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

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On A ' fXfi ' ieciatian NCE again we reach the conclusion of another school year and with it the 1953 publication of the Analecta. Through the years to come, may this edition bring back to us memories of the happiest days of teen-age years. In several ways, this vol¬ ume with its record of achievements, both academic and athletic, is a milestone in our lives. In editing this year book, I have had ample co-operation and help from my co-editors, to whom I am more than grateful. I would especially like to voice my appreciation for the willing assistance extended to me by our principal, Mr. Weir, and by our literary advisor, Miss Calder. Also, I would like to thank our secretary. Miss Johnson, for the small, yet important jobs she has done throughout the year. Hearty thanks are also due to the many advertising firms whose contributions have made this book possible. My gratitude is extended to my fellow students whose write-ups have added much interesting reading to this year book. I consider it a great honour to dedicate this year ' s Analecta to our retiring principal, Mr. Weir. —JIM BROWNE, Editor. 13

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' “THIS, our 38th Year Book, marks the end of an era in the history of Central High School. Our principal, Fred D. Weir, retires at the end of June and to him we have the honor of dedicating the 1953 Analecta. Fred D. Weir was born at Guelph, Ontario, the son of a Baptist minister, the Rev. Wm. Cornett Weir, B.A., B.Th. He started public school in Everett, Washing¬ ton, moved with his parents to Toronto. Ontario and passed his High School Entrance Examination while attending school at Carle- ton Place, Ontario. His high school work was likewise taken at several places. In 1901 he entered the Carleton Place High School, moved two years later to Georgeton Ontario, and finally to Waterford, Ontario, where he obtained his Senior Matriculation. Mr. Weir then entered the Simcoe Model School where he earned his Ontario Teacher ' s Certificate; later he gained his Alberta Certificate at the Calgary Normal School. This was followed by a period of teaching at Clear Creek, Bailieboro, and Riverside in Ontario. In 1909 F. D. Weir entered McMaster University then located in Toronto. While at McMaster, where he obtained his B.A. degree, he won five university scholarships and still found time to play on the rugby team and to be a member of the track team. Our principal’s connection with Central goes back to January 1914 when he joined the staff as an instructor in Latin. A year later he moved to Camrose to become principal of the Practice School of the Camrose Normal. From September 1919 to June 1922 he taught Latin at Central. When East Calgary High School was opened in 1922, F. D. Weir became its first principal, a post he filled until September 1935 when he returned to Central, this time as principal. Under his leadership Central has become the outstanding academic school in the province. Fred D. Weir’s educational philosophy might be summed up in the statement that the function of an academic high school is to give her students a sound basic preparation for further work at a university and that other activities are secondary to this objective. That this was done at Central has been proved by the long list of matriculaion scholarships won each year by Cenral students and by the frequency of the names of Central graduates in the honor lists of the University of Alberta and other universities across the country. The other activities also have had their place at Central during F. D. Weir’s principalship, such as the athletic “Grand Slam’’ of the school year 1950-1951 and the winning of the Ferguson Memorial Trophy this year. To Principal Fred D. Weir we say good-bye. Central will long re mem¬ ber you. May you and Mrs. Weir have good health and long years in which to enjoy well-earned leisure. 12

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— Pbo-pliecy, af F 53 — PROPHECY OF ’53 One night while doing my homework, I dozed off, and the Spirit of the Future came to me. “I am the Spirit of your Alma Mater , he said, and am opening to you the gates of the future of the Class of ’53”. As he led me through a dense mist I saw many familiar faces. ‘Gadzooks ”, I said, Isn ' t that Heather Symons? Yes, replied the Spirit, she is now President of the Women’s Free Thinkers League, and has taken a strong stand for basketball training as a pre-requisite to successful household management. My eye, becoming accustomed to the mist, was suddenly caught by a flaring advertisement—“Erb School of the Dance—Robertson’s Rhumba a Specialty . In the line of people waiting for the doors to open were Les Belin¬ sky and Mike Snidal discussing what happens to the hole in the doughnut. They were getting ready to learn The Lancers” for the Country Club Ball which Society ' Leader, Mrs. Van Gotrocks (the former Carole Adams) was giving in honor of the famous French scholar, Victor Beaudre, recently returned from Paris. I paused for a few minutes to ask who would be at this social event, and found that out-of-town guests invited, were Admiral Carlton Fitzer, U.S. Navy; Inspector Richard Jackson of Scotland Yard; and T.V. stars, Peggy Richardson and Pat Buker. Continuing down the line my guide and I were almost knocked over by a stately grey-haired gentleman, rapidly dictating notes to his secretary who was following at his heels. That looks like Don Campbell, the genial Scotch¬ man, I said. “It is,” answered the Spirit, and that’s Roberta LeBourveau, his private secretary, with him. He is with the firm of Campbell, Goresht and Fleury, research chemists. They are working together on a new dog food made from air and water. Their former colleague, Dick Collver, recently won the Nobei prize for putting tooth-paste back in the tube.” Reluctantly leaving our friends at their dancing lessons, we journeyed down the street. Finally, overcome by pangs of hunger, we stopped in for lunch at Zysblat’s Beanery, and were just in time for the floor show. This featured guest artists, Hank tenBroeke and his tonette, and the famous blues singer, Marilyn Feathers. At the next table were two familiar people, Edgar Jorgenson and Winston Churchill, brilliant authors of Elementary Algebra for Beginners . At another table, dining with their husbands and children, Leonor Haw and Betty Davis. Walking down the street again, we passed “M. J. Hopping, Drugs, Stationery, etc., Doctors prescriptions Only”. Next door, a large plate glass window announced, Marjorie Joyce—Psychiatrist, Specialist in Criminality and Insanity, and author of ‘The Physical Manifestations of Laughter’.” This astounded me, but more surprises were to come. Suddenly my guide inquired, Did you know that Jim Browne is now a tribal king in Borneo? He was sent there on a government mission with Ross Walker, and has recently succeeded to the throne because he is the tallest man on the island. Ross is Chief Consulting Engineer, Secretary of State, and Court Musician. His brother Neil, who went to Central Africa to teach dry farming to the cannibals, has disappeared.” We made our last stop at the fortune-telling parlor of Millard and Pearl- man. Carole and Eta, each gazing into her own crystal ball, predicted the disappearance of the Spirit, and the end of this Prophecy. 14