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

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E.H.S. YEAR BOOK 41 The Graduates, 1938 What Mary would do if the sun did not shine, We fear we would miss Mary Wozny in line; But miss her we shall when autumn is near. The world will seem empty and barren and drear. P Sure Gordon has had a hard time for one year, When sickness is rife, one has but small cheer; Still here’s to our Webster, he’s going to make good He’ll blaze a straight roadway right out of the wood. P Some girls are so tall, that it seems hard to beat, To take in one look from the head to the feet; So Isabelle Welsh takes the top notes each day If height be the fashion, we’ll charge for display. P Bob White is a puzzle, jig-saw if you like. His corners don’t fit as the ‘M’ does in Mike; Secure in a dream of the world out-of-door, In study behind, in dreaming, before. When Williamson Peggy first trod a school floor, She lapped up instruction and looked round for more; She now has its measure in metre and tune, A life that is summer, September to June. And Lillian Yurechuk, an artist of faces, Paints models in stores and gives them their graces; She now dresses windows shows fashions and styles, And Paris is with us, with gowns and head tiles. P Mike Korpan is new to the Eastwood tune, He’s learnt all the beats and pauses for June; At Xmas he came, and ’twill not be long, You’ll hear him at Seba, a-singing our song.

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im 40 E.H.S. YEAR BOOK The Graduates, 1933 When Tanton first came to Eastwood for study He thought all the pathways of Knowledge were muddy; Like Shakespeare he found there’s more Knowledge in brooks, The better instruction is outside of books. And what shall we say of a girl that is small, Concealed in the classroom, and hidden in hall; Yet Olga Terplawy, minute though she be, Enjoys her horizons beyond you and me. And Frances finds pleasure where all others fail For our Frances Urquhart sees all the detail; The by-products of study just tickle her humour. The aura of sulphides, the passing of rumour. There is thought in the skater, and skill in the speed, The union of Knowledge and skill that we need; And Walker has both, he’s puckish we think, In motions and notions, he’s Knight of the Rink. Here’s Janet K. Watson, the best from the braes, All fired with the fervor of ballads and lays; As wholesome a lass, as Sir Walter might find, As fair as his Ellen, his Margaret, as kind. Lill Watson plays best at the difficult game, She likes the rough knocks, the fun’s all the same; We see her a nurse, a doctor’s right hand, She’s practising now in old Samarcand. And here’s Doris Watt as pleasant a lass As ever took physics in physics two class; The world is a place where many may study, But Doris intends her cheeks to be ruddy.

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42 E.H.S. YEAR BOOK The Graduates, 1933 They come to our classes and taste of our cheer, They surely must like us, to stay for a year; Here’s Frances S. Reeves, leaves teaching out east To share in Grade Twelve intellectual feast. Now Grassick comes on in a black and white sweater, His mates all agree no pal could be better; A dreamer of worlds that are other than ours, Alexander he seems when he shows all his powers. Fred Wheatley just moves in the shade of another, His only shortcoming, he had a big brother; His brain is as keen, he’s sure just as clever, No credit he gets for his skill or endeavor. Here’s Taylor again, we thought he had gone, He loves us so much, he felt so forlorn; Just halftime at Eastwood, McDougall takes halt, These divisions in love make everyone laugh. And William has trouble, a Nikipilo too, He found the lost X, now there’s nothing to do; So tragic for Eastwood, if X came to light, For William, no homework, he’d die in a fright. Let Eric called Wampus or Ward as you please, Distinguish himself by living at ease; No subject can flaunt him, he’s bound to secure The value of Knowledge, revealed or obscure. And here’s Janet Sheldon all smiling with glee, In spite of the troubles that vex you and me; She shines like Aurora, and brightens the room, And teaching’s a pastime, she scatters the gloom.