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THE HARBORDITE Harbord Club Newsletter

We remember Alum - Sam (The Record Man) Sniderman Five years ago, To-ronto said goodbye to an iconic Toronto landmark and retail space on Yonge St. , Sam The Record Man. This past Sep-

tember, we said goodbye to the man behind it: Harbord-ite, Sam Sniderman. Some of us remem-ber him as the boy in our class who was keen to start his own business. Oth-ers remember him as a generous and

knowledgeable human being, and again others re-member him as a mentor and their selfless leg-up into the music

industry. From class-mates to patrons to musi-cians, we can all

agree on one thing; Sam was a stand up guy.

It was about sev-enty years ago when 17-year-old Sam Sniderman first started stocking re-cords at his brother Sid’s small radio shop. Although

Sniderman Radio Sales & Service on College St., had been around since 1929, Sam’s record department quickly became the back-bone of the store, and by 1959, Sam decided to purchase a neighbouring Yonge Street furni-ture store and turn it into his own re-cord shop. He named it, Sam The Record Man!

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Inside this issue:

Editorial 2

120th Birth-day Bash!

3

Stephen Lewis Webinar for Social Justice

6

Museum Musings

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Wayne & Shus-ter Honored!

9

Looking Back: Commencement 1912

10

Grads give Thanks!

15

Class of ‘52’s 50th Anniver-sary Reunion

26

Awards Assem-bly Photos

28

Michael Lands-berg visits Harbord C.I.

37

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!

December 2012

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Hello fellow Harbordites!

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Onward Harbord!

Belinda Medeiros-Felix and Ben Lee

Harbordite Co-Editors

Editorial: Message from Co-Editors - Belinda Medeiros-Felix (‘81) & Ben Lee (‘78)

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Next day (Friday, April 25th), over 300 alumni and former teachers came back to an all day Open House at the School! An assembly was held where a plaque to honour alumni Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster was dedicated for their years of comical en-tertainment to millions around the world with their brand of special gut busting comedy and wit. The assembly also featured the Harbord Senior Orches-tra under the direction of alum and former TSO con-

ductor Victor Feldbrill. Photos from both the Thurs. night Dinner Gala and the Fri. school Open House can be found on page 38 to 43 and also on our website.

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On a beautiful Spring evening (April 24), Harbord alumni, staff & students got together to celebrate the 120th Anni-versary of the school with a fabulous Birthday Dinner Gala! Over 300 attendees remi-nisced and reconnected with their highschool pals and made new friends! The eve-ning was highlighted by a guest performance of “This Land is My Land” by an alum and a Silent Auction which raised money for the Harbord Club and Harbord scholar-ships.

By the 1980s and early 1990s, Sam had more than 130 stores across Canada and could often be found standing on the sales floor of his Yonge St flagship store interacting with cus-tomers, selling records and making music recommenda-tions. Local teenagers,

with their discount cards in hand, made their regular pilgrimage after school, on weekends and on Boxing Day to see what the record man had to offer. By the late 80's, Sniderman re-ported that the chain was an 80 million dollar corpo-ration.

But with the advent of software like Napster & iTunes, even giants like Sam’s couldn’t keep up with

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was clear that Sam's record shop was THE place to be for music lovers everywhere. People came from all over to participate in the multitude of gimmicks and giveaways and midnight record re-leases. Indeed, the 40,000

square foot library of LPs, 45s, reel-to-reels, eight-tracks, cassettes and CDs quickly became one of To-ronto’s defining landmarks. Sam The Record Man main-tained its uniqueness by man-aging to retain the feel of an independent record shop, with quirky décor and knowl-edgeable staff, while carry-ing a staggeringly large se-lection of music; from the hottest billboard tracks to independent local talent. But

it was Sam Sniderman and his knowledge of obscure records- the self-financed ones re-corded in basements and ga-rages by unknown bands- that were The Record Man’s mark of expertise. There was no album too obscure. Out of the near 400,000 titles in stock at any given time, Sniderman had the gift of lo-cating even the strangest of underground tracks for a die-hard fan who walked into his shop.

By 1969, the store had be-come so successful that a na-tional chain was launched. It remained a family affair, with Sam Sniderman as President, sons Bobby and Jason as Vice Presidents and brother Sid-ney as Secretary-Treasurer.

was being declared a heritage site by the city of Toronto... that is until recently, when Ry-erson University reached a deal to purchase the property from the family.

