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

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I FORT GARRY POLICE DEPA ‘Careful now! You may damage the skin . . . THEY CAME, THEY SAW, THEY CONQUERED One of the oddest chapters of St. John’s Ravenscourt history was enacted this September when a marauding bear cub was shot and killed on the soccer field after a long chase. The ego-swelling kill made by the Fort Garry police, after a shooting contest conducted from a helicopter hovering above the river, ended the cub’s career as a beehive upsetter. The cub had wandered up the river valley in search of food. Numerous efforts were made to capture the cub by more humane and idealistic souls, but in vain. Harder heads carried the day, and as the carcass was swung by helicopter off the field, the career of one of Winnipeg’s news makers of the month was brought to a sticky end. •K

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ATHLETIC AWARD WINNERS, 1968 St. Charles Trophy. . . . John Anderson Osier Memorial Shield. (Int. 6 Man Rugby) . Michael Hammond Michael Reece Cup. . Richardson House (Int. House Rugby) (Dick Nicolson) Mermagen Cup . . Richardson House (Sen. House Rugby) . Askey Cup . . Richardson House (House Soccer) (Kit Rowley) Master’s Cup. (House Basketball) (John Macbeth) Dingwall Cup. . . . .Hamber House (House Cross-Country) (Mike Gardner) Lowe Cup. (Individual Cross-Country) Chalice Cup. (L.S. House Hockey) (Chip McGill) Sellers Cup. . . . .Hamber House (Junior House Hockey) (Hugh Malcolmson) N.H.L. Trophy. (Senior House Hockey) (Ed Myers) Weber Trophy. (House Baseball) (Andy Wiswell) Headlan Cup. (L.S. Individual T. and F. Champion) ATHLETIC AWARDS JUNIOR Greg Hill SENIOR Mark Dallas John Macbeth Clive McEwen Kit Rowley Sandy Shandro Helmut Verges Andy Wiswell Cory Cup.Clive McEwen (Long Jump Champion) Taylor Cup.Bud McKnight (High Jump Champion) Desmond Cox Cup.Bob Dunstan (Mile) Moulden Cup.Eric Giesbrecht (Junior T. and F. Champion) Thornton Trophy..Chris Noble (Int. B.T. and F. Champion) Chisholm Cup.Sandy Shandro (Int. A.T. and F. Champion) Templeton Cup .Mike Gardner (Senior T. and F. Champion) Hobson Memorial Shield.Hamber House (L.S. House Athletics) (Richard Kernahan) Mills Cup .David Quinton (Proficiency in Academics and Athletics in L.S.) Moulden Memorial Trophy.Clive McEwen (Best Rugby Player) Basil Baker Memorial Shield.Gavin Smith (Gen. Proficiency in Hockey) Lestock Adams Shield.Brad Palmer (General Proficiency all Athletics) John F. Waudby Memorial Shield .John Hutchings 32

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FATHERS’ AND Fathers’ and Sons’ Weekend, a traditional event held every October 26 and 27. This is one of the few events of the year in coffee or a soccer ball, and this year more fathers than ever meet other fathers. Donald Denmark, one of the school Vice-Captains, wel- at 9:30, giving them a brief run-down of the day’s planned The sports events began at 9:30 with three Lower School Intermediate Upper School soccer teams played, with the activities were in full swing, and at 10:00 the Intermediate highlight of the morning. After a tight, nailbiting finish, we At the same time as the Intermediate game, some very in their final and consolation final games. Wallace’s team while Milne beat McMorris for the consolation prize. Later in the morning the annual shooting competition took Schools. Once again, by a mistake in addition, the Fathers After a lunch of hot dogs and ice cream many Fathers took from many extremely interesting displays in the Biology, displays to their baffled fathers. At 2:30 the Senior Soccer team showed its power in a game had its second victory of the day, by a 4 - 0 count. At 6:30 the sounds of the piper played by David Allison, a “typical” school meal, Mr. Gordon proposed toasts to the as Headmaster of the school. John Hutchings, the school Fathers, after which everyone adjourned to the gymnasium for year, as it was actually a play, “The Years of Change”, written dedicated to Mr. R.L. Gordon who had been a student and was leaving us. It traced the story of the school from its beginnings and staff of the school, and the choir added several excellent acclaimed success of the play, the braver fathers went for an On Sunday morning Dr. Ray of the Fort Garry United their fathers. After coffee had been served, another tradition place with all the boys and many fathers taking part. Manitoba and Son’s Weekend, 1968, came to a very successful ending.