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

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THE SPARTALOGUE — 1959 Page Nineteen y r h 9 i i 3 1958 GRADUATES Pat Adams—Teacher ' s College Bob Allan—Teacher ' s College Nora Jean Boyd—University of Western Ontario Jerry Brumpton—Ontario Agricultural College Dianne Campbell—Queen ' s University Lloyd Cochrane—Apprenticeship-Accountant Gordon Cosgrave—Assumption University Loretta Decarie—Pre-Medical—University of Western Ontario Jerome Delaurier—Chiropractic College Marjorie Dubs—Nursing—Chicago Ozzie Dubs—Assumption University Bill Easby—Bank of Nova Scotia Doug Ferguson—Teacher ' s College Joan Houston—West Elgin High School Wayne Hutchinson—Canadian Navy Janet Kidd—Bank of Montreal Bill Kovinski—Business College Jim Leishman—Assumption University Doug Long—Assumption University Margaret MacDonald—Teacher ' s College Wallace Mills—Teacher ' s College David Moore—Western Ontario Institute of Technology David Robinson—Teacher ' s College Ann Rutherford—London Victoria Hospital—Nursing Barbara Skeggs—Teacher ' s College David Snyder—Assumption University Margaret Sparling—Convalescing Margaret White—Queen ' s University Neil Wightman—Teacher ' s College 12C 13C Jean Aitkenhead—Teaching Judy Ambrose—Elcombe Engineering Company Marilyn Bate—Hiram Walker ' s Adam Bosnyak—Teaching in Brantford Judy Carter—Secretary—A. H. Boulton Kathy Clark—Windsor Credit Bureau Bill Cullen—Canadian Pacific Telegraph Edith Dobell—Secretary in lawyer ' s office Deneece Dudley—Board of Education Dorothy Erdeg—Board of Education Barbara Grey—Hiram Walker ' s Gail Griffin—Tucker Electric Gloria Huber—Appel Bros. Paula Jeannotte—Westinghouse Pat Lauzon—Toronto-Dominion Bank Elliott Ouellette—Burroughs Ken Patterson—Unemployed June Pickering—Marsh ' s Frozen Foods Jim Renaud—Provincial Bank Bruce Stubbington—Toronto—works for time-efficiency expert Elizabeth Tarr—Secretary at Capitol Theatre—married Roderick Toop—Painter for father —Irene Marshall, 1 2C. UNITED NATIONS TRIP Last October, I was fortunate enough to be chosen for the annual trip to the United Nations in New York. Now I can look back and pick out the features of this wonderful trip that will be of lasting value to me. I learned why New York is one of the world ' s great cities. From the time we landed at LaGuardia Airport late Saturday night until we left three days later, we were continually amazed by the size and variety of New York. Our activities included wandering through Greenwich Village and Chinatown, climbing the Statue of Liberty, and seeing a Broadway play. At all times we were impressed with the warmth and friendliness of the people we met. For example, there was the college student who accidentally joined our party and spent a whole evening guiding us about the city. If all we had done was tour New York, the trip would still have been worthwhile. The main purpose of our trip was to visit the United Nations and to observe some of its operations. Inter¬ national affairs had always seemed remote, but when we entered the beautiful buildings, world problems came to life. We visited a special committee that was discussing the vital question of world disarmament. It was enlighten¬ ing to hear arguments presented by both Western and Communist delegates. Another committee that attracted our attention was dis¬ cussing the racial problem in the Union of South Africa. Such problems involving human rights are considered especially important by the members of the United Nations. We also visited UNICEF, the United Nations International Children ' s Emergency Fund. This is a permanent agency of the United Nations with its own staff and suite of offices. It is concerned with the welfare of children throughout the world. We left the United Nations with the feeling that there are many difficult problems in the world but that this organization was our best chance of solving them. I will always be grateful to the Windsor Board of Education for sponsoring this trip. I only wish that every student in the school could have this privilege. —John Blacklock, 13A.