This will be 'the end of an era' for so many reasons: from Sam Sniderman’s role in shaping the Canadian music industry, to the widespread appeal of the store itself and its ability to stay relevant while so many of its competitors faded away.

There is a lot of history be-hind this 1937 Grad.

For so many of us, Sam the Record Man was simply a good friend who always let us hang out and listen to music 'at his place'. When the Yonge St. lo-cation closed its doors for good in 2007, we said our goodbyes to the beloved To-ronto landmark and reminisced about our time spent there; the records we bought, the

memories we shared and the role that this great store played in our lives. This past September 23, at the age of 92, we once again said our goodbyes to Sam The Record Man, this time for the very last time.

"Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing. Thanks for all the joy they're bringing.

Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty.

What would life be? Without a song or a dance, what are

we? So I say thank you for the music. For giving it to me" -

ABBA

the demands of the digital mu-sic takeover. Unfortunately, in October 2001, just one year after Sam Sniderman’s retire-ment, Sam The Record Man filed for bankruptcy, citing declines in music sales and stiffening competition from big box stores and the inter-net as their reasons. This forced most of the chain to close, aside from a few fran-chised outlets. In fact, the Yonge Street flagship was only saved through a last-ditch ef-fort by Sam Sniderman’s two sons, Bobby and Jason. The record store managed to last another six years before Bobby and Jason Sniderman announced its closure on May 29, 2007. The main reason listed this time was “the in-creasing impact of technology on the record industry.” It was a sad day when the iconic

store closed its doors. At the very least, long time patrons were able to subdue them-selves with the knowledge that at least its distinctive façade

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Harbord C.I. in the News Again!! I am so pleased to say that I, along with other Harbord-ites, attended the TDSB’s first-ever Social Justice Webinar right here at Har-bord C.I. This webinar took place in our auditorium on the morning of November 26th, 2012. Students and Staff heard Mr. Stephen Lewis talk about his founda-tion and the AIDS pandemic in Africa. Mr. Lewis, who is known to most of us as the former leader of the social democ-ratic Ontario New Democ-ratic Party (for most of the 1970’s), is also a Canadian politician, broadcaster and diplomat. And Yes, he is a Harbordite…a 1956 Harbord C.I. graduate. The following is an excerpt from an article posted on the TDSB website. TDSB Hosts First-ever Social Justice Webinar With Stephen Lewis Over five hundred students

at Harbord CI and thou-sands more in classrooms across the TDSB partici-pated in the first-ever So-cial Justice Webinar with Stephen Lewis on Monday November 26. As part of an ongoing part-nership between the To-ronto District School Board (TDSB) and the Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF), Mr. Lewis visited his former school to talk to students about the AIDS pandemic in Africa. With World AIDS Day on December 1 fast ap-proaching, the timing could not be better to focus on such an important topic. “We were so pleased to wel-come Mr. Lewis back to his former high school to dis-cuss get-ting AIDS back on the agenda. Many of our schools, both ele-mentary and secon-dary, have supported the

Stephen Lewis Foundation over the years and the webi-nar was a wonderful oppor-tunity not only for students to hear Mr. Lewis speak but to interact and ask ques-tions around this very impor-tant issue,” said Jeff Hain-buch, Superintendent. The partnership between the TDSB and SLF that was formalized last year on World AIDS Day promotes the development of curricu-lum, professional develop-ment learning opportunities and fundraising across the TDSB in support of organi-zations on the frontlines of the pandemic in Africa.

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TDSB’s First Ever Social Justice Webinar from Harbord C.I. !

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Museum Musings. Thanks to Annemarie Toth-Waddell (Toth at HCI) HCI

1974 who visited our Museum recently and brought in as a donation her Harbord Or-chestra vest, jet black with the orange Harbord “H” and Harbord crest and bright shiny brass buttons. All members of the Orchestra in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s wore this vest over a white shirt or blouse which vest matched their black skirt, slacks or trousers giv-ing the whole Orchestra a neat and professional look.. In those days Annemarie played the viola. Now, after many years away from play-ing, Annemarie has taken up the fiddle as an active mem-ber of the Oakville Celtic Fiddle Orchestra and is en-joying every minute of it . She remarked as to how fast all her Harbord musical learning came back to her, like riding a bicycle, you

never forget how. The Orchestra vest will be featured in a new display in

the Museum show case, near the front door, showing the different clothing styles seen over the years at Har-

bord. As well as this vest in mint condi-tion, Anne-marie brought in two pho-

tos ,one of her with Johnny

Wayne and the other with her and Frank Shuster, her comedic idols, taken at Har-bord’s 1974 Homecoming. The year before Annmarie arrived at Harbord the Or-chestra recorded a long play vinyl record. Now that vinyl records are making a come-back we should play one from our Museum collection. Is it time for the Orchestra to embark on another such ad-venture? We also received an Orches-tra vest from Christine Gai-bisels , HCI 1971, now Col-houn, in the same remarkable condition. Thank you to the anonymous donor(s) who brought in, over the summer, a set of Har-bord Collegiate Institute Commencement programs from 1893 (Harbord’s first), through to 1944. We had many of them as photocopies but not as originals. We owe a great thanks to whomever brought them in. Please let us

