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By Rick Campbell Chmnich Sports Editor The Waterloo Minor Hook- ey Association (WMHA) will ban bodychecking at all levels of its City League operation, the Chronicle learned Saturday. _ Effective the start of the 1979-80 City League season, dychecking of any sort 1 be prohibited from no- throisgh midget, as well as in the K-W Civitan Young Men's League. said WMHA prtsidentrknnis Dosman. "Most of the people we've talked to feel that it is a good rule," said Dosman Sa- turday at Albert McCormick Arena. "We've heard com- ments from, 'it's about The decision, made by the WMHA executive, does not apply to those playing all- star level. _ 125th Year No. 37 M Fill Jlt . ha névbédych’ecking The outlawing of the use 0: the bodycheck has been a major issue throughout Can- ada and the United States since the inquiry into hockey violence several years hgtr. Places like Quebec and New York State Ban bodycheck- ing up to the peewee level, and the Ontario Minor Hock- ey Association is expected to bring down a similar rul- ing Sept. 29 involving those up to the major atom level. tifne' to 'it will improve the quality of recreational hock- evil" _ A -. _ "We'll adopt their (OMHA) rule to the letter if we feel it applies," said Dosman. who added that Kitchener house leagues plans a similar move. "Our main aim is to allow every player a chance to enjoy the game without fear of in- Wednesday, September 12, 1979 "Take a guy that's cut by the (junior B Waterloo) Sis- hins and is too old for mid- get or juvenille all-star," outlined Dosman. "So he goes _to the Civitan league where not only his talent but histaggression can be a big factor. Same thing irritets timidation. " The first-year president indicated that acts of an ex- cessive physical nature had been perpetrated by City League players in the past, expocially at the older age levels. . wee. If some big ungainly kid can make rep, he goes to the City League and uses brute force to spoil it for the rest. Without bqdychecking, all the players can Concen- trite on the important fun- damentals like skating and ability to handle the puck." ' Dosman feels the City League players, who repre- sent ttrtit'eitt, 80% of the W HA, will adjust to the new ruling without much problems at all. "All our house league refs will undergo training in all aspects, including' instruc- tion on how to call all penal- ties. They will also be grad- ed for the first time this year and those not doing an adequate job will be either moved to divisions where their ability can be' im- proved or else released. We'll put-the rookie refs in with the senior officials and chart their progress careful- ly." . Brien Thurston, head in- structordor.the WMHA and himself a former profes- s onal official. will COOP- dinate classroom and on-ice training for the officials in hopes that many of the com- plaints of the past can be err. minated. F - The City League " basi- cally recreational, Dosmah said, and should offer a safe alternative for those not wishing the highly competis tive al -star.leeet. He said it also serves " a' artiai feeder system, especplally to Tier II, and should allow those lacking in the basic skills a chance to develop them to a point where they are capable of advancing to a higher level. e Contractor receives praise "it won't take any time at all for the idea (of no body- chbcking) to catchmn. we just have to make Sure it's enforced, properly," said Dosmap. - . _ . ciiy League play begins in mid-October. By Geoff Hoito Chronicle on" writer In a workshop atmosphere the KW Montessori School teaches small children to be intellectually independent under the philosophy "you follow the child. not have the child follow the curriculum" Dana Zettl. directress of the Waterloo-based school teaches "The Montessori Method" to 100 local children ranging m age from 2': to six years and credits much of the system's success to the leammg materials and apparatus used and the fact the -directresses" spend most of their time observmg the children instead of Instructing The primary aim of the Montessori system. said Ms Zettl. is "to help the child develop his own potential for learning anything, at any age” And by allowing the child to correct his own learning mistakes she hopes they will develop "a sense of achievement and self-respect" through the ca refullviesigned program that allows each to advance at his own chosen speed in the areas he prefers What is the Montessori method of teaching and how does it differ from our conventional system of education" Ac- cording fo Ms Zettl the freedom from the tightly structured format of our formal educational system encourages the children to learn how to make choices independent of adults rather than be restricted by “too many regulations" The board M education system, she said, is preoccupied with Community calendar 27 Comment Waterloo, Oritario The Montessori Method Inside Danni: Dosmqn ....WMHA pres. Joe Alves, run- ning back for the University of Wa- terloo Warriors. did his share of work on the foot- ball field Satur- day as the War- riors took on the Windsor Lancers, Warriors lost the game 28-13, Full story on Pg. 16. (Contmupd on Page as 6-7 14-23 16 Cents