Alma College - Almafilian Yearbook (St Thomas, Ontario Canada)

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SUTHERLAND ' S SHOE STORE (L. E. Nichols) Qeitai ' Air-Conditioned Restaurant • Full Course Dinners and Lunches Scott McHale Blatchford Murray-Selby Shoes • • Soda Bar Fine Home-Made Candies 429 Talbot St. — St. Thomas • Where the Alma Girls Meet 519 Talbot St. - St. Thomas GALLOWAYS THE HOME OF CANADA ' S FINEST FOOD SPECIALTIES AND THE ICE CREAM CENTRE OF ST. THOMAS • Ice Cream — Chicken Specialties — Spudnuts — Pies and Pastries Lunches and Snacks — A La Carte Meals. All Manufactured and Prepared From Tested Recipes in Our Own Kitchens. Dining Room, Counter and Take-Home Service. • Three Locations for Your Convenience MAIN STORE — 145 Ross St., St. Thomas — Phone 1553. COFFEE SHOP — 791 Talbot St., St. Thomas — Phone 1220. May to October — PORT STANLEY BEACH. Page 28

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LEFT TO RIGHT: — Lois Foster, Beverley Feick, Sue Merrall, Josephine Smith, Elaine Weese, Marilyn McMeeken. Front: — Ann Hanselman, Mamie Daly. The Student Council ' The chief aim of the Student Council is to ensure the fullest measure of co-operation among the students in the promotion of the best interest of the college ' Elected to fulfill this duty for the two terms are as follows: First Term Sue Merrall Mamie Daly Lois Foster Beverley Feick President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Second Term Josephine Smith Ann Hanselman Marilyn McMeeken Elaine Weese To start a school year off right is a hard task, but it was handled well by the first term executive. After the rampage of Hurricane Hazel an Auction Sale was held in the gymnasium to raise money for the Flood Relief and doughnuts were sold. Aided by funds from the S.C.M., the Student Council was able to donate fifty dollars. Plans for the Christmas formal, the Holly Hop went ahead next. The functioning of the Council was checked hardly by the illness of the President, Sue Merrall. The Vice-Presidnt, Mamie Daly carried on admirably at school and the president from her hospital bed. The twenty-five dollars left over from the dance was used to buy Christmas gifts for Mrs. Sifton, Mrs. Doering, Mrs. Douglas, and the household Staff. Preparations for the Senior Prom, Cupid ' s Capers , Feb. 19 were carried out by the second term council. An agreement was made that Mr. McKittrick of London would take the school pictures, the week starting Feb. 28. At this point in the school year the present council is looking forward to the Graduation Dance, May Day, and the Graduation Ceremonies. Josephine Smith HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES House Warner Ryerson East Ryerson East Ivory Lower Mac Upper Mac First Term Barbara Carbert Joan Philp Barbara G. Brown Mary Louise Fritz Lynn Nicholson Molly Carbert Second Term Mamie Daly Marlene Root Sue Merrall Patricia Connors Nancy Mitson Janet Burgess Page 27

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ALMA COLLEGE S. C. M. LEFT TO RIGHT: — Janie Noftle, (President), Sheila Marr, (Vice-President), Donna-Rae Prong (Secretary), Barbara G. Brown (Tteasurer). The Student Christian Movement o! Alma College has had a very active and varied year. Its programme is designed to keep beiore the students the claims of the Christian faith. We believe that education and religion go hand in hand; and no perso n is really educated unless she has some knowledge of the meaning and history of religion. Our religious activities take two forms. One is the Sunday evening chapel service. In an effort to stir up discussion on the campus concerning Christianity in our maiden world, the S.C.M. invited speakers to these Sunday evening chapel services, for which the students were responsible the first Sunday in each month. The following is a list of the special programmes presented during the year: — Miss Doreen Lee, Executive Director of the St. Thomas Y.W.C.A. gave an address on the work of this organization. — Rev. Beverly Oaten of Five Oaks spoke to the girls on Seeing Beauty . — Miss Rachael McKay told us of her two years in Paris. — Miss Bessie MacMurchy of the University of Western Ontario, who spent many years as a nurse in India, showed us the different types of Indian costumes. — A special address was given on October 17th by Dr. Dobson on the founding of Alma College. —During Y.M.C.A. week, an address was given by Mr. George Walker, Director of the St. Thomas Y.M.C.A. He was assisted by his son Mac , who spoke on recreation in Y.M.CA. — Mr. and Mrs. Thurlow shared with us their fine colour slides on Japan, taken by their son Jim. — Dwight Reid, a Theological student of Western University, conducted an evening worship service in the chapel. — Miss Gertrude Cole, a teacher of English at the Collegiate in St. Thomas, gave us an account of her trip to the Holy Land. « — Mr. Thorman, who had spent a year teaching in the British Isles, gave a talk on the value of private schools and compared Canadian private education with British private education. — Mr. Gordon Dollar of St. Thomas brought the girls up to date on the pleasures of university life in an informal talk. — Ruth Tillman, of Toronto, who has spent the past six years working as a United Church missionary in Newfoundland, showed us coloured pictures of her work there. Our other activity is in th% form of special projects in which we helped to bring hope and happiness to those in need. First we turned our thoughts to Korea, and sent a $10 Care parcel to provide school supplies for a little Korean boy. Then we felt it was our duty to help the Crippled Children ' s Fund, and so a cheque of $10.00 was sent to the Canadian March of Dimes . Through Jim Thurlow, a teacher in a Japanese school in Nishinomiya, we were introduced to Tatsuo Isaka San, a young Japanese student who is training for the Christian ministry and because of ill health needed help. A gift of $30.00 was sent to him at Christmas. At that time, a letter came from Jim requesting help to purchase Bibles for thirty Japanese students; a cheque for $35.00 was sent out to him for this purpose. The one project which has perhaps brought the most joy to our students was our adoption of John William Denzil, a twelve- year-old boy of Saint George ' s Home , Madras, India. He was taken into this school because his mother could not support him. Both John and his mother had gone hungry most of the time, and the health of both was critical. Since entering the school John has proved to be a fine boy. It is projects like this that not only establish a personal bond of fellowship, but give us an opportunity of helping those for whom a little can mean so much. I would like to express my thanks to all the students who have joined wholeheartedly in the work of the S.C.M. throughout the year. Our meetings, our services and our activities have been enriched by those who have contributed and by those who have used their talents in music and song. Ih closing I Would like to leave this thought with you: You will find, as you look back upon this year, that the moments which stand out above everything else are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of Christian love Janie Noftle Page 29