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

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COMMERCE 1937 September 6 October 9 October 22 November 15-2 December 10 1938 January 19 February 11 February 11- Februsry 11, ANNUAL CAVALCADE Once again the halls sounded with friendly greetings of students re- turning to Grandview. Apple Day has now become an annual event on the calendar of Grand- view activities. This year 50 Grandview girls appeared in the offices and streets of the city selling apples. Our thanks and sin- cere appreciation to the Kinsmen for their kindness in permitting Grandview girls to assist in this activity. As a recognition of the successful efforts of the students who have completed twelve years of education, the Commencement Exercises were held. Flora MacCallum, premier pupil, was presented with a gold medal by Mr. W A. McLaren. Mr. Maclorkindale awarded the diplomas to the 1937 graduates. 2 This week was recognised throughout the school as Book Week , when true lovers of fiction forfeited their books in order that others might enjoy the pleasures afforded within their covers. Bookworms were found to be the most plentiful in House B. The Fifth Annual Dramatic Contest consisted of three one-act plays Wienies on Wednesday directed by Mary Mitchell, Farewell, Cruel World directed by Kay Kennedy, and Clean Linen directed by Pat Giardin. The adjudicators--Mr. J. C. Wallace and Mr. S. Bartindale selected Farewell, Cruel World as the winning play and Dan Hallam as the premier actor. Students of Grandview heralded the arrival of the new year with an indoor Track Meet. On January 19, in the Templeton Gym, mid-.lan- uary blues gave way to the festive scenes of relays, sprints, and novelty races, Members of Houses B and D proved to be the superior athletes. , February 11 was chosen as Open Day during Education Week, when Grandview endeavoured to illustrate to the Vancouver public the training required of a perfect secretary. Gra.ndview's Valentine party concluded the school's education week programme. 12, 8: 13 ---- The International Girls' Hi-Y Conference was most suc- cessful. The Vancouver girls had the pleasure of meeting Girl Re- serves from the United States. Grandview was represented by Dolly Allman, Nora Prinn, Grace Thompson, and Kay Wicks.

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COMMERCE ANNUAL THE LIBRARY CLUB good Library has always been one of the most helpful and interesting departments of any school. From it, naturally, an organization called the Library Club comes into being. The members of this Club include about a dozen book lovers. who this year are Pat Giardin, Phyllis Filmore, Sophie Pelman, Edna Robertson. Margaret Oldaker, Marjorie May, Ruth Malmberg, Irene Bremner and Helen Shaw. Their duty is to tal-ze charge of Jutgoing and incoming books, repair them, and mount and file pictures, A good many books were donated to the Library this year, but a new encyclo- pedia Britannica was our greatest acquisition. Mr. Cox, our Library supervisor, receives our thanks for his enthusiasm and co-operation in trying to make the Library worthwhile. Margaret Oldaker THE DEBA TING CLUB Y ihe Debating Club has now completed its second year of Inter-High Sch:ol debating. Althouah we have had some reverse decisions, we feel that we have no apologi es to make, as the debates were all r-lose. Our school was represented in the High School debating by Ernest Pars-int: Alfred Kilbank, and Jimmy Cameron. There should be many more pupils in the Debating Club than there are now. The school must realize that public speaking is as necessary a subject as Sh rt- liand and Bookkeeping to a Commercial student. In order to be a success in the business world one must be able to speak in public. The Debating Club was organ- ized for this purpose, and it was a disappointment to us to see the crnb--i' ship slowly dwindle away. We feel that with a little more co-operation from the school we iright have had a better team in the past and could have a better one in the future. We are happy to have had the honour to represent tae school in the Past, and, if the school feels that we have not misplaced their confidence, we shall 'e glad to do so in the future.

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,.,,,,,, .. COMMERCE ANNUAL I 938 PRINTED BY THE STUDENTS OF GRANDVIEW HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA