Bowmanville High School - Screech Owl Yearbook (Bowmanville, Ontario Canada)

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There were also pictures, portraits in crayon, steel engraving, and lithograph, rare books for the library, museum collections of rocks, fossils, Historic papers, and scrip issued by Chas. Bowman and Co., in 1839 Cthe last by Miss Galbraithl. Under miscellaneous - were listed clocks, hat rack, Dominion Flag, stuffed Owl, crescent mounted tJ.H.H. JuryJ, Arms of the Dominion and a photo album. There were also a few cash donations.. What an odd sounding list to the modern generation! How these items were distributed around the school and whether they had a cultural or inspirational effect on the pupils of their day, we have been unable to discover in any detail. The busts were gradually relegated to the attic, many of the portraits were once on the walls of the 1930 library above the book shelves. In the 1960's Miss Boyd, English Head, resurrected several from the attic, but they weren't named or dated, so interest was short lived. Some will no doubt come to light during the 1972 moving process. From the Toronto papers come the following descriptions of the new school. Headlined, UWORTHY OF THE OLD TOWN., A Famous Day in the History of Bowmanville, The New 511,000 High School Duly Opened, An Institution to be Proud of, The TORONTO WORLD con- tinues ..... It is a striking structure of red brick on a sight commanding a good view of the lake and the surrounding country. It is 65' in length and 75' in depth. The classrooms, four in all, are large and well ventillated, with ex- cellent arrangements as to light. On the first floor is a fine science laboratory with working tables for 36 students and the apparatus necessary for giving instruction in elementary science. There is also on the smae floor a splen- did assembly room capable of accommodating 400. The second fllor floor is intended for a gymnasium. The interior woodwork is the red pine and presents a bright and attractive ap- pearance. The building is heated throughtout by hot air and 'thas a well-arranged system of plumbing and electric bells and special at- tention is paid to the tsanitary arrangements. Thesbuilding is built of red brick with sills and gables of Ohio stone and the basement walls of Credit-Valley greystone. The Library contains over 400 well-selected volumes ..... and there is the nucleus of a museum ..... The TORONTO MAIL under the headline THE GLOWING TORCH added this further description ..... a most eligible acre of land was bought from the Raine's estate, fronting to the north on Queen St. and facing Division St. . . . . . Away southward the landscape view is said to be one of the prettiest on the north shore of Lake Ontario. One mile to the south is the Lake to which a windinding stream, known as Bowman's creek, meanders through pasture fields and wooded dells. Port Darlington har- bour and the Grand Trunk railway station are in full view --- it is doubtful if another High School in Canada can be said to be more con- veniently and beautifully situated. i'Plumbing and electricity did not reach Bowmanville until much later. The sanitary arrangements mentioned were small green outhouses set among the evergreens to the south. 5

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--.... 1 GROUPS OF GIRLS 1912 AT BACK: Miss Nichol fteacher, white blouse, black skirtl almost hid- den face, Katie Stephen Cvery backlg Gladys Cousins, Florence Thom- pson islightly turnedlg Bessie Walsh, Kate Percy Cpartly hiddenlg Edna Staples and Nancy Johns Cboth dark dresseslg Pearl McMullen icheckedlg Edna Wightg Helen Johnson, Kate Foster, Mildred Coleg Madeline Stevens Cpartly hiddenl. FRONT ROW: Miss Stephens Cteacherlg Alma Perrin Cdark dressl behind her? Marion Van Nest fblack skirtlg Greta Morris Cbehind herlg Florence Van Nest Cstrippedlg Irene Bragg, Vida Longmaidg Ruby Jewell Cbehindb Alice Werry. ON THE STAGE OF ORIGINAL ASSEMBLY HALL 1913 LEFT TO RIGHT: Mary Galbraith, Helen Johnson, Ella Wight, Greta Bellman CMrs. R. Osbornel, Ester Stevens, Madeline Stephens, Kate Percy, Kate Foster, Florence Van Nest.