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By Mary Stupart Most people have secret dreams of striking it rich one day on the stock marâ€" ket. But the closest they ever come to playing the market is buying penny stocks or purchasing low risk investments. For 3,000 high school stuâ€" dents in Southern Ontario, playing the stock market has become a reality, at least on paper. The students are particiâ€" pants in a stock market game organized by Wilfrid Laurier University‘s school of business and economics. The game was originally invented nine years ago for first year business students on campus by Prof. Ralph Blackmore, a former busâ€" iness columnist with the Globe and Mail. It became so popular with WLU‘s business stuâ€" dents that the school of business . and â€" economics expanded the program into Ontario high schools in Page 14 â€" Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, January 21, 1976 Regional news and views _ High school students find fun, knowledge in stock market game The game rapidly exâ€" panded from two schools in 1972 to 100 schools and 3.000 students in 1975. Toâ€" BLOUSES AND SLACKS Usualty sell for up to $14 99 ea amm»e IVIMMWINVT ALVL I VRLKL J mm Usually seils up to $5 99 $3 99 to $5 99 Vaiue FASHION SPECIALS , C suite you can weer yearâ€"round. Both come in a range of over 25 petterns and a wide colour choice Quality without the cost â€" 245 King St. W.Kitchener 745â€"3541 ar colours and patterns § to 46. In the Dunker Bidg. across from Kresges Hours: Mon.â€"Wed. 9 to 5:30, Thurs., Fri. 9 to 9, Sat. 9 to 5:30. Looks, feels and wears like intertock our competitors :..-;.“u.m yoursell. 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They are organized into small teams of four or five students. Prof. Jim McCutcheon, the coordinator of the game this year, attributes its rapid growth in high schools to the enjoyment and knowâ€" ledge the students gain from it. ‘"I think most people tend to already have an interest **We start each team with an imaginary $100,000. They follow the stock market in the newspapers and are allowed to buy. sell, buy on 100% COTTON EARTH CLOTH 9 99. 1.99.: and supert petterne. l"géf 99¢ A YARD‘ margin, short sell and purâ€" chase stock options with their money. You can do everything in our game that you can do in the real market," said Prof. Mcâ€" Cutcheon. This year the stock marâ€" ket game was split into two twelveâ€"week sessions because so many high school students wanted to participate. Sixty schools played the game in the fall term and 90 registered for the January to April session. The teams compete with each other to see who can make the most money on the market. 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We set up a courier Since the operation of the game is so dependent Every Friday, they send a list of their new transacâ€" tions by mail to WLU‘s stock market office. Their moves are fed into the computer and a list of their holdings is compiled. This printâ€"out is sent back to the students by mail on Monday. Students on campus at Wilfrid Laurier University play the stock market game with an electronic tickerâ€"tape connected to the Toronto Stock Exchange. Here the game‘s originator, Prof. Ralph Blackmore. shows a student how to use the stock ticker. Exchange. service to four locations in Kipling Collegiate in Wes COMING UP... Karley & Kroetsch Constrn. Co. Ltd. 1 Adam St. Kitchener. Ont SAT. 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Many students who were partiâ€" cipating in the fall game attended _ Toronto _ high schools. Enthusiasm for the game was so high that many Toronto players elected to continue it without the supervision of their teachâ€" ers. This determination paid off for a team from Loing . . . Coing . . #1 Kipling Collegiate in Wesâ€" ton which was declared the provincial winner. The winning team in the fall game increased its capital by $57,.229 in 12 weeks. However, only 43 teams out of 300 made money. The team that fared the worst ended up with only $54 left from $100.000. More than 300 teams played the game in the fall term and organizers anticiâ€" pate close to 500 teams will play from January to April. **We expect to have the largest number of players ever this term. In previous years, we‘ve just had 400 to 450 teams in a whole year." said Prof. McCutchâ€" Although each team aims to increase its original $100,000 capital by selling and buving stocks. very few teams actually make money or break even. As an incentive to the teams, the school of busâ€" iness and economics and Bell Canada provide troâ€" phies and prizes to the winâ€" ning provincial team and the winners of 10 regions. Provincial winners receive $250 and regional winners are awarded $50. The Uni versity also planned to host a banquet in honour of the winners in January but was forced to postpone it beâ€" cause of the Toronto teachâ€" ers strike. The _ rapidly _ increasing popularity of the high school stock market conâ€" tinues to amaze game orâ€" ganizers. ~ The winning team from Waterloo Region was Kitâ€" chenerâ€"Waterioo Collegiate with assets of $104.957. Initially. when the game was started. we had no idea it would snowball the way it has... We‘ve had a numâ€" ber of inquiries from Northâ€" ern Ontario schools to play the game but we‘re not sure how much more we can expand it." said Proft. McCutcheon. 11