Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute - Acta Nostra Yearbook (Guelph, Ontario Canada)

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ACTA NOSTRA, 1926 17 Nearly three years have now been spent in the new school, with class- rooms light, cheerful, well ventilated and a delight to one who has spent so many years with something quite dif- ferent, and Where the administration is now in charge of my successor. Mr. J. F. Ross, M. A., whose accomplishments as a teacher and a director have been seldom equalled but never surpassed, whose courteous consideration of my own efforts have greatly brightened the path I now tread as Principal Emeritus. if l -,X g QQ, . I 4 in f ' I A ,A ' O fag-mg N Xxx I ILE'-' .1 X f X 'xxx ff , M X Cr. N f, 2 X ff V' iq NX fQ ff!! ff f ri f t Ll 5' ff! t 1 .go 33? XX ff. yn! V x li,QlkAX xi 5 , .... .. '. 'F I 62 4 . vas ,-..El l 3,351 i :tn A . .ff,, -yt w- ' - ,A ff e .. a muse l - na. E- f f Y ,,., . .V 'th .. A -5 EW: 'rx-'vjgltfdgl 4 0 G I-' ,. f f Qrillsgumiwwwiwmimslnlmtm x s , I L ,g il V A ,. f - r, , , v.u5llv. Q v 1 AV A ,Z , fa x-X 3 'f Nh Q - ,f 1 if . 4, N 4 1 vQz'ka':we :m un. gg i E . 14' gym 4,3 e'm .: :m, 'sw uma, gi, 5 f iini 1 l l I ll lu , :gg a' -A 1 'I' ' .121-'E N.-if I .-11-.-'wc '-. 'Aug' ' ' . rf , -i .- , -,-X - A A-ff g-Law we 'vis-11 L -E J E4 1: ,.-mn, L-.wLwm: ':::m,r1-m. 4 1- 7 f- f 1 Q ' y f HEBREW f w l llfllfxm m L H E 1 A ,- - - - - - .1 . K 'v 'mire , W ,3i:-'!' , ' 'iii'-Fr 'Ye 1 :sr I ' 5 gn gag , A 'Q f 2-I-p 15- sf E -:rc , 44, yy ff ff- F , ,.-, Dfw... I-V ,' ICE V E ff' J gi-:1?f --.a'.-1 l fe . M r ' he 9 3' - 1 x i 'sf , ' C -1- ' I ' .f 212515-Q'f2 .,,.,.1 -A , its lg. - U s--V--N . -A-A -,--- ' .lii'?i5flw:!1!f'? f . '- Ik' ...' 'T A F115 ff ' '.JP ' X' Q . f f 5 E' i r ee xg fx . -.ii'3'. W N- -5Q 4'5eK f 1lfF A' 'f'f0u.11. i Xu . - -, ,.i5fsq,g1,, 4, g Arg g5,zf++f,f 'ay--f 3.53 , .i , qgqflpagzz i .9 .t QB XX ig Atl nx L- gf, l. V - ' P i' N ew ' '-14 L' I - :Z 1, ' ie' 'P-fslwfake. ' J . 1 :SE ' MAIN ENTRANCE OF NEW SCHOOL From a pen and ink sketch by F. W. Dixon.

