Elmira District Secondary School - Oracle Yearbook (Elmira, Ontario Canada)

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38 THE ORACLE Ruth Klinck and Jean Sippel, won their race. Intermediate Girls Team consisting of: Eleanor Arnold, Evelyn Doherty, Marie Simmons and Betty Yan- chus, won their race. Junior Girls Team consisting of: Ruth Klinck, Mary Ruth, Jean Sippel and Evelyn Doherty, placed fourth. Junior Boys Team -consisting of: John Arnold, Floyd Foerster, Delmar Heintzman and Donald Higgins, placed third. Senior Boys Team consisting of: Laverne Miller, Fred Weismiller, Walter Henrich and William Arnold, won their race with plenty of spare over their arch rivals, Fergus. Individual point winners in the boys division were William Arnold with a third in the running broad jump, and hop-step-and-jump. Fred Weismiller who placed second in the senior half mile. FRED WEISMILLER i.l LIFE AT CAMP 0.A.C. Come all you athletes, strive for O. A. C. Could there be anyone who does not enjoy a vacation at a summer camp? The W.O.S.S.A. Track Meet, held at London, gives the pupils of our schools an opportunity to attend one of the finest camps in Ontario. Since I spent two weeks at this camp last summer, I shall attempt to describe life there, in the hope that you, too, will try to win your way tb camp. First let me tell you about the grounds. They are nothing short of a huge park with terraces and ever- greens, rockeries and flowers. Situ- ated on Lake Couchiching, they afford splendid facilities for boat- ing and swimming, as well as all inland sports. I Now I will describe a typical day at O. A. C. At seven o'clock the bugle blows and by seven-fifteen all the girls are assembled in front of the flag to give the salutep They must not be late! Then comes the somewhat strenuous Danish Drill, under the leadership of Hug the lifeguard. The exercises are fol- lowed by a morning dip which pre- pares the girls for a hearty break- fast at eight o'clock. They then return to the cabins for a clean-up. By nine o'clock twelve neat and well-kept cots stand in each of the ten cabins, ready to be inspected. At nine-fifteen the girls are ready for instruction in the sport in which they specialize. Dinner is served at twelve-thirty and is fol- lowed by camp songs and a half- hour rest period. An instructive lecture is given, after which competitive games are carried on until five-thirty. This is the well-earned supper hour. After lunch, twilight games are held and then all the girls assemble in the dining-hall for an evening's entertainment. At ten o'clock all are ready for bed and by ten-fifteen lights are out and all must be quiet. There are also many special activities such as 5 hike to the nearby Y camp, a Weiner roast, a swim meet, a track meet and a tennis tournament. The camp is also frequently visited by import- ant personalities such as: Dorothy Walton Jr., tennis and badminton champion, and Lionel Conacher. Last but not least, I must men- tion the grand leaders, especially Margaret Laird, without whom the camp could never have been the success which it was. HELENA KLINCK Mr. Currie: Do you know what becomes of boys who skip sehooi every afternoon to play hockey!! ' Seiling: Sure, some of them get in the Leafs. ' ' Y

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lx 2 'x,, - . fllln I li 1 ' l I ,gr W, ll' , :yr lk I Il 1 1 I J 1 I I AA: dyygtli N ,my f 1 N . . ,, ' ' 4- ' 'A -fin, , , - r 4.1! I,-'ff w f we Q.. 1 ' ' . A ' ' f K THE' E. H. S. FIELD MEET Our local field meet was held on Saturday, September 21, in the afternoon. The usual weather con- ditions prevailed and the track and ground were very heavy, some of the sprints and distance races hav- ing to be run on very soft ground. The meet was run off in the after- noon with some of the boys events taking place during the following week. However, unfavourable con- ditions did not cut down the num- ber of entries and students present. The results were as follows: GIRLS CHAMPION Q RUNNER-UP Senior Girls Helena Klinck Jean Klinck Intermediate Eleanor Arnold Ruth Dillon Junior Girls A Vera Napoleon Ruth Klinck BOYS Senior Boys William Arnold. Fred Weismiller A Intermed.iate Laverne Miller Coleman Bowman Junior Boys Robert Campbell John Arnold Juvenile Boys Floyd Forester Delman Heintzman g The form shield was ,taken by Grade XII who have monopolized this shield for the first few years. '-FRED WEISMILLI-:R ra, M Ml' am. Q 7, ill l A A jJfr,f'L ' QRS 1 l l 1 L , ' 'l . Ugfllw s Biff! THE WOSSA Bu MEET Due to the cancelling of the Interscholastic Field Meet, the B Wossa was the only major Fall Meet of 1940 open to the Elmira team. The Elmira team set out early Friday October 18, for the J. W. Title Memorial Stadium in Lon- don to try to equal the performance of their 1939 track team, who won the meet. Competition turned out to be exceedingly keen, records being broken in numerous events, as the two hundred athletes from twenty-seven schools turned in sparkling performances. When the points were totalled up, Elmira was found in second place, a very credit- able showing. Leading the Elmira point win- ners were Helena and Ruth Klinck, Helena, in her last year at the Elmira school, Ruth in her first year.. Both turned in outstanding performances. Helena won the senior one hundred yards and placed second in the standing broad jump, one half inch behind. the win- ner. Ruth won the junior standing broad jump and finished in a dead heat in a record breaking seventy- five yard dash. She was awarded second in' this event. Elmira relay team increased their growing pres- tige. The team and their standing were as follows: , Senior Girls, Team consisting of: Helena Klinck, Eleanor Arnold, 5 .

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J l m f A ml . QED f., GRADUATION DANCE The very last dance of last year's term was a semi-formal and elabor- ate one. It must have impressed those graduating to see the young- er students blossoming out on the dance floor amongst the roses and peonies and. jiving lightly to the rhythm produced by Ozzie King's orchestra. .i...... .i1l.-. THEQ HALLOWE'EN PARTY 'Twas 'Hallowe'en and the gym- nasium walls of Elmira High School were gaily decorated. Streamers, flaunced their orange and black in the soft light. On the stage was an eerie Hallowe'en scene. . Prizes for the costumes were War Saving Stamps. Lorine We- ber, a Spanish Senorita carried off the prize for the best-dressed lady. The award for the best-dressed man fell to the playboy Bruce Ruppel. Betty Vice, in a sack, and Norman Hathaway in pajamas, took the girls' and men's comic. Orma Ste- vens, in a dress fashioned of leaves, won the prize for the girls' most original costumeg the Umbrella Man, alias Ross Weichel, won the award for the mpst original boys'. The initiation session was enjoy- ed by everyone except the first form pupils. A Dancing with music was provided bythe Wurlitzer which, after play- ing only a short time, broke down. Several persons played the piano. After lunch dancing continued to the Wurlitzer until the National Anthem closed the party. MARY HOWARD, GRADE XII OUR CHRISTMAS DANCE Examinations were over. We had concluded the first term of our school year. And so we ushered in the festive Christmas season with a gay and colourful dance. The traditional red and green was used throughout the beautifully- decorated ball-room. Huge wreaths, twinkling blue lights and a pic- turesque Christmas tree made a glamorous setting for the gala occasion. The music was ably supplied by Ozzie King's orchestra and much enjoyed byfall. A brief intermission for a per- fectly delicious lunch, prepared by a special committee, followedg then back on the dance floor again we went. Happy and tired, we exchanged Christmas wishes, -and then the dance was over until next year. ELEANOR ARNOLD, GRADE XII . 1 THE SKATING PARTY Monday night, January the twen- ty-seventh, held a special interest for us fer it was the annual High School Skating Party. The rink was