Eastwood High School - Gazette Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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GLEE CLUB EASTWOOD GLEE CLUB The season of 1932-33 has been one of the most successful in the history of Eastwood Glee Club. Under the capable direction of Mr. Leaver, we have met regularly once a week. “Singing for the Joy of Singing” is our motto. We have also had several very enjoyable socials. The first one, held in October, was to have been a hike through the Rat Creek Ravine, but weather not permitting, the girls assembled at the Secretary’s home for an evening of indoor fun. Games were played and later weiners and buns were rapidly devoured, the weiners being roasted at the gas radiants. The second social was held at the home of Edna Giles, our President. The main feature of the evening was an indoor track-meet, which occa¬ sioned much fun. The only drawback was that Mr. Leaver was not able to be present. Our third social took the form of a combined skiing and tobogganing party. We hiked to the Highlands Golf Links for an hour or more of fun after which we went to Janet Sheldon’s home for refreshments. On our last social we went for a jolly sleigh-ride. The weather was perfect and everyone had a splendid time. Martha Shore, one of our Glee Club members entertained us at her home afterwards. Altogether it has been a red-letter year for Eastwood’s Glee Club. At the time this is being written the girls are hard at work on their Festival music. We hope to win at least one of the shields this year, perhaps both!

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E.H.S. YEAR BOOK 9 BOYS’ SPORT REVIEW Another year in the life of the school has come and gone. The seasons with their varied activities have brought enjoyment and healthful exercise to all. What, it may be asked, does the review of sports hold in the line of achievement? The annual track and field day sports were held as usual in September. New stars were given an opportunity to display their talent. Outstanding athletes, however, were not as numerous as in former years. Bob Ferrier was high scorer in the school. He collected a total of 17 points in the sprints and jumps. K. Wallace and V. Yancy placed in the high jump. R. Lambertson and C. Simpson won points in the mile. Other point win¬ ners were C. Roy, D. Howard, H. Young and I. Gaeble. A relay team in division one completed the list of winners. In view of the short training period in September it seems advisable on the part of athletes to do a little pre-season training. Following the field day events the gridiron pastime came into its own. Rugby, after a year’s absence was brought back by an enthusiastic following. Lack of proper equipment and a suitable training ground proved serious handicaps to the game. However, in spite of these the season brings to mind pleasant memories of many a hard-fought game. The line plunging and tackling of Mac Colville, Ted Allard, Jack L. Mitchell and Norman Collingwood were features of the games. All told, an excellent esprit de corps developed which made the sport very much worth while. Soccer enjoyed a rather brief season. A house-league composed of some ten teams was formed. The purpose of the league was to give every boy a chance to play in a team-game. Very few of the games were played. The early arrival of snow made it necessary to postpone the schedule until spring. Eastwood has always had good success in hockey. In the seven years since the school was organized our junior teams have been in the finals six times and have won the cup four times. A survey of the history of the Joe Simpson cup shows that no other team has won it more than twice. The winning t raditions of the Colville, Smith and Maloney families seem to account for the consistent success of our teams. This year’s team completed the schedule with the loss of only one game. The play-off was won from Garneau in a hard-fought series by a total score of 3 to 2. Mac Colvile, aggressive captain of the team, provided the sting to the attack. He was ably supported on the wings by the tricky stick handling of Billy Smith and George McMaster. Art South-worth and Ted Allard combined with Willard Walker in goal to form a solid defence. The second string forwards, Walter Howard, Donald Stanley and Arthur Edge, rounded off a well-balanced team. Lineup: Goal, W. Walker; defence, T. Allard, A. Southworth, A. Grassick; forwards, G. McMaster, M. Colville, B. Smith, W. Howard, D. Stanley, A. Edge, and L. Skinner. An athletic club organized by J. White completed the winter program. The club consisted of some twenty-five members. C. Tredger, D. Ross, D. Blackie and S. Blackie directed the meetings. These leaders put the group through a series of exercises on the mats, parallel bars and horse.

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ORCHESTRA E.H.S. ORCHESTRA E ASTWOOD has this year added to its list of school organizations an orchestra. This body was organized last fall with Ken Wallace as President, Frank Skinner as Treasurer and Clifford Roy as Business Manager. We were very fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Alexander Nicol as conductor, and the members of the orchestra have derived much benefit from his instruction. During the year the orchestra provided excellent entertainment at some of the “Lits,” and at the tea given by the pupils of Grades XI and XII, while in March a very enjoyable concert, sponsored by this group, and at which they excelled themselves in their performance, was held at the school. It is to be hoped that the orchestra will become a permanent organization at Eastwood High. Mr. McGuire: A fool can ask more questions than a wise man can answer. Bill Cronk: No wonder I failed in my exam. Mary Bissell: My grandfather’s aunt had electricity in her hair. Mona Watson: That’s nothing. My great uncle had gas on his stomach.