Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Debating If Appleby College is to compete successfully in future inter-school debates, a different approach to de- bating is required. This fact became abundantly clear during the course of this season which saw too few students participating either as debaters or spectators. What is needed at .Appleby? More inspirational leadership from advisors? Probably. But, as well, maybe we would be advised to follow the leader and adopt an approach used by the Trinity College Debating Society. Operating on the principle that stu- dents will do anything to get out of study, they hold their intraschool debates during study every Wednesday evening for juniors and Friday evening for Seniors. By itself, this may not be the solution for the situation at Appleby; however, it does merit con- sideration and possibly even a let ' s- try-it-and-see-what-happens test. As we alluded to above, while this year ' s performance was by no means brilliant, we did have some successes. We received strong individual per- formances from Bill Crosbie and Dave Cannon, enthusiastic support from Richard MacFarlane, Doug McLeod, Chris Robertson and Doug Jennings, and able participation by Robert MacFarlane, Ian Cameron, Dan Peat, Bruce Tate, Mike Jennings, and Mike Zeller. Morrow, Kishino, Polakowski and Dickens were active junior debaters. Look for better things to come.

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Activities «L J Hr ' l ,00 mJmat i A-).

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Grade 12 Society This year this new society was formed in order to expose this class to a non- academic view of the world. It met once a month and was most fortunate in having top speakers in various fields of endeavor to address it. The first meeting was most topical as it gave an opportunity to the 3 Federal candidates for election the chance to size one another up before the start of their formal campaign. It also gave an opportunity to the First time voters to see such an encounter. The first scheduled speaker was Doctor John Piatt M. D. , Medical Director of St. Michael ' s Hospital in Toronto, who gave us an insight into medicine. He generated sufficient interest to have 8 boys wanting to spend a day visiting a hospital, which they did. Winsor Peppall, an Old Boy, was next; being a Vice-President and Manager of Research for Wood Gundy, he spoke about his experiences as a research analyst for an investment House. Our third speaker, Robert McDonald, also an Old Boy, spoke about the law. Mr. Carruthers of the Society of Pro- fessional Engineers showed a movie and was able to give an insight into the wide field of Engineering. Mr. Peter Strucken Assistant Manager of the Export Division of the Steel Company of Canada spoke about working for a large corporation and international trade. Finally in May, to end the series of talks, Mr. Bruce McLaughlin, President of S. B. McLaughlin and Associates, spoke on a wide variety of topics, in- cluding development and his ideas on population growth as set out in his forth-coming book One hundred Million Canadians. We are most grateful to all these speakers for having given so generously of their time to speak and share their experiences with us. Weight Training Room A room containing various pieces of equipment for the physical develop- ment of students at Appleby was among the new facilities operative this year. A lat machine, exercise bicycle, as- sorted benches designed for weight- lifting and exercise, and other smaller devices are now available for boys who require training. The purposes of the room are many: to enable athletes to develop particular muscles in their body; to aid disabled boys (with crutches or casts) to exercise their muscles; to reduce or increase the weight of boys whose physical condition requires such, etc. There are current- ly about fifty boys on individual exer- cise programs: they use the room three or four times a week for a period of twelve weeks gradually increasing the repetition of their exercises as their program indicates. Many other students Si A. follow the standard charts posted in the room which list the required exercises for different weight categories. Mr. Abbot manages the room and composes the individual programs. He is helped by his supervisors: Collins, Vickers, Dzierla, Swire, Robertson, Rachmaninoff I, Peart and Hublit.