Viscount Bennett Junior High School - Terminal Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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THE TERMINAL Page 103 This stage goes on and on until you think the whole world is going crazy, but when she is seventeen or eighteen, she begins to think seriously about her appearance and her future, secures a good position and settles down. The exhausting but interesting phase has finally passed, and the family settles down to a serence and peaceful existence. For the most part you are glad this era has passed, but a little sorry too, for without teenagers to mix everything up, the world would indeed be a drab place in which to reside. Don Mood, 11-29 HONORABLE MENTION SIZE TWELVE My size twelve dresses and I were engaged in a quarrel. They defiantly refused to. accommodate the superfluous excess of my rather rotund mid-section . Although this was wholly understandable, when one regarded the situation from their point of view (at the time of their purchase, they had been led to believe that they would have to encompass more than a two-foot girth of waist-line), I was, nevertheless, aghast at their undue proclamation. Their forecluding that it was a matter of obesity rather than laundry-shrinkage, which had casued the aforementioned tightness of my dresses, shook me to the roots of my firm belief in their loyalty. As a consequence of our disagreement, I found myself in the inevitable position of a disheartened girl with two alternatives: either I purchase a new wardrobe, or yield to the demands of the defiant ones and remove the source of the argument by placing myself on a diet. Having decided to follow the latter, stratagem, —because of the present, embarrassing situation in which Dad ' s bankbook had found itself, I immediately commenced to acquire the necessary dietary data. Perusing several informative articles on The Diet , I learned that I would have to climb 376 flights of stairs, paint the house four times and box ten rounds, before I could burn off one pound of supplementary weight. Realizing that this approach would be physically impossible, I decided rather wisely, to abandon this approach to the problem. Another, apparently pleasanter, plan provided for no exercise at all—merely that I place myself on a diet of skim milk, water cress, dog biscuits and bird seed, for a period of one month, and that at the end of such a time, I would have lost fifteen pounds. If any¬ one would then doubt my good health, my gay chirps and cold nose would prove other¬ wise. As I wasn ' t overly fond of the brand of dog biscuits my mother purchased, this scheme found no personal encouragement. A third and final article, advertised the dietie of the multitudinous benefits of the gyrator and steam bath. This method of reducing really appealed to me, as it definitely guaranteed amazing results in five simple treatments. Having been kneaded, joggled and dehydrated in such a way, that it was impossible to determine whether I was coming or going. I soon relinquished the idea of returning to those contortion chambers and departed to my abode, crest-fallen. There did not appear to be any possible method of removing my cumbersome avoir¬ dupois. The battle between my dresses and me had come to a complete stalemate. With neither of us wishing to concede it seemed that the deadlock would endure an eternity. Suddenly to my complete mortification, the solution to the problem dawned on me. We would reach a compromisell Smugly, I congratulated myself on this most appropriate brain flash . I must say that my dresses were extremely thankful when I informed them of my stratagem. The plan was simple —I merely visited our dressmaker and asked her to enlarge the waist-lines by two inches. The battle is now overl A peace settlement has been reached -- we are now happily reunited. Ruth Coe, 11-28

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j THE TERMINAL ....Page.102. people take nonsensical, meaningless remarks to heart. A famous American indulgence also takes root in this fact; this is gossip, one part of our way of life, without which they (who else but girls and women?) could not possibly subsist. In concluding, possibly I should define the word triviality in simple language. If you call something trivial, in my opinion you floccinaucinihilipilifi- cate it. Elliot Gelfand, 11-29 | SECOND PRIZE (Tied) TODAY ' S TEENAGER . Today ' s teenager is to his friends, priceless; to psychiatrists, the tenth wonder of the world; to his parents, independence itself; to teachers, the worst monstrosity since the atom bomb; and to the opposite sex, super with a capital S . Since grandfather ' s day the status of teenagers has changed quite severely. They are the general topic of parents ' conversations, teachers ' conferences, and openhouse discussions. It would be difficult to define the average teenage girl adolescent, but for the most, part, she ate discipline, school, i crawly insects, ccw- boredom. She thrives faded blues, earrings,- Brando, lipstick, murders, of course, boys . Until the age of she is a sweet , we 11- doesn ' t know boys exist homework faithfully, of life gradually dis- phase of life first be- j when you, her mother, ter her room. When asked iently explains that it main and contains all of her valuables are, she does not explain. But one day you feel it is your duty to enter her room on a cleaning spree. Your first reaction is one of shocked silence. The dainty