Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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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

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Parents Day

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Public Speaking Competition As always, this year ' s Public Speaking Competition was a night of great interest. The speakers ranged from an alien ' s viewpoint of Earth to Canadian poHtics, to cannibals- to give just some idea of how broad the range of issues was. Apart from the actual topics covered, what made the night especially memorable was the presentation and delivery of the talks. Alasdair Halliday gave a powerfully constructed talk on Ah Interplanetary Council while Frank Merrill, arms gesticulating wildly, gave a highly animated talk on Canada ' s politics. The real shocker of the evening, however, was Charles Stacey ' s unusual attitude towards cannibalism. Food for thought indeed! The other competitors were George Stott and Paul Grimes. The former perturbed the headmaster somewhat with his stand on religion. In closing, a note of thanks must go out to Mr. Sopinka, Mr. Gairdner and Miss Faye Dance, the judges of our competition. The winner in- cidentally was Alisdair Halliday. Thanks should also be bestowed upon Mr. Dickens, whose wit and colourful sense of humour kept the audience subdued through those terribly anxious moments before the judges returned to deliver the verdict. Colin Richards