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Continues on page 8… ...continued from page 7 know who you are so we can properly acknowledge this wonderful gift. Another anonymous donor dropped off page A7 of The Toronto Star , March 19, 1992 , acknowledging Har-bord’s 100 years as a high school in Toronto and the ac-tivities that would be taking place in May 1992 and how to register for same. Please let us know who you are. Harvey Hochberg, HCI 1953, was trolling garage sales when he spotted the Univer-sity graduation photograph of a long time Harbord teacher. He has donated the photo of R. Albert Slack who taught mathematics at HCI from1937 until 1971 . Those who were fortunate to have him as a teacher will always remember his dismissive “Go drive a truck” whenever he disapproved of a student’s efforts. He was married to one of the school secretaries

at the time. And thank you Harvey for your copy of the 1950-51 Harbord Review, which helps fill a void in our collection. Your school , when it was opened in September 1892, was known as “Harbord Street Collegiate Institute”. When next visiting your alma mater, drop into the MPR on the ground floor west side,(for those very long in the tooth, it was known as “the girls’ gym”) and if you will look up to the north wall you will see the original cornerstone. Harbord’s first Commence-ment took place December 15th,1893. An original copy of the Commencement Programme is in our Museum for all to see. For those of you wishing to visit your Museum , why not check www.harbordclub.com and go to the tab for the Mu-seum and you can have a vir-tual visit. While you are at it, we also have a link to “the Happy Ghosts of Harbord”.

Museum Musings – Syd Moscoe, continued...

The Museum is generally open on Wednesdays from 11am until 5pm during the school year-but call ahead just to make sure I will be there if you are plan-ning on coming down..

OF NOTE: Many thanks to my 1952 HCI classmate, and chum for all these many years, Jerry Prenick, C.A., for his gift of the five issues of the Harbord Review for the years 1947 through our graduation year in 1952

.When I was 19, I decide to take a year off university and travel in Europe. And I dis-covered a lot of things.

Once was this. I went to vari-ous cities – London, Paris, Vi-enna, and Stockholm – and I kept seeing something that disoriented me. I saw plaques – small metal markers on build-ings, saying that some famous person once lived here. Bee-thoven, Sir Isaac Newton, John Keats, Homer Simpson, Kermit the Frog – whoever. I could barely take it in. I was standing in the same place that people who were legendary in my mind once walked.

It was magical feeling. But strange to say, one result was to make me angry. I’d grown up in Toronto, and I couldn’t help asking – Why don’t we have something like this in T.O.? Are we really so poverty-stricken that nobody of sig-nificance has ever lived here? A city is stronger for knowing its past; why were we so fast asleep, when it came to our past? I felt as if I’d been cheated.

Well, a lot of time went by, and ten years ago I became the first poet laureate of To-ronto. And I decide my pro-

ject would be, to start a pro-gramme of plaques like the ones I’d seen in those cities. This was the Legacy Project, and we teamed up with an older organization, Heritage Toronto. We’re still at the beginning; this is the third year, and we have about 15 plaques so far. But we’ll keep growing – we see this as the beginning of a 100-year programme.

Which brings us to Wayne and Shuster. We’re honouring

people across the whole spec-trum – great writers, painter, scientists, athletes, statesmen and women, and so on. Including, great entertain-ers. And Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster were certainly that.

As you’ve heard, they met in a Grade Ten history class at

Harbord in 1930, when Wayne sat right behind Shuster. (I flinch when I think what life must have been like for the teacher.) They discovered their common gift for making people laugh, and when they went to the U of T, they kept on performing. The CBC started our national radio sys-tem in 1946, and one of the first programs was the Wayne and Shuster Show. It was a national hit. Then CBC TV be-gan in 1956 – and the Wayne and Shuster television show was an even bigger hit.

