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

Page 64 text:

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

Page 63 text:

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.

Page 65 text:

CAMERA CLUB The Camera Club is open to any member of OCI who has a keen interest in or wants to learn about photography. The club has thousands of dollars worth of equipment including cameras, light meters, tripods, flash units and a fully equipped dark room. There are two divisions in the club; junior and senior. After a beginner has a basic knowledge of photography and has acqui- red a certain amount of credits, he must write a test to become a senior member, and may then do more advanced work. We won the secondary school camera club contests both in the black and white, and colour slide divisions. The executive with Howard Freedman, president; Ed Friedberg, vice presi- dent; Joel Wilner, secretary and under the devo- ted sponsorship of Mr. Moore this year have taken the class pictures, the At-Home photos and al- most all of the photography in the Oracle. 1st ROW: Don Rogers, Howard Freedman, Mr. Moore, Ed Friedberg. 2nd ROW: Howard Saginur, Marty Friedberg, Abe Mudrick, Joel Wilner. 1st ROW: Phyllis Kopstick, Linda Kestenberg, Mr. Snell, Miss Yamasaki, Marlanna Mamula, Patty Spears. 2nd ROW: Howard Goldberg, Victor Hori, Alistair Hay, Chris Kitts, Howard White, Ted Miller. ORCHESTRA The instrumental music department has seen another successful year. The senior orchestra started the season off on the right note in its first public appearance, senior commencement. In January the senior orchestra played at an evening service in St. George ' s United Church; in February the band and junior and senior orches- tra competed in the Kiwanis music festival; in March our senior orchestra visited and performed in London, Ontario; in April it played host to a London band. For the climax of the music pro- gramme the instrumental music department con- tributed to the success of another Music Night. In all of these activities, Mr. Snell has been assisted by a new member on the instrumental music staff. Miss Yamasaki. She has taken over the leadership of the band and junior orchestra. There is an old saying that two heads are better than one; it has found verification in our accomp- lishments this year. CHESS CLUB In the past year the Oakwood chess club has continued on its glorious path of success. Mr. Stewart sponsored our club this year, since Mr. Perrin had left us for Bloor. The chess team con- sisting of Bruce Amos, Bob Hebdon, Richard Somogyi, Ernie Weinrib, Roy Wiseman, and Joseph Weinstock took part in the Toronto dist- rict chess championship with sixteen other sec- ondary schools and placed first. Officers of the club in the past year were Richard Somogyi, pres- ident, and Bruce Amos, secretar -treasurer. The members of the chess team now leaving Oakwood, sincerely hope that Oakwood ' s great tradition of chess will be carried on. 61