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Rarin' To Go With All The ested in bringing forward the Inews of young people's activi- ies. : Holidays are over and here we go again with Teen Talk ad a all young people in the Osha, ' area. i a Now and again older people CORRESPONDENTS read this section too - not just; We shall be doing just that--| fathers and mothers but grand- with the aid of the Teen Talk fathers and grandmothers - and/corréspondents who did such a we are pleased about that fine job in covering the school After the brief summer re-'and club news last season spite we're rarin' to go with all) Teen Talk, remember, is the | | the coming season, ---- There will be all the formal and informal. sessions, the "4 YOUTH IN ACTION Again News you have a point of view to State, a news item to record, jjust drop us a line here at Teen Talk. The only qualifica- tion for getting into print in these columns is that your article must be written by a 1 t ests Teen Talk| Students We've said it before, but no} apology is necessary on repeti- tion. Teens are going places, doing things 'and exercising a) strong influence within every) 'Work' In Science Lab teen-ager or must have some-) thing to do with teen-age inter- | So here we go for another| E the teen news and pictures of/paper for the young people. If! season. | | FOR PEACE CORPS COUPLE '4 '4 ae re s a ¢ 'THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tussdey, September 15,1964 13 Adventure, Romance In Africa Back home from two years in Ethopia with the peace corps a young American couple are making plans to return. In spirit they say they have never left Ethiopia and want to carry on the educational work they feel has barely scratched the surface in the mountainous regions of the country, The couple, Mr. and Mrs. George R. Parish from Mil- waukee, Wis., were married in a civil ceremony in Addis Abada "the day after they left the peate corps. "It seems strange to see businesses. and trafic and people running around again," said Mrs. Parish. She taught eighth grade English by day, and English to adults at night, in Dessie, 200 miles north of the capital. Mr. Parish taught ninth grade Ethi- opian history, of which he said "almost nothing" was written) down. They were part of the first group of "'peaceeves," (peace corps volunteers) in the region, the first Americans the Ethio- pians had .met. Mrs. Parish was woman teacher her had had. The Americans had studied Amharic in their field training at Georgetown University, Was ington, D.C., but never really learned it until they began to work in the schools and bar- gain in. the marketplace, they the first students women had done for more than| a thousand years. 9 water, you don't waste much of it in washing," noted the Amer. ican girl. "We were 10,000 feet up and there isn't a place in the world more beautiful than. where we were located. You could some: times see the hyenas during the day and you could always hear' them at night," she added. The Milwaukee girl had 340 students, 60 to a class. She had very few materials to work with. " ; carry|add, gyn es Hi ithe trees for the school herself. |dence and her ' group. worked with the she chopped down three of It was a six room building, made with tin and mud for in- sulation, but to the workers, after they finished, it looked it looked like a castle, she said. On the month's vacation Mrs. Parish and several friends went) to Egypt with duffle and sleep- ing bags and walked down the Nile to Abu, Simbel and Wadi Halfa and then took the train across the desert to Khartoum. She had a small blackboard, but little paper. Her former students at junior high school sent 400 books. . "I used mostly a con- versationai method," she said. "In this kind. of work you either get creative or you go home," her husband interposed, Sometimes she would take her} creative writing class into the mountains to write. But if they had practical problems, they had no discipline problems. So few students re- ceive an education that those who did counted it a privilege. Many who passed the eighth jgrade ministry of education examination walked for five or six days over the mountains to go to school. They came with nothing but a cloth to wrap themselves in at night, and they slept on the ground, "It was not unusual to see home and within every com-} ' oe ; munity. The last census showed! By BRENDA LARGE 48 per cent of Canada's popu-; OTTAWA (CP)--While some} lation to be under 25. Afcer 1965,| students spent their summer] more than half the population/holidays waiting on tables, and) of North America will be 1n' others -worked--on--construction) that category sites, 35 young Canadians are| ough, and Carleton University) Today's teen-agers ate a good) returning to high school or col- jin Ottawa, are raised by private} deal more sophisticated thanjlege this fall after a six-week Subscriptions from the general their parents were at that age.