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

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JaJtkm ' cud THE The ninth annual Fathers’ and Sons’ Weekend was opened at 9:30 A.M. Saturday, October 22nd by the serving of coffee and a welcome from Bob Williams, the vice-captain. Then, Mr. D. Carter, the school archi¬ tect, gave a brief progress report on the Dutton Memo¬ rial Arean which at that time was under construction. Following this, the fathers were made aware of the weekend’s programmed activities which consisted of athletics, academic displays, and the traditional banquet and chapel service. Fathers were given an insight into school life by means of various displays; the Rock and Mineral room and the Art room were set up to exhibit some of the things the boys in those clubs had made. In one of the Upper School classrooms there was a model of the Globe Theatre of the Shakespearean era. Programs, pamphlets, and the agenda of this year’s New York tour and the proposed Centennial tour were also on exhibit. On top of this, the fathers were shown a dis¬ play of New Math.” After lunch there was a brief demonstration of standardized physical fitness tests. A great deal of interest was shown by all in the dis¬ plays set up in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology labs. While most of the people stayed indoors, a few braved the elements and went outside to watch the games. The Six-maners started off the football, fol¬ lowed by the Intermediates and then the Seniors. The Senior Football team and the Senior Soccer team both played outside games. At two o’clock in the afternoon the Old Boys came out to play our seniors a rousing game of softball. The game was full of stolen bases and hidden ball tricks, and all those who came out or watched thoroughly enjoyed it. Scores of the games appear below. THE GYM DISPLAY SENIOR FOOTBALL - S.J.R. VS ST. PAUL’S 28

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t7 wk md Jidd Due to the flood threat, late return to school and the condition of the soccer fields, competition this year was on a very limited basis with houses only permitted to enter two competitors in most events. The com¬ petitions were highlighted by the outstanding per¬ formance of Peter Schludermann, for Hamber House, who won all the running events in the Senior division and helped his House Relay Team to break the record for the 4 x 440 yards relay. His greatest success in competition at the school was, however, in raising the Senior High Jump record from 5’7” to 6’0”. While competing in the Provincial Track and Field meet, Peter also lowered the school record for the 100 yards to 10.1 seconds and went on to set a new Provincial and school record for the 440 yards of 50.7 seconds. When points in the school competition had been added Richardson House finished first in the overall score, Young House second and Hamber House third. Division Champions were as follows: Senior: The Templeton Cup Intermediate A: The Chisholm Cup Intermediate B: The Masters’ Trophy Junior: The Moulden Cup Other trophies awarded were: Desmond Cox Cup (Open Mile) Taylor Cup (High Jump Champion) Cory Cup (Broad Jump Champion) P. Schludermann D. Kiddell C. McEwen G. Thomas P. Schludermann P. Schludermann J. Macbeth %oju ' Rood - l%6 Senior: 100 yards 440 yards High Jump House Relays (4 x 440) P. Schludermann P. Schludermann P. Schludermann Hamber House (Schludermann, Colquhoun, W. Gardner, J. Kiddell) 10.1 secs. P 50.7 secs. P 6 ’ 0 ” 3:47:2 Intermediate B: House Relays (4 x 110) Young House (Brown, McEwen, Newbound, J. Richardson) Junior: High Jump S. Shandro 52.7 secs. 5 ’0” 27

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Sou Weektd J BANQUET S.J.R. Senior Soccer 1 Fort Garry 0 S.J.R. Senior Football 20 St. Paul’s 6 S.J.R. Softballers 9 Old Boys’ 9 One of the most popular events of the weekend, the Fathers versus Sons shooting competition proved to be disastrous for the boys. Five of the fathers scored perfect scores while only one boy, Paul Leatherdale, equalled them. The banquet, from which the idea of the weekend came, led off the evening’s program. The multitude of fathers and sons was feasted with the best meal of the school year. After this, Mark Jackman proposed a toast to the fathers, and through his analogy of a train going over a mountain, he expressed his hope that our good start in this school year will be con¬ tinued, and that we all attain enough momentum to surmount the mountain and thus have a good year. This was immediately followed by the entertainment. For the smaller boys there was a magician, then Mr. Stewart’s group put on an excerpt from the Masque of Aesop. Mr. McLeod put on a portion of Murder in the Cathedral, last year’s school play. The schools only rock and roll band played for the fathers; following this there were three solos: Mr. Glegg on the guitar, Allison on the bagpipes, and Bugg on the accordion. On Sunday morning the Rev. E.T. Sale of St. Paul’s Anglican Church conducted the chapel service. This was followed by the traditional tug-of-war. Manitoba, despite Alberta’s efforts, won the final event of the weekend. Despite the poor weather we had, the week¬ end was very successful, and we hope the fine spirit and tradition of this weekend continues. OLD BOYS’ VS SENIORS’ BASEBALL GAME THE INMATES 29