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

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I 52 1 69' 5 ,, l. - Aw., . Z'T' 'Huh- 11- Ol'ERli'l I',X IZNVELS UF 'l'Hli DESliR'l ' Upper picture-Alleinonntrzrting il tnrhun' L. to R.-Rzindhana ol' O. pl. Cl., luck Kirxun. Dzrrizt Sll0Cll'l1ll'iCl'. Lower picture- 'I'hrec dancers , Q I.. to R.-Shirley Burns, .Xudrcx Checklex, Marian Hall. - - Ron Radcliffe and His Orchestra - - In the past few months, Ron Radcliffe has spent much time fund moneyj in organi- ing his hand. The group. with the exception of one, is made up of members of G.C.V.I. It has four saxes, two tromhones, two trumpets, piano and drums. Since its beginning it has played at Wasztga Beach, Mt. Forest, Rockwood, Guelph City Hall and at the Friday Night Club. On March 10th. the orchestra is slated to give a few numbers at the monthly assembly. They hope this will bc a successful venture and that the orchestra will go far in the world af Entertainment. Harold Andrjv, XIA The following G. LI. V. l. hl.llllClllS took part in the KllX'1llllS Musical Festixal l'l.XNO-Blanilxn Spinule. liL'llX King,smtc, Ruth Hutchinson. joan and Cllnnlt-N Wczithcr- stun. 'll0ll1 Low, Charles Copp. john Love, john Crawford, Phelps Bell, Ted -lenell, Ronald Radclillc, john lil'17Wlll2lll. -lznncs Baird. YIOLINS-Lorraine Bell. XVilllCl' Rzullowsky, REEDS-llnrry Blair, slznnes Baird. Donald Singular, Lowell jackson, Nino Tetlcsco, BR.X.SS-Peter Pcloso, Charles Copp. Dave Pulton.

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I ' ff 1195- 15 J, I . I T93 I h ss? J 52, V 1 ff rf ee X x.. gm l SX.Xl'S Ol' THE WORK-Sl-lOl' Daria Slroerrralter' and her' rrrake-up tren applying grease-paint to eath other alter lmrrr on Slondaxs in XB. Their practice paid well: the finished prodntts were professional-des- pile the joltes ol' Meadons and Searle lrelrirzd the scenes! Alhert liedrosian rnalting sets -fworlting hard and frrriouslr' to get thenr np lor the dress rehearsal, onlx' to find two linlss rnissing. 40h welll 'llre arrdierree t'arr always use inra- ginationl. lint llre sets were fornplete lor the perlorrrrante. ' lletli Nletiarron and ilorte tlonper' he- daulred in paint lronr head to loot-sotnehon three shades of paint on rr lirirrg-roorn set just dnn't hlend. .Xnd that hat'ls-drop-- no. a Ienee wnn't do for rr setting lor tzerrase and Nlelisandel Which is harder lahonr ne wonder: painting or school periods? .Xt ani rate. the appreciation nl' the atrdierne for their efforts rrrrrsr hare partlx repaid thenr. The stage-crew. lleltr Nlftiarrorr. llrxte Rtrhnlge. Boh liarher lals-i elettririanl. Nllllllllfl xr huge tree and hanrrnering anntlrer into plate as the Glee Cluh sings with softest harnrorn. The speed with which the diflicrrlt worlt was done was phenoruenal. fwhat il llre rrroorr did go off with the lix'ing'-roorn lights ont'e?l To these, to the Cast who worlsed so hard to give a finished perfornrante. to tiatlrerine l.arr'd. who helped with the trtlset sale. to Klar- Donald l trr'nitrne Store, wlrirh lent llre fru- nitnre. and to those rnernhers ol the staff: Miss Cowie. Miss Carseadden, Nliss Srnith, hllss Garland, NIV. Hill and Mr. Watson, who gate so much of their valrrahle tinre, we again sax. Thank von! XVC hope that nest year' the Drxrrnatit Clnh will gire an opportunity to more students to participate in its weekly meetings. This rear rnarks a good beginning. and Credit is tlne Ruth Kuhn. president, and the eaptains of the teams: Catherine I,aird. Brvce Rrrhnke. Ronald Mitelrell, .lean Illack and Dorothx C'l:n'Le for their interest. 