Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Autumn Dances Three dances were held during this term. For the first time in College history. Alma College was invited to a senior dance of sixty couples. This event took place on October 22, and records were provided by disk-jockies Mark Zimmerman and Russ Thorn. The Senior Football Dance was hosted by the McAlisters near the end of term. A special word of appreciation must go to Mrs. McAlister who prepared all the delicious food. For the annual Christmas Formal, the Dance Committee invested great energy in turning the gymnasium into Alice in Wonderland . With a luminous tunnel glowing under black light and the imaginative illustrations of Alice ' s adventures done by Mr. McConnell, the dance had a special flavour. Vibes were provided by Brass Union and Powerhouse . Summer The Bonsers opened their home early in May for the Hockey and Basketball Dance. Later in the month, the Sixth Form Dance took place with more simplified decorations than in the past. Fire Regulations have forced the Dance Committee to minimize the use of paper and electrical wiring and, in light of this, the Committee has purchased permanent decorations, and plans to accumulate even more over the next few years. Similarly, the Fifth Form Dance included quite simple decorations. Fifty girls from Branksome Hall were invited, as were girls from St. Mildred ' s Lightbourn School. Because the Jubilee Ball was so successful, it was decided to continue the idea of having an end-of-year formal dance. Once again, the Ball was an entertaining oc- casion for all.

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First Football Team Appleby vs. Hillfield Won 15-14 An unfortunate fumble on tfie opening kick-off resulted three plays later in a Hillfield touchdown. Trailing 7-0, Thorn made an interception which led to our first touchdown on a keeper play by Jamie Graham. However, the convert was blocked leaving us behind 7-6. Andy Mann scored from three yards out to make the score 12-7 in our favour and Wright bulled his way over from five yards to complete the two point conversion. Gude will ' s inter- ception before the half thwarted a Hillfield drive. The offense lagged in the third quarter and Hillfield scored an unconverted touchdown, but followed with a single later to even the score at 14-14. In the dying minutes, we finally got a sustained drive going and we marched seventy yards deep into our opponents ' end of the field. Then, with just seconds of play remaining, Wright kicked for a single giving us our first victory of the season. Appleby vs. St. Andrew ' s College Won 27-12 On a very humid, sunny day the School journeyed to St. Andrew ' s College for the League opener. Although somewhat nervous with such an influx of rookies, the Double Blue wasted no time in getting down to business. After an exchange of punts, the offense drove from midfield with Mann scoring on a short plunge. The convert by Wright was good. Only moments later. Thorn took a third down punt, and after a nice cutback and a fine block from Robertson, raced seventy yards for the converted touchdown. Still in the first quarter the offense drove downfield and scored again on a pitch-out to Carson. The convert was wide. The drive featured two fine pass plays from QB Graham to Jennings. At the beginning of the second quarter the score was already 20-0 in our favour, but S.A.C. rallied before the half to score an unconverted major. In the third quarter S .A .C . scored again to make it 20-12 and then came the turning point when the defense rallied three times on our five yard line. The offense took over and drove down for the final points, a short touchdown plunge by Wright, to seal the game 27-12. Appleby vs. Upper Canada College Lost 0-16 As this was our first home game, the team was very eager to put on a good showing. Having suffered heavily at the hands of the Blue and White machine in previous years, the Double Blue wanted to show Upper Canada that we could beat them.