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

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TECH THTLER 55 THE GIRL HDD THE GHTTTEH INITIATION DAY ----On October twenty-first, 1949, the halls of Danforth Technical School were filled with throngs of weird-looking characters. Why? Initiation, of course. For one Whole day Grade Nine students were compelled to wear an outrageous costume which consisted of: Haj A man's shirt worn backwards. tbl A tie worn backwards. tlcl A large placard with name and form on it and suspended from the neck. tidy Ten red and white rags tied in the hair. tel A white ribbon worn on the right leg. tfgl One nylon :stocking and a run- ning shoe on the right foort. 4110 One ordinary shoe and a white sock on the left foot. tfib A doll carried in the arms. lfjl No mak-e-up. At the end of the day a tunnel pro- gramme completed ceremonies. Each student who was being initiated was accompanied by her big s i ste r through the many fantastic and amus- ing stunts set up by the senior girls. BANTAM RUGBY TEAM BACK ROW: Mr. Todd, D. Otto, N. Wilkins, G. Mason, A. Thompson, J. Bourne, Mr. Stewart. MIDDLE ROW: D. Harshaw, R. Stephens, F. Garland, B. Orr, L. Cope, B. Booth, K. Harris. FRONT ROW: J. Littlejohn, B. Pettican, R. McKinzey, B. Belotf. SENIOR RUGBY TEAM BACK ROW: T. McCulley, L. Morrison, B. Cheeseman. R. Buckner, 1. Ellis, B. Phillips, S. Seckenski, R. Kerr, H. Abernathy, Mr. Prince. MIDDLE ROW: L. Mahwinney, J. Linton, D. Rogers, D. Otto, D. Battle, I. Frame, F. Graham, B. Welsh, B. Bentley. FRONT ROW : D. Hales, R. Hargreaves, B. Glendenning, K. Pearson, B. Medland. JUNIOR RUGBY TEAM REAR ROW: J.Leonard, G.Wright, R.McDermott, C. Crapper, R. Kellythome, D. Cheeseman, B. English, B. Burton. MIDDLE ROW: T. Calvin, M. Hoxford, J. Sievenpiper, T, Harshaw, S. Laverty, R. Barret, Mr. H. N. Crighton. FRONT ROW: I. Dineley, G. Kerr, H. Speed, M. Johnston. In the girls' gym, following this, was a penalty programme for those who had not obeyed the rules. After all penalties were completed, a gay party ended Initiation Day. A good time was had by all and many thanks are due to the chairman of the Initiation, Shirley McColl and her com- mittee, Doreen Begley, Joyce McCall, Katherine Divitcoff, Mollie Bacon, Di- ane Darwen, Dorothy Fulcher, Joan Lister, Bette Phillips, Marilyn Ward, Frances Watt, Adele Barnett, and Lor- raine Gibson. VOLLEYBALL Before the annual intra-mural volley- ball tournament began, an officials' club was held in order to train students as referees. After five meetings the trained referees elected Joan Black, MG2, and M a r i e Hackley, A2G, under Miss White's supervision, as curators to pro- mote and direct the volleyball league. The subsequent tournament, held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, lasted from September 29 till November 22, and at the end of that time the better teams entered the semi-finals. MGIAB, the junior champions, were defeated by MG2AB, the intermediate champions. MGZAB were defeated in the finals and M5ABIN emerged as the interform volleyball champions of 1949-50. On November 30, at Eastern Com- merce, teams from first, second, third, and fourth forms of Danforth Tech played against corresponding teams of Eastern Commerce in an inter-school match. A week later Danforth returned the invitation, and Eastern Commerce came to Danforth Tech. To end the volleyball season our teams were match- ed against Malvern Collegiate at Dan- forth on December 8. FIELD DAY Danforth Tech's annual field day girls' events got off to a dynamic be- ginning with the baton relays. The first