'l'Hli l'Ir.XY Well, this is it! I thought as I walked down llre aisle ol' llre dingr theatre. llre night of the perforrnanre has tonre at last! It seems hard to helieve that this old tlreatre had once seen varrderille shows on the New York loop. But tonight for a few hours the theatre notrld reeoxer some of that lost xonth. and, instead ol' lreing rr place where children spend Satrrrdav afterrroon, worrld live the life of the players on the stage. I paused a second to look at the stage setting. 1 gave a start of surprise, and a long 0h! of admiration. The change in the stage setting has always amaled rrre. .X few das' hefore the dress rehearsal, there were onli a few tottering. dirtv flats. and pieees of nn- parnted wood. Non llre stage was .r heautifrrllx llkll1llUlIllk'll roonr. llre stage tren had worked Kerr hard to get this line resrrlt. l nent lratlsstage. tlrrotrglr the torrfusion ol ladders, ul properties. ol people slwnting to one another. and down into the direftions greater tonlnsion ol the dressing roorns. I lregan to set ont the nralse-up in some seni- hlante ol order. Ili this trrrre the other make- P llwlrlt- and planets had arriietl. The rnalse- lieearrre trowded with talking ner'- xons people. 'l'hen llre real tonltrsion hegan. llll ltltilll Hate ron seen llre inrenile hase?' aslsed one rnalte-np person. lt-nas orer there rr rrrirrrrte ago, said l, rndrtatnrg with xr grease-srneared hand, Xie ron rrsirrg this rouge? said another. Where is the Irl.rtlt? IIasn't anyone seen lllt' rrnnrlrer four? lYhat colour of hair nonld xon tale lor? Nor a soul! A'Not a person! No one at all! 'lllrsolnlelx nohodr! Wlrat on earth are son two doing? I asked. hen ildered. lust prztttising, Not a soul! Not a person! 'ttlniet pleasef-please-tlniet-QI'I-ET! Thank xorr. Now would ererhodx please Corrie up .rnd rehearse llre rtntain calls? illrex all lloelted upstairs, learing ns. llre rnztlse-np people. ltr flop, exhausted on the stools. llve said hello ln ezlflr other for the lirst time. sat awhile r'etoter'ing from all the tlistrattiorr. and hegan to tidx up, Then we, too, crept upstairs. afeornpanied ln loud shnshings from the stage rrew. One of the propertx rrren was standing. holding one end of a ladder olf the floor. A person on the other side of the stage was gesltrring lranticallr and naring' a fish. lt tapped the plaser standing heside me. Rea- liling he had forgotten llre fish. he tried to tiptoe trnietlr haels lwehind llre haclsdrop, hut each tirne he put his foot down, his shoe made a resounding tl.rt'ls, The stage crew shnshed again. Xnd so the first act progressed. The prnpertx rnan dropped his ladder at the precise rnornent. The plaxer got his fish, and no one rnnfl'ed his lines serionslx. ,Ks the curtain tlosed. I rrrslred for the powder. powdered those who needed it, and then I went out lront to eniox the rernainder of the play. -Daria Slroermrker. Xllll l'.XRIY l-'UR THE ROMANTIC .XGE I-'nlloning the Friday night presentation ol llre Rornantie Age the Student Council entertained the east, the nrernhers of the Glee Kilnh, and the plat assistants. with an infor- rn.rl partr' in the Y.lV.CTA. Cltrbroorn, ,Xc- tornparried hr Ted Jewell and Phelps Bell at the piano. a rousing sing-song was enjoyed hx all. I.nnt'h was served ln- rnernbers of the Strnlent Courrcil.

