St Johns Ravenscourt School - Eagle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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o he y few y rL o ' c our On Saturday, March 27, 1965, a group of forty- five boys left Winnipeg for a tour of New York, under the supervision of Mr. McLeod, Mr. Shepherd, and Mrs. Maurer. Plans for the tour had first begun in December, 1964, when the total cost per boy had been worked out, and the number of boys to go on the tour had been estimated. The tour was given a good start when Mr. and Mrs. Everett gave it a going away party on the Friday night before it left. The tour group, travelling by CNR, arrived at Montreal 8:30 Sunday night, transferred to an¬ other train and was in New York twelve hours later. We immediately went to the Great Northern Hotel where we were to stay for the week. Radio City Music Hall was first on our agenda for Mon¬ day, and we dashed there through driving rain. Some of us waited outside to watch the Astro¬ nauts’ Parade, but others went in right away to see the musical productions and the show, ‘Dear Heart’. The afternoon was free, but in the evening we watched the musical ‘Fade In Fade Out’ star¬ ring Carol Burnett. On Tuesday morning we went on a guided tour of the United Nations Building; our attractive guide showed us the General Assembly and vari¬ ous other UN Council chambers. In the afternoon we walked to the Empire State Building. The view from the 86th and 101st observation decks looked exactly the same as all the postcards we had seen, but strangely enough, everyone was madly snap¬ ping pictures. That evening we saw the play ‘Any Wednesday’, starring Dan Porter and Barbara Cook. Wednesday was a day devoted to the Arts. In the morning we set off for the Guggenheim Museum via Central Park. On the way, we stop¬ ped off at Columbus Circle to see New York’s newest theatre centre, and then we went back through the zoo, and up to the Frick Gallery on 72nd St. After that we had to make a dash to see the Guggenheim and get back to the hotel on time to see the 1:00 matinee of Sammy Davis’ ‘Golden Boy’ at the Majestic Theatre. At 5:00 we were free, and most of the boys put their time to good use, many of us retiring early because we had a long energetic day ahead of us. On Thursday morning we set off for Battery Park and the Statue of Liberty. We missed the 11:00 ferry, but this gave us time to explore the Wall Street district, and we visited the American Stock Sxchange and Trinity Church. After we had got to the island and been through the statue, we all agreed that the interior dimensions had been a little disappointing, but the view of Manhattan Island and the harbour more than made up for it. Left to our own devices for the rest of the after¬ noon, we had to be back at the hotel by 7:45 to watch the comedy ‘Catch Me If You Can’, on at the Morosco Theatre. We were scheduled for a boat-trip around Manhattan, Friday, but due to bad weather, we had to take our option, a second visit to Radio City Music Hall to watch the famous ‘Easter Show.’ The first production, ‘Glory of Easter’ was really brilliant and be sure to watch ‘Operation Crossbow’ when it comes to Winnipeg. The eve¬ ning was free. Saturday was our last day in New York. We packed our bags in the morning, and took them down to a storage room in the hotel. The only activity of the day was to go and watch the comedy ‘Barefoot In The Park’ on at the Biltmore Theatre, and starring Penny Fuller, Robert Reed and co-starring Kurt Kasznar and Mildred Nat- wick. It was by far the funniest comedy that we had seen all week. At 7:00 we met at the hotel and took a bus to Pennsylvania Station. At 8:35 we were off for Montreal. We arrived in Montreal early Sunday morning and we had a nine-hour stopover. It seemed like a small town after New York. A small group of boys set out to climb Mt. Royal, while others visited relatives or explored the city’s parks and downtown section. At noon we ate lunch in the station restaurant, and we then went to see the show ‘How To Murder Your Wife’. We got on the train at 5:00 and from then on it was two days by train back home, and the end to a thoroughly enjoyable adventure. As an aftermath to the tour, Mrs. Maurer, Mr. Shepherd, and Mr. McLeod were given presents by the boys as thanks for all the work they had done in planning the tour and making it a success in those nine hectic days. 52

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This year the traditional Fathers’ and Sons’ Weekend was held on the 24th and 25th of Octo¬ ber, and fortunately, the weather was good. The weekend was officially opened on the morning of the 24th, when Vice-Captain of the school, Craig Lamb, welcomed the Fathers and gave them a short briefing on the Weekend’s events. At 10:00 the Sports began with a Bantam Foot¬ ball game and an Old Boys vs. the School Soccer game. However, the Bantams lost 27-12 to the Weston Wildcats even with the aid of veteran advice from countless Fathers on the sidelines. The Soccer game was far more exciting and had just as much gore to it. The Old Boys scored first, early in the second half, but the Senior Soc¬ cer team soon showed them who was who with three quick goals by Graham. In the last few minutes of play, Allan Donaldson, alias “Bones” (for the Old Boys) foolishly tried to get the ball past David James, and as a result, he was carried off the field a few minutes later with a suspected fracture. The Old Boys partially redeemed their ineptitude by dribbling in a garbage goal (by Ron Kantor), making the final score 3-2 for the Senior Soccer team, its only win of the season. There was also a shooting competition in which the Fathers managed to beat the Sons by the nar¬ rowest of margins in the Upper School, and in which New House was victorious in the Lower School. Also during the morning there was a Six- man Football game, Lower School Senior House Soccer, a Lower School Art Display, and a Lower School Fathers vs. Sons Soccer game which ended in scoreless confusion. Following lunch, there was a Science Display in the Camsell Wing, where an unfortunate acci¬ dent occurred when some acid blew up in an ex¬ periment. Luckily, no one was seriously hurt, but Bob Roper, Jamie McDonald, and Alan Kiddell carried the marks for a couple of weeks. At 2:00 the highlights of the afternoon came with the Senior Football game, S.J.R. vs. St. James. Although we did our best to win in front of our Fathers, all we could score was a single point as compared to the two touchdowns that St. James scored, and the final score was 13-1. At the banquet, the Fathers entered the Dining Hall via the Camsell Wing to avoid congestion in the main hall. During the meal, Derek Funnell, the School Captain made a short speech and pro¬ posed a toast to the Fathers. Afterwards every¬ one went to the gymnasium where we had our usual magician’s show. There were also games of Charades, Fathers vs. Sons, in which we had such amusing topics as Lady Chatterly’s Lover, Romeo and Juliet, and Night of the Iguana. This was followed by folk¬ singing led by Mr. Stewart, Mr. Glegg, Randy Arnett, Rick Matthews, and Mike Walton. Chapel on Sunday morning was led by Canon Kelly. Following it, coffee was served, and the annual inter-Provincial tug-of-war was held. Mani¬ toba unfortunately beat Alberta so if we take that and the Senior Football game into consideration, it was a weekend where the victors were usually the wrong ones. 54