MAD HATTER

 

Host families, like the college itself,
helped Ito and Ohta to strengthen their
understanding of English and get to
know more about Canadian culture.
Both Ito and Ohta returned to Japan
with new insights into a country which
their fellow students will come to know
better through their experience.

-MASAO ITO

Masao Ito enjoyed staying
with his host family
during his visit to
Douglas College.

 

 

JAZZ TRIO

The marvelous sounds of the Roy
Reynolds Jazz Trio will fill the Douglas
College Performing Arts Theatre at
12:30 P.M. on Thursday, February 5,
when the group plays hosts to the free
Noon at New West concert series.

The trio, consisting of Reynolds on
Saxophone, Oliver Gannon on guitar
and Torbon Oxbol on bass, will feature
a lunch hour full of grand jazz music of
the past and present.

Reynolds, the leader of the trio, is best
known for his seven years of perfor-
mances with the popular Stan Kenton
Orchestra.

This free noon hour concert is just one
in the series of Noon at New West
performances sponsored by the
department of music at Douglas
College.

DOUGLAS
COLLEGE
FOUNDATION

The Douglas College Foundation is
the “new kid” on the block, but its pres-
ence and support is already being felt
throughout the College Community.

At its January 22nd meeting, three
grants totalling $1925 were awarded to
a diverse and interesting array of
projects.

Those grants include $925 to assist
with the production of the Douglas
College Jazz Band's third album; $500
to assist the Douglas College Day
Care Society to improve safety in the
outdoor play area through the installa-
tion of cushion flooring; and $4500 to
assist with the production of a rock
video on the “Cinderella Complex,”
currently being produced by ABE in-
structor Mae Burrows.

 

The Foundation, set up early last year
to raise funds for student aid and other
worthwhile educational endeavors, is
currently in the midst of planning a
$50,000 internal campaign (specifi-
cally for student aid) to run February
9th to 13th. That internal campaign is
being chaired by Kevin Barrington-
Foote, Wendy Keenlyside and Carole
Nelson.

Externally, the Foundation has
launched a $500,000 capital campaign
to establish a College endowment.

Foundation Board Chairman, Bill Em-
erton credited the College employees
and administration with establishing
“a positive reputation for high quality
teaching and service to its communi-
ties.”

“The importance of funding these
projects is that it helps the College
maintain its reputation of quality and
service to the community. These
worthwhile projects need this kind of
financial support.

“it is very heartening for the external
community members on the Board to
see the effort and enthusiasm being
put into the internal campaign by the
co-chairmen and other volunteers,”
Emerton said. i

“That type of commitment can only
make those of us on the Board work all
that much harder to reach the
$500,000 external goal.”

TRAVEL BY CHAIR

Travelling may be the best way to see
the world, but Douglas College has a
cheaper alternative. The Armchair
Travellers Series will be starting its
new installment in February.

“Exotic Asia: A Bert Schendel Slide
Series”, will explore the magic and
mystic of the East in four Wednesday
evening sessions.