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

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THE KENCOLL 1 94 3 13 ..llllimillinilllliiMIMUllMlltMIlMMUMMmiHllllllMIMIIMIMMIMMIMmiMIIIIIMMMIIMlinmilMIMIHIIIIIIMIIIIimil « 1 PREFECTS Mr. Fox (teacher in charge), May Lord, Art Lampkovtiz (head Prefects). Wc art all familiar with the blue and gold armbands worn by a few of our students. These people are our “Prefects’ . This year, as formerly, the staff of about 60 students was chosen by Mr. Gilbert from the upper forms. As their adviser, Mr. Fox has managed to keep every¬ thing running smoothly and efficiently. On the whole, the student body ha been extremely co-operative in their acceptance of the rules and regulations, set down by our “school police. The prefects have been most helpful in keeping our school as orderly a possible, and on several occasions have given special help in conducting the crowds at basketball games. May the Prefect Organization continue to function as successfully ill future years! SOCIAL Despite the many war restrictions, four dances have been held this year. The first was a “Get Acquainted T-Dance for which the Forum Card was the admission. On December 20, the annual Commencement Dance brought many Grads back for one more Kennedy Dance. The very original decorations looked like snow, giving the ballroom a wintry atmosphere. In January the Social Committee held a roundabout T-Dancc. Among those noted were Don Gallagcr es¬ corted by Miss Alex Newell, wearing a stunning blue gown with all the trimmings. Undoubtedly the most enjoyable dance ever held at Kennedy took place on April second when the girls “dragged ’em out to the K Hop. Many a weary dancer cringed at the least mention of “conga” the next day. Multi-colored decorations were used and Jack Hick art’s artistic flower arrangement s in the l»asket were especi¬ ally note-worthy. The Social Committee consists of Gladys Sutton, June Lewis. Dorothy McF.vvan, Peggy Fuller, Catharine Knapp, John Mills, Rod Ross, Hill West, Charles Murphy and Ted Back. KENNEDY COLLEGIATE’S CONTRIBU¬ TIONS TO THE WAR EFFORT (Continued from Page 3) Magazines are being collected for the armed forces under the supervision of Mr. Beckett. The collection was started toward the end of 1942 and a steady flow has been coming in each week. Many thousands have been contributed. Our students and teachers have contributed very generously in service, livery tag clay found some of our girls tagging. They tagged in large numbers for Chinese Relief, the Blind, Polish Relief, the Navy League, Russian Relief, the Optimists, the Kinsmen and the Kiwanians. A number of our boys and men teachers are blood donors. Many of our girls and boys have g iven their help to farmers in the county. Our teachers have contributed generously in time and money to help with the war effort. Many of them attended classes in first aid. fire fighting and war gases. II contributed in buying ictory Bonds. War Savings Certificates and War Savings Stamps. When the Active Service Club opened, many of our teachers volunteered to help and this school now provides the kitchen help one Sunday a month. Contributions have also been made to the Mo¬ bile Canteen Fund sponsored by the Teachers’ Federation. SUMMARY OF WAR EFFORT ENLISTMENTS Students 710 Staff 3 DISTRIBUTION Air Force 405 Army 205 Navy 103 Prisoners of war 13 Killed or missing 15 KNITTING Number of girls who knitted 170 Articles knitted 384 WAR EMERGENCIES CLASS OF GIRLS 225 Certificates granted 175 One group of girls did not write for certificates. FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS Salvage collected and sold, 100,190 lbs., Value $ 350.00 Cash donated by Kappa Mu Gamma Fraternity for wool pur¬ chases, Value . 30.00 Total reserve for Wool purchases. Red Cross, etc. $ 380.00 Ditty Bags donated by students. Donations to: Navy League 47.00 Institute for the Blind 30.35 Queen’s Fund 71.75 Smokes to K.C.I. boys overseas 110.00 Senior Red Cross 125.00 Junior Red Cross 100.00 Mobile Canteen Fund 18.65 Wool for Red Cross Fund 93.72 War Savings Stamps bought (students and teachers) 1,785.00 War Bonds (purchased by teachers) 6,750.00 Total amount expended for the War Effort $9,311.47

