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

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pen in the class-room are rather humor- ous. When the regular teacher left the room for a few minutes while Norma was teaching, a small grade one lad seriously asked, Miss Scott, will you do my work for me while I go to find the teacher? Linda had a most embarrassing experi- ence during her first singing lesson to a grade five class. When she opened her mouth nothing came out but a loud squeak. Teaching, however, is a very rewarding profession. If you like children, have an endless amount of patience and a sense of humour, we heartily advise you to make your next year's motto docendo discimus . We sincerely wish this yeai s graduating class a successful year. Yours sincerely, Linda McQuaid, Helen Moyer, Norma Scott. Closer to home at Waterloo College are: ED MIECZANIEC in General Arts, JAMES WILKIE in Pass Arts and Theology, JOHN DREWRY and ED BARBOUR in Business Administration. Waterloo College, Waterloo. Dear Alunmi Editor: As I walked to classes on my first day at Waterloo College, I had a few misgiv- ings that I was no longer to walk through the hallowed halls of G.C.V.I. I never expected that I could feel that way about leaving what at times I feared would be my life's occupation. However, these dewy- eyed sentiments quickly passed as I turn- ed on to the campus. College is a world of its own and it seems that it is not possible for anyone but these radical individuals attending college to dream up those unheard of tor- tures-the dreaded initiations! This is the word that strikes terror into every pro- spective freshman's heart. but when it is all over he rubs his hands in glee as he thinks of next year when it will be his turn to dish it out . Waterloo College is very small compara- tively. There are only approximately four hundred and fifty students, of whorn two hundred and fifty are frosh. This has its advantages. It's just like one big, happy family. Everyone knows everyone. Not only that: the classes are fairly small and the professors are happy to give individual attention to practically every student. Although the members of the fairer sex are sadly outnumbered at Waterloo. there is always an adequate supply available at the K-W Hospital as well as from the surrounding district. The administration of Waterloo College has plans for tremendous expansion in the future. Joseph E. Seagram Sz Sons have donated S250,000 for the building of a stadium and gym which, reportedly, is to be the biggest and best of its kind in Can- ada. A new Engineering and Science building is to be constructed in time for lectures next fall, as well as about twelve other new buildings which are to be built within the next ten years. President Hagey expects that there will be at least 3,000 students attending Waterloo College by 1967. Incidentally, Waterloo College intends to gain University status in the near future. Attending Waterloo are Ed Barbour, General Arts: Ed Mieczaniec, General Arts: Jim Wilkie, Pre-theology! and my- self, Business Administration. We would all like to erpress our gratitude for being given the honour of describing our college and college life to you. To those of you who will be writing the Grade XIII exams this year we wish Bonne Chance! Yours sincerely, John Drewry. Several boys have gone to Guelph's own Colleges g CHARLES BONAR and ART HACKETT are at OV.C. JOSEPH MOKAN SKI and HOWARD MOLLISON are at OA. C. Dear Alumni Editor: Greetings from the Colleges on the hill! This year none of the fairer sex is en- rolled in the Diamond Ring Course nor the four year degree course at Mac Institute. However, across the road at O.A.C. we find Joe Mokanski and Howard Mollison attending lectures in the four year Aggie course. At O.V.C. we find Charlie Bonar and myself. Charlie is nicknamed The Hampster since he has two hamosters in his room. Man! What a change from collegiate life! Early morning lectures, late after- noon lec'ures, three hour labs and NO DETENTIONS are all new to me. It didn't take very long to get acclimatized to our new environment. So now we find ourselves battling the books . Our initiation wasn't too vigorous. We were obliged to wear our lab coats, odd socks, odd shoes, a tie and the caps we were issued. Living out of residence, I neter had to shine the sophs shoes or bow to them, nor did I get the show- ers . My only obligation was a little track work followed by a sing-song behind Mac Hall and Watson tgirls' residencesl. The climax of initiation came when we Were issued our big brothers . These fellows are sophs who give us lab reports, es- says, etc., so that our lives won't be too miserable. However. my big brother threw lab reports and essays away, giving me only old exam papers, which I hate, to look at. Although relatively small, the Tri- College has many extra-curricular clubs, intramural sports and intercollegiate teams. Both soccer teams and the Redmen put on good shows. Most successful were the Track and Field and Harrier lcross- countryi teams. At Hamilton 1McMasterb the Track and Field team topped R.M.C.. Queen's, Waterloo College, McMaster, Western and U. of T. to win the Inter- mediate Intercolleglate Championship, The Harriers also won the championship, as only one other team was entered, The other colleges advanced to senior company because they were afraid of our stiff competition. We probably would have won the senior meet, too. because we had beaten all the senior teams. Turning to the academic phase of life, our course before Christmas was taken mostly at O.A.C. In Agriculture we took Feeds and Feedings , preparing ourselves for feeding of livestock, Dairying and Livestock Judging. We had to judge beef cattle, pigs and sheep. We also had a few lectures in Physics, Chemistry and English. At O.V.C. we took Biology. These were the constituents of a thirty-four hour week, which seemed very rough. After Christmas, the course became more difficult. Now we have a. thirty- eight hour week. 1We'll have to get a union!! The dog has become our chief obstacle since we have to know its mus- cles, nerves, etc., or in plain English, we have to dissect it. The dissection is very interesting but the tests are very annoying. ACTA NOSTRA 37

