Danforth Technical School - Tech Tatler Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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TECH TATLER 17 meeting authorizing the building. These were contained in a sealed box within the stone. Looking back over the years that have passed since then, we feel that that invocation has borne fruit. Danforth School has been the means of preparing many young men and women for the business of life, emphazing the first essential in conduct to be a lady or a gentle- man. We have since met many of these ladies and gentlemen and have felt not a little pride in them, Since then there have been many changes in the staff, the school and in the students. ln the first year the staff was small but good. Their labours were Herculean 5 no work was too difficult for them to handle. Two or three classes at one time were common occur- rences, equipment hadn't arrived, and classes were held in almost bare rooms. But the staff and students overcame all obstacles with enthus- iastic good fellowship and co-oper- ation. One by one the various activities of the schcol developed. The athletic side struggled against odds-a new school trying to fight against teams organized for years, and yet our boys were always good sports, losing often, wi n n i n g seldom, but always playing the game. Then developed the Annual Ex- hibition from very small beginnings to what it is to-day, one of the big- gest and most important functions in the east end of the city. The students who are now in the school will not remember these days when Mr. Wallace, put on his school plays Macbeth, which was a fearfully good thing, and She Stoops to Conquer.' ' Then Miss lVIacLean's old shows, old songs in new settings. These school plays in which groups of stu- dents, worked in comradeship, formed friendships which they will carry through life fin fact some of them are married nowl. But one of the greatest influences in the school has been the TECH TA1'LER. Speaking of the TATLER, and looking again at the first number, we realize that it has grown, grown in size, in quality, and in usefulness. Where now the HForeward is, in that first issue it was printed HForward, and so it has gone forward in leaps and bounds. The first page said I VVe venture modestly to hope that the TECH TA1'LER will be a welcome visitor in every home which sends one or more of its members to the school 5 welcome because ofthe sturdy, cheerful na- ture of its editorials, the high char- acter of its school news, and its wholesome and original fun ..... ...... . .. Wherein the parents and friends of the school may form a more inti- life of the mate picture of the school, with its work, its play, its ideals and its problerrsf' Wfe remember the sports when we set up an ice-cream stand and hir. fDick7 Allman fed all the youngsters in the neighbor- hood with ice-cream free of charge, and still made a big profit. Then later field days when we decked the west end of the school in bunting and had the band out to try and make the runners run har der. These are all happy memories. The Spirit of Danforth Tech has always been rather w o n d e r f u l. The difficulties of those early days cemented the staff and students into one family group, a group which often disagreed with one another, but presented a united front to all the rest of the world, with a watch- word of One for all and all for one. -S. S. Finlay. first school

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16 stef isp eminisrenres -T e From the West It was your Mr. Staples, A persistant man is he g By thy ready tongue and glasses bright Now wherefore stopp'st thou me F I do desire your memoirs, please 5 I'll censor them, said he, And if you do not give me them, Young man, you're going to dee ! I sat me down upon a chair, My pencil did I ply, And this is the result. You see I had no wish to die. I see that day I came to Tech, A stranger at its door No chairs there were for students then, They sat upon the floor. I see our Principal, a man Who worked with might and main With boys who had gone off the track To set them right again. The Auditorium too, I see, Where we saw ourselves a Srhool And sang a hymn and heard again How we our lives should rule. The Gym ! There is no other place Can rival it in my heart, A place for work, a place for fun, A place set quite apart. There every week the Leaders' Corps, That group beyond compare Would play on horse or on high bar While I tore at my hair. A fearless squad, they dared all things, For htness they did thrive, And many times our janitor Did chase them after five ! And mad March days I do recall When we produced our plays, When costumes, make-up, practising, My head kept in a daze. We'd Grandpa Philpott in Old Songs' ' In Old King Cole we'd Jill, We 'd darkie boys and chorus girls, - Their noise the place did Hll. But most of all I remember there The spirit of D.T. S., The spirit of manliness and pride In giving the School our best. And while that spirit does prevail Its fame will greater grow, And that we're proud of Danforth Tech We'll let the whole world know ! -Mr. J. 7. Pxzimpf From the North H ............ And this foundation stone Well and truly laid, round which shall rise a noble edifice in which many of the young people of this district may lay the foundation of a career of usefulness to the community, in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Amen. Such was the invocation at the laying of the corner-stone of the Danforth Cthen Riverdale Branchb Technical School, on a sunny day in July, 1922. A small crowd of oH-icials of the Board of Educa- tion and others listened that day to the simple service when the school was dedicated to a career of useful- ness , in the corner stone was placed various things of interest which are now history'-a copy of each of the Toronto newspapers of that day, some of the coins ofthe Dominion, alist of all the members of the Board, and minutes of the

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18 The QBID wang 'BBQ Greta illbulbnllanu 5. ,, 5g st 'ss' sn, st' 'ss' nt, -A' S,-1 ss, 4,2 'sn' S-I 'A -3- N AA N M ,A an .A .r ,fi ,,fip!1,J.4-ffiwvfzfiywfwm Fw ,ff fzwafinilra wiaifaffifaifffif-,f.,4,f,f f,f,f,:. HELLO EVERYBODY :- Doesn't the time fly? Why it seems only yesterday, 1928, when we trudged up the steps of Riverdale Tech, wondering what would be- come of us in such a vast place. Do you remember the first few days when we almost lost our way in the immense halls, trying to find our assigned class room 5 but it did not take us long to make ourselves at home and at home we were, although Hthe second year did think that they conducted the school. 1929 l Wasn,t that the year for fun? Why we could not get into our new named school, Danforth Tech, fast enough to greet our old friends. That was the time when we thought we were usomebodyf' that was the year when we had the the pleasure of being on the TECH TATLER Staff, all Committees, and taking part in the concerts. The Annual Exhibition was the great day of days. The Dress Parade! Oh, girls wasn't it dreadful when we were behind the curtain, wait- ing for our turn and then when it came, having to be pushed out by our darling teachers, Miss Hunter and Miss Butcher, to parade across the huge platform to the strains of the Day School Orchestra. The plays, weren't they fun F Remem- ber Gordon Appleby? Didn't he look comical with his bald head, but of course it was only a wig. Bill Bartlett, wasn't he cute as our teacher with those long flowing robes, and of course we couldn't forget Oscar Welti, our dear darkie, who sang a solo about the 'Teachers' lot. Didn't the little dutch girl look sweet with her long golden braids and wooden clogs. They were the good old days. Of course you all know that Mr. Saunders is the Daddy,' of the Northern Vocational School this year and Mr. Ferguson reigns over Danforth Tech. Many teachers have changed their position also. Jolly Mr. Temple has gone to the New Northern School as assistant principal. Mr. Finlay, Mr. Fallis, formerly of HC floor, and the dear little girl, Miss Mallon, has also deserted us to go with Mr. Saunders. Of course we all miss the handsome teacher who presided in C25 he, Mr. Philips has gone to Western Tech as the Head of the Mathematics Department. We hope to see them again some- time. We have heard that Mr. Brown is ill, and missing from the HHalls of Tech. We are verry sorry to receive this news and hope that he will soon be back. He will be missed very much because of his devoted work for the TECH TATLER. Although we will miss these old friends and grieve over the loss of not seeing them for awhile, we want to be gay and think of some of our old fellow pupils : STAN CABLE-who distinguished himself at Camp Borden in athlet-