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On a tour of the Thornhill
Junior Secondary School with ©
Vice Principal, Mr. Harold Cox,
{here was to be seen an ex-
pansive open area Library, a bil
sparse, Mr, Cox explained that
becks are on order and the
books will be delayed until
January, In the meantime, the
students will have the use of the
Resource Center and - the

‘TSchool Libraries, |

The building structure is
made mainly of steel beams and
metal-coated gyproc, the whale
school atmosphere is com-
plimented by the interior decor,
such was the huge...gymnasium
in a bright yellow
(psychological colour) which -
seems to draw early bird
students to the gym for Pracliee
in the very early hours of the
morning before. school starts.
Bleachers are yel to arrive and
be installed, The classrooms in
the new schoo] are all special
area classrooms,

Its P.A. system is something
to brag about, being just like a
little miniature radio station,
IV’s a two-way Dukane System
with a record player and radio
aitached, the staff is still
overwhelmed at the many uses
of theP.A, system, Actually the
heating system baffles them
too, Cox says the P.A,, Heating

Caledonia Senior Secondary

pee thoraktl:
“School

- ultramodern

and Timing systems are an}.
Edueatlon In itself, The heating
system is” electrically” timed
“with two big-7 day. clocks ‘and
the school ‘runs on a Master
Time and Program ; Control
_ system. :

There are 355 students in
attendance presently, with, 19
teachers on staff and some half-
time teachers. Mr, Skip]
Bergsma Is the Principal, Mc.
Harold Cox, Vice Principal &
Counsellor, Mr, Hackman, Miss
Klie, P.E. teacher, also doubles
as counsellor, also available for
counselling Is Mr, Terry Wilson,
Thornhills-Home School Co
ordinalor,

Upon preparing for the move
in lo the school, students helped
during weekends moving in
equipment ete.,. which was
appreciated very. much by the
staif. Mr. Cox says the students
have a lot of pride in their
school and communily and are
glad to have the advantage of
having their own school. ~

Mr. Bergsma, along with P.E.
feachers are looking forward (o
arranging some kind of

- Recreation program in the
future for the Thornhill
students, but haven't had time
to really plan anything as yet,

This being the case Thornhill
students should have an active
year ahead if full advantage Is
laken of the huge gymnasium.

‘An ark for our time”

emerged in many parts of the ©

A Christmas Day special on
CBC-TV is a documentary on
. Jean Vanler’s -great work at
: W’Arche, just north of ‘Paris,

\ where ‘handicapped people live
* together in brotherhood and
: sisterhood,

; The program titled An Ark
> For Our Time is to be seen at
;9:30 p.m. on Christmas Day

* night. Interviewed are Jean
Vanier and his mother Mme.

1 Georges Vanier, who is now

; ? making her home at L'drche

zand is -the wife of Canada's

> former Governor-General.

> Journalist’ and man-of-God

7 Malcolm Muggeridge narrates |
+ the special on the community,
+ Which has as its basic premise

that all men and women are
. equal, however maimed in body

‘or mind - their soul remains
: intact.

Life at the community i is proof :

._ Of this proposition:

For most of the factors that

{make for our conipetilive world

are vanilies whereas another

‘ t reality - the reality of God and

the stars of the film and it is
quite extraordinary how the

beauty, truth, simplicity depth
of their, personality | “COMES -

across,

Malcolm Muggeridge i in “his
narration stays very much in
the background and comments

- in his inimitable way. only to |
come to grips with the central: -

reality of suffering;

Al one point he states: “Ina

‘Materialist saciely like ours:

there is a natural tendency to

keep the mentally disabled out ”

of sight, In psychiatrie wards
and other. such institutions.
‘There Is also hovering about if

the collective consciousness,

shaping ‘ilself into a so-called

consensus, the dark thought .
that they ‘might be done away
with, along with the senile, old
and’ other, scieatilically
speaking, ‘“useless lives" The
only government in the history |
of the warld which has hitherte
enacted legislation in this sense
was Hitler's, -
4At L'Arche exactly oppoaite
, procedure is followed... Tha’
mentally afflicted ° are not.
hidden away,- and allowed ‘to
live on sufferance only, bul take
their place’ in the life and work
and worship'cf the whole
community.”
Since the inception of L'Ar-

che, established . by. Jean
Vanier, ‘other “arches"' have

world - including. Britain,
Canada, India and the Ivory
Coast. Te

The film was produced by

Nielsen-Ferns Ltd., the Toronto

division of Inter-Video Inc, of
Montreal. An Ark For Our
Time was directed by Jeremy
. Murray-Brown,: produced by
Pat Ferns, executive producer
Leo Rampen,

It is.a film with an important
message for our world for the
remarkable fact of L'Arche is
thal. the therapy of live, love
that comes from God, cures and

‘Is apparent in the living,

sharing and religious life’ at
LiArche,

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: love’- is exhibited at L’Arche.
Most of the handicapped men ~
: and women at LiArche suffered
* some -brain damage at birth,

; also many were rejected by
‘ their families, resulting in
‘ psychological suffering as well,

+ These men and women are

ee

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Police Beat |

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‘ On Sunday it was reported | ;
+ that McGillis and Gibbs was
* broken into, The only thing
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reported missing were three
< gifts that ‘an-employee had

bought for her children and kept

there..

Monday morning, the twenty-

third, a, break-in was reported
§ at the Veterinary Clinic, = A
< small amount of change seems
* ta be the: only thing taken.

On the twenty-second Lyle’

» Roe reported to the police that
A while his 1974 Bronco was -
z parked in-front of the Skeena |

¥, Hotel someone damaged his left
front fender, R.C.M.P. are
> looking for the other car.
:. On the {wenty-second Cario ,
* Henriques “of - 4727 ‘Olson:
“reported that two black dogs,
E ‘had kilted sixteen of his rabbits.
> The incident occured . at
> about 4:00a.m. and it-has bean
: established thal the dogs were,
2 strays.-

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