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

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L 'X . ,f 1 is New Teachers at GC.-V. . iis vear' we have with us a new shop 1' and teacher of drafting and mathe- -XIr. Gamble. NIL Gamble hails from to where once upon a time he was a t at Riverdale Collegiate. After honour tion in Mining Engineering from the of Practical Science of the If of T., amble went to Timmins where he spent nd a half vears as a mining' engineer. en trrrned to teaching as a profession. night in Timmins and Welland. before g to Grrelph. r. Gamble likes the G. Cl. Y. I. verv' brit when asked about the students he rvasivelv' replied. XVell. I reallv' dont students are the same everv-where! mother new teacher with lls this vear is 'atson who teaches English and Histnrv des nine, ten and eleven. Mr. XYatson to the G. C. Y. I. after serving overseas the Canadian Intelligente Corps. Pre- to that time he spent most of his high and college days in Hamilton. where duatetl from the Central Collegiate and torn Xlcklaster L'niversitv. Innovations re of the main endeavorrrs ol the edi- f Acta Nostra is to bring to the stu- r record of changes and additions a- the school. XVe should like to mention of the more prominent features of this term. most outstanding addition arotrnd the has been the long needed passagewav. ting the first floor levels of the two gs. the carpeted 125 passagewav' pro- r warm and safe journev' between the it structures on some blusterv' winter g or rainv' dav. It is well insulated 'll lighted and is a credit to the school ward of Education. ring the early fall. hasps were placed lockers in readiness for a new thing- ation locks. P-Ir. Cavanagh was in of the distribution of these locks. Pur- for' a nominal cost of seventv-five thev have solved the lost kev problem the students. e ptrhlic address svstem which has. tnv vears. needed attention. has been inrproved due to 'the services of Mr. and his lads in the electricitv' classes. ro said that the students at G.C.Y.I. cots? Fines for late books have been 1 bv' Hrs. Long. our librarian. and she hat the students like paving fines! AI te. fines have increased the circulation books. Mr. of the Di a mat Roman Watson served verv ablv as the head business committee of the G. C, V. I. it' Clubs Februarv presentation of the vtic Age bv A. A. Milne. When asked his opinion of the G. L. Y. I.. Mr. Yl'atson stated that he felt that the Sttl- dents vvere of a verv high calibre and that the teachers were extremelv congenial-that of COIIIYC goes without saving. Nlr. Reid joined the G. C. Y. I. staff at Cihristrnas time. w hen he replaced Mr. Xt-vvstead as head of the Guidance Depart- ment. He received his degree at Queen! L'niversitv in l93S. Nlr. Reid has knight at lleeton and Fort Francis, Ont.. as well as serving with the Canadian armv in XVorld lYar ll. Mr. Blackav, a graduate of Queens l'ni- versitv. received his degree in 1942. Before joining the G. C. Y. I. staff. Nlr. Xlackav specialiled in Nfeteorologv with the Dept. of Transport in Nova Scotia during the war v 61115. are his Chenristrv. Phvsics. and General Science subjects. -Xnntv' Lowe, XII.1 -H. l'1'IlIII71. CXI1 XIe rink is nrion of archerv and the new skating made elsewhere. trnder athletics. Lipun arriving at school after a fall ol' SIIOXY I shov elle This is around re noticed that the walks had been tl bv jeeps equipped with snow-plows. a nevv method of slrovelling the snow G. C. Y. I. Transportation has been arranged to bring our rural classmates to the sthool. This ser- vice is provided bv' brises which bring them to school in the morning and return the students to their homes in the evening. In the Coimnercial department several new mathines have been added to the business mathines rooms. including a dictaphone and chequewritei. It is expected that two calcu- lators. be obta as well as new filing equipment will ined before the end of this vear. This is part of a plan lor enlarging the business mathine- room to handle larger classes. For the first tiure this vear. the tommer- cial department has introducetl the plan ol giving CXII and Special Commercial students practical experience in local offices. Each Special tinmnercial student has been sent out lo an olfice for two tlavs and eath CXII sttrdent lor one week. and has thus received an idea of office environment. This plan, it is hoped. will be continued next vear. -Donald Love, -Helen Urman, CXII

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