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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1986, PAGE 19 Anders on, Henry Street, Denis O'Connor HIGH SCHOOL NEWS WEEK By CAROLINE HIGGINS Anderson H.S. Have you ever won- dered what Anderson was ike way back when it first opened? Maybe you haven't wondered about Anderson's early years until 1 brought up the subject. Now, thlnk about it. You can probably think of many questions about Ander- son. For instance: Was chewing gumn allowed at sehool? Or, "Did they sell bot dogs and ham- burgers li the cafeteria back then?", or, "Did bot dogs and ham- burgers even exist way back then? Well, ask no ,more. Thirough the power of the pen, you ,and I will go back to An- .derson when it first opened. Ready? Here we go! Welcome to Henry St. High School, Dec. 18, 1960, 7:30 a.m. See, it wasn't really ail that long ago when Anderson first opened its doors; only 25 years ago. I'm sure you have two questions bothering you at this point: 1) If we're supposed to be going back to the early years of Anderson, what are we doing at Henry, and 2) What on Earth are we doing at school at 7:30 in the morning? Well, in September, 1960, An- derson St. H.S. was stili under construction. This was also the year An- derson began to hold classes. Since the building wasn't finished yet, Anderson classes were held at Henry. The only problem that existed was that Henry students had to go to school, also. So, a new schedule was arranged until Anderson was completely built. An- derson classes were held from 7:45 a.m. (ugh! early morningsl) until 12:30 p.m., and Henry classes began at 12:45 and ended around 4 o'clock. Well, now that we're here, let's go in- side! There doesn't seem to be many people here, even though classes start in a few minutes, does there? That could be because we're used to a school with a population of over 1,000. There were ap- proximately 350 studen- ts at Anderson in 1960. Well, let's have a look around, shall we? They seemn to have lockers, the same as we do, but if you look closely you'Il notice something about the owners of the lockers. Ail of the even-, numbered lockers belong to girls, and al odd-numbered lockers belong to boys. Weird, eh? Oh, there's the belli We'd better hurry if we want to get to class on time. "Will you please stand for the National Anthemn and the Lord's Prayer. " Sound famiiar? Ac- tually, you'll fînd they did quite a bit more More Coming Events BROOKLIN warm, housing. Rev. meeting Monday, LIONS MEETING Catto will report on the 13 at 615 Cognac Cre People mnterested in opportunities provided Pickering. starting up a new Lion's for skills training and The support gr Club in Brooklin are other developments. was established to n asked to attend a special The meeting will be the needs of women, foundlng meeting held at the Holiday Inn, have had, or are p hosted by the Wbitby Oshawa beginning with ning to'have, babie- lions Club at the dinner at6:30 p.m. cesarean birth. Brooklln Community For reservations or topic of discussion al Centr Jan 15.more information cali Jan. 13,meeting wil Cenre an.15.Elsie McGuire at 576- the relatéd serv Residents of Whitby 6196. available in Dur who would be interested Region and a doctor In joiming elther the CESAREAN be present at Whitby Lions or the SUPPORT meeting to ans Whity Lines Clu MEEING questions. 'Whiby Lones Clu MEE INGFor more informa and would like more in- formation are also The Cesarean Section cali Penny Kobryno, available to attend. Support Group will be at 571-0265 or Joan I Members of the District carti at 723-083. A16 Lions executive will ;t be on hand to provide in- Ç r formation and answer ! any questions. The Brooklin Comn- ., .