Eastern High School of Commerce - Eastern Echo Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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16 EASTERN ECHO entertainment. A sing-song opened the programme and following this we enjoyed both classical and popular music rendered by ag brass quartette, a popular trio and a contralto singer. Mr. Harold Woods, the Poet of the Homef' read so-me of his poems. This was, perhaps, the best enjoyed pro- gramme of the year and the Alumni are grateful for the generous assistance that these artists gave. The meeting in February had for its main purpose the advertising of the Annual Dance. Mr. Wilfrid Reeves was guest speaker of the evening, and made a thrilling appeal to the members in his talk on Ideas, which seemed to be particularly appreciated by the audience. March brought the Annual Dance. Held in -the Crystal Ballroom of the King Edward Hotel with Luigi Romanelli's Orchestra, the dance was acclaimed to be the finest that the Alumni had attempted. What fear should we have for the future events when every person at the dance is an enthusiastic advertiser for the ones yet to come. We have yet before us another meeting in April and a pro-posed Moon- light sail some time in July, but on the whole the functions for the year are over. Our programme this year has been as varied as possible but we would like to know what you have thought of it. If you have any suggestions for future meetings that you would like to see carried out, let us know as we are only too anxious to have something different each meeting. We would like to urge, once again, those of our graduates who have not come out this year, to attend some of our meetings in the fall and get acquainted again. You can't imagine the pleasure of seeing old classmates and re-living the years since graduation. So come out for one meeting and we can promise you that we won t have to urge you to come out again. To those who are graduating this year and to those who will be in the Senior for-ms next year, we offer a cordial invitation to attend our meetings in the fall. You, who are graduating, are the prospective executive of future years and we are especially anxious to have you with us. The executive would like to extend their thanks and appreciation to those who have been present at the meetings this year and who have helped make it a Bigger and Better Alumni. Eastern Commercensus 4G Four boys of 4G's 1930-31 class are contemplating a University career and at present are attending Fifth Form day classes at the Central High School of Commerce. They are: SOLOMON BERRIN, ANGELO BOUKYDIS, RONALD SHEEN and WILSON VVOODROW. Four more of the 1930-Sl class are doing their best to run things smoothly at the T. Eaton Co.: DUDLEY BOAL is looking after the executives' needs in the Executive Offices. ROBERT OLIVELLA is looking after newspaper advertisement through his connection with the Advertising Department. CHARLES NELSON is in the Branch Stores Merchandise Office. WALTER SMITH is keeping his eyes peeled on the Toronto store while assisting in the Sales Merchandise office of the Main store of the T. Eaton Co.

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EASTERN ECHO 15 X x N XXX 1 !f fff! s Www Ni 1 XX.. NxxtlUlffiMfZ2f Z E have reached the time when we can lttttli back on four varied years in our Alumni Association. ,Xnd how varied these years have been, only those who have watched the Association grow can realize. From a group of some fifty members meeting' in a class-room and dancing on the cement floor in the basement to a meeting' in the Auditorium with an attendance of 150 to Ztfltt dancing on the hardwood tloor til- the gymnasium is only one change. lYe have growng there is no denying' that. lYhat a struggle those tirst two years were! Always the question of expenses :md the problem ut' tinding enough money to meet them. Cilur first -Xnnual dance held at Kimbourne Hall could in no way be called a success and left a burden for the next year to carry on. The second Annual dance was quite an improve- ment over the previous year, but it did not clear up the former year's debts. And so the third year came with a rather depressing outloolc ahead, but with a fixed de-termination on the part of the executive that this year must be different if the Alumni were to continue. XYhether it was the combination of the new Auditorium and the gymnasium or whether we had surmounted the last of Our obstacles, the year went out in a burst ot' glory. lt was as if we were receiving three years' award in one. Hur dance, held at the Savarin, was our most successful venture, and left us for the tirst time with a comfortable balance in the bank. The fourth year has continued much as the third. Hur tirst meeting for the year was held in October and the following executive was elected : s- Honorary President--Mr. VValter Keast. Past President-Mr. Ernest Osborne. President-Mr. Milton Hamilton. Recording Secretary-Miss Eldred Mahaffy. Corresponding Secretary-Miss Rheta Robertson. Treasurer-Mr. Alfred Harrison. Executive-Miss Elizabeth Tayler, Mr. NtValter Smith, Mr. Leonard Smith, Mr. Leonard Mills, Miss Pearl Howe. The first social meeting was fairly well attended and had for its main feature a talk with slides bv Professor Griffin on the Head Hunters ot Formosa . Early in January we had a musical evening with a variety ot'

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EASTERN ECHO I7 Five members of the class have not as yet attained that elusive thing, a position. They are: EILEEN SPECK. BENJAMIN ISACOFF, TACK HART, NORMAN McCONAGHY, and JAMES SOUTHAN. i WALTER CRAIG is busy working with the Luckett Loose Leaf Company. JOHN DUNCAN is employed with the Royal Exchange Assurance Com- pany. JOHN HOLDEN uses his accounting knowledge to advantage at the Accounting Department of Osgoode Hall. LOUIS MACHTINGER is with the Morris Dress Company. How about some tips on Spring Styles, Louis? HERBERT UIMMIED MURRAY is still with Rice's Dairy. LAWRENCE NEVVNHAM is being trained for his CA. at Gunn, Roberts 8: Co. NORMAN PARTICKA is with the Hancock Lumber Company. NORMAN SMITH still keeps good hours and gets home early! He donates his valuable time during the day to the Canada Packers Ltd. FLORENCE ELSON is using her Eastern Commerce knowledge in assist- ing the Government. She is at the Parliament Buildings. BEATRICE MERSON is looking after transportation difficulties in the T.T.C. Offices. 4S PEARL BARTHOLOMEVV is not working at present, but is looking for- ward to a position in the very near future. FRANCES CASTORIT and MARBIORIE .IOHNSTC JNE are members of the Merchandising Class at Eastern Commerce. They do part-time work downtown two days a week. MARGARET COLLYER is another Eastern Commerce trained stenog- rapher at the Imperial Life Assurance Co. MARGARET CREVY, the famous stenographer. is doing bookkeeping at the present time for the Sales and Purchasing Department of the Board of Education. EILEEN HILL is back at school this year keeping up her shorthand and typewriting, under the supervision of Mr. Frisby. BESSIE HOVVELL is working very hard for the Consumers' Gas Company, and is very interested in their badminton club. NORMA LITTLE. with several other E.H.S.C. girls, is working for the London Guarantee K Accident Co. Limited, typing policies and working - out premiums. EVELYN LOVVRY, LYDENA RlcGREGOR and ELEANC JR MUNDY are not working. but they are all back at Night School. RUTH LYNDON says she is a contented stcnographer for the City Dairy Company. NORINE MacDONALD is a co-worker with Miss Hill at the school. JEAN PATTERSON is buying books, doing all stenographic work, and being a general help QU around the Buying Offices of the Hudson's Bay Company. MADELIENE PATTERSON says she is working as hard as anyone doing work for the teachers at the school. EILEEN RADFORD, our first girl president, is nut working at present- except at home.