Georges P Vanier Junior High School - Term Talk Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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MS. ACTON - born and educated in Edmonton - poor soul. In Calgary she has taught at Briar Hill and Colonel Walker. She has also taught in many-parts of Alberta. She is a guidance counsellor and and the teacher sponsor of the students ' council. One of Mrs. Acton ' s biggest problems is convincing her husband that she should remain in the teaching profession, MR. DE GAMA - hails from Rajputana, India. Mr, De Gama taught at Colonel Walker last term. He is a real globe-trotter in every sense of the word. Before becoming a teacher, Mr. De Gama spent five years as a policeman on the force of Gloucester County in Eng¬ land. He received his training for teaching at Bristol, England and has taught in Bristol, Gloucester, and a year in Melfort, Sask¬ atchewan, His travels have included Singapore, Burma, Pakistan, India, Ceylon, as well as Britain and Canada. MS. MCCULLOUGH - Alberta-bom, Mrs. McCullough has taught at River¬ side, Renfrew and Briar Hill schools. She has also taught in the High River and Turner Valley School Divisions. She is a graduate of Calgary Normal School and has attended the University of Alberta. Mrs. McCullough claims Long Beach, California is the farthest afield she has travelled. MR. LEAVITT - Vanier ' s physical education teacher was bom in Cardston, Alberta. He specializes in the mathematics and science fields. .Mr. Leavitt has taught at Vermillion, Alberta and Eugene, Oregon. His father, incidentally, is on the teaching staff at William Aberhart School. Mr. Leavitt received his training at the U. of Utah, U. of A. and at the University of. Oregon. He is an enthusiast of all sports, including golf, badminton, skiing and any sport you care to name. His efforts in developing the P.E, program in our school are much appre¬ ciated by all of us. MISS LYNDEN - born in Ontario, Miss Lynden last taught in Belleville, Ontario. To preserve her sanity, she transferred to Vanier. She took her training at the U. of Toronto and plans to spend a second summer in Europe this year. She is especially interested in camping, spending most of her summers that way. MBS, UNGSTAD - an artist, in her own right and married to an artist who teaches at- Calgary Tech., Mrs. Ungstad was born in Edmonton - but is really not a bad sort in spite of that. She was educated at the U.ofA. and has taught in several small towns in Alberts . Under the caption of unusual experiences is the fact that she taught Indian children in the Northwest Territories, and also a summer school for these pbople. Mrs, Ungstad has visited most of the Western United States, the Yukon and has .made a tour of Europe.

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TEACHER BIOGRAPHIES MR. WILCOX - better known as The Great White Father . Vanier ' s principal is a native of Cardston, Alberta, was educated in Olds and trained as a teacher at the Calgary Normal School. Last year he was principal of Colonel Walker Junior High School. Here in Calgary Mr. Wilcox has taught in King Edward, Sunalta, Western Canada High School and-was principal at Briar Hill which was the first new school he opened. Outside of Calgary Mr. Wilcox has taught at Blackie, Frankland and in Three Hills, Mr. Wilcox has travelled from coast to coast in Canada many- times but only twice across the-United States. This summer our principal will again tour the United States and Mexico before and after attending the University of Tallahassie in Florida where he has a scholarship provided by the Southern Press. Of interest to some will be-the information that Mr. Wilcox spent thirteen years as- an officer in the Royal Canadian Navy. During the War our principal served as a lieutenant in the R.C.N.V.R and joined the active reserve after hostilities ended. He retired from the Navy with the rank of Lieutenant Commander- having been awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration for service. Lt. Cdr. Wilcox served as a watchkeeping officer on H.M.C.S. Jonquiere -(frigate), H-.M.C.S. Portage (Algerine) and H.M.C.S. Fortune (Minesweeper). MR. DAVIES - a •ham ' at heart - torn between amateur theatricals and teaching. Mr. Davies was born in- the U.S.A. and took his schooling in Lethbridge and at the University of Alberta. Last year he taught at Kil ' larney. Other years he has taught at Balmoral, Hillhurst, High River High School and one year as. an exchange teacher in Scotland. Mr. Davies ' chief weakness, travelling, keeps him very broke; however, he plans to go to Europe again this year. His travels include Edrope in 195b, Caribbean in 1957 and a Round the World tour in 1958, MR. MACLEAN - a Bluenose , was born in Nova Scotia and was educated there and at the University of Saskatchewan. He taught last yean., at Hillhurst and has taught also in his native province. Mr. MacLean spent three years as Superintendent of Vocational Training in North Sydney, Nova Scotia. He was in England for three years and claims he has had many interesting experiences - but they are not for pub¬ lication!

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MISS VEER - a lady with a most intriguing past. Kiss Veer is a native of Estonia, a small European country on the Baltic Sea. During the War her family was wiped out completely and she fled for her life, winding up in a detention camp in Germany. Fol¬ lowing the war she was released and allowed to enter Australia on condition that she serve as a domestic for two years. After much red tape she was allowed to return to her teaching. One of Miss Veer ' s happiest teaching experiences was after the War in ' a work camp in Germany where she taught Estonian children who were without books or equipment but they were hungry for learning. At press time. Miss Veer is recuperating from a major operation and the staff and students fondly wish her a speedy recoveryl MR. BICKELL - a fisherman at heart. His ' small 1 fishing trips have taken him no farther than California, the West Coast, and the Yukon. Mr.. Bickell calls his home Gore Bay, Manitoulin Island in Ontario. He spent last year at Queen ' s Park, and previous teaching entailed small rural schools as well as Red Deer. Mr. Bickell was trained at the Calgary Normal School and later the U. of A. IRS, DUGGAN - born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, taught at Renfrew School last year and formerly taught in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Mrb. Duggan received her training at the Teacher ' s College in Saskatoon and has earned degrees at the University of Toronto (A.R.C.T,) ' and the University of Saskatchewan (L.M.U.S., A.M.U.S.). During 1959-60 she was the National Chairman of the Registered Music Tehchers ' Association of Canada. She is fondly known as Ma in staff circles. MISS LEAVITT - a native Albertan, was trained here in Calgary. While attending Crescent, she was captain of the majorettes. Miss Leavitt ' s previous teaching experience has included Conrich and Calg ary. Having just returned from Las Vegas (Easter vacation), we hesitate to ask her plans for a summer vacation. We understand she is a very talented dancer and her majorette group at Vanier is unique among Junior High Schools in the city. MISS MEYER - home-grown-Miss Meyer has had the interesting exper¬ ience oi’ spending the past two years in Europe. She has taught in both Edmonton and Calgary. Miss Meyer s alma mater is Provo, Utah, The sunny state of California has been honored with Miss Meyer ' s presence.