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Speaker series noon hour programs The Acton Free Press Wednesday This year the Guidance department under the headship of Brian Skerrett Is continuing a lunchhour speaker series Is set up as a number of sessions with experts In various lelds Last week two guests appeared George Harding assistant director of Student Affairs at the University of Guelph and Dr C Hod Medical Practitioner and hypnotist Grade and students Rick Hammond and Carol report on the speakers HUMAN RELATIONS By Rick Hammond George Harding was the first In what I hope will be a long series of speakers Mr Harding assis tant director or Student Affairs at the University of Guelph and Is a specialists human relations His work Is based on developments science programming and applied behavioural sciences isodotogy He works along the same lines as our guidance office by helping people to deal with their lives Mr Harding Is a man of wide Interests when it comes to the subject of helping people I feel that ho has a natural talent in this Held because he Is a very easy person to talk with and listen to With the emotional problems that students are encountering in school more people like Mr Harding arc needed I Just hope I have someone like him to turn to in my future university years All my thanks go to Mr Hording for giving up his time in order to come to Acton High School HYPNOSIS Guest Speaker Dr Hoddenott First of ail he gave a small lecture on hypnosis Then he explained how he got Interested In It He refused to give a demon because he does not believe It should be exhibited Besides that It Is against the law He has a practice In Georgetown and about three or four months later he began his hypnosis Itlsusedforobeslty to help quit smoking depression end sexual problems It Is also used In dentistry and in operations so they don t have to use anesthetics It is also used on athletes to encourage them because when you are under hypnosis your concentration is Intensified you see better hear better and you are also more powerful He also explained how people can hypnotize themselves with out even knowing it It is believed that this Is what did at the assassination of Robert Kennedy Heather said It was very Interesting You don realize how much you can do under hypnosis Maxwell said she wished It could have been longer She also agreed it was Interesting Interview with Mrs Sandra Fleming Weight control and quitting smoking does work generally if a person really wants to It takes will power and he Just encourages It One girl trying to lose weight Just loved bread and she hated maggots The doctor told her to imagine the bread was covered in maggots This Is the way he works without hypnotic suggestions In her opinion he is a very good doctor He Is a good listener and is also very busy An article was in The Star about September 1972 ACTON HIGH students Cathy Frlzzell and Wendy were those taking part in a canoeing competition on Fairy Lake Urban study for grade 12s By Wendy Hannah On Tuesday Oct 24 the grade 12 Urban geography class travelled to Toronto- to get close to the city and Its functions On the bus the students mapped out the different types of buildings alont the The bus then stopped for minutes at a small shopping mall In Don Mills A local businessman guided the bus on a tour of Toronto showing the rich and poorer sections By Janice Gibson The Korean Art of Self Defense a group started and organized by the Tramp Champs was to have given a demo nitration to the school last Monday Our expectations were disappointed because for some unfortunate reason they never made It We still waiting though On Tuesday the Grade 12 Geography class and their teacher Keith Black went to Toronto This field trip was to make urban study The group also enjoyed bit of free time to do some shopping Tuesday bus left Acton with students with Mr and his wife as They were bound for the Canadian Mime Theatre at the University of Toronto Loose on At lunch time the class was let loose on Yonge Street to Want pedestrian flow map- out the different stores and businesses Free time was allowed for enjoyment of shopping the Toronto Dominion Centre riding the subway or any other pleasures desired just so long as they made it back to the City Hall in time to catch the bus home Speaker series speaker series has again started this year and with a BANG We had two very interesting men one rljht after the other George Harding and Dr Hoddenott Brian Skerrett Is in charge of it again this year He is working very hard at trying to some more speakers with topics to speak upon This week we had one of our teachers representing us at a conference In Milwaukee Clarence went for three days This was a gathering of Geography teachers Hallo we en success Thursday there was a terrific dance featuring Copper Penny It was a Hallowe en dance Hay and pumpkins adorned the gym and it was cons a great success Three students left this weekend for New York State for mountain climbing This trip was with the Outers supervised by Mr Rowley and Last game The junior volley ball action last week the last game of the season was played at T A They lost They have played a total of games and won seven This is a 20 per cent win for us The girls basketball team have played three games and lost three unfortunately The reason for this is that a small school the number of players arc limited The next game will be played at Trafalgar on November Out early On Monday school was let out early due to the election This gave both students and teachers a chance to vote For most of the students this will be their first time Teachers view huge schools with distaste district of the Ontario Secondary Teachers federation suggested that the Board of To set up core program County Board of Ed ucatlon approved a plan Thurs day that would establish a set of core programs for elementary students Educators felt a need to move towards a basis on which all the schools were working Some felt that the trend toward diversification and individualism had gone too far While they felt they would not want to return to a rigid system used early in the 1960s they agreed a program somewhere in between would be best Core program The new program Is called core curricula and Is one of recotn mendutions in the board priority and expenditures report The program is expected to cost WO WO the first year and a total of Thursday was the second of a scries of meetings being held by the board to deal with the priorities and expenditures report Although the recommendation dealt only with elementary schools the board received a brief from Chapter of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation supporting a move to a core program