Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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r FOR SHINfE I met a girl whose eyes of pervenche blue Were older than mine. Under their quiet stare I felt like a young actor, someone new To that unsure stage and the footlit glare. She came from deepest hopes with her clear skin Like sunlight with her fair hair shining eyes. Her lips so soft and open that within I wanted her. But sadily realized I could not bear to fail and so I sat, Quite still, in the dark, as her perfume teased The air. Then suddenly I fancied that I f she were to respond, I would be pleased I ' d be happy. ..It would have been worthwhile. I kissed her. She opened her eyes to smile. Graham Leggot ■ ' . X

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NORTHERN CAMPUS li Comparing and contrasting Northward Bound in the winter and fall is much the same as comparing winter and fall camping: we must remember that these are very different from each other. We must include factors such as health, weather, or even transportation. To begin, in the fall the mode of transportation was the canoe - quick, light and capable easily of fifteen miles a day. hi winter the snowshoe was used - cumbersome, slow, able to cover only half the distance of the canoe. Canoeing was much easier and much quicker, - we saw more, travelled further and spent less energy. Probably the biggest influencing factor during our v«nter session was the amount of snow. It covered such essentials as our water and our firewood. Both of these were in abundance in the fall. Things were much more difficult with the snow. Every bit of campcraft learned during the fall was more difficult to execute in w inter, for instance, a tent, in fall, was quickly and easily put up, but in winter, problems arose: tent pegs had to be iced after they were driven into the snow. Pine boughs had to be collected for under the tent and snow piled around the edges. One of the greatest hindrances was not having a place to come in out of the cold: this was especially so on our four-day camp-out. When clothes got wet, they didn ' t dry, they froze. Sickness for lOE was also an important factor. It seemed that everyone in the class contracted the flu of some sort. This slowed us down, and prevented individuals from completing requirements. I feel it is important to be familiar with winter camping, and I enjoyed both two-week excursions, but I found fall easier and less demanding - really only a preparatory course for the winter. To finish, I think Appleby ' s Northward Bound course is an op- portunity every boy should have. Glen Yates