The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 8, Milford, Kosciusko County, 15 March 1978 — Page 9

AN EDITORIAL — Too much attention to sports? & ■> The contention and concern that arose from the resignation of Jerry Lambert as Wawasee High School basketball coach — the mini-tempest in a teapot, so to speak — gives us reason to wonder if we who are supporting the entire school program aren’t placing far too much emphasis on sports. Why all the ruckus when the Warriors don t show a good win-loss season, or when a coach resigns? The cost of building and maintaining gyms, swimming pools, tennis courts, football fields, to mention a few sports arenas at WHS, the heating, the air conditioning, the lights, the staffing — the bottom line figure is staggering. Overall, we find no fault with this, for, like it or not, sports have become a big part of our lives: witness television’s attention to sports. But we’re concerned that no one is pounding the desk of the principal or superintendent because they issue certified diplomas to high school graduates who have not mastered the simplest forms of the English language in either speaking or writing. But sports, that’s a different thing — and it’s in an area where so few of the student body participate . It’s a well known fact colleges have dropped their SAT standards to meet lower standards of graduating high school students. And this indictment Is in no way leveled at the administrators and teachers of Wawasee High School alone. Rather, it’s a malady of high schools across the country. We’re saying, let’s keep our sports, but not get so uptight about them. Let’s get uptight about better preparing ALL OUR GRADUATES for the competition they will face when they become fullfledged citizens of our community.

Sectional set for Saturday

By KELLI PRICE The Indiana High School Athletic Association’s 1978 gymnastics sectional will be held Saturday, March 18, in the Wawasee High School gymnasium. The meet will begin at noon. Two events will be run at a time and the order of events is: Vaulting — first beginners, second third optionals. Uneven Bars — first optionals, second intermediates, third beginners. Fifteen minute warm-up break. 4

'Music in our Schools Day' observed at Webster

On Thursday, March 9, the North Webster Elementary School celebrated its fourth annual “Music In Our Schools Day,” a national day established by the Music Educators National Conference. This day is dedicated to the millions of children who make music, listen to music and learn about music in school. The celebration began with an assembly program provided by the fifth graders under the direction of Mrs. Karilyn Metcalf. The theme was a salute to country music. Selections included, “Hey, Good Lookin’,” “That Song is Driving Me Crazy,” “Don’t Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch,” “One of Those Songs,” “Sixteen Tots,” “The World is Yours,” “King of the Road,” “Thank God I’m a Country Boy,” “Top of the World,” “Let Me Be There” and

Slave Auction Wawasee FFA Chapter 43 Prime Slaves To Be Sold At Auction In AG Annex, Wawasee High School Monday, March 20 — 7:30 p.m. SLAVE SLAVE SLAVE Ed Clayton Tim Bushong Doug Mock John Kaiser Doug Ruch Mike Reichert Terry Richards Jeff Beezley Judy Wall Ron Aaron Tim Bowling Rusty Waugh Mark Baumgartner Bart Bowser Joe Sands Jeff Hall Allen Coy . Sam Beer Jay Kaiser Dave Culler Tim Butt Glory Mast Richard Owen Charlie Cretcher Mark Sumpter Kevin Schrock Judi Ferverda RoyTeeple Todd Walls Max Grady Mike Tom Dou^'Wuthrich Mike Nordin Bruce Trosper Clay Bowman John Nulf Gary Weaver Bill Cusick Brian Roberts Doug Weisser Raymond Hively Gene Tyler Kay Ferverda OFFICERS Mark Baumgartner — Treasurer Doug Weisser — Secretary Gary Mast — Sentinel cr John Kaiser — Reporter Jeff Hall — Vice President Ed Clayton — President 5 Terms: Cash Responsible For Accidents Refreshments Served Advisor: Randy Warren Auctioneer: Ronn Beer For Inf ormatioii Call 457-3147

Balance Beam — first optional, second intermediates, third beginners. Floor Exercise — first beginners, second intermediates, third optionals. The schools participating will be Wawasee, Concord, NorthWood, Elkhart Central, Jimtown, Elkhart Memorial, Tippecanoe Valley, John Glenn, Plymouth and South Bend Adams. The doors will open at 10 a.m. and tickets will be available at the door.

“Kids From the Country.” Masters of ceremonies were Rob Smith, Brian Popenfoose and Brad Mitchell. Special numbers were performed by Kim Heche, Lynn Hull, Tammy Taylor, Sandy Payne, Michele Berger and Donna Rich. Piano accompaniment was provided by Steven Bailey. “MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS DAY” — The North Webster Elementary School celebrated its fourth annual “Music In Our Schools Day” last Thursday, March 9, with a special assembly program. Shown right are the fifth graders who participated in the program with Karilyn Metcalf, music teacher.

