Elmwood High School - Inscripta Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Band This year our band has been busier than ever, under the able guidance of Mr. Buss. The long awaited trip to Ft. Frances finally occurred November 2. V e played several selections in a concert in the Ft. Frances High School to a large audience. There the concert was a success, it was enjoyed by all, and on the whole the concert was well done. After a dance in the school auditorium, most of us took advantage of our absence from home and stayed out till three or four A. M. It was most enjoyable but the hours spent on the bus were the most fun of all. In November the band played in the Rememberance Day Service and Community Chest Parade. The big band concert of the year was held in David Thompson School on February 22. Together with the bands from Grades 7-9 and the D. T. choir we provided enjoyment for a large audience. Two weeks ago the band from Casselton, North Dakota, had a concert in the D. T. auditorium under the director¬ ship of Mr. Nelson. Our band had a Dance for them after the concert and both bands enjoyed themselves immensely. Last month, a couple from each instrumental section in the band formed a small ensemble to play at a Shopper’s supper in Hudson Bay. Another ensemble played at the Parliament Buildings on Citizenship Day. They received warm praise for their excellent performance there. Last Friday the band played at Oakbank, as in previous years, and both audience and performers had a good time. On May 16, the band played at Polo Park, and in June, in the Red River Exhibition Parade. Our final concert will be held May 16. Let’s hope that it is as much a success as all the other concerts that merited one. It’s all for a very deserving cause! — Erica Koanig

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Cheerleaders The girls attended the soccer games and the girls ' and boys’ volley¬ ball games. The highspot of the year was the basketball games. Here the girls boosted school spirit by doing old yells and introducing several new yells. This year a new green and white megaphone, helped the girls to ‘‘Yell a little louder.” Of course, everyone knows we finally got our school mascot. That famed white polar bear, Carmichael, with his big green bow was seen at every game. The cheerleaders this year were the best group Elmwood High has ever had. They were: Janice Pippus (1st row, left), Linda Ramm (1st row, right), Beverly Grey, Noreen Marshall, Barbara Gross, Karen Dobson, Linda Faykes, Joyce Oleksuik, and Dorothy Clark, all under the able leadership of Karen Dobson. The two pep rallies this year introduced our new yells and Carmichael. The best game was at Grant Park where our school spirit topped theirs with our cow-bells, noise-makers, and trumpets. With the help of Elmwood’s peppiest students, the Cheerleaders boosted Elmwood High School Spirit to the highest it has ever been. Congratulations girls! Inter-High Chess Team Robert Pawlik, Ian Thomson, Craig McLennan, Peter Lempke.

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Quiz Team Congratulations are in order for Elmwood High’s Quiz Team for winning the grand championship on the program “Reach for the Top.” They are the victors in a contest which involved over 100 high schools throughout Manitoba and justly deserve all the honour which Elmwood High can give them. This year’s team made up of Richard Luddick, Noreen Marshall, Ian Thomson and Thompson Owens were probably the hardest working team in the series. Many hours were spent by all four reading and studying, books, pictures, pamphlets, maps, and encyclopedias to try and gain all the knowledge they could for the program. Since the team was organized they held regular meetings “after four to go over the topics they had studied. Usually these meetings lasted until 5:00 or 5:30. Their school work did not suffer a great deal for some of the questions used on the program are based on the course taken in grades 11 and 12. The hard work did not stop at school however and was continued at home. This routine was kept up for over seven months from the time the series began until it ended. This year the program included several new schools from as far north as Flin Flon and outlying districts such as Hapnot. The series was divided into four Flights and the four Flightwinners played off for the grand championship. Elmwood was entered in the second flight and defeated Garden City by a score of 330 to 185 to win their flight. During their earlier games they went over the top and scored 405 points against Gordon Bell High School and each team member received a gold card in recognition of the feat. When the teams came to play the final round. Church i 11 was the Flight 1 winner; E Imwood, Flight 2; Transcona, Flight 3; and Dakota, Flight 4. Each team was to play two games, the most number of points for the two games were to play in a sudden final game. Elmwood played Churchill in the first game and won 440 to 110. Before that game was played the CBC had formed a new set of rules which stated that on the scramble quest ion only the person that buzzed could answer the question and they would not accept an answer from any other member of that team. The other teams and viewers complained when Churchill had been defeated that Elmwood had not complied with the rules and had been whispering the answers to one another. The CBC under this pressure decided that the game would have to be replayed. This brought a burst of comp la ints from Elmwood fans but the CBC stated that if they did not replay the game, Elmwood would have to drop out. Elmwood members voted unanimously on their playing the game again because they didn’t want all their efforts thus far to be wasted. They beat Church i 11 by a large mar¬ gin. The other games were won with large margins and Elmwood members prepared for the final championship game. The last game was exceedingly close for a great part of the program, but fortunately Elmwood gained a lead and held it. The final score in the final game was Elmwood 230, Transcona, 150.