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T h e 1 6 t h o f N o v e m b e r , 1 9 8 6 , a sma l t g r o u p o f y e a r b o o k en thus ias t s gathers late o n e e v e n i n g i n R o o m 2 1 7 t o t a c k l e t h e 1 9 8 7 e d i t i o n o f Acta Studentium. H o w e v e r , m a n y w i t h i n t h i s s m a l l g r o u p a n t i c i p a t e t he severe m e n t a l a n g u i s h w h i c h w i l l f o l l o w a n d v a n i s h w i t h o u t a t r ace . Efforts are m a d e b y t h o s e f e w r e m a i n i n g m e m b e r s o f t h e e d i t o r i a l t e a m t o m e e t y e a r b o o k d e a d l i n e s . P u n c t u a l i t y e l u d e s t h e m . W i t h regret , t h e d w i n d l i n g y e a r b o o k staff c o n c e d e s tha t t h e b o o k w i l l b e la te a n d i n f o r m s t h e s c h o o l b o d y o f t h e sad n e w s . O u r a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o n w a s success fu l l y c o m p l e t e d b y M i k e a n d T i m . Perhaps t h e e n d is d r a w i n g near? R e n e w e d e f for ts are i n i t i a t e d b y t h e 2 r e m a i n i n g e d i t o r s . A last d i t c h a t - t e m p t is m a d e t o p l a c e t h e s c h o o l yea r i n t o p e r s p e c t i v e . L u c k i l y t h e w e a t h e r changes , it gets h o t o u t a n d e v e r y o n e leaves f o r t h e s u m m e r . K i c k i n g o f f t h e n e w s c h o o l year , t h e 1 9 8 6 - 8 7 e d i t i o n o f Acta Studentium hangs s i l e n t l y , b u t u n r e l e n t l e s s l y o v e r m y h e a d l i k e t h e i n f a m o u s Damoclesian sabre . Soone r o r later t h i s b o o k h a d t o b e f i n i s h e d . Wow - h e r e i t is ! T h e f i n a l p r o d u c t - he W o r k s . I c a n ' t b e l i e v e i t . N o m o r e la te n i g h t s t r y i n g t o f i g u r e o u t w h a t ' s b e e n d o n e a n d w h a t s t i l l n e e d s t o b e f i n i s h e d . I h o p e y o u e n - j o y it - i t ' s b e e n a s l i c e ! D o u g W i l s o n , Y e a r b o o k A d v i s o r . DEDICATION O f t e n , t eachers d i s a p p e a r f r o m s c h o o l s u n n o t i c e d . T h e Y e a r b o o k staff f e l t tha t it is i m p o r t a n t t o r e c o g n i z e t w o teache rs w h o have r e t i r ed th i s year . T h e r e f o r e , w e w o u l d l i k e t o d e d i c a t e t h i s Acta Studentium t o M r . S tok ree f a n d M r . G o o d m a n . M a y t h e w i s d o m y o u have g i v e n be r e t u r n e d as f o r t u n e in t h e f u t u r e . W e ' l l miss y o u ! M r . Ron G o o d m a n o r i g i n a l l y i n t e n d e d t o be a H o r t i c u l t u r a l i s t , b u t i n s t ead , he e n d e d u p t e a c h i n g G e o g r a p h y at NDSS . M a n y o f us a re a b l e t o be p r o u d o f t h e fac t t ha t w e have b e e n t a u g h t b y o n e o f t h e best . H e a t t e n d e d G u e l p h a n d W a t e r l o o U n i v e r s i t i e s a f ter c o m i n g he re f r o m E n g l a n d . N o w , af ter 2 2 years o f t e a c h i n g , m o s t l y he re , he has r e t i r e d . H e d o e s n ' t r e a l l y w a n t t o re t i r e , b u t o n e has t o s t o p s o m e t i m e . N o w , he e n j o y s m a n y h o b b i e s a n d pas t imes , i n c l u d i n g b i k i n g , s w i m m i n g , p h o t o g r a p h y a n d f l y i n g . W h e n asked i f he misses NDSS his r e p l y w a s ins tan t . " I sure d o . It 's so q u i e t . I miss e v e r y o n e at NDSS . Say h e l l o t o e v e r y o n e ! " M r . H e n k S tokree f l i v e d in t h e N e t h e r l a n d s w h e r e he w e n t t o h i g h s c h o o l a n d c o l l e g e u n t i l 1 9 5 1 , w h e n he m o v e d t o C a n a d a af ter t h e w a r . A f t e r s t u d y i n g at t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f T o r o n t o , he b e c a m e a pr ies t . In 1 9 6 9 he b e g a n t e a c h i n g a n d has b e e n a C h e m i s t r y / S c i ence t e a c h e r e ve r s i nce . H e has l i v e d in N i a g a r a f o r a l m o s t t w e n t y years a n d c o n s i d e r s N D S S t o be " o n e o f t h e f i nes t s c h o o l s a r o u n d . O v e r a l l , i t has a n i c e s t u d e n t b o d y a n d a g o o d s t a f f . " H e is r e l a t i v e l y sad t o be l e a v i n g N D , b u t n o w t h a t he is r e t i r ed he c an get m o r e i n v o l v e d in t h i n g s he e n j o y s such as r e a d i n g , t r a v e l l i n g , h o u s e k e e p i n g a n d c o o k i n g . Mr. R. Goodman Mr. H. Stokreef