Burlington High School - Rarebits Yearbook (Burlington, Ontario Canada)

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RAREBITS 55 Chapter, Mrs. A. C. Burnet presented the High School board prizes. The E. A. Harris gold medal awarded to Edna Robinson was presented by Mr. Harris. Much interest was displayed in The Bachelor's Reverien, as presented by a number of the students. The presentation of the athletic awards provided an interesting feature. The M. M. Robinson Gold medal, awarded to Kenneth Borisuk as the outstanding athlete of the year, was presented by Mr. Robinson. The suc- cessful girls in the field day events re- ceived their medals and ribbons from Mrs. D. A. Hyslop, while Mr. F. C. Virtue made the presentations to the boys. The Lions Club Challenge Cup, emblematic of the athletic champion- ship of Halton County, was awarded by Air. L. D. Dingle, president of the Bur- lington Lions' Club. Mr. W. L. Smith, made the presentation of the special awards. The Minuet, a charming old-fashioned dance, was given by some of the senior girls accompanied by Elizabeth Coleman, who introduced the dance by a rendering of the song of the same name. During the intermission the High School orchestra entertained with a number of selections. The three-act play The lmportance of Being Earnest made up the second part of the programme. The members of the cast: Osler Lockhart, Dick Berry Reginald Cozens, Iean Leitch, Evelyn Stewart, Lodema Daggett, Iolene Mack- lin, Bill Clifton and Bruce Colton- took their parts in splendid fashion with the result that the play was most suc- cessful and was much enjoyed by those present. The programme closed with the National Anthem. The programme was repeated the next evening when an additional number-a reading, Spread- ing the News , was given by Ethel Scott. 4.wMw...:f,--- -M.-.M A ,,1-- - 1 -aff Y. -4 H ,..:.f,.a..tt:...-..,.a::.4.4,.....,k,a ,.,.,.,..,., -...... , ..,. , ,.., .s...,,.. ....... -..,,...-...,,.-,..-,,...,,-, CAST OF THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTH Back Row-Osler Lockhart, Iolene Macklin, William Clifton, lean Leitch, Bruce Colton. Sitting--Reginald Cozens Evelyn Stewart, Miss Edna Shaw, B.A., Lodema Daggett, Richard Berry. -

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54 RAREBITS THE LITERARY EXECUTIVE Back Row-Jerome King, Archie McMillan Front Row-Reta Swartz, Reginald Cozens, Evelyn Stewart. IE. I-I. 9. Glnmmenrenwnt iixerrisz-1:5 By EDNA M. ROBINSON, IV. Great interest was manifested in the delightful and attractive programme presented at the annual commencement on December 18th. The auditorium was well filled and the executive of the Literary Society deserve great praise for the way in which the numbers were carried outg also much credit is due to those teachers who spent so much of their time to make the commencement a real success. The programme opened with the singing of 0 Canadau led by the High School orchestra., following which a girls' and boys' chorus was much en- joyed, Mr. Bates then delivered the commencement address, following which a vocal quartette consisting of Ernest Berry, Elizabeth Coleman, Pat. Hobson, and Beryl McMillan was well received. Arthur Iones, a graduate of last year, now attending university, had the honor of delivering the Valedictory address. The graduation diplomas were pre- sented by Mr. T. E. Freeman and the Commercial diplomas and certificates by Mr. Holtby. A French song was rend- ered by Forms II and IH. and a pleasing personality sketch, In the Usual Way was contributed by Miss Florian Loree. The I.O.D.E. prizes were presented by Mrs. Harry Thomas of Thayendaneagea

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56 RAREBITS E. ill. 9. mazquernhn Another party belongs to yesterday and another success marks the social progress of Burlington High. We open- ed our doors to welcome parents and past pupils to our annual Hallowe'en frolic. And what a frolic it wasl A flashing sign of HB. H. S. beck- oned the wandering spirits of the night to the high school entrance, an entrance strangely similar to can autumn corn field. There is a tang to Qctober and our decoration committee realized aptly the possibilities of time and place. The assembly hall dripped orange and black festoonsg pumpkins, sleek and golden, grinned wickedly from the footlights, and in the bare branches of a dead tree a black cat, symbolic of all that is Hal- lowe'en, arched its back at the revellers. The auditorium, we are proud to say, was filled to capacity. The Literary president opened the evening with a brief address, welcoming our visitors and out- lining the program to come. The first item was a Mother Goose pageant pre- sented by a number of the students. Don. Stadelman and Ierry King, accom- panied by Dorothy Biggs, then favored the audience with a violin and saxa- phcne duet, following which a number of first formers danced the Sailor's Horn- pipe. After another duet by Stadelman and King, the play Brian Pulls a Banner, written by one of last year's students, Hilda Statham, was pre- sented. The cast consisting of Kate Coleman, Paul Christianson, Bud Sheppard, Qsler Lockhart and Florian Loree, certainly did justice to the crea- tion and their coach, Miss Shaw. At nine o'clock the Grand March began. Led by a few jolly Tars,' the fantastic procession wound its way up the stairs, through the upper corridors and down again to circle the assembly hall, Never in the history of the school has there been such a variety of clever costumes, and the judges, Mrs. Robin- son, Mrs. Lindley and Mr. Rae found their task a very difficult one. However, they proved themselves competent in this matter and out of the chaos de- clared the winners of the five groups as follows: Best dressed lady, Lois Stevenson, Spanish senorita, and Mar- jorie Hyslop, ballet dancer, best dressed gentleman, Ralph Christianson, in a Colonial costume, and Paul Christianson as a cowboy: best comic couple two rather grisly farmers, later proved to be Iolene Macklin and Florence Richard- son. The best dressed couple were Helen Daggett and Lawrence Hill, in Spanish costume, and Annie Kurtz, in Hawaiian costume, won the prize for the most original get-up. ' Here they arel And they were-our own Phil avec syncopaters. And the party began. Bell-hop and burglar, vagabonds and chorus girls, Galahads, senoritas, gypsics and clown-milled before one's eyes. Harem girls with the exotic atmosphere of the Qrientl Ballet dancers in delight- ful proximity to beruffled gentlemen of the eighteenth centuryl Dear little ladies in taffeta and laces-boop-oop-a- doopingl Sailors everywhere-but then there's something about a sailor, you know. And swash-buckling Spaniards