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16 ACTA NOSTRA, 1925 The old Gym, which many ex-pupils will remember with pleasure, was built at a cost of about 82,800.00 from the proceeds of concerts given by the late Col. Walter Cl-arke. wonderful success in the training of boys and girls in Drill and Calisthenics, and exhibitions W e r e given by his classes in Toronto, Mon- treal. K i n g s t o n. Hamilton, Stratford. Woodstock, E l o r a and Fergus. The Colonel's methods of Ph y s i c al train- ing were adopted by many of the teach- ers of Physical train- ing in other schools of the Province. The Colonel had My first. fourteen years in Guelph, l 1878-1892. were un- der the Principalship of Dr. Tytler, from whom l received valuable assistance. wise instruction and many acts of kindness. From 1892 to 1923, I had charge of the administration and taught practi- cally all the time, and during this time and while I was Dr. Tytler's Assistant. the school was credited with many Scholarships. due largely to t.he excel- lent staff of Assistants, 1 usually had the good fortune to secure. If one could only recall at the moment the many hundreds of stud- ents who have passed through the in- stitution. there would be found names well known in every one of the pro- fessions as well as miany actively em- ployed in great undertakings. In the City of Guelph, practically all the pro- fessional men are graduates of this in- stitution. Among the more notable may be mentioned the Hon. Hugh Guthrie, K. C., Whose brothers and JAMES DAVISON Principal Emeritus whose sons I have taught and Whose career I have watched with interest. Hon. Lincoln Goldie is too Well known to his constituents to require us, his outstanding ability in the milling business having giv- en him a well de- served recognition. any eulogy from Lt. Col. John Mc- Crae, M. D. Born at Guelph, November 30, 1872. a pupil of this school, 1883- 1 8 8 8, Author o f Flanders Fields, etc. Honour Gradu- ate of Toronto Uni- versity in Arts and Medicine, Fellow of Toronto and McGill Universities. Lectur- er in Medicine in McGill University. Member of the Royal College of Physi- cians of London. Lieutenant of Artil- lery, South Africa 1900. Major of the 16th Battery. C. F. A.. Guelph. Surgeon, First Brigade Field Artillery. C. E. F., 1914-1915. In charge of Medical Division No. 3. Canadian General Hospital 1915-1918. Died in active service in France, Janu- ary 28th, 1918. Eddie Johnson was at his Matricul- ation practically at the head of his class. He took an active part in sports and was Captain of the Football Club and Captain of the Hockey Team. He trained the school choruses for the Collegiate Commencement while a pupil in the same class. Whatever he undertook he did well. Eddie John- son's fame is now world wide. He is one of the wor1d's greatest singers, kings and princes have honoured him and paid him high tribute. He has deservedly Won the applause of all classes and we deem it a pleasure and an honour to count him as one of the graduates of this school.

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18 ACTA NOSTRA, 1926 lVlcCrae Scholarship MISS ELSIE MASSON entered the Colleg- iate Institute in September, 1920, and during her five years of secondary training always ranked first or second in her class. In June, 1925, she did honour to herself and the school when she won the John McCrae Scholarship, one of the most lucrative of all Scholarships. This Scholarship was founded in honor of the late Colonel John McCrae, physician, soldier and poet. and, while the intention of the founder of the Scholarship was that its recip- ient should be a boy, in the case of Miss Masson a special concession was made and for the iirst time since its founding, the Scholar- ship, to the value of EBLIOO, was awarded to a girl. Besides winning this Scholarship, Miss Masson won the Moses Henry Aiken Scholar- ship in General Proficiency, awarded by Vic- toria College, and carrying with it a monetary value of 513400. We have every reason to be- lieve that Miss Masson's career at the Univer- sity, which has had such an auspicious be- G lp 6. ginning, will culminate in a future career that energwoorgo Clancy will bring honour to herself and the G.C.-V.I. ' ' ELSIE MASSON Winner of john McCrae Scholarship S1,l00.00g also Moses Henry Aiken Scholarship in Her many warm friends, whom her unassuming manner and sterling char- acter have won for her during her five years at the Collegiate, will follow her future career with deep interest. Carter Scholarships FRANCIS LAMBTON, winner of the First Carter Scholarship for Welling- ton County, entered our Collegiate in the III Junior Form three years ago. and has been a consistently good work- er throughout. He is a boy who shines in mathemaitics, science, history and languages. Last year he did not begin work in Upper School English until after Easter, and yet he obtained a First in both Literature and Com- position. ln all he obtained ten Firsts and had he entered for Uni- versity Scholarships, would doubtless have ranked high in such awards. His goal, however, is S. P. S. HELEN DAY. the winner of the Second Carter Scholarship has taken her whole five year course in our Col- legiate Institute, has ranked first in general proficiency in three of those years, and last year obtained nine firsts in the Upper School Examina- tion. NVe may say that Helen was also the efficient President of the Literary Society of '24-'25, and served on num- erous social committees. . nderwoocl Awards, I 924- I 92 5 Silver Medals QSpee4l 50-603 Helen Gallaher, Marian Grindlay, Elsie Marion Grindlay, Eve Neisch. Bronze Medals QSpeed 40-503 Maisie Barr, Dorothy Dempsey, Hewer, Jean McNiveng Agnes Mc- Tague, Rilla Thomas,