Galt Collegiate Institute and Vocational School - Specula Galtonia Yearbook (Galt, Ontario Canada)

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34 U SPECULA Cliff. Flatt made an able assistant coach. He made many sarcastic remarks to the players, but we're sure he had good in- tentions. wk Sk 2? BASKETBALL HE Basketball season also started earlier than usual. We went through the league quite successfully, winning three out of the four games scheduled- thus bringing Mr. Ross's Cup to the school again. At the initial meeting, Miss Snider was again chosen to coach the team and Miss Pedlow to manage it. Hes- ter McKay was elected president and Mayme Rowe, secretary. Later the squad chose Hester McKay to perform the duties of captain for t'his year's team. The first game was at homes with Kitch- e-ner. The girls secured a good start by winning this game 22-18. . The second game was also at home, with GALTONIA Guelph, and the Galt girls came out on the top of a score of 20-12. The third game at Kitchener proved the most exciting and only after a hard strug- gle did the Galt Collegiate girls manage to win. The last game at Guelph was the one and only defeat, but nobody was down- hearted as the championship was already won. The girls were very disappointed at not being allowed to go any farther. Guelph, the runners-up, had to uphold the honour of the district and play Owen Sound. They were successful and t'hus qualified to be one of the teams in the W.O.S.S.A. tourna- ment to be he-ld in London. Team Forwards-M. Parr, G. Gibb, H. McKay, E. Keffer, A. Keffer, M. McKinnong Guards -V. Day, V. Watson, R. Nahrgang, A. Bechtel, H. Connell, M. Rowe. fi The Lit in Retrospect By NEIL BAIRD UR Literary and Musical Society was organized a few years ago to pro- mote discussion, original writings, music, and kindred forms of development. During the earlier years it was found necessary to charge a membership fee. Later, however, as the enrolment was dis- appointing, the fee was abolished, and every student required to attend the meet- ings. The Society encourages ambitious writ- ers by sponsoring the publication of the school paper, and the editorial staff of the SPECULA is appointed by the Liter- ary Society Executive. Service on the paper also affords an excellent opportunity for gaining practical business experience in a small way, as it is expected to be a self-sustaining proposition. This year, the Executive decided that the Society should aim at wider participa- tion by the student body in the presentation of programmes. For some reason, the average student shrinks from mounting the stage and no little difficulty has been experienced by former executives in plan- ning programmes. So we decided to hold the several forms in turn responsible for one meeting. The Executive was seconded in the matter by the Form Captains, to whom the details were entrusted. The Executive regrets that time has not permitted all of the forms to take their turn, but hopes that they will be given an opportunity next year. We feel that in carrying out this plan more students took an active part than would have otherwise, and that, in consequence, more students derived direct benefit from the meetings. As in former years, the Society handled the sale of Christmas greeting cards. An innovation was the offering, for a small additional charge, of cards bearing the purchaser's name. Two meetings of the Society were given over to oratorical contests. The first was conducted to select a representative from the school to attend the district competi- tion in the Canadian and International Oratory Contest, a lot which fell to Hume Wilkins. The second contest, for prizes oiered by .the Daughters of the Empire, was won by Mary Sheldon and Neil Baird. This last took the form of an open meet- ing. For a second year, Miss Carter kindly offered prizes for the recitation of English poetry. Regret was expressed that, while there was a girls' contest, sufficient inter- est was not taken in this competition by the boys to permit of a contest. The Society has endeavoured this year to strike out upon new lines. How far your executive has succeeded in its aims I am not prepared to say. It is for the members of the Society themselves to judge.

