beigbt. The weekend trip is not a new one for Henry Street but an annual one where the studenis become tavolved in the cofnunity._ Basketball season is in full swing now, and Henry's junior girls teamn is undefeated in league play. They have one game left against O'Neil C.V.I. (Oshawa) te determine the first place position. The curling season bas started again wlth henry being represented by fine curlers. Each. year, students get the opportunity to be taught- and games are played twice a week. SThe Badminton club is always active at Henry. Watch for more news on an upconiing open in- vitational teumnamenis for students. Remember: Parent 's night on Noveiuber 30. r The Churc Freeze Speakis on KJV flot the, Bible for Today By THE REV. S. ISHERWOOD St. John's Anglican ChWch Thousands of visitors are daily passing by the fabulous treasure of' King Tùtankbamen on display ini Toronto. Every effort is being made to help them understand and appreciate these works of-art and faith. Magazine articles. traffie signs, cassette tapes, ail have. been designed to in- crease the understanding of the uninltiated. - What a waste it would be .to let these treasures gather dust and tarnish, te leave themn in a poor ligbt, and then to invite the curious to view them. Their value and beauty would be no less, but what a dlsappointment te the casual viewert There is an infinitely greater treasure in almost ail our houses, our hotels, hospîtals and sehools. But that tresure bas suffered a tragic fate we wouldn't ailow to befal the treasures of Tut. It has becomne covered with the dust of tbree hundred and fifty years and is illuminated only by the poor light of the seventeenth centuryr. That treasure 18 the Bible, the tragedy is that is has become enshrined in the - formn of the classic King James Version. The King James Version is undoubtedly a clasic, as "Wuthering Heigbts" is a classic. It bas made a great con- tribution to the Englishilanguage as well as to the spread of Cbristianity. Its grand language and tumn of phrase stil make for easy memorization. There is a great deal te be said in its favour. liowever, it is flot the Bible for today. The èlanguage 0of King James' day, beautiful as it is, can bide the punch'wbich the Bible packs-. (in Acts 8: 20, Peter says teSimon Magus: "Thy money perish with thee." (LIV) J.B. Phillips version reads: "To bell with you, and your money".) The episties (letters) especially, instead of being cballenging and relevant'cails to a changed life have become soothing melodies in our ears. The parables of Jesus, clear pictues to bis hearers, bave become unintended mysteries- to the uninitiated. (In Mat- thew 5: 13 Jesus asks: "If the sait bave lost bis savour, wberewith shall it be salted? " (KJV) The'Geod News Bible reads: "If sait loses is saltiness, there is no way to make it salty again.") More importantly, the most up-to-date document in the world.has ben given the appearance of a valuable but out- dated museum piece. Wbile the language of the King James Version is sometimes confusing, is interpretationi of the source documents can be positively inaccurate. The new tran- slations are not pei-fect, but using the tools of modem scholarsbip and archaeology,- they are certainly more ac- curate. The Dead Sea Scrolls for instance, first discovered in 1947, have added greatly to our ability to translate Isaiah accurately. If the King James Version does prevent understandlng and does discourage newcomers, then why do we continue to distribute it in sebools, bospitals, and hotels and te give it .$19800 arts ha tUs thi rec cor Fgr£ yea thai a VI by t rant Qi-anis tetalling $1,840,539 ve been awarded te 294 am- gs and 351 organizations, eluding one in Whitby by eOntario Arts Council. [The East Central Ontario 't Association, Whitby bas ceived an $1,800 grant ac- rding to coundil chairman ank McEaclu-en. rhese grants are thie thrd )up of thie $919-WO fiscal Ir which wii see more ýn $11,700,ooW awarded ta u'lîety of arts disciplines the arts, councll, to our frienda? Part of the problern la the gret variety of translations and paraphrases, avallable. In 'confusion somne simply return to the old reliable. There are aise, many who fail to understand that ail translations, though perbapa guided by* the lIoly Spirit, are stili creations of men. The version authorized by King James was slmply that, authorized by Kinig James, not by St. James, flot by God. This Christmas many Bibles willbd given as gifts. If the one you give is to be more than a decorative, bistorical document, do tbink very seriously about trying a modern version. of than Tut THE CLEAN-UP SHOP 668-0274 Exterior FOR MOR E INFORMATION CALL: 668-0274 40 BROCK STREET SOUTH, (Rear Entrance) 4 * Compete Interior & Shampooing, * Engine Shampoo * Vinyl Roofs'Cleaned * Windows Polished m m 1 Bible le-us thought CORPORATION 0F ~ THE TOWN OF WHITBy 1980 DOG LICENCES 1980, dog licences are now on sale at the foiiowing locations. Whitby Municipal Building, Treasury Department, 575 Rossland Road East, Whltby. 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