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

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' .lol-IN BRUEGEMAN CUSTOM TAILOR Made to Measure Clothes 82 KING SOUTH PHONE 2-2483 WATERLOO THE ' HK!! BEAUTY SALON Qualified in all branches of Beauty Culture Hours 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 952 King Street West Cnear Mount Hopel KITCHENER Phone 8-8391 for Appointment FRED C. MILLER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT C. H. WEBER FAMILY GROCER I f It's Groceries, We Have It and FREE DELIVERY REPAIRS PHONE 493 Or send the Children PHONE 366 ELMIRA ELMIRA ONTARIO Compliments of . . . HYDRO SHOP KING ST. W. - KITCHENER Dealers in Quality Gas and Electric Appliances PHONE 4-4771 'Compliments of PEOPLE'S STORE KITCHENER Ontario Compliments of SCARFE 8: CO. LTD. A. J. STOCKIE, MANAGER Compliments of ATKINS' Cl-IILDREN's SI-IQPPE 222 KING ST. W. DIAL 7-7863 KITGHENER I

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' i 5 4' ' a s -f --- If I f---x ,J XT A I oe ,b f vo V' .voL.s. A ..194344 5,6 J , Q 00, EDITORIAL STAFF EDITOR - - - ASSISTANT EDITOR - ADVERTISING STAFF - - - - - ,Iohn Rowland - Margaret Brubacher Commercial Students '3' ADVISORY STAFF Katherine lVlacVicar, B.A. Elizabeth Boland BA G. E. Currie, B.A. Editorial ......... ..... Dedication ............................,.. . ...... . Elmira High School Board ............ Elmira High School Staff .............. Principal's Message ...................... Commencement Pictures ................ Commencement ................. ......... Literary ........... .,.............. Art Work ......... ......... 1 9, 23, Valedictory ......... ............. Poetry ............. ......... i wit ' o' CONTENTS 6 Social .............. 7 Candid Shots ......... 11 Latin ................ 12 French ...... 13 Athletics .. 14 Graduates .... 15 Form News ...... 17 Alumni News ..... 73 War Work ................... 21 Professional Directory 29 List of Advertisers ......

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So Education Costs Nothing? ' The above is a favourite saying of some people. But sometimes we stu- dents wonder-I After all, if we attend school the minimum time required by law Q6-16 yearsj, which is ten years, we are de- pendent on someone else for support. At school, nowadays, a great many more clothes are required than in Mom's days, and they're more expen- sive tool In our Home Economics De- partment, it was found that the average value of one class, clothing on one winter day was 359.02 and the average cost of their whole wardrobe fincluding cosmeticsj was 35250.44-. School success depends largely on regular attendance. Regular attend- ance depends upon good health, and good food has a great deal to do with good health. Referring again to the estimates arrived at in our Home Eco- nomics Department, to feed the average child until he is educated and able to support himself in satisfactory style, costs the mere sum of 3481800! But education costs nothing! Then there are the books! The mini- mum cost of a Grade IX student's bvpoks is five dollars. But this is only the ini- tial cost! All through the term, re- placements are required. Then there are the rulers fI've lost three new ones alreadyll and pencils fI've lost two and used up threelj and the books, lost or ruined, which have to be replaced. And, of course, every rubber which is bro- ken to bits costs poor old Pop another nickel! And do ,Dad and Mom have to suffer any for this? Well, think of the sleep- less nights, the frayed nerves, and the hardships endured, all that the light of their eyes might flourish in health, happiness, and a good education. Just think of the good times they'd have, the clothes and amusements, and trips, and homes, and anything else you can name that they could have, if educa- tion cost nothing. Well, what do we hope to get out of this anyway? Well, of course, bet- ter pay land who isn't interested in that'?J, better living, greater respect from our fellowmen, greater opportu- nities for service, and better positions for ourselves and the generations which will follow us. Yes, we wonder about these things, and we wonder, too, if ,we're going to measure up as a generation worth the sacrifice which our fathers, and bro- thers and friends are making for us on the far-flung and bloody battlefields of the world, and will we be worth the sufferings endured by the men and wo- men of their generation that we may have a free world to live in. We won- der! -KATHRYN CONNELL, GRADE IX A -lT.l G RA D E IX B CContinued from page 571 nine. I can still remember ,Iune Mor- lock. How could I-forget? I was once told I laughed a lot but I donit think I do as much as J une and Betty Kuhl did. The clever one of the class, Alice Mar- tin, is right here. She certainly was ambitious when it came to studying. That's Delores Paprotka. Her hair was kind of reddish and she always could be good when she tried to. Jean Veitch, from West Montrose, is there in the second row. She was rather shy and I believe almost every boy in the class had a crush on her at one time. The lanky one is Lois Lee. She was quite clever in school and, like Erma Martin, a good artist. Doris Wilken and .lane Shurly over in the corner are next. They both are good figure skaters and basket-ball players. The last but not least of 9B is Betty Kuhl. Sometimes going home from school we would laugh until we'd cry. Betty was a great friend of everyone. ' ' Well, Marie, that's all for the pic- tures. Let's turn to the class page now. That poem was written by Alice Mar- tin. Isn't it good? There's the story I wrote. I remember the time I started it. It was so long that I began to won- der if I'd ever get through. See 'those limericks, poems, stories, jokes and sketches? Arenit they good? Why look, it's 12.30, we had better go to bed now. When you think of all that happened at school you could talk all night. It has been a great evening, hasn't it? -SHIRLEY SEILING, IXB I 69