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

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wc. 'A ss 106 Report Card of I9-IS for XIIA The following report is impartial. immaterial, and impossible. ABIE TOPP-Comes in touiours like the top o' the IIILIIYIIIIIVH. Ambition? To be able to play 'Euchre' in three languages. STAN ROBYLNIR-brightens the dreary hours with his sunny smile. JANIS HOLTDINC-if si- lence is golden. she'll die a pauper. JOSE- PI-IINE BOYD-Some girls hate it -but Jo has everything. MARY MCNEIL-petite Marie. the rnusic-loier from the banks of the Tweed. LIONEL O'CONNELL-a man with hidden talent. Howeyer his enterprising basketball is a talent which is far from hidden. RICHARD PAGANIfOur geometry genius, the Sphinx is silent and knowing. PAUL BLCHANAN- ti Apipe'-ing good artist and a very nice guy. PALLINE ELSLEY-Our 'Old 'l'imer sees all, hears all, tells more. LOLISE IIRYANTA A quiet tongue shows a wise head. Her luture centers around the college. JERRY ISECHTEL -must have learned to draw out in the 'wild and woolley' west. Future? Ineyitable, BRYCE RLHNKE-The Adonis of XIIA does weird and wonderful things with a tar. As to his future. well-at least he-'ll last as long as that Nash will. BRUCE RNONYLTON-a diller, a dollar. The len o'clock scholar. Pmut he never comes in alone. NANCY WALl.liR-XllA's boy- bait is beautiful and bright. Prays nightli- Ah-Meu ! JUNE PEYI'l I-A 'Wulture for culture , Junie is one of the liraie iew who take Greek. Likes good inusit. inoiies. and is heartily liked by all. JIM PEACHELL- adyocates less homework. Cibb me liberty or Gibb nie death. MARY ANNE MAINE- - Sz F l if' . .W ,- -1 amy . un 'fini' ,I P41 Heubfiliif i : .V .nniwn X fr, J .' Ja ! Y X I P l fd ll is 1 , wwy., . fi Qty g J K Y of ,FU . - f ' . ' i . F - ,n . fit' rt, ft 4-'ff' 1 gd: 'i - ' ii - . '- 3- 2 Q uv 1752i A gf ' . 'fs , if! 2' 'sig - , l . 'i ,A 11.5--- Hr 0'-ff ' h f4'5i5fii n Auafn-'en 1-uv rw I gm-1 ...J F onn ian t-e:',z':b?'.U--I X Captain of our very fine basketball team, and an active XIIA-er. Florence had nothing on this Nightingale , NANCY LOWE-an all. round good sport. our Sophisticated Lady is the executive type. LOIS CUNNINGHAM- She got those bangs frotn eating bullets. although rumour has it that she got banged up in P. T. this year. JOHNNY HEXVER- Size means nothing. The I'eople's Choice, our all-round champ brings honour to the form. Ambitious of Some XIIA Students ROBERT Paint JAMIESON. Bob hopes he'll be a mechanic in a bakery. Says he'll tighten the nuts in the fruit-cakes. MICKEY Olurkey MATSUBAYASHI-Clf you have a weak heart don't try to pronounce itj Mickey has always said he'd like to be a pilot in a barber shop where he could handle the clip- pers. LIONEL O'CONNELL-He told us his ambition was to be a drill pressman in a leather factory. He wants to die the hides. XIIB GENERAL Editor - Illargaret Hamilton AVDREY CHECKLEY is that cute brunette who leads XIIB astray !! down the hall that is. MARC CLEGHORN's the gal with the big brown eyes. She's really hep in Geo- metry, guys' CWEN DOUGHERTY is the gal with dimples and dreamy brown eyes. IVC wonder if it is Bob or Dick Hymes. HELEN EMBERSON is a cute blond girl who is sel- dom seen without her shadow from Tech. MARGARET HAMILTON is our form rep. and assistant editor for Acta Nostra. She wrote most of the forin's news and, since you can tell her character from her writing, 'we will say no more. FLORA HENDERSON, our Scotch lassie. is good. not only in sports but in her sttidies as well, SHIRLEY JONES is our glainouious gal from the country who always manages to arrive five minutes after the last bell. Her main interest? XIIA. PEGGY KENDRICK, with ber sparkling smile and happy laugh. brightens many of XIIB's dreary periods, HELEN MacRINNON is a. nother one of our girls who come from the country. Her pet peeve is History brit other- wise she is a conscientious student. DOROTHY MOI-'FAT is XIlB's Goldilocks. Her pretty blond tresses are the envy of all the girls. Dot is seldom seen without Peggy. JEAN MORWICK is our pretty Athletic Rep. and Treasurer of the Students' Council. She is excellent in P. T. as well as in all her school subjects. CELIA NEBENS is our tall girl. Her only grievance against the school is that she has to go. DOREEN PFAFF is one of our athletic stars. She finds great difficulty in l'EIl1CIHiJCI'Il1g to bring her note on time.

