College Avenue Secondary School - Cascade Yearbook (Woodstock, Ontario Canada)

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CGMMENCEMENT The Headmaster's Trophy is presented to a graduate whom the principal and faculty believe displays outstanding qualities ot leadership in academic, athletic, and extra- curricular activities. The award has been awarded only twice in College Avenue's six- ycor historyg thus any student who receives the trophy has had a great honour bestowed upon him. On October 24, I969, the Headmaster's Trophy was presented to Christine Oliver. Christine was the editor-in-chiefof Casscade 'Q9, the winner of Tri-County gymnastic championships two years in a row, an honour student, and the valedictorian for the class of '69, A maior innovation in the format of Commencement was made this year. An assembly was held on the morning of October 24, at which time the subject award and proficiency prize winners were presented with their prizes. This assembly served two purposes: it showed the undergraduates how a Commencement was operated, and it placed the spotlight during that evening an the graduates, where it belongs. In a brief address, Mr. Blake informed the graduates that Commencement was their night, and proceeded to announce a dance following the program in the auditorium featuring the Swing Kings. In past years Commencement has featured such interesting speakers as Robert Nixon and Syl Apps, but no speaker was in attendance at Commence- ment this year. As usual, Commencement meant.proud parents, proud teachers, and proud graduates, No Commencement could possibly be consid- ered unsuccessful as long as these elements are in evidence, as they were at College Avenue in I969. l Don Nunns being presented with the Havelock Chapter of the l. O. D.E. Bursary by Mrs. N. V. Meek. 2 Pat Sobeski receiving a Secondary School Graduation Diploma from Mrs. Ball. 3 Glenn.Shipp being presentedwiththe Elmer J. Hossack Award by Mr. V. Russ. 4 Bernie Oppel receiving the Woodstock Milk Producers Bursary from Mr. P..l. Blake 5 John Versaeval being presented with an Honours Secondary School Graduation Diploma by Mrs. MacKenzie. 6 Kathy Trn ka receiving the Catholic Womens. League Bursary from Mrs. Kennedy 'pictures by Edmiston Q , .WNW

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THE CASS PARTY The College Avenue Secondary School staff have thrown parties for the students for seven years now, but in the I969-70 school year the C.A.S.S. Party was a bigger success than ever before. This party is always the first social event of theyear. its purpose isto give the students iparticularly those who are new to the schoolj an opportunity to become better acquainted with the teachers. It also gives the teachers an opportunity to make fools of themselves. The format was the same as usual this year. The games, which the teachers oper- ated in the halls for about an hour, were classified under this year's theme space , Following these games a floor hockey game was scheduled in the gym, the combatants being the teachers and the Grade Thirteen Tijuana Taxi Squad . TheMexican Students won by a lopsided 5-2 score in a game that the teachers fsome of whom seemed to be past their primej will remember for along time. A dance was held in the gym following the game, while refreshments were served in the cafeteria. A large crowd, as well as a very good selection of music, made the dance successful. V After the party all the students agreed that the teachers should be commended for this time and effort that they spent onthe C.A.S.S. Party this year. If the students' enjoyment is any indication of the party's success, their time was certainly well spent. CHRISTMAS DANCE Hundreds upon hundreds of feet of tin foil masquerading as icicles and a gigantic ten foot snowman that changed colour when it got in the way of a revolving colour-wheel adorned the C.A.S.S. dance hall floor. Despite the fact that most Santa Clauses aren't particularly funny, the Christmas Dance had one that was: a tall, skinny, extroverted character who gave away a Polish flag to some random immigrant in the audience, a pairof binoculars to Mr. Blake iso thatP..l.B. can see clearacross the front lawn and observe cigarette-smoking individualsashe adds names to his block notebookj, and some French mistletow, and a Christmas kiss to Miss Morr- ison . Dance Committee chairman Terry Perkins and decorating committee chairman Henry Kowalski fwho, incidentally, deserve o vote of gratitude and congratulations for a iob well donei played Let's Make A Deal with Barb Atkinson and Barry Wilkins and gave away an album and some green folding material. With all this going on a dance hardly needs music, but we had one of the best groups ever to play in Woodstock. Our Students' Council gambled on an unknown blues-rock group originally from Phoenix, Arizona fwe wont. The Sunnyside Symphonic was made up of six men and a girl who played almost every instrument imaginable. They performed several different types of music and combined a number of their own compo- sitions with several well-known numbers and ended up pleasing everybody. When the gymnasium was cleared after the dance ended and the lonely snowman remained to dance alone under the icicles, everyone who attended the Christmas dance was satisfied that C.A.S.S. had maintained its reputation for having the best dances in Woodstock. SADIE HAWKINS For this year's Sadie Hawkins dance in March, the Boys' and Girls' Athletic Associa- tions hired the Organ Grinder's Garden and the Trydom to provide non-stop music. The dance's theme was backwoods, or dogpatch . The success of the event was proven by several factors. The decorations and costumes were interesting andfor amusing as was the hillbilly marriage licence bureau, which was run by Reverend Wayne Ray. The B.A.A. and G.A.A. worked hard to ensure that everyone who attended had a good time, and their trouble proved to be well worth every- body's time. By the end of the evening Lucy Moore's scoresheet showed a profit of almost two hundred dollars.