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

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RAREBITS 59 episode, let us draw a veil lightly but quickly. Dur next coherent memory was eleven- thirty and we found ourselves on the train once more. It has been erroneously supposed that berths are to sleep in but we found various other uses for them. Pillows make an excellent card table and even the largest sandwich may be eaten with gusto behind the shelter of the green curtains. Then too, there were other episodes to enliven the night: several of us had excellent practice in being elusive in front of the porter and by the early hours ofthe morning we were quite skilled in the gentle art of doing pyjama marathons up and down the aisle. Nor would this account be complete if we omitted to mention Mr. Bates abrupt awakening when he was deluged with cold watery or lVlargaret's unexpected downfall in the very path of the porter and her equally rapid retreat back into her berth. Of course we realize that it is not Pullman eti- quette to remove people's shoes from beside their berths, nor yet to enter an- other berth than your own, even if by accident. However, much may be for- given us because we do not play on a championship team and travel to Wind- sor every year. . Finally, as the first faint sreaks of dawn lightened the sky we arrived home. Nine o'clock found us all with one excep- tion at school. The exception it may be remarked, had increased by noon. So ended an experience that will long be spelled with a capital E in our minds. 'I , FIELD DAY MEDAL WINNERS Standing-Patricia Nliddlcton, Elsie Hodsdon, Helen Smith, Alice Eaton. Seated-VVilliam Atkinson, Harold Eaton, Tom Hedley, Kenneth Borisuk.

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58 RAREBITS they beat Napanee on the following Saturday. Both these games were played in Toronto on neutral floors. These games made the local girls Champions of the Central Ontario second ary schools and gave them the right to meet the champions of the Eastern, Northern and Western districts, also Hamilton and Toronto districts. The Northern, Eastern, and Toronto districts however, withdrew from the finals and as Burlington defeated Brantford, the winners of the Hamilton district to determine the holder of the Lockett shield, there was only Kennedy Col- legiate, VVindsor, winners of the Yves- tern district left to beat. As Windsor again had exactly the same team which won the Ontario championship last year, chances of Burlington being victorious looked rather slim, and thus, in the entire league, they met their first defeat at Windsor on VVednesday, April the firstp The fol- lowing Tuesday, Windsor came to town and although victorious the Burlington team was unable to overcome the lead previously gained by the Kennedy girls. And so with only one loss to their credit and runners-up for the Qntario cham- pionship the Senior girls basketball team ended one of the greatest seasons in the history of the school. A great deal of the honour gained by both teams this year is due to Miss Martyn, the coach who worked faith- fully to practise the teams to cham- pionship style, to Mr. Bates, the prin- cipal, who arranged the games and made it possible for us to meet Yvindsor, to the people who so kindly drove their cars to the out-of-town games, to the students who went to the games to cheer and to the support of the community in general who, by coming to the home games, greatly increased the treasury. SENIOR TEAM Sally Loree- Sadie or Sarah. - lump centre forward and captain. The biggest on the team but the one who suffers most. Evidence-Her rosy, dimpled knees. Florian E. Loree- Fay -forward. Who along with her sister, Sally would put the locusts out of business with their password sis , Helen C. Smith --Prince -forward Star forward of this year's team who 1 never got one personal foul but always three or four. Dorothy Sanderson-'fSandy -d e - fence. Who also seems to have escaped with many offences-in games. But as the old saying goes, What the referees don't know Won't hurt them. Evelyn H. Stewart-H S t e W -d e - fence. The only player who has lost twenty-five pounds since September and who wonders why her clothes don't fit. The morning after the Windsor game, Evelyn conducted a lesson in outdoor cooking. Helen MacDonald-''Macn-defence. Lots of freckles and plenty to do. 'tithe Grip in minhsnr By MARGARET GREEN Everybody was looking forward to Tuesday, Aprill. Why? Because the Senior Girls' Basketball team was going to Windsor. The blue and gold aggre- gation, ribbons flying, finally found themselves in the Windsor train. When we came to London we got off to breathe for awhile. Here We encountered our first reminder that this was April lst. Mrs. Teasdale kindly presented Miss Martyn with two boxes of candy, one for the team and one for Miss Martyn. The team was delighted and opened the box as soon as they got back on the train. Inside were three large cakes-of soapl The time passed rapid- ly but our gay spirits defied the gloomy scene without-gray sky, gray fields, rain everywherel At last the train pulled into Windsor where our team was met by Miss Hamilton, coach of the Windsor team, and some of the girls on the team. Our journey back to the collegiate could not be termed speedy, owing to the fact that the girl drivers were not too anxious to get back to school. Our team was taken through the school and then to Windsor Court , where we were to stay and rest till supper time. Restl Everybody in the hotel seemed to be inspired with the desire to walk heavily, ponderously up- stairs, down stairs. Then to top it all, the janitor started to sing Walkin' My Baby Back Home tWe hope his baby appreciated it more than we didl. Finally after a frugal supper, we went out to meet our Waterloo. Over that tragic

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7 60 RAREBITS BO S' ' U A HLETICS , Glnmmenta nf the Qpnrting lihitnr Edfior-K RN. BORISUK V With the advance of the years the sporting life of B. H. S. progresses. Rugby is an example of this, the school having turned out a championship team this year. Mr. St. Iohn is to be con- gratulated on this achievement. Basket- ball, a comparatively new game here, has established its place although the boys lost after a hard struggle. The senior hockey team deserves a great deal of credit for its fine showing. The Track and Field Day has had great success this year. Due to the fine work of Mr. Bates it is one of the most prominent athletic activities in the school. A great deal of fine work in physical training is being done in the gymnasium during P.T. periods, although we could have some more apparatus. The drilling of the cadets is commencing and we expect a snappy exhibition from them this year. Qlfnuntg Ellielh Bug at fbakuille October was decided upon for the county meet. From our own field day till the final meet practice was carried on under the direction of Mr. Bates and Miss Martyn. A strong opposition was expected from Milton this year. Around ten o'clock all the local contest- ants set out for Oakville. A little later the Burlington supporters followed. The participants arrived in time for the junior boys to get ready for the 100 yard dash which started off the day. From then on there were no idle minutes. r' K i . W YW J-N H. Burlington started well Cmuch to the con- testants' surpriseD and continued in the same way. At twelve o'clock a halt was called for one hour so that the officials might have their lunch but for the con- testants this favorite repast was a greatly diminished affair. At one o'clock the meet started again but with it came the incident of the school colors. Some Burlington sup- porters having. purchased some blue and gold paper climbed the flag pole and a high pine tree and tied the colors at the top of them. Then things began to happen as the other schools resented Burlington colors being on the top. Qur local supporters were hard put to keep the colours there, but the results of the day proved that the blue and gold should remain there. After a stiff scrap in the pine tree, Willie Hewton distinguished himself by holding the colors in their place. Finally the boys were ordered down. Before the meet was over it could be seen that the Burlington boys were well in the lead while the girls were holding their own. Tom Hedley, Ken Borisuk and Donald Stadelman proved to be a great help to Burlington. The meet was closed by the relays in which Burlington headed the list, four out of six teams coming first while the other two each received a second place. This victory gave to Burlington High School the Lions' Club cup and the championship for the fourth time in succession. In all the meets good sportsmanship was shown. The day closed with a light repast in the Oakville High School.