*8 on Cassels Rd. in Brooklin and the meeting is scheduled to r~ Gallery and Boutique , / begin at 7:30 p.m. a __________ For more information cail Herb Visser at 655-<,1 )L 7 I 8894, Bill Schatzmanzi at 668-333 or Eleanor XJ( Stevenson at 668-5231. BLOOD CLINIC ~e The Whitby branch of ~ ~ F 4I, the Red Cross will be holding the first blood S- donor clinic of 1986 at the Legion Hal Dto5 50 / off on Tuesday, Jan. 14. DSUgfl8 OlotheS The clinic will run from 1 tilI 8 p.m. and SmeslcdIt s everyone between the r rn eced Itemso ages of 17 and 66 is eu d rtr eligible to give blood provided they are healthy and not on any 4f dS ng CavnKe , kind of medication. lie u g avnK en CANADIAN Marc Cain etc... CLUB MEETING At the Jan. 20meeting *Ori g inal Art of the Canadian Club of *Hand Painted SiIk Durham Region, the Reverend Charles Catto ~2-*Pottery by Joseph Panacci will be the speaker. *Hadrfe Jweey Rev. Catto is the adrfe Jw ley executive director of ~ 18BRNS.NW IB Operation. Beaver, a 12 YO IS. O program designed to y{ 2 1 assist native people in self-help projects such as the provision of safe, t ý standing than we do today. Students had to stand to answer al questions, unless in- structed otherwise by the teacher. They were also expected to stand when another teacher or a guest entered the room. AIl of this stan- ding was just out of respect for others. While we're on the topic of respect, I must men- tion that when an- swering a teacher, one had to use either "sir, mia 'arn," or, "«miss" depending, of course, on who was being spoken to. They also had many other rules we don't have today. A few of them included leaving the room in an "orderly fashion", walking only on the right hand side of the hall, using only the "upstairs" when ascen- ding, and the "Idown- stairs' when descen- ding, and refraining from shouting, stam- ping feet, running, and gathering in groups while in the halls. I think I break ail of these rules form 1960 every day at schooi. Is that the bell already? The classes must be pretty short; there are eleven periods in the short haîf day. Well, we've seen enough here. Let's skip a few years to 1963. Here we are!1 Look familiar? It should, the building hasn't changed much since 1963. It's not quite time for lunch, so we'll just look around for a while. Now, there.'s something that looks in- teresting: a list of rules for an upcoming dance. Wow!1 Look at the price of activity cards!1 They're only $1.50 com- pared to the $7 we paid for them this year. Hey, you don't even need an activity card to get into the dance, according to these rules! You get in at a cheaper price if you have one, though. Hey, check out rule number eight: "For regular dances, boys are to wear business suits or sports jackets". Id like to see them try to enfor- ce that rule in 1985! Well, are you hungry yet? Let's go ahead to 1969 for lunch. Here we are in Ander- son's sixth year, at our beloved cafeteria. Do you have any money for lunch? You only have a dollar? Great! you can buy me lunch, too! Look at these prices: hot dogs, 15t, hamburgers, 20<, sandwiches, 20t, milk, lot, ice cream, 6t or 12t to name just a few. You say you want to go have a smoke after lunch? No thanks, I don't smoke. There is no smoking area at Ander- son in 1969, anyway. Smoking wasn't ailowed on school piropety. Neither was gum chewing, as a matter of fact. Tough rules, eh? Weil, 1 think it's time to return to 1985. Somebody's bound to notice we're not there. I hope you had fun ex- ploring Anderson in the past. Just, think, mnaybe someday someoe will write on what Anderson was like in 1985, on its 95th anniversary 1 IY PICK ERING àE WHITBY STORE PICKERING - 1540 DUNDAS ST. E. 955 BROCK RD. 1 i Oppoite WooIcoCo.pi t Sic, (SE ccoin.' ofBayly end Bockl &- BY5 579-4300 831-4111 ' L W ITH 17 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT ONTARIO TO SERVE YOU!5 At DIVE-WORLD, we teach you more than how to scuba dive.... We teach you how to have funl. Wlth the PADI teachlng method,lust about anyone who sa comfortable l n the water can learn to dive. CALL: 668-3262, Toronto: 686-2"31 REGISTER NOWI NEXT CLASS JAN. 10, 1986 DVISONOF STARLING POOLS D 1645 Dundas S. .,WhtbJ