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PAGE 10 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1994 with my idol, Noel Coward, whom I had seen at the local movie house in The Scoundrel. 'Mywishmflymnkhnmfinglywithmimo.dulfiwod.m least once a week, I‘d dream I was airborne under my own pover.Onenight,lhndavividdreamofflyingimoNuYork throughthel-lolhnd’hmml.flo'lnamgadwnflomthe bngstreamofunnndtmcbvizboutbitfingthecefling,only Freud knows. "Soon after that I received a telegram offering me the role of Peter Pan, on Broadway. During its long run, I did a heap of ‘flying‘ angelâ€"style. And the funny thing is that I never dreamed of flying again. "One night, after my premiere in One Touch of Venus, severâ€" dywango.lwudinin(hunudimlylitrestmmtmn the theater. A man I had never met emerged from the shadâ€" ows, bent down and kissed me on the forehead. "You were star in Pacific 1860, a musical he wrote for his worshipper from Weatherford. 'l‘bchleuin(oflhemfnlgnflndthflvochfldrmhn al.ocomemyway.Andwe’thhnmonlhfllddein Brazil where we can all be together. Nowadays I watch my wishes like a hawk. What is true of me, applies to everyone. It‘s a wonderful custom to extend best wishes to our friends at New Year‘s Day. But more important, let‘s be sure to extend best wishes to ourselves with all our heart and strive toward them with all our might. 'Uyoumwfllingtodothat,nhetywrwinhuwithun; for they have an uncanny way of coming true."> > That‘s quite a story, isn‘t it? Thoughtful wishes are the subâ€" stance of our dreams and, as she says, they are vibrant with life and eager for action. And that is how they differ from inefâ€" fective wishful thinking, which is nothing more than an escape mechanism that is nonâ€"productive. Where there is no dream, no thoughtful wish to which we mq:irin;thsn.fonllmnindnlmlib’lcumtis """7'7'"""â€"_'-â€""' sls fir'!" and industry. Geoff Fellows operates the Human Resource Development Institute P.O. Box 22077 Cambridge, NLR 8E3 Tel. 623â€"0283, "It was Noel Coward. Four years later, I went to London to DO YOU WANT A RECLINER THAT DOESN‘T LOOK LIKE ONE. Laâ€"Zâ€"Boy® HAS IT. WMWMWM& science and technology competition. WCI students, staff honored at national robotics competition 'I‘hqmynothaweaneawaywithfirltpiu.But Waterloo collegiate institute students, who competed in the Canada First robotics competition in Toronto last Sunday, did come home with top honors. A few mechanical glitches kept WCTI‘s robot (affecâ€" tionately named "The Viking") from quashing the other eight competitors. But because the Waterloo mdwmmlysommm-ndmhm- cal advisors best reflected the goals and missions of man‘s Award, the "most prestigious" award of the "We‘re not making that up because we won it. It really is the most prestigious award of the competiâ€" tion. It says that right in the (competition) rules," says WCI teacher Rudy Hofer, one of three staff advisors who worked on the project. "The Chairman‘s Award wthmthatbstepimimmegmlsof Canada First, which is to promote engineering and science careers, to foster teamwork and the links munity, and to encourage school spirit. And we came out on top in all those categories. It was clear that there was no one close to us." Canada First is a teamâ€"based robotics competition designed to showecase science and technology in a forâ€" mat teens understand â€" competitive sport. It is modâ€" eled after a similar U.S. competition now in its third With encouragement and financial support from Waterloo Maple Software, the WCI team, one of nine from across the country, began working on The Viking in late January. As part of the competition, the team As part of the competition, the team (Gontinued on page 11) SLEEP SQFAS IN 3 SIZES___| CANADA‘S LARGEsffl built a robot that would be capable of competing in a gamemmliningdmdmmdhistball. Wozkingasmnyuwhom‘nwe&,afisschool, on weekends and often late into the night, the stuâ€" dents worked together closely, first brainstorming, them forming smaller groups, each with its own responsibility. Some were responsible for the robot‘s base, others were responsible for its esthetics. Another group videotaped the entire project from baglndngwmd(aeimpsfifinmm),amw another handled "espionage". designflaw,t.hatkeptanClemdthenm- ningonthednyofthempfifillmmany won one heat and came second in another before it "died"). But the students‘ enthusiasm wasn‘t diminâ€" First and foremost, the students had fun. After that, they gained a wealth of knowledge and experience. "I‘ve really learned a lot about trial and error â€" that it‘s the orfy way we actually solve any problems," says student General Leung. "With homework, you do it and if you have problems you can ask your teacher: But with this, we had no one to ask. We had to do it ourselves, and if it didn‘t work, we‘d do it over agam. Msammwsmammnmhemd m 'l ul Student Cathy Wong is graduating this year, and plans to study engi at university next year. Haupermmm&mvmdhfi she made the right career decision. § "It was great because I had a lot of fun and it madé mrwmmmm.'wfi:yum this, I was a little bit scared, but now I‘m more confâ€" In the end, i it was mechanical failure, and not a 35 Years of Dependable 46 King St. N., Waterloo 8 maea is ol Eie apatige t ..