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Te Haumoana THE MAGAZINE OF THE OPUNAKE HIGH SCHOOL VOL. '17 1972 OPUNAKE HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE • CONTENTS • .., School Officers . 2 Editorial . 4 Staff Notes 8 Prefects' Notes, . 10 Originat Prose and Verse 14 Academic Record 24 Sports Notes' 29 School Institutions and Activities 42 School List 49 Page' One OPUNAKE HIGH SCHOOL CONTROLLING AUTHORITY: TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD t~ u ~ V) Il' 0> .:( 0 ...: -; n.. C <lJ COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT: _g ~ :) <.3 c 0 3 '6. c 0' Chairman: V) <lJ Mr. R. J. DUFF (South) <.3 CL ~ ...; ~ e' it:' c u.i <'l"J Deputy Chai'rman: ::J E g 0 :E "0 ::J Mr. B. S. OCKHUYSEN (Opunake) :;- co u.: g :G ::J :E --; co ~ Members: Mrs. K. A. MICKELSON (Egmont County) Messrs. C. K. MOURIE and L. J. BARRETT (Opunake) Messrs. L. F. HALL and B. YOUNG (North) Mr. P. T. JOYCE (South) Messrs. C. F. CHAMBERLAIN and B'. S. FARQUHAR (Inland) STAFF. Principal: R. W. BURROW, M.A. (Hons.), Dip. Ed., Dip. Tchg. D. C. PAGE, B.A., Dip. Ed., Dip. Tchq Deputy Principal Mrs. A. P. STOCKMAN Senior Assistant Mistress D. J. MACLEAN Head of Mathematics Department *G. A. WHITHAM Head of English Department J. S. FREE, B.Sc. [Hcns.], (Leeds), Grad. ~o' C Cert. in Ed. Head of Science Department <lJ .:( .s Miss G. P, LEES, M.A. {Hons.}, Dip. Ed., « 0 Dip. Tchg. Head of Social Studies Department A. M. MOFFAT, Adv.T.C .•... Head of Commercial Department ~ jI! H. C. D. WILMSHURST, 'A' Grade Cert., Head of Technical Department and Boys' ~ M.I.N.Z.M.I. Coreers Adviser dl .s: f- Mrs. J. RENAU Girls' Careers Adviser l. ;?; 0 ex: V. R. BABU, M.Sc. (Kerala) Mrs. M. OCKHUYSEN ce L. T. CLAY Mrs. L. I. PAGE, B.A., Dip. Tchg. !.L J. A. FOSTER, B.Sc. (London). Grad Mrs. J. A. SCOTT Cert. in Ed. Mrs. J. SYMON, Dip. H.Sc., Dip Tchg. J. A. LONG, B.A., Dip. Tchg. L. G. WASLEY, Adv. T.C. Digitized by Aotearoa Archives Trust http://nzarchives.com Mrs. J. G. LONG, B.A., Dip. Tchg. C. W. WILSON, M.A. (Hons.) Page Two Part-time Teachers: Mrs. G. J. BARR, L.R.S.M. (Music) Mrs. J. R. BURROW, (Remedial Reading) L. L. HALL, (Brass Instruments) J. MUNRO Mrs. Y. SAUNDERS, (Music) Mrs. I. THOMSON, Dip. H.Sc. Mrs. J. YOUNG, (Pottery) Principal's Secretary: Mrs. D. A. FISHER Office Staff: Mrs. V. A. DAKIN Librarian: Mrs. E. M. SPINDLER Caretaker: J. BOVEY Cleaning Staff: A. SANDFORD Groundsman: D. R. ROSS * Deceased PREFECTS: "'Susanne SPINDLER (Head Girl) Michael JOYCE (Head Boy) Faith WILLIAMS (Head Girl) Randall PRESTIDGE Margaret JOHNSTON (Deputy Head Boy) (Deputy Head Girl) Andrew BURROW Sheryl BARTON Graham COXHEAD Rosemary CORKILL Bryan DEEGAN. Anne DOWNIE Graeme HALL Jeanette GILBERT *Harvey JOHNSTON Sonja HOOGENBERG Jamie MALCOLM Robyn RIDDELL Neville MAINDONALD Elizabeth THOMSON Lawrence ROBINS Jenny WASHER Craig SIMPSON Janice YOUNG Henry ZINZLEY * Left during year RANDALL PRESTIDGE DUX 1972 Page Three There is only oneproblem. Leisure labour is almost entirely unproductive. It is precious time and energy wasted on generally selfish pursuits. The crisis comes, when a large proportion of the population's energy, is spent on wasted leisure. Many people just haven't the initiative to spend this time on producing something useful for oneself or society. Is the Weifare State a social disaster? One fact is clear-work is editorial discouraged. In many areas a welfare recipient can receive more on relief than he could by working for it. "In such cases," some people reason, "why work?" Every age-group is under welfare's umbrella. The present system is almost certainly creating an indolent apathetic community content with the fact that Prizewinning speech of Senior Oratory Contest whatever happens the State will provide. In Uruguay, for instance, the "something-far-nothing" syndrome became a way of life. The minority of the people who worked, had to support the majority who were either on the dole AN ALL-PLAY AND NO-WORK SO.CIETY or in the government. In spite of such obvious problems, other nations are on the road to becoming carbon copies of this welfare state. This road, could lead to financial and social ruin if the mistakes others have made are repeated. In the past most people worked long hours in factories or on the farm. Little time was available for education or recreation. But today, we are rapidly Instead of using recreation to regenerate OUr mental batteries so we can approaching another dangerous extreme-to an ALL PLAY AND NO-WORK SOCIETY. become more productive, people of the Western civilisations have used recreation Many in the "now generation" are crying for a shorter week to make more time as an end in itself-as a device for escapism. We need