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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I ANALECTA 1965 Part II GRADUATES Part III UNDERGRADUATES Part IV ACTIVITIES Part V ATHLETICS Part VI ALUMNI Part VII THE YEAR END Pages 1-10 11-30 31-40 41-52 53-64 65-72 73-80 Calgary, Alberta

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2 PRINCIPAL’S FOREWORD I his year Central High School students publish the fiftieth volume of their yearbook. The Analecta. This year also marks the close of the sandstone building on 12th and 8th as a senior high school. It was on September 1st, 1908 that Central High School opened her doors to the stu¬ dents who transferred from Calgary ' s first high school, the now almost forgotten Sleepy Hollow . Almost immediately the Analecta came into being. The faded minutes book of the Literary Society records that at the meeting of November 20, 1908 the first Analecta was read to the students. It was not until several years later that Volume 1 was published. How long ago 1908 really was can be appreciated by the 1965 graduating class if it is recalled that the year after Central High School opened, the Frenchman, Louis Bleriot performed the incredible feat of flying across the English Channel in his areoplane, a non¬ stop flight of over thirty miles. Four years after Central opened, David Wark Griffith pro¬ duced The Birth of a Nation , the first picture of a quality to suggest that the motion pic¬ ture might some day displace other forms of theatre entertainment. The minutes of the early meetings of the Central High School Literary Society show that in common with many other high schools Centralites debated the question: Resolved that the Automobile will some day displace the horse as a means of transportation . The negative side nearly always won. In that distant era of 1908, there was no radio, no television, no sulfa drugs, no antibiotics, no automatic telephones, no long distance telephone lines, no color photogra¬ phy, and no memorial tablets hung in the main corridor at Central. That Central High School then as now instilled in her sons a sense of duty is attested by the fact that in World War 1 twenty-six former students gave their lives in action. In World War 11 seventy-one names were added to the list of Central ' s illustrious dead, and ex-Centralites won every Commonwealth decoration with the single exception of the Victoria Cross. IN ow in 1965 the old sandstone building is closing. Two years will elapse before the new Central, Central Memorial High School will open in 1967. If the Central Memorial student of 2024 can look back to 1967 and see that her record equals the record of the old sandstone Central between 1908 and 1965, then Calgarians may well be proud of this new school. For old sandstone Central ' s corridors have known the tread of the feet of future Rhodes Scholars, Cabinet Ministers, Supreme Court Judges, leaders in Medicine, Law and Business. lo the group of students headed by Editor, Cliff Prowse, who by their hard work have made the publication of the 50th Volume of Analecta possible, I offer my sincere congratul¬ ations on a job well done. To the members of the graduating class of 1965, old sandstone Central ' s last class, may I on behalf of the staff of Central, offer congratulations and best wishes. You go into a very different world from the world of 1908. A world where the aviator dreams not of crossing the English Channel but of the conquest of space, a world of automation, a world of rising nations in Africa, a world of the solving of the mystery of the living cell, a world where the human race faces the alternative of utter destruction or unimagined plenty and prosperity. It is a world of challenge, of opportunity, of great things remai ning to be done. It is a world for bright ' minds, courageous hearts and faith undimned. Like other sandstone Central classes back to 1908, you will not fail - you dare not fail. Goodbye, good luck. God bless you. O ' . I f

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4 Mr. CHURCHILL RECALLS HIS YEARS AT CENTRAL When Calgary Schools open their doors for the start of the 1965-1966 term, one of the most respected and popular teachers will have retired. Over the years he has been an inspiration to thousands of Calgary youngsters during their high school years. He is well-loved by all those who have met him. Mr. John Winston Churchill was educated in Toronto, and was graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree. He then attended Edmonton Normal School. In 1922, Mr. Churchill came to Central High School, and a tradition began. Forty-four years later, as the School ' s principal, what memories are outstanding in Mr. Churchill ' s mind? Mr. Churchill ' s career as a high school teacher began as a math teacher, and he later became head of the Science Department (Physics). In those years there were no Junior High Schools, and Grade 9 was included in the high school curriculum. There were few Grade 12 students, as entrance to university could be gained with a Junior Matriculation (Grade 11). Before the credit system started, the students would pass a grade at a time, rather than pa ss or fail each subject separately. Thus, each class would be taking the same courses, and it was the teaching staff who changed .classes, rather than the students. An all-round average of 40% was required for pro¬ motion in a grade. During the War Years, cadet corps were popular at Central. Students would be trained in marching and also in marksmanship. An outstanding member of the Central Corps was Dalton MacWilliams, who won the British Commonwealth Championship at Wimbley in 1912. This boy, who brought his school and country so much honor, later was killed in action during World War I. After the second World War, interest in such activities gradually died out. Athletics have always interested Mr. Churchill, and he has always been an encouragement to Central teams. Mr. Churchill himself coached many championship girls ' basketball teams. There was no boys ' basketball until World War 11, when basket¬ ball replaced hockey as a school sport. Central has won the football championship several times in the past. Tennis was once most popular at the school. Mr. Churchill recalls when the tennis courts at the West end of the school grounds would be occupied until well after six o ' clock nightly. Central holds a unique honor among Calgary Schools. In 1950-1951 she became the only school ever to capture all three of the Triple Crown - the senior basketball, football, and track championships. Central can also be duly proud of its academic record. The greatest academic honor to a school and its teachers is when a former student wins a Rhodes Scholarship. Central graduates have periodically been so honored, the latest recipient being Sheldon Throughout the long period that Mr. Churchill has been with Central, the successes have been innumerable. As Central students, we know that Mr. Churchill helped play a part in each one of these triumphs. Your dedication has been an aid to every Central student of 1965, as it has been to all since 1921 . All Central students wish you the best of happiness in the future.