Crescent Heights High School - Bugle Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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20 THE CRESCENT BUGLE, 1929 OUR SCHOOL HISTORY (By J. D. Fergus on) For the origin of the present Crescent Heights High School we go back to the year 1913, when a separate High school unit was estab¬ lished in East Calgary in the Alexandra school, under the principal- ship of Mr. French, with two assistants. From here it was transfer¬ red to King George school for a few T months in 1914. In Septembei of the same year it again moved to Stanley Jones school with Mr. Dolan as principal, and five assistants. The following year it was transferred to Balmoral school with Mr. Aberhart in charge, and nine assistants. It was here that it assumed its present name of “Crescent Heights High School” and here its wanderings ceased during the per¬ iod 1915 to the beginning of 1929. In this interval no fewer than forty-four teachers have served on the staff. The majority of these have been enticed away by more lucrative offers in other centres. Of the present staff only two have seen continuous service since 1915 Principal Aberhart and J. D. Ferguson. The remaining mem¬ bers joined the staff in the following order: Miss McKellar, Miss Todd, E. Smith, P. Brecken, Miss Giles, Miss Wylie, C. V. Asselstine, M. L.’ Watts, W. T. Watts, J. L. Laurie, R. S. MacLeod, G. F. Hollins- head, Miss Beveridge, Mrs. Hill, H. E. McFaul, Miss Hobbs, Miss Field and H. G. Beacom. January 7th, 1929, was a red letter day in the history of our school for it marked the opening of the new Crescent Heights High School. Sixteen years of anticipation had prepared us for fully appreciating the advantages of this present and permanent educational home. It is interesting to note that on the opening date eighteen of the possible twenty-one class rooms were occupied and there is no doubt that Sep¬ tember, 1929, will find us with a capacity house.

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THE CRESCENT BUGLE, 1929 19 hands and your minds will be idle. The way in which you utilize these periods of partial relaxation for your own development will determine more than anything else in the world whether you give that service which will ultimately bring you success. If you are to give high service to others, and if you are to develop yourselves to be happy in times of idleness, to be contented under hardships, to be satisfied as old age approaches, you must have something besides professional training. Opportunities for self advancement do not, as a rule, come in long periods at a time in a busy life. They consist mostly of little hours in between. They may be at morning, noon or night. Many persons never learn the trick of doing something worthwhile in fragments of time. In order to utilize our odd minutes to best advantage, we should not have to decide each time what we shall do during the minute, or we shall spend most of our time deciding. The remedy for this is the possession of a hobby which we may mount instantly and be off with¬ out hesitation. What people have been able to accomplish as a hobby! A blacksmith in smoky Pittsburg became a noted Astronomer. A Burlington, Iowa, grocer became a great Paleontologist. An ordinary housewife in a small village in Ohio became an Authority on Insects. A Grade School Teacher in a crowded tenement district in New York City is a widely read writer on birds. Listen, Crescent Heights Students, this is the first year in the New School. As such, the graduates of this year have a peculiar oppor¬ tunity for special honors. Your Principal wishes you, one and all, the best of success. William Aberhart, Principal.

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THE CRESCENT BUGLE, 1929 •«(, ■joJ ae t unc tr C te M«of 9 fi o » Che neck. TEACHER; WHO PUT THAT TACK ON MY CHAIR? ED. LEWIS : PLEASE TEACHER,— TEACHER : YES, EDWIN, WHO DID IT? ' ED, LEWIS: I DON ' T KNOW