Now at the time, the most popular entertainment program on American television was the Ed Sullivan Show. He pre-sented singers, bands, comedi-ans, and a whole slew of variety acts – jugglers, acrobats, dogs who could recite the alphabet backwards in Lithuanian.

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Plaque Dedicated to Wayne & Shuster, where it all began, at Harbord C.I.

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Reg was a WWI ace and served in the RAF. His portrait, done by Sir William Orpen, hangs in the Ottawa War Mu-seum and the Na-tional Museum in London. But before he served Canada, Reg was a Hardord-ite and the Class of 1912 Valedictorian. The following is the cover of the No-vember 15th, 1912 Harbord C.I. Annual Commencement Pro-gramme, and the Valedictorian speech in print:

Looking Back: Alumni Reginald Theodore Carlos Hoidge, Valedictorian, Class of 1912 !

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Reminising: Alumni Reginald Theodore Carlos Hoidge, Valedictorian, Class of 1912,.continued...

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sports, music, and a great variety of clubs.

I was raised to try to make the world a better place. Working with my class Reun-ion Committee and helping the Harbord Club is just one small way to thank the Har-bord com-munity for how it helped shape me.

Onward Harbord

Honours for Eminent Harbordites @ U of T!

A New Harbord Club Board of Director Member Introducing Himself

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Harvey Mandel Class of 1964. Married to Ruth we have 3 children 2 boys and a girl and 3 grandchildren 2 boys and a girl. I was born in 1944. I went to King Ed-ward Public School K-8. I followed my older brother to HCI as my two younger sisters followed me. After HCI I graduated with a B.A. in History & English from the University of Western Ontario in 1967. After trying different ca-reers I became an ESL teacher retiring from

George S Henry Academy in 2005.

HCI was multicultural before the term was coined. Like many Harbordites I consid-ered Harbord a place where I started to grow up. I had many wonderful experiences and met many great people many are still my friends. I was in-volved with mainly football the First Aid Corps and the Review. Harbord presented us with diverse experiences mostly we were there for the academic environment but let’s never forget there were

On Thursday November 15, Uni-versity College at the Univer-sity of Toronto,

celebrated their First Annual Alumni of Influence Awards at a Gala Dinner.

One hundred University College alumni were initially chosen for this honour.

Of those one hundred, eleven are alumni of Harbord Colle-giate Institute.

They are:

Alan Borovoy,

Leonard Braithwaite,

Marshall Cohen,

David Cronenberg,

Martin Goldfarb,

The Honourable Edwin A. Goodman ,

Dr. Calvin Gottlieb,

Stephen Lewis,

Louis Rasminsky,

Frank Shuster

Johnny Wayne.

All our members are of the Order of Canada.

Harbord alumni have made ,

now make , and will continue in the future

to make, outstanding contributions to the advancement and bettering of our

life locally, nationally and interna-tionally.

Future selections to the University College Alumni of Influence Awards will be limited to ten University Col-lege alumni annually. We will con-tinue to look for HCI Alumni amongst the future University Col-lege Alumni of Influence.

2012 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks! - Ashley Chu

Dear Mr. Bob Wilson, To receive an award that has been left in your wife's memory, for just doing something that I simply enjoy doing is truly an honor. I don't think any words can describe how grateful I am. Taking part in athletics throughout my four years at Harbord was probably the best deci-sion I made in high school. It's what I love to do. It made everything easier from entering high school as a small new grade 9 student to relieving stress from homework. Although the 7 am practices were a little difficult to get up for at times, it still made being an athlete at Har-bord a great experience. It wasn't just the sports themselves though- being in a positive envi-ronment and feeling like my teammates and the coaches were like my second family was what made it even more special.

For my four years at Harbord, I was involved with the Girls' Basketball, Volleyball, and

Soccer team. Although we didn't win every single game, my teammates still made it enjoyable to continue playing the game no matter the outcome. I learned how to win and lose graciously and the meaning of sportsmanship. Throughout those four years, I have helped the Varsity Girls' soccer team win two championships in the 2010/2011 season and in the 2011/2012 sea-son. Winning those two championships were a huge accomplishment in my athletic career so far. I remember each final game like it was yesterday. Just being a part of the athletics program at Harbord is something that I will take away and cherish for the rest of my life.

Instead of going off to university or college, I have decided to take a year off and work. This is giving me time to think about what I would like to do in the future. I am also giv-ing back and coaching at Harbord. Currently, I am coaching the junior girls' basketball team. I try to make it an enjoyable and fun environment and also a worthwhile experience for the team as my coaches at Harbord have done for me. Wherever I decide to continue my education, I hope to take part in their athletic program and hope it is as rewarding as my time at Harbord. Once again, I would like to thank you for this honor.

