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VOL. 1 NO. 12 BSED MI Be. te Hae edie Se TEEN-TALK THE OSHAWA TIMES WEEKLY FOR AND ABOUT TODAY'S TEENAGERS THE OSHAWA, TIMES, TUESDAY, MAY, 5, 1964 PAGES 1-A to 8-A This Gal Has Some Answers To What Makes A Teen Tick By GEOFF HUSSEY (Staff Reporter) What make teenagers act the way they do? Why are they extremists, ask adults: Why can't they be moderates the- way we were? One gal with answers for most of the questions (although she has.a penchant herself for queries), is Katie Johnson, 25- year-old story editor and _ host- ess of CBC's Generation (Mon- days at 6 p-m-),. a: show that has. doubled its: ratings sinc? it started last September and has been renewed for next season. This teenage show aimed at adults has aird,.or plans to air, topics like unwed mothers, atheism, young marriage, drinking, separation and school dr: pouts. As one who now'earns a liv- ing working with and for teen- agers, Katie is quick both pri- vately and professionally to re- but criticism of what she terms the '"'in-between set." Tall, graceful, somewhat. doe- eyed and fast of metaphor, she disagrees with George Ber- nard Shaw's lament that youth is wasted on the young. To her a teenager "means a questioning, exuberant state of mind."' TEENAGER AT 65 "You.can be 65 and still be a teenager . . . you-can mature without being follilized," Katie says. What so many appalled adults call delinquency in North America's young is often a manifestaticn of the teenager's "very sensitive reccgnition of the hypocrisy and double stan- KATIE JOHNSON dards in the adult world," Miss Johnson suggests. "One way of not going along with this is not to imitate the adult, but go all out to be a teenager," she says. Beatlemania, extremism in clothes and loudness are the props of "teendom,"' Katie says, and although they are not to be admired, '"'are more prefer- able to the teenager than the double-dealing adult world." REAL BEATLES To the teenager, the Beatles are real and different and the way they look and sound is essentially horiest. "The four yeuths are them- selves; this is something which is very hard for many teen- agers," Katie adds. The imp-faced lass from Towa City, Ia., also sets great store by a statistic which avows that a higher incidence of juvenile delinquency is found in -- ous countries. 'In a country where it is pos- sible for anyone to -become president whoops, I. mean prime minister -- it is much harder to adjust to being at the bottom of the heap. "This is another reason way' teenagers try so hard to be! FROM IOWA... | KATIE JOHNSON After leaving her native U.S.A., Miss Johnson came to the CBC via a somewhat cir- cuitous route. oe After several years of writing | and moderating children's shows | |in Iowa, she landed in Europe| | with a tape recorder and a BA| | in English literature. In Paris she wrote speeches for a South Viet Nam govern-| ment official, then later taught} English in a school in the south| of France. After radio work in London, England, for NBC she came to Toronto and made a survey of teenagers for CBC's children's department. good at being a teenager with all the trimmings," Kate adds. Lack of parental control in North America also comes un- der the gun: "In Europe where families are more closely-knit, parents assume that kids will get into trouble unless they have help. ADULT ATTITUDE "Over here parents seem most surprised when their kids get into trouble because they've usually adopted a sort of lofty attitude towards them. 'I think many kids get into trouble out of revenge,' she adds. As one who finds '"'adults much more inhibited than teenagers" Kate -herself seems to have no repressions or inhibitions. Her wide-voweled, voice (a combination of a marshmellow- ed Dame Sybil Thorndyke and Shirley MacLaine) comes on strong in pronouncing rapid judgment on a wide variety of subjects: marriage -- "never been but : suppose it could be just plain murder"; a career -- 'the critical point in most peo- ples lives and should be treated accordingly; religion 'so many young people are leaving the church yet they're not the less religious for it". No Vacations For Business Students By WAYNE DITTMAR (CSB Reporter) So you've finally reached this; part of the paper. I didn't think} you'd ever. get to read this sec- ion. The difference between this | article and the otherg you have read in the past few weeks is that this article comes from the Canadian School of Business. The Canadian School of Busi- ness is no too different from a regular high school. We have eight classes per day, of about 45 minutes each. Some subjects are the same as high school sub- jects and others are specialized. We get just as much homework (and we don't get Easter and| summer vacations). Getting off topic for a few sentences, I'm a boy. Yes, I go to business school with all those secretaries-to-be. I am also a connoisseur of women's fumes. over my shoulder now--you just can't get rid of them around here.) per-| (There's a girl looking! The atmosphere is very dif- ferent from high school. We are relatively 'free' when we are not in classs and have our own lounge to "relax" in during the noon hour. On certain occasions: we have class parties and dances. How- ever, I am not at liberty to tell you everything that happens at our parties. (You see, our 'prin- cipal is a real swinger.) We have outings every so often to Toronto to visit such places as the Stock Exchange and different office buildings. I can take time to make. small jokes now and then, but when classes resume, it's back to the old grind. It certainly is no party when our classes start. When we're out of class, we have fun;. but, when we're in class, we work, work, work. We have succeeded in publish- ing our own school newspaper. Many students work on_ this satirical publication in their off hours. Ambitious? Then consider a banking career The future has never looked brighter for young people starting a career in bank- ing. This is particularly true at The Bank. of Nova Scotia, the fastest-growing bank in Canada. We need able, ambi- tious young men to train for important senior positions. In the course of your Scotiabank training you will have Seolia B he BAN K THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA ~ieineiaie. KINGSLEY (King) M. HUME 11 Simcoe Street, King and Drew Streets opportunities to learn modern banking in different parts of the country. There are also good chances for future ad- vancement not only in Canada but in key foreign posts from Buenos Aires to Barbados, from London to Los Angeles. When planning your career, come in and have a chat with us. -- Manager, VICTOR BROOKES