Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Parents Day

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A Tribute to Miss Wethey When I came to Appleby ten years ago, I found that Dr. Bell had left me a number of in- comparable legacies: there was a group of Schoolmasters, there was the magnificent Chapel which surely must be the finest in any School in the country, there was Hilda- the finest Cook in the world, and there was Drina, surely the most even-tempered, the most capable and the most gracious lady anyone could hope to share an office with. For me the key words which came to mind when I think of Drina are loyalty, humour and grace. In spite of my many mistakes over the years she has always fiercely protected me and often, in fact, by shifting the emphasis slightly, has made the mistakes look as though it were hers. I can remember, too, a particular Grub Day when she got great delight in digging her Great Grandfather ' s army xmiform out of moth balls and in urging me with fim in her eye to wear it. And finally with reference to our increasing enrolment over the last ten years, I knew that couintless people chose Appleby over other schools because of the gracious way they were dealt with when they called the office and got Drina. We shall never forget her right-mindedness, her sense of humour, or her graciousness; indeed, we shall never forget this great lady. Mr. Larsen

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In spite of the weather, parents were stLU treated to some fine presentations. There was the sixth annual book fair with a wide variety of books which were specially selected to be useful for the students. The Argus itself had displays on photo and layout techniques. The Science department had ex- periments on view which ranged from molecules to mechanical advantage. The Math rooms mixed Pythagoras with computers - where two boys spent the afternoon trying to get a program to work! The geography room had some of the boys ' work on display, and Mr. Crabb displayed some audio-visual equipment and course outlines for each grade in the History room. The EngUsh department had a Creative Writing display and there were French skits regularly spaced throughout the afternoon. The Northward Bound film which was shown definitely not rated G . The Junior School had on display. History projects, models, rockets, the zoo, to name a few things; it is a small wonder that Mr. Smith claimed that all the fun stuff ' s upstairs (in the Junior SchoolJ! Wherever the fun stuff was, there is no doubt that there were many proud boys showing off their school that day. Bob McLXweU