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

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p . ? lrs J were the Cathedral of 3t, John the Divine, Riverside :arch and urant ' s Tomb, where are two beautiful sarrophagi, Of course tZllI 0ne w ®s appropriately thrilled. Fifth Avenue was ' honoured by ' our : s. enco, and all of the elite left their elegant suites just to 119 4 greet t - r Tf t iu n f® s J ' ust waiting to move in, Mr. Monteitb in- tn “ ' j, th i we visit the btatue of Liberty, so we reconciled ourselves i §ht “ seeing trip on an empty stomach. But our fears were ground¬ less, because we had to wait almost a day and a half for the ferry. After most of us the old girl herself, in all her some brave characters started to a real rocking ride, in a state of misery, which, mixed with indigestion, left we found ourselves face to face with glory. Being gluttons for Dunishment. climb a spiral flight of two-inch wide a rain check when they steps to her head, but half of them took fw t Vf h I ir head ® were swimming and their legs about to drop off. 3 ' T? nd that tbe ject of their perseverance was a Si 2?iS y I ho i? 8 r ov of tin H windows. They slowly began the was wo th°the S eff©rt! ty,S feet ’ reached tbe S r ° ,Jrid wondering found The cramp- two- hou if it — the n ?? n S mi id ?round a S a n ln » the Metropolitan Art Museum was next ' here we were almost allowed to glance at the oddities there as Mr Monteitb hurried us through at a slow run. !. r ln f om some of the objets d ' srt of w hich we caught a glimpse, it is probably just as well that we could not linger longer, g P Tb nugb was waiting ambition to everyone wss ready to drop in his tracks. Rockefeller Centre to be invades, so we arrived in full force. Lacking the .j f , ,, tou tbe buildings, we contented ourselves by shopping the Sift ships for sundry items--such as mink toothbrushes. ' ' in ' o trip would be complete without someone getting lost, so Emily dtar old Emily graciously complied with tradition, While about ten tootsore and weary sight-seers waited for the search party to reton r ooXe 6 ?© sit like 8 India 8 dubl ° s distinction of being some of the few ?® opl f t0 llke , Indians on the floor of Rockefeller Centre for half ™ 5? ; ; ? en ™ haa given up hope of finding Tmily, we cSSled b™i to toe hotel, and there she ws, large as lifj nd trice as wondering where on earth everyone had been. She took a taxi. ' „ rs ., T i: at evenln S while Mr. Monteitb escorted tbe aristocracy of the f” 3 ? 0flcert ab - ow T n Hall, the common people just couldn ' t live without seeing a movie, so our soft-hearted mentor agreed to lot f-hpw -ut of hip night for a few hours, out Mr. Monte h pleasure was quite nullified by worrying over two of his charges, who were nuite innocently walking up and down Broadway well-protected by Mrs. Crane Thompson, Mrs . Crane ' s brother, and still searching fur mink toothbrushes, ee how much he trusts us? Tl.at night being our last in Hew York, to sleep would have been sacrilege, so the hotel throbbed with life all night. While some eve- w ere focused on imaginary drills coming through imaginary holes in vew real doors, others banished terror by holding wild Parties. The tele- phone wires buzzed, thin wells were practically beaten down by people reeting each other by pounding, and room service was shocked bv a call for hamburgers--with no onions —at three-thirty v ednesday morni J g

