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p8 tribune makchqzg 1990 st 1 sdss students fly high with project bruce stapley correspondent like alec guiness in the movie classic bridge on the river kwai stouffyille district sec ondary school woodworking instructor rod brown stands over his charges as they work painstak ingly on a project that is ultimate ly destined for destruction i for mr brown the excabinet making entrepreneur turned school teacher the opportunity to build an authentic world war i german fokker dr i triplane was one he simply couldnt refuse mr brown and sdss technical department chief wally currie were one of seven york region high school delegations which responded to an offer of a grant plus all necessary materials and technical drawings from glen warren productions to build the reproductions for an upcoming television film the movie courage of the early morning is a depiction of the life of illustrious canadian world war i flying ace billy bishop the production crew requires seven full scale authentic nonfly ing aircraft replicas for the two- hour canadian feature the films technical advisor auroras bill cole is supervising the overall project mr cole is a world war i aviation historian aircraft builder parachutist and pilot mr brown assigned his grade students at sdss have been working hard on this world war i german fokker tripiane repli ca for use in an upcoming television film about the life of canadian flying ace billy bish op but their hard work wont be around for long film crews plan to blow it up on the set 12 woodworking class to the task- of building the fokker aircraft made famous by the infamous red baron theproject got under way in midseptember and will be completed by late may the sdss bomber as it has been dubbed by the students will enjoy a short life span meeting a fiery demise after being set loose from 300 feet in the air a make- believe victim of bishops combat skills the front of the plane will be loaded with explosives says mr brown i am going to organize a you too can learn how to spy potentially offensive material field trip to the lindsay area where they tell me it is to be filmed crashing to the ground it will last about 30 seconds appar ently he says the boys hope they will be able to take souvenir pieces after the planes brief moment of glory he claims the 12 students have become quite attached to the pro ject spending an hour and a quar ter of class time every second day as well as coming into the shop during spares and exam weeks the class is broken up into groups with each group in charge of a different part of the plane mr brown maintains the stu dents confer among themselves study the 30 pages of drawings and engage in creative problem solving as they tackle the project there is much work involved and there has been a lot of input from the students well probably put it on display in the gym when it is finished they are all very proud of it technical departmenthead mr currie says the class has respond ed favorably to mr browns direction the kids really work for him hes been a motivating force for them v the students feel the plane has been an enjoyable challenge its a lot of fun and we are accom plishing something says jason pascoe were in here any spare time we have enthuses wes morley i really want to see it complet ed brad mcpeek says it has been satisfying to see the endless cal culations and measurements final ly amount to something there is a lot of thinking involved every thing has to be exact- the sense of creation has also been a boost for mike minos i like the fact that we started with nothing and now weve got a plane and while mr brown and his students admit it will be some what painful to watch their handi work go out in a blaze of glory they say they will remember the experience forever its the first and perhaps the last plane ever built at sdss concludes mr brown burn yourbook collection wash your childrens mouths out with soap and cover up the piano legs shock modesty and moral outrage are the correct emotions for our new austere age the buzzword of the 1990s is inappropriate whether its applied to john crosbies poetic outburst against sheila copps or robert munschs highly subver sive book giant socially aware people are eschewing attitudes which indi cate unsuitable frivolity or a lack of high moral fibre even food must be unappetiz- ingly healthy ice cream is out oat bran is in if politicians seem less than witty take pity on them every thing they say nowadays can be and usually is taken down and used against them even a remark obviously made in jest and taken completely out of context will bring accusations of racism sexism or any other kind of ism thats presently in vogue i suspect most people feel its a mistake to give in to this form of emotional blackmail but as usual the silent majority is living up to its name and doing nothing to fight the zealots book banning always a favorite weapon in the outraged moralists armory is enjoying a resurgence of popularity not seen since the early 60s kates corner kate gilderdale back then the british trial of dh lawrences lady chatter- leys lover showed how attempts to censor book which few of the general public had read and which would normally be gather ing dust on library shelves ended up creating a bestseller out of an obscure literary classic during the publicity surrounding the case a dogeared copy of the offending paperback was passed around my convent high school class in a brown paper cover bearing the legend a beginners guide to geometry several pure young minds were irrevocably sullied before the principal pounced on it the thing i remember most clearly was how disappointed we were when we read it the only reason a ban had been sought in the first place was the use in one or two passages of what has since become hollywoods favorite and most endlessly repeated expletive it was an awful chore to plough through the whole book only to find that most of the good bits were on page 92 which fluttered out obligingly as soon as you picked it up id read racier stuff in the chil drens section at the local library it was enough to put you off liter ature for life sometimes the victims of dis crimination dont appreciate the efforts of those who strive to pro tect them take the wellknown british jam manufacturer who used to feature a golliwog logo until some enlightened individual decided that such a symbol was demeaning to black people rumor has it that the jamaican government ordered a shipment of the jaitu which was duly dis patched minus the offending logo they returned every jar point ing out the only reason theyd ordered it inthe first place was because people wanted to collect the golliwog badges offered by the company to those who sent in the requisite number of logos so keep your eyes open and you too can unearth a potentially offensive book speech or joke then you like queen victoria can join the mounting chorus righ- teously declaring we are not amused class of 42 this class photo of students at third row alfred fairies tom bloomingtonss residents museum breakfast planned spring is being ushered in the whitchurchstouffville museum way april 8 with its annual pan cake breakfast and an open invitation for the entire family is extended from the friends of the museum following the meal visitors are invited to view the museums new exhibition the age of wood which features objects photos and information which illustrate the importance of wood to the areas settlers cost for the breakfast is 350 foraduits and 250 for children under age 10 it is being served from 11 am to 2 pm