Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Public Speaking ff This year ' s public speaking com- petition consisted of the usual mix- ed bag of offerings. There was a whole spectrum of speeches of va- rious levels of hilarity ranging from Colin Richard ' s Party Etiquette comedy routine to Andrew Newell ' s talk on Stars. Between these two extremes there were speeches of a more contem- porary and immediate nature. Mark Mull did an admirable job of analyzing the effects of nuclear power, after which Chris Thompson amused us with his Satire on the Appleby College Development Fund. Doug Campbell began the evening with his talk on writing and delivering a speech, - something all the com- petitors were adept at. Perhaps the only thread of simi- larity holding the speeches together was the high quality of each pre- sentation. It must have been hard for the judges to decide on a single winner, but they did decide, and Richard WooUey, who spoke on Sex and Violence in Nursery Rhymes , was announced the win- ner. Richard went on to represent the College at an Independent Schools competition at UTS in May. Special thanks should be extend- ed to the judges, Mr. McManus, Mrs. C. Dorion and The Band also deserves an honourable mention for their very successful attempts at entertaining us during the inter- mission. Martin Baggaley

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terests of the boy ' s future. Somehow this must be accompHsh- ed without creating any resentment from the boy. The first step would be to do away with those activities that qualify as recreation. The best acti- vity is one which will contribute to the boy ' s cultural development. Recreation already takes up a large part of most peoples ' spare time, and has little to offer in the way of culture. Once this is done the list would include several very benefi- cial activities. The list would then be divided up into different cate- gories depending on the nature of the activities. Each boy would have to choose two activities from se- perate lists. The lists would be di- vided up so as to assure that a boy could not pick two similiar acti- Tim Pike

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Old Boys ' Association Gifts It used to seem that the Old Boys ' Association ' s only involve- ment with the student body were the football, hockey and rugby games between the respective first team and the Old Boys ' team. However, as the Association has grown, so has its involvement in school activities. In the past two years, the Association has present- ed gifts to the school. The year be- fore this, a pair of vases was do- nated to the Chapel in the memory of E.L. Bott, a former staff mem- ber at the school and former Old Boys ' secretary. This year, in ho- nour of Hilda Chattaway ' s fifty years as cook, they are planting a chestnut tree. A tree has been planted once before, to com- memorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The Old Boys ' Association can rest assured that all gifts, past and present, will meet with nothing but apprecia- tion. Bob Maxwell Cancer Drive This year again the Cancer So- ciety asked our school for help with their annual cancer drive, and there was an enthusiastic response. About forty volunteers, led by Daryl Beckett, Nick Wood and myself, and with Mr. Large co-or- dinating, canvassed the area for donations. The objective of the National Campaign is 16.5 million dollars, most of which will be spent on research and education. One of the purposes of the Cam- paign, in addition to raising money, is to educate the public by handing out free information. The canvassers had to face a little un- pleasantness once or twice, but the response of most people was good: we raised over $1300 this year. We thank everyone who went out for the Cancer Drive. A. Newell