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Women SWGOl and its okay Housewife Katy Murdock Austin can drop her vacuum cleaner don her tennis shoes for an afternoon and work up sweat Thats whats great about be ing Barrie woman in 1977 Theres so much in the line of sports for women now said the 28yearold mother Tennis especially is expanding Sports is no longer mans domain she says Compared to when Compared to the days prior to 1900 Mrs Austin examined sports and general activities for women in Barrie from 18605 to 1930 as university project The study which she completed in 1971 is available at the Barrie Public Library was getting into the womens lib bit in my fourth year university she said have always been interested in womens health and it bothers me when see women in poor physical condition The study shows one thing girls and women have made it to first second and maybe even third base in attaining equality in sports facilities Take your average woman of 1865 At mans sport she was welcomed as spec tator but she was restricted to gentle games deemed by oveiprotective males as suitable to the delicate female constitution Mrs Austin quotes Peter Lindsay in Womens Place in the 19th eir tury These gentle games included vigorous games of croquet and of course dancing Social standards dress and too much housework were the main reasons women stayed on the sidelines Mrs Austin wrote Come the 1880s and girls became restless in their voluminous skirts and pit ticoats This was result of technology the upper class women struck out for the tennis lawns when modern conveniences lessened housework The Barrie Ladies Tennis lub was formed in 1880 But tennis was for the snobs or the upper class women who played more for social contact than for physical exercise Womens sport as not taken seriously Mrs Austin quoted the Barrie Northern Advance as saying two players played splendid game for ladies who unfortunately for themselves can never do themselves justice on account of the skirts present and past fashion demand So those bloomin skirts held back the Victorian ladies from sports such as swimming andboating While fashion hampered them more modern conve niences the bicycle growing gpulation with more facilities ckoned the more determined women to play sports By 1885 the Barrie Ladies Hockey Club was formed Ideas from industrially growing Toronto soon filtered north More girls took on boating canoeing many of these were with male compa nions again social activity rather than physical one Tobogganing and sleighing were also popular But no religious girl rode the safety bicycle Mrs Austin said because of the bicycle seat whose significance Sig mond Freud would have no trouble explaining she quoted from Canadians in the Making But the controversy over cycling soon died Doctors decided the sport would help women overcome im pulsiveness and whimsicality that makes to many of them unhappy according to the Barrie Northern Advance in 1896 Then along came World War In larger cities men teachers and workers left vacancies for the women Physical education was taught by women With these changes Women became more independent in everything not just sports School sports evolved for girls Barries women played hockey to raise funds to send overseas Hair and fashion changed drastically to ac commodate the working women By 1920 Barrie was popular summer resort and tourism was its leading industry Cars and telephones made facilities accessible And attitudes of larger cities spread faster with convenient communication Living through the war years fostered the livefortoday philosophy which so characteriml the roaring 20s But Austin points out Barrie was relatively sedate com pared to bigger cities The Vic torian era was not completely forgotten But its values were batted back and forth like the tennis balls in that sport which peaked in popularity Keep on plugging for time Burns So girls you want to play polo soccer baseball All you have to do is ask says Greg Burns program superintendent for the citys recreation department We try out best to arrange time and facilities for whatever the interest is he says Its as simple sending in list of names of those in terested meeting with Burns and working out feasible solu tion There are some problems he admits These are arranging ice time getting sponsors and gathering members We take the names contact people with the and with the Simcoe founty recreation department and see what we can do he said Its not coin plicatcd in the least if you dont get results right away keep plugging until you get spot he said The main problem is getting female volunteers to be leaders he said It always the same women involved If you can get the leaders you can keep the sport going he said Peter Reino Hustlers work out Female activities lock leadership Sports activities are dc emphasized for girls in schools says Bob Baker cx ecutivc frettor of the ircatcr Huronia Spoits ouiicil Its still boys domain Its the general attitude resulting from the way weve been brought up he said Its difficult to overcome There is no actual putting down of womens activities he said but the prevailing at titude does not encourage women to be more active One of the major problems in involving women in sports is the lack of femalc leadership despite the fact more women are taking physical education at university than ever before Men seem to be able to take on leadership more easily than women he said This was the conclusion made by Sadie Van Beest and Judy Perkin two physical education students who spent last summer trying to tltllllillllt what lciiialcs want in Siiiicoc ounty sports lhc Siincoc oiinty Voinciis Recreational Volleyball leaguc was started as direct result of the study The response to our assistance was not as great as had expwtcd Miss Van litest reported