Sydney Academy - Record Yearbook (Sydney, Australia)

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'd t occurred While the inspection party Was in the Wire Mill, An acci en T . . but fortunately no one was hurt. A length -of hot Wire Jumped a roller and ' h b the re-a- Went Whizzing across the floor. This really brought home to t e oys son for the many safety signs a.nd precautions throughout the plant. The last stop on the tour Was the machine shop Where the Workers were h. making mo-ulds to cast steel parts for plant mac inery. , While on this tour all the boys Were impressed by the courtesy and con- sideration shown them by plant employees. Th Executives both Junior and Senior, were then taken to the Navy 9 y League Centre Where a fine luncheon was served. At the hea.d table were all ' 5 A M . G. G. the dignitaries. Short addresses were given by Mr. C. M. nson, r Campbell, Mr. D. J. MacL-ean, Mr. Edward Corbett, and, last 'but by no means least Bob Marks. It Was the general wish of these speakers that this would be the first of a long series of Dosco-Academy Days. Next on the program was a jump back to the plant and an inspection of the Gene-ral Office. The intelligentia, hunting for souvenirs and posing for pictures, kept the Work of the employees down to nil at this point, while cov- 'A thin from tlhe Drafting Department to the Accounting Offices. ering every g A A Several of the Juni-or Executives made an unscheduled visit to a conference in Mr. Anson's office and rather disrupted proceedings there. At 3.30 the Execs. saw movies of Dos1co's Newfoundland mines. Mr. Power addressed the boys, and after this a recording was made of the impres- sions of some of the boys, for broadcast later. This was the finale of this part of Dosco Day, and until the last Waltz of the Dosco-Academy Ball was played, the Bosses for a day lived through an experience that will be one in a lifetime. -+2-5-O-351m AMATEUR SPORT TODAY Redmond O 'Keefe, XC There are many definitions of Amateur Sport. This was shown at a re- cent sports conference at which representatives of many countries were pres- ent. Each had almo-st an entirely different definition of the Word-+armate-ur. The only term common to nearly all definitions was that an amateur was a player who was paid nothing for his servicesto a sport. This definition applies to all sports, but there are many ways in which this definition has been altered. To fully study the question of Amateur Sports We must take e-ach sport individually. First, We Will cfonsider the sport 'of organized hockey. There are many hockey leagues now operating in Canada which have amateur status. These leagues operating under this banner claim to be amateur, but players in this league are paid from fifty to one hundre-d dollars per Week. In my opinion this is 11Ot an amateur league, but is fully professional. The original definition of amateurism does not fit this league. 36

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Here at the Academy the physical fea.tures of our Guidance program are first, private interviewing cubicle and second, somewhat larger Guidance Reading Room in which is gathered together a wealth of information on thou- sands of Occupations. Here, also, may be flound reliable directives on other matters pertaining to high school interests and developments which may not be purely vocational in their nature. The-se services are open to any student at any time. Requests for individual interviews are always welcome. -qi--Q-le-3..- DOSCO-ACADEMY DAY John Brown, XIA Last spring saw the inaguration of a new Academy activity, Dosco- Academy Day. For a -day Academy students took over executive positions of the steel plant and got a first-hand view of the nerve centres of a great indus- try at work. An outstanding success, it was the sincere hope of all participat- ing that HDosco-Academy Day would become an annual event. Preparations for the momentous event began about the first of April. Four boys were ele-cted from each class as candidates for the positions in the affairs of that occasion. At a meeting on April 14, Robert Marks was elected to the post of General Manager, and Dennis Connolly and Earl Ripley were voted to the positions of General Superintendent and Assistant General Super- intendent respectively. At the same time Mr. P. J. Po-wer of the Industrial Relations Department spoke to the other potential executives and handed out briefs on the Steel Plant. The other positions were soon filled out and on the 24th. the programs for the great day we-re distributed. , At.last the 29th. of April came and the Senior Executives introduced their Junior counterparts to their respective offices. At this point there was a bit of clowning on the part of the lb-oys, who pompously seated themselves in the big swivel chairs, stuck their feet urp on the desks, rang for their secretar- ies, etc. At 9.30 all the Jr. Erxec's. gathered at No. 1 gate- and began their tour of inspection. General Manager Marks made a dramatic entrance upon the scene in the plant car driven by a chauffeur. A bus took the boys through the Coke Ovens area to the docks and the power house. The group left the bus here, splitting up into three parties. Guides took them through the power plant and the boileir house, where they were shown the furnaces and the many gauges and indicators. Next to the Blast Furnace, to watclh the tap off, then they went through the Open Hearth to the Heavy Mills to watch the rolling of the steel ingots. By the mad scramble when some hot steel bars passed lbeneath them, it was indicated that they thought the bars would make a first class hotfoot! The groups cuontinued on through the Rail Mill and then t.o the- Wire and Nail Departments. It is said that Roger Ofann is still meditating on the prospects of selling ear-plugs there, because of the terrific noise. There was some more fooling here, as the boys engaged in long conversations without hearing a word they said. 35