|science course. Pe eAnd a , Iy| The tempo of modern life is a Bach of the 35 has done ex-| roblem Py Or A on Pista Pre good deal faster and economic) perimental work, in depth 4 4 ae sgh ates eigen circumstances are different. In)}"We've got to try to plan our }One area of science which inter-| nourse very e : i arly so we can That's why Teen Talk has atests him ' job to do in presenting a plat- get the best possible instructors. The science course, now in its|This year we've' been very} form upon which the young peo-| second r ple of the communities it serves {to additional courses in other parts of the country." Funds for the science course,| held this year at Lakefield pre-} paratory school near Peterbor-| NEW STUDENTS WORK | experienced ones. Standing, left to right, are Stan Bokwa, 18, Richard Boville, 17, and doing the scrubbing are Nancy Cook, Mary Bokalo and Wenda Babiarg. All of the girls are 15-year-olds. Three of the new Donevan Collegiate students pictured above are working for two Grade 12 boys -- as iradition demands. The new girls, pic- tured scrubbing the floor, i : found them proud and hospit-| said. Amharic is a Semitic language, with 263 letters in the alphabet. They admired boys wrapped in cloths, sleeping outside the school building when we arrived," said Mrs. Parish. The peace corps volunteers temporarily adopted many such children. They took them into their homes, fed them and the people, able, and their children good humored, } WIN LP FOR HOLIDAY STORY Here's a chance to win an lepers, and she was proud to|/Ta LP of your choice for writing TEEN-TALK a story about the most interesting exciting, or unusual experience you had dur- ing summer vacation. You can write a straight! forward graphic account of your activities, or you can tackle the subject in amusing style with tongue in cheek. The competition is open for two weeks, closing date Sept. 29, and records will be awarded for the three best stories, TEEN-TALK editors will do the judging. Stories should not be less than BE A LEADERI Be Coifed By Modella Hairstylists 71 CELINA ST. 250 words or more than 400 words. ; Mark your name, address, school and Grade on the first page of your entry. Send the story to Holiday Features, TEEN-TALK,. Oshawa Times, $6 King street east, Oshawa. "They would give you their last scrap of food, their last cup of coffee, even though they might go hungry," said Mr. Parish. The people lived with their animals in mud huts. The women carried water on their backs in big buckets, just as bought th shoes, in many cases the (irst shoes the chil. dren had evpr worn. The volunteers taught for 10 \moriths of the year, spent one |month on. a special project an |another on vacation. | Mrs. Parish's special project was helping to build a school at year of operation, is|lucky to have top scientists} se sponsored by the Royal Cna-/from Carleton University, the| can present their opinions. | That's why Teen Talk is inter- dian Institute, the oldest scien-|University of Ottawa and the| tific society in Canada Research Council in HIGH SCHOOL HIT PARADE | Naional Already the course's directors|Ottawa work with our stu-| The following is this week's hit parade as chosen | are planning for the 1965 sum-| dents." mer course. They hope to bel voc ENTHUSIASM by Oshawa and. District teenagers and supplied by are being supervised by the 2 Local Teens' A Swimming 5 Two Oshawa teenagers, one|the: planning of Swim Meets,| jwho spent the summer as aithe compiling of information psec cnair lg ggasi andl neen a never-to-be-forgotten' ex-| : |Perience for the 27 boys and jeight girls from across Canada who took part in it this year. Here is what some of them two sessions have been held The program director : this j able to accommodate more stu-| But: whatever: its ~ problems: the Disc Shop at the Oshawa year, Dr. John M. Anderson of| had to say about the course at | dents { tenis, ANG Suimene lle courte tol... special science course has Shopping Centre. 1. House of The Rising Sun --The Animals 2. Where Did Our Love Go? --The Supremes Ottawa, said in an interview atlits conclusion: the conclusion of the course that) Norman Dalley, 17, of Van- Canada lags far behind the|coyver's Sir Winston. Churchill United States in experimental) high school: '"This has been the teaching programs such as this|mogt fascinating experience one, il've ever had. It has made me swimming instructor and thejinto charts, and the writing of other as a pool program co-ja pool's manual for next year's ordinator, were asked by TEEN-| pool co-ordinator. TALK why they chose these} Our general 'program this jobs. Here are the answers. ;summer included Public recrea- HEATHER FINDLAY, |tional swimming, each afternoon | i MUSIC SCHOOLS There are 300 municipal mu-| sic schools in Sweden with al- S { a near-by leprosarium. She and I - jin the SPEED & CUST AENEAN TEENAGERS: you are invited te stop in and see "TED" ot the CITY AUTO & SPORTS 20 Bond St. W., Oshewe Let "TED" answer all your needs equip- ment . . « All the fotest in custom equipment. most 100,000 students and 15,000 teachers. ummer ..» When it's VISIT Rerd's | New Downtown Store 28 Simeoe North DRIVE-IN STORE 163 Bloor St. West All Phones 728-7386 through the various stages till| * at last he is classed as a com-| petent swimmer is an experi-| ence that one cannot imagine) unless one has had the same) privilege of instructing. i Throughout the summer life- guards make many new ac- quaintances and life-long friends "T find it distressing to know even more determined to go on and evening, Monday to Friday, 3. G. T. 0. Ronny And The Daytonas 4. Hard Day's Night --The Beatles 5. Bread And Butter ~The Newbeats 6. Pretty Woman ~--Roy Oribson 7. Everybody Loves Somebody that there are 202 similar pro- grams involving some 7,500 stu- jdents under way in the U.S." SHORT OF MONEY The main reason for the gap between Canada and the U.S. in special science courses for gifted students is an obvious one: Lack of money "It cost the institute $25,000 for this year's course alone," said Dr. Anderson, an associate professor of biology at Carleton University. 