in the secondary school as well Childhood development course pilot project The role of the parent is one of the most important roles any individual person ever gets to play and yet there is no training for parenthood Rev Bowra told the County Board of Education during a discussion Thursday on the Childhood Education program council report Council chairman said early childhood development was a subject where there Is so little known and so very much to learn He indicated very little is covered at teachers college The report presented to the board recommends the board have a well qualified person develop a program in early childhood development and implement the course on the basis of a pilot project in a high school in the county The report also considers the possibility of working in collaboration with the Department of Health and Welfare and a local municipality in order to locate and staff a day care centre right on a school site The report was accepted and will be considered by the executive council and come before the board at a later date Attend theatre By Sue Brooks Tuesday evening October Mr Sansom accompanied by his wife and a busload of students left Acton School for Toronto to sec the Canadian Mime Theatre The program started at in and consisted of skits that were devised by the Canadian Mime Theatre and directed by Adrian Pecknold The finul skit was called the Silent Screen which related buck to the old silent movies Ask questions At the end of the program the east Adrian Pecknold Hnrro Wayne and Maggie Potter conducted a discussion period in which the people could ask them questions Many of the students who went to see the Mime Theatre are taking either Creative Drama or Theatre Arts All of the performances were fantastic and very much enjoyed by everyone should written philosophy of education so the Board can declare unequivocally the direction towards which education should aspire In its views of the Priorities and expenditures committee topics of the last Board meeting the says it views with an ur of foreboding the mom moth institutions of being built to accommodate or more students and feel that the most effective education is provided in schools of to students as evidenced by rtse irch in the United States Curriculum development the teachers say should be in the hands of teachers and not be guided by those who iet ldcas from the nebulous phi re of educational theories BOTTLE DRIVE Saturday Nov In N E Section of Town I from to PM Acton Mich School Student WELCOME SERVICE If you are new in town know someone who is PHONE RED BRAND BEEF Shoulder Roast Chuck Roast 79 Blade Short Rib Roast Choice Boneless Prime Rib Roast Wing Roast Stewing Beef 99 Ground Chuck 85 Small Link Sausage Maple Leaf lb Pkg Sliced Side Bacon LOVELL BROS MODERN MEAT MARKET Pr Delivery Sheridan preview- atmosphere casual Canoeingispartof the schools recreation program Gibbons By Bob Beenxum On Thursday October 19 a group of grade and 13 students went to Sheridan College campus The trip was planned by the Guidance department to acquaint students thinking of going to community college with the school The bus arrived at Sheridan about and the guided tours lasted for about two hours The first stop was the Secretarial Science Department followed by the costume design class The Creative Art section Included animation graphic art and others After that the students visited the language rooms where students having spelling or pronunciation problems may receive help This part of the course Is optional Photography Afterwards the students visited the photography section which contained two large darkrooms and lighting studio for taking pictures Also Acton High students observed through a one way window the Child Education Course Sheridan has a fantastic videotape network and their own radio station Former Past Acton students were seen and gave their opinions of the campus These were Bonnie McKeniie Blythe Barry Margot Matheson and even Mrs Sheridan has an ettremely casual atmosphere You can rest In the lounge areas or just lunch in any of their three cafeterias The trip was thoroughly enjoyed by oil the participating Outers club new exciting On a rainy windy and cold September 30 24 students and four teachers set out to hike 13 miles of the Bruce Trail Boys and girls made up the group Near Cataract Ontario the hikers descended into a gorge and slithered behind a waterfall Further on they climbed up the Niagara Escarpment near Forks the Credit with the aid of ropes This was the first of the activities that are part of Acton High Outers Club Meet challenges Paul Tamblyn and Wally Rowley both of the science department are responsible for this program They offer this program to let the students meet challenges that are both mentally and physically demanding The participants will become efficient in map reading survival techniques canoeing and portaging woodcraft and other outdoor aspects of life last week the students went canoeing on Fairy Lake In a North canoe This holds about people and can really move along Orienteering Another Interesting activity of the club was done the weekend of October IS The use of tests were used to teach orienteering and initiative This was to develop skills in the use of a compass and map on an unknown area The students were given Instructions which they carried out and then were given more directions The area covered was marshy and had trees This program Is being offered during the months of September and October and If successful which It seems to be will be carried on through the winter months MIKE In the markef tor a new or car Mike Invite all his I lends In Acton and area lo drop In and sec him Jack RICHARDSON LTD S Milton or Last chance for FALL BULBS now 25 OFF Hintons 5 to Store which have little contact with the real world of the student The soys the process should be conducted as open discussion with the elimination of jargon or gob Also suggested was that co ordinators consultants depart heads and teachers should participate in evaluation of the program District also agreed with the phasing out of program councils since the programs were not being implemented and favored the establishment of core programs for elementary students OSSTF commented on several facets of the recom in the priority and expenditure report concluding that representatives should be consulted more often than is present Board practice ACTON Hill Estates 17700 ONLY MINUTES TO CONDOMINIUM CMHC MORTGAGES CARRYING CHARGES FROM 4400 MONTH MAINTENANCE ELECTRIC HEAT LOW DOWN PAYMENT STORMS SCREENS FULLY DECORATED AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FUMISHED MODELS OPEN FIOH 101 TIL DOSE CONSTRUCTION LTD i Mile S of Acton on No 25 Hw