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Page Eighteen “THE SPARTALOGUE” — 1959 EXCERPTS FROM MISS AGNES IRELAND ' S COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS - 1958- 1959 My advice to you is concerned with things of the mind, and of the spirit; and I suppose if I wanted to label the advice I would call it Quality over Quantity. It would never do to despise size or quantity—we must respect, or at least acknowledge it as a reality. But quantity or bigness is useless in the long run unless it is permeated and dominated by quality. I sometimes fear that this truth may be forgotten today when we have so greatly enlarged and perfected mechanical things, when we live more comfortably and pleasantly, and when we travel almost with the speed of lightning—all because of modern inventions. What is the advantage of our living more comfortably or of our being able to travel about the world with unparalleled speed, if we have no serious purpose behind our living and behind our journeys? We are creating gigantic machines and instruments—for what? I hope our goal is to better the life and happiness of all men. I ask the graduates not to fall into the error of wor¬ shipping, and boasting about, and gloating over, quantity and magnitude and mass. Canada, like many other countries, prides herself on being a democracy in which every one of us has, in the last resort, some share in the government of our country. Democracy is the best method of government which the human brain has so far devised —but it is the most difficult method of government, since a good democracy requires its citizens to have a high level of education, intelligence, public spirit, and unselfishness. Democracy, therefore, can endure only if quantity is trans¬ formed into quality. We want not only numbers or big¬ ness or a mass, but we want informed numbers, responsible bigness, an intelligent mass and an unselfish majority. EXCERPTS FROM DIANNE CAMPBELL ' S VALEDICTORY ADDRE SS Reminiscing, Dianne Campbell stated in her valedictory address, One of our teachers once commented that we could scarcely be called a good class, but we were interesting. Although in the past, all too often, we failed to show our appreciation, we were then, and are now, deeply grateful for all their efforts on our behalf. The benefits which were recounted in Dianne ' s address show there was every reason to be grateful. The academic education for which admission was sought five years pre¬ viously was finally received. Many intangible benefits were obtained from a well-balanced programme of sports, and cultural and social activities. Sympathetic teachers, interested in the daily welfare of their pupils, exerted a personal influence on all those whom they taught. Perhaps even more important than the benefits obtained was the fact that enough maturity was reached during the five years to enable senior students to laugh at themselve s, their mistakes, and their shortcomings. It was also learned there is a reward for effort, and only genuine effort pro¬ duces a genuine reward. In conclusion, Dianne philosophized, The itching sen¬ sation, which we call ambition, may only be inflammation of the wishbone, but we believe it is more. We face the future with heads held high, proud to carry with us the fine tradition which we inherit as graduates of Forster Collegiate.

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Page Twenty •THE SPARTALOGUE” — 1959 A TRIP TO STRATFORD One of the most successful events of the school year was the trip which some of our upper school students took to Stratford, Ontario this fall. Three bus-loads of students from grades eleven, twelve, and thirteen saw King Henry 4lh Part 1 performed at the Shakespearian Theatre there. The travellers spent the four-hour journey each way by eating, playing cards, and singing. Grade Twleve A even managed to produce a ukelali. We ate our lunch on the theatre grounds in Stratford, sharing our sandwiches with the sleek swans that hovered near the shore of the Avon River. Then we hurried to the theatre building proper to find our seats, as we had been sternly ordered not to be late. We found a striking, modern building, constructed on the round, with a flanged top and a multitude of glass doors. The lobby walls were hung with pictures of the actors. Another row of glass doors led into the main body of the theatre. Our seats were on the main floor, well toward the stage—very good seats we thought, settling into them carefully. There didn ' t seem to be much foot-room. Later we learned that every seat in the house is good. The stage seemed odd. A flat platform jutted out into the theatre, just three steps from the auditorium floor. The seats wrapped themselves around three sides of this rostrum. On the fourth side was a complicated arrange¬ ment of stairways, entrances, and a balcony. There were two more entrances, one below where we were sitting, and one across from us. There was no curtain to be seen. The whole stage was painted dull grey. It all looked rather drab—not what we had expected at all. We heard the long-anticipated sound of trumpets, the lights dimmed, and suddenly the bare stage was filled with colour, sound and movement. The productions at Stratford are carefully planned to the last detail. This planning shows especially in the costumes and the movements of the actors. In the battle scenes, players rushed up and down the aisles, making the students in the outer seats duck. Those swords seemed very authentic—and very close. No one could have wanted a more enthusiastic audience than we were. We cheered jolly Falstaff whenever he appeared and mourned his passing away when we thought he had been killed. We clapped and laughed at the tavern scene, thrilled to the clang of swords during the battle, and enjoyed every minute of it. After the per¬ formance, the director came out and answered our questions about the production. He complimented us on being a most receptive audience and said that very likely these special matinees for secondary schools would be repeated next year. Beyond question, all of us who saw Henry 4th will want to repeat a wonderful experience. —Mary Holden, 1 2A. ASSEMBLIES Forster ' s assembly program this year was distinguished by both quality and quantity. Pep assemblies seemed to be desired by the majority of the students, because of the fine performances of our teams throughout the year, and because of the efforts of a small but active Pep Club . 13A presented a skit in which they crowned Miss School Spirit . Boys from the senior class, in fancy costumes, represented each school in the city, and a Queen School Spirit was elected by the students. The applause meter showed that Connie? Conrick as Miss Forster won the competition hands down. 12A, with the help of students from all classes, pre¬ sented an assembly depicting student excuses for failure to attend basketball games. Ann Steer kept an eye on Barry Pepper, industrious Doug Brown mowed yards of stage, and pretty Nan Grey was carried away. Doug Howell outplayed himself as the M.C. in this spectacular presentation directed by Milan Crepp. 1 2B also presented a variety show for the amusement of all Spartans. Dolores Grondin acted as M.C., intro¬ ducing such performers as Liz Kulik, singer; Carmen Eaton, juggler; and the Forster Meat Packer ' s pet horse. She herself danced as the Happy Vagabond . We would like to thank all the people who contributed to the Assemblies. CHRISTMAS ASSEMBLY The Christmas Assembly is always the climax of the fall term. This year Too Much Christmas , a play in two acts, was presented by Miss Weller. It starred Eddy Hyttenrauch, John Blacklock, Irene Marshall and Brian Trothen. The choir sang three numbers under Mr. MacDonald ' s able direction, with Silent Night as the climax. All combined to make this a very enjoyable occasion.