BUILDERS CLUB —Syracuse Junior High School Builders Club members are shown in the new booster shirts which were purchased by the club to be used to show support for school activities. In the front row are, left to right, Angie Laub, Beth Walker, Laura Jones, Kina Hamman, Jolinda LaTour, Nancy McHose, Chris Underwood and Rhonda Elias. In the second row are Ron Pollock, Greg Day, Jon Vitaniemi, Kevin Smith, Tim Crum, Brian Kistler, Kevin Blade and Steve Alford. j In the third row are Kim McKibben, Tammy Granger, Kim Spitler, Dawn Kaumpf, Angie Meek, Gayle Swartz and Sonya Crow. In the fourth row are Josh Young, Phil Price, Scott Stutzman, Garth McClain, Brian Brannock, Pat Hare, Mark Detert and Ron Cripe. In back are Nancy Norman, Denise Moore, Portia Price and faculty sponsor Galen Hershberger.

Builders club organized at Syracuse Junior High

The organizational meeting of the Syracuse Junior High School Builders Club was held Thursday,. March 9, in the school cafeteria. Thirty-six students have submitted applications for the club which is sponsored by the Wawasee and Lakeland Kiwanis Clubs. The meeting was opened by Charles Haffner, Syracuse Junior High School principal and Galen Hershberger, faculty sponsor of the club. Club goals were discussed as well as the responsibilities of the members.

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All students participated in a discussion of service and fundraising projects. The clubs first project, a lightbulb sale to provide shirts for a school fan club, was discussed. The shirts have been received and the club members each received one to wear. The light bulb sale will begin immediately and will end April 1. Funds from the sale will also be used for other projects the students choose. The club was divided into four

School activity notes

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 6 p.m. — Gymnastics sectional at Wawasee 6:30 p.m. — Adult education classes at Wawasee THURSDAY, MARCH 16 6 p.m. — Milford Junior High girls basketball night 7 p.m. — Final spelling bee at Warsaw FRIDAY, MARCH 17 7 p.m. — EMS class at Wawasee, room 115 8 p.m. — Corporation music festival at Wawasee SATURDAY, MARCH 18 9 a.m. — Goshen invitational wrestling, junior high All day — Speech regional Elmhurst High School MONDAY, MARCH 20 6:30 p.m. — Adult education classes at Wawasee 7:30 p.m. — FFA slave sale ag annex TUESDAY, MARCH 21 4:30 p.m. — Milford Junior High gymnastics vs Heritage (Middlebury) at. Milford 6:30 p.m. — Adult education class, room 101 CB radio taken A citizen’s band radio, valued at SSO, was stolen sometime between 8 and 9 p.m. Friday, from an unlocked car in the parking lot of the Lancelot Lounge, North Webster. The radio is owned by Glen Black, r 1 North Webster.

groups with two leaders elected for each group. Those elected group leaders were: Kevin Smith, Laura Jones, Steve Alford, Angie Laub, Brian Kistler, Nancy Norman, Brian Brannock, and Portia Price. Each group may choose an emblem and a name. The groups as well as individual members may earn awards for achievement in service projects. The next meeting of the club will be Thursday, March 23, after school in the junior high cafeteria.

7 p.m. — EMS class at Wawasee 7:30 p.m. — Wawasee Foreign Language Club sponsored faculty-businessmen basketbaU., game WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 6:30 p.m. — Adult education classes at Wawasee | Lakeland I School n J jK Lunch/I | Menu & J March 20-23 MONDAY — Cheeseburger, buttered potatoes, fruit, cookie and milk. TUESDAY — Chili Mac, coleslaw, fruit, bread and butter and milk. WEDNESDAY - Fried chicken, mashed potatoes and. gravy, tossed salad, fruit, bread and butter and milk. THURSDAY — Ham patty, scalloped potatoes, buttered peas, fruit, bread and. butter, Easter cake and milk. FRIDAY — Good Friday, no school.

