Central Etobicoke High School - Etobian Yearbook (Etobicoke, Ontario Canada)

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Rev. J. F. Patch everyone succeed in getting hopelessly lost before they hadbeenone hour in the new wing . Though the appearance of E.C .l. had been changed in l953, it was still the home of champions. We all remember the athletic laurels gained by Mr. Jackson's Rams, and the terrific try made by the basketball Rams for the championship. We're proud too of all the girls' teams, who so richly deserve all their T.D.l.A.A. hon- ours. ln drama, too, the class of '53 was active, take for instance Collegiate Capers-an affair which brought out the ham in everybody, and succeeded in tuming one of the more retiring of our number into an outright Romeo. Also of significance in drama was that hilarious parodv of Nucbefh's witches,so capably rendered f render mean- ing to tear apartl by Nlessrs . Jones, Stoddart, and Dagg . Even more amusing than these,perhaps, was Mr. Gould, who, upon entering class each day, would tell us exactly what kind of humour he was in, recite the Moming Smile, and advise us to spend all our money before we died . Seriously though, consider how much we owe our teach- ers, theirs is a difficult iob to begin with, but when we realize that they not only taught us school subjects, but ioined with our parents in teaching us to do what is right and to become useful citizens, it is then that we realize how much they have shaped our lives, and how indebted we are to them. We owe much also to Mr. Wallace for having been a wonderful principal and for always having our interests at heart. To Mr. Hull we express our apprec- iation for the way in which he performed a difficult office with tact and dignity . We thank also Mr. Durrant, not only for making the administration of the school run smoothly, but for his constant understanding of our prob- lems . These people stay behind, carrying out their life's work, while we have gone to make our own ways, some in it ir.. l business, others in institutions of higher learning. No matter how long we spend in our new roles, however,we will always remember E.C.l. , and the good times we had here. We were, though, not in school iust fora good time. Few of us ever lost sight of our goal-learning . To-night, we feel that we have made definite progress towards that goal. We have diploma which we will hold dear to us, but we treasure this diploma not for itself, but for what it stands. This diploma, although handsome, is never- theless paper-a thing fragile material which comes from trees, and which is easily destructible . But what stands behind that diploma is strong, and substantial, and lasting . lt comes, not from trees, but from the efforts of ourselves and of our school. It cannot be destroyed by a twist of the wrist or by the mightiest powers that be . lt is know- ledge-a knowledge that will make us strong in a world whose most formidable enemy is ignorance . And though, to be sure, we have not a fraction of the knowledge of our elders, we feel that E.C .l. has given us a good start on the road to wisdorn.by helping us develop minds both open and active. That is why, although these diplomas do not represent great widsom, we treasure them as holding for us a promise of knowledge. The sad part of these ceremonies is that they mark the last appearance of the class of '53. While we will see each other many times, we may never come together again as a group, to think about our high school days. This, then, is the time to take leave of the class of '53. May we be, as was that class, strong in what knowledge we have, fast in the friendships we have made, and loyal to what we have learned to hold dear. Mr. Durront, Principal presenting an award 43

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CODlZlIEN CEMEN T I 95 3 i. The Queen 2. Invocation 3. Chairman's Remarks 4. Presentation of Diplomas 5 . Address to the Graduating Students 6. Selections Rev. J. Frank Patch Minister, Kingsway Baptist Church Mr. J. E. Durrant Mr. J. D. Parker Chairman, Board of Education Rev. A. B. B. Moore B.A., D.D., LL.D. President and Vice-Chancellor, Victoria University Senior Choir 7. Presentation of Scholarships and Awards 8 . Instrumental Selections 9. Presentation of the Girls' Athletic Association Cup 10. ll. Valediction l2. O Canada Presentation of the Boys' Athletic Association Shield Mr . John Edmeads The Senior Choir and the Instrumental Group will be directed by Mr. J. C. Nix, Head of the Department of Music, Etobicoke Collegiate. QQ Q l s ,,,, ' T 5 Q - ' Q 4' ii 2 - ' V L . , 'f ' ' 1.3: 4 5 3 4 , 1 if I A 5 N L f 22 r 1 S Q. s' . E 35:1-, 1 Q: ? 'S f . 1 ,571 T jk--' t Iii: ' .- . K 1 .-sftsmf., - :H-, -r - ' 'f J -. f .1 4 . ' . ' . b . - eras, fi ' s - ' fm -s 5-'52 ,. 1 0... .Q .f- -Q - . ' 1- .1- :mfr - s ' ' N 'J - 1 A V . .., S 'seen 5: 'P ' 1 1 x ., 8 A ,, -A JOHN EDMEADS VA LEDI C T011 Y John Edmeads Commencement marks for us the culmination of five years spent in high school, in that time we were getting an education, and, as we like to think, growing up. Some have described both these processes as tedious, but we at Etobicoke never seemed to think that this was so. True, there were times, especially in our lost year, when we felt the necessity for hard work, but that was not often . lt is also true that we had to spend most of our waking hours here, but those hours were enjoyable ones. Exactly what made our years here so pleasant? Cer- tainly it was not the building itself, those of us who have endured staggered shifts can testify to that. No more was it the subjects that were taught here, as varied a 42 choice as there was, and as interestingly as they were presented, few of us could ever say that we were in love with our school work. No, most of us believe that it was the people at Etob- icoke that made our years here so en ioyable . We remem- ber meeting each other six years ago in grade nine, all of us were a little timid in our big new school, but we formed friendships that were to last and grow stronger. In the years since then, the people that we got to know gave us many pleasant and humorous memories . We remember, with a little embarrassment, how inade- quate we felt in grade nine when we were almost con- stantly either doing the wrong thing at the right time or the right thing at the wrong time. Our only consolation was that everyone looked just as silly as everyone else . Grade ten, however, found us in all our glory, for al- though it pained our modesty to admit it, we really were quite superior. It was only in grade eleven that we saw how ridiculous we looked in grade ten. ln grade eleven too, we first felt the urge to be historians, so that we too might cry- Students, History is an UNBROKEN streaml With the advent of chemistry in grade twelve, however, everyone suddenly wanted to become mad scientists, Lab periods were the scenes of many minor catastrophes caused by people who mixed the wrong things . About that time, steelwork began on the new wings. Those in room 210 found it difficult to concentrate on Mrs. Coupe's English lecture, especially when one steelworker-whose name incidentally, was Albert-constantly drowned out her poetry readings with merciful blasts from his riveting gun . lt would be an understatement to say that our first day in grade thirteen was confusing, suffice it to say that

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