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RAH! RAH! RAH! A cheer which probably ex- presses the feelings of most of our readers now that they have completed writing their Spring exams. The young la- dies who paused long enough in their excitement for this picture to be taken are the Oshawa Central Collegiate In- stitute's cheerleaders for 1964. From left to right (back row) Barbara Harmer, Anne - Marie Rocz; (middle row) -- Paulette Gulenchyn, Lynda Henderson and Hugu- ette Gagnon; front row, Helen Wiatrzyk and Fran Kruger. Dennis O'Connor Students Observe Recollection Day By ROSEMARIE POLITO and DONNA PARISE What is a day of recollection? It is a day of prayer, a day dedicated to God alone. Friday marked a day of recollection for the students of Denis O'Con- nor High. We were fortunate enough to obtain Father Davies, from St. John's Par- ish in Toronto, for our retreat- master. Father Davies is noted for teenage guidance. The day, began at 9 a.m. with complete silence which was maintained throughout the day. From 9 to 9.30 Father Davies gave uS a conference concern- ing the Nature of God. Father took us by surprise when he asked us to imagine we had a blank sheet of paper and then asked us how we would draw God! Artists in portraying what they thought God was like have sometimes drawn Him as an old man with a beard. Other diagrams portray a triangle symbolizing the Three Persons in one God. However it would be a little hard to fall in love with a triangle! Father went on to explain that God is all-merci- ful and alldoving and that He could. readily ¥e portrayed: -as a heart. At 9.36 we went to our home-rooms and had spirit- ual reading and reflection on Father's conference. As the morning progressed we had Holy Mass at 11.15. A. delicious lunch was served by = Mrs. Parise, Mrs. Polito, Mrs: Storey, Mrs. Maher and Mrs. ". Hamilton, , mothers. of the students.. -.. , » At one-o'clock Father Davies - held another conference, follow- ed by spiritual 'reading in our Mrs. |: home-rooms. We then went to the church for a Holy Hour. During this period Father gave a sermon and we said_ the rosary. Following this was Benediction of the Blessed Sac- rament. Although silence was maintained througho:t the day we found our- vocal: chords were still effective when the day was ended. The success of our -day . of recollection will be assured if we keep in mind Father Davies' parting words: 'God is count- ing on-us today." YOUNG PLAYER CUTS PHOTOG. LINDEN, Ont. (CP) Photographer Roy Cosway was struck on the head with a hockey stick during a school game in this town 20 miles northeast of Brant- ford Friday. Wilfred Van Sickel, 11, was expelled from the league. Cosway was covering the game for a Brantford paper when one of the players complained the flashes from Cosway's camera hindered his. chances ef scoring a goal. Cosway eontinued to. take pictures and a player at- tacked him. It required five stitches to close the wound. PREPARING TEXTS A total of 550 different 'school texts are being. prepared in Ro- mania for the' 1964-65 gcademic "year, THE CAHAWA TIM ES, Tuesday, March 17, 1904 5 By RUTH ANNE TAVES ' (QOCCI Reporter) Last. week two students, Rene Pleau and Jim McPeak, wrote | articles condemning girls and their '"'idiosyncracies." I am not sure just why they write them -- maybe the boys really | wanted to air their views or maybe they just wanted atten- | tion -- but they certainly roused | the ire of a number of girls at | Central and perhaps even a few boys. } Here are a few comments on | the subject (from girls, natur- | ally): | FOOLS RUSH "Tf a boy wants to take a girl out badly enough, he wants to show her a good time and, therefore, he pays for every- thing. If the girl was taking the boy out, the situation would be reversed. As to putting up with a girl's tardiness, any sensible -boy -knowS that he would shy away 'from' a' girl who rushes to the door to meet him. If she is: so eager now, in a few months." "I think he (Rene Pleau) is jealous of girls and maybe his reason for hating us so much is because no girls will go out with him. Boys are vain and want to be king but they. will | have to accept the idea that women are just as smart as they and have. all the same good qualities. If a boy hates | paying for a girl's way then he should go alone." BECAUSE HE LIKES YOU "T have a few words to say | about our little male friends at | O'Neill! Since when is it neces- sary for a_ girl to pay her way when a boy asks her out? If a boy asks you out on a date, he did so (I hope) be- cause he likes you. Therefore, he is expected, and it is proper for him, to foot the bills. When a boy asks a girl out, he must realize it is a.date -- he pays ; and the bill is not left for the | girl!'