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36 ACTA NOSTRA, . , - . . L. Alumni We hope that 1956 will be a memorable year for the students and this, their maga- zine. As usual most of the graduating students have left the Collegiate and have positions in the business world. Some hare chosen to further their education in university or technical schools. A few girls have chosen the nursing profession while others are attending Normal School. Whatever their chosen field may be. we wish them success and happiness. Attending the University of Toronto this year are: ROGER BRAGG in Forestry, JANE DAVISON in Social and Philosophical Studies, PATRICIA LITTLE studying Eng- lish Language and Literature. BRUCE THOMAS in medicine. HARRY BRAUN in Engineer ng, VALERIE BUSTARD in Physi- cal and Occupational Therapy, MARY NEW- BOULD in Nursing Science, and SHEILA GEOGHEGAN at St. Michael's College studying Languages. Annesley Hall, 95 Queen's Park. Toronto. Ont. Dear Acta Nostra: Thank you for giving me this oppor- tunity of writing to all loyal G.C.I,ers- those who buy and read Acta Nostra. I am one of the lucky freshies and fresh- men at Toronto this year and, already, can recommend it to you on behalf of all of us as by-far-the-best-university-on- the-continent! I often hear people class U. of T, as too big and therefore too cold 1-hearted, that ist, but these people are always graduates or students of other universities, We think the bigness of our university merely affords more competi- tion in sports-interfaculty and otherwise, wider scope for talent-dramatic, musical. literary . . , and a wider variety of interesting lectures to attend, for you may attend any lecture at any college any time you so desire. This is all apart from the fun-filled clubs and productions of your particular college-the engineers' Skule Night. the Vic Bob Revue, Daffydil from the meds men . . . I often hear people say they wouldn't wantbto live in that huge smoke-smother- ed city, Toronto, but they have never lived there. U. of T. is a city within a city-you never have to stray north of Bloor or south of College Street, but if you have a roving spirit. Toronto sur- rounds you, waiting to be explored. If you like drama you actually have several, real, legitimate theatres to choose from. Residence life at College you will love. The break in the middle of the evening for nescafe and some more knitting at those odd-shaped socks, g.gantic blue and white scarves and BULKY sweaters, the heart-rending sound of someone in the next room trying to play HI LILI on her new recorder, writers' crainp as you copy a two thousand word essay long hand, the boar's head at Christmas dinner and carol singing, the books and books and books you should be reading, the nasal hiss as your roommate reads her French out loud, the boys' raids along the steam tunnels and up the fire es- capes of the Women's residences, the friends you make from Trinidad, western Canada. Europe, Jamaica, Nova Scotia . . . I hope you like people. I should like to wish everyone at G.C.I. a successful year, especially Acta Nostra, And if you're coming to college, come to U. of T,-the more the merrier. Yours sincerely, Pat Little. Attending the University of Western On- tario are: JOHN FLEMING and ERNIE REID in Mathematics and Physics, BEVER- LY HALES, LLOYD HARLOCK and GER- ALD IRWIN in General Arts, JACK HUGHES in Medicine, DONALD SEARLE and BOB GORDON in Business Adminis- tration. Enrolled at Queen's University are: EL- EANOR MCGEE in Mathematics and Physics, TED CHART in Engineering and ELIZA- BETH OUGHTON in Physical Education. Four students represent Guelph at Mc- Master University. They are: JUNE HUS- BAND in Nursing Science, BILL SCOTT and JIM ZEIGLER in Physical Education, and BILL HAMMIL in General Arts. Attending Teachers' College at Hamilton are: KEITH BLACK, EDITH FERGUSON, JOANNE GLIDDEN, DOROTHY HODG- SON. LINDA MCQUAID, HELEN MOYER, NORMA SCOTT, JOANNE SMITH, HELEN BUCZEK, MARGUERITE JOTHAM. DON TARZWELL, SANDRA WELLS, MARGAR- ET MUIR, LAURA QUAIL, KATHY STEELE, DOREEN STEWART. SUZANNE YOUNG, RUTH ANNE MCFADZEN and DOUGLAS LAWR: at London, KATHY MULLIN. Hamilton Teachers' College, Hamilton. Ontario. January 10, 1957. Dear Alumni: Hin patet ingeniis campus is no long- er our motto, It has become docendo discimus -by teaching we learn-and after having spent only a very few months at H.T.C., we realize that this is true, for in our limited teaching experience and from the lessons college masters have taught us. we have learned a great deal about the profession we shall be entering next year Part of the time we spend as pupils being taught by masters in our crowded catacombs - the dim basements of two churches which are the present college quarters. In such dismal conditions it might seem that our spirits would be dampened, but we are all here for one purpose and we are a happy, enthusiastic group. Then. too, we shall soon be moving into the Palace , as we call our new Teachers' College building. When we are not in classes we are in the public schools on the other sidenof the desk, There we dilig:n.1y try to teach forty squirming youngsters something that has taken us three hours to learn the night before. Some of the things that hap-

