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

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26 E. H. S. GRAD GAZETTE April 22 —Part of the musical parade was presented at the final Lit on Wednesday. Just to finish it off nicely, we all went to town on a mellow old jive-session. April 23 —Imagine the look of surprise on some people’s faces when the Academic Pin winners were announced and they weren’t among the fortunate ones. They just couldn’t understand it. (Oh, yea!) April 2U —What has Hollywood got in the way of talent compared to the amazing abilities shown by Eastwood students at the music parade under the direction of Miss Harris? What with the orchestra numbers, choral work, minstrel, folk songs and the modern operetta, the kids really showed their parents, uncles, cousins, sisters, brothers, aunts, etc., that they are getting something out of their education even if it isn’t from text books. April-March —Eastwood students went all out for victory in the War Savings Campaign by buying enough stamps to sink a ship—maybe a U-boat! Room 19 pupils dug the largest hole in the ever-lovin’ allowance and bought over $20.00 worth of stamps in one week. May, June —Can you imagine it? Only two more months, hardly any time, and we will be whipping out to the lake for a long-awaited vacation. Oh, just the thought of it! Whoops! I almost forgot, there is a slight matter of some mangy old departmental exams to be delved into before that happy time. Oh, well, we can dream, can’t we? Then there will be some delightsome farewell parties, hikes, etc., to end this term. So let’s dream up a beautiful finale to another precious year. TO THE TEACHERS (Continued from Page 17) the thought that their jobs are not easy. Their work in sponsoring and guiding the many activities and clubs is one of the things for which we thank the teachers. This year the staff has been cut because of Miss Anderson’s transfer to Westglen. All the Grads will remember her for her work in several clubs as well as her ability to teach English. Another absentee is our Principal, Major Hyde, whom we all miss, yet feel he is doing a wonderful job in his present position. Yet another change in the staff brings us a new and capable secre¬ tary—Miss Goold. She has proven her worth by all the numerous tasks performed outside her regular duties. We are grateful to her and wish her much success at E. H. S.

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E. H. S. GRAD GAZETTE 25 Nov. 15 —To begin one of the most successful clubs that Eastwood has harvested for many a moon, numerous students got together to learn the intricate art of “bowling ’em over.” (And some of us still don’t know the difference between a strike and a spare!) Dec. J—“Oh, Casey would skate with an E. H.S. blonde (brunette or redhead) while the band played on.” Just by way of pointing out that on this date we all met at Alberta Avenue Rink and had the rarest old time at Eastwood’s first skating party. Dec. 17 —The second edition of “The Biggest Little Paper on Earth.” Jan. 20 —Some of the Eastwoodites turned “Quiz-Kids” on us and whipped home with a “buck” apiece for their efforts on “Dollars for Scholars.” Jan. 23 —Yes, we did have a super time at the second skating party, but oh! the coffee and doughnuts afterwards (with two real lumps of sugar in the coffee!). Feb. 12 —What are all the dates in history compared to this never-to- be-forgotten day when the E. H. S. girls’ basketball team won (yes, really won) a game! Feb. 13 —If you are superstitious about Friday the 13th you should have been at the Eastwood Jinx dance. After crawling under ladders, jumping over black cats, any mouldy old superstition was soon dispensed with. The lovely strains of Jack Dennistoun’s orchestra provided the at¬ mosphere. Feb. 25 —Great glittering gobs of gruesome gossip helped to make the third edition of the Gazette the best yet. Feb. 27 —Some people are still wondering whether any reference was intended to them when Edna Remnick won the cup at the Public Speaking Lit for good old Room 22 (yea!) with her speech on “Sights I Have Seen at the Swimming Pool.” yiarch 26 —We “old-timers” (Grade XI’s) discovered that the “little” Grade X’s do have some talent when they presented their play, “The Royal Touch.” March 30-April 2 —Will we ever recover from that horrible week of Easter exams? April 13 —Even the date should give you some idea of what happened when we trooped back to the little red schoolhouse and got our exam re¬ sults. P.S.—Next morning the R.C.A.F. and Women’s Auxiliary got a lot of new recruits.

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A i ■ 2 ,. i! M M 1 r ;: f i j ■ I i V i - 5 r AIR CADETS With Mr. Crockford as instructor, some sixty Eastwood boys have be¬ come familiar with such aspects of soldiering as arms drill, map reading, direction finding, field tactics and rifle shooting. A group of ten boys is making a special study of signalling under Sergeant-Major Banner. Those in Grades XI or XII will get two credits for it, if they pass the examina¬ tion. Eastwood cadets comprise one platoon with: Platoon Commander— Don Fallis; Platoon Sergeant—Bill Seymour; Sections Leaders—Brian Dunsworth, Douglas Johnstone and Gus Mouner. The corps is to be in¬ spected by Captain Bennet some time in May. Eastwood’s Girl Cadets started off with the best intentions, but un¬ fortunately their drilling and first aid work came to an end shortly after Christmas because Mr. Crockford was occupied with the boys’ hockey. And incidentally, just in case some of you boys are interested, we have it on good authority that cadets will be compulsory next year.