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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, 1, , no . f 1 ,L 25 STUDENT COUNCIL ACTIVITIES l'R.XNSPORTATlON TO FOOTBALL Through the efforts of the Student Coun- cil buses were chartered to the three out-of- town SLIIIICS. Three rrrade the Kitchener trip, one went to Brantford, and no less than four rolled down the Galt Highwav one Friday evening. Everyone was loaded with cheering singing Green and IYlriters lf the teams didn't win these games. it was not becarrse thev had no vocal support Ave. ave. ave. we .ire the kids of the G.C.V.I. , . j CHEER LEADERS The executive of the Council held an .rudition for all prospective cheer leaders and with the help of Mr. Braucht singled out five girls and two bovs whose vocal efforts were most effective. These seven Ivhite Gs on green background are joan Dolbv, Eileen Mack. Pete Smith. .lim Peachell, and Phelps Bell CHEER CONT EST From the entries to the cheer contest. one new cheer was selected. It was picked because of its originality and Cheerability. Corr- gratulations to Helen Singular for her Fight. light fight. Fight with all vour might .. ,etc. STUDENTS' RATES After negotiating with the managers of Guelph's four theatres, Students' Rates were made available Mondav' to Fridav' for stu- dents sixteen years of age and older. The rate card was the Athletic Association Membership card, to which was affixed a photo of the student. his age. and the Prin- cipal's signature. At one theatre, books of tickets were sold at the beginning of the termg the remaining three sold tickets at the door. It is beyond the mental capacitv tif such existsj of your scribe to estimate how much homework lay neglected bv' fellow slaves in order to take advantage of the reduced prices during the school week, but it is felt that the extra efforts and work put forth bv the teachers fto get us throughj on this account were much appreciated by the average student. GIFTS AT CHRISTMAS At Christmas, the Student Council sent gifts of books to jack Howard in the XVeston Sanatorium, and Paul Keating and Sam Suga- rnori in the Freeport Sanatorium. These stu- dents have been ill for some time and appre- ciated this kind remembrance. HIGH NEIVS The top men of the Canadian High News carrie to your President and on bended knee begged that we give their publication a second chance. Bv a narrow margin the Student Council voted in favour of this measure, and High News is in the school again. Guelph news is being handled well. thanks to Jamie Little. Tl-IF FRIDAY NIGHT COMMITTEE firrrrverrcr llob Barber l'atrons Barbara Nelson ,Xdvertising and Decorations Lorraine Bell Relireshmcrrts , jovce Livingstone Carnes joan Legate llrograrnrrre and D.rrrce Annabelle Pethick Door . , , Stewart Rennie FRIDAY NIGHT fILl'll The first dance of the Fridav Night Club was held on Halloween night at the Collegiate. The bovs and gals were decked out in the crrstorrrarv weird and fantastic costtrtnes. The forbidding and stern glances of our mentors were lor once pleasant and smiling. X cooling off period after the fanfare of arrival. was introduced bv moving pictures of Algonquin Park and last vear's field dav. Then the serious work of the evening began. to the accompaniment of Ron Radcliffe's or- chestra. fGopher's Melodv Men to v'ou!t ,lust to gild the lilv. prizes were awarded to those who were luckv enough to have thg best cos- tumes. Congratulation to Shirlev' Zieman, Roger Cain. Stew Ogg. Bill johnson. Bettv Allen and Caroline Holman! Other proceed- ings to enliven the evening were pie eating contests. No reports have reached this cor- respondent of anv serious results to the con- tesrants. The Club is grateful for the presence of Mr. and Mrs. 'Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Dolbv. Mrs. Benallitk who kindlv' acted for the evening. and Mr. and .rs chaperones On the evening of February 20th the au- ditorium was once more filled with laughter. music and soda pop, Qwe won't sav' peoplej as Ron Cote Em Ceed the Friday Night Frolic. Records provided music for dancing, Dick Pagani and his Usqueeze-box led a sing song, and a Champeen wrestling match between Tire Terrible Turk and The Mad Mexican refereed bw Benny the Bulgarian Bone-Bus- ter provided the laughs. Patrons and patroneses were Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Bell, and Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Raithby. THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND At a special Assembly on Thursday. Feb- ruarv 26. the Student Council held a collec- tion in aid of the Support the Children Fund. The Council would like to thank the staff and students for their generous support and especiallv' the Girls' Athletic Association for their generous contribution of 352000. The total collection was 5313.1-1. The need was great, the cause was worthy, and G.C.V.I. came out on top again!