Essex District High School - Argus Yearbook (Essex, Ontario Canada)

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THE ARGUS ANNUAL FOREWORD The time has come for the publish¬ ing of another of our annual year hooks. We have a high standard to maintain. Last year our magazine was outstanding because it was the very first and contained a great deal of ori¬ ginality. We all have done our best to make this year’s magazine as suc¬ cessful as that begun last year. The members of the staff of the Argus Annual have worked hard and faithfully to put out this book and we want to take this opportunity of thank¬ ing the school in general for their co¬ operation. A great deal of credit is due the teachers who have given so amply of their time and knowledge in order that we may have our magazine. Lastly, hut not least, we want to express our thanks to all those who advertised in our book, for they have made this edition of the Argus Annual possible. The future success of this magazine lies in the hands of the advertisers. Therefore, readers, we urge you to read the advertisements carefully: do business with those who have patron¬ ized us. and tell them of seeing their advertisement in our year book. This will show them that their outlay was not in vain, and they will advertise in future books. To future editors let me say that we receive more benefit than the hon¬ our of editing the Argus Annual in the gratification and satisfaction of having- tried to accomplish something worth while. HAROLD E. NEWMAN. Managing Editor. CITIZENSHIP A citizen is a member of a city or a country who is free to go about as he wishes. He is a man who takes an interest in all his country’s affairs, who is. familiar with her political and fin- icial position, who realizes her needs and her faults and who may even have an opinion concerning a remedy for her ills. He willingly does his share in running his country, not necessarily by becoming a member of parliament, but at least by casting his vote care- full} in ever}- election whether fed¬ eral. provincial, or municipal. Though the men who control our industries, our government, our trade, and other national enterprises, may exert the greatest influence on Can¬ ada’s development, yet every citizen has his responsibility, vital though seemingly trifling. The boy or girl in High School should understand his or her country ' s problems and acquire a knowledge of all current topics. He is building a foundation for citizenship in taking an active interest in all his school activities, if he strive to make of himself a student of whom his school may be proud, and to develop a char¬ acter which will command the respect and emulation of his fellows, he will some clay become a citizen who is a credit to his country as well as his school. He will have laid a solid foun- da ' ion for a greater life and his exper¬ ience in school citizenship will have fitted him for the greater duties of being a citizen of his country. He may never become even a mem¬ ber of the council of his municipality but if he takes an active interest in everything that concerns his country, knows what she is doing and why. does his share to rule his community, and lives at peace with his neighbour, he will be a good citizen. On the other hand he may become a great states¬ man. Some day, one of our own school mates may become a leader in parlia¬ ment or even Prime Minister —Elsie Dawson. Form III

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THE ARGUS A N N U A L ARGUS ANNUAL STAFF Back Row —D. Doyle (Circulation). H, Sadler (Current Events) A. Mulcastcr (Circulation) P. Naylor (Literary), R. Hill (Curtent Events). F. Kennedy (Sports). C. Cowan (Com¬ mercial Editor). J. McGuire ( Adveitising), R. Martin (Sports). M. McGuire (Curient Events). E. Hines (Spoits). F. Chapman (Literary). D. Keeley (Jokes). H. Jackson (Jokes). C. Shipway (Social). Front Row —H. Collard (Circulation), H. Lcatherdale (Treasurer). R. Barlow (Typist). Miss Brown (Associate Editor) Harold E. Newman (Managing Editor), N. Heath (Literary). K. Little (Social) H. Gammon (Calendar). War of 1812 are still plain and the block house is well preserved and open !o the public. There is al-o a stone marking the spot where Tecumseh tna le I is famous speech to his braves, and the house where he stayed is still standing. British troops were located at Amherstburg even before the war. When war was declared. Hull and his army captured Sandwich and from there issued an order that the Cana¬ dians remain neutral and Indians be kept from fighting. Brock marched at once from Xiagara to Malden with a force of 200—mostly regulars and l ' ••i e l F.mpire Loyalists. Tecumseh and 600 Indians joined him and they ' reed Hull to retreat to Detroit. Brock, who was as daring as he was clever, managed a scheme to deceive the Americans. He took possession of a house in Sandwich and marched his men in the front door and out the back and around again, keeping this up so hat a steady stream of men seemed to be marching in. The red coats of the British showed up to advantage so that from across the river Hull believed that a huge force was opposing him. Brock also gave Hull the idea that his Indians were fierce, causing him even greater terror. He had them go across tile river at night and serenade the American general with “unholy yell¬ ing ' .’ The houses where Brock made all his plans and developed his strate¬ gies are still standing in Sandwich. The Indians had cut off supplies for the garrison at Detroit and when Brock daringly crossed the river and invaded the enemy, Hull surrendered Detroit and Michigan without a fight. These last events form the back¬ ground for Major Richardson’s “Wi- cousta ami Park-man ' s Conspiracy of Pontiac. These events show us that from the time that records have been made, our county has had an honour¬ able place in history. Windsor, es- pecally, is alive with memories of the war and in many ancient rooms of the historical houses there lurk the ghosts of red coats and militia, who fought that our generation might have peace and liberty. —Patricia Naylor. IV Form Mrs. McClelland (after Marshal had taken an enormous bite) Another bite like that and you ' ll leave the table.” Marshal: “Another bite like that and I ' ll be through.

