Wallaceburg District Secondary School - Actiana Yearbook (Wallaceburg, Ontario Canada)

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LITERARY ia? B 41 s 11V 0 :'. ' .' I

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COURTESY .... To us, living in this modern, up to date, atomic age of the twentieth century, courtesy, chivalry and politeness seem to have been obliterated and entirely exterminated from the dictionary. The way young people of today act is ridiculous, bombastic and entirely idiotic. I, for one, am sick and tired of seeing pupils arguing with teachers, children arguing with parents, motorists arguing with pedestrians and so on all down the line. The four C's, chivalry, courtesy, care and common sense, all go together to make an extremely import- ant factor of modern day living. The way courtesy is being mistreated and ignored is something worth not talking about. Rather, if I were to write a book on examples of Ignorance of Courtesy a great deal of it would be unfit to print! Wallaceburg District High School is a good example of what I have been talking about for the last seventeen lines! First of all there are the cafeteria lines where all angels and archangels of grade ten become fearless, gruesome buccaneers or better still just plain devils, with the motto death to anyone who gets in our way! The person who is at the first of the line may eventually find himself at the extreme end or perhaps underneath the line of bloodthirsty, famished scavengers. Wallets are swiped, toes are crushed and noses are put to bleeding, while the unlucky victim may spend the rqst of the day in the nurse's room and the subdued criminal sent to spend an extended sentence in room fifteen. All of this juv- enile delinquency for a forty cent meal, as you can see, just ends with the act- or in the sin bin and the receiver in the hospital. Next, and even more shocking is the bus line at four o'clock. I do not know if every bus line is like that of bus number one, but I may be safe in saying that one bus line like bus number one's is absolutely enough, thank you! The lack of courtesy is tremendous. The line will be in perfect shape in knowledge of the rules of etiquette when student X from class Y bursts through the doors at tremendous speed, knocks over a row of girls, sprawls their books and belongings over half the school grounds and then takes his earned position at the extreme premier of the line: while the girls pick them- selves up delicately and commence to sort out their scattered and demolished wreckage. This is not all, mind you! There remains the fact that everyone, I repeat everyone wants a seat next' to the window that opens, not too close to the front and preferably to the right side, and not too near the heater, and definitely not over the wheel, and so on. When we do get on, there is a mad scramble for one seat during which pencils, rulers, rubbers, books, geometry sets, hats, gloves, mitts, scarves, earmuffs, glasses and believe it or not, even shoes are lost and later picked up as the owner leaves the bus! The main in- strument or defence and revenge is the compass, which when opened to its extreme radius is an excellent, cunning little weapon. Others include bean shooters, pea shooters, elastic bands, homemade catapults made of clothespins and big heavy school books, the nice flat kind that makes a lovely wack when forcibly descended upon a person's already deeply creased skull! Further- more, if you do not want your books scattered the length and width of the bus, it would be wise to carry a suitcase. Next is the problem of classroom courtesy. Every time the bell rings for change of classes, there is mass confusion in every room. The scientific law, no two things can occupy the same space at the same time is completely dis- regarded, as the completely exhausted pupils of math class suddenly pick up an extra quantity of vigour and vim and sally forth into battle at the porthole of the classroom. Though there have been no fatalities it would make a wonderful scene in a murder mystery on television. It takes twice or three times as long to get out of a classroom in this way as it would if a bit of court- esy and chivalry were put to practice. Courtesy to teachers as well as fellow pupils should be exercised. I could go on and on and on on this topic, but I think this is sufficient to illustrate just how courtesy is being used today. The answer is definitely negative, isn't it? Donald Moffat -20-

