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

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This year, Kennedy has given up many of her traditions — football, the school play, the Spring dance—as a part of her War Effort. Blit for the unrelenting work and determined spirits of a number of students, the fourth publication of the Kencoll would have been another of these sacrifices. We, who have spent our time on this book, have done it to give you, the student body, something for the wonderful school spirit which you have shown despite the restricted calendar of extra-curricular activities. We owe a great debt of gratitude to our principal. Mr. Gilbert, and to Mr. Riggs and Mr. Brown, without whose help and timely suggestions our magazine could not have been published. We offer special thanks to the Forum for its financial backing, and to Alex Newell, and his assistants, for their excellent management of the business affairs of the book. It is with much pride that we present this edition of the Kencoll for your ap¬ proval, and we hope that it will bring to you as much pleasure as it has to the members of the staff.

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The KENCOLL Staff MARY BERGOINE Editor ALEX NEWELL Business Manager MOIR SWAN Associate Editor DOROTHY POTTER KEN JACOBS ARTHUR LAMPKOVITZ . . JACK MONCUR JUNE LEWIS . C . ELAINE LUCAS and GEORGE BURNS DOUG LONGMAN LYLE WARWICK and MARY MacDONALD Girls’ Athletics Boys’ Athletics Humor . Alumni Social Thumbnail Sketches Cadet Corps Class News Advertising GLADYS SUTTON ROD ROSS REG RUTHERFORD Photography BOB HLADKI Art MARY KALLE BOB SMITH Staff Advisors MR. RIGGS and MR. BROWN

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THE KENCOLL 1 943 3 MIIIIIIIIIMIIMIIIIIIIIIMIMtIMIIIIIIIHIIIIIMIHIIHIMIIIIIIIIIMMIMIMMIIIIMMIMIIIIMIHIIMIIIMIIIIIHtllMIIIMMIIIIIIMIMIIIIIIIIIIIIMIMMIIIIMMMIHinilllllHIMIIIUIMUimi ' III.UIMMMIIIMMIIHIMimiHin TO THE STUDENTS With the school year quickly drawing: to a close, it is time to look back over the past activi¬ ties held in the school during that time. 1 would like to take this opportunity to express the thanks of the Forum to the students for the way in which they supported their teams in spite of the discontinuance of football. Although you have done well in your support, you can and must do better. I enture to say that there were stu¬ dents in this school who had never seen any of their teams in action until the Seniors’—Teachers’ basketball game. If you had put yourself out just once, you would have been surprised at the amount of wholesome fun and excitement there is in a good hockey or basketball game. Next year, resolve to support your teams one hundred per cent better than you did this year. ()n many occasions, I have been asked this question bv different students: “What good is the Forum?” With the remain¬ ing space I shall attempt to enumerate some of the achievements of the Forum. It was through the efforts of your Forum of three years ago that you may now use a Theatre Card. This magazine which you now enjoy would have been impossible without the Forum’s financial backing. While on the subject of the magazine allow me to take this opportunity to congratulate Mary Bergoine, editor, and Alex Newell, business manager, along with the rest of KENNEDY COLLEGIATE’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WAR EFFORT Summarized by our Principal The war has had a marked effect on all school activities. There has been a very noticeable drop in school attendance. In September, 1939, there were 1015 students enrolled, but in September. 1942, the number had dropped to 800. Many of the boys who were at school in 1939 are in the military forces today. The great number of for¬ mer students who have enlisted have been the pulse of our war effort. The Honour Roll, which has been compiled by Mr. Downey, now includes the names of 710 for¬ mer students and teachers, and more names are being added to it daily. Since this school opened in 1929, approximately 2145 boys have been registered, and about one third of these are now in the armed forces. At present 12 boys who have enlisted are still attend¬ ing the school and will continue until called up some time in April, May or June. The student body and teachers have been help¬ ing the war effort in many ways. Letters have been sent to every member of the forces and cigarettes have been sent, from time to time, to the boys overseas and to the prisoners of war. Defence training was started for the boys of our school near the end of 1941 and continued into the Spring of 1942. While the boys took this work, the girls were given the choice of knitting or taking War Emergency classes. Miss Stewart the staff for their untiring efforts in putting out this very good year book. Th? Tea Dances, the Commencement Dance and the K-Hop were planned by the Social Committee of the Forum. Johnny Mills and Gladys Sutton were the chairmen. These two are to be com¬ mended for their excellent work. You have at your disposal, this year, fifteen badminton raquets and comparatively few of you have availed yourselves of the opportunity of playing this game. These were supplied you at the suggestion of the Boys’ and Girls’ Athletic Committees of which Jack Kelly and Claire Back were chairmen. You have enjoyed Literary Meetings of ex¬ ceptional calibre this year—Margaret McCreery was the chairman of that committee. The posters that announced coming events such as games and dances were put out by the Altiora Peto Committee under the leadership of George Burns. 1 should like, also, to thank Mr. Knapp, our Forum advisor, who, when stormy sessions arose, diplomatically averted the heated discussions by offering timely suggestions. Jn conclusion, 1 caution you to remember that the Forum belongs to YOU. It can continue to function only with YOUR support. Interest your¬ self in the activities it sponsors and thus make your life at Kennedy Collegiate more than just a daily routine.—KEN JACOBS. Forum President. supervised the knitting and Mrs. Sills the War Emergency classes. The other women teachers assisted both. About two hundred girls were in each group. The wool for knitting was supplied by the Red Cross, or bought from funds raised by the students themselves. The War Emergency classes received Red Cross certificates. In September of this year, the Department of Education established Defence Training classes for both boys and girls. Since then, our girls have not done as much knitting and this has been done mostly out of school hours and with wool supplied by the school. The finished articles are given to the Red Cross. The raising of funds was carried out in several ways. The greatest amount of money was raised by the students’ bringing in 100,190 lbs. of sal¬ vage Other sources of revenue were from gifts, collections, dances and basketball games. Much food, clothing and many other articles of comfort were put in Ditty Bags for the merchant marine at Christmas time. Miss Stewart super¬ vised this activity for the Navy League. Collections were taken for Navy Day, Poppy Day and for the Blind. Posters were made to advertise the War Sav¬ ings Certificates and stamps. A steady sale of War Savings Stamps has been going on for over two years. The form buying the greatest number of stamps each week receives an honour banner for the week. (Continued on Page 13)