'We've now found that we have a tiger by the tail. The ppogram is too important to give up, but the institute doesn't know where it is going to get --Dean Martin 8. Jollie Jacqueline --Lucille Starr 9. Clinging Vine --Bobby Vinton 10. Come On Everybody to college and specialize in molecular biology." Sandra Black, 17, of Sir James Dunn collegiate and vo- cational high school in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.: "One of the most exciting things about this course has been working with students who share my inter- ests." Maurice Tugwell, 17, of Mone- ton high school: "In my high school science course, we just repeated experiments done by others. It has been a real thrill to do something original -- ex- periments that have never been worked on before." Teen Talk inutile 199 CENTRE STREET: land also Saturday and Sunday. As swimming pool program | Red Cross, Royal Life Saving, co-ordinator for the City ofjand ORC levels of swimming Oshawa I found my work both|were offered during the lesson fascinating and informative jperiods in the mornings. Why? Well the answer is quite) During the month of August simple. Having completed myjwe conducted two classes a first year of the two-year Rec-|week for the Retarded Children. reation Course offered at the|I found this a most challenging University of Guelph I felt 1) experience. We also. held should acquire a summer posi-|special interest groups includ- tion in a field related as closely|ing synchronized and competi- as possible to Recreation tive swimming clubs. As the program co-ordinator} Our competitive team entered for the pools I received the|many swim meets during the first-hand experience of work, | suminer with Whitby and Ajax, ing for a Municipal Recreation/and even though this was our | | | during their efforts to instruct in water safety. I strongly recommend lifeguarding as summer employment for any girl or fellow who gets satsfac- tion in helping others learn and appreciate safety in and around the water. In closing I would like to thank my fellow lifeguards at the Muncipal and Somerset pools for an enjoyable and safe summer, and the Oshawa Rec- reaton Committee for making such a summer job available to us, Department \first attempt at having a racing I was able to understand bet-/team We managed to do quite |ter the information which 1 had|¥el! September 3rd. the syn- MAP KEEPER MoGill University's first cura- GOVERNMENT GUARANTEED | STUDENT LOANS --Elvis Presley the money for next year's On- tario course, Jet alone expand jreceived during lectures of the} On past winter and also to acquire| |a great deal of knowledge which} Ideas From You Now that Teen Talk is under way again the editors would like your ideas about stories, fea- tures and comment. We welcome al] teenagers to write or call about what they like, or what they think should be improved or added, to their part of the paper, Next week high school cor- respondents will be back at work digging out the news from their angle and we ask readers to co-operate with them. Come on teens -- let's see what you can do. UNEARTH FIND HUNTINGDON, England (CP)--A coroner here has ruled that 1,108 silver coins unearthed by farmer Cyril Agger's mech- jcan only come through experi-| ence, in the field. For this, I owe a great deal of thanks to jour Recreation . Director, Mr. W. Brewster, and to the entire staff of the Oshawa Recreation Department As the co-ordinator I worked at the Recreation office on Gibb street and was directly respon- sible to. the Assistant Recrea- tion Director who was in charge of the pools operation this sum- mer, Mr. L. Withers. | My general work included a |daily visit to the two two pools, |Somerset and Municipal, to re- jview records such as attend- jance forms, accident reports, jand health reports, which were later compiled into charts, and to assist the lifeguards if pos-| Sible to solve any problems re- chronized club produced a water ballet entitled "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" quired a great deal of hard which re- tor of the map collection is Judy Harrison of Montreal, a trainee of the Royal Geograph- ical Society, London. work especially on the part of the swimmers, This production proved to be quite successful with approximately 400 people attending Now, with the summer coming to a elose, I find that I am be. ginning to wish that it is once again the first of July. But since it is not, I can only hope that when I finish my course in Recreation I may. someday be able to return to the City of Oshawa. ARDYTH POLLITT, 290 ARTHUR STREET: My experiences for the past three years as an instructor at the Oshawa Municipal pool has been an enriching and reward- Look to a future ina 2 BUSINESS OFFICE REGISTER NOW 728-7081. CANADIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS anical digger are treasure trove and belong to the Crown, But the coins, valued at £3,000, will lated to the pools. ing experience in many ways The office work included the} The satisfaction of watching Head Office for all Divisions 52% SIMCOE ST. N, OSHAWA organizing of Red Cross Tests,!a beginner swimmer progress See the local branch of the for full information, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE be awarded to Mr. Agger and) three co-workers. | TYPEWRITERS @ quorentesd @ selection Now Available et: L. A. & B. DISCOUNT | DEPT. STORE 9 BOND ST. 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