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the tribune thursday april 4 1968 p u students criticize critic of high school program stouffville the tribune is in receipt of several letters from stu dents and parents of stu dents criticizing the crit ics report on a recent high school program a day of television in the evening some of the let ters are published here several others carried no signatures editors mail dear editor i have heard via the student grapevine that you are to be bomharded with letters criticizing your critics report of the show held at the stouftville high school march 15 i am the mother of a teenager and i try to be as understanding as possible of a teenagers likes and dislikes when it comes to music however i thought the noise numbers as you termed them com pletely out of place for such an event even my own daughter admitted that it was pretty loud the soloists particu larly anne duxbury bev erley bell and donna wright did wonderfully well and each should have been accorded an encore i thought you might be interested in hearing from at least one adult who is also a parent sincerely mrs june ireson dear sir we wish to comment on your article concerning the variety show present ed by the students of stouffville dist secondary school your summary of the evenings entertainment was a rather gross and uninformed generalization extended from a thin dis cussion of the two ex treme but equally enjoy able ends of the spectrum of entertainment present ed by the students perhaps if you had learned to appreciate each type of music presented on its own terms you would have been able to make a more just evalu ation of the entertainment offered criticism is always valu able but only if based on an intelligent and nonpar tisan assessment of facts this we feel is lacking in your review yours truly lynn sherwood gi ii maryann proctor gi ii glenview college york university on a show it tried very- hard to please everyone in the audience from stu dents to adults and in my opinion it was very good it brought forward the tal ents of over 150 students whether it was singing acting playing an instru ment painting scenery lighting or any of the ne cessary tasks that go into a production of that size i also feel that you mis sed the whole idea of the show it was a perform ance put on by the show club formed instead of- the old glee club which was disbanded the drama club and many individual personalities the main theme was the title a day of television in an evening and the addi tion of a few sacred num bers would have seemed entirely out of place in the remark about the program should be limited to only music comedy without comedi ans is not funny i pre sume you are referring to the play put on bv the sdss drama club the impression i received from your article was that you did not like it but does that mean that every one didnt like it i also feel that just be cause you do not appreci ate the type of music pop ular with todays teens that you have to express your opinion throughout your article im sure that if you had seen all the work that went into the show you might have said at least one kind word as the old saying goes if you cant say anything nice dont say anything at all sincerely david borland eds note i expressed my opinion because i wrote the article under my name if you take the time to recheck the story im sure that youll see that i did enjoy a large part of the program how ever to say that i enjoyed all aspects of the show would be dishonest of me and unfair to you and do not want to see us we do not want them they can all remain as they are and imagine us as monsters with hairy teeth thirty vertebrae misshapen heads but we are like them and forty ribs on the outside inside we are grown and devel oped while they ore sterile and dead are you one of them jim lewis 12b maternity leaves for teachermother grade dear mr thomas i am writing in regard to the article that appear ed in last weeks tribune about the show clubs production of a day of television in an evening i feel that article was ex tremely critical of every phase of the entire pro gram this club was formed for one purpose to put the misunderstood we try to show then we are destroyed the way that we feel because it does not fit it does not fit into the lit tle minds that cannot see us so we try to give them eyes by presenting our minds to them but they do not want to see they do not want to use the eyes we give them if only if only they would look for with this release they could see our minds to expand their minds instead of this we are understood by thoughtless minds who sit in their little worlds the little men who arc all knowing because they do not see the tribune a great deal of unrest has been witnessed at the high school about mr thomas article about the show club night many feel he was not justified to give it such a bad re view and that he had sev eral misconceptions some of the opinions about it are as follows mr thomas is evident ly unaware that a school variety show is supposed to be an expression of school spirit and youthful creativity not a parent- oriented show he should be informed as well that at no time in planning or production was it ever in tended as a music night from the beginning it was intended as a variety show not only did mr thom as insult the students but he also insulted every pen son adult or child who came to the show and enjoyed it the sdss variety show was an immense pleasure to watch and act in the problem that confronted the organizers of