Brandon Collegiate Institute - New Era Yearbook (Brandon, Manitoba Canada)

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8 THE NEW ERA STUDENT COUNCIL Back Row: MR. H. Bell . MR. J. R. REID .. . Staff Advisor Principal Second Row: ELMER KAUFMAN . DOREEN SULLIVAN . TED SPEERS . . BERNICE COCHRANE .. CLIFFORD KITSON . JACK PIERSON .. . II A Representative . II D Representative . Treasurer . II E Representative . ..IV A Representative . II B Representative Front Row: RUTH BLAND . BETTY ALLEN . MARY WATSON .... BETH CRAWFORD . BARBARA EDWORTHY .... NEOMIA AXFORD ... Absent—DONALD THOMPSON . .. .. II D Representative .. II C Representative . Secretary . President .. II F Representative . Ill C Representative .. Vice-President

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THE NEW ERA EDITORIAL Before beginning to write this foreword, I read a host of editorials, each of which was different in form and content. I concluded that it is the editor’s privilege to do exactly as he or she pleases in writing an editorial. With this thought in mind I continue. The members of the New Era Staff here present you with your own year’s work in print, for your pleasure, or (we hope not) your displeasure. You receive the finished article—written, compiled, and printed. Rut these three tasks were much more easily said than done. Before anything could he written for our magazine, it was necessary to secure students with the ability and willingness to work with us. Our New Era Staff being chosen, the members were given an idea of what was expected of them. For the first half of the year, nothing much could he done, as no activity was completed. However the contests got under way, and by the time they were finished, others were coming to a close, and soon the entire staff was hard at work. Upon completion, all the reports were handed in to he checked and typed. The typed matter was next compiled into the present form, spreading the advertisements throughout the book, and the articles in the way you now see them. This last part of our work, though it gave rise to differences of opinion, was quite interesting and enjoyable. While we were occupied with the above work, Mr. Reid kindly assisted us with respect to the pictures for the New Era, the prints of which were sent to Stovel’s in Winnipeg for cuts to he made. Upon their return, we left the rest to the printer and patiently waited for this same finished article to return. The only group who was busy was the Sales Committee with Cliff Kitson in charge of the magazine selling, and Mr. A. Harris in charge of advertising the magazine. The New Era is indebted to various persons not on its staff: to Miss Longley and John Thomas for typing of our material, to Mr. Jerret and his assistant, George Butler, for their help in getting the pictures taken, and to Judge Clement, for his account of the matricu¬ lation class of fifty years ago. In this hook we think you will find several things of special inter¬ est: the picture of Their Majesties King George and Queen Elizabeth, in honor of their visit to our Dominion, the picture and report of the previously mentioned matriculation class, and the biography of Mr. Kirkpatrick. We express thanks to Mr. Bell and the other members of the Student Council for their good sportsmanship in reference to their pictures, and we congratulate the advertising solicitors on their hard work. This book is no longer ours; you have made it yours by your in¬ terest in the Collegiate. The following pages tell of the work of the students of whom the Collegiate may well be proud. ANITA SMITH

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the new era p STUDENT COUNCIL ACTIVITIES The Student Council was organ¬ ized under the supervision of Mr. Bell who lent a guiding hand to our activities throughout the year. Beth Crawford was our capable and cheery president. We wish to thank those students who so will¬ ingly co-operated with us and helped us in our every enterprise. As usual all the students were required to buy Student Tickets which could be purchased at the price of twenty-five cents. A new ruling was made that these cards were not replacahle. The purpose of a student card is to entitle the holder to special admission prices at theatres and to admittance to school functions, as well as to add some money to our treasury. The amount of money secured in this way was $97.00. Raymond Bailey was our effi¬ cient reporter of “Collegiate Col¬ lections” in the Brandon Sun. A very capable and successful committee for Introduction Night, with Marguerite Hanson as con¬ vener, gave us an original and en¬ joyable evening. The different form of Prom showed its popular¬ ity by the large attendance. Neomia Axford as convenor for the Junior Prom deserves much credit for the good time had by all. Instead of having an orchestra for this Prom we had a Whirlitzer which fulfill- our needs. Ted. Speers and Cliff. Kitson were in charge of our Sen¬ ior Prom which was a “backward party”. It proved to be one of the most successful Proms ever. The original ideas of the committees were a boon to our social activi¬ ties. Early in November a special committee decided upon the editor of “The New Era”. Anita Smith was their splendid choice. The annual Collegiate swimming meet was held at the “Y” on No¬ vember 19th. The boys showed special interest in this event. The winning boys’ room received a cup and the winning girls’ room re¬ ceived a pennant. The meet was a decided success and added much to our extra-curricular activities. Our major production, “The Adorable Age” was the most suc¬ cessful project of the year. The cast and directors deserve hearty congratulations for their hard work in making it what it was. As to ticket sales we can boast of a full house for the two nights of presentation. We can honestly say the success was largely due to the effort of Miss Insley’s room. Her room received the prize of five dollars for a room party as a re¬ ward for selling the most tickets. A profit of $180.00 was the result of our production. A motion for the purchase of school dishes was put to the Stu¬ dent Council but was rejected be¬ cause of the high cost until Mr. Reid told us that the School Board and teachers of the city would help us. Thus we were enabled to purchase dishes which are to be left in the school for use at our social functions. Each year the students try to leave behind them some addition to the school. The usual procedure of award¬ ing school crests to deserving stu¬ dents will be observed at the clos¬ ing exercises in the middle of June. —M.W.