Forster Secondary School - Spartalogue Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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Page Eight “THE SPARTALOGUE” 19 5 3 Class of ’53 As we leave Forster Collegiate to follow our separate paths, we, the class of ' 53, shall take with us a treasure of happy memories. It seems such a short while ago that we were lowly first formers roaring through the halls. Now, we are dignified ' ' seniors, enjoying the benefits of modern laboratories, a music room, a library, an art room, one of the city ' s best gymnasia and numerous other luxuries. How many memories there are to take with us! When we look back on our collegiate days, the lively Hard Times Hallowe ' en parties, the sparkling Football dances, April Serenades and the friendly Community centres will certainly be bright memories. We shall never forget our assemblies. The loud cheers and prolonged ap¬ plause mingled with our attempts at singing and a few well-deserved lectures will always ring in our ears. Spring days will conjure up platoons of cadets led by a brilliant colour party and marching to the stirring music of the band. Our first sun burn at the school track meet will be recalled almost as vividly as our participation in the various events. Operetta and drama opened new vistas for us. The smell of grease paint, the hilarious antics at practises, the nervous anticipation backstage, the hush before curtain time made us seasoned troopers. Perhaps our teams will linger longest in our memories. We shall recall how we thrilled to football under the bright lights of the Windsor stadium, the excite¬ ment of basketball and the screaming invasion of London to support our teams at W.O.S.S.A. We shall look back with fine memories on those who helped us develop our various talents whether they were in the scholastic, athletic or dramtic field. First on our list of helpers will be, of course, Mr. Forster who always insisted on good work, good sportsmanship, and four even periods . We are glad that we were present when he was paid the most fitting of tributes—the changing of the name Sandwich Collegiate” to J. L. Forster Collegiate . To us our days at Forster shall mean wonderful teachers, swell kids, good school spirit, and happy times. SHIRLEY BURNETT AND MIRIAM DRYDEN.

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' •THE SPARTALOGUE Page Seven TEACHING STAFF First Row: Second Row: Third Row: Insets: Mr. Robinson. Miss Gurney, Miss Lovegrove. Miss Philpot, Mrs. Haeber- lin, Miss Grant. Mr. Forster. Miss Scarfone, Miss Weller, Miss Scanlan. Miss Munnings. Miss Graham, Miss Harris. Mr. Steadman, Mr. Krol. Mr. Brown, Mr. Whetstone, Mr. Courtney. Mr. Ellis, Mr. Silcox. Miss Eddie, Miss Farr. Changes in Staff The year 1952-53 is destined to be remembered as the Year of Changes in all walks of life—coronation of Elizabeth II—death of Stalin—election of Eisenhower —exchange of war prisoners—discovery of a vaccine to fight p olio—Windsor ' s new Centennial auditorium— Cinerama — a new name for our school — etc., etc. Among the less world-shaking, yet very interesting, events of the year are the changes in our teaching staff. In September, we welcomed two new teachers to the fold, Miss Jean Eddie from the Ontario College of Edu¬ cation and Miss Phyllis Farr from Strathroy Collegiate. Miss Eddie will grace our halls once again next year, but Miss Farr is leaving Forster to teach at the Orillia Col¬ legiate Institute. She will be married in the near future to Mr. Don McKellar who is at present residing in Windsor. Two other teachers have tendered their resignations this spring. Miss Jean Graham will leave for Toronto where she is to marry the Reverend Keith Brown, and Miss Harris will be married in July to Mr. John Heinbush of Kitchener. We wish to thank these teachers for the con¬ tributions they have made to Forster Collegiate and to wish them a very rosy future.

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“THE SPARTALOGUE 19 5 3 Page Nine UPPER SCHOOL WILMA BACKHOUSE S.A. Sportalogue Desc. Winsome Wilma Amb. College? Fut. Married KENNETH BOTTOMS S.A. Basketball, football, band, choir, track, ecdesia, operetta, drama, swimming team, public speaking, officers ' corps. Desc. Nature Boy Amb. Engineer Fut. Pushing brok en down locomotives SHIRLEY BURNETT S.A. Choir, Sportalogue, operetta Desc. Dryden ' s partner in crime Amb. Teacher Fut. Put that gum in the basket! STANLEY DRABEK S.A. Football, basketball, track, Ecdesia, officers ' corps Desc. Rip” Amb. Engineer Fut. Van Winkle RICHARD DUNGY S.A. Football, track, basketball, operetta Desc. Sharp-shooter Amb. Joining the Air Force Fut. Flying “flying saucers DONALD BRADLEY S.A. Public speaking, rifle team, signals, officers ' corps, operetta, Christian Fellowship Desc. Digger O ' Dell Amb. Chemist Fut. President of an embalming society ALLAN BRENT S.A. Track Desc. Shy, but interesting Amb. Pharmacist Fut. Dodging good-looking girls JOHN CLEMINSON S.A. Ecdesia, cheer leader, drama, operetta, officers ' corps, dance committee, swimming team Desc. Smiles and chuckles Amb. Chemical engineer U. of T. Fut. Putting bombs in bon bons MIRIAM DRYDEN S.A. Sportalogue, operetta, choir Desc. Burnett ' s better half Amb. Dental nurse Fut. Open wide! HARRY FIDDLER S.A. Cheer leader, swimming, operetta Desc. Atomic Midget Amb. Teacher Fut. Still fiddling around