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Reason to hope for rightful recognition fllriiEiiirEiE (Re: Separate entry for Waterloo in Mel Hurtig's Canadian Encyelopedia) _ During the seeming silence of the pa few months, correspondence and tele- phone calls between here and Edmonton have brought reason to hope for recogni- tion of Waterloo's status as a city in the Canadian Encyclopedia. Mel Hurtig said he saw "no reason why we can't put something in there." He added he'd have someone get back to me right away. While I write this column I am anticipating Participaction Day when I'll lead the students, teachers and parents of a local school in an outside aerobic class. As you read this column, however, the event has passed and Participaction Day is near an end. Either way, l am (or should I say as you read this, 1 was) excited to have been asked to be a part of the event. Especially since the school has appre- ciated that even kindergarten students through to grade six have the ability to participate in an activity that is nor- mally reserved for adults. As I recently spoke to a group of parents at a local day care about fitness and children, the whole topic of fitness and children has been in the forefront of my mind. "Many parents believe their children get enough exercise during the course of their daily play. This is simply not " you are a parent, remember your infant lying on his back cooing happily while his feet are up in his face wiggling in front of his eyes. Try to imagine a two-year-old doing the same thing. They can't. By age two most children lose up to 50 per cent of their natural tlexibirr ty. Most parents, however, are content with the amount of exercise their children get, and send them off to school feeling satisfied that they will be kept fit within the school's walls or playground. If you took a genuine interest in what your child does during gym time, however, you’d be as dissatisfied as I 7 The school gym system is built around team sports. A lot of money is spent buying equipment and transportation to feedback a 5' cfiirrx l 'i'tiro A! "Well, they've done it in the US. without any problems. so l can‘t see why it would upset things here - I don't think it would make any difference to how many people drink and drive." Chris E-eerg Waterloo Fitness Forum Kathy Hammond Fitness Instructor and from other schools for various games. Unfortunately, very little time or money is spent training the student to play to the best of his or her ability, making a true investment of the money spent. With some grades having gym only twice a week, there isn't the time to teach students the tour basic aspects of fitness which will not only help them do well at the sports they are scheduled to play, but will help them keep up and cope with their school work due to increased energy level. The four areas I refer to are: flexibility (the ability to stretch the muscles to their full capacity keeping the body limber and resistant to inju- ries); muscular strength; muscular endurance (the ability to do a repetitive movement in a given amount of time) and aerobics (the ability to keep up an activity for about 15 minutes continuous making the body draw on its reserves to make and circulate more oxygen). If even one half hour a week was devoted to these areas I would feel satisfied that something was being done to keep unfit children from becoming unfit adults. The responsibility of your children's fitness is left then up to you. From infant to adulthood you can direct your energy toward your children with a sure guarantee that they will be healthier as a result, making the other areas of their lives that much easier to cope with. Take your child for a walk, a run, or turn on some music and get down on the floor. And fope that the school will lend its support to fitness and have more aerobic and fitness classes throughout the year, rather than Just once a year. Sure enough, an hour or so later the assistant to the editor-in-chief, Carol Woo called me. Carol Woo was most encourag- ing and agreed that Waterloo is well known enough to be mentioned - and even offered convincing reasons why she per- sonally agrees with the need of our own entry. In a letter received earlier this year, Carol Woo was not convinced of this need; I believe our request has resulted in discussion leading to an awareness of Waterloo's importance. We are glad to be dealing with people flexible enough to give consideration to our letters and revise their opinion in our favor. After" all, as I pointed out to Carol Woo, the Canadian Encyclopedia will remain on its purchasers' bookshelves for many "I think there's enough regular tion as Is - they don't have to sell it in the stores. it's handled well, the way it's handled now." ,1 Would you be happy if Waterloo turned down corner store beer and wine sales? Bill Sooley Water!“ Asked in front of Hotel Waterloo years - perhaps-a lifetime - and it can be an embarrassment to its publishers if an already important, and still rapidly devel- oping, city is omitted. So why the delay in all this negotiating? The editorial staff is painstakingly work- ing its way through the new edition, entry by entry alphabetically. Waterloo is close to the end of the line when considered alphabetically. We, of course, know it's tops in every other way - and we now look for our city's existence to be validated in the next edition of the Canadian En- cyclopedla. Did you know that your most valuable time can be when you have absolutely nothing to do? It seems that when the mind is allowed to slip into neutral it has the freedom to do-some of its best work. Paul Brock has pointed out that today, activity rules our lives and overcrowds our days. Our leisure time, also, is crowded with attention-setters, instead of being an opportunity for reflection. The quiet reflective hours when inspi- ration used to come to us are gone. The stroll across the fields, sitting before the fire, the long rest in bed, or in the bath, are considered by some to be a waste of time, or some form of self-indulgence. It's been over 2,200 years since Archimedes ran into the streets of Syracuse, clad only in a towel, shouting "I have found it," the "it" being the principle by which we can now build ships out of material that does not float. He discovered this when his bath slapped over. ‘Galileo hit upon the principle of pendulum vibration while contemplat- ing the rhythmic swing of a candelabra in Pisa cathedral; and Newton chanced upon the law of gravitation while lying under an apple tree in his garden at Woolsthorpe. Only leisure can conceive such genius as Newton and other great people have displayed. A time of relaxation in which to contemplate and wonder. Sometimes, the leisure was enforced. The bitter, empty hours in exile brought Dante to write his "Divine Comedy". John Bunyan glimpsed the vision of his "Piigrim's Progress" as he languished in Bedford Jail. _ _ Wétiléro Gose to find the leisure hours when inspiration comes, through sheer idleness, a revolt against convention. WATERLOO CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, MAY 26. 1986 - PAGE , Betty Gardner Waterloo, Ont. Geoffrey Fellows The young Balzac, refusing a protltable opening at the Bar, chose to be poor and unemployed. Ben Johnson, should have been laying bricks At the gateway of Lincoln's Inn, but he preferred to read iUiissier claésics over a mug of wine. Christopher Columbus should have been looking for a berth aboard ship; instead. he preterred_to, wander arouhd the harbor tavern of Genoa, hear the tales of old sailors, fondle a piece of carving washed up on the Azores by the west wind, and delve into a forgotten poem by Seneca that foretold the finding of a great new continent beyond Iceland and, piecing all these things together, emerge with the great design that was to create history. So, watch for the gleam in your mind during idle, quiet times, for it is then that your subconscious mind, with its power of deduction working on its limitless store of information, can piece together new concepts when directed by your conscious mind through relaxed, contemplative, and questioning thoughts. One cannot plan, organize, or direct a person into avenues of greatness. No degree of foresight can guide a Gibbon, lounging among the ruins of the Capitol, to conceive the idea of writing the "Decline and Fall of the Roman Em- pire". It comes when we create the right environment, when the mind can relax and look inward. Recapture that inclination to wonder that you had as a child - it might lead to great things. (Mr. Fellows is the founder of the Human Resource Development Insti- tute, PO. Box 642, Cambridge, NIR 5W1) Arts Computer Experience'86 article praised I would like to thank Melodee Martin- uk for the article on the University of Waterloo's Arts Computer Experience '86 camp that appeared May 7. The article was very well written and we have had several telephone calls from the public who heard about the camp through your newspaper. ond, Ugain, thank you for your support of Arts Computer Experience '86. Anne McHugh Director ACE ’86 Ed Mulrooney Waterloo