Royal Military College of Canada - Review Yearbook (Kingston, Ontario Canada)

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7612 HAROLD GUY HARDING BOLTON Hallie combines tne romance of an opportunist with the alacrity and objectiveness of a realist Bent on becoming a Capitalist Pig resembling Orwell's Napolean, Hal has been cultivating the prescribed virtues of possessiveness,aggressiveness and salesmanship. Nor should he be denied success since he has demonstrated ample ability during five years of military college life As the ardent militarist at College Militaire, Hal used his authority to introduce ,-,,, many worthwhile innovations Further in the role of the selfless sportsman Hal has repres- ented the college as a swimmer hammer thrower and excellent sailor. Foremost among his intercollegiate achievements is his prowess as a debater. Show Hal a crowd and he will show you an audience In fact, Hal at parties can best be described as dramatic. Hal's decisive- ness 1S boundless as his bachelorhood is in its death throes. Success should approve of Hal's Honours Economics degree, wife and strong common sense. ILE 7834 AIME BOULE l Ah le College, vous vous en souvenez. Il y avait quelques gars grands, minces, joviaux, equilibres et calmes, comme mon copain, je crois Il y avait aussi ces ehanceux , ces B.A.-tifies qui ne veeurent que deux ans avec nous a CMR, avant de senvoler a kingston, comme mon copain, le seul de sa race a notre graduation Ajoutez a cela une mentalite sportive de corps, dans l'esprit et dans Fame, vous defimssez davantage ce copain comme loyal et fiable. Si le phenomene de mon etude, en plus de representer le College au tennis, pouvait defier, au hockey, toutes les lois de la pesanteur et y succomber, vous commencer at deviner que ce copain differait de ee prototype de la propagande des annees 62 Regulier et serieux dans son travail scolaire, il a bien merite ses qualifications d ingenieur industriel. Il pouvait, mieux que la plupart, saisir la presence hu- maine chez les autres et il enrichissait cette capacite par de frequentes communications avec la photographic, la musique, le cinema et le theatre. ll regardait le monde par une lentille a large ouverture Peut etre etait ce pour cela qu'il esperait en l'aviation, en cet envoutement de lhomme lorsqu 11 sent lhorizon selargir sous lui, en lui. Oui, Aime, j espere bien que e est encore un peu toi. J de V . 7726 IOHN RICHARD BODIEN Here is a guy who manages to enjoy himself no matter where he is or what he is doing. Our Second summer training session found Bode in some remote corner of the Nova Scotia wilderness but not to worry-when asked about his stay there, Pretty fair, quoth he, On the whole I had a great time. VVhile stillprofessing to hold the moral ideals of his greater scheme of things , Bode us- ually manages to let the reality of any situation he may encounter, solve his problems. This ability coupled with a tremendously easy going attitude towards most everything has resulted in his gaining a certain individuality which is hard to come by. A fierce competitor in all sports at Roads and in soccer and basketball at RMC, Bode has always put out his best whether he was running his second obstacle race against the Black VVatch or the annual harriers Hell, whether the prize was a case of beer or a pat on the back. All in all a really great guy to whom I say, with beer mug in hand, Cheers, old Chap, and have a ball . RHW 7540 IOSEPH GEORGE RENE BORNAIS Rene est surout caracterise par sa versatilite: serieux et travailleur, a la recherche du suc- ces, gai et jovial dans ses moments et detente, bout en train aeharne, a le recherche du plaisir. C'est un type presque complet. Ses etudes en commerce vont bien, personne ne doute de ses succes academiques. Bien sur, c'est un athlete accompli. Ses succes comme gardien de but a CMR et pour les Redmen de RMC parlent d'euxmemes. Sa personnalite . . . eh bien. Il est sans doute un des gars les plus connu et le plus appre- cie de l'escadrille Csans mentionner les filles de KGHD. C'est aussi un militaire qui a fait ses preuves comme chef d'escadron a RMC. Il a opte pour l'aviation et sera sans doute un pilote qui en fera voir des belles a son entourage. Mais, ne vous meprenez pas, ce n'est pas un surhommeg c'est Canard qui sait profiter au maximum des courts moments at sa disposition. On retrouve rarement un bonhomme qui est bon vivant, heureux et a la fois travailleur et determine . . . mais ce phenomene la . . su gagner notre appui et respect. ll fera de meme partout ou il ira. Nous sommes done tous certains qu'il vivra, heureux, comble et . . . longtemps. CL 7092 CLAUDE BOURRET Durant son annee senior a C.Kl.R., Claude . . . occupe les positions de CSA et de CFL ou il met en valeur ses qualites de chef dadniinistrateur. Du core caractere, sa connaissanee de l'etre humain n'egale que sa patience, Claude est un psychologue et un conseiller toujours pret il preter l'orei11e aux problemes des autres et a encourager d'une bonne parole ou d'un conseil judicieux. En arrivant a Kingston, il se lance corps et ame sur les traces de Rousseau et Voltaire en joignant le groupe jprivilege et minoritaire du cours de francais specialise. Depuis lors, il s'en donne a coeur joie a discutter la philosophic des differents auteurs canadiens et francais. En decrochant son dipl6me en francais specialise, Claude recevra sa commission d'officier dans l'Aviation Canadienne. Pour terminer je veux vous livrer un secretg vous vous deja demande pourquoi Claude possede cette joie de Vivre? Pourquoi il met toute cette ardeur a son travail? C'est qu'i1 s'achemine a travers les difficultees vers son astre: Lison. Pour Claude un jour sans Lise un jour sans soleil. Bonne chance donc dans ta carriere militairc. Toi et Lise avez tout prepare pour un futur brillant et heureux. AT et -ICG