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i 12 THE KENCOLL 1943 SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ROMAN CATHOLIC STUDENTS ' CLUB The Catholic StudentClub continued on into it second successful year. The Kiris’ classes were conducted hy Reverend Fr. j. A. Roney and the boys’ l v Reverend Fr. F. Mulkern. T hey were ably assisted bv the presidents Vivian Arlcin and Don Gallagher. l hc students enjoyed the interesting discussions at these meetings. Although the social committees were not so active this year a last they were aide to have a skating party held at the Windsor Arena. We hope that the Catholic Students ' Club will be able to carry on next year with an even better response from the students. out with banners flying and try to make the Kennedy Collegiate Orchestra the best there ever was. You owe multitudes of thanks to: Conductor—Mr. Mervin Wass. Violins—Flso Schincariol. Claire Hmlis, F.velyn Hum nhrics, Hill Rutile, Bryson Farrill, John Ilagman, Rill Luckacs. Bass and Flute—John Theil. Sax—Bruce Chick. Clarinets—Bruce Chick. Peter Mayer, Stan Wlttsek, Lyle Warwick. Harry Pcanlon. Bill Knavki. Trombone—Peter Wygant. Drums—Norm Wheeler. Trumpets—Jim Smith, Boh Newman, Doug Knglish. Piano—Adrienne Brown. GLEE CLUB The Glee Club, ably directed by Mr. Wass and ac¬ companied by Dawn Farrill, had as President Ina Gardiner and as Secretary Mary Coulter. Although a disappointment was suffered in that no Music Festival was held this year, the Glee Cluh put their talents to work for the benefit of the school, singing at the Commencement Assembly. Two Christmas selec¬ tions were chosen, “Hear the Ringing of the Bells and Jesus Is Born . At the Faster Assembly they pre- scutcd Vilia from The Merry Widow by Franz Lenar, and The Children’s Prayer from Haensel and Gretel. As a diversion from musical drill in January the mem¬ bers enjoyed a sleigh ride party. We hope to see the Glee Club continue its fine work next year. LITERARY SOCIETY The Literary Society has held two assemblies for the entire school so iar this year. .The first one was the Annual Christmas Party in December in which Alex Newell was Santa Claus. The other meeting was A Salute to the Armed Forces in which many of the Middle and Upper School students took part. The members of the Society included Anne Macdonald. Joan O’Flanagan. Margaret McCrecry, Alex Newell ami Jack Ryan. Miss Janes, Mrs. Hagarty and Mr. Walter were the staff advisers. CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP GROUP There are Inter-School Christian Fellowship groups in schools from Halifax to Victoria, but there arc many schools, which are not privileged to have these weekly meetings. We arc very grateful for the Inter-School Christian Fellowship groups within this school and wish to thank Mr. Walter for his enlightening of the Word to us. Our meetings are held in room 214 from 12:15 p.m. till 12:45 p.m. All students arc cordially welcomed to our meetings. ‘Come once and you’ll want to come again. In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. St. John 1:4 Sponsor: Mi s G. Riggs President: Vera Fleming KENNEDY COLLEGIATE ORCHESTRA Under the excellent leadership of Mr. Wass; the Ken¬ nedy Collegiate Orchestra has concluded a prosperous season. It lost two members to the Air Force, however, clarinetist Bruce Chick, and trumpeter Doug English. The orchestra assisted at the Commencement, and at several assemblies. Unfortunately there was no Annual Play and no Secondary School Music Festival, which have always been a part of the Orchestra’s curriculum for the year. Kennedy has always made a splendid show¬ ing at the Festival. Mr. Wass would like to see an increase next year in the complement of the orchestra. Don’t be afraid music lovers of K. C 1. In the coming season of 1943, come

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1 THE KENOOLL 1943 ........iiiiiiiiiuhmiii .•ttiiiitiitiiiiiMiiiiiMittititii ALUMNI Nursing — Claire Hicks (Grace), Jean Renshaw (Grace). Jean Hogarth (London), Helen Light (Lon¬ don), Marion Walker (Hotel Dicu), Jean Waiuess, Mar¬ cia Woodrow (Toronto). Vocational School—Elaine Dornton, Esther Grant, Jane Martin, Doreen Spracklin. Wayne University—Gene Holloway, Roddy Kerr, Hy- mie Muroff, Fred Rudko. Ford Trade School—John Fraser, Jim Murphy, Har¬ well Tisdale, Lloyd Warwick. Wren—Dorothy Little. R.C.A.F.—Jack Gustin, Art Pearsc, Fred Perlman, Melville Smith. Other Universities—Toronto, Ken Young; Western, Phyllis Musselman; Queen’s, Boh Newell; Alma College, Shirley Jenncr: Lawrence Tech. Victor Huszty; Univer¬ sity of Detroit, Bill Appleyard, Doug Allison, Bill Bal- man. Normal School—Jean Kinnin. Holy Names College—Lois Gould. Barbara Peterson, Alison McCabe, Kathleen Shaw. At Home—Ruth Mcrryfield. Assumption College—Bob Bailey. Jack Jewell, Roy Lancaster, Ted Mallender, Russell Munro, Joe Sisak, Gino Sovran. The Business World—Kathleen Braddock, Royal Bank; Shirley Bradley, General Motors (Detroit); Dorothy Bryden. Hiram Walker’s; Joan Gregory, Royal Bank; Stanley Marchini. Auto Specialties; Amelia Sasso, Auto Specialties. Business Colleges, Windsor—Hazel Connell, Nancy Parson, Marjorie Struckett, Dorothy Paterson, Joan Spencer, Olga Perduk. HEY TOMMY! My lock won’t open. Have you got a pencil? Mine are all broken. Can you come hack tonight after vour rounds? We’ve got piles of paper, ’bout 3000 pounds! Decorations, Tommy, will you be able to manage? 1 o look after streamers and tallies—oh salvage VVill have to be weighed and how about a box lo put in the hall, for cheers or for gossip? Tommy! What’ll I do?? This spot on my coat— You can. Oh gee Thanks! Have you got any rope? Say Tommy, I couldn’t touch you for a two spot could I And those records, could we have anything hut I hat crummy tunc? A little slight man with a spring in his step Ilis eyes all a-twinkle. the brightest I’ve met His hand always willing, his smile ever sunny He’s always there when you need any Money Hell never grow old, he’s the fountain of Youth No more or no less! That ' s strictly the truth! Yc all love him really, I know, you can guess Here’s to you Tommy Gordon, the best of the best! SPRING A gust of wind, a robin ' s song, And children’s’ laughter all day long, Happy as they gaily play, Dancing lightly on their way. April showers are sure to bring Nice green grass—’tis spring, ’tis spring! Little snow-drops peeping through. Tulips, crocus, violets too. —Shirley Rutter (X1B) DRINK ICED BETTER VALUE THAN EVER! MAEDEL’S BEVERAGES Authorized Bottlers Invest in bonds and certificates ei Essex and Chatham