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

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R L Ei HIS WORSHIP, MAYOR STEWART Ten EASTERN ECHO

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TO THE STUDENTS OF COMMERCE N all sides of us History is in the making. Social customs and pof litical systems are being questioned. We are in the midst of great world changes. We must believe that civilization is on the march . We have reason to expect that the form and content of our future civilization will be based upon that of the past. I sometimes wonder if the boys and girls of tofday are aware of the great heritage which they have received from the past, in Canada the heritage of great physical resources,-wheat fields, mines, forests, lakes and rivers, homes and cities: and the greater inheritance of liberty, freedom, and opportunity for all. Then you have the heritage of the great achievements of the men and women of the past, their transmitted aspirations and ideals as revealed in literature, art and musicg and the achievements of science, that have so recently all but an' nifhilated space and time and have ere' ated a new world. Surely indeed, with all your problems, you are the heirs of the ages. What possibilities are open to you if you have the courage, the strength of soul, and the wisdom to make it all your own! - NV. Keast. EASTERN ECHO Nine

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MAYCR STEWART'S MESSAGE HIS year Toronto celebrates the comf pletion of a century of corporate existence, and it has cause to celebrate. For 100 years the elected representatives of the people have given to their fellow citizens an honest and efficient adminisf tration of public business giving ample reason for rejoicing. Of especial intenest, alike to citizens and visitors, are the care of public health, the maintenance of law and order, and the administration of public finances. An abundant supply of power, the purest of water,. the rigid supervision of milk and food, and an excellent system of drainage and refuse disposal, keep the city's health at an unusually high level. Toronto is justly regarded as one of the chief educational shrines of the conf tinent. The organization of public edu' cation for a city of Toronto's size is necessarily highly complex, but it is well to recall that the dissemination of letters so ably begun by Simcoe has been and is a Toronto tradition. Approximately oneffifth of the population attend as pupils one or other of the institutions of learning, provided or maintained by the city. Financially, Toronto occupies an en' viable position. The City has never borf rowed a dollar for current expenses, these being met year after year from the Tax levy, nor has the City ever reffunded a loan. Every bond as it comes due, is paid in cash and a sinking fund provides money to meet all bonds maturing in the future. It is a century of that sort of civic government that Toronto is celebrating with pageants, parades, and other eeref monial observances, providing a colorful outlet for our peoples talent for picf turesque display and choral exultation. EASTERN ECHO All summer long a series of athletics and sports will also feature the celebraf tions. A notable programme of music has also been arranged by Torontos greatest Masters: patriotic, Labor and Fraternal Societies, Service Clubs, School Cld Boys' and Old Girls' Associations, and other organizations, are busy with plans for special demonstrations. Gay colors, inspiring band music, ma' jestic choirs, thrilling contests of cour- age, speed and skill, stately ceremonialsg thus will the citizens show their pride in the City's past and their hope for the future. Cn the 24th of May, good Queen Vic' toria's birthday, and for two days folf lowing, we have arranged a programme of spectacular interest, and at Dominion Day we will celebrate with songs and pageant, and general rejoicing, not only the 100th anniversary of Toronto's incor- poration, but also the 150th anniversary of the coming to Upper Canada of the United Empire Loyalists, who founded this Province in 1784. Again at the Civic Holiday, the first week-end in August, we shall have striking and spec' tacular programmes of celebrations, and the climax of the year will come with the Canadian National Exhibition. To all lfextend a cordial invitation and hearty request to come to Toronto and celebrate with us: to former Torontonf ians especially I would say, Come home for Centennial year. If you cannot come at the 2-ith of May, come at the lst. of july, or in August, or during the Exhibif tion, but come home some time this sumf mer. The Centennial Year observances will bg worth coming for. f 7 Eleven