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Another sport which seems to be getting away from the amateur rule is boxing. If a 'boy fights on a Pro-fessiolnal Boxing Card, he loses his amateur status and must remain a professional. He must do this be-cause he has receiv- ed money for appearance as a p'r'o-fessional. Yet, I have heard of many boys who fought on their cards and then fouglht in a Golden Glove Amateur Tour- nament. These -people should either remain Professifonal or remain Amateur. The only sport which .seems tio be keeping to the Amateur rule is Ama- teur Skating. Each few years skaters from many countries meet in the Olym- pic Games. To participate in these games one must be fully amateur. That is, a person must never have been paid for skating during his or her career. This rule is very strictly enforced, as, was shown by an incident which happened in connection with the -games. a few years ago. Barbara Ann Scott was given a car by the City of Ottawa after her Olympic triumphs. She was forced to re- turn the car if she wanted to keep hefr amateur status, this she did, and she remained an amateur. Other sports which seem to be keeping this rule are: Amateur Swimm- ing and Baseball. The main reason for baseball staying amateur is that there are very few amateur leagues in -Canada. Any man who is good enough to play organized baseball usually plays for a Professional League. n I think that all players in any sport sho-uld be classed as a Professional if they obtain money for their services to a sport. Others should be classified as amateurs. If this rule were carried out there would be more Professional Leagues and thus, more places for people to work. The man who is 'an ama- teur now because he can find no place on any teams, would find a team which could use him.. Therefore he would be able to live in comfort with the money he obtains for his work and the Sports World might have another great per- former. 'To conclude, I think that there are very few amateurs in the sport today, and that someday all sport 's artists will be fully Amateur or otherwise fully Professional. -..gi-g-ig..- MUSIC APPRECIATED Blan-che Novak, XIID There are many people all ove-r the world, who would readily agree, that music can be enjoyed in all its forms. Swing and Jive give way to Clas- sical Selections, which are equally appreciated. Amon-g the famous compos- ers, who contributed to th-e- classical type, is Frederic Ohopin. I should like to tell you a lit.tle about this remarkable man. On October 17th., 1949, the whole world commemorated the hundredth anniversary of Chop-in's death. An international competition, for qualified pianists of all nations, was held in Warsaw. In the United States and through- out Canada were heard a number of all-Oho-pin recitals. and new recordings of O.hopin's music were released. Among these could be found an allbum of Preludes and a selection of Mazurkias. Two biographies were also published, namely: Chopin, The Man and His Music, and Life of Frederic Ohopinf' Chopin was a frail man with exquisite manners, possessing also his share of temperament and sensitiveness. Self-assured and aware of his genius, he loved society, yet sometimes fell into a deep fear of the world. His great- est joy was his piano playing, and sometimes he would finish completely ex- hausted, with beads of perspiration covering his blody. At times he would re- main like this forever an hour. 37