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'G PLAY .... BY KEN SIMPSON The Case of the Case that was translated from Shakespeare, 'Cause He Didn't Write it Right'. ..Or. Overheard from a Roman Who Was Drinking Roma While Roamin' Through The Gloamin'. CDRAMATUS PERSONAEJ? Iulius Caesar Iulius Ceasar's Ghost Slockius Iiomeus. Detective tprivatel Ierius Ayreus Antonius Iackus Lepidus Watson Calphumia. wiie to Caesar I-Iankus Delangeus in 1-ribunu Iayus Hendersonius I I.. E. Mentary Brutus N Barrius Davisium Goroonium Caviesius Iackus Mooreus Billius Normanus Artus Houlium Billius Hartium Georgeus Cmeloium A Soothsayer The Ghost oi Benium Gardolus u Senators. Citizens. Commoners. Soldiers. etc. SCENE: HOME: The Plains oi Phillippi. ACT I - SCENE I - Rome. A Street Enter: I-Iankus Delangeus and Iayus Hendersonius two tribunes: and certain Commoners. Hank: S eak. what trade art thou? Com.: lihy sir. a dentist. I pull the tooth. the whole tooth. and nothing but the tooth. - so help me. lay.: Go home. you idle creatures. Know you not J that it is the Feast ol the Lupercal. and that Caesar parades today down this very street. Get you out oi Caesar's way! l'Exeunt.l ACT I - SCENE 2 - Home. A Public Place Enter: Caesar. singing a song: and a Soothsayer. Caes.: Veni. vidi. vici! Venz. vidi. vici! Sooth.: Caesar. beware the ides ot March. Caes.: What say'st thou. soothsayer? Why should I beware the ides ol March? u Sooth.: That's when they begin making arrests tor non-payment of taxes. QExeunt.l EDITOIYS NOTE: Scene 3 oi Act I. and Scenes 1 and 2 oi Act II were omitted by the translator. because he couIdn't iigure them out. ACT Il - SCENE 3 - Rome. A Street Near the Capitol. Enter: The ghost ot Benium Gardolus. reading a paper. Gh. o Ben. Gar.: Caesar. beware oi I.. E. Ment- ary Bmtus: take heed ot Barrius Davisium: come not near Gordonium Daviesius: have an We to Georgeus Cmeloiurn: trust not Iackus ooreus! mark well Billius Hartium: Artus Houlium loves thee not: thou hast wronged Billius Normanus. There is but one mind in all these men. and it is bent against Caesar! A Friend: Here will I stand. til Slockius Homeus pass along. because. since I am a ghost. I cannot give this to Caesar. When Slockius Ho- meus passes by. I will whip uit my noble wind. and blow this rarer into 's iace. so that he will be compel e to read it. Enter: Slockius Homeus. singing a song. Slock.: When I am worried. and I can't sleep. I count my money. instead oi sheep. And I tall asleep. counting my money. When my bankroll is getting small. I always make sure Ive got it all. And I all asleep. counting my money. E41-.aumvifs aiter the death ot Iulius Caesar Senators conspiring against Iulius Caesar Enter: Stron wind. carrying paper. which hits Slockius aomeus right on his roamin' nose. Slock.: 'ello! Blimy. what 'ave we 'ere? It's a paper ot some sort or other. tHe reads it.J Nly. my. this is a pilp. I must xniorm Caesar oi this. Cheerio. and al that rot! IEXIII ACT III - SCENE 1 - Home. the senate house Enter: A crowd ol people. among them. Slockius Homeus. the Soothsayer.'Caesar. I.. 'E. Ment- ary Brutus. Barrius Davisxum. Gordonium Dav- iesius. Artus Houlium. Billius Hartium. Iackus Mooreus. Georgeus Cmeloium. Ierius Ayreus Antonius. and others. Sooth.: Caesar. beware the ides ot March. Caes.: Why should I beware the ides oi March? Sooth.: The senate might exile you for not paying your income taxes. Caes.: The mighty Caesar does not tray taxes. Soothsayrer - ao! Go somewhere an say some sooths! hou ist standing in mg way. Hart.: Ho. noble Caesar! Wilt tou repeal my banish'd brother. Hankus I-lartium. Caes.: No! Begone Billius Hartium! Ah! There art the senators on the steps oi the senate house. waiting ior me. There is my esteemed collea- gue. Senator Brutus. and Senators Barrius Da- visium. 'Iackus Mooreus. Billius Normanus. Ar- tus I-Ioulium ...... D Brut.: O. K.. Senators B-B1Barrius D-Davxsium. Iackus M-M-Mooreus. B-B-Billius Normanus. Ar. .....,,...... Ar , .,..,..,,, Ar ,.....,., Ah nuts! I can't pronounce thine names! Get thine weapons ready country men. B. Dav.: O.K.. boys! Caesar's been iletteth too much power! Next thing you knowet . he'll be after a fourth term! Moor.: Right! ,..... ,! And he'll investigateth ol!- track betting at the Coliseum. Norm.: Stabbeth him!! t'l'he conspirators stab Caesarj. Caes.: Et tu Brute! Brut.: No .... I ain't et! Caes.: I said 'Et tu Brute! Brut.: I told you. I haven't et since dinner! Stab- beth him again senators! Caes.: Et tu rule! That means You too Brut- us! ---- Then tall Caesar! tDiesJ I-Ioul.: Me thinks that last one hitteth vital spot. G. Dav.: Wait! Looketh who comes! lt's Slockius Homeus. detective lprivatel. Cmelo.: I.et's scrameth. Enter: Slockius Homeus. -22-