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

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MR. CHRISTOPHER KISOSONKOLA In November, Mr. Kisosonkola from Uganda visited the school. Mr. Kisosonkola was educated in England and Uganda and now holds the position of County Chief in one of the counties of Buganda, a province in Uganda. After eating lunch at the school, Mr. Kisosonkola spoke to the entire school about the government and economy of his country. He proved a most interesting speaker and was enjoyed by everyone. MR. LAURENS VAN DER POST On the afternoon of November 19, Colonel Laurens van der Post was the guest of the school. After lunch, the whole school went to the assembly hall where the noted author and explorer of the Kalahari Desert enter¬ tained us with stories of his explorations and parts of a film based on his book ' The Lost World of the Kalahari.” His expedition into the Kalahari and his re-discovery of the bushman tribe were shown in this exciting film. All who met him found him to be a most interesting personality and speaker. DR. MORGAN WRIGHT Dr. Wright, a psychologist, spoke to the senior class on the afternoon of Thursday, February 3. A specialist in clinical psychology, Dr. Wright introduced psychology to the sixth form as the human science” and spoke about psychological methods and testing. As a result of the intense interest shown, it was arranged that all the grade twelves take a series of psycho¬ logical examinations including aptitude, intelligence, interest and personality tests. At the conclusions of the testing, Dr. Wright will explain to each boy the significance of his results. These exams should prove invalua¬ ble as guidance material and we wishtothank Dr. Wright for contributing so much of his time to this project. MR. BARRY MacKENZIE Mr. Barry MacKenzie of Lower School, spoke to us on March 28 about the world hockey tournament in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. As a defenceman on Canada’s national hockey team, Mr. MacKenzie was able to travel and play hockey in many European countries this winter. We were shown slides of the team’s travels; from Winnipeg to Baden Baden, to Prague and finally to the world tourney in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. Mr. MacKenzie told us that the communist countries consider hockey as more of a political contest between themselves and the free world, than a game. Consequently, they go to great pains to win. Also, we were told that Canada had been the victim of biased officiating and that Canadian players were rightly disgusted with the treatment that they were sometimes given on their European tour. He was very impressed with the enthusiasm of the European fans and suggested that Canadians seemed to lack national pride. We thank Mr. MacKenzie for his talk and slides which were thoroughly enjoyed.

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' Ini ft Survival of the fittest Alright, 30 dikes for everyone The annual Prize Day Ceremonies were held on June 11, 1965. Mr. George V. Ferguson, Editor-in-Chief of the Montreal Star, was the guest speaker. He talked about the long-delayed awakening of French Canada and Quebec. He first outlined the repression of progress in Quebec until recently, and then spoke of upheavals and sweeping reforms there since I960. He stressed the necessity for the rest of Canada to recognize French Canada and its aspirations, and stated he already sensed the birth of a new Canada growing out of the present conflict. Mr. Ferguson ended by saying: I will be surprised if the birth t akes place with drums beating and flags wildly flying. It will creep in on us, imperceptidly and stage by stage, and it will be announced in a series of platform and parlimentary speeches, none of which will ever find a place in the next volume of The World’s Greatest Oratory.” Everybody will be so busy explaining that nothing new has happened that nobody will send any flowers to the funeral or telegrams of congratulations to the happy parents.” Mr. Ferguson’s address was followed by the awarding of the prizes for acedmic achievement. The announce¬ ment of the next year’s School Captain, Bill Cottick, made a climatic end to the proceedings, and after the cere¬ monies were over, he was escorted to the traditional baptism in the waters of the Red. Spwkm to tfa School MR. DICK THORNTON In October, Dick Thornton of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers presented the school with a track and field trophy. While speaking at last year’s athletic dinner, Mr. Thornton found that the school had no trophy for Intermediate B Track and Field competition and promised to provide one. After the presentation was made, Mr. Thornton gave a short talk on his views about football. We wish to thank Mr. Dick Thornton for his generosity and to acknowledge him as a friend to this school. MR. KIDD ELL When the India — Pakistan crisis was at its height, Mr. Kiddell, Head of Lower School, spoke to both Up¬ per and Lower School about the two countries. Mr. Kiddell, who was born in India and who taught in Pakistan for three years, explained to us the long standing economics, political, and religious factors which resulted in the conflict. This talk clarified our understanding of the situation and we wish to thank Mr. Kiddell for his interesting presentation. MR. GLEGG Mr. Glegg spoke to the school about the Rhodesian crisis. He spent much of his childhood in Rhodesia and is a graduate of the University of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. He outlined for us the present situation in Rhodesia, Prime Minister Smith’s plan and Britain’s objections to it. I am sure that everyone’s understanding of the situation in Rhodesia was increased by this invaluable talk.

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Jwtka S Soft i iJak U The annual Father and Son Weekend proved to be a great success, well honoured by the many fathers who turned out despite the frigid temperatures. Saturday, the twenty-third of October, was opened by coffee and a welcoming speech by Muir Meredith. Then the brave spectators viewed the soccer games until white with frostbite. The senior team trounced the old boys while the Junior Upper School Team and also the Lower School Junior House Teams bruised their shin bones. While the Bantam Footballers were playing, the fathers whipped their sons in the shooting match. The Saints were proven the champions of the six-man field while the Lower School Senior House Soccer teams played until the Fathers drummed up the courage and warm clothes to take up the challange of the Lower School boys. Mr. Shepherd then directed the Lower School Play, The Emperor Who Could Not Sleep” which was followed by an informal lunch and their many displays of art and science. The Senior Football team ended the day by beating Daniel McIntyre, 25-7. At the annual banquet Bill Cottick, School Captain, toasted the fathers. Mark Henderson, head boy of the Lower School, then opened the entertainment which consisted of the usual magician’s act greatly enjoyed by all. Mr. McLeod directed a series of Front Page Chal¬ lenge” followed by our own Spectres.” A great weekend came to a fitting end on Sunday with a Chapel Service conducted by Reverend Donald Ray of Fort Garry United Church followed by an Alberta victory at the usual tug-of-war.