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0(a Sound Our Sound”, a St. John’s-Ravenscourt musical spec¬ tacular which was held on March 18th, 1968, began with an orchestra. This orchestra was comprised mainly of Lower School boys although a few Upper School bolstered the act. They gave an overture of nursery rhymes. Following the mini-orchestra came the choir. The choir sang four songs ranging from Roger’s and Hammerstein to a Negro Spiritual. Following this D. Searle, E. Giesbrecht, and J. Hutchison displayed their talents on the piano. Immediately after this L. Whittaker and H. Brock played a solo. Next came Tom Bugg playing, without error, and from memory, a well known number on the accordion. The second last act before the intermission had S. Goldring playing June Days on the violin. Stew Searle and John Mac¬ Donald ended the first half of the show on a humour¬ ous note with two songs on the guitar and banjo. Inter¬ mission followed. After a ten minute intermission David Allison piped parents and boys alike back into Hamber Hall for the second half of the show and thenprocededto play three lively tunes on the bag pipes. The grade 4 and 5 Voyageurs followed hard upon Allison’s display on the pipes. They sang three or four lively French songs. A second trio of piano players then followed with H. Brock, S. Kruegar and S. Searle playing enjoyable songs. Next came a Lower School J. Hutchison with a violin solo. A lively duet followed with S. Kruegar and Mrs. Ainley on the piano. The final act on the program was the FIALF DOZEN”, singing and playing folk¬ songs from various parts of Canada. The QUEEN”. After, refreshments were served in Hamber Hall. A special word of praise must go to Mrs. Ainley, who organized the whole evening, and without whose efforts, the evening would not have been possible. Thank you. t IvJf to tk 7 mJL Last fall Mr. Wellard took a group from the school on a trip to the Mani¬ toba Desert. The group consisted of three masters, two seniors, some younger boarders. The group drove out near Camp Shilo, where the cars were abandoned. The group walked for some time be¬ fore coming to the desert. The group proceeded on the major part of the hike. Clusters of shrapnel and bones were found periodically. Eventually we found ourselves at the Assiniboia R. which we followed back to the cars. The trip ended in a barbecue, after which we returned to the school. AdmJdpmtU Dances this year were for most people a great suc¬ cess. Early in November the Electric Jug and Blues Band packed in a good crowd; although the attendance was not as great, those present at the Christmas dance appreciated the sound of the Jamieson Robert’s Device. The New Quid was the crowning success of the Winter Carnival. Many thanks is given to those who laboured to make the dances possible, and to those kindly, but erring souls who lined up some of the boys new to town with blind dates. The Eagle is printed in four sections of thirty-two pages each. The first deadline was November first. Therefore all events are not written up in the proper order, and all assistance is not acknowledged. But the editor does wish to acknowledge the valuable assistance given in photog raphy by Mr. Hugh McCracken, and by Mr. Barney Charach and Mr. Arthur Kushner of Para¬ mount Studios. 98
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Vh Tlat ' i Smdofjh Canada’s National Hockey Team was honoured by the boys of the school at a complimentary dinner at the school on January 22, 1968. Members of the team who were to leave for the Olympics in Grenoble in a week, were shown around by members of the Senior A and B hockey teams. After an enjoyable fried chicken dinner, an address was delivered by the school captain, Ed Myers, who had earlier proposed a toast to the Nationals in which all the boys had taken part. After Ed’s brief speech, Marshall Johnston, Captain of the Nats, took the microphone and gave thumbnail sketches of each player. When Marshall had completed his informal talk, boys and masters and about twenty of the Nats, who were in great demand, proceeded to the gym for coffee and de¬ sert. At this time many of theboystook the opportunity to obtain autographs from the players. The dinner was arranged by the boys, but in par¬ ticularly Greg Hill, Ed Myers, and Greg Lawrence. It was a great success and was enjoyed by all. Ski Optm El kotm Oftirn The newly-formed ski-option was very successful this year. It consisted of those boys who were good skiers and who wanted to keep in shape, and less-proficient skiers who wanted to improve themselves. We started with exercises, under Dave Muir and Bob Colquhoun of the Winnipeg Ski Club; then when snow came the the river froze, several boys practiced cross-country skiing, while others used the great Ravenscourt ski- jump behind the hockey rink. All in all an enjoyable series of Friday afternoons, and the boys thank Mr. Wellard, Dave Muir and Bob Colquhoun for all their help and encouragement. Immediately before the Pan-American Games the Canadian Amateur Swimming Association held its Na¬ tional Championships and Pan-Am Trials in the newly completed Pan-Am Pool in Grant Park. Ninety swim¬ mers, divers and coaches from all across Canada stayed at the school for a week during the Championships. The girls were in Thompson House, and the boys and the coaches in Hamber Hall. The kitchen provided an outstanding menu and excellent service, and with the assistance of Mrs. D. Steeves and Mr. M. Badger of the C.A.S.A. their stay was a great success. Those swimmers who made the Canadian team ex¬ pressed the desire to stay on in the school rather than go to the accommodation arranged for them during the Games, but this unfortunately proved impossible. This was an excellent opportunity to publicize the school among young people from across the Dominion, and their reaction to the school was very favourable indeed. Perhaps we may have contributed in some small way to the decisions of world record-holder Elaine Tanner and Canadian coach Howard Furby to move their homes to Winnipeg. We hope so! The goal of this year’s electronics option is to have a licensed radio station and boys to operate it, and to complete work on a series of educational kits which can be used as a basic introduction to test instruments. This will set a solid foundation on which electronics options in future years can build. A multitude of excellent equipment is available, and regardless of which specific field of electronics a person has an interest in, facilities and instruction are available. A few of the more popular fields are kit building, re¬ pair work and radio communications. Once a licensed station is set up, and younger boys become interested in amateur radio, succeeding years will see more operators join the ranks of hams”. A permanent location would be found to set up an efficient station. What a way for old boys to keep in touch with each other and the school! The members of the electronics option this year were John Bredin, Lawrence Thompson, Don Denmark, Stewart Searle, Jim Lawson and Helmut Verges. Next year should see increased numbers of members. Electronics is easy to learn, and is a very interesting and rewarding hobby. This year S.J.R. was invited to send a team to the Fourth Annual Trinity College School Debating Tour¬ nament. Mark Dallas, James Lawson, and George Black made up the team. The resolution was; Independent Nationhood is in the best interests of the people of Quebec.” The team left on Thursday, January 18, and arrived in Port Hope at 8:00 p.m. the next day. The debates began at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday; each team had to debate both sides of the resolution. It placed 19 out of 20 teams. 97
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