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7634 MICHAEL FINLEY LAWRENCE BLAIR After coming into the world on 6 December '45, a cocky little devil, Mike spent his formative years on a grand tour sponsored by the RCAF. When the time came, it was only natural for him to pit his talents against the demands of RMC where his aggressive and adventuresome spirit brought him into contact with every facet of college life. ln addition to participating in softball, water polo, tennis and basketball, Mike became the key player on his squadron lacrosse team. In the pugilistic sphere, Mike switched from wrestling to boxing, where he was well known for being combative, plucky, and quite hard-headed. Mike's initial interests in the academic realm took him into engineering, but he found that the finality of mathematics conflicted with his critical and inquisitive nature. Consequently, he hung up his slide rule and eventually settled into a History major -a change which quickly brought his characteristic combination of wit, sarcasm and humour into prominence. These same qualities stood him in good stead on the debating team, where he collected several awards for his sin- gular brand of intellectual comedy. After graduation, Mike will proceed to the Air Force to get his pilot's wings. We wish you luck in your future endeavours, Mike, but we know that the opportunity alone will suffice. WGP 5.-sv W 7724 THOMAS DAVID BLAZE'CKA Tom, better known among his classmates as Zeke, spent a most successful four years in CSC. Starting at Royal Roads, Zeke made his presence felt both in athletics Cwith the rugger teaml and militarily Che didn't like carrying a sword all year, just ask himb. Upon arriving at RMC, he continued the same trend and once again earned a position on the rugger team. He was one of the driving forces behind the team, and as a result was chosen captain in his fourth year. As well as being an able athlete, he also demonstrated great spirit in the third half of all rugger games. Upon entering fourth year, Zeke abandoned the boys in 2 squadron to take up a position on Mount Olympus as DXCWA. Although most people thought he only made up duty lists, a few people know that he attended to many other duties. A Civil Engineer, Tom spent many an afternoon playing with the mud, cement, rocks and other substances associated with this branch of engineering. As unusual as it may sound, his degree may be most useful when he takes up a position in the RCE. Listening to his varied memories of summer training, we are all sure that Zeke will be a most successful of- ficer. GHS 7594 MICHAEL ANTHONY BLENCH Mike left his beloved ski slopes in September ,63 to join the ranks of the Smerlings . Once over the initial shock of Prep Year at CMR, Mike was very active organizing social 'functions and decorating for balls, perhaps, he was too active for, as is the fate of many aspiring engineers, he found himself crippled by calculus and finished his second year as an artsman. At RMC, Mike specialized in Commerce and successfully combined his studies with his chief extra-curriculargactivity - leave! Although Mike originally joined the RCAF in hopes of being a 'fjet-jockey , he has recently decided that administration is his line in these integrated forces. All he wants now is to be posted to St. Hubert - I wonder why Lucie? I am certain that as soon as possible, Mike will return to his first love, skiing. The hills of Ontario do not offer enough challenge to this one-time downhill champ. From all of us, Mike, good luck - we hope you don't straddle the many slalom poles on the future's tricky course. E,R,S, 75I4 PIERRE BLONDEAU ll n'est pas facile de decrire Pierre d'un trait de plume. Toutefois son etrange et com- plexe nature fait de lui un personnage fort discute et fort apprecie dans son entourage. Disons d'abord qu'1l est l'1mpetueux d'artagnan du RMC qui entremele amour, poesie et escrime avec art. Dans les trois domaines, Pierre avoue timidement que son abilete est . . . douteuse. Cep- endant il est un gars sympthique au super latifg il est meme pret a se devouer envers et contre tous. Romanesque dans la force du mot, Pierre invente amour apres amour. Fantaisiste ac- compli, il est capable de vous faire rigoler des heures entieres sur ses exploits passes et futurs. Modeste et reserve, Pierre ne peut souffrir qu'on le relegue aux oubliettes et tot ou tard Ct6t, ordinairementb vous entendez parler de lui. Maintenant age de 22 ans et seduisant au surplus, Pierre est bien justife d'entrevoir un brillant avenir dans le monde des affaires . . . navales. Mais c'est de le meconnaitre que de ne pas savoir qu'il a plusieurs cord.es a son violon familial et le jour est surement proche Oll nous verrons ce precieux ami reussir dans toutes les activites qu'il entreprendra. JYG 7725 TIMOTHY IOHN WAKEFIELD BLYTHE ii Tim has had a tolerably good time at CSC since he started Royal Roads as one of the distinguished few Cie., Navy typesb. During his stay out west, he did such fun things as being captain of the cross country team in second year, helping with the almost defunct college newspaper, and sampling the western social life Calthough he remained a little too partial to his romantic connections back homej. After two years in the Roiabdent gardens, Tim moved on to RMC to complete his degree studies in Chemical Engineering and lab report writing. He also started wrestling and continued his distance running. u Actually Tim has seemed like a bit of a wonder to everyone. Why? Maybe because he is one of the few Chemical Engineers who enjoy cooking in the organic lab and is one of the few who enjoy straining their muscles on the wrestling mat and cross country route. There he is, joking about Captain Alden's girlie shoes or some tongue-twisting chemical concoction, or maybe freeing someone's chemically befuddled mind. No matter what, he always seems to have a. smile Cmaybe it is pasted onl to ward off the evils of the system. We are all sure that Tim will have as much fun in the Navy as he has had at CSC. Good luck, Tim.