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38 ACTA NOSTRA As in former years. O.V.C. has students from many different countries. This year. students come from Germany, Holland. Jamaica, Br. West Indies, United States. Latvia and Malaya. Of course, we have a few boys from out west. We have a great deal of rivalry between the East and the West. They were one up on us with the winning of the Grey Cup. We immediately retaliated by pointing out it was an Ontario boy who led the Grey Cup winners. Plans are now underway for the CDD- struction of a new gym. This gym will be one of the most modern in the province and so it's a chance for basketball players to make use of Colleges . We are also lo have a new Union Council Build- ing. which will be similar to Hart House at U. of T. In closing, I should like to say the O.V.C. offers a very good course in Vet- erinary Medicine, and perhaps we'll see a few of you here. Best of luck in those finals! Yours truly, Art Hackett. RICHARD MASON is studying at Ryerson Institute of Technology. Representing Guelph this year at Royal Roads. B.C., are PETER BRIGHT and PETER SCHOLZ. Representing Guelph at R.M.C. are BILL JARVIS and JIM MORWICK. The Editor, Acta Nostra, G.C.V.I., Guelph, Ont. Dear Mr. Editor: In response to your request for a few details of the life at the Royal Military College of Canada, I wish to submit the following comments for publication. At R.M.C., the life is very different from the ordinary life of a college student. As cadets, we rise at 6:15 every morning and start classes at B100 A.M. We have seven hours of classes each day, as op- posed to the usual five in high school. At 4:00 P.M. every afternoon we have a sports program, the sports including foot- ball, hockey, and the other usuals, as well as boating. The sports facilities here are excellent, the policy being to develop a healthy mind in a healthy body. The college itself is deep in tradition and gives many opportunities for close contact with the beginnings of Canada, The city of Kingston has many and varied places for recreation and relaxation. Com- bined. they present an atmosphere enjoy- able to all and yet conducive to hard work and diligent study. In closing, then, R.M.C. is designed to build men well-trained in scientific, social, and personal high standards, ready to make a success of the military or civilian life. We highly recommend the Regular Officers' Training Plan and a life at R.M.C. to any of G.C.V.I.'s future gradu- ates. Hoping we will see more Guelphites in our ranks in the future, we remain, Yours sincerely, W. F. Jarvis, J. F. Morwick. Two girls are enrolled in Hospital Schools of Nursing: VIRGINIA CORNELIUS at the Guelph General Hospital, and PAT LOWRY at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. 95 St. George St.. Toronto, Ontario. Dear Editor: Varsity has become my home, my pride, and my joy during the past few months, and it gives me special pleasure to tell you about it. I could not possibly tell you all about the University of Toronto, for it is far too large and complex. But I will attempt to tell you some of the things that I have encountered on my sojourn in Blue. Varsity is large! Everyone says so and I can only echo it. I am afraid it scares many would-be students away, I felt the same way when I came but now I find that I had nothing to fear. Although one does not meet all the students, one does meet just as many students as one would at a smaller university. Here, at Varsity, it would be impossible to count the clubs and activities that you are able to partici- pate in: Hart House is the home of dozens of these clubs and it can become your home too. These organizations are well developed and numerous,-for ex- ample, there are three French clubs on the campus. Scholastic-wise, Toronto has just about everything from Engineering to Anthro- pology. Classes are not too big and per- sonal anention is available for the asking. The work in a worth-while course is very heavy, but the interest takes away some of the pressure. I like Varsity. and I am glad I came here. We are surrounded by an infinite throbbing city with its varied moods and feelings, Difficult it is to become narrow- minded here. A lot of students from Guelph are here. Bruce Thomas and I are studying towards a Medical life and I think I can say we are both pleased with our course. You'll encounter many familiar people at Varsity and I am sure you'll be treated congeni- ally by all of them. I love University with its long high steps of gold and tall ambitious towers of ivory, and you will too. It is a tremendous change from high school days with a good deal of work involved. but it is the be- ginning of an experience with immeasur- able consequzcnces. On behalf of all Guelphites at U. of T., I want to wish you the very best of luck in your exams. Set your goal highg you will never regret it. We will be looking forv.'ard to seeing you in the fall of '5'l! Yours sincerely, Jack Inglis. NINA NODWELL and TERRY ILES studying at the Ontario College of Art. MARY KACZOROWSKI and BARBARA SOCKETT attended the summer course in teaching. Mary is employed by the Kitchen- er Separate School Board, while Barbara is gnplgyed by the Guelph Separate School oar . RETA LAND has entered the Lab. Techni- cian course at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hos- pital. DAVID FAUST and TED MAKI are serv- ing their apprenticeship in Chartered Ac- countancy in Guelph. JOHN FRANKE is attending St. Jerome's College. Many of our graduates have gone into the business world. DOUGLAS BURTON, are