Syracuse Brownies write about organization's founder

Members of Syracuse Brownies, troop 130, under the leadership of Mrs. Leonard (Joan) Kline, wrote the following tributes to Juliette Low, founder of Girl Scouts, in honor of National Girl Scout week: By JULIE SCHMAHL Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Schmahl Juliette Low’s nickname all her life was Daisy. She got her nickname when she was little. Her uncle said I bet she’s going to be a daisy! Juliette was bom in Savannah, Georgia, on October 31, 1860. Daisy married Willie Low in 1886. She was married the same day as her parents. After she was married she went to England and traveled a lot. Two very sad things happened to Daisy. When she was a teenager, an ear infection left her partially deaf in one ear. Then, on her wedding day, a guest threw some rice at her for good luck, and some of the rice went into the other ear. When a doctor tried to remove it, Daisy became totaly deaf in that ear. Juliette met Sir Robert Baden-Powell the founder of Boy Scouting. Sir Robert Baden-Powell a group of girls wearing the shirts and the hads of the boys scouts uniforms with long skirts. The girls were marching behind the boys. When he asked them who they were they replied, We’re the girl scouts. There were to many girls wanting to be scouts. Sir Robert Paden-Powell got an answer. The answer was an organization for girls. He asked his sister to help him start scouting for girls. It was not easy for his sister to start scouting for girls. She began in 1910, girls were not allowed to join in many activities that you do today. When the boy scout founder met Daisy in Scotland in August, 1911, she heard about the scouting movement for girls. She was so excited she began a Scottish girl guide troup. The seven girls in the troop visited her house on Saturday afternoons. Some of them walked more than 6 miles to the meetings. They had fun learning knots, flag history, the Girl Scout laws, knitting, cooking, first aid, and map reading She helped them learn useful skills such as raising chickens and spinning. She started other Girl Scouts troops in London before sailing to America to begin the first American Girl Scout troop. By JENNIFER TUTTLE Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tuttle Julliette Gordon Low (18601927) founded the Girl Scouts America. Among her close friends were: Sir Robert and Lady Baden-Powell, the founders of scouting. Mrs. Low organized a troop of girl guides on her estate at Glenlyon, Scotland. On

Awards given at Milford Cub Scouts Blue and Gold

Pack 3747, Milford Cub Scouts, held its Blue and Gold banquet in the fire station Tuesday, March 7. A carryin- supper was served at 6:30 p.m. Carol Rouch received the bear patch and the gold arrow. Ricky Thompson received the gold arrow. Albert Strickland received the

• Thank You : * # * We would like to thank the * . £ Wawasee Booster Club, the Lakeland * $ Youth Center, and the community for * * making the Franklin College vs. Adrian * * College women's basketball game * * possible. It was a tremendous exper- J | ience and one that was greatly * £ appreciated, not only by us, but by our * * teams. Thank you for making it * * possible. I * * * Tammy Schumm * £ Judi Warren * * * * Kim Cunningham $ * * * Barb Brouwer * s♦******************************************“

Wed., March 15,1978 —THE MAIL-JULHINae

BROWNIES DECORATE WINDOW

her return to the United States, she began a patrol in Savannah, Ga., in 1912. In 1913, the organization changed it name to Girl Scouts. It was incorporated in 1915, and set up national headquarters in Washington, D. C. Mrs. Low served as president until 1920, when she received the title of founder. She was born in Savannah, Ga., the daughter of a general. She married a wealthy Englishman, William M. Low, and lived in England, Scotland, and the United States. Mrs. Low was a talented sculptor. She was deaf, and had poor health. The Low’s church was Anglicans. The low countries are costal regions beetween France and Germany. The Low countries were once known as the Netherlands, but were later divided into Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. The Low German is German language. The Lowboy is Colonial Life in America. ByTYNAHANEY Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Haney Brownies are the youngemgest girl scouts. Must be 7 or 8 years old or in the second or third grade to join. Brownies learn about

■ * • k v * TROOP HAS OUTING — Members of Syracuse Brownie troop 130 had an outing Saturday and Sunday, March 4-5, to Camp Singing Hills, a Girl Scout camp near Middlebury. Whilethere, they cooked their own meals and slept on the floor. Accompanying the group were Joan Kline, leader, and husband Leonard; Sherrie and Clifford Wogoman.

red bead award. Cub master J din Rouch served as master of ceremonies. Jerry Frank, director of Deminsions in Brass at Grace College, provided entertainment for the evening. Cubs conducted the opening ceremonies and gave the Cub Promise at the close of the evening’s activities.

being discovoverers, being ready, helpers, and being friendmakers. The Brownie helpers learn to get along in their groups, to take care of themselves, and to help their families and their communities. Brownies Scouts salute and handskake and the Promise: “I Promise to do my best “To love God and my Country “To help other people every day, especially those at home.” To become a Brownie, a girl must attend four meetings of the troop (unit) that she wants to join. She must learn the Promise and what it means to be a Brownies. Her adult troop leader then pins a Brownies a ceremony called an investiture. Each Brownie troop has tow adult leaders. With their leaders, the Bownies their own programs. Bownies enjoy activities related to the arts, their homes, and the out-of-doors. Brownies learn to be helpful at home. They also leam to make such things as sewing kits for sick persons. “On my honor I will try to serve God, my country and mankind and to live by the Girl Scout Law.”

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