the show was to blend music and drama into a recognizable format that could be pre sented to the public it is a credit to the producer ted topping that he suc ceeded in doing this a lot of work was put into the show it doesnt seem right that such a column should be written and damage the spirit of the school many younger students who took part were on stage for the first time an editorial such as that which was written did such to discourage them from performing again a variety show such as presented was done by the students it gives all a chance to participate some who will never act again get the feeling of accomplishing something after it is done it was not for the ones who already star in their field but for all youth is a time of en ergy vitality and life to stifle this would be to create a sterile lifeless society mr thomas did his very best to stifle us in general his report was unfair narrowminded and ambiguous anyone who saw the show would leave it with positive feel ers cast becomes class register mrs lola humphry grade 2 teacher on the staff of stouffvilles orchard park school has returned to her classroom in spite of a heavy cast on her right leg she suffered the injury in a skiing accident three months ago lynn roberts 7 and steven hammond 8 add their names to the lengthening list of student signatures staff photo ings not negative ones i feel mr thomas opinions of the show was rather uncomprehensive a critical review should include the major topics of the show and also the positive qualities it had the thirty minute play wasnt even mentioned and the fact that the audi ence applauded as it did indicated a good point which mr thomas didnt even mention throughout the year people have been noticing what they thought was a drop in the school spirit this may have been catvs- ed by the expansion or by a loss of some of the more enthusiastic elements in the school it may even have been caused by lack of concern this drop was witnessed at the attend ance of the home games in sports and in the actual clubs there just wasnt much coming from the school in the way of stu dent sponsored activities then the magic revival came ted topping and others got together and started to organize a night of entertainment the school buzzed with activ ity as preparations went on finally just in time the show was ready ah the students participating put their utmost energies into it the show was put on and by audience reac tion was a success there were a few minor difficul ties but with all else that went on it made them seem very small indeed school spirit which had seemed to disappear had suddenly come into the open again at its success then an article written by mr thomas threw a wet blanket on the whole- thing i am sure if he look ed not too hard he could find many good points about the show i think the only thing accomplish ed by his article was to show us how unfair he was teresa mowat 12b mrs robert stapley has returned from a three- week holiday in the carib bean she was accompan ied by miss marion jack of toronto feh fats ifo faflt4s fine flattering footery fashions for easter and spring are now blossoming forth throughout our shop shoes for the entire family styles and prices to please everyone come see come shop come save lehmans shoes mmln west stouffville w 03753 do your bit buy use easter seals interim school committee stouffville rep resentatives from twenty- one elementary and secon dary school boards have been named to a york county interim school organization committee that held its first meeting at aurora the chairman is mr j j mackay of markham tsa 1 the vice chairman is murray bin- ions aurora committee members from this area include harry a mavnard mark ham dist high school eldred king markham tsa 2 mrs merna col- bourne markham village school john c mcmur- newlyweds honored by mildred puckrin audley friends of andy and joy czap gath ered at the church to pre sent them with a toaster tea kettle and purse con taining money in honor of their recent marriage miss gladys hamilton on leave from missionary work in india spoke at the church the community club en joyed a skating party at the brooklin arena and la ter gathered at the home of bert and mrs guthrie the hic group visited the royal ontario museum returning to the home of arthur puckrin ray stouffville public school gordon ratcliff stouftville dist secondary school michael ogden whitchurch tsa jack mackay markham tsa 1 mr ogden and mr mc- murray will serve on the administration commit tee mrs colbourne and mr maynard on curricu lum mr king on finance and mr ratcliff and mr mackay on property reporting to the board of directors of the fed eration of women teach ers association of ontario at a fourday meeting in toronto dorothy martin executive secretary reco mmended that a commit tee of young married me mbers of the federation be named to study the leave for married women problem of maternity teachers noting that two- thirds of the membership of fwtao are married and about 40 per cent are less than 25 years of age miss martin said that in quiries of the members of the federation indicate that maternity leaves do not meet the needs of to days young teachinc mo ther canada she said is far behind other countries in its attitude toward the pregnant teacher and this federation has a duty to try to correct this situa tion noting that the federa tion is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year miss martin said that the fed eration 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