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, xf 5 'n'9 98 P, . CURTAIN Tl ME Settling back comfortablv in deep plush seats, he look around the softlx illuminatetl theatre. Celebrities are here for the premiere perfortnance. Somewhere in the wings the orchestra is tuning up. Progranmtes rrrstle as the audience scans the cast. The theatre is crowdetl and rather warm. Suddenly ererxont- straightens to atten- tion. and the htun of cornersation ceases abruptlx. The shacltnvv crimson curtains sweep slowlv apart revealing a world of make- helieve on the lighted stage. Perhaps we have come to see a Cockner plat entitled Low Life wherein the skilled actors lend a note ol tart lrumotrr with their Loudon accent. It max be a lancilul lfrench romance such as the Maker of Dreams . It could be either She Was Xu Lady or The Boi Came Homef Whv mention ant others? You hate seen them too. I The play is cner. As the curtains close, the audience return to the world about them, I'lrunder'otis applause is answerecl bv the re- rppearance of the cast tired but hzrppv. lhe .rrsles begin to fill. llruiing cloaks .ne care- ,esslx tlizown over white shoulders. .ls we leaxt- we hear the mixed criticism of people who know the theatre well. A What an irn.rgsirr.rtion! In the C-.C.Y.I. Dramatic Club we sit on hard chairs in the Llhrarr. Outside. basketball practice rages. .ind cues are lost forever in the htrbhrrli. XVe irate no curtain. no prograrns. NO ERNIIXE CLOARQI KVQ hate a good time. 75 go X61 fu- 'Q IIRXXIXIIR tl.l ll IJUIXCA ll, Nlrrrr-ru.tlsc'i .rpplit-s rnnkt'-up to ll, 'rt-grilt' wrth Irtlp ol lx Ilrnnrps rr t-. Xlc-xairrlcr ltniks rrrr, llaltlr our rr.rrnt's. Nfinr.'tl.rx. when xou .ue lrrrreil nrlli lrlt' rtru will cntx lli. for ue will have laure. lrrrx-ollict' .rttr.tttiorr. qlarnotrr. pc-:lmps r-ren .nr t-rrnirre cloak. I Ic'Il7l lllilr. .Xllm Science Clu This Near the students of grades nine and ten lormetl a Science club. There was .r small entrance test. Mr. Mackav. a new teacher on the staff. has been the instructor of the cluh: the cltrb was his idea and his guidance the chief cause for its success to date. 'I he purpose of the clttb is to offer to interested students science information which they other- wise would not get. The 1947 officers were:-President, Don Webbg Vice-Pres., Rav Vanstoneg and Secretary, Richard Branion. For 1948 the officers are: President, Art Mercer: Vice-Pres., Lee Master: Secretary, Vic Bustarcl. The meetings are held every Monday at fifteen minutes after four in the Junior Science Lab. At each meeting a member gives a lec- ture on the scientific subject in which he is particularlv interested. after which questions arc asked on the lecture. So far the speakers have been-Gord. Akitt. The Polimar Teles- cope 3 Lee Master. Soils : Ted Henderson. S0und : Dave McCar1. Mars g Richard Bran- ion, Insulin : Ray Vanstone. Crossing the Pacific : john YVard, The Migratory Plovers and their Flightsug Art Mercer. The Sun , and Keith Holman, Electric Eels . Following the illustrated talks, forty-five minutes of each meeting are devoted to prac- tical work. To date, considerable work has been done with microscopes. and many ITICITI- bers .ire turning out vert corrrmendahle slides. It is hoped that if time permits. sufficient work llI.iX he dong in plrotograplrv to form a nucleus for .r luttue cxtrnera club. Un lan. llith. the first open meeting was room. Mr. Braucht showed . f color film of Yellowstone an excellent talk on that open meeting was held on thq Physics Lab. when a heltl in the music a verv interesting Park to illustrate subject. A second Februarr ltith in Bell Telephone film was shown. On januari' 29th the members of the club visited the Royal Astrcmomical meeting when a talk on Sun Spots was given bv Dr. Hogg. the Direc- tor of the Dunlap Observatory. The Science Club has its own Librarv with yearly subscriptions to Science Illustra- ted . Popular Science . Popular Mechanics . Science Digest . and American Nature Maga- 7ine . There is also a good supplv of science reference hooks. The Librarian, Ted Hender- son. has printed a set of librarr cards. ltr the Spring. the activities of the Club will increase with nature hikes and visits to local factories. The tnembers of the club have benefited greatlv frotn the interesting lectures to thank all those it a success. Let's will be continued and work and would like who have helped to make hope that these activities in the vears to come. Vic Bustard. X11