We dctinitcly made the public aware that there is need for womens recreation especially at our general meeting But not many people wanted to become directly in volved in organiing and sct ting up new activities Slll said The people in this area dont want to get involved in organization says Judy lerkin and women arc not as casin motivated as men she said Baker says the project con ducted by the students has pro vidcd list of people who can help in organizing womens ac tivities Robert arson left guest at the Ys Mens lub meeting Monday night chats with Olga and Paul Lfford resident counsellors of Morton House The lffords spoke to the group While juvenile delinquency is getting worse Ontarios child care system has its defects says Paul Ufford resident counsellor of Morton House About $150 million is spent on child care each year in the pro vince he told the Ys Mens Club of Barrie Monday night But the revolving door ap proach to child care by the pro vince has children going from agency to agency he said and this is uncoordinatcd and wasteful But Moiton House an ob sxrrvzitioiidctciition home for juvenile offenders ages 10 to Hi is the provmccs first true detention home and is pro totype for future detention homes Ontario Ufford said And its working according to Ufford and his wife lga They have been resident counsellors at the home on Bur ton Avcnuc since it opened in September The house named after fami ly court judge Morton is funded by the ministry of the attorney general and is pro jcct of thc Kiwanis flub of Kcnipenfclt Hay Since summer 45 young peo ple have stayed at Morton House The average stay is four weeks The house accom modates five youths at one time They receive an allowance of $350 week and are expected to do small jobs around the house about the home and its role in helping juvenile offenders The home named after famin court judge Morton has been operating since September Examiner llioto Morton House is working Ufford They also take part in recrca tional programs in the comr munity Ufford said Some of the youths are frightened quiet and sullen However they relax within few days he said Others are disturbed Its like watching parade of confused and hurting people go through the house he said quoting Toronto judge Many are involved with drugs sex and alcohol at an early age They are school failures and street wise he said Its rewarding disturbing exhausting and demanding cinot ionally work he said But positive relationships have developed between the lif fords and the residents Four ran away from the home but three rct urned on their own The Uffords make daily reports on the residents and these are helpful to the court in deciding placement for an of fender We know these kids pretty well liesaid Ufford also stressed preventingdelinquency Because many delinquents are from broken homes he sug gested more emphasis on par enting roles think there has to bc change in values on marriage and parenthood he said Boost activity says Hoffman By ROSEANNE McCABE Examiner Staff Reporter Have women athletes had their heyday Things havent been the same for women in sports since 1928 laments Abby Hoffman Cana dian Olympic runner She once wrote in Chatelaine Magazine that she doubts women will regain the inter national prominence of the 19208 and 305 The 1928 Olympics was the peak Canada won 15 medals It was also the year the famous relay team of Ethel Smith Myrtle Cook Florence Bell and Bobbie ltosenfeld took gold medal for Canada in the 100 metrcrelay Before the Olympics of 1928 Canadians couldnt have cared less Ethel Smith Stewart told the Toronto Star She said it still surprises her when some people remember those Olym pics That was also the year Ethel Catherwood of Saskatoon won the gold for the high jump And these athletes did it despite Olympic officials in Amsterdam who tried to ban Women from future games because it was physiologically and psychologically unsuited to Wom en Baron Pierre le oulxrtson founder of the modern lym pics in the late l890s said ac cording to Miss Hoffman door should be kept open or closed and since women cannot take part in every sport they should take part in none And almost century later Miss Hoffman still cries discimination when she reads remarks by Globe and Mail col umnist Dick Beddoes in May 1973 that women cannot run as fast or as far They cannot jumpasliigh or asloiigtlic at tempts of women in athletics me only parodies of what men do In her book About Face Miss Hoffman says schools promote sports for boys but not for girls by providing more facilities equipment and gym time for boys than girls lliysical cdiication in general is considered frill she says At the secondary school level Miss Hoffman says girls are en couragcd to be clrcrleadcrs or at most good spectators Hut ltutli lldwards physical education teacher at lIastvicw Secondary School says if that is really Miss Hoffmans opinion she hasnt been inside of high school for the past 10 years At Eastvicw more money is spent on boys sports she said because of expensive equip men used in those sports llicrc is equal gym time with most sports she said Girls have had the chance to play hockey but they chose not to There are all sorts of op portunities for girls in sports she said At Harrie ciitral ollcgiate principal Ron Mossop says girls gymnastics has eaten up more dollars than any other sport because of sophistocattxl equipment There are 23 boys physical education classes held each week and 22 classcs for girls At Barrie North Collegiate physical education instructor Jim Whitfield said gym time is split evenly between boys and girls although boys have more extracurricular sports Bonnie Holochuk girls physical education teacher at North says money is split even ly between girls and boys sports Grade 12 physical education is coed with em phasis