Grandview Commerce High School - Annual Yearbook (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)

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COMMERCE ANNUAL JUDO--JIU .IITSU Judo is the Japanese form ofself-defence or, more correctly, the art of self- defence. Jiu Jitsu has been handed down from generation to generation by the nobility of Japan who for a long time kept their knowledge of Judo to themselves. About sixty years ago Jigor Kano, a student of Jiu Jitsu, opened his own school called the Kodokan, using the art of Judo. Judo is a science of the mind and body in b0th theory and practice. Weight, strength and physical development play no part in competitive Judo. There is no age limit as Mr. Kano, who is now eighty- two years of age, has never been beaten. There are a great many different phases to Judo, such as knowing how to fall correctly, having alertness of mind and body, understanding body throws and various holds. Balance plays an important part in Judo for one must appreciate the idea of leverage and position of the body. The more advanced students learn Kwatsu , the Judo method of resuscitation. The Judo player wears a hard cotton fiber jacket, similar to a kimono, coming just above the kneesg the sleeves are loose, reaching just below the elbows. The jacket ia held around the waist by a belt. A White belt signifies a beginner or noviceg a Green belt, a fair knowledgeg a Brown belt, well versed: a Black belt, an expert. Character, sportsmanship and attitude, as well as competitive ability, are always considered when giving a player a higher rank. In England and New York, women are among the many artists. At present one of the leading schools among the Occidentals is in England and is managed by a woman. Even in Vancouver there is a nurse taking Judo, and one is led to believe that she can put any man in his place. E- RICCI ------fo--,.4p1 BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES The British Empire Games is a meet of athletes from the various parts of our Empire meeting in friendly competition. Vigorous trials precede the holding of the meet and track and field stars, boxers,wrestlers, swimmers and all who excel in displays 'of brawn and skill gather to bring honours to their home towns. The first of these family meets was held in Hamilton, Ontario in 1930. So successful were they that it was decided to hold similar meets at regular intervals, Four years later the next Empire Games were stagedin London, England with our Canadian representatives still much in the spotlight. This year's games were held in Sydney, Australia and our Canadian representatives brought home 7 first Places. We in Grandview were particularly interested in Barbara Howard and Mary Baggaley of Britannia High School and Margaret Bell formerly of D

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COMMERCE ANNUAL JANICE LUCHAK-Center forward. Captain. The playmal-:er of the team. THELMA McGEACHY-Right half-back. Always ready, willing and able. BETTY HARRISON-Left half-back. Had plenty of vigour and helped a lot. KAY CAMPBELL-Center half-baclm Hefty gal with lots of pep. DORIS GREEN-Right full-back. Saved plenty of goals by her quick thinking. MAY TAYLOR-Left full-back. Helped right full-back to protect the goal. JUNIOR B VERNA ARNOLD-Goalie and captainl A very good stopper of goals. Part of the time, anyhow, eh, Verna? VIOLET SAM-Center forward. Star player of the team. HELEN' RAY-Right inside. Always there to receive and pass the ball. ELVINA HANSEN-Left wing. Quiet, but efficient. MILDRED HAMER-Left inside. A terror to the opposing team. GWENITH DANIELS'-Right wing. Kept in her position Well. IVY COLLIER-Left half-back. A good future half-back, showing great promise. STELLA MUNRO-Center half-back. An active and reliable player of the team. The Girls' Basketball Club enjoyed a successful season with more than forty girls taking part. After a few practices, a House League was formed and 8 double schedule of inter-house games was played, with House C again taking the laurels as in the previous year. Regular players for House C were: Diamond Prince, Edith Noden, Lucy Perazzo, Margaret Oldaker, Mary Perazzo, and Dot Haines. House B, with: Joan Mortimer, Gladys Kilpatrick, Annice Morton, Kay Downie, Mary Lowgood and Charlotte Aebig, ended in second place, having lost but two games to the lea- gue leaders. A junior and a senior team were selected to play Britannia, and both teams turned in a commendable performance: the Juniors winning 14-11, and the Seniors tying at 18-all. The large turn-out of Grade 9 girls was very gratifyiflg and presaged some very strong teams in the next year or two. Mr. Buckley acted as organizer and coach. DID YOU KNOW THAT-- Ruby Jones is a prominent singer featured every Saturday over C-J-O.R. and has been guest soloist on many radio programmes. Swen Ogren, a tumbling star on the Recreational Team, has often been the high spot of many a gymnastic display.

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COMMERCE ANNUAL Grandview High School of Commerce who took part in the competitions. They re- port being royally used by our cousins of Australia and have come back to us en- thusiastic in their support of the continuation of the British Empire Games. --.-.,,-q--p- BOYS' BASKETBALL One of the most successful seasons in recent years was enjoyed in spite of the fact that for the second year in succession there was no organized competition available. In all, some thirty boys participated regularly and a very spirited house competition was carzied through to completion. Houses B and C, winners of the first and second halves respectively, met in the finalsg House C emerging the winner after an excellent series. Post-season games were arranged with as many other High Schools as possible resulting in three or four excellent games. The team for these games comprised:- Don Matheson, George Johnstone, Ken Kay, Frank Lee, Tom Nobuoka, Ed ide, Nick Mazzone, Bob Dresser, Bruce MacCaulay, and Katsuzo Hayashi. Mr. Wilson was our efficient coach. Q ' 5 . 5 5 Eutlrel y N ew! 5 XX 3638 Q A NEW PROCESS MULTIGRAPH DUPUCATOR 3 Q NO STENCIL-CUTTING NO TYPE-SETTING Q 5 5 Q A revolutionary New Duplicating medium Z Q combining quality, speed, simplicity, and lowcost Q Q for Q Q TYPING DRAWING Q Q WRITING TRACING Q Q RULING SKETCHING Q plus PHOTOGRAPHY Q . 5 Q Uses bond papers both sides no slip-sheeting Q 5 - Q 2 icioiressograph- ultigraph Sales Co. 2 22 525 w. GEORGIA STREET 52 Q PHONE TRINITY 1034 VANCOUVER, B.C. ??35wswvwcxxwmxaeasxxsxsrssaewtsxsmmmxsv: 4xswceomamcmcxxxs Q SUPPORT COMMERCE ADVERTISMRS