Sincerely, Ashley Chu

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2012 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks! - Edward Liu

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Dear Harbord Club,

I have attended Harbord for all four years of my high school

education. One of the main reasons is that I feel that it is an excellent

school. As you may or may not know, I am a completive swimmer who

has recently represented Canada on the Junior International Stage at

the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Hawaii. This causes a great deal

of challenges for me when it comes to balancing academics and athlet-

ics. I appreciate this award greatly, because it recognizes the tremen-

dous strain on one’s academic performance when trying to balance ath-

letics with the same hand. This is especially true for me because I

train for an average of nine times per week for a total of over 20

hours total, this means that I have one day less compared to the aver-

age person to commit to my studies.

I would like to thank you for this award and it is a great honor

for me to accept it. I am aware that the path that I have chosen is an

extremely challenging one, but what is life without its challenges?

Thank you,

Edward Liu

2012 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks! - Toni Ann Simms

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Dear Dr. Joe Druck, My name is Toni Ann Dagion Simms and I am a member of the 2012 graduating class of Harbord Collegiate Institute. It is my outmost pleasure to extend my gratitude to you for funding theHarbord Club R.R.H. "Bud" Page Award, to which I am the 2012 recipient. I applaud your generosity and caring spirit for providing me with this award that will serve as a monument signifying the unforgettable memories that I have had at Harbord C. I. This award means so much to me and I am happy that my hard work at Harbord hasn’t gone unnoticed.

I moved to Canada approximately three years ago from the beautiful island of Ja-maica and ever since then I haven’t been the same. I thought that my life would have been over and that I would fail because of this foreign land that I had to now call home. Every-thing seemed so alien to me at the time and then I started Harbord C.I. One of the first faces that I saw was that of my past teacher and mentor Elisa Caparelli, who had the wid-est smile in the world; it was at this moment that I realized that this foreign land might actually be a positive place. It was a challenge to adapt to my new home, new school, and new life, but I did it with the help of the Harbord Collegiate community. During my three years at Harbord C.I. I had the opportunity to explore who I am and to recognize the areas that I needed to see growth in- which at the time was every-thing. In grade 10 I joined the Track and Field team, where I found out that I was good at long jump. I got the chance to learn something new about myself and I was proud. Besides sport teams I was also actively involved in other extracurricular activities, such as: the Business Club, West-Indian African Canadian Club, the Pink Ribbon Society, Albion Hills, Prom Committee,the Tutoring Club, being a student volunteer at the Harbord’s 120th Anni-versary, and being the school’s mascot at social events. Two of the most rewarding roles that I have playedin my graduating year that helped to define who I am were: being a senior leader at the Albion Hills and being the head tutor at the Tutoring Club.

The Albion Hills leadership program is designed to select senior leaders who will serve as mentors to grade nines who prove to have leadership potential. It was a fun week-end away from home, where I felt that I was being challenged. I am happy that I did this because I realized that the little things that we sometimes take for granted are the things that might change someone else’s life. At the end of the weekend I had a timid boy walk up to me and say, “Because of your smile and willingness to bamazing time here and now I have made new friends; something that I couldn’t have done without you.” Ever since that day I always ensure that I try to be a person’s friend rather than their superior. On the other hand being the head tutor at the Tutoring Club helped me to realize my passion

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2012 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks! Continued... Toni Ann Simms

for helping others. I adored every moment when someone came up to me to say thank you.

In the tutoring centre I ensured that the learning environment was one that was caring,

respectable and nurturing. During my time as the head tutor, every Tuesdays and Thurs-

days I had to ensure that I collected the daily snacks for the tutors and clients. This ex-

perience has taught me a lot about myself e my friend I have had an and I am very happy

that I had the opportunity to fulfill such an amazing role among my peers.

I am currently attending McMaster University where I am working towards an un-

dergraduate degree in Commerce. Despite the transition that I am going through right now

I am proud to say that because of the foundation that Harbord has helped me to build,

that I am starting to campaign and hold executive positions in my Inter-Residence Council.

After the completion of my studies at McMaster University I hope to become a Chartered

Accountant and to own my own orphanage. I want to own an orphanage because I know what

it feels like to be alone and so I would like to be there for children who are going through

the same things that I went through.

Thank you so much again Dr. J. Druck for your selfless act that has made me one of

the happiest girls in the world. May the good Lord be with you and your lovedones.

