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idley College =, Liger Cub SPRING 1991 Leadership Graduation Is Almost Here Workshop rade 12 students will be particpating in a leadership workshop conducted by the Free- dom from Chemical Dependency Foundation in late April. The goal of the conference is to be able to stress to next year’s senior class their collective influence and responsibility in the school, especially with issues that they feel are important. The thrust of the FCD workshop is to encourage respect for others, self- esteem and support for fellow students. In the four-day programme that the FCD conducts in the fall, A summer soirée to celebrate graduation was warmly received last June. Enjoying themselves from the Class of 1990 are: Kathryn Yates, Sophie Luxton, Christine Wellenreiter, Jennifer Sinclair, Denise Cadeau and Christine Tomin. the senior students get less than ast year for the first The evening begins with a re- full treatment than the younger time we held a dinner ception at 6:00 P.M. At 7:00 P.M. students. FCD are well respected and dance at the supper begins, a wonderful buffet for running a high calibre pro- school for the gradu- under two large marquees on the gramme. ates, their friends and families, front field. At 8:30 P.M., there The session 1s being partially and the faculty. It turned out to be will be dancing in the Great Hall. funded with money raised by the an excellent opportunity for the The evening wraps up at 11 P.M. students. students, their parents and the Last year the only difficulty with teachers to mix, celebrate and say the 11 o’clock ending was that farewell to each other. many parents wanted to stay What's Inside?... The response from parents longer - a welcome problem. who attended was ovewhelmingly Parents of graduates will be B4 SPeeeeeoeooeooooeoe Campus News favorable, and the response of getting a letter in the mail soon students can best be gauged by the outlining the plans and guidelines 3 ....... Association Events request from this year’s Grad for the evening. Any questions Bie tesesctsee cIeC eDEeNS Fund Committee: “we want exactly can be directed to Bob Snowden, what they had last year.” While the Dean of Students. Oeae ae OA CEH VsiIcs there will be a few new wrinkles in this year’s function, it will be 4 ...... Encounters Canada substantially the same. Graduation Committee oe Ridley College Tiger Cub - Spring 1991 Danielle Richardson, Grade 11, Math Contest Results ] won the Junior category; Stacey Graham, Grade 13, placed second Laurence Wong Exchange Students to Aryeh Powell, Grade 12, in the Top Grade 9 student Senior competition. (in top 4% of all Ridley is hosting 3 students contestants in Canada) this term, they are: Mary Sugar Grade 12 History (Grade 10, Gooderham West) & Conference - May 14th Hubert Siu Jason Lott (Grade 10, Leonard Top Grade 10 student House) from Western Reserve Michael Scott, Head of the (in top 1% of all Academy. From France, we have History Department, is organizing contestants in Canada) Michel Sibon (Grade 11, Merritt the 3rd Annual 20th Century | South) with us. World History Conference on Rheuter Cheng | Ridley has sent: Samantha Tuesday, May 14th in the Mande- Top Grade 11 student Leach and Adrian Goodliffe to ville Theatre. Profs. Richard Day, (in top 15% of all France; Sihin Tamene to Spain; Atif Kubursi, Dan Madar, Robert contestants in Canada) Tyler Close and Noel Pullen to Matthews and Robert Taylor will Western Reserve Academy in be guest lecturers or panelists. The Grade 9 was 6th out of 32 schools Ohio and Todd Verge has gone to conference is primarily for Ridley in the Niagara Region Jere Packard’s Wyoming Seminary students, but invitations are in Pennsylvania. extended to local secondary Grade 10 was 4th out of 32 schools school history departments. in the Niagara Region Chaplain Defends PhD Amnesty Concert Rekindled Grade 11 was 8th out of 29 schools Gerry Shantz successfully in the Niagara Region defended his PhD thesis at Prince- Ridley students will once ton University during the March again run a fundraising concert for Cadet Inspection Break. Gerry will be leaving Rid- the Amnesty International group. ley during the summer to move to In the past, Ridley has supported Saturday, May 11th at 11:00 A.M. Baton Rouge, LA where he has this group in its efforts to suppress Inspecting Officer accepted a position with the Epis- indignities towards mankind. The Major E.J. Rose CD copal High School. student and staff performances Headmaster of Albert College will be held on May 25th and New Book Released 26th in the P.A.C. Dome Day For Wayne Fraser Friday, September 13th, 1991 Dr. Wayne Fraser, faculty, has Once again, the entire school recently released his new book, will be attending a Toronto Blue The Dominion of Women; the Per- Jays game at the Toronto SkyDome. sonal and the Political in Canadian The inaugural event was in mid- Women’s Literature. Published by September 1989 in which the | Greenwood Press, Wayne has school presented the Blue Jays with worked on this for a number years. a cricket bat for their clubhouse and a cheque for $3000, raised from Upper School Public t-shirt sales by the students, for the Speaking Contest Hospital for Sick Children. The event is designed to pull The Upper School Public the school together at the very Speaking Contest was held in the beginning of the year. George Mandeville Theatre on April 2nd. Briggs is again the co-ordinator. | Ridley College Tiger Cub - Spring 1991 Siebens Fund Assists Young Entrepreneurs Alumni Sports Events n Tuesday, January 27th todoulou, Suzanne Hallerman and members of the Grade Guy Smith, three members of the 12 Business Math class Grade 12 Business Math class, were able to see class- attended the “Business Toward room theory in action as they 2000” Conference which was were treated to a tour of Burns Fry hosted by St. Clement’s School in Old Boys Rugby Ltd. in lst Canadian Place. David Toronto. The opening address was Sunday, April 28, 1991 Niblett ’77 generously donated his given by The Honourable Barbara 2:00 pm: time to show the students an McDougall, Minister of Immigra- investment firm in operation and tion and Manpower. Workshops Old Boys Cricket to answer questions. Discussion of covered topics such as Human Saturday, May 4th, 1991 investments and investment Resources, Finance, Advertising, 1S Olp tn, careers continued when the class Entrepreneurship, Law and the had lunch with David and Craw- Stock