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

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DANCE COMMITTEE This year Oakwood ' s Dance Committee has had a very good membership both in number and in enthusiasm. If you were one of those foolhardy people who dared to travel the basement halls dur- ing the dance season, you must have seen the hobos in paint-splattered jeans and sweatshirts, or at least heard the pitter-patter of shoeless feet running be- tween hall and committee room. The owners of those feet did a good job, especially with Marsha Banks as the able coordinator of all our decorations for the dances. And Mr. Putnam was certainly a sympathetic and helpful staff rep. Lots of fun and hard work combined to make the Sadie a howling success and Mistletoe Madness at Christmas was a welcome post-exam release. Of course the formal (Through the Looking Glass) at Casa Loma was our greatest triumph of the year. STANDING: Henry Meyer, Mr. Putnam. SEATED: Anna Maksymluk, Brenda Messer (Pres.), Lynette Winters. WELFARE The 1965-66 Welfare Committee set a $3,000.00 goal. During the year we sent representatives to the United Appeal Dinner, a U.A. agency and supported a special United Appeal Week during which we broke last year ' s record by collecting $600.00. In December there was the annual Christmas Basket collection and a special Bolton Camp Drive was held. We should like to thank the members of the welfare committee, all the class treasurers and especially the student body whose support made this year a success. STANDING: Jean Winters, Bob Pinkerton, Dave Burkes, Mike Panterescu, Jim Blair. SEATED: Roberta Brusatin, Mary Walsh, Miss Orok, Graham Smith, Anne Tori. BLUE GOLD This year under the capable sponsor- ship of Mr. Battle, the Blue and Gold Committee expanded its services to the sale of school jackets, showing feature films as ' Old Man and the Sea ' , sewing beanies and holding noon hou ' films. With these foundations the committee next year will have ' ts prestige augmented to pick up new members to further its posi- tion. The Committee ' s job was to create a spirit for a school to become a spirit for a country. Only the future will prove the extent of our success. STANDING: Jay Fukakusa, John Barnes, Dieter Eberhardt, Pradip Shastri. SEATED: George Coull, Mr. Battle, Chris Pascucci, Mike Panterescu.

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STAGE CREW The Stage Crew consists of a number of boys who relinquish many hours of their leisure time in the interest of offering their services to the school. These services were seen in such different forms as plays, Music Nights, Auditoriums, and even special effects at many of the school ' s yearly social events. In conjunction with various other clubs, the Stage Crew feels that its services eased the burden of production and make such events a big success. So therefore I would like to take the opportunity to thank our members for their enthusiastic support and help in making this the best year yet, for the club and for Oakwood. MASQUERS STANDING: Sam Fialkow, Jerry Shoot, Don Dunn, Frank Moore, Bob Bohnen (Chairman). SEATED: Ann Torim, Fawn Banko, Mr, Pfaflf, Cecilie Parker, Veronica Swanston. STANDING: Doug Downing, Doug Hennebury, Mr. Griffin, Fred Aldrid, Mark Cordon. SEATED: David Erb, Simon Cordon, Colin Tucker, Jaan Medri, Elio Carlessimo. Masquers was really on the move this year. Under the sponsorship of that great whirlwind, Mr. Pfaff. Masquers became not only a haven for extremely talented actors, but a club ia which Oakwoodites, inter- ested in any facet of the theatre, could belong. Through the course of the year. Masquers presented two theatre nights which had the full support of the Oakwood students. The nights of January 28 and 29 were a conglomeration of Shakespeare and Robaix. There were excerpts from two of Shakespeare ' s plays — Julius Caesar and The Taming of the Shrew. The third play presented was called O Hour of Glory written by one Paul Robaix (alias Mr. Pfaff). This play was also entered in the Simpson ' s Drama Festival. Masquers bombarded Oakwood continually during the past year with opportunities to attend plays and television shows, all with the single purpose of broad- ening the average Oakwoodite ' s knowledge of the iheatre. This was the first year Masquers had ever attempted this and next year should bring even more opportunities to Oakwood. Thanks should be given to a number of people in making this the best year Masquers has had in a long time, Mr. Pfaff, the executive, and all those who helped, all the members of the Stage Crew and Make-Up, the people who worked on costumes and props plus a cast of thousands. CAMERA CLUB This has been a very busy year for the camera club. The Oracle Staff has given them many assign- ments, some of which were: the taking of class pic- tures, candid shots and photos of varied club activities. Our photographers have also gone on trips with the choir and library club, so that they could preserve memories to be brought back years later when viewing these pages. Because of this participation in other clubs, our members have become very well known. STANDING: Stephen Sam, Edmund Chang, Mr. Moore, Elta Berzins, Mr. Dunn, John Buckley. SEATED: Jim Floroff, Brian Konkle (Pres.), Mike Curran, Mike Collison.

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CURRENT EVENTS The Current Events Club Organization under the sponsorship of Mr. Gordon serves as a liaison between the United Nation ' s Club, Citizen ' s Forum, the Translake Club and the school. As well as this, its purpose is to organize assemblies and obtain guest speakers of interest for the school body. On Human Rights Day, the Rev. Morgan noted for his interest and support of Human Rights, favoured the Oakwood students with a talk on the Teenage Bill of Rights. This is the first year in Oakwood history that the Current Events Organization has sponsored the sale of UNICEF cards, We hope this scheme will prosper in future years. Thanks to Mr. Gordon, this club has con- tinued to thrive. UNITED NATIONS STANDING: Dave F.rank, Bob Pinkerton, Bob Harris, Isaac Adler, Peter Tikov, Jeff Nish, Mike Ingber. SEATED: Beverly Downer, Bev Freedman, Donna Zosik, Mr. Gordon, Barbara Johnson. Helen Mason. This year the U.N. Club at Oakwood repre- sented the powerful and controversial USSR. Under the capable sponsorship of Mr. Gordon and leadership of Bob Harris and Bev Freed- man, the twenty members of the club attended regular Sunday meetings with 57 other schools at Victoria College to discuss issues ranging from the admittance of the People ' s Republic of China to Birth Control. All who participated learned something whether it was how to get attention by using your shoe, or the usage of phrases such as imperialist or Yankee aggres- sor. We gained a knowledge of world affairs from a different outlook and a better under- standing of problems facing the U.N. Congratu- lations to Bob Harris as Secretary-General of the Model Assembly — Jan. 20, 21, 22 and the school for a successful year. TRANSLAKE This was the Translake Club ' s second year of operation. Our club is involved in an exchange program with Greece Arcadia High School in Rochester, New York. In February we visited Rochester while in May we served as hosts to them. At these get-togethers we discussed the topic of ' The Teenager in North American Society ' . But after we had completely exhausted this subject, we still found time for recreation and assorted social pursuits. We got to know each other a little better and thus understand each other ' s feelings and opinions. Our thanks go to Mr. Gordon and Mrs. Pedlar, our staff sponsors, who helped us over our rough spots and provided the much-needed transporta- tion to Rochester. Bob Harris, Robin Sears, Bev Freedman, Mr. Gordon. STANDING: Jay Fukakusa, Martin Rosenberg. SEATED: Barbara Johnston, Bob Pinkerton, Mr. Pedlar, Sylvana Carlette.