Alberta Normal School - Aurora Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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76 EDMONTON NORMAL SCHOOL TH€ BOXinG CLUB The boxing Club was organized near the end of January. While the membership was never large, enthusiasm was high amongst those who attended. There were from eight to twelve boys who missed scarcely a single meeting of the beak buster’s union. The purpose of the club was to teach the boys something of a skill which is both in¬ teresting and useful. Competition was carried on in the friendliest spirit of “give and take”, though all the boys realized the practical nature of the Biblical admonition that “It is more blessed to give than to receive”. Classes were usually held at 8:15 A.E. (awful early) Saturday mornings. Stifle those Friday night party yawns, boys, and do your warm up exercises. These were usually followed by a few more strenuous toughening exercises with medicine balk or skipping ropes. Mr. Kirkpatrick then demonstrated some particular skills of the game, such as the straight left, ducking, or some point on footwork. These were practised by the group, working in pairs. Several such lessons emphasizing the skills, were given before the gloves were donned for actual matches. Many of the boys’ faces registered quite a shocked expression when they first walked into a glove. The strangeness soon wore off, and in many of the bouts there was a good measure of skill as well as fact action. The boys thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and they learned much that will be of use to them. It took will power to get up after those Friday nights, but it was worth it. TH6 BOnSPI€L “Right there now—In turn; Draw weight. That’s right. Let her alone. Now SWEEP, you curlers, SWEEP.” In between the crashes, as some muscular and enthusiastic but inexperienced curler put one right through the house, snatches of skip’s jargon such as this might be heard at the Granite Curling Rink any time between nine o’clock and three on February 21st. The occa¬ sion? Didn’t you know? It’s the greatest curling event in Canada except the Macdonald Brier—the E.N.S. mixed honspiel, and we do mean mixed. A mixture of stout lads and fair lasses, a mixture of good shots and ghastly shots, a mixture of experience and raw enthusiasm. There was good ice, good fun, and good organization which provided everybody with a chance to take part in the ’Spiel. The whole thing added up to one of the most enjoyable days of the year, and all the curlers wish to extend their thanks to Dr. Lord for so kindly arranging for the use of brooms and rocks, and for instructing the uninitiated in their first attempt at curling. Jim Menzies, our genial sports representative, is. also to be commended on the manner in which he helped organize the day’s sport. The results would show that Jim is better as an organizer than as There were plenty of laughs during the day. Enough rocks were thrown to build Boulder Dam, and enough sweeping was done to clean all the houses in Edmonton, and nobody thought it was work until the next day. Skip Ken McConkey curled nicely, and with strong support from his rink Bawden (lead), Wiles (second), and Meen (third), managed to edge out Lloyd Cook for the silverware (defense stamps). Cook, with the support of Hayes, Ronaghan, and Falconer, gave the winners a real run for their honors. When these two skips meet in the Macdonald Brier ten years from now the battle will be resumed.

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78 EDMONTON NORMAL SCHOOL V FOR VICTORY Someone has said that behind every successful campaign there is a woman. The Aurora of 1941-1942 once again owes its success in large measure to an army of young ladies. Early last fall eighteen bright, energetic girls were chosen from the various classes to contact the business firms in the city. Advertisements defray a major portion of the expense in publishing a Year Book, and we needed plenty of advertisements. The prospect of success was obvious at the first meeting. How could any business man refuse such attractive advertising agents? We decided on our goal, and paired the young ladies. A prize was offered to the winning team, and the race was on. Whether it was the V for Victory, the sales talk, the personality, or just plain hard work we cannot say, but day by day the list of advertisers grew. With many business men feeling the pinch of the war effort we lost quite a number of patrons who had advertised in previous years, but the girls were not discouraged. They went into the business highways and byways and brought in new advertisers to replace the losses. After a few short weeks our advertising total matched the all time high of last year’s edition. The team of Nadine Miller and Shirley Kerr brought in the highest total of advertising, but several other teams were only a little behind. A theatre party was arranged to conclude the 1941-42 Aurora Victory Drive, and, appropriately enough, the title of the show we saw was “The Feminine Touch”. To this galaxy of super-sales girls we would say “Bravo! and thank you all.” Hazel Bratrud and Eileen Tandberg; Elsie Kowalchuk and Anne Greff; Nadine Miller and Shirley Kerr; Jean Chisholm and Margaret Cameron; Mildred Larsen and Marguerite Miller; Therese Dandurand and Margaret Allen; Jean Thoroughman and Margaret Mulloy; Elaine Snow and Betty Poaps; Irene Wallsten and Vera Revega. HENRY H. REPP, Advertising Manager.