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7269 ROBERT IAMES BROWN At thirty-eight words per year Cfor in 1966 he became an advocate of the RMC five year planb it is hardly possible to entrap the essence of that phenomenon called Bobby CPaps ID Brown. A member of the representative harriers team until it interfered with his drinking in senior year, Bobby replaced it with the Org . As the affable one of the group, he could oft be seen leading sorties of enjoyment at the wheel of his trusty Volks, generally heading away from RMC towards the Manor or the Wheel. When at the college, Bobby was a part-time portion of the Engineering and 'Management class, having abandoned Mechanical in 1966. Rumour has it that he has his eyes on a post with one of the major breweries following a decent interval in the service of Queen and country Cor whatever it is we all do for three yearsb. lt's been a long haul for the one-time choir boy from that big slum on the lake, Toronto. But in the words of our cultural leader, He be de alright chap! RGB He lived outside of town somewhere, Bitter, for they did not carry his line. things of every cultivator's day. They withstood his vehement rebukes with smiles. if they wished! For it was all his own. burst, he folded lt up in a corner somewhere l and quietly refused to go out in the rain. 7581 IOSEPH ADOLPHE GUY RICHARD BRUNET As the only French-Canadian-Spanish-American at RMC, Dick's connection with Can- ada was tenuously based upon eleven early months in Montreal. The next sixteen years of his life were spent in Brooklyn under the influence of a French Canadian father and a Colom- bian mother. Repulsed by the UGreat Society , Dick returned to the land of his birth and was received into the arms of CMR in 1963. However, his claims to internationalism did not elnd there, as he managed to fit in several European and South American trips during his stay t ere. Between flexing his vocal chords for the Glee Club, and his latissimus dorsus in an at- tempt at a one-arm iron cross on the rings for the rep gymnastics team, Dick found time to cultivate both an unusual taste for women and a degree in Engineering Physics. His post-grad quests are for a pair of world-walking boots and a service career designed to keep the mind alive and active, hopefully at the Defence Research Board. RGB i 7728 AL CAMERON U When Al first shook off the prairie dust, he found himself at Royal Roads because, he claims, he told the interviewing officer that he knew nothing about the place. After many halrcuts and continuous showers, he became a keen Vancouver Flight Leader. It was inevitable that some of his wandering spirit would rub off on his rooks, so one dark night they all wandered off and, unfortunately, provided the first mass capture by commissionaires. Al en- visioned a head, his, on the red carpet but after some quick explaining all returned to normal. . Last year Al hibernated in the Frigate, either having made great friends with the spiders or having become hopelessly entangled in their webs. Lately, he has been telling everyone that prairie girls are better than Ontario girls, -but because he is in RC Signals up on the hill, he can not get home. As graduation drew nearer, A1 joined the Glee Club, noting that when the choir did not help him get off parade, a weekend away would. We wish him better luck escaping Kingston in the future. May he soon be heading west. RAR COLIN VICTOR ALLENNE BROWNE And for provisions went in to the dry-goods store, reluctant And it was around the hot pot-bellied stove he met his fellow shoppers And discussed with them the prices and the changes in the weather and the hundred little There in the backroom he was accepted in the laughter of a rainy afternoon And while they chilled to hear him speak of isolation and contempt His mind, he screamed, was his charmed umbrella, and they would not possess it even Yet on those wettest gloomy days when he had to go and the whole sky threatened to 7638 GORDON CHARLES BURBIDGE Wee Gordie , a country boy at heart, came to RMC from the village of Long Branch on the outskirts of Toronto, and made his mark early by breaking onto the tough basketball squad in his first year and receiving an Outstanding Athlete award Hes been hooping big points for the basketball Redmen ever since Gord who was also a star on the Track and Field Team, is a fine all-round athlete and could excel at almost any sport but he has a pet aversion to all but one of those rough body contact sports In between t1'1ps to the gym, he also manages to find time to hit the books and maintain his honours standing in Politics. Gord has that valuable asset of being able to get along with everybody and this along with his organizational and leadership talents, was not overlooked this year He was made DXCSL of Lasalle squadron and has shown himself to be more than equal to the job Gord will receive his degree in Honours Politics and Economics and will march off thc square to don the light blue Cor perhaps greenb of the RCAF We know he will succeed in whatever field he finally chooses. Best.of luck, Gord! EG