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

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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.

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»» IS »» »■» ■ • ;„; ' ;;■,,,:, Who says I can ' t play it? STANDING: Dave Morgan, Kathy Gaby, Mrs. Kumagai, Pat Knights, Steve Amsel. SEATED: Gerald Machtinger, Marsden Bar- rick, Joan McAree, Jeff Barnes. SENIOR ORCHESTRA The Senior Orchestra was unusual this year in that many of its members were accepted from grades nine and ten. We started the year by performing in the United Nations assembly and at Senior Commencement. Mr. Bruce Snell, formerly a music teacher at Oakwood, con- ducted one of our rehearsals in December. In the Christ- mas assembly, Miro Pristupa joined us to play a Beet- hoven Concerto for piano and orchestra. All the music organizations started the new year with a rousing fun- for-all party on January 7. Work resumed for the Or- chestra when we visited the Edward Johnson Building to rehearse under Professor Roseveer. In February, the orchestras of Mackenzie and Oakwood exchanged visits. The culmination of our year ' s work was Music Night on April 28 to 30. Mrs. Kumagai, our conductor, and the executive deserve our tha nks for helping the Senior Or- chestra to be very successful this year. We can hardly wait till the rehearsal starts! Two virtuosos 77