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

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THE A R GUS ANNUAL « VALEDICTORY And now we have reached the sum¬ mit of the road through high school and are about to step off into the bec¬ koning but uncertain future. How¬ ever. we pause for a moment and. look¬ ing back, we meditate over that which we have so recently traversed. This last expanse has been indeed the most impressive, for during this time we have been inspired with in¬ centives to make the most of ourselves and our opportunities. How proud we are to have attended a school with such a worthy and cre¬ ditable record as has Essex High. How glad we are to mention the name. Es¬ sex High School, whenever we find oc¬ casion. To our teachers, who so earnestly instructed us in the various branches of learning, we extend our sincerest thanks. It is they who have directed us up the arduous ascent of achieve¬ ment to the broad plateau upon which we are now standing. They, through their sympathetic guidance, have led us to mature thought. Here the intellectual and social sides of life, developed each in its due mea¬ sure. have contributed much to prepare us for the larger world outside. It is nere friendships have been formes! which time will strengthen. hen we recall those functions and activities experienced during the time spent at Essex High School we readilv agree with the philosopher who said : Life is but the accumulation of mem¬ ories. And as those memories are worth while So is life worth living. -Earl C. Reel) SCHOLARSHIPS We wish to take this opportunity of extending our heartiest congratula¬ tions and to wish every success in life ' s journey to the students who have won glory and honour for both their school and themselves. Harry Hutton came to us in his fourth year and it wasn ' t long before he had taken his place among the first- class students. Harry proved to be a particularly distinguished President of our Lyceum Society during his last year in Essex. His winning of both a scholarship and the Governor-Gener¬ al ' s gold medal in his last year at Wes¬ tern University serve to increase our former pride in such a remarkable stu¬ dent. Max Coutts held the position of President in his Senior year and left our halls of study for a more advanced knowledge. Max upheld tthe stan¬ dards of Essex High by carrying off the flag of victory in the form of the Baptie Scholarship in 1931 at Toronto University and adding still greater re¬ nown to his school and himself when in 1932 he succeeded in capturing the War Memorial Scholarship along with the scholarship in memory of Harvey Agett. Keep up the splendid work! Jim Jones is a prominent Essex boy and needs no introduction. He took a leading partin school acivities and proved his popularity among the stu¬ dent-body as was shown by being elected President of our Lyceum So¬ ciety in 1931. Of course we all knew Jim would be a credit to his school and he fulfilled our expectations when last year at Western University he won the Blake Scholarship for profic¬ iency in Economics. Mary and Helen Milieu. Not only have the boys made a name for Essex High School but we also have some girls who have distinguished themsel¬ ves. Both took an active part in sports while here in Essex High and Mary made a particularly fine showing in Western University. During her sec¬ ond year she carried off a scholar¬ ship for general proficiency while Helen won a prize for Mathematics. —Hawlev Keane, Y

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THE ARGUS ANNUAL having dinner in Ottawa in five min¬ utes, so hurry.” George: I think you are crazy, but I’ll have to hurry anyway if I want to catch the trolley. Vi: “Don ' t be silly, George, and get into this Delivery Tube. Here, press this button. Good-bye. George: “Hello. Miss Thompson, take a letter. ’In reply to your re- cpiest-. Yours truly. George Hall.’ “Another Miss Thompson: ‘In your catalogue I sec-. Yours truly. George Hall.’ “All right, good-bye Miss I homp- II son. Yi: “Why. hello. George, you are on time, fust a moment and I ' ll be with you. Ottawa at last, and it took ten whole seconds to go just over 700 miles. Tsn ' t that slow service! We must go in here and get our dinner. Yes. another pill. Hurry up. George, a minute for dinner is entirely too much. Let’s leave. Ah. here we are at home at last. Ding-a-ling-a-ling. George: Who started this system anyway. Vi. who did?” Vi: “Who started what, dear; you must have been dreaming. If you don’t get up you won ' t have time to eat your eggs and bacon before catching the trolley.” ' —Vivian Martin. II-A FRENCH JOKE Sous un noyer magnifique pres d ' un village deux petits garqons out trouve une noix. — C ' est a moi”—a (lit un gar -on— “pour je I ' ai vue d’ahord— . “Non. elle est a moi —s ' est eerie l ' autre—“pour je I ' ai ramassee. Puis il y a vait une dispute violents. “Je ferai la poix entre vous”—a dit un traisieme garQon |ui passait a ce moment. Celui s ' est place entre les deux pretendants. est ouvre la noix et est prononce cettc locution. “Une des voquilles est a lue qui a vu la noix le premier. l’autre a lui qui la ramassait quant a l ' amande. je la garderai pour la frais de la cour.” “N’est-ce pas ainsi qu ' un proces se termine ordinairement?”—il a ajoute. rirant. —Mary Louise Webb, III UN ACCIDENT TERRIBLE Mardi, avril cing, une des plus grands aeroplanes des Etats-Unis a ete frappe par eclairage. Beaucoup de peuples ont ete tue. Un autre aero¬ plane a ete frappe aussi par eclairage pendant qu’il cherchait l’Akron. C’est arrive vingtaine de kilometres du bord. Les mouvelles a ete envoy tout autour de l’Amerique du Nord. Les peuples ont apprendus bientot l’accident. —Carson Radcliffe, III OUR BASKETBALL (Latin Version) Pila sporta est bonus Indus omnium, Et pueri et puellae in ludis dimicant. Sive superent sive in proelio amittant, Amnes opera sua facere optima ten¬ ant. Gymnasium victorias multas nostrum vidit, Signa quattuor muri pilae sportae abdunt. Multi homines nobiles in suas portas ierunt. Multae turmae fortesque potentes- que hie pulsae sunt. (Pila sporta est Indus certe amnium. Sed fuisse hominum solum volumus. Turn forsan celeriter mittere potuis- semus Puellas ex gymnasis hieme omnius). Our basketball motto—“primus in¬ ter multos”. —Donald Richardson FRENCH POEM Quand je suis avec vous Tout cela m’est egal Si je suis dans la salle Oil si c ' est a un bal Quand je suis avec vous. Quand je suis avec vous La nuit devient le jour Nous marchons a la cour Raconter le mal de coeur Quand je suis avec vous. —Donald Coutts, III Just Imagine Doug. Keeley—doing bis Earl Schultheis—in long pants. Maurica Weir—not talking. Wilbert Queen—an ash blonde. K. Lttle—in pig-tails. Popeye Purvis—in kilts”. €

