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

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s Our 1890 i Dedication To Bowmanville High School, its students, teachers, board members through the years, and their influence in the life of this community and other areas. Appreciation Your historical committee wishes to thank those of you who contributed so much of the material contained in this section. Without your help our efforts would have lacked both body and colour. We also wish to apologize for our inability to include every memory, every pic- ture, provided to us. We have been thrilled by the quantity of material supplied and distressed by the exigencies of time and space which have forced us to make decisions that may disappoint many of you. If our dates do not agree with your memories, it is because your memories of- ten did not agree with each other. This is however YOUR history fellow B.H.S. ers, so if important events,--to you-- have been omitted, perhaps it may be because you failed to supply the story.

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WEST DURHAM NEWS, BOWMANVILLE DECEMBER 15, 1890 The afternoon meeting was commenced at two o'clock in the large Assembly room of the school, with Mr. J.B. Fairbairn, postmaster and chairman of the Board, presiding. After the singing of CANADA, OUR HOME by the pupils, led by Mr. J.D. Keachie, the chairman called on the Rev. T.W. Jolliffe, pastor of the Methodist church, to open with prayer. Among those present at this time were the Hon. E. Blake, M.P., Hon. G.M. Ross, Minister of Education, W.R. Brock, J. Hoskin, Q,C., John Squair, B.A., Toronto Ca long list of local dignaties--board members, ministers, doctorsl. Letters Letters of regret were read from Ca long list including? Prof. Goldwin Smith, Attorney General of Ontario, Hon. J.M. Gibson, Chan- cellor Burwash, Victoria University, Principal Grant, Q,ueen's University, Judge Benson, Port Hope, J.J. Tilley, Toronto, David Boyle, Ph.D., Curator Canadian Institute, Toronto, Rev. George Blair, M.A., Prescott tex-principal of schooll, M.A. Hamilton tex-principal? etc. etc. Cinvitations had obviously been sent out far and wide to ex-students and the intellectual com- munityl. The chairman in a short address---gave a short sketch of the work done in the school. Nineteen different subjects, consisting of 38 classes, were taught. A fourth teacher had lately been added, making the teaching staff second to none in the Province. Members of the board also spoke briefly, af- ter which Principal Fenwick read a lengthy history of the development of education in Up- per Canada and Ontario with special reference to Bowmanville schools. A lengthy list Ccompare 1930 opening given later? of contributors to the interior decoration and equipment was read. BUSTS The Queen - D.B. Simpson Q,C. Sir John A. MacDonald - W.R. Brock, Tornto Hon. Alex McKenzie - W.R. Brock, Toronto Sir Daniel Wilson - Hamilton McCarthey, R.C.A. Toronto Hon. Edward Blake - Beith Bros. Hon. George Brown - W.T. Lockhart M.P.P. Newcastle Rev. Dr. Ryerson - M.A. James Sir Walter Schoot - Thos. Paterson Robbie Burns - S. McConnochie, F. Bleakley, W. Pirie Shakespeare- W.F. Allen, Mayor Prof. Agassiz - Dr. W.E. Tilley, P.S.I. Charles Dickens - C. Hennecke and Co., Milwaukee, Wis. STATUES Life-size VICTORY by Rauche, Berlin - H.S. pupils HIDE and SEEK, Boy by Rogers - A.A. Post, Architect , Girl by Rogers - the Board. STATUETTES A MERCHANT OF VENICE group by Rogers - D. Fisher PAUL AND VIRGINIA group - Hon. E. Blake, Q,C., M.P. Toronto THE FAVOURED SCHOLAR and WELCOME - H.S. Staff