Market. Alumni Golf Tournament ford Gordon 56. After lunch, the Both the cost of the field trip Monday, July, 8th, 1991 class toured the Toronto Stock and the conference registration Toronto Golf Club Exchange where some of the were underwritten by the Siebens rw students were able to check up Fund which supports programs Branch Receptions on the stocks that they were that contribute to students’ under- following for their class project. standing and awareness of business Parents Welcome In February, Stephanie Chris- opportunities. Hamilton Branch 6S Monday, May 27th will see 3 & y. y, Thursday, May 23rd, 1991 31 O.A.C. Physics stu- ON {e) The Tamahaac Club oe oO dents and two masters Branch Chairman: “~ move from the Michael Carson ‘64 % Siebens Science (416) 575-3333 MY Facility to the re@ world’s largest Newtonian Mechanics laboratory: Georgian Bay Branch o& Canada’s Wonderland! Using simple instruments like Wednesday, May 29th, 1991 Best Western Highwayman Inn, oy stopwatches, measuring tapes, accelerometers and their own Hwy. 11, Orillia G © estimating ability, they will investigate the physical principles Branch Chairman: Le) responsible for the sensations felt on rides like the Wildbeeste and Gregory Henn ‘66 Dragonfyre. Making measurements both from the ground and on the (416) 895-1221 rides, they will collect data which they will use together with theory learned in the classroom to complete a set of four required exercises. At the end of the day, these exercises will be handed in and graded as the Dolighan Memorial Service practical component of their final examination. This will be the second year for the project, and judging from last A Memorial Service will be held year’s response, it should be a resounding success. Students reported gain- on Saturday, May 4th at 2:30 p.m. ing real, practical insights into previously theoretical concepts, and in the in the Ridley College Memorial Chapel for Michael Dolighan ‘90. process had loads of fun. Brian Martin had rarely seen such enthusiasm Michael was killed on March 15th and energy expended in the name of science! Projects like “Physics at in Lennoxville, PQ in an accident. Wonderland” bring old subjects like Physics to life for students. Ridley College Tiger Cub - Spring 1991 = Perhaps the one thing that Encountering Canada encouraged me the most was the number of bilingual people, and An Experience That Leaves The Classroom Behind those who attempted to speak hey come from all over someone who attends a school their second language. The whole this proud nation of like Ridley, where your roommate program was conducted biling- ours. One hundred may not only be from halfway ually. This shows that the young thirty five enthusiastic across the country, but halfway of this country are very tolerant youngsters come from all corners around the world. The experience towards the concept of a unified of Canada; North, South, East, is much different in a situation nation of English and French. and West. From metropolises and like Encounters. Ridley is such a The Encounters experience has from small Prairie towns held tight, closed-in community, that probably been the most together by no more than a gener- new and interesting ideas are hard rewarding of my life. | will not al store and the threat of isolation. to find. At Encounters, nobody remember it for the speakers we They came from Canadian towns knows anyone else as of day one. heard, and J will not remember it so obscure their names only The people there do not look at for the science labs we visited. appear in Stompin’ Tom lyrics. life through the same window, What I will remember is the The only tie that bound this each person has a different view. people I met. I will remember diverse collection of students, was This is not to say that the people them for what they taught me the honour and pride of being outside of Ridley are completely about our country and its diverse Canadian. The reason for the disparate from those here. Most of spectrum of citizens. union of these students was to the students I met had the same allow young Canadians to meet concerns for the environment, Graeme Scandrett, one another, and discover how about the War, and about our Grade 12 glorious a nation this is. common future in general. Their Graeme was able to participate in Encouters In the last week of January, | intelligent and well thought out through the generosity of the Class of ‘39. experienced theEncounters with views on the world we live in doa Canada programme in Ottawa. The great service in helping to reduce | Ridley Galiece programme's goal is to give the image that many Ridleians Tiger Cub Canadian high school students share, that all the students outside the chance to meet their counter- our hallowed halls are ignorant Published by parts from all across the country. peons. Most of them would func- Ridley College Each week the programme has a tion at Ridley's highest levels with P.O. Box 3013 different sub-theme. They range no difficulty at all. St. Catharines, Ontario across a spectrum of topics. The The true amount of scholastic beRay G3 topics vary from Law to Journal- knowledge gained during the ism to Arts and Culture. The week was insignificant compared Solely for Alumni, Parents, Staff and others interested in the School. The information specific sub-theme for my week to the knowledge that was to be contained herein may not be presented in the was Science and Technology. gained by meeting new people. press without permission. This publication serves as an adjunct to the Ridley Tiger. Despite the wide array of topics, The experience broadened my much of theprogramme is generic. horizons immeasurably. I learned Editorial Board Derek D. Fraser Many of the same rewarding ex- of small towns where half the Robert E. Stanley periences are gained, no matter population had been out of a job Contributors which sub-theme is chosen. The when the town mill closed down. George L. Briggs real purpose of the trip is to gain a I also learned of existence ona Janet M. Lewis feel for the life and ideas of other small prairie town of only one Brian D. Martin Graeme R.P. Scandrett students your age from across hundred people. The incredible Robert T. Snowden ® the country. range of different social and Ridley Recycles Meeting people from other economic environments that exist places may not seem important for in this nation astounded me. This publication has been printed on recycled paper, please send it around again!