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I ' 105 XIIA lidifor-G. Rulznke Joan Agnew, Gerald Bechtel. Phelps Bell, Jo sephine Boyd. Louise Bryant. Patil Buchanan, Betty Campbell. Joe Collins. Lois Cunningham, Leta Dimson, Pauline Elslev. Max Farrellv. Jean Frank. John Hewer. Janis Houlding, Robert Jamieson. Bruce Knowlton. Stan Kobyl- nick. Joyce Livingston. Nancy Lowe, Nlary .Xnne Main, Malcolm Nlacliinnon. Raymond NIcCov, Marv McNeil. Jack Nlassev. Mickey' Nlatsubavashi. Lionel O'Connell, Dick Pagani. Jim Peachell. June Pevitt. Gwen Pirie, Gerald Ruhnke. Frank Steep, YVilliam Tolton, Aby Topp. Nancy YYaller. lVilliam YVestern. As l94R swung into position. XIIA Gen. started off on the right foot. and with a sin- cerely welcomed guest. NIARY NIcNElL at- tendecl high school at Tweed. Ontario. near Belleville. before coming to the G. C. Y. I. On behalf of the students and staff ol the G, C. Y. I., XIIA savs, YVeltome Mary. and we really mean it. It would be dulv fitting at this time to mention that our curly-headed iov.box, JOE COLLINS. has left XIIA for greener pastures. and can now be found in Toronto. HTS. Nancy XYaller now occupies Joe's seat during the period they call Latinj. Now we take you to a XIIA Latin class. We hear Nliss Sinclair speaking to STEEP who has neglected to do his homework and who has been caught in the horrible act of blow- ing bubble gum, You know. Steep. crime doesn't pay, Frank fafter a moments silence3: I realize that. Miss Sinclair, but the hours are good. Gangling MAX :from Moosejayj FARRELLY, the tall boy of XIIA. is the quiet type avec scientific jokes. JACK 4'Yincent5 BIASSEY 1Harrisj- fThree guesses where we got the Harris. Jack is a whiz at basketball. but al:- solutely no relation to the Massey Harris watch company. RAYMOND fliillert BICCOY- athlete extraordinaire, and partner in crime f'l- FATDN of Caspar Steep. NIALCOLNI fwindsoxh NIC- KINNON- Nlolly is so nuts. every time he walks through the park the squirrels trv to bury him. FRANK rtwo-toneJ HTEEP. The '-48 Buicks haye nothing on Frankv. the dilia gent mail carrier of NIIA. XVILLIAKI tthe Tubj TOLTON, Willy is the Humphrey llennvtxorth of XIIA. Oh yes. YVillv drives that blue Studebaker. XYILLIAXI Olosej XYESTERN, Bill managed our senior football team this fall. PHELPS ralias philipsi BELL is noted for the inner-tube criinstrn ties he wears. And now we give you an insight of the feminine side of XIIA. where. of course. you will think first of MISS HUNIPHRIES. our form teacher. She deserves all, or anv of the credit and glory which XIIA has. or might receive. XYe trust that the form is living up to your high and fine standards, Bliss Hum- phries. BETTY CAMPBELL is the onlv member of this vear's XllA who is a descendant of the Argyle for is it gargovle-Pt Campbell clan. JOAN AGNEXY is another of XII.-Ys girls who are deeplv touched bv Nlr. Fergusons serious explanations. Seems we all have the greatest trouble controlling our emotions throughout the history classes. Nlust he those gruesome revolutions, eh girls? JEAN FRANK is one of XlIA's more conservative members from Campbellxille, always readv with help for the needv. She is an effective guard in basketball. GYVEN PIRIE. the girl with the soft smile. is the captain of the senior girls' vollevball. LETA DINISON is head of the waitresses' union- trav 30 cents Guelph. Leta came to Guelph last fall from Jarvis Collegiate in Toronto. but has made a hit at the G. C. V. I. JOYCE add here that LIVINGSTONE-fwe might Joyce was the source of some of the informa- tion which vou have been Livingstone, a ton of fun, readingj. Joyce is our aspiring Jerry Colonna. She will soon be spreading cheer among the sick and suffering.

