Central Collegiate Institute - Ye Flame Yearbook (Regina, Saskatchewan Canada)

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'r TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN CENTRAL In the year 1889 the little seven year old town of Regina, capital of the North-West Territories, decided to provide oppor- tunity for more advanced study than that offered in the then existing public schools. The public school course of five grades was extended to include three high school grades-third, second and first class. By 1905 Regina boasted a Normal School housed in the upper part of the red brick building formerly used as a Police Court and also a High School Department of the Public School. The white brick building which housed the High School students of those days stood on the present site of the Glasgow House. The staff consisted of three teachers, the principal of the combined High and Public Schools being Mr. R. D. McMurchy, B.A. In 1907 the new Act re- , specting secondary education came into force and the Regina High School district was or- ganized and our school be- cause if its size and importance was entitled to rank as a Collegiate Institute. R. A. Wilson, M.A., Ph. D., now head of the English Depart- ment, University of Saskat- chewan, was added to the staff and for two or three years students prepared in the Regina High School were per- mittedtowritetheirsecondyear examinations as set by Queen's University. In that year the staff consisted of five teachers, including the Principal, while one hundred and thirty stu- dents answered the roll call- hardly one-half as many as we now have in grade nine. Amongst this number we find the names of Harold Brown and Douglas Fraser in the senior forms both of whom have retained an active interest in the school. On November 25th, 1909, the Regina Collegiate Institute, which formed the front part of the building as we know it, was formally opened with an appropriate ceremony. In the descrip- tion of this building is the following, A special feature of the building is the Auditorium which will bc used as a general assembly hall for the students. Since that time two additions to the original building have taken place, one in 1913 which gave us the gymnasiumand the other in 1927 which gave us that part to 9 W. G. SCRIMGEOUR, M.A.

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BUSINESS STAFF To all those students who howl, We Want an Annual, and then sit back and do nothing about it, it may come as something of a surprise to know that the 50 cents they pay would not cover half the cost of the production. Various shifts and endeavors have been resorted to in an attempt to finance this Annual. It is necessary first to acquire enough advertising to cover approximately half the cost of publication. During the latter part of January an advertising campaign was organized. As a result of the hard work and persistance of those who took part, adver- tisements to the amount of 35485 were obtained. The Girls, Team under Betty Broderick included: Ilene G-rant, Alma Grant, Hope Ross, Elspeth Milligan, Marion Carrigg, Ada Duckett, Hazel G-ee, Dot Smith, Phyllis Perry, Marion Westgate, Eleanor Young, Helen Seymour, Thelma Paterson, and Jeanne Fulcher. The Boys' Team under Gordon McLachlan included: Bill MacKay, Bill Cowdry, Jim G-ass, Jack Boyd, Bob Orr, Bob Leavitt, Wes Hodgson, Pat Salmond, Jack Kerr, VVarren Petersmeyer, Keith Ansley and Bill Buckley. Two dances were held in connection with the Annual. The committees spent much time preparing the programme and arranging novelties for the pleasure of those in attendance. Much of the credit for their success should go to Dot Cullum, Asher Hayworth and Edgar Petersmeyer who headed the committees in charge, Helen Seymour and Ada Duckett who did the secre- tarial work, Gerry Potts and Courtney McEwen, Masters of Ceremony, and to the Decorating Committee, Gordon Mc- Lachlan and Harry Dane, whose multi-colored decorations featured at the last dance. Under Dorothy Smith the following students worked in the Circulation Department: Hazel Gee, George Camburoff, Edna Travis, Bill Cowdry, Phyllis Perry, Eleanor Brown, Eddie Stock, Bill McKay, Alan Smith and Victor Erdelyan. 4B, 3D, 2F and 1B sold the greatest number of Annuals in their respective years. To all those students and staff members who gave unstintingly of their time and labor so that this Annual might live up to the high standard laid down by our predecessors we extend our most greatful thanks. S

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