Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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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

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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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From September until May the Cadet program is in progress. This program is compulsory for grades 9 and 10 and it involves a multi- tude of activities. Most people are under the general impression that the only object of Cadets is to prepare for the annual inspection. This basi- cally means drill, marching, more drill, and more marching. How- e er. Cadets also includes the Northward Bound Program and all the Pre-North activities here on the southern campus. The boys how- ever often fail to establish the con- nection. You can ' t have one with- out the other. Perhaps if the boys were able to realize this they would not find the Parade aspect so un- bearable. This year the activities for the Cadets other than going up North included; Map and Compass train- ing, a standard first aid course (the boys must pass the final test in or- der to be allowed to go up north), canoe dumping and rescue, and for the Grade lO ' s, a trip to Winona Ritle Range to use the FN rifles of the Canadian Armed Forces. There are also many other useful activi- ties which are just too numerous to mention. With regard to the annual in- spection, it went quite smoothly this year, contrary to Mr. Larsen ' s e.xpectations. Every year bad weather threatens to confine us to the arena. This year however, the weather was beautiful; sunny, but not too hot. The Inspection also fell on the same day as Appleby ' s Annual Open House so the crowd was even larger than usual. Things got under way at about two o ' clock and the actual parade was over by about two thirty. The corps looked sharp and the boys did their best; what more could one ask for? Following the parade there were displays of various cadet activities and then everyone returned to the Main Field for the Headmaster ' s speech and the Inspecting Officer ' s remarks. The Head ' s remarks were complimentary, which was a nice change from two days earlier. The boys seem to frown upon the Cadet program, but come In- spection Day and they all seem to try their best and participate wholeheartedly. 136 Dave Stevenson CADETS . S :