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--,X ,X C L 11- 10, IDA RICHMOND is another one of our great athletes-especially in basketball. She also ey: cels in Bookkeeping. EVA GRACE SlMMONb is another good basketball player, She 'is rarely seen without Marg. Cleghorn or yice versa. MARION SMITH. generally fknown as 'Al'ete . is one of our cheerleaders, and president of Senior Girls' Hi-Y. BILL BOTA is the head student of XIIB and a whiz at French. He also finds time to manage the junior Basketball Team. DOMINIC CAR- DILLO is an excellent rugby and basketball player and a credit to our room. ERNEST CARTER is our red headed basketball player and track star. He has a ready grin and is well liked by eyeryone. JOHN CRAWVFORD is XIIB's musical genius but he manages to His main interest-XIIA! find time to curl. RALPH FARLEY is another one of om' rugby student as well. He has players and a good lots of fun showing off his legs in bookkeep- ing-ruff! NYLE iHIGGINS is the rugby player who wears those horn rimmed specs. He just loyes telling those Sweet?? innocent?? jokes of his. TOM KENNEDY is another one of our boys who come from the farm. JOHN KOBZEY, a Navy' yeteran of XVorld XVar II. came into the room late in the year but has managed to catch up yery rapidly. STUART OGG not only' plays rugby but skips a yyin- ning curling team. IVe're sure his pet peeye is Latin-aren't you, Stu! KEN REDMAN is that tall and lanky' gent in XIIB who is noted for his collection of jokes. DOI'G ROBINSON. XIIB's glamour boy. did an excellent job of managing the rugby team this season. KVIL- LARD RL'DD is one of the two boys in our room who takes bookkeeping, FRED THOMAS who comes from the farm is our other book. keeping student. He seems to like to fight with XVillard. XVC wonder why! BILL XYHITTLE, XIIB's mascot. neyer seems to haye his homework done. How he gets away with it. is beyond us. ARTHUR XVOLFOND is the boy' who goes in for flashy' shirts and dark haired females. John Crawford A distinguished pianist is john: The organ he also plays on: Yet he cannot make sense Of gerund or tense- In Latin he just has to yawn. Audrey' Checkley An acrobat agile is she. Her dancing is graceful and free. She is so cute looking You'd neyer be guessing At school she comes in the first three. Stu Ogg is the curling team skip: In that game he is really' a pip. At rugby he's fine- He's in the first line- But for Latin he cares not a rip. DAU E N OPU NUS V TUBA S P L EDETE D RE INF EI2 DAT Answer to latin flross-yyord l'llIllC lean Moryyicks the lass with the hair. For athletus she has quite a flair. Students Ciounteil is she! Represents lorm XIIB- Maths and Physics are her fayourite pair. Ciartlillos the guy with the frame- Musclebound should be his name. At rugby he's grand, He makes them all stand. But baskc-tball's really his game. lfAYOL'RITE SAYINGS Mr. Ferguson:-Miss Richmond? Mr. Bogie:-This is the noisiest class in the whole school. Miss Garland:-ple yous aime! Mr. McNaughton:-YVe're looking up prolmgi. IIOII-P for a moment Mr. Mcliay:-OK., now settle dgyyn. Mr. Ferguson:-XYhy' don't you people read something worth while? Miss Sinclair:-Note Books closed! Miss Bryden:-Are you cold? Miss McGill:-Sit on the floor. KVC haye Moryyick but no candles Richmond bitt no money' Drene but no Halo Pat but no Mike a Redman but no Indian a Nyle but no riyer a Willard but no chocolate bar a Kennedy but no drugstore a Moffat but no stoye W a Tom but no cat two Bills but no change.