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Bill Hawkins: teacher of life (Continued from page one.) discipline. "As most people realize, he was always one for trying to work around the rules. That was part of the game. You did as much as possible within limits. And there were definite limits as far as he was concerned. If some administrator or principal came to him and said "enough," that was it. He never openly defied authority and he never expected his students to defy his. They had to realize that and if they didn't, then came the paddle. "Everybody makes a big thing out of his paddle, which is ironic, because he never liked using it. Maybe that's why he made it into sort of a joke. People seem to forget that he used it very little over the past several years. Of course he always took it to wrestling practice, but that was different." Toni and Bill shared common interests in the humanities and last year they shared the same classroom. "That's a good example of what a fine person he was. We didn't have enough room in the high school and when it was suggested that I move in and share his classroom, it didn't bother him in the least. "In fact, he helped move all my own junk into what used to be his own room and he even cleaned it up - all except for his 'messy corner,' which always remained so." Toni first became friends with Bill during her first year at North Mason. "I wrecked my car in front Bill takes a momentary repose during a girls' track team outing to Twisp in 1972. of his home, and since I was under 21 I couldn't rent a car to get back and forth tO school. So he and Peg loaned me their car to use for several weeks. That's nothing spectacular, but it was typical of Bill." Then during her year in close proximity with Bill, Toni spent long hours conversing with him. "What always, amazed me was that he could discuss any topic you started. That's not to say he was a 'know-it-all.' He had his own views, to be sure, Allyn Day-Care Center We have openings children age 2-12. SPECIAL SUMMER RATE Effective June 15-August 31. Call us and compare. Hurry! Our limit is twelve. • Qualified staff • Supervised play • Rest periods • Hot lunches • Reasonable rates inspeWfloilViat:inY:irries. Call 275-2263 Allyn, WA I I I I I I but basically he just liked to get into discussions. "Sometimes 1 got the feeling that there wasn't an important book in the world he hadn't read. For sure, he was the most widely read person I've ever encountered. Yet he didn't place that much importance on raw intelligence. He was most interested in a person using his mind to keep out of ruts. "If a person was academic and wanted to talk about books, that was fine. If they'd rather talk about sports, that was just as good. "I think the thing that impressed me most about Bill was that he took every student seriously. Especially the little guys. He loved talking to second- and third-graders and he didn't talk down to them, either. For Bill, they were people just like everyone else." One of Bill's closest friends, Ln Rose, attests to Bill's love for younger children. "He'd do most anything for them. We used to take kids out fishing and instead of buying just one or two lures for the outing, Bill would come back with a whole card." Bill's reputation for fishing is well known, but Len points out that few people realize it was mainly a good excuse to relax. "That's not saying he wasn't good at fishing but he was more interested in fishing than actually landing a fish. In fact, and I don't think anyone else knows it, but he didn't care much for certain parts of fishing. Whenever we fished for salmon, I had to bait the hook, club the fish and 'then remove its hook. Still, he loved to go fishing. Mainly, he ran the motor." Another revelation from Len concerns the true fate of an alligator Bill's class kept one year in the old Chalet School. Purchased through the mail, the tiny creature soon grew to be several feet long in its pit dug into the schoolhouse floor. One dark morning, when the hapless head janitor, Rudy Sundstrom, came in early to clean up, the reptile slithered across his feet. Before he realized what the creature was he had clubbed it to death with his broom handle. Grading was never a favorite pastime for Bill. Students could get the answers easily enough the night before, but they knew not to miss one, if they did. CLIP COUPONS iw • SliIii ii ii m ill ii i I i i i i ii m m m iii Ii i II I i II II! 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Len says Bill acted like he believed the story, but he always wondered if Bill was really fooled. Most likely Bill never wanted to pursue the matter, lest he be forced to realize who killed his pet. Len says he always felt Bill was one of the most intelligent people he ever met. "Yet he never let it get in the way. He could have been friends with anyone." Another close friend of Bill's, who was also once his student, agrees that Bill could easily spend time with different types of people. "He didn't care whether you were dumb or smart," says Don Shellgren. "He was most interested in how you were using what you had. "In fact, if you wanted the answers to a test, you could go over to his house the night before the questions and look up the answers. The only catch was if you missed one question, you flunked." Don also mentions that such an "A" converted to a "C" at report card time. "He used to say, 'If you're going to cheat, do it off an 'A' student; at least then you might learn something.' " Because Bill was "basically very shy," Don says that people are not aware of his activities outside of school. "He was deeply involved with his church. He had definite religious beliefs, but he always respected another person's feelings. He was also very active in Scouts. "Another thing people should realize was that he had a very special wife. Teaching was his first love and Peg never tried to compete with it. He was an extremely active man and she realized that's what made him happy." Don says in his school days he was one of the kids "having troubles" that Bill was constantly trying to help along. "He took me into his home and if it wasn't for him I never would have graduated. In fact, 1 wouldn't be where I am today. It's that simple. "That's what I really appreciate about Bill; he had something to offer each of his students. 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