Nanaimo District Secondary School - NDSS Yearbook (Nanaimo, British Columbia Canada)

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mo v JMfcMWWtt fBitfttfi THE IB JAPAN TRIP WAS FROM MARCH 29 TO APRIL 12. THE GROUP TRAVELLED FROM TOKYO, DOWN TO HIROSHIMA AND BACK, STOPPING IN KURASHIKI, KYOTO AND HAMMAMATSU WHERE FORMAL GREETINGS WERE EXTENDED BY THE MAYOR OF HAMMAMATSU CITY. PICTURED ABOVE ARE THE SIXTEEN STUDENTS, ALONG WITH CHAPERONES, THE SWIFTS AND MCINTYRES, THE TWO JAPANESE GUIDES, AND THREE JAPANESE WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL DRESS. THE OTHER PHOTOS ARE OF THE HIROSHIMA CHILDREN ' S TEMPLE AND HAMMAMATSU. THE VISITORS WERE WARMLY WELCOMED EVERYWHERE THEY WENT, AND A MOST ENJOY- ABLE AND INTERESTING EXPERIENCE WAS HAD BY ALL! TRIPS TO THE TAMAGAWA AND WASEDA UNIVERSITIES THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE TRIP TO JAPAN TOOK PLACE MARCH 29 TO APRIL 12. WE TRAVELLED FROM TOKYO DOWN TO HIROSHIMA AND BACK, STOPPING IN KURASHIKI, KYOTO, AND HAMMAMATSU, WHERE WE WERE FORMALLY GREETED BY THE MAYOR OF HAMMAMATSU CITY. PICTURED ABOVE ARE THE SIXTEEN STUDENTS, OUR CHAPERONES, THE SWIFTS AND MC- INTYRES, OUT TWO JAPANESE GUIDES, AND THREE JAPANESE WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL DRESS. THIS WAS AT MORIE VILLAGE IN KYOTO. HERE, ALSO, ARE PICTURES OF HIROSHIMA CHILDREN ' S TEMPLE AND HAMMAMATSU. WE WERE MADE VERY WELCOME EVERYWHERE WE WENT, AND MUCH FUND WAS HAD BY ALL! WE VISITED BOTH THE TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY AND THE WASEDA UNIVERSITY, AS WELL AS THE MINOO HIGH SCHOOL. WE ENJOYED AN INTERESTING HOME STAY WITH A JAPANESE FAMILIES, AND EVEN STAYED IN A TEMPLE, WHERE WE PARTICIPATED IN MORNING MEDITA- TION. ALL IN ALL, IT WAS AN EXCITING, EXHAUSTING AND FUN-FILLED TRIP! COUR THANKS TO THE SWIFTS AND MCINTYRES FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND GOOD SPIRITS!) (KRIS MCPEEK) 138

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LAST SEPTEMBER, THE NEW WAVE CHRISTIAN GROUP WAS INVITED TO HOLD MEETINGS HERE AT NDSS. SINCE SOME STUDENTS AND A SPONSOR BROUGHT THEM HERE, THERE IS AN OVERFLOW OF SINGING AND LAUGHTER IN ROOM 13H EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY AT LUNCH TIME. MIKE ZIMMER, A MEMBER OF THE GROUP, LIKES THE RELEASE THE MEETINGS PROVIDE. IF I AM HAVING A BAD DAY, I ENJOY GOING TO THE MEETING 8ECAUSE I CAN RELAX AND BE WITH MY FRIENDS AS WELL AS SING AND TALK ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS. THE NEW WAVE GROUP IS BY NO MEANS PASSIVE. IN THE PAST YEAR ITS MEMBERS HAVE PROTESTED ABORTION AND SEX BOUTIQUES, AS WELL AS PRAYING FOR CITY HALL AND THE LOCAL CONSTABULARY. CONSIDERING THE SUCCESS ENJOYED IN THE FIRST YEAR, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 20 PEOPLE ATTENDING EACH MEETING, THE GROUP FULLY EXPECTS TO CONTINUE MEETINGS AT NDSS WITH GUEST SPEAKERS, TESTEM0N1 ALS, S ING-A-LONGS, AND SHARING. c L U B The Debating Club, sponsored by Mr. Ian Smith and Mr. James Duthie, encourages students to research topics of contemporary concern and present effective arguments through rhetorical skills. As a club, debating has always done well when the members have had experience at junior high level first and have come to N.D.S.S. having mastered the basics. Such is the case at the moment. The N.D.S.S. Debating Team has had a very successful year both in terms of numbers of partici- pants and successes. We won the Ravenhurst Debate competition in November and were runners up in the Island championships last month. Five debaters: Eileen Stewart, Nancy Hepinstall, Jim Capstick, Jeremy Fraser and Rachel Dunstan have qualified for the Provincial Championships to be held in Squamish from 6th - 9th March. Other members of the club are Lisa Fratp ietro, Robert Cameron, Mike Laanela, Larry Conn, Sean Broderick, Dan Ferneyhough and Brenda Parhar. 139