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56 to cross the finish line in the junior event was MG1A followed by MGIB C13 and MGIBQZJ respectively. In the intermediate class V2A came through as the winners with MGZAB and V2C taking second and third places. M4G won the senior event with V4A second and A3G in third position. In all junior events of the day, Marie Hackley, A1G, won with 38 points, fol- lowed by Lois Honeyborne, A1G, with 37 points and Joan Black, MG1A, with 29 points. The intermediate championship was won by Adele Barnett, V2A, with 51 points. Dolores Dennison, MG2A, was second with 38 points and Marilyn Thomas, A2G, third with 32 points. Pat Oliver, M4G, emerged as the sen- ior champion, and also carried the school championship with the highest aggregate of the day, 61. Eleanor Ter- rell, A3G, and Doreen Valentine, A3G, took second and third places with 54 and 31 points respectively. Doreen Begley, M4G. TUMBLING After Christmas the Tumbling and Apparatus Club went into action. Any- one dropping into the girls' gym every other Wednesday afternoon would see in one corner of the gym, Adele Bar- nett, Dorothy Dafoe, Lorraine Gilland- ers, El-izabeth Bacon, Sally N'aismith, Ferne Gould, Anne Haston, and Helen Holland using a springboard to prac- tise high and stylish jumps to be used in the annual Tech Exhibition. Another corner would reveal benches piled three and four high with Kae Divitcoff, Joyce McCall, Marilyn Ward, Doreen Begley, Fran Watt, Dorothy Fulcher, and Dot Lawtnher vaulting over them and deep jumping to mats below. To the east, wall-bars would be in use by Marg Davidson, Vi Buchanan, Joyce Busby, Shirley Labatte, Shirley Fulcher, Marg Wilson, Lorna Durie, and Joan Pearson practising monkey- climbing. In the centre of the floor tumbling mats would be laid out and up and down the mats Joan Black, Do- reen Cooper, Betty Garratt, Dianne Tec:-I Tr-men Kenning, Yvonne McIntyre, Joan Pen- nelli, and Lois Tinkham would be doing farward rolls, headstands, backward rolls, handstands, and finally all these would be climaxed by a pyramid. Many aches and pains would be the toll of the following day but these would not keep the members from re- turning again to succeeding practices. Doreen Begley, M4G. BADMINTON In November the girls' badminton club met to nominate officials. Joan Watmough was elected president and Anne Brownscombe, secretary. Barbara Allen, Polly Atanas, Thora Back, Joan Charles, Isabel Gibson, Marie Hackley, Lois Honeyborn-e, Joan Ingleson, Joan MacDonald, Gwen McIntyre, Yvonne McIntyre, Ethel Price, Naomi Shige- tomi, Alice Takata, Janice Wylie, and Asaka Yonekura were the members. Each Friday after school the faithful of the club descended to the girls' gym to play in a continuous tournament. Each game lasted until one couple suc- ceeded in getting its score up to fifteen. In this way members were given a chance to play against different, oppon- ents and to increase their skill. Before the double tournaments several weeks of practising took place under the super- vision of Miss Wh-ite. A -hard-fought schedule finally saw competition narrowed down to four teams. Then the J. MacDonald-I. Gib- son combination captured top spot, leav- ing in runner-up positions J. Charles and J. Watmough, E. Price and B. Alleng and M. Hackley and Y. McIntyre. GIRLS' SWIMMING CLUB As Tuesdays and Thursdays roll around, the girls' locker-room is filled with cries of, Where'is my bathing GYMNASIUM, GUIDANCE AND MUSIC DEPARTMENTS I. H. Crighfon, Head of Gym Dept., 2. Min M. White, 3. M. A. Balkwill, 4. I. A. Todd, 5. C. G. Prince, 6. V. H. Wendorf, 7. Miss M. Clarke, 8. F. J. Tate, Head of Guidance Dept., 9. G. May, 10. Dr. R. C. Davis.