Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Debating This past year has proved to be yet another active and enhghtening year for the Appleby College De- bating Society. Hardly a weekend went by without a debating tourna- ment as our debating teams com- peted all over Southern Ontario. We started early in the fall by hosting Appleby ' s Fulford Cup Tournament, the first in a new format whereby each school sends a different 8-man team to each of the year ' s 3 Fulford Tournaments. Appleby ' s Tournament, in November, replaced our regular Invitational Tournament and by all accounts was a roaring success. The other two Fulford Tourna- ments were held at Trinity College and St. Andrews College. Overall, Appleby finished fifth of eight in the senior division, and fourth of eight in the junior division - a cre- ditable performance for a relatively small school in a fiercely competi- tive league. Appleby also did well at the Halton Regional Finals, dominat- ing the tournament. Chris Thompson went on to the Ontario Provincial Finals in April, held in London, and placed about half way up the field. We were also in- vited to a great many tournaments during the course of the year. In FRONT ROW: Mutimer, Follows, Haldane, Gordon, Bonfield, Woolley. SECOND ROW: Duncan, S. Baines, Speich, Dorion, King, Samuel. THIRD ROW: Allen, Pollock, Stoneham, Linton, Ricketts, Campbell. BACK ROW: Baker, Newell, Baker, 2; Thompson, Harmer, Leggat, Mr. Humphreys. these we held our own, particularly in Toronto, where the calibre of debating is very high. For these successes and other services render- ed, present Debating Tie holders decided to extend the franchise to Chris Ricketts, Michael Speich and Adam Gordon. Perhaps the Debating Society ' s greatest achievement this year has been its development of very strong and enthusiastic debaters in Grades 9 and 10. Many of these boys started with the Society by participating in our weekly in- formal impromptu debates with St. Mildred Lightbourne School. Thanks to the co-ordinating efforts of Chris Ricketts and Bruce Corley, every Tuesday evening from October to May, featured one of these debates, where inex- perienced debaters could practice and develop in a fun, unpressed at- mosphere. Thank you St. Mildreds for the enjoyable shared times. Ou r development of the younger debators was continued by Ap- pleby ' s (first) interhouse debating competition, the first time it has been run in three years. These debates were organized by Mike Speich, and only the houses ' junior debators were allowed to partici- pate. Colley House won the com- petition, now keeping the Caribou Cup until next year. I would now like to particularly thank Mr. Bill Humphreys for his tireless devotion to debating, not only as our tenacious coach by al- so in his capacity as Treasurer of the Ontario Student Debating Union. Mr. Humphreys has brought the valuable activity of de- bating to a great number of fortu- nate students. All of us in the So- ciety want him to know that we really do appreciate his Trojan- Like hard work of this year and all the years past in what is an im- portant, yet essentially unthanked position. And so another year of debating draws to a close. Thank you Mr. Humphreys, for five good years, and the best of luck in your next ' Five- Year Plan with a Society of such promising young debators. Chris Thompson

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