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Once safely settled in our own hotel roams, the fun b; an. After paying for those rooms, no one thought the money should he wasted by sleeping in them, so we explored and experimented. The switchboard operator thought she was being sabotaged by the time each room had called eleven times, and the elevator boys were run ragged. But may it be said to Essex High ' s credit, no one bothered the elevator boys after two a.m. Instead, they cheerfully traipsed up and down dark dingy flights of stairs to visit. That was the first night so every¬ one retired early--about three o ' clock. After reveille was sounded on each roo. ' s telephone at seven o ' clock, everyone promptly went back to sleep, just to assert his independence. So fifteen minutes before departure time, we came to our senses and arose, only to miss the deadline by about half an hour, while Hr. monteith paced the lobby. Finally on our way about an hour late, the sleepy group tried to squeeze into one bus, and succeeded only by pushing the other pass¬ engers out the windows. We eventually reached the United rations headquarters, and spent a pleasant hour flipping the dial on our re¬ ceivers, playing with our ear phones and listening to the English speak in Russian, the French in Spanish, and trying to put our class¬ room French into practice, having heard toe Algerian situation aired in five different languages, we left the conference room little wiser, but, in the case of one young woman, with her hair much more mussed up. Havin. had enough of that for one day, • were escorted in two .roups (they didn ' t trust us all together) throw, n the U. h. building, having one particularly uerutiful council room, expressions of awe were voiced by most of the visitors, bus Gordon ' s sole comment v;as Can we eat now? .We couldn ' t. ■..hen we finally left the place, we were directed to one quaint little greasy spoon, where we feasted upon cold French Fries and ■ reasy harnbur ers. lir. Monfceith decided that we needed sortie exercise, so he kindly oer ' iittod us to walk halfway across ; ew York to the Empire State Building. Deter ■lined to survey New York completely, lost of us went ur to the Observatory to see just Ijow far we had walked. ,.isn that realization struck ho ie, everyone found that he was exhausted, ith was persuaded to return 1 hotel, .lore w© almost a ad time to eat the ' usual meal of French Fries and chocolate sundaes before being trundled off to Came i. Iall to have culture mixed with our indigestion. Having sleet through the concert, few people were ready to rleep when they reached the hotel, ficr lettin Ll :mr ©leers retire in peace, the hotel awakened, and the corridors were Tilled with youn people in various stu.es of cress, or undress. The aracin, t vo Hy stopped, and half of Nr, outer : r 3 family coulc be found, in one room watching television (just lihe home} while the others were congregated in one or two rooms having a gay old time. John Seabourne, finding ’ alkmg in trie hulls too tame, tried to go from room to room on a lodge eleven stones above Times Square. Ant. ’hr, Montoich slept through the whole night-. Some of the very ambitious individuals opened their bloodshot eyes at five-thirty to visit a television snow. For the others it was an accomplisament to rise at nine-thirty in anticipation of another day of ■ a vement-pounding.

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Nc one slept that night, so a tired group carried themselves by sheer will power to Grand Central Station for their last half hour in ,he city of subways. As they mounted the train-the sole aim was to find a seat and go to sleep and a much subdued group rode home. But we realized that the trip was far from wasted when we reviewed our know¬ ledge about diving into and leaping from subways, when we recalled all the souvenirs we had collected, ranging from restaurant sugar to hotel soap, and when we remembered that in New York, Karen and John discover¬ ed each other. Important Events ±jn Our School Year Essay Contest Last fall the English teachers in the school were asked to have the students in their classes write an essay on the subject, Why Essex Needs an Ice Rink, This request was made by the newly appoint¬ ed members of the ice rink committee and as an incentive the council offered monetary awards to the winners. The students worked very hard obtaining information and gathering data concerning the ice rink. The English teachers also worked hard because they had to evaluate nearly six hundred essays and select the three best ones in a limited amount of time. The winners of the junior division were Beth Dewhirst, Julie Ann Dankasrt, and Carolyn Milne, first, second and third respectively. The winners of the senior division were Wesley Bridgen, Greg Johnston, and Marilyn Patterson, Mr . Lampkm Visits E. 2, H. S. Through the efforts of Miss Murphy, director of Guidance at Essex District High School, and Father Murphy of Assumption University the students of Essex High had the privilege of hearing Mr. Charles Lampkin, who is one-of the most versatile-entertainers of the day. He is a pianist, a composer of note, nn elocutionist, an actor and a wonder¬ ful baritone singer. His programme included several readings with musical background, two spirituals, two shout songs and finally his own rendition of The St. Louis Blues. His final encore Old Kan River was a big hit with the students, Mr, Lampkin will long be remembered for his charming personality and the delightful introductions to his various numbers. GUEST SPEAKERS Special features of the Guidance Department this year have been its guest speakers. These included Hr. Watt, Manager of Essex. Bank of Commerce, Dr. O ' Neil and Mr. Max Roberts, C. A., a graduate of Essex High School. Each spoke on his respective profession. As a result of their lectures, several students have a new objective in life.