to reconsider carefully, available for leisure. For example, over the last century, the workweek has therefore, how we spend our time. As the Proverb says, "Go to the ant, thou steadily dropped from 72 hours, to 48, to 44, to 40-the curr~nt U.nited ~tates' sluggard; consider her ways and be wise." national average is 38 hours. And now a four day workweek IS being seriously contemplated by many large industries. -F. WILLIAMS, Form 6. What is replacing time formerly spent on productive labour? The television for one! The man-hours spent each week in front of the television set in United States already surpass the weekly output of all productive labour by at least 27%. And even less time on the job is a continuing goal! A 3D-hour work• week is predicted in the near future. Americans spend about the same number of dollars on recreation as they spend on food. And leisure, freetime and recreation are becoming increasingly more important. For a price, a man can even THE OPUNAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY GYMNASIUM go to a new organisation in Los Angeles and find out how he can get more pleasure out of his leisure. But why are they unhappy? Isn't having more leisure time the ultimate goal? For many years people had talked about a gymnasium at Opunake. There certainly was a need, both from the High School point of view, and also from There is a reason. why more leisure is not bringing expected hoppiness; It the community's. Although there were many halls in the district, none was has to do with a feverish desire for escape from responsibilities and problems really suitable for activities such as gymnastics, indoor basketball, badminton of life. But countries of today are not the only ones who have been entangled etc. because of smallness, low ceilings, lack of changing and showering facilities in escapi'sm. History gives evidence that every great nation, sooner or later and other factors. Over a number of years about $2,000 had been raised by the has fallen victim to the disease of too much leisure wrongly spent. Materialism, Home and School Association, for a gymnasium, so a start had been made. as has often been recorded in history, was the trap that extinguished the flame of many great civilisations. There are too many startling parallels between However, things really got under way early in 1970 when a public today's Western Society and the extinct civilisations before us, who first grew meeting was held in the Opunake High School Library. Mr. Neville Rowley of rich, then soft, indifferent, apathetic . and finally died. And of course the Jaycees was in the chair, and there were representatives of many they didn't think it would happen to them either .. organisations present. Initially some people present favoured the construction of a gymnasium or community centre independent of the High School, but after the The question we now need to ask ourselves is, "Is more leisure time really Principal, Mr. R. W. Burrow, outlined a number of important points it was decided good?" Of course, recreation is necessary to a balanced life. But, as Britons to construct an Opunake High School and Community Gymnasium on school and Americans are finding, the nations whose citizens work hard-the Germanies property. The main points Mr. Burrow made were:- and Japan ,and elsewhere, are surging ahead economically. New nations, with aggressive citizens are coming to the fore, phasing out former powers which (i) The Government would provide a substantial proportion of the finance have grown fat and lazy. In that important light: it is time We re-evaluate if the building was on school property. our concept of leisure. When a nation becomes tuned to the purely material, that nation, just like r;very other fallen nation, is writing its own epitaph. (ii) The Education Department would be responsible for normal maintenance. What about concepts such as that we should enjoy our work? Why are they (iii) The school would guarantee to make the gymnasium freely available out of step in a technological age of non-fulfilling jobs.? Because, as I stated (subject to reasonable conditions) for community activities seven days before, people are seeking escape---to escape work and the responsibilities of life. a week. Page Four Page Five Following the meeting a Steering Committee was set up to initiate and problem was escalation of costs. In 1969 the Waitara Gymnasium was completed co-ordincte fund raising octivities. The members were,- at a cost of about $48,000. Early in 1971 it was estimated that the Opunake Gymnasium (the same basic plan as Waitara's) would cast $55,000. Yet Mr. Neville Rowley, (Jaycees) Chairman when tenders closed on 1 8 May 1 971, the lowest of the 6 tenders, that of Mr.