? "Mr. Pleau seems to be well- informed on the actions of the modern teenage girls. He pro- fesses hig hate for them but on the other hand he seems to be constantly chasing them and asking them for dates; other- wise he wouldn't have any of his detailed, first-hand informa- tiont'"' Donevan Sixth In Gymnastics At Port Hope PORT HOPE (Staff) -- Don- evan Collegiate Institute placed sixth in the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations Gymnastic Championships held in Port Hope Saturday: For the fourth year in a row Glebe Collegiate from Ottawa won the championship and the Quaker Oats Trophy that goes with it. Trinity College School from Port Hope was second and Sir James Dunn from Sault Ste. Marie was third. Of the five competitions, free calisthenics, pommel horse, parallel bars, vaulting horse and horizontal bars, Donevan won third place on the pomme] horse witha fine team effort. Competing in the free calis- thenics -from .Donevan: were Walt Mazur; 'Don McEachern and Vaughn ' Hail, On the pom- sented by Dennis Siblock, John Flegg and Vaughn Hall. On the parallel bars it was Dennis Sib- lock, Walt. Mazur and John : Flegg. Roger Sapinski, Don Me- Eachern' and Vaughn" Hall 'rep- resented Donevan on the vaults 'and én "the 'horizontal: it was' "}John Fiegg 'and 'Dennis Siblock. ."Melvin Pretzel," imagine what it would be like| mel horse, Donevan;was repre- 'Attention Seekers' Incur Female Wrath "Why dees. Mr. Pleau listen tect Would be 8 go telephone ou a gos- sip or an. eavesdropper? And if the boys have to. listen to screams over 'Melvin Pretzel' just think what the girls have to listen to when the males exult over Zsa Zsa Gabor, etc." THE ADVANTAGES These opinions are only a few and I am sure that there are many others. One boy has mentioned that the Ocavites were thinking only of "the dis- advantages and not the advan- tages' of having girls around This is a good point because girls admit that they may talk on the phone too long occasion- ally or may get .a little too- excited. over the "Beatles". or but balance this against their good points and the good side greatly out- weighs the bad side. . Who listens with a sympa thetic ear to a boy's problems and comforts him. as best she can? Who bears all his talk ablut cars and mechanical crea- tions, of which she has little knowledge, . without complain- ing? Who boosts a_ fellow's ego when it needs it and makes him feel on top of the world? Girls -- that's who! All kidding aside, males are one of the greatest things on earth -- ranking third behind clothes and hairdos! (Editor's Note: Jim McPeak is a young staff reporter with The Oshawa Times. He says he feels that after many years of researching girls and their habits, he is well qualified to comment.) Second Chapter Of 'I Hate Girls By RENE PLEAU OcvI Over this last week, I have been. nearly beaten to death, called a woman-hater, and, for all I know, a lot of other things behind my back, by girls I don't even know. I would like to mention three more things about girls that I faled to report last week. I should say, first, that nearly as many boys chew gum, I guess, as girls, and in a lot of situations, it's okay to do so. But girls, for crying out loud, please don't chew gum when you're out on a date or when you're trying to impress some guy. There's something frighten- ing. about.a chick chewing a chiclet. She does it with a re- morseless, unvarying beat. The sight of some girl munching on and on always makes. me un- easy and full of questions like: How long can she keep it up? Where will she stick it when she finally gets rid of it? Will she swallow it? Every girl has a bag of tricks up her sleeve -- little devices devlaned to make a guy feel small, selfish, stupid and jealous. The first three are only prac- ticed now and then, but the fourth is an absolute art with many girls. As a "for instance', some chicks start out by asking for your picture to put in their wallet. This is utterly great for \| the ego until the wallet is snap- ped open and one of those big plastic picture holders falls downward, revealing a gallrey of good looking males. Then, for the next five min- utes, while you shift from one leg to the other, you're treated to a grand tour of 'The Boys in My Life". She finally selects MUST LEARN FIRST SANTA MARTA (AP)--Illiter- ate youths in this Spanish city of 7,000 wil] be fined and for- bidden to attend movies, bars and dance hails until they earn certificates for reading and writing, the mayor has an- nounced. a space for your picture oppo- site some cat- whose similarity to Troy Donahue makes you look like the "Wolfman", NOT SO BAD In conclusion, I 'must say that girls aren't really as bad as I make them out to be. This story, Parts 1 and 2, applies to about one in every 10 girls. Then again, for we boys, what are we without girls? But, wait! What are they without us? Now let's fight over this. From the Editer's Corner: We think it is time we rang the bell on the dating feud. For next week though, we invite com- ment on another controversial subject: '"'Going:Steady"'. Oshawa Central Beat In Finals Of Consolation BARRIE (CP) -- St. John's College of Brantford swept through a two-day eight-team . tournament undefeated during the weekend to win the Ontario high -school basketball (Golden Ball) tournament. The Brantford team dumped St. Charles College of Sudbury 51-39 in the final for their third consecutive victory. They ousted Cobourg collegiate 48-32 in the semi-finals. Joe Pikula, tackle for the Grey Cup champion Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Foot- ball League, led the winners with a 16-point performance in the final while Jim Carroll scored 14 and Neil Rourke added mine. High scorers for Sudbury were John Snow with nine and Gary Polano with six, Sudbury reached the finals with an impressive 78-52 win over Thornhill high school. Ottawa Ridgemount captured the consolation finals with a 66-56 victory o <r )shawa Cen- tral after dumping Barrie Cen- tral 64-56 in the semi-finals. Oshawa had eliminated Smith Falls - 66-51, 8:30 to 11 p.m. ; Admission -- 50c ee Blue 9's .. PRESENTED BY THE '50-50' DANCING | For Teens - To Live a EVERY. FRIDAY NIGHT at the ORC Bidg.--100 Gibb St. i This Week Feoturing The SOCIAL : (CLUB -- al amenae a