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

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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

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R L Ei HIS WORSHIP, MAYOR STEWART Ten EASTERN ECHO

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OUR SPECIAL CLASSES SPECIAL I I Thomas McGuigan Q Caesar is dead, and his cohorts vanf quishedln Thus rang the loud cry that sunny day in june. Do they say vanf quishedw? Not so, for September's sun looked down on some fortyfnine followf ers of mighty Caesar, wending their way to the portals of Special I. We, who have ventured with Augusf tus and Socrates and battled Geometry and irregular Latin verbs, assembled under Miss S. A. Smith to wage conf quest against Shorthand and the hosts of Business. Hard pressed, we struggled nightly, often long in the dreary night, until by Christmas, we took Dictation. With the advent of the festive season, truce was called, but January found us, somewhat diminished, back, ready for the fray. We honour lim Davy, who showed such progress that he was promoted to the Army of the Wage Earners. Though our group includes musicians, artists, and teachers, do not think that we cannot play, although the old Roman proverb runs, UNEM, DUG, TRES, SQUINQUE, fAll work and no play, makes 'jack'j we contributed, Sonny Wilson and Joe Heenan to star on the Senior Rugby Team. Under Captain Frisby, we pioneered in being the first Special class to attempt a Practice Dinner. Misses Cotton, Boyle and Maxwell are to be congratuf lated. Misses Ostoff and Burton were chosen as members of the Echo staff. VJ e salute Miss Smith and the memf bers of the staff as the finest teachers we have ever studied under, and hope that we have contributed a fraction to the life of Commerce, since we have gained so much here. Twelve SUPER-SPECIAL William Wilkinson, Special 4 HE majority of our members are from the Collegiates, having com' pleted three or more successful years. In sports a number of the girls from the form competed in the Interfform Volleyball and won a number of games. During the Rugby Season three of the boys excelled themselves playing rugby for the school team. Last Fall we debated against SSI the proposition that Girls should concenf trate on the duties of the home. We had the affirmative and unfortunately we lost. We are intending to plan a few social activities for the class in the comf ing term. Special 4 is pleased to enroll Bill Bolton and Frank Quigg who were outstanding in the Senior Basketball and Rugby. We also boast Ross Waight, pianist for the school orchestra. Irene Coleman has gained first place in the class in the two succeeding term examinations. Dk Bk Pk FLASHES FROM SPECIAL Z Rose Recliiclii Things we would like to know: How Marlowe Dawe learned to put his hat on like that? Where Marion Houston got those exe pressive eyes? Coooh, gee! When Bill Tait is going to stop los' ing Shorthand books? If Herb. Steele could hurry to a fire? Whether Eunice Southerland has to read all those books? , When a certain party is going to quit coming in late? If the cap fits, wear it. Why all the good basketball players in the school accumulated in Sp. 2, or are we wrong? Where Garnet Cooper was all that time? If the radiator could be trained to make that noise during our Shorthand dictation periods? EASTERN ECHO