on the physical intellec tual emotional and social development of the student She said most of Miss Hoff mans criticisms of the physical education programs were ridiculous Girls have ample opportuni ty to take part in any activity they wish she said At city arenas there are 400 girls in figure skating but they are outnumbered by boys hockey says Arlene Crosier secretary of arenas Many girls drive to Guthrie for girls hockey but there hasnt been enough interested in Barrie to start team she said had about two phone calls all year she said ltingettc is growing in popularity she says Itingette was started for the first time this year in Barrie There are 12 teams of ladies volleyball in the lluronia region two teams from Barrie Last summer two physical education students conducted study on women in sports in the Huronia region As result of the study the volleyball teams were st rt ed The softball league is also ex panding Lack of facilities is becoming problem as sports increases And as womens sports grow what to do with mens sports You cant just kick them out She says people should put in request to the city in January for an activity in July ircg Burns program superintendent for the City of Harrie says the greater percentage of the municipal budget is spent on activities for women and girls Activities which have been rovidcd directly or indirectly the recreation department include womens volleyball Monday anl Thursday night at Assikinack School girls gym nastics Tuesday and Thursday with the Barrie gym club There are about 115 girls in volved in this Mr Bums said There are eight teams in Bar ric and District Ladies Soft ball more than 20 girls registering for ringette and 55 women in the ladies keep fit greater percentage of girls and women are taking tcii nis lessons this year too Burns said greater percentage of Women arc in the Barrie Nep times Swim lub badminton Friday night and indoor golf There are also womens ac tivities nights Tuesday and Thursday at King Edward School and Maple Grove School At the Barrie YMYWA director Al Hopper says as of January ll67 females were enrolled in programs and 1230 males were enrolled Services are for male and female members are evenly split licsaid Ch tho oxamlnor WodnotdIVAprIO1m 1il Sports has it been mons domoin eerleading the girls sport Telephone almost ringing off the hook By lAll DELEAN Examiner Staff reporter Nancy Drapers plume is ringing off the book She detaches herself from conver sation with two students to answer it No sooner has she taken the information and returned to the discussion than the phone rings again think weve had far more activity now than We did last year at this time she says when the pace lets up briefly hicken Magnifique Witliltice Melt butter in saucepan and cook one tin of mushrooms until wellbrowned Place mushrooms in casserole and mix in one tin of cream of chicken soup with half cup of milk or light cream Add one tea spoon of thyme basil and rosemary and spices of your own preference Add three large chicken breasts raw in the sauce and cook in tStllegrce oven for oneandahalf hours Double recipe for larger meals Serve chicken sauce over rice Maggie McLeod Collier Street and community kitchen Mrs Draper is director of the anada Manptwvcr cntre For Students The centre opened its summer premises at ZttA Dunlop St Friday and the stream of phone calls and visits has been steady ever since In May four university students will join the student centre staff But for the time being Mrs Draper is alone and theres lot to be done She says shes well into the employer circuit and will have Readers are invited to send their favorite recipe to community kitchen co The Ex aminer Box 370 Bar rie Ont 114M 4T6 Winning recipe will receive fullcolor cookbook from Con sumers Gas Company Due to their number recipes cannot be re turned visited 150 establishments by the end of the month inquest of jobs for students Briefings have been held in area schools and more are scheduled for the next couple of weeks Mrs Draper says shes always available for interviews or counselling between 230 and 430 pm Monday through Fri day lhe office hours are 830 am to 430pm The centre had 45 job orders by April up from 31 last year Mrs Draper said that most were filled shortly after the orders were placed Were getting rid of jobs as fast as they come in now she remarked About 1500 students have registered with the student cen tre since January Mrs Draper expects 3000 before summers end Many are familiar faces already Some students made frequent visits to the centre when it was part of the Canada Manpower Centre setup at 16 Bayfield St and have renewed acquaintances at the Dunlop Street office The students who come in to check often are the ones who are really interested We get to know who they are Were here to especially help those who are actively searching the direc tor said She emphasized that it was really important for students to keep in touch with us Its early to tell yet how the placement program will go this year but Mrs Draper said theres already been tremen dous support from the com munity and she considers it reflection on the fine work done by the 1976 student centrefitaff The first crush of the season is expected in two weeks as university students return The second will be in June when high school classes conclude he kids land on our doorstep the next day says Mrs Draper Theyll be landing on se cond doorstep this year cen tre suboffice will be opened in Alliston at Banting High School in midMay Hire Student is more than motto for Mrs Nancy Draper As director for the anada Manpower entre For Students in Barrie she is actively involved in finding work for students and students for work The entre is on the second floor at 28 Dunlop St Hours are Monday to Friday from 830 am to 430 Examin itr lhoto