pink bureau cover has been replaced by a drooping red flannel cover with blue patches. (This you soon discover is a new fad.) The walls are not visible be¬ cause of the pictures, most of which are those of males. The bed is unmade. From the look of it you presume that it has not been made for several days. On the floor I are strewn a pair of yellow pcdal-pushers, two sweaters, a True Romance , a photo j album, a baseball cap, her brother ' s plaid shirt, and a few other valuables . This I change is too much. You leave the room, but decide to ignore the matter. The next | week you get her a record player for her birthday. Later you wonder what ever I persuaded you to do such a thing. She buys records endlessly, but not ones that produce musical sounds. You don ' t know exactly what they produce. On and on they j drone into the wee small hours of the morning. The dog leaves home, the neighbours start complaining, and you buy yourself a pair of good quality ear-plugs. One day you find she has a boyfriend. Now you say to yourself, This will surely make her dress and act like a lady. But, Oh, how wrong you arel Since the current fad is to dress like your boyfriend, she wears blue jeans about three sizes too small, a leather jacket, moccasins, and to top it all off, gets her hair haggled | off, and the two of then tear off on a motorcycle leaving you choking in a cloud of j dust. j -V simply cannot toler- boys with short hair, boy heroes, and on independence, moccasins, Karlon private phones, and, twelve or thirteen mannered child who and who does her However, this stage appears, and the next comes noticeable are forbidden to en- why, daughter pat- is her private do- her valuables. What

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THE TERMINAL Page.10U HONORABLE MENTION GOING STEADY This is not an unusual topic. Going steady has happened to eveiy boy, and it will continue to do so throughout the coming centuries. Men, a lurking danger awaits you in every school, teen club -- perhaps in the house next door. It is the girl who wants to go steady. And how can a poor, un¬ suspecting boy like me protect myself? Should I go into hiding until I’m fifty years of age? (When I ' m fifty, I should be able to cope with a wife.) Going steady creates many problems for me. When I go steady, my other activities become limited. No more going out with the boys, no mor going stag to parties and having a wonderful time with all the girls. Now I have to make enough money to take my steady to the best cafe and shows in town. I have to be a big brother to her brother, contend with her mother, and be a chore boy for her father. And, to top off all my troubles, I have the worry of wondering what would happen if another boy came ' along with more money or a better car — or both. Maybe I shouldn’t worry. Maybe I should just let her go with someone else. Look at all the money I could save. At Christmas time it costs me a fortune to buy presents for her whole family. (I’m beginning to believe that married life is for dopes only.) Of course, I could be a confirmed bachelor. But, you know, it is going to be hard to get rid of my gal — there’s no antidote for the love bug. Maybe I should just tell her I cannot support her family anymore and that her father will just have to get a job. (I haven ' t the nerve to tell her that I don’t want to go steady anymore. She might say it would be all right, and then look at all the money I would have lost by going steadyl) Well, there’s nothing I can do about it now. I guess if I go around with her for another thirty-five years, I can get married as I ' ll be old enough to then. Besides, I won’t be losing.any more money. Lenn Fenn, 11-30 HONORABLE MENTION THE KING OF FOODS Have you ever stopped to analyse that sandwich that you have tucked away in your lunch box? Have you ever stopped and called it the King of foods? you and the millions of others who indulge in these delicacies each and every day of the year? A theory of how the sandwich received its worthful title began in the eighteenth j century. A Duke, the Earl of Sandwich x as looking for something easy ' to eat. He then ordered his servants to bring him two slabs of bread with beef between them. Soon the pegple of his kingdom began asking for the same ' as sandwich . This is j believed to be thr sal beginning of the common word meaning of sandwich . Advocates of sandwiches c ' me in very many forms. The nutritionists, people Who study foods, point out the fact that in a sandxtfich a person may obtain a wholesome and well balanced diet. The filling that goes into the sandwich is rich in protein, the bread is an important source of Vitamin B, while the butter or.margarine is an important source of Vitamin A. Thb psychologists, people who study the reason for things, give a clue why the sandwich is so revered. They state that the public likes to eat hand to mouth foods instead of eating knife, fork and spoon .foods . Still another reason why these morsels are rated ' tops’ is that a Do-it-yourself craze has swept the country. The easiest and most interesting part of a party for both children and grownups is to display a mixture of fillings and different types of bread and leave the making of the sandwiches to the guests, which leads to a very good type of refreshment. People seem to go for the sandwich because they are speedy, just like the age-in j which we are living, easy to make and just because they are just right for a quick I snack.