Sincerely,

Toni Ann Simms

2012 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks! - Michael Wong student ne wspa per, 1980 take n from ”The Flash” - an English class st ude nt newspape r, 1980


Dear Harbord Club,

This year I am the recipient of the Harbord Club Hank Stratton Award. Your funding of the awards is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Last year was my final year in Harbord C.I., it was a fantastic year for me. I fully felt the warmth from teachers and students in Harbord, and I was motivated by them and enjoyed learning from their passion in various subjects. Grade 12 was relatively a busy and rush year for me, comparing to Grade 11. However, it created a perfect chance for me to experience working under pressure, improve my weaknesses, and make new friends. I learned a lot novel ideas and facts in the year of 2012, while most of them were based on my previous knowledge. For example, different techniques in writing English essay, as well as how mathe-matician apply theoretical mathematics into human life. I believe the most important course that I took in 2012 was Physics. By attending the course, I had a better understand-ing of my area of interest, as well as viewing the world from the perspective of a physician. Moreover, with the ardent encouragements of my Mathematics teacher, I participated in two mathematics contests: the McMaster Mathematics Contest and the Euclid Mathematics Competition of Waterloo University. Although I did not get any award from those Mathe-matics contests, it was a valuable experience to me.

The Harbord Club Hank Stratton Award means a lot to me as it affirms that I am talented, as well as versatile. Moreover, the award also provides me a better chance of getting into my favourite university - University of Toronto, thus attaining my dream career as an actu-ary in my life. Therefore I thank you once again for presenting the Harbord Club Hank Stratton Award to me.

Yours sincerely,

Michael Wong

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2012 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks! - Devon Nguyen

2012 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks! - Michelle Ho

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Dear Harbord Club, Thank you for selecting me to be the recipient of the Harbord Club Bright Penny Award. It marks as a great distinction to me that I was doing something right even during the moments in which I felt so lost. I am honoured to be recognized for my accomplishments and grateful for having such a wonderful opportunity. I never thought that I was any different from my peers; I was merely striving to be the best version of myself. I hold this award in the highest regard and once more I truly appreciate the selection committee for choosing me to be the recipient of such a prestigious award. After my time at Harbord Collegiate Institute I have entered post-secondary education as a fulltime student at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Upon completion of my undergraduate studies, I hope to obtain a degree in Economics and Sociology. My ultimate goal within the education system would be to have a law school certificate on my parents’ mantle declaring their daughter as a law school graduate. A childhood dream of mine has always been to graduate from law school and practice family law. I would have given up on this childhood aspiration if it were not for the encouragement and sup-port I received at Harbord Collegiate. Both staff and students alike, helped build an undeniable strength within me. Through programs available like Law in Action Within Schools, LAWS, I never would have believed my dream was possible. Being at Harbord Collegiate left me with an unforgettable experience in the best ways possi-ble. The first day I stepped into the halls of the school, I was frightened for the events that would occur in the next four years. Yet now, when I reminisce of my time at the beautiful historic building, I realize that those same halls I was once frightened of guided me to be who I am today. The peo-ple that make up the Harbord community whether it is alumni, students, staff or visitors were al-ways accepting. This allowed me to proudly call Harbord my second home. In the Harbord halls is where I grew the most it is ultimately where I discovered who I was as a person. I developed par-ticular qualities within myself during my high school years but I also strived to be a better person and give back to the community. I hope to maintain strong friendships with the people I met at Har-bord Collegiate for the rest of my life. Regardless of the diversity of the student population at Har-bord Collegiate, the school never failed to rec-ognize the potential within each student.

I would like to express my appreciation once again. This award will be a source of motivation and a reminder to always strive for excellence in everything I do.

Sincerely, Michelle Ho

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2012 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks! - Ying Amy Zhao

2012 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks! - Arman Ghaffarizadeh Mohamed

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2012 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks! - Jamie Meston

Dear Harbord Club;

I would like to personally thank you for presenting me with the Harbord Club

Victor L. Van der Hout and the Harbord Club Carrie M. Knight Award. Like attend-

ing Harbord, they mean a great deal to me.

My time at Harbord was definitely an experience that I found extremely

memorable. It was memorable for the people it brought together, enriched staff and

eager students as well as the opportunities it presented. The variety of courses a stu-

dent was able to take allowed for expansion of the mind while the many clubs avail-

able made it possible to expand your social circle in a healthy manner.

