Gordon Bell High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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GORDON ROOM 18 B ALANCING precariously—June has yet to come—on the dizzy heights ] of Grade XI we have had a jolly and successful year. Ably directed by 1 Miss King and an executive comprising Bea Feldsted, President; Norma. Dow, Vice-President; Doris Creighton, harassed Secretary-Treasurer; and ' Vange Howe, Sports Captain; Room 18 has established an enviable reputa- ( tion for the support which it has given school activities. In sports we have more than held our own. How often have we en¬ viously watched Vange Howe, Che Drover, Gwen Gargett, and “Do” Perry, t captain of the team, coolly saunter out at 3:30 to assist the Girls’ Basketball. team to victory! Representing us in Senior Volleyball were Gwen Gargett, j Gladys McPherson, Anna Skaptason, and Gladys White. The room basket- ] ball team, although defeated, made a fine effort. In things musical, “18” turned out “en masse.” With representatives in j the Girls’ Choir, the Mixed Choir, and the Orchestra, we did our bit for both the Musical Evening and the festival. In dramatics we were well rep¬ resented by Marie Ladd in “Twelfth Night” and Doris Creighton in “Mile¬ stones,” while we further supported the plays by standing ’way up in front in the ticket selling for “Twelfth Night.” Several times during the year we tore ourselves away from the deadly , struggle with Latin verbs and quadratic equations to hold first, a weiner ■ roast, and later, house and theatre parties. Equally enjoyable, if rather J more deeply tinged with poignant memories (!!) are the occasions when wel went roller-skating and tobogganing together. This, our final year at Gordon Bell, has been one which we will long ] remember with pleasure.

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37 rirat sssar-iAS ROOM 16 A LTHOUGH we do not profess to be great scholars, we, of “16,” must point with pride to our extra-curriculum and sports activities. Under the capable tutorship and guidance of Miss A. Laidlaw, and led by our class President, Archie Whiteford; Vice-President, Alice Davie; Sec¬ retary-Treasurer, Bill Rollins; and Sports Captain, Ray Bridgeman; Room 16 climaxed a very successful year. In the finer arts the class played a notable part, with J. King, W. Ram¬ say, and A. Whiteford acting in the Shakespearian play, “Twelfth Night,” and Champ. Waugh performing creditably in the modern play, “Milestones.” | There were few “Sixteeners,” indeed, who did not sing in the boys’ or xed choirs; in fact, Miss Laidlaw was almost entirely alone during study riods on “choir” days. A class paper, “Room 16 Rumors,” edited by Wilf Blier and Staff Wil¬ son, furnished a field of journalistic endeavor. Despite the fact that “16” did nothing sensational in the inter-room orts, we were well represented on the various school teams. The school yugby team was supported by Steadman, Whiteford, King, Iverson, Stevens, Fenton, Chisholm, Simons, and Wilson; while Whiteford, Mullins, and Cres- well played on the school football squad. The room colors were carried onto the senior basketball court by Fenton, Fargey, Creswell, and Ramsay. Emulating Miss Laidlaw’s fine efforts as a member of the Drama and Literary staff, our presidential and sports representatives honored the room by being chosen to lead the school in student activities. [ This proved a fitting climax to our High School education, and our Imany happy days in Room 16 and Gordon Bell.

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GORDON BELL HIGH SCHOOL ROOM 20 W ELL, well, at last you have come to the best Grade XI room in the school. We are controlled (?) by President Tom Jackson, Vice Don Clark, Secretary Harry Armstrong, Sports Captain Jack Wann, and last but certainly not least, Mr. McIntyre. , i Room 20 from the first has upheld faithfully the Gordon Bell tradition 1 “to take part in everything that we can, and to take our wins and our , losses like good sports.” Our soccer team won the Grade XI football, but . lost out to Room 14 in the school finals. In hockey our team lost out to the better teams from Room 15. The basketball squad, under Angie “Chink” j Robertson, won four games and lost four. Our school spirit is shown too by the fact that six members of the room played on the school hockey team, four on the rugby team, three on the junior basketball team, and three on the Grade XI speed skating team. This does not even mention the stiff competition we handed out to all rooms in the many ticket-selling campaigns. J In literary activities we were represented as follows: “Milestones”— Ken Young; “Twelfth Night”—Fred Wood and Tom Jackson. We also had several members in both the Mixed and Boys’ Choirs. In ending this account, may we say that we believe the best sport in the school is “Mac,” and that no matter where we go, in the years to come, we will always remember him for the brotherly and sportsman-like way in which he treated us.