Kennedy Collegiate Institute - Kencoll Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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THE KENCOLL 1 940 15 HMMIII tW IWWIII M MWtIIIIIIIIIMIIIIMIMHWIIIHIM lW II M IIMl W IWIMMIIMIMIMlWttIMIIIttIMMIMtIlHIIMHMMIMMillWIIMMIIIMIHIIIMIIMIIIIIIItllltlllMMItMtIIMMMtttMtIlltIMIMimMIMIIIMMtMIHmtiW NOTHING HAPPENS HERE Virginia De Laurier I lie two KirU were Hitting at a talilc in the cafeteria Ilf the Hnhharil Collegiate Institute. To a stranger they woulil have looked niitch like all the other girls in the school. They both wore .skirts and sweaters and saddle shoes, hut the name-hrooch that each wore woidd have made clear, even to a stranger, that their names were Judith and l.inda. Judy, will you? said l.inda insistently. Will I what? asked Judy slowly. Oh, Judy, stop staring out of that window and come hack to earth. I have asked you three times if you will trailc one of your sandwiches for mine. Just what are you thinking ahoiit. that ' s so ahsorhing?” l.inda asked. Judy put one of her sandwiches on Liniia ' s (ilate and took one of Linda ' s in return. 1 was thinking. she answered, that nothing hu|i| cns here—nothing important I mean. I ' d even welcome something sad. if it would break this monotony. The worst of it is, it isn ' t just us—it ' s the whole school. Nothing happetis to atiyhody here. Khoda Woods was seventeen and in fourth form. She usually hiirrieil home from school hut tonight she loitered at her locker. She didn ' t have to sort out her hooks. She wouldn ' t need any more hooks at school, hecatisc she wasn ' t coming hark Khoda ' s father had died five years before. Kver since then, her mother had been doing housework and sewing to kee|) Khoda and her younger brother and sister clothed and fed. This was becoming harder and harder as the children grew older; hut now. Khoda had been offered a job, and they all knew that this would make things so tnttrh easier for all of thetn. . s she walked home, Khoda tried to think about her new job. but somehow she just couldn ' t het| thinking of schrol. She remembered the haskethall games that she ha l played, and watched. She retiiemhercd the way shivers always ran up ami down her back when they jdayed the school song. That was because the song made her feel part of the school. Hubbard was a won¬ derful |)lace to he (lart of—but she wasn ' t a part of it atiy longer. The thought made things bmk a little misty. That ' s why 1 like to read. Judy. Linda continued. Things happen in books that never haiipen here. I even like hooks where everything turns out wrong, where the |ieoi)le have nothing hut trouhle. That ' s because nobody here ever has any trouble, Judy said with the wisdom of her sixteen year . The most serious thing that anyone here has to worry about is getting her Geometry done during noon hour.’’ Linda laughed as she said; Kven that gets tiresome day after day. The biggest decision I ever have to make is whether to do niy Gcometty, or take a chance on not being asked for it ' I ' anI .Morrison walked up to the door tnarked In¬ structor.” lie raised his hand to ktiock, then ilropped it again to his side, and turned away, lie took a few slow steps away from the door. stO|iped. uncertain, then walked (ptickly back and knocked, hard, befetre he had time to think. He opened the du ir and strp| ed inside in ansv.ef to the Come in that greete l his knock. (Jh. it ' s you. Morri.son. I ' ve been expecting to see vou, hut not here—out on the football field. The boys liavc been iiractising for almost a week now. It Iikiks as though we are going to have a good team this year, and it will look even better when you get out there. You’re the only one of our last year ' s stars left, and I guess you know how the team, how the whole school, in fart, is counting on you. .Mr. Koherts. the Gym. Instructor, knew a great deal about these hoys he taught and he expected to see that half-i roud, half-embarrassed grin s|)read over Paul ' s face. He was more than a little surprised to see the hoy look down sadly, and to see that his hands were clencheil into tight fists. He knew, even before the hoy s| oke, that he had touched a sore spot. He motioned the boy to sit down. That ' s just what 1 wanted to see you about, Mr. Koherts. The hoy hesitated. ' I ' m—I ' m not going to iday football this year. He stoiiiied. not knowing how to go on. The Teacher started. What! Why you have been on the team for four years. You ' re our best | layer now, and—well, Paul. I know that you like the game. You had belter tell me what made you come to such a decision.” The hoy began reluctantly at first, hut gaining con¬ fidence as he went on. It’.s like this sir. I have abrays planned on being a doctor, Next year I ' ll he going to University. Until a few weeks ago 1 had figured that I ' d get a [lart time job while I was at college, to take some of the (Continued on Page 17) MINUTE BIOGS Name in l• ' ull—Helen Jane Webster Plock. Appearance—Rosebud. Like to do Best—Step on toes. Pet Peeve—Homework. . ' mbition—To get on the good side of