I am currently at the University of Guelph studying in the Bachelor of Arts

Honours Psychology program and thoroughly enjoying it thus far. Although I am

not sure where this will take me, I know that my experiences at Harbord and the val-

ues I learned will definitely assist me in getting there.

I very much appreciate all you efforts and hard work that went into making

these awards as well as all other Harbord Club awards possible. They are an item

that I, along with many other Harbord Alumni will cherish for years to come.

Thank you!

Jamie Meston

Harbord Commencement 2011 - Photo Highlights! Continued...

Some of the Class of 2012 Grads celebrating after Commencement, singing the school song “Onward Harbord”

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Class of 1952 50th Anniversary Reunion!

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More Memories in Photos at ... Www.harbordclub.com

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Photo Highlights from Awards Ceremony November 2012

This page clockwise from Top-Left:

Principals, staff and honored guests,

Syd Moscoe of Harbord Club,

Vice-Principal Ms. Gladstone,

Harbord Senior Choir perform-ing at the Awards Ceremony.

Opp. page clockwise from Top-Left:

Some of the 71 Harbord Club Scholarships pre-sented to Award winning students:

Cleo Davies-Chalmers, Sarah Torres,

Vivian Martin,

Min Jun Li,

India Annamanthadoo

Victoria Lee.

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Harbord C.I. Awards Assembly - Award


Harbord C.I. Awards Assembly - Award Winners...

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Harbord C.I. Awards Assembly - Awards

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In Memoriam... SAM SNIDERMAN, Iconic Canadian record retailer, Sam Sniderman, passed away peace-fully in his sleep, surrounded

Congratulations and Late Breaking News!

by loved ones, in Toronto on Sunday, September 23, 2012.

Congratulations goes out to one of our Harbord Club Di-rectors, Sierra, who announced her engagement to Jason this past summer and most recently, welcomed the birth of their little bundle of joy, Juliana Rebekah who weighed 8 lbs 11 oz. on Nov. 28th. Happy parenting!!

********************************************** Congratulations goes out to 1983 Harbord alumna, Lurdes Marchao Cruz who has been appointed as Justice of the Peace to the Ontario Court of Justice, effec-tive Dec. 19, 2012 and has been assigned to work in To-ronto! All the best! For more info. on Lurdes check out the Ministry of the Attorney General web-site: http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/news/2012/20121210-jpapp-nr.asp

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Michael Landsberg visits Harbord C. I.

On November 22nd,TSN personality and host from “Off the Record”, Michael Landsberg, came to Harbord’s auditorium to speak publicly about his longtime suffering with a mental illness. He ex-pressed the importance that society allow sharing of infor-mation about mental health just as easily as one can share when feeling physically ill. He assured us that there are still many people in our culture that don't like to talk about having depression or anxiety disorders, and that having de-pression is sometimes re-ferred to as a weakness. He said that if someone is de-pressed, they are not a weak individual; they are a sick indi-vidual who needs help. It was interesting and important to hear that Mr. Landsberg, de-spite suffering from a mental illness, is mentally healthy. Once people have learned that they can talk about their ill-nesses and get help without being stigmatised, they can begin a very long overdue heal-ing process and having one of these illnesses can become

easier to deal with in society. Landsberg says that we, as a society, need to be able to manage our stress levels and prevent them from becoming too much for us to bear. Of course, society could stand to be a little less judgemental about people with depression as well. After all, according to

Landsberg, that's a reason why people wear a mask and pretend that they're okay, even if they feel terrible. He

knows it…he’s experienced it first hand. People suffering from a mental illness don't want to be ridiculed and in-sulted by society. The best thing we can do to help some-one suffering from a mental illness is to make it clear that you are not going to judge them, be more than willing to listen to them and to offer them help getting the right help, ie. professional help and/

or medication, whenever they need it. What an awesome opportu-nity it was for Harbord students and staff to have spent listening and inter-acting with Landsberg on such an important issue.

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Harbord’s 120th Birthday Bash Highlights ! Continued… Thurs Night @ The Gala Dinner

Highlights from April 24th Din-ner Gala: Clockwise from Top-Left:

Guests mingle in dinner hall.

Staff & guests at table #9.

Classmates reunite for photo.

Alumni Jerry Gray singing his “This Land is My Land”.

Bird’s eye view of dining hall at Gala.

Opp. Page: Photo ops of Alumni.

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Harbord’s 120th Birthday Bash Highlights ! Continued… Thurs Night @ The Gala Dinner

Photos from Gala Dinner of Alumni and Guests

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Clockwise from Top-Left:

Guests arriving down to banquet hall.

