Kelvin High School - Kelvin Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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taught at the LaVerendrye, later com¬ ing to Kelvin when it was first opened. Her long years of service to the school were greatly appreciated by all. Miss Perry, who is another former Kelvin student, left her work in the Household Arts De¬ partment, last year, to be married. She has gone to live in Hamilton, Ontario, and we of Kelvin wish her happiness Mbs. H. Steventon (Doris Perry) and the best of luck in her new home. We are pleased once more to offer our congratulations to Mr. Sellors, our Art teacher, who has received a Carnegie Scholarship entitling him to a summer course at the University of Oregon. THANKS Your editors wish to thank: 1. Our advertisers who have made this book possible. Our readers are asked to patronize these firms. 2. Those who assisted so courteously in the publication of this book: Wallingford Press, Rapid, Grip Batten, C. Jessop, Photographer. 3. Mr. Toseland and his staff who helped so willingly in all school activi¬ ties. 4. Our enterprising Advertising Com¬ mittee: Mr. C. Kerr, Glen Garvin, Ed. Palk. 5. All students who assisted by con¬ tributing material and by supporting our paper with their subscriptions. 21

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JOTTINGS KELVIN GRADE XI HONORS SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CORONATION In honor of Mr. Archie Hay, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Hay, who will represent Kelvin High School in the students’ Coronation tour, his class¬ mates in Grade XI, Room 36, enter- ARCHIE HAY tained Thursday afternoon, May 9th. During the afternoon he was presented with a set of evening cuff-links. On Friday morning, members of Grade XI assembled in the auditorium of the school, where Mr. J. S. Little, the principal, gave a brief address explain¬ ing how the students were selected for this tour. Miss Brown, presented Mr. Hay on behalf of the students, with a school blazer embroidered with the Kelvin crest. Kelvin was very fortunate this year in gaining three excellent teachers as additions to her staff, Mrs. Graham, Mr. Neil and Mr. McIntyre. Mr. Neil, who came to us from Prin¬ cipal Sparling, is in charge of the boys’ Physical Training and is a wizard at all manner of gymnastics. Under his capable guidance the boys have learned to do hand springs, nip-ups, tiger bal¬ ances and many other intricate exer¬ cises. It has not taken Mr. Neil long to become acquainted with us. Mr. McIntyre, an ex-Kelvinite, is a valuable addition to our English De¬ partment. A graduate of McMaster and Harvard Universities, he comes to us from Robert H. Smith. We hope that he is as glad to be back at Kelvin as we are to have him back. Mrs. Graham, who replaced Miss Perry in the Household Arts Depart¬ ment, formerly taught in the same ca¬ pacity at Earl Grey and thus is a friend of many of the girls, having taught them previously. We are very glad to wel¬ come her to Kelvin. However, with all good things there must come the bad and we are sorry to announce the retirement of Miss Mac- dougall, Miss Perry and Mr. Padwick. Mr. Padwick, however, is only a partial loss, as he has been placed in charge of the High School Orchestra for the city and in this capacity is called upon to visit Kelvin fairly fre¬ quently. We wish Mr. Padwick him the best of luck in his new position and hope that he will be able to build up an even finer orchestra than he had at Kelvin. It is with the deepest regret that we announce the retirement of Miss Macdougall, one of the original mem¬ bers of Kelvin’s staff. Miss Macdou¬ gall came to Win- Miss nipeg from Nova E. M. Macdougall Scotia and first

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THE KELVIN CREST T HROUGHOUT the ages “symbolism” has played an important part in our history and still means much to us. In brief, “symbols” are outward and visible signs of an inward meaning. Thus, all flags convey to their na¬ tionals special meanings as in the case of the Union Jack which by its pattern¬ ing incorporates the red cross of St. George for England, the white cross of St. Andrew for Scotland and the diag¬ onal red cross of St. David for Wales. These incorporated into one symbol sig¬ nify the union of the three countries as a corporate whole. In the days of Chivalry each knight was distinguished by his coat of arms. These consisted of symbols bearing ref¬ erence to qualities for which the family was distinguished, such as the “Lion,” a symbol of strength, sometimes “couch- ant” at others “rampant” as in the arms of Scotland. One of the best known symbols is that of the “Cross” which epitomises all that is inferred by Chris¬ tianity. Whether you are aware of it or not (in modern times) though the signifi¬ cance may have been lost, we still fol¬ low the practice in regalia, club in¬ signia and school and college badges. We naturally desire distinctive mark¬ ings to identify our associations and there is no better way than that of a design distinctive in form and color, one easily recognizable by the mem¬ bers of an organization. Whether you call it a crest, a badge, an emblem, or any of a dozen names in common use, it essentially is a symbol of the quali¬ ties and identity of such a body using it. In our School’s history we have found ourselves searching for some form of expression embodying a rich symbolism to express our identity. First we chose as our colors Cherry and Gray; the rich red expressing all those warm human sympathies we admire; the cool blue gray symbolising the calm judgment of an educated mind. This became natu¬ rally the basis for all the designs we use to identify particular emits of our school. Of our first school crest, no one has any record other than the designer of it, but it was the beginning of a con¬ sciousness for an official symbol. The second developed in the War period and consists of a background of cherry and gray stripes, vertical and superimposed by a Golden Torch, a Laurel wreath and ribbon upon which is inscribed “Kelvin.” It was inspired by McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Field,” the passage “To you from failing hands we throw the torch” providing us with our chief sym¬ bol. Just as over 500 of our students accepted the challenge of the War, we who remain accept the challenge of the “Torch” to carry on the progress of humanity. Not only that, but we crown it with the Laurel of Victory, and label it with our identity, and back it up with the full strength of the Cherry and Gray symbol of war, human sympathies, and calm human intelligence. That is what our Crest should mean to us and we should be proud to wear it as a School. That the enterprising Sports Committee was quick to seize it as an athletic award is history but the crest has wider sig¬ nificance than that and in one form or another should be adapted for all school uses, stamping these with the rich in-