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' udacf ;4ctco tcci standard period of time strictly enforced. If the programme of study and sport was made more flexible that activities could be spread out over the week, thus making more activities available to senior boys and enabling them to enjoy them in moderation in- stead of forcing them to indulge in a Bacchanalian debauch of ac- tivities on Thursdays. Also, since Toronto is the cultural capitol of Ontario, and, arguably, of Canada, it would be a good idea to relax the leave laws, as well as the evening programme to enable groups of chaperoned, or otherwise, students to enjoy some of the cultural life of Toronto. One of the best ideas, agree most of the Thursday programme is the flexible diimer programme. The only drawback to this is that if one is doing something any more vigorous than sitting at a desk, it is more comfortable to change into casual dress simply to eat diimer. I hardly think that people undergo a Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde change as they change from jeans to ties and jackets so it would not be asking much to have a casual dress rule for Thursday dinners. If the walls end up caked in raisin bread or the maids are covered from head to foot in meatloaf, then perhaps it would be best to go back to the old system. But otherwise, it ' s worth a try. So, all in all, for right or wrong reasons, the Thursday programme is good, and, as far as the boys are concerned, it should stay. And, after all, who is it for? On Activities Day. dispiays were made or oU Activities, among them gymnastics and boxing. Below, Don Green pours a cup o hemJock tea- a eature o the Northward Bound exhibit. AJso military dignitary hoJds haJ -eaten Northward Bound hot dog. Some think it good and worthwhile, others are disillusioned because it never reached the level idealists said it would ... As far as the boys are con- cerned, it should stay. And after all, who is it for.
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One of the main reasons for organizing the Thursday programme was to provide a space in the routine for more culturoJ activities. The intermediate pJay, directed by Alasdair HaUiday in grade 13, was a product of this desire. There should probabJy be a time durmg the week for a boy to relax without feeling guilt. as an art form. Great, but most joined to see the risque films Mr. Crabb could sneak in, or just for entertainment. Not that there is anything wrong with that-it was just no intended to be that. In fact, a few of the clubs have been formed with great zeal and idealism only to end up coming down a few notches in their goals. That ' s okay, but it adds fuel to the cynic ' s fire. Culturally and intellectually, I don ' t think the school is any more aware than it was two years ago. Where the progranmie has done well is in the lower grades which have a comprehensive pre-North and Cadets programme. But the upper grades do not have as a good a programme; or rather, they are left to choose on their ovm, which amounts to the same thing. The Thursday Programme allows a breathing space from the bother of studying. However, it forces us to enjoy our hobbies as intensely as we must enjoy our weekends, or the 28-hour breaks which are passed off as week- ends. Since our time is so restricted and limited during the day; indeed, our location is plotted every hour of every day so that sometimes I feel like a bleeping dot on a master table in the Headmaster ' s office, like the war tables in World War II; is so structured each day that when we are handed a piecemeal chunk of freedom we tend to be rather lost for what to do. We form clubs for activities which could be enjoyed just as well during spare time in the week, if we had any worth mentioning. The Thursday programme seems to be a con- cession of freedom. Instead of relaxing the evening study, and sports programmes for the senior grades, no distinction is made between grade nine and grade twelve, save the optimates club, which not everyone qualifies for. By grade twelve, boys should have the skills and self-discipline, academic and athletic, so that they need not practice or study every day. Certainly not for a
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