Item consists of a sound recording of an oral history interview between faculty member D.M. 'Skin' Dewar and alumni Randy Smye '63 discussing life at Appleby College as an English teacher and football coach between 1934 and 1974. Topics discussed include the 1936 trip to Berlin Olympics; Weis Memorial window; Headmasters John Guest, Percival Wickens, Rev. Bell, staff including Mr. Colley, Alastair Walker; Mr. Whittington, Sgt. Sam Clarke, Miss Niblett and Miss James, Bruce Lockhart, John Page, Lesley Bott. Subjects include football, chapel, covered rink, Brown House, electrical system on campus, buildings around campus, Town of Oakville, golf course on campus, carving roasts at dinner, The Depression, World War 2. See attached transcription for more details.
Smye, Randy
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F08-AV-01 - Track 1
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August 1974
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Winter 2014
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Item consists of the Winter 2014 edition of the Appleby Quarterly magazine. Item consists of articles about the Round Square conference, a look back at Appleby Athletics, an interview with Katherine 'Kitty' Stevens - daughter of John Guest, an interview with Appleby's Director of Finance - Young Nak Chu, an interview with Alumni Jack Langelaan '88. It also includes an article about Alumni Brianne Jenner '09 who was on Team Canada Women's Hockey Team. There is also an article about various Alumni who have become teachers including Michael DesRoches '62. It also includes an article about Appleby's historic link to Town of Oakville founder Colonel William Chisholm.