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

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Tl-ll-2 GIRLS' CLUB f' This year the Girls' Club is bigger and better than ever. It has succeeded in bring- inu together the girls of the whole school at various parties and functions. As you know. our motto is Good times as well as good educationu. lfncler the very capable direction of Bliss Barrans, we have been able to follow this. We want all the girls to know one another, anrl to create a friendly spirit throughout the school, The flub to date has had three very capable presidents, Ethel Keck and Frances Bishop of -151. and jean Carmichael of 352, but alas! they, along treasurer, have been the business world. loss. we still progress. Our activities have by EDNA BIUIR, 451 with Audrey Kerr, our snatched from us by However, despite this been many and varied and the source of much enjoyment to the girls. The Halloween Party of October was held for the First Form girls and to this came ZOO witches, fairies. and old-fashioned girls, all dressed for their parts. The costumes were applauded very much by the audience. Fourteen forms w e r e judged separately and the fourteen winners judged GIRLS' CLl'B EXECUTIVE Back Row. Left to Right: Betty VVilson. 2nd Form Rep.: Marian Booth, lst Form Rep.: Margaret Allen, lst Form Ren. Stated: Miss Barrans, Stnli' Adviser: Nellie Regler, -lth Form Rep.: Edna Muir, Secretary: Merle VVilliams. 2nd Form Rep. Absent.: Maruaret Jeffreys. Emily Gough, 3rd Form Reps. Forty-six

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however, in the last two years at dances and through other extra-curricular activities. we came to know them as our friends. Perhaps this more than anything else gave us renewed energy in our work. for we realized that they had faith in us. and were at hand at all times. to help us with our problems. We learned to appreciate the kindly advice of the principal and staff. and saw that their criticism was for our own benefit. Our education at Eastern has prepared us for hours of both business and leisure. Some subjects such as shorthand and bookkeeping are academic as well as practical, which fit us for the business office. Others enable us to appreciate the cultural side of life, Our training would have been incomplete without both. At Commerce our games have developed a spirit of keen competition. team-play. and clean sportsmanship. Of course. this did not come without many hard-knocks, which we found after all were only characteristics of the World of Experience in miniature. At the dances. concerts and other informal activities. we were given the opportunity to meet people. and to enjoy their company, which means so much to young people en- tering social life. As senior students here, we were inclined to think that once out in the business world. we would easily gain success. No more home- work, no more burning the midnight 'l. cramming for exams? But now. what do 'e find? There is still work to do. and much to learn, for, if we are to succeed. we must seek all knowledge possible. To Mr. Keast. Mr. Spence. to the Board of Education, who have so completely equip- ped this school of ours, we owe a debt that can never be repaid. In return, we can but strive to emulate the character and integrity of previous' graduates. and to cherish warm memories of the Eastern High School of Com- merce. To the undergraduates, we have only this message to give: Learn to play the game. learn to play for side and not for self. Learn to obey, so that in due time you may com- mand. Learn to practise self-control, and above all learn to stick-it! Far when the One Great Scorer comes To write against your name, He writes not that you won or last But how you played the game . EASTERN ECHO RUGBY DANCE The annual Rugby Dance of the Eastern High School of Commerce was held on Fri- day. December 4. 1036. Couples. who had looked forward for many weeks in eager anticipation of this event. now danced in the gaily decorated gymnasium from which issued forth sounds of laughter and gaiety mingled with the soft strains of music from Bert Simmons Orchestra. Entertainment was p1'o- vided in the form of a floor show. which was appreciated and enjoyed by both teachers and students. A Russian Dance was presented by three girls of the school. several song num- bers by Audrey Evans. and impersonations by Joe. Murphy. At midnight the orchestra struck up the National Anthem and once again Eastern Commerce settled down to its old routine. TEA DANCE The students of the Eastern High School of Commerce closed the school year of 1936 with a Tea Dance in the north gymnasium. Students and teachers danced to the music of a four-piece orchestra and between dances punch was served to the thirsty merry-makers. .-X similar Tea Dance was held at the end of the week of the Mid-Year Examinations. .-X sign in the hall read. Come and enjoy yourself for once this weekf' HELEN Anais, 4SZ ,f-XX ' fx M -pw JP .ykf 'M , :X 5: , Q. Zak f if 'Z r X 'I X J?-Zvi' ,ag ! .gi, ll fi ,:::.,-N-X Dei ,314 l Milf' Q Forty-five

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sr . ' ' f.fA:sZ'.k,- K HA LLOWE'EN COSTUME WINNERS Back Row: Edith Smith, Margaret Patterson, Eleanor Edwards. Marie Karzxvos, Helen Mcllllah l'lallowe'en, Sylvia Bishop, Joyce Banks. tMiss Front Row: Betty Carlton, Eunice Fogxr. Velma Baltherwick, Kathleen Smith. Merle Covert, Alice Cox, Absent : Muriel Manning. again. Miss Helen Mcfllah of IM, as their final winner, was awarded the title, Miss Halloween . Miss Winnifred Kay of 451, acted as 'tMiss Terious and the first girl to shake hands with her received a timely prize. Each girl present from the Special Classes was given a hat to trim, and the results of this were hilarious after the Merchandizing girls had judged them. After eating our fill of apples and molasses kisses. we adjourned to the basement where we held a short dance and went home tired but happy . lf the Halloween Party proved a success. our Typewriting Olympic Varieties held for the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Forms was even better, and the boys who attended the performance enjoyed it as much as the girls. The Varieties consisted of a number of races done on the typewriter. As these events were mostly humorous, laughter prevailed throughout the auditorium, The Senior cup winner was 451, with 11 points. The Third Form winner was 3-CM, with 8 points. EASTERN ECHO The Second Form winner was 2-CM. with 7 points. At- the end of the term, the girl receiving the highest mark in typewriting will be awarded the cup in each of the re- Good luck, girls! the cups winning. Allman and Miss Sybil spective groups. are well worth Miss Helen Gourlie of 451, gave us a delightful swing time dance in time to the girlsl typing. An unexpected pleasure of the afternoon was a demonstration of typing by Miss Irma Wright and Mr. Fred Jarrett, both world champion typists, who amazed us with their speed at the keyboard. ll'e all enjoy giving and never so much as are aiding some needy people. At our Christmas party, the girls' display of dolls, food, and tinned goods in the auditorium showed that they had enjoyed getting these ready for some unfortunates, who otherwise might not have had a Christmas dinner. The boys also contributed quite handsomely with tinned goods as their ticket of admission to the party. The Literary and Dramatic Society, under the direction of Mr. Woods, tC01zti11urd on pugf' 84.3 at Christmas time, when we know we Forty-seven