Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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The Headmaster ' s Message As I come to grips with a message for this year I have decided to struggle with a few searching questions. What are we trying to do? What is the special reason for our being ? Why Appleby College? There are the usual reasons: Appleby is here to build character, to prepare for College, to develop leaders, to inculcate a Christian base for living - reasons which appear in every School Prospectus and which are easily out- lined by hosts of speakers. These reasons are certainly valid, but let us look deeper. Surely we are here primarily to maintain a family, a family in which the basic needs of a curious human being called BOY can be met. Every boy, as in fact every human being, is so made that he has certain primary needs which must be satisfied. Among them is the need to feel that he belongs, - that he is accepted by others. He must know that he is valued, - valued by a community and valued in that community ' s scheme of things. Such knowledge is essential for self-respect and for self-develop- ment. At school a boy must do pretty well what every other boy does. That is life, and particularly boy life. On the other hand, a boy must also do that which he alone can do. Thus, it is important that a school ' s programme is so organized so as to include a suf- ficient variety of activities that each individual boy can find success, in a way peculiar to himself and to his abilities. Indeed while each boy needs recognition, certainly it goes deeper than this. It is the REAL per- son that must be recognized and ac- cepted; and it is a primary job of the school to know and to nourish the unique individuality that is each boy, and to help him to feel that he is ac- cepted and valued. Pursuing this philosophy I am really saying that a boy has to feel that he is wanted for himself and that, as such, he is truly cared about--even if sometimes (like the rest of us!) he may be disagreeable and unpleasant. At the same time, this genuine con- cern, which I am calling for, must not be equated with softness. There are times when a boy learns only as he fails, and it is not an example of showing concern if one spares and protects. As teachers, while we must care intensely for our boys, we must also be demanding --and the two can go together. While there must be rigorous challenges and constructive criticisms in all areas, there must also be unending patience and concern. This is no easy task, but it is what we are here for. In conclusion, therefore, I am calling for a genuine rededication to the aims for which 1 believe Appleby was originally founded --and which over the years, to a greater or a lesser degree, have made Appleby unique. I refer not to a concern for statistics as they may be compared with those of other Schools; I refer not to the de- velopment of a self-satisfied inward looking community; I refer not to the perpetration of any social class; I refer to the development of a family, in which each boy is accepted warm- heartedly, is respected for himself and cared about as an individual, and has the opportunity to develop on a secure base to his fullest capacity.

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Argus Staff LEFT TO RIGHT: Doherty, Barber, Vickers, Suchanek, Crosbie II, Colville, Carswell, Collins, Runyon, Tse, Hogarth, McKenzie, Mr. Landry, Crosbie I. EDITORS: W. R. CROSBIE: J. A. McKENZIE ASSISTANT EDITOR: B.J.GREEN HEAD OF ADVERTISING: M, V, BARBER HEAD OF PHOTOGRAPHY: P. RUNYON HEAD OF LITERARY: J. R. VICKERS HEAD OF SPORTS: J. W. COLLINS BUSINESS MANAGER: S. CARSWELL ARTWORK: D. LEUNG JUNIOR SCHOOL CONTRIBUTORS N. JACKSON R.W. MORRISON J.R. PLATT M. A. NIGHTINGALE, Esq. ADVERTISING STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS W.D. A. COLVILLE D.M. CROSBIE P. T. SUCHANEK G. W. DOHERTY G. HOGARTH P. H.D. TAYLOR M. TSE STAFF ADVISOR: N. R. LANDRY, TYPIST: (MRS.) A. LANDRY Esq.

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Board of Governors CHAIRMAN A,W. Baillie, Esq. VICE CHAIRMAN A. J, Little, Esq. , F.C.A. EX -OFFICIO MEMBERS A.W. Baillie, Esq. , Jr. Ian A. Grant, Esq. E.R. Larsen, Esq., B.A., M.A. R. G. Paterson, Esq. MEMBERS Allan D. Baker, Esq. F. W. Baillie, Esq. Warren Beasley, Esq. J.P, Bunting, Esq. P.A.G. Cameron, Esq. W.A. Cook, Esq. J. Douglas Crashley, Esq. A.H. Crosbie, Esq. W.H. Edwards, Esq. Rear-Admiral E.W, Finch-Noyes, CD., RCN (Ret) J.S. Gairdner, Esq. W.T. Grant, Esq. B, B, Green. Esq. D.G. Guest, Esq. , Q.C. Dr. N.B, Keevil Dr. C. MacArthur J.D. MacFarlane, Esq. J.K. McCausland, Esq. J.R. McKenzie, Esq. S,B. McLaughlin, Esq. R.R. Manbert, Esq. T.R. Merritt, Esq. D.W. Newlands, Esq. J.P. Northey, Esq. R.A. Randall, Esq. W. Struan Robertson, Esq. Rhys M. Sale, Esq. W.R. Taprell, Esq. R.G. Wace, Esq. D. S. Watson, Esq. F.R, Weis, Esq. LIFE MEMBERS The Rev. Canon J. A.M. Bell, D,D. S.G. Fearman, Esq. W.A.T. Gilmour, Esq. D.L. Gordon, Esq. , F.C.A. C.L. Gundy, Esq. H.J. Lang. Esq. J.D. Leitch, Esq. J.W. Little, Esq. D.G. Ross. Esq. J.T, Scarlett. Esq. E.P. Soanes, Esq. J.H. Thomson, Esq.