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, SPECULA GALTONIA 33 The team is composed of the following boys: , Senior Team: J. Dietrich fCapt.J, W. Cockman, H. Dando, J. Dawson, C. Fergu- son, D. Kemp, H. Lang, R. Lawrence, A. Lorriman, F. MacDonald, R. McCaErey, H. Midgley, G. Saunders, S. Sternall, W. Tutton. Junior Team : S. Sternall, A. Newlands J. Peters, A. Tremaine, A. McCurdy. , 224214914 TRACK AND FIELD For the first time the G.C.I. sent a Track and Field team to the W.O.S.S.A. meet, which is held annually in the Uni- versity of Western Ontario Oval, last year. The meet was held on Saturday, May 19th. As this was the school's first attempt along these lines, no notable victories were scored by the Galt athletes, but the exper- ience they received will count for much and the school can expect that the 1929 Track and Field team will bring additional honors to the school's proud sporting record with every confidence that their expectations will be fulfilled. It might be mentioned here that Law- rence Snelgrove, of the Junior team, placed third in the pole vault at London. Mr. Donaldson was coach and manager of the team and did a lot of hard Work in connection with his duties. The following composed the teams: The Junior Team: C. Flatt, R. Hughes, R. McCaffrey, G. Saunders, L. Snelgrove. The Intermediate Team: C. Burnet, J. Fairgrieve, H. Legg, A. Lorriman, D. McCormick, L. Mercer, P. Philip, L. Saha- gian. fu! ' Girls' Sports IRLS' Softball this season got under Way much earlier than in former years which no doubt partly accounts for the success of the team. With Miss Duggan as coach, Goldie Gibb as manager, and a group of willing aspirants, a team was soon chosen. After battling through the interscholastic schedule, and making a fifth game necessary, this team won the softball championship and brought back to the school the Wholton Cup. The first game at Kitchener was the one and only defeat. The Galt girls were ahead until the sixth innings, when, ex- hibiting every kind of ball but the right, they literally gave the game to Kitchener with a final score of 12-9. The second game was at home with Guelph. The heavy hitting of the home team made this an easy victory for the Galt Collegiate, the final score being 25-4. The third game was at home with Kit- chener. It was a very exciting game for both players and spectators as after an innings' overtime the game ended in a tie. The second game with Guelph was almost as easy as the first, the score being 24-11. Guelph, however, defeated Kitchen- er, making another game between the two leading teams necessary before a winner could be declared. This was played on the Galt Collegiate campus. This proved such an exciting game that at the end even some of the players, as well as spectators, had to ask, Who won? SOFTBALL CHATTER They call it a softball but some times it's not so soft. Pk PIC 214 Marion Tait, the catcher, had the mis- fortune to get her nose broken when a ball hit her during practice and she was forced to change positions with the first baseman. P14 Pk Pk Miss Duggan, the coach, was also put on the injured list as she had a finger broken in practice. Ik :il S4 Mayine Rowe, the captain, suffered a broken thumb in the Ontario League sched- ule which put her on the coaching line until the last game. DK 52 ri! Goldie Gibb led the batters with 19 hits, Myrtle Parr was second with 15, Marg. McKenna and Isabel MacLeod tied with 14 hits each. , P14 Pk PIC Much of the credit for our success goes to Jessie Hinrichs, our left-handed twirler, who not only pitches peppy ball but also swings a wicked bat. Pk Pk 114 Anna Spalding's catch of a hot drive to short-stop, to make the third out in the seventh puts her among the famous. Al- though no one could have blamed her if she had missed it nevertheless it might have spelled defeat for the Galt team.

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INTERSCHOLASTIC BASKETBALL TEAM Back-John Thompson. Fred Stahlschmidt. Centre-H. V. Tancock, M.A. 1Coachl, Ha1'old Walker, WVilliam Lake, Cliflvord Burnet. James Davison lManagze1'b. FronrfClaude Hodgins, Williarn Richmond, James Scott iCaptainl, Duncan McIntosh, Frank MacDonald. f90 JUNIOR FOOTBALL TEAM Standing-Wendel Cartwright, George Roelofson, Harold Dando, Ray Hodgins, Lorne Snel- grove, Charles Klager, Kenneth Ekins, F. A. MacLennan, B.A. LCoach3. Kneeling-Murray Slater, William Oliver, Frank MacDonald, Jack Dawson LCaptain!, Stanley Sternall, Charles Campbell, Arthur Newlands, Harold Midgley.