Central Collegiate Institute - Analecta Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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The Analecta 7 CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL The first High School work done in the North-West Territories was begun in Calgary in 1889 with Mr. James Short, now Crown Prosecutor, as teacher. High school work was carried on in conjunction with public school work as is done in many rural districts today. The first high school proper was built on Seventh Ave. East, behind the City Hall and classes began there in September, 1903, with Mr. H. A. Sinnott as principal and Miss E. J. McPhail as assistant. The best known student of those days is Mr. Jos. Shaw, leader of the Liberal party in Alberta. Many of the men and women in Calgary today received their high school education in that old building which was known as “Sleepy Hollow.” In 1904 Mr. J. A. Smith was added to the staff and he became principal in 1907 when Mr. Sinnott resigned. In 1908 Mr. Smith entered the service of the Department of Education as Inspector of Schools and Mr. H. C. Newcombe became principal. The present building was built in 1908 and the opening was marked by much enthusiasm. It was declared by many that Calgary would never have enough boys and girls of high school age to fill the eight rooms, it then contained. At that time there were four teachers but a fifth was added to take charge of the commercial department j ust organized. From the retirement of Mr. Newcombe in 1911 till the appointment of the present principal in 1916 the school had four principals. The building was enlarged in 1913 and in 1915 a new centre was formed. The rapid development from that time on is familiar to all. In closing this brief account of the growth of the Central High School I would like to point out that in the early days the high school was a much more important factor in the lives of the young people. Much of the social activities that now centre around the church and the Y.M.C.A. were organized from the school. Boys and girls made and looked after their own rinks and tennis courts. Money was not so plentiful and it was usually a case of the boys making their own provision for recreation or going without. I do not think the students of twelve years ago worked any harder than those of today. The course of studies was simpler and examination requirements were not so rigorous. But they were more independent and possessed an initiative that is not so apparent today when boys and girls have money to pay for amusements that formerly they had to provide themselves. PRINCIPAL.

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6 The Analecta the school workers who have achieved a triumphant ending. These same students have pulled together for the purpose of obtaining a single end the re-establishment of Central High. It has been accomplished and with their leaving, a trust is being passed on to you. Do not fail them, and in years to come, however vague this word now to you may seem, you will realize its full significance and rejoice in the fact that those to whom you have left a similar trust will fulfd it as you did yours. RALPH A. ROGERS, Editor-in-Chief. “THE ANALECTA” It was in the school year of 1910-11 that the hopes of the pupils of Central High, to have a printed school magazine, were realized. Two years before they had started with “The Echo,” which appeared fort¬ nightly in the Literary Society under the editorship of Robert Hall, but the paper had grown so steadily that at last they were able to attain the dignity of a printed edition. The first supervisor of the “Analecta” was Mr. W. G. Carpenter, B.A., the editor-in-chief was C. W, Newcomb, and the business managers were Roy Black and Noble Black. There were also associate editors and re¬ porters on the staff. Many Analectas have appeared since that first one was published, sometimes once and sometimes twice a year. The aim of the “Analecta” is to unite all the students in the endeavor to produce a magazine worthy of the school, and its value is great as it awakens in the student the desire to use and develop his literary abilities. The word “Analacta” is derived from the Greek. It means a collection of literary fragments. DAISY MAMINI.

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8 The Analecta OUR EDITOR Ralph Rogers, alias “Crowfoot,” like many other men of fame, was born beneath the blue skies of sunny Italy. The exact date is not pro¬ curable but for the benefit of the inquisitive, we refer you to Ralph, who will be only too pleased to enlighten you on the subject—maybe. Refore he sprouted his first tusk, his youthful aspirations had lured him across the briny deep, to Canada. His movements from there, may be traced to Alberta where he put Edmonton on its feet. It is said, by the way that lie was four of the reasons why Edmonton was made the capital. Soon he migrated to Calgary and enrolled in C.C.I. where he has spent few dormant hours. During the first part of the term he showed his ability as an elocutionist and in fact so superb an orator did he become that he soon graduated into a yell leader of the first water. His sterling qualities of salesmanship were revealed in the brilliant success he made of distributing the school rings and pins. It was rather amusing, to say the least, when a timid youth, on asking for Mr. Rogers, was shown to a mob of girls and told that Ralph was in the centre fitting the girls with rings. Although well up in his academic studies, Ralph still may be included in the class that take home books. And someone has even had the audacity to say that he actually studies from those books he takes home.