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

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iii 1- l-nil 1 THE FULFORD CUP The first ol' this ycztr's three ltillord Cup debating tournaments was held at St. George-'s on Now.-tnher 19. and despite curly dillieulties with planning, personnel, and preparations, we managed to pull it oll, lhe importanee ol' the occasion should he noted as tlns suis a major tournament hosted by St. Cicorgek. One esent among all ol' those which lztiled to spoil the day, hoxsexer, was the oft-repeated ltnlure ot' Upper Cutiudtt College to remember the Cup: hut, ol'eourse,dehL1ting is at mutter ol attitude. hrie Fripp It i Q-J x , 4 I- ,M , - N bl . p I t 1 , -- 'Q' ill' 1- L- 'll 'ilk 19 hd

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THE SPEAKING UNION 1984 will be remembered for two things: George Orwell's book and the birth of the Speaking Union of St. George's College. Last year was a watershed for the Speaking Union as our founding coach Fr. Pegler retired, and many felt that the Speaking Union would not re- cover from his departure. How- ever, a very determined group of battle-hardened veterans were confident that this would not be the case at all. To these people, who know who they are, it is fit- ting to express a heart-felt thank you. Without them nothing could have materialized. The first tournament that the school participated in was the Na- tional lnvitational Tournament hosted by St. John's-Ravenscourt in Winnipeg, Manitoba from October 14-17th, 1983. Our success there was two-fold. First we estab- lished ourselves as worthy competi- tors as well as establishing many valuable friendships with debaters from all over Canada. Second, this tournament served to inspire the team members to create a junior wing of the Speaking Union. This was begun as soon as the team re- turned to Toronto. From this date in October, the entire team began to prepare for the Fulford Tourna- ment, first round, held at St. George's on the 19th of Novem- ber, 1983. The resolution for this event was Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere . This tournament was successfully run because of the army of parents, masters, students and others who served as judges, speakers and timekeepers. Thus ended an event- ful first term. The Metro regional tournament is held annually for all the debaters in the Metro region. This year St. George's sent two teams: Bruce Patterson in the top eight, qual- ifying for the Provincials, which as its namc suggests includes all the best regional dcbatcrs in the pro- vince. Al the Provincials, Bruce ranked in the top one-third of sixty debaters. St. Georgc's also partici- pntctl in the St. Clemcnt's lm- promptu Tournament and finislicd i HJ READING: Eric Fripp, Geoff Brown, Robert Devry, Mr. M. Stevenson, Charles Fowler, Bill Henry, Bill McCausland, David Brake, George Scarbek-Borowski, Ross Dixon, Will Fripp, Michael Globe, Michael Henry, Bruce Patterson, Gordon Smith, Greg Bolton, Tim Rodom, Jonathan Carpenter, John Sievenpiper, Andrew Golding, Christos Doullis, Mark Schatzker, Tuhin Guri, Chris Sievert, Andrew Bennett, .lon Zeidman, Scott Allen. in the top half of the twelve schools competing. The second term Fulford was hosted by Appleby College. St. George's sent one senior and one junior team. Both teams finished in the top two-thirds of the twelve schools. Like the first term, the second term was also eventful. The third term marked the de- velopment of the junior wing of the Speaking Union. The close af- filiation with the junior debaters of BHS provided some stiff competi- tion for our teams. Despite a poor winlloss record, the debates were all very close and displayed very high standards. The great potential in the junior wing of the Speaking Union will be critical to the contin- ued success of the Speaking Union in the future. The third term Fulford Cup held at Ridley, was a success worth waiting for as our Speaking Union placed third out of twelve schools in the senior divi- sion and did equally well in the juniors. With this last event, the year ended for the St. George's College Speaking Union. There are many people to thank and never enough space to do so adequately, so let me close by thanking our coach, Mr. Stevenson, who did everything but debate himself, and all the mem- bers who contributed, each ac- cording to his abilities, to make this year an enormous success. Also, best wishes to President-elect Bruce Patterson for continued suc- cess in the future. Best Wishes, William Henry

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JUNIOR SCHOOL WALKATHON l' S 1 Q JUNIOR SCHOOL RAISES MONEY FOR LEUKEMIA RESEARCH FUND The morning of May 8th was a wet one. It had rained all night and continued the next morning, and although the weather reports forecast an end to it, it was decided to postpone the Walk-a-thon to the following Friday. May llth turned out to be a day not unlike the previous Tuesday, but the rain did hold off and it was decided to go. Every grade from Four to Eight, with their formmasters, walked 22 kilometres having previously received pledges for the walk. Some boys had promises of 58.00 per kilometre. ln the end, over 'E-6,300.00 was raised for the Leukemia Research Fund. Many thanks are due to the boys who walked, to the masters who walked with them and collected the money from their classes afterward, and especially Mrs. Kercsteci in thc office who hrowbeat forgetful boys and eicn phoned them at home to remind them to bring in their pledged monies. flier the years in three Walk-a-thons, St. George's College lunior School has raised close to 520,000.00 t it the l enl,etni1i Research fund. -vp l l ,t ll 1-ul! c if i' - Il . E l I I l l l W t l D t Z' 4 I t l 'I ,i