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U W student team gl _'s pinpoints the sites of early settlements . This summer Dr. Hill and a group of his- tory and anthropology students from UW have visited dozens of sites in the region that contained building structures in the 19th century. Their guides have been an 1861 Tremaine map of thearea and census records for 1851 and 1861. Waterloo Region 's cultural and hisgorical heritage-ls quickly disappearing beneath the foundations of modem subdivisions and the plows of area farmers. Before it disappears entirely, Dr. Mat- thew Hill of the University of Waterloo's anthropology department, hopes to compile a record of the 19th century homes and buildings that played an important role in the region's cultural and social develop- ment. He is particularly interested in historical homes and sites on the fringe of the Twin Cities because this area is slated to accom- modate the region's population increases to the year 2000. Once the students tracked down the 19th century location of the buildings. they re- corded what was left on the site. Sometimes mainland the original building still stand- ing . a disguised state. alt's amazing how many log cabins are still in existence in the region. disguised by insul-brick or brick," said Dr. Bill. Other times the students weren‘t so lucky. if no original foundation or structure was found on the site, they used metal detec- tors to map the outline of the original home and outer buildings "As an archaeologist. I find buildings that are gone just as interesting as those that are there-before they are plowed under ofcourse." said Dr. Hill. . The metal detectors often help pinpoint the areas where windows. doors and porch- es originally existed by the telltale rem- nants of iron nails. 'M "The metal detector has provided us with a lot of information. It has given us ideas about where archaelogical digs could be made with the minimum amount of des- truction." Dr. Hill said. The device also can indicate the site of the 19th century families garbage dump. These dumps tell researchers numerous cultural and social facts about the life of the early pioneers. At the end of the summer. Dr. "i"iiiiiterillkiiii" . ch triiiii"iiiifkjillk'i Wayne Erdman 121a Year No. 32 Hill hopes the students can find ttine to explore some of these dumps to prove or disprove some of his meories._ . _ "This will be a pilot study to examine the potential of trash as a way‘odistin- guish between different ethnic groups. For example. did immigrants from Scotland differ from those coming from Germany to Waterloo County in what they bought or made and in what they threw away. Po- tentially this can tell us a good deal about the people of our area,' ' he said. By the end of the summer, Dr. Bill hopes the students will have compiled a registry of more than 1,000 sites in the region "so that people like the Regional Heritage Foundation will have a basis to study the conservation of buildings. FV ‘_Although he is basically an historical conservationist. Dr. Hill is determined not to jeopardize the unbiased nature of the study by indicating the sites he believes should be preserved permenantly. "You obviously ean't preserve every- thing, but you can at least make a record of it so it is possible to revisualize where things were and understand the relation- ships," he said. He believes the cultural and architectur- al development of Waterloo County is so unique that it should not he lost. "Water- loo County domn't fit the pattern orCana- dian architecture development. Unless these places are recorded, no one is ever going to know what our pattern was." Other groups like the Waterloo Historical Society, the city's architectural conser- vancy committee and the regional planning department are carrying out similar stud- ies to draw up a register of historically important sites. So that his study wouldn't overlap their efforts, Dr. Hill and his stu- dent team have concentrated on sites out- side the cities that are currently jeopar- dized by urban.expansion. "We're concentrating our efforts on the area the regional plan says will be built up by the end of the century. _.. We're try- ing to create an awareness of what exists. Then if the interest is there, the sites can be saved or recorded. " "AT iid end '0} I-tii/project, the compiled Dr. Hill had hoped that copies could be registry will be maintained at the univer- made for the Regional Heritage Founda- sity for the reference of community groups. tion and the regional planning department Wednesday. August It, 1976 The Canadian government set the wrong objectives for Canada's athletes com- peting in the Montreal Olym- pics says Olympic judoist Wayne Erdman of Waterloo. Not only was its obses- sion with winning gold med- als detrimental to the ath- ietes' performances but damaging to the future de- velopment of sport in Can- ada. "Canada's got the wrong objectives. The government should be looking for im- provement not medals," he said. Because many athletes and sports failed to mea- sure up to the government's inflated expectations. Wayne fears funding for Wayne Erdman Expectations too high for athletes By Mary Stupart gmtertoo motion Handed Society 1 Museum commita‘i ( "sets Kitchener Public than. 'i. _""',',', wg" _ . Queen Street North. F‘r‘;;;;; 'y"' KITCHENER. Out. 'i,",":',::'.',":" 9.1.3,: He was told by an official of the Canadian Olympic Association that the govern- ment would continue to sdp- port only the sports which won medals and made the best showings. Because the Canadian athletes knew future funding of their sports was on the line at the Olym- pics, many failed to do their best under the pressure, many sports will end Maria Basset of 235 Erb St. W.. Apt. 602 uses a plum-table alidato to map the site of an early farm house that existed on the University of Waterloo campus in 1861. ‘1 "The single most impor- tant pressure on the ath- letes was to win a medal to. keep funding for their sport I think about 95 per- cent of the Canadian ath- letes felt “I have to win a medal in my sport to keep government sponsorship", I think that bothered every- one "I felt. too. the onus on me "The calibre of Canadian athletes has improved... But Canadians don't realize that the Olympics is just a one shot thing. You've got one shot at a medal and that one day everything has to be in your favor, Your spirit has to be good, you have to be physically fit and your strength has to be at peak level, Because the Canadian gov- ernment only poured money into many sports for one year. expectations of gold medal performances by Ca- nadian athletes were 1mre- alistic Wayne said. to win a medal to keep gov- ernment support of judo go- ing, That's kind of a stupid kind of pressure to have on you at the Olympics." he said. but "there just isn't enough money in our Experience '76 grant to allow for duplica- tion of the registry". "People don't realize that yon're not just training for the Olympics. In judo, we have been competing in in- ternational competitions for three years, peaking for each event then levelling out on a plateau. Each time you participate in an inter- national event. you reach a little higher peak ., The uncertainty of future government funding for many sports has left Cana- dian athletes in a state of limbo. “I'd like to keep training for two more years, but it might be the end right now. Nobody knows if we're go- ing to have government sup- port or not, Nobody knows if our coach‘s contract is going to be renewed." said (Continued on new 2)