Mr. I.etourncau. Favourite Radio Program—Shadow. Type of Book Preferred—.Animal. Hobby— Horseback riding. I ' avourite Sport—Badminton. Favourite Type of .Music—Swing. Name in Full—Raymond Charles Smith. . p|)earancc—Cute. Like to do Best—Build aeroplanes. Pet Peeve—Brother. . ml)ition—Aeronautical engineer. Favourite Radio Program—I love a mystery. I ' yite of Book Prcferretl—Nature. Hobby—.Model aero|dancs. F ' avourite .S|)ort—Hockey. Favourite Tyi e of Music—Sweet anil Mellow. Name in Full- Rita Jane Barnes. , ' p|)iarance—Lanky. Like to do Best—Dance. Pet Peeve—Kainy days. . mhition—To he a Laboratory Tccbnician. Favourite Radio Program—F ' red Waring. Hobby—.Music. ' I ' ype of Book Preferred—True Komancc. F ' avourite Sport— Badminton. Fav.iiirite Type of .Music—Sweet. Name in F ' ull—John N ' ernon Mills. . ' pi earance—Suave. Like to do Best—Play bridge. Pet Peeve—Lack of schmd spirit in students. . mhiiion—To pass French and Latin. Favourite Radio Program—Jack .Armstrong. Type of Book Preferred—Fiction. Hobby—Blackjack. F ' avourite Sport—Baseball. F ' avourite Type of .Music—Popular. Name in Full—;lvlhelwyn Lustgarteii. . ppeara nee—Vivacious. Like to do Best—Sing. Pet Peeve—Slacks. .Ambition—.Actress. Favourite Radio Program—Children ' s hour. Tyin ol Book Preferred—L. M. .Montgomery ' s. Hobby—,AI. Cohen. F ' avourite Siiort—Tennis. F ' avourite Type of .Music—Opera.

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THE KENCOLL 1940 17 I NOTHING HAPPENS HERE (Conliinu-d from Page 15) Imnlt ' ii of luitting me llirougli from the family. lately I l e|(: ii thinking that if I roulil get a scholarship I wouldn ' t have to worry about a job and I ' d have more time for sciniol work—not that I ' m crazy about studying hut if 1 want an M.l). after my name 1 know that I ' ve got to work. I think that I have a gcMid chance of winning the scholarship that I want, if I give up some of the things that take up a lot of time, l■ ' oothall is one of them. I know what a difference it is going to make, Mr. Roberts. There won ' t be nearly as much excitement. 111 miss that feeling you get when you hear your school cheering its lungs out at a game, or when yon win the toughest game of the season, or when you get your letter. Perhaps some of the fellows won ' t understand, but Pre made up my mind. .A year without f M tball won ' t l e fun. but if it means making several years of university a lot easier—well. I guess it will l)e worth it. Mr. Roberts ro.se and stretched nut his haml to the Iwy. Good work. Paul. You always knew what iday to call. You have called the right one this time, and I hope you always will. • • • • • Yes, Judy went on. that doesn ' t help matters any— the wav everything is planned for us. The majority of us just drift through high schoed, until suddenly, we find that it ' s all over, ' rhen we start training for the same old things that |)e«ple have been doing for years—teaching, nursing, secretarial work. • • • • • Given ran uji the front steps, ojiened, then slammed the door behind her almost with one motion. . s the door hanged shut she called: Mother, where are you? I ' m in the kitchen. Given. her mother called. What is all the excitement? Given aswered, breathlessly. I won two tickets to the schiNd ilance. for the best poster. That ' s lovely. lcar, but you were going anyway, weren ' t you? , lrs. Randol|di said calmly. Yes. I was. Mom, but that ' s not the im|H)rtant | art. When I went to Miss ilar| er ' s this moniing to f et my tickets she asked me where I got the ideas tor so many pretty evening dresses, and when I tfdil her I bad designed them all mvself. she thought that it was grand. She a.sked me if I had ever thought of taking up designing professionally. She seemed awfully interested—so I showe l her all the sketches thiit I have III my Imoks. I thought that she might say something aboil the way my French cxercise.s were broken ii|i by drawings, hut .she didn ' t. She was enthusiastic almut them. She saiti that they were really goo»l and she tohl me about a course in designing. I fiaven ' t been able to work all day for thinking about it. Can I just finish this year and get my Junior Matric, and then take an art designing course next year? Please. Mom, please, that ' s what I w ' .mt to do.” “Ilon ' t talk so loudly, dear. That sounds like an excellent idea. We ' ll sec. That usually means yes.. HI ask Miss Harjier more about the course tomorrow. Golly, what if I hadn’t entered my poster in the contest, and Miss Harper hadn ' t noticed the dresses. Why, I might liavc ended u| scrubbing floors.” • • • • I.inda stood up and began to gather up the pa| cr from their lunches. Come on. Judy, let ' s not just sit here talking. I ' m going to the library to do my Geometry. What arc you going to do? Judy stood up slowly. I ' ll come and help you with it. What else is there to do? Nothing ha| pens here. GENERAL ARTS SPECIAL ARTS MEDICINE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SECRETARIAL SCIENCE BUSINESSVADMINISTRATION a SPECIAL COURSES, etc. Write to K.P. R. NEVILLE. Registrar bounded in 1878