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THE ARGUS AN N UAL 1932 GRADUATES Ethel Croft—is attending Western University this year. Ethel has made a fine start towards obtaining the B.Sc. degree this year. In a few years she will occupy the superintendent’s chair in some large hospital. Douglas Pitts—Last year we were very unfortunate in losing the promi¬ nent student Douglas Pitts. After re¬ ceiving his Junior Matric. moved to Hayesville, Ontario, where he is con tinning his education at Kitchener Collegiate. Chester Stotts—is now living a peaceful life on his father’s farm in the district about Cottam. where men are men, and work is play. Ches received his diploma for Junior Matric. and fin¬ ished most of his Upper School at the Essex High. Helen Hicks—Who has not missed Helen at the High this year? Helen is attending Ontario Ladies’ College, at Whitby, Out., after having received her Junior Matric at Essex. Leda Hall—is attending London Nor¬ mal and is doing well. If she shows the same good disposition to her pupils that she showed during her school career she will be bound to be success¬ ful. Kathleen Doyle—is holding up the high standard of the Essex High School at London Normal. Funny! how- all good-looking girls go in for teach¬ ing. Fred Keane—The star centre of last year ' s basketball team is following in the footsteps of his father. He is now- taking a medical course down at Wes¬ tern University. Freddy was president of the Lyceum last year and under his good management it was the best the E. H. S. has had in years. Earl Keel)—Founder and chief editor of the Argus Annual is attending Nor¬ mal School at London this year. Earl may become a K. C. some day and here’s wishing him every success. Albert (Bunker) Hill—The star re¬ porter for the E. H. S. last year is spending this year at home receiving a little practical knowledge in Agricul¬ tural Science. COMMERCIAL GRADUATES Eleanor Allison—Graduated from the Special Commercial Class. Eleanor has such gentle ways and can get along so well with anyone and everyone, that we are sure she will make a fine steno¬ grapher. During the past year she has been doing secretarial work for some of the townships. Roger Barlow — After a year of heavy responsibility, taking on his broad shoulders the cares of the Com¬ mercial Department, Roger was parti¬ cularly well-fitted for taking over all of Mr. Hall’s office work. His strong personality strikes fear to all lates and would-be visitors in the office. Madonna Brown—Madonna was last year ' s record typist. Her fingers work¬ ed so fast she was sometimes accused of doing nothing at all. She has. at present, dreams of being a nurse and we are sure she will prove as efficient in her new position as she was in her work at school. Mary Dawson—We all liked Mary and we were all sorry to see her leave. In the three years Mary attended our school she succeeded in getting her di¬ ploma and Theory Certificate. Mary has no position yet but stays at home—at least in the daytime. Luella Gillett—Luella has a different position from all the rest of the grad¬ uates of last year, and we feel sure it must have been her long wavy hair that obtained it for her. She was mar¬ ried shortly after she left school. We hope she has not forgotten her past school days and chums. Clair Keelev—In graduating Clair won the medal which marked him first in his class. He was also a great goal keeper on our football squad. Thi; year instead of kicking the football he is driving horses in the daytime, and calling off square dances at night. Floris Rawlins—Floris should be a most desirable office assistant, for her constant good nature along with her good looks make her most attractive. However, even these qualities have little value in these times, and Floris spent some time at home before she began working in Kingsville.