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

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Medal at the International competition at Geneva in 1952. A year later, he received the Harriet Cohen Commonwealth Medal as the outstanding young musician of the British Com- monwealth. After making his debut with the Toronto Symphony under Sir Ernest McMillan, he went on to do recitals, orchestral engagements, radio and television ap- pearances, recordings and concerts in New York, London, Amsterdam, Madrid, Lisbon, Munich, the Hague, followed by tours across the United States and Canada. He has written articles for music magazines, given master classes and workshops in the U.S., been in demand as a judge and lecturer. In 1958 , he returned to Bowmanville to play at a Cen- tennial concert here, which everyone thoroughly enjoyed. This was a musical good turn to thank the Town and Lions Club for their support in 1953 for his European studies. In 1958, Ray married Francis Young of Ox- ford, N. Carolina, and they have two children, David 10 and Catherine 2. In 1971, Ray was appointed Head of the Ap- plied Music Faculty at Cincinnati College of Music, University of Cincinnati. This includes all vocal and instrumental music of the College. He is also Artist in Residence and has a full schedule of 20 concerts in the U.S.A. and Canada in the 1971-'2 season. This is in addition to his teaching and administrative duties at the College, plus adjudicating and workshops in many centers of the U.S. Ray played with the Toronto Symphony at Ontario Place in July 1971. All of us who knew him, and still remember him, are justly proud of his talents and success. Ik Ik if Pk Pk lk An Article by Mr. M. Stacey Subjects, Courses, etc. In a letter from Mrs. Elsie Water CBraggJ, a former Bowmanville High School student, it was stated that in 1910 only three years of high school standing were required to obtain Normal School Entrance ii.e. entrance to Teachers' College, as it is now called, where students are trained for public school teachingl. This would likely lead to a Third Class Certificate, the most common certificate held by elementary school teachers in those days. This certificate was discontinued in the 1920'sg and in the depression years of the 1930's, because of the surplus of teachers, the Second Class Cer- tificate was no longer issued after 1936. At this time, to be admitted to a Normal School, the high school graduate must have ob- tained standing in Grade 13 English, History and five other papers, and in addition, before he could obtain a permanent First Class Cer- tificate, he had to complete one year of univer- sity courses Ci.e. five? or the equivalent in sum- mer courses in Art, Agriculture, Music, etc. sponsored by the Department of Education. During World War II and the years im- mediately afterwards, because of the scarcity of qualified teachers, the standards of entrance to Normal Schools were lowered from eight Up- per School papers in 1940, to 7 in 1943, and to five in 1944. Also from 1944 to 1956 the Depart- ment of Education offered emergency summer school sessions to qualify teachers, and even revived the Second Class Certificate, the demise of which had been hailed with joy by the teaching profession twenty years before. wk Sk ik 'K if 4' The requirements for Junior Matriculation and for University Entrance, in 1915, were twelve papers of Middle School, namely, two in Latin, two in English, two in History, two in Mathematics, and two in each of the any two of Greek, German, French or Experimental Science CChemistry, and Physicsl. These requirements remained almost unchanged even into the 1930's. Also for Senior Matriculation CGrade 13 or V forml, which became compulsory after 1931 for entry to University of Toronto, Latin, English and another language, plus at least three other sub- jects, were necessary, particularly for an Arts course. For other faculties, such as engineering, English and one other language was acceptable, providing the student had stan- ding in the equivalent number of papers in ad- ditional mathematics and science subjects. Another unpleasant touch back in the 1920's and 1930's was that every student had to present one dollar to the presiding officer

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before he was permitted to write each final l examination of Middle and Upper School, that is, nine examinations meant an expenditure of nine dollars. And, regardless of whether he passed or failed the examination, there was no refund! lk if lk ik 'lf ik Although fountain pens were in use before 1900, they were at first forbidden in schools as a substitute for steel-nibbed pens which had been fairly commonly used since 1840. In B.H.S., even into the 1950's, to accommodate students with fountain pens a bottle of ink was found on every teacher's desk. Some of the more ' prosperous and fastidious students ventured to carry their own bottles of ink with them from classroom to classroom. Many spills of ink resulted, followed by a consequent rush to the chemistry lab. to obtain from the teacher there a cloth and a bowl of ink remover solution, then the student had to get down on his Cor herl knees and clean up the inky mess he had caused. One not-so-prosperous B.H.S. student of the 1920's relates how he had to fill his foun- Ftain pen before he left for home each day at four in order that he would have ink to do his homework. He added that there was hardly ever any ink in his farm home. Incidentally, l this same student rode to school each day on horseback, at noon, after hurriedly eating his lunch, he then spent the remainder of the noon hour feeding and taking care of his horse. Today the ballpoint pen has replaced the foun- tain pen to the extent that the latter is becoming a rarity, especially amongst the younger generation. The large ink bottles and supply of blotters have disappeared from the teachers' desks. Ik ak sk Ik Bk Ik Around the year 1900, other than classical studies, English and Mathematics were firmly established as the most important subjects in high schools. Much of the English consisted of formal English grammar. This emphasis on grammar persisted until the late 1930'sg for example, every student of Form II Know Grade 107 was compelled to complete a course in English grammar in 1928. Also in the same period all II Formers were required to take a one-year course in Arithmetic. 4' Ik Ik Ik ik lk High School Entrance examinations, presided over by high school teachers, for pupils from the local public schools, were held every June until 1950 when they were abolished throughout Ontario. 1761 lf? 62