File consists of the student publication "The Double Blue" newsletter which contains articles about student life at Appleby.
Articles in the 1938 issues include: Senior Common Room conditions; hockey team updates; The School House musical show; the Airplane Club; a review of the 1938 Ford car; Skiing, Baseball; Premier Aberhardt and current politics; Cameras; Letters to the editor; sketches; Guest Speaker Professor J.O. Wilhelm from the University of Toronto; Canada's Railway problem; Father and Son Night updates; various sports updates; school updates; dancing; stamps; the London Show for the Cadets; small loans business in Canada; Appleby Choir updates; The Blue Bombers visit Appleby; Tea and Coffee served at school; new fire equipment; and debating club updates.
The 1963 issues are a relaunch of the newsletter as an offshoot of the Appleby College Literary Society. It includes articles about football, soccer, House news, and for the Junior School - Form news. There are articles about Cadets, Chapel; the school library; Prefect announcements; and various school news bites.
The 1964 issues include articles about Christmas, Colley House news, Powell's House News; Walker (New) House news; Form notes, Old Boys's events; an editorial about smoking and cancer; Literary Society updates; Junior School updates; Hockey team updates; local dance; current affairs including The Beatles, and the flu; school trip to see Hamlet in Toronto; Saturday Night movies; library reports; brief biographies with sketches of Rev. J.A.M. Bell (Headmaster); Mr. H.C. Hardwick; updates on the school drama performance; a book review; various sports news; Cadet news; Snipe Class Sailing contests; football; squash; cricket; and basketball updates.
The 1965 issues include articles about the new Canadian Flag, a maple leaf; school dances; Form updates; House gossip and updates; hockey updates; basketball updates; the outdoor hockey rink below Powell's House; squash updates; gymnastics competition; United States Civil Rights Movement; academic updates; Father and Son Night; Junior School news; Dramatic Club updates; track and field team; John Bell Chapel updates; Cadet Corps updates; school enrollment numbers; prefect updates; staff and faculty updates; football updates; First Model United Nations Security Council event; and the creation of The United Nations Club.
The 1966 issues include articles about the following: football, hockey, soccer updates; House updates; Form updates; dramatic club and school plays; camera club; United Nations Club; basketball updates; squash team updates; the new Batman tv show; a review on various car models; Cadet Corps inspection; reviews on various new movies; cricket team updates; car racing updates; new staff updates; and science updates.
The 1968 issues include articles about the following: an article about the resurrection of the newsletter; on the value of friendship; updates from Student's Council; sports updates including Appleby College being admitted to play at the senior team level with the other 'Little Big Four' teams for the following sports: football, hockey, basketball and cricket; dramatic club updates; debating club; camera club; political affairs; 1968 Olympics; gym club; squash team; classical society; and the literary society.
The 1969 issues contain articles about: debating competitions; the need for a new ice rink and the building of an arena; football; hockey; basketball; production of The Mikado and Mr. DesRoches taking on a role when a student fell ill; social dance; camera contest; inter-house competition. The file also includes a small publication of student poetry, entitled: Dedication: Let me stand alone.
The 1974-1975 issues are a new edition of the Double Blue newsletter, published for the Junior School. It includes articles about erosion at Appleby Creek; robbery in the Tuck Shop; faculty member D.K.R. Boyd; poems written by students; Junior School sports including soccer, cross country, announcement regarding the new Northern Campus; the performance of The Mikado; the return of Mr. F. Richardson; a short biography of Mr. A. Turner; various club events including the Rocket Club, the Drama Club and the Model Club; updates on the library; Halloween updates; student poems; cricket; squash; senior boys trip to Soviet Union and interhouse 'Tribal' hockey; and the dramatic production of 'Lord of the Flies'.
