Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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This has been one of the best cross-country seasons in the last few years, for not only has the general standard been higher, but also there has been more than the usual enthusiasm for training and racing. The competitive season was short, but concentrated. It began with the High School Invitational Meet at Brocl University. This course, which was the site of the Canadian Cross-Country Cham- pionship last year, is beautiful, having undulating meadows, a trail through the woods, and a very steep incline up part of the Niagara Escarpment. Our team, the youngest by far, came 9th out of 13 schools. Individually, An- drew Ross finished 27th, followed by Chucl McNair (37th), Geoff Benson (42nd), Sandy McKenzie (45th) and Don John son, 53rd. Although this does not appear as a major triumph, our twelve and thirteen year olds were competing in the under fif- teen division. Then at the beginning of Novem- ber, we had three races in the space of a weel . Our senior team ran with the Senior School in the Independent Schools Cham- pionship. Again, running in the higher division proved a difficult task. When we finished sixth, we thought that we had really done well. Andrew Ross, Chucl McNair, and Geoff Benson did particularly well. Two days later, we had the In- ter-Tribal races. Since new records were set in the In- termediate Division by Andrew Ross, and the Junior Division by Nicholas Nightingale, it was clear that the standard was high and the competition keen. Seneca, led by Chuck McNair, Andrew Ross, and David Toles were clear winners with the three other tribes scrambling for the next three positions. Holders of the wooden spoon were the Mohawks. The last race of the season was the Junior Schools Cham- Cross-Country pionship held this year on our course. Since we were first in both the under-twelve division and under-fourteen divisions, we emerged victorious ahead of Ridley, Hillfield and Crescent. Andrew Ross was a most worthy winner in the under-fourteen race, followed closely by Geoff Benson, Don Johnson, and Chuck McNari who had the misfortune to trip and fall flat on his face into the creek, but the fortitude to finish very strongly. In the under-twelve race, David Toles in second place was closely followed by Nicholas Nightingale, Adam Bronson, Christian Strucken and Mark Freeman. There is great pleasure to be had in working hard and en- thusiastically in a determined team effort, and I think the boys on both levels can be justifiably satisfied with the season. Cer- tainly, they gave a wonderful example to all boys in the school, FRONT ROW: Ross I, McNair, Johnson, MacKen- zie, Meredith. BACK ROW: Mr. Nightingale, Benson, Stalder, Morgan. SO many of whom tried hard and succeeded in improving their in- dividual performances each week. Congratulations must go to Don Johnson, Captain of the team, for his dogged perseverance in achieving his centipede for the third successive year, and to An- drew Ross for his outstanding performance in every race. Next year promises to be just as good, if not better. M.N.

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Trips to Ashbury and Midland The Grade 8 weekend to Ottawa was both cultural and athletic. On the one hand, we played four soccer games with our generous hosts, Ashbury College, on Saturday afternoon; on the other hand, we visited a number of places that all Canadians should see, the Parliament Buildings, the War Museum and the National Museum of Man. This last museum has 3 beautifully laid out displays of the Iroquois, Plains, and Eskimo peoples. The artificats are not dull collections inside glass cupboards, but they are displayed meaningfully with illustrations and descriptions of their uses so that the visitor can really see something of these lost societies. This was par- ticularly valuable since it is part of the Grade 8 history course. Because we had so little time there was much that we did not see, but next year, we hope to change classes with Ashbury College and spend a week there so that we can learn even more about the National Capital. M.N. Late in October the two Grade 8 classes had a geographical and historical day out visiting the Holland Marsh Muck Research Station, and the Jesuit mission of Ste. Marie at Midland. Before reaching the Holland Marsh with its abundant carrots and celery growing on the cleverly drained fibrous soil, Mr. Berriman direc- ted the bus driver through the glacial morraine to the south where we saw interesting geological features. Then, at the Research Station we saw a slide show explaining the history of agriculture on the marsh. From there we went on to Midland to tread in the footsteps of the Jesuit missionaries of the seven- teenth century. Our tour ex- plained not only how and why the mission was built, but also gave us a glimpse of what the lives of these lonely men were like so far from their own civilization. Our day in the field proved not only interesting, but also thoroughly informative. M.N.

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Under 14 Hockey This year ' s team maintained one consistency; a steady stream of obstacles. Injuries, Satis and misdemeanours dissolved any benefit that might have been ac- crued from having nine members from last year ' s successful team return. Wary of last year ' s strength, many of the opposing schools sent older teams this season. Seven of the games played mat- ched Appleby ' s grade sevens and eights against opposing grade nines and tens. Two of the seven games ended in victories. Outsized and outbumped, the team especially showed great courage during the four games against an older Lakefield team. Two of those matches were lost by a slim one-goal margin. During the season, it was very difficult to rationalize playing these older teams. In retrospect, however, the fact that some of these schools felt it was necessary to play more mature teams against Appleby at this level, must indicate that the calibre of our hockey is ad- vancing. The boys of this year ' s team knew frustration and hardship. There were times when team morale slipped, but much to the team ' s credit, the spirit never disappeared. If one lesson were learned this season, it was that the effort is more meaningful than the number of wins and losses. Special thanks to Bill Giffin for shifting unselfishly from forward to defence, and to John Toles who filled the pipes during the frequent emergency situations. - oA ' .J? ' . FRONT ROW; Schmidt. Freeman I, Giffin, McNair, Dorion. CENTRE ROW: Cockell; Sustronk, Morgan, Meuller II, Mr. Singer. BACK ROW; Bates, Gilroy, MacKenzie. Mueller I.