Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Argus Staff FRONT ROW: Mr. Landry, Dickens, Roloff, Braddock, Rosseel, Pearl. BACK ROW: Gibson. Morrison, Crosbie. Davies. Editors: J.J. Rosseel, B.G. Peart Assistant Editor: E.R. Dickens Head of Advertising: D.M. Crosbie Head of Literary: S.W. Roloff Business Manager: J. A. Braddock Advertising Staff: J.A. Braddock B. Davies Photography: D.J.W. Morrison D.M. Gibson B. Kunst M.W. DesRoches, Esq. M.F. Crabb, Esq. Colour Credits: Line: B. Kunst Pages 24, 40, 104: D.M. Gibson Page 88: S.C. Clark Typing: J.C. Hou, Mrs. A. Landry Junior School Co-Ordinator: D.K.R. Boyd, Esq. Staff Advisor: N.R. Landry, Esq. ARGUS REPEATS I.C. P. AWARD Mr. Bob Joseph, Inter-Collegiate Press representative, presents Buzz Green and Chris Merritt, 1974 Editors, and Mr. Landry, Argus advisor, with the I.C. P. award for the best yearbook among the Oakville Secondary Schools. To win this award again was indeed a source of pride to the staff, and the Argus wishes to thank its numerous contributors without whom a good yearbook could not have been produced. A

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The Headmaster ' s Message As I write a message this year I must admit that I do so feeling most encouraged. This is because, from the standpoint of spirit generally in the School and results achieved in so many areas, we are just completing a very happy and a highly produc- tive year. What has particularly pleased me has been the variety of activities in which there has been real success: our in- sistence on academic standards has borne fruit with twenty-one out of twenty-three (at the time of writing) receiving Early Ac- ceptances to University, and with one of these winning a large Scholarship to Harvard; on an overall basis our athletic results have been the best in our history at the first team level - in winning the League in Independent School competition (six Schools) in one sport and in coming second in three, with teams which not only trained very hard but also put a premium on sport- smanship and fair play; in drama our play won the ISAA Festival, and great interest has been developed in this pursuit; both the Operetta and the Cadet In- spection, which were held in the Spring, maintained very high standards; throughout the Junior School as well there has been displayed a willingness to work together and very real eagerness for the attainment of top results; and finally there has been the ex- citing development of our Nor- thern Campus. However, in all this, that which has encouraged me the most has been the en- thusiasm and spirit displayed in these areas by so many boys. For this I am most grateful to those dedicated Masters who give un- stintingly of their time to help the boys, to the prefects who have on balance led the student body with concern and responsibility, and to the boys themselves who have responded with enthusiasm and who have pulled their weight so well. Since it is new I must mention especially our Nor- thward Bound Programme. Our purpose in planning this was to enable groups of our boys to have the advantage of Outward Bound training, as a stimulating and rugged supplement to their normal programme. We have tried to include in their educational training activities which will help them: 1. to un- derstand the out-of-doors and to act responsibly in any given out- door situation; 2. to develop self- discipline and to train leadership ability; 3. to develop an abiding reverence for nature and for life itself; 4. to know the joy of com- peting with the best that is within oneself; 5. to become more robust physically and emotionally. We believe that not only will such activities fire the sense of adventure in our boys, but that also they will help to absorb the excess energies in a growing adolescent and thus ensure that he is involved in a total way with healthy pursuits. Young people will seek solutions to their problems through action and ad- venture - one way or another. It is important that the adventure they get caught up in is healthy and soul satisfying. In any event the results of our programme have been dramatic: the boys who have been involved have not only been very enthusiastic about it, but they have also learned im- portant lessons and grown as people; in addition the Ministry of Education, to whom we sub- mitted a brief on the programme - in order to get their permission to grant credits for it as part of the total curriculum, have not only endorsed it but they have done so most enthusiastically. They have called it an in- novative and relevant experiment in modern education, and an example which hopefully many others will follow. While we continue to stress as a primary purpose, of course, academic performance at all levels, I have referred in this message more to other areas, I know it is important to em- phasize high and exacting academic standards, solid sub- ject matter and intellectual discipline. However, at the same time, we must not forget the fun- damental job of education, which is that of nurturing human beings. A boy learns, French, Latin, Mathematics, History, Science; but he learns these sub- jects because in class and out of class someone gives him con- fidence when he is shy and dif- fident, or gives him courage when he falters, or spares not the rod when he needs it. This is education, necessary education, good education. We are trying to maintain at Ap- pleby not only a School but also a family, and one in which boys can grow. We seek to hold to academic standards which are exacting enough to require exer- tion of the best minds, and which extend each mind to its limits. But we also try to remember that the mind can function well only as the whole person grows and develops fully; and, even more important, we try to understand that a trained mind is valuable in the right sense only if it belongs to an honest and responsible lad. who is devoted to constructive and unselfish ends.