Oakwood Collegiate Institute - Oracle Yearbook (Toronto Ontario, Canada)

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1st ROW: Jennifer Page, Anna-Jean Moore. 2nd ROW: Stewart Burt, Wilf Neidhardt. Most Oakwoodites are well aware (especially on Wednesday mornings) that Oakwood possesses a strong welfare committee. This organization, throughout the school year and with the able and CAPUT WELFARE COMMITTEE untiring assistance of the class treasurers, col- lected the cents, nickels, dimes and quarters (?) which were donated by the willing students who then, thanks to S. Burt ' s clever tabulation board, were able to follow the progress of our class and school in the drive toward this year ' s goal of S2,500. With the help of the United Appeal drive, and the Christmas Basket drive it was inevitable that our objective would be surpassed, and a new all-time high would be established. The money which had been collected was then distributed by the Caput to such organizations as the United Appeal, Bolton Camp, Society of Crippled Civil- ians, Society of Crippled Children and many others. This year, Oakwood contributed 180 CARE food packages to the world hunger relief pro- gramme. In order to introduce ourselves to our new agencies, the Welfare executive visited sev- eral Toronto welfare organizations and several of us represented Oakwood at a United Appeal din- ner at the Granite Club. The success of our com- mittee was partly due to the increase in the num- ber of students, but mainly, it was due to the willingness of you, the students of Oakwood Col- legiate, to give freely whenever you were asked and whenever you could give. MASQUERS This year, the Masquers outdid themselves. Following in the footsteps of last year ' s success they went on to produce a yet more lively and colourful show. In their presentation of The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder, there was an encouraging display of promising talent. Our pro- duction boasted four colourful sets, period cos- tumes and props galore, including two dozen ex- otic chapeaux. The delight it gave audiences justified months of planning and hard work. In spite of the Christmas exams we had produced earlier three one-act plays, Riders to the Sea, Picnic, and To the Lovely Margaret. We shall find time to prepare an entry to the Simpson s drama festival, which we hope will prove as suc- cessful as our previous endeavours. Without the support of the stage crew, our wardrobe mistress, prop girls, make-up assistants and the members of the staff and student body who all pitched in and helped, we should never have been able to do all that we have. In the future we are planning courses in dir- ecting, make-up courses and a multitude of other 1st ROW: Pat Fairman, Miss Dunlop, Lois Morgan. 2nd ROW: Gerry King, Ted Reid, Bill Corr. things enabling the members of the club to learn new skills, and improve those we may already possess. Under the watchful eye of Miss Helen Dunlop, our director, we hope to keep up the good work.

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OAKWOOD OBSERVER The Observer got off to a slow start this year; our first issue was not published until near the end of October. But once we got going, there was no stopping us; we increased the size of our staff, and the paper began to appear every three weeks. The student body showed its interest in the Observer not only by buying the paper, but also bv contributing to it. The hard work of the staff and helpful guidance of our staff sponsor, Mrs. Shime, certainlv combined to make this the Observer ' s best year yet. 1st ROW: Sharon Singer, Elissa Samuel, Mrs. Shime. 2nd ROW: Leon Meslin, Eric Eisen. 1st ROW: C. Mauer, M. Mamulo, Miss Duff, E. Oropold, W. Toll. 2nd ROW: J. Page, L. Bell, E. Lucie, P. Fairmon, S. Naskali, B. Matteson. GAA In a small room on the third floor of Oakwood Collegiate Institute, sixteen girls gather once every week. To make the school a more enjoyable place for every girl, is their motto. Now that the 1960-61 school year is over their story can be told. From behind the closed door of room 313 all girls extra-curricular sports activities such as interform volleyball, basketball, badminton, swim- ming and tumbling were organized by their res- pective curators and assistants. On numerous occasions they put their heads together and such smashing successes as the Greatest Show Afloat, Athletic Nights and the Athletic Banquet resul- ted. In the latter two events, the billing was shared with the male counterpart, BAA. It is no secret; this is the girls ' athletic association! STAGE CREW Under the direction of Mr. Snell, and the president. Bill Doherty, the stage crew enjoyed a very successful year preparing settings for all our auditorium performances. Our stalwart, sil- ent heroes of the stage crew did a splendid job in preparing the setting for each play which the Masquers wished to perform. 1st ROW: Bob Home, Mr. Snell, Bill Doherty. 2nd ROW: Pete, Bill Buckley, Stuart Burt. .S8

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Isf ROW: Marian Nix, Teresa Patullo, Gerry King, Sirpa Naskali. 2nd ROW: Vi Lang, Hilda Gabrilow, Joseph Wohlgef- ernter, Elizabeth Mowat, Nancy Wells. LIBRARY CLUB The marvels of organization and efficiency known as Library Club members have once again demonstrated their capabilities. The pleasant atmosphere of the library and the attractive dis- play of new books have enticed many a student. The social highlight of the year, and a well established tradition, the annual Chinese dinner, proved to be as lively and gay an evening as al- ways. The guided tour through Toronto Telegram building and the newly built O ' Keefe Centre were two excursions that will be well remembered. The executive consisting of Gerry King, presi- dent; Teresa Patullo, vice-president; Vi Lang, secretary) and Marion Nix, treasurer; with Mrs. Donaldson as their sponsor, did a fine and use- ful job. Hl-Y The form of the Oakwood Hi-Y Club under- went a few changes this year. At one of our early meetings in the year we decided to limit our mem- bership to twenty. We also adopted a new policy for programmes. At every other meeting, a chosen topic would be the subject of a discussion or a lecture. This policy not only gave our programme committee a chance to exercise its power, but it also gave the club an almost intellectual char- acter. After the club gained its financial legs about the middle of October through a dance held at the school, it was able to breathe more easily and de- vote time to other pursuits. This year the club donated more money than ever for the purchase of Christmas cakes for the school ' s Christmas bas- kets. A favorite activity was the joint meetings the club held with Tri-Y clubs from other schools. All endeavours undertaken by the club this year have met with a good deal of success. I am sure they would nothavebeen so successful had it not been for the experienced guidance and counsel of Mr. Reynolds, our staff sponsor. We all wish to thank him for his time and patient understanding. 1st ROW: Ricky Glover, Mike Driver, Mr. Reynolds, Andy Gemmell, Jim Howe, Jim Reid. 2nd ROW: Doug Pickles, Dick Beamish, Bill Mclntyre, Rick Williams, John McKee, Ken Wilson, Pete Stille, Rick Matis, Dave Ferguson. 60