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THE ARGUS ANNUAL CHOOSING A CAREER Boys and girls of Essex High, you have now reached the age when you are to decide your future course of life. Many of your school careers will end with high school: others will go on to college and become great doc¬ tors. lawyers, financiers, etc. What are YOU going to become? When you have obtained your sen¬ ior matric”, you have attained life’s second great success. For you who will not have the opportunity of going on to college, the question arises. Now that I have my matriculation, what good is it going to do me. if I can ' t go on to college? True! Your mathematics, your languages, and your sciences will be of little practical value to you in later life, but in learn¬ ing them, the ability to think, and to make your own decisions has been taught you. You should be mentally above the average boy or girl who has not attended high school. Hence, if you cannot make a success of life, with this ability to think, the fault must lie in yourself. There are many courses open to those unable to attend college. Tf you have excelled on the sports field dur¬ ing your high school days, you might make a success of an athletic career. Professional jobs are waiting to be filled in baseball, hockey, tennis, and scores of other sports. If you are not athletically inclined, the business field has a wide scope of position to be fil¬ led. Perhaps you have the silver tongue of the salesman, the originality o! thought of the newspaper editor, or the practical mind of the office hand. If so you might well succeed in the business field. If there is some trade which appeals to you. you can qualify yourself for that trade by attending Technical school or by serving an ap¬ prenticeship. Lastly, but by no means least, is the good, old-fashioned farm¬ ing. Farming offers the same oppor¬ tunities for success as any other field. You must remember that it is not so much your opportunities, as what von make of your opportunities, that leads to success. Now, let us discuss the case.of those who are going to attend college. You must first choose your career, and in so doing, be sure to choose something which appeals to you. You cannot make a success of something which you do not like. Moreover, you must not be discouraged if you have not been particularly clever in high school. Cleverness, while being a great help, is not essential to success. Some philo¬ sophers say that if we desire a thing hard enough, and if we are willing to work hard enough, we can attain any¬ thing we wish. Louis Pasteur, the great French physician, is an example of this. At school, he was considered dull and slow-witted, vet he became one of the world’s most famous re¬ search men in medicine. And so. pupils of Essex High, you might consider yourself as so many Louis Pasteurs, who can make a suc¬ cess if you are willing to put forth the effort. You all have a place to fill in this world. Find yours! Work hard, and success lies just around the corner. —Norman Heath. Form V OUR CONQUERING HEROS Ludos manumque cano, Essico qua prima ab schola Venit, omniaque celeriter superavit. Multa sustinerunt, illi gravihusque iac- tatus Rebus propter invidiam Lemintonum autiquam. Acriter bella Amerstburgo multa longe lateque gesserunt. Hum inferrentque tropaea; genus unde victores, Heroesque inter tnoenia alti gymnasii scholae. —Donald Richardson Getting out a paper is no picnic. If we print jokes, folks say we are silly. Tf we don ' t they say we are too ser¬ ious. If we publish original matter they say we lack variety. If we publish things from other papers we are too lazy to write. If we are rustling news, we are not attending to news in our own depart¬ ment. If we don’t print contributions, we don’t show proper appreciation. If we do print them the paper is filled with junk.