Royal St Georges College - Georgian Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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Visites Interprovinciales 1969 In February of 1969, thirty boys from Sherbrooke, Quebec, arrived at the College to spend four days with the families of the host students. lt was the occasion of the first interprovincial visiting programme in which Saint George's has ever participated. For some of our boys, those four days were spent hopelessly engaged in search- ing through French to English dictionaries, and attempting sign language to instruct or inform their guests. Rather embarrassing, though, was the fact that for the most part, our friends from Sherbrooke could speak English far better than vve could speak French. Just as in every language, though, different dialects or local slang pre- sented quite a problem, not only for the students but to our French teachers, lVIrs. lVlclVlurchy and lVlr. lVlanion. During those four days, the boys were taken to the various scenic landmarks of Toronto City. For the most part, these tours wrought incredible boredom on the Toronto-resident college members, but the exchangeestudents found every park, building and statue just as incredibly fascinating. Less than a month later, the participant college members went to Sherbrooke, Quebec, and spent the vveekend vvith the boys that had been their guests in Toronto. The town was not large and the principal industry seemed to be a candy company. lVIany of our boys found it refreshing to discover the zeal these people had for life. Boredom was never experienced. There was always something to do or to see. 28

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The purpose of the Visites lnterprovinciales became clear. The essence of the project was to give the people an insight into the customs and day-to-day routines of people from different cultural and family backgrounds. Both participating groups were well rewarded, and everyone who was involved became more aware of each other's lives. -A 29