Retired former Staff & alumni re-unite!

Alumni mingle.

Guests seating @ dinning hall.

Birthday Cake to Celebrate 120th!

Belinda as M.C. for the Silent Auction.

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Harbord’s 120th Birthday Bash Highlights ! Continued… Friday Day @ H.C.I.

This page clockwise from top-left: 120th Birthday Cake to be served! Gym decorated for the Bash! Alumni visiting the Harbord Museum. Alumni visit a Decade Classroom. Tiger (aka Mr. Wallace) with SAC Pres. And Vice-Principal Ms. Gladestone.

Opp. page clockwise from top-left: Guests at the Registration table, Performance of Mikado at the Harbord Auditorium, Historical Society speaker re. Wayne & Shuster Plaque dedication. Victor Feldbrill conducting the Harbord Sr. Orchestra. Singing of the Harbord Tiger Song. Students with decorations in Gym!

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Peter Miller, Treasurer of the Harbord Charitable Foundation, is pleased to announce that this year the Foundation paid out $8,235.00 in 71 scholastic awards at the Commencement exercises and the Awards Assembly. These are funds earned from money donated over the years by former students , teachers and friends of Harbord Collegiate establishing scholar-ships and awards.

The Harbord Charitable Foundation announces that its Annual General Meeting for pre-senting its Annual Report and election of Officers took place on Friday December 19, 2012 at 10.00 am in the Museum at Harbord Collegiate .

2012 Annual Meeting of the Harbord Charitable Foundation

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Harbord C. I. - Looking Forward To...

In this section, we highlight school events that are upcoming

~ Dec 21st - Holiday Assembly

~ Dec 22nd to Jan 6th - Holiday Break

~ Feb 13th - African Heritage Month Assembly

~ Feb 18th - Family Day

~ Mar 9 - 17th - March Break

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(That’s not true; they could only recite the alphabet frontwards,

in Serbo-Croatian.) This was where Elvis Presley first per-formed for a national audience, and where the Beatles did their first American gig. So when they heard about these two crazy comedians up in Toronto, they wondered if they should have them on the show.

But there was question: would the Wayne and Shuster brand of comedy work in the States? It was very Canadian – by which I mean this. They didn’t assume their audience was made up of mental midgets, with the IQ of a 9-year-old. And it wasn’t based on insults or cutting one-liners. Rather, they assumed their audi-ence was intelligent, and knew something about the world. So they might do a take-off on Hamlet or Julius Caesar – with-

ers, who enriched our city and world, first met right here (at Harbord!)

Plague Dedicated to Wayne & Shuster, where it all began, at Harbord C.I. Continued...

out explaining that William Shakespeare was an Englishman who wrote plays. But at the same time, they were completely wacky! They ferreted the wildest, most goofball humour from wordplay, weird associa-tions, and nutty transitions. They combined worldly wisdom with complete, off-the-wall lunacy.

So the organizers of the Ed Sullivan Show paused. But eventually they decide to give it a shot, and Wayne and Shus-ter appeared in 1958.

They were a sensation. The studio audience loved them, and the viewing audience did too. They were invited back – and the reason was even more ecstatic. And on it went – eventually Wayne and Shuster appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show 67 times, more than any other act in history.

And all the time, they stayed in Toronto. Which means that now, when Torontonians and visitors walk past Har-bord Collegiate, they can pause and make magical discovery. Two marvel-ously gifted entertain-

Harbord Club Executive

President Emeritus - Murray Rubin -HCI-1950

President Pro-Tem - Syd Moscoe -HCI-1952

Harbordite Co-editors - Ben-1978 & Belinda-1981 -Staff

Director - Ben Lee -HCI-1978

Director - Sidney Ingham -HCI-1978

Director - Belinda Medeiros-Felix -HCI-1981 –Staff

Director - Vasan Persad HCI-1994 - Staff

Director - Diana Da Silva -HCI-2009

Director - Sierra Medeiros-Felix -HCI-2010

Director - Harvey Mandel -HCI-1964

Student Representative - India Annamanthadoo - HCI-2013

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Please donate to the Harbord Club. Charitable receipts are only issued for donations of $50.00 and over. All cheques of $50.00 and over for which a charitable receipt is required should be made payable to "Harbord Charitable Foundation" and on the face of the cheque in the Memo line insert the words"For the Harbord Club" . For any amount less than $50.00 or if a receipt is not required please make cheque payable to "Harbord Club" Thank You.

Wishing Everyone the Best of the Holidays!

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