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

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10 T H 15 KEN COLL 194 4 MATHEMATICALLY SPEAKING by Mr. Lowdeti Did You Know That: ll our ancestors hat! had twelve lingers instead or ten we would count in twelves instead of tens? If we had to use three dibits instead of ten our number 645 would he written 212220? What number would be written 12021211? In Bakers English Arithmetic of 1508, the number 451.234,678,567 was written: Pour CliM, two Cxxxiii. Millions, sixe ClxxviiiM, five Clxvii? Million originally meant ‘big thousand ? (Millc — thousand, on—big). The oldest arithmetical symbol is as used in 2 3 and was used by the Hindus and Arabs? The Chinese consider even numbers as feminine and odd numbers as masculine? It May Interest You to Know That: “It you wore a Four Dimensional Creature, no three dimensional jail would hold you and we would not know how you escaped. You could take money from a locked safe without opening the door. You could place a plum within a potato without breaking the peeling. You could fill a completely enclosed vessel. ou could turn a hollow rubber ball inside out. You could remove the contents of an egg without puncturing the shell or drink the wine from a bottle without drawing the cork”—and you prob¬ ably would not be interested in doing any of these. A light-year equals about seven trillion miles and the nearest star (except our sun) is 275,000 times as far from us as is the sun. (; ) 387,420,489 » —o and the number which this equals would have about 300 million digits in it of which the first 27 are 428,124.773,175,747,048.036,087.115 and the last two arc 80. If the number were written on a strip of paper in figures large enough to he easily read, the strip would be about 1000 miles long and the number would fill 33 book of 8(H) pages each, each page containing 1400 figures.—VYhat a detention! KENNEDY CAMERA CLUB Early in October the Camera Club held its organiza¬ tion meeting- This year s president is Bob Hladki, and secretary i Jean McAusland. 1 lie club is fortunate in having as supervisor Mr. Brown who has lent his un¬ tiling efforts in support of the club ' s activities. In the months that followed, the Club held demonstra¬ tions in developing, printing, enlarging and toning. Through the generosity of the Forum, additional equip¬ ment has been added to the already fine facilities of the newly decorated room. This year ' s membership has been large and keen in¬ terest has been shown, as was apparent from the snap¬ shot contest. Since the aim of the club is to assemble all those Stu¬ dents who are interested in photography and to give them a more complete knowledge of the subject all those even slightly interested have a place in the school ' s Camera Club. (Editor’s note: Our Kencoll pictures arc produced by Camera Club members.) Trophy-Craft Limited School and Club Jtncellers Class Pifw, Trophies Badges, Felt Crests PICKERING DRUG STORE PHONE 4-6115 Write for Catalogue 418-20 Tecumseh Road East Opp. Guppy School WINDSOR. ONT. 102 LOMBARD STREET TORONTO, ONT.

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LIBRARY STAFF ALUMNI Since the November issue of the Keyhole the Kennedy Honour Roll has been increased by over two hundred and now we have approximately eleven hundred men and wo¬ men in the armed forces. Of these eleven hundred and thirty-five the majority of enlistments have been in the Air Force with the Army, Navy and Merchant Marine following in that order. Many have seen action and thirty- two have been killed, nineteen taken prisoners, and eleven listed as missing. Mr. Gilbert has received many letters from boys over¬ seas thanking him for the “fags’’ sent by the school, and telling him of their experiences. Gil Patterson wrote from aboard ship, “l)ink“ MacIntyre and Ned Carring¬ ton told of their experiences in Fngland and of seeing ex-Kennedy students whom they had known in their school days. A If Hurley wrote from Newfoundland sav¬ ing that in spite of the fact he hadn’t yet begun to smoke his buddies up there appreciated the cigarettes very much. Of the graduates on duty outside of Canada the news of the promotion of Jack Westland to Wing Commander of the Tiger Squadron has been the most recent. Here in Canada Ken MacIntyre has been given the rank of Lieut. Colonel and the command of a Saskatchewan regi¬ ment. while Jack Whcclton who has just graduated from King’s College, Halifax, is somewhere at sea. During the past month Don Howie, Jack Moncur and Doug Longman of last year’s class have been home; Doug and Jack are at Saskatoon with the R.C.A.F. Lloyd “Doc” Curok, who is stationed with the Air Force at Oshawa, and Gord Edgar have been sent out west for further training. Still continuing their education are Jane Flock. Rod Ross, Ken Jacobs and Reg Rutherford at¬ tending the U. of T.; and Don Gallagher, Albert Jacknow and Art Lampkovtiz at Western. Last year ' s class will also have its share of nurses with Elaine Lucas, Marion Chick and Beverly Gould in training at a local hospital. CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Throughout the past year the Kennedy Christian Fellowship has prospered greatly. Attendance has been very regular at its frequent meetings. The girls have taken a lead in the interests of the group; the boys sitting, with responsive interest, in the background. Studies in the earlier part of the year centered on the Epistle to the Ephesians; this brought information ami help to all those participating. Later the group as a whole chose their favourite scriptures for weekly dis¬ cussion. By this method our get-togethers have been very enjoyable. The Kennedy Christian Fellowship extends its ap¬ preciation for the assistance that has been given to the group by the school principal and various members of the staff. ROMAN CATHOLIC STUDENTS’ CLUB Another successful year continues on its way for the Catholic Students’ Club. Reverend Father Schwcmler is on hand each Tuesday to conduct the boys’ classes, and Reverend Father Mul- kern, the girls. This year the following officers were elected: the girls, Mary Varga, President; Jean Caville. Vice-President; and the boys. Bill Saville, President; Ben Thibodeau, Vice-President; and Jack Ryan is in charge of enter¬ tainments. On February lb, the Catholic Students’ Club of the secondary schools enjoyed a most successful dance at the Knights of Columbus Hall. May the club continue to flourish and the lively dis¬ cussions draw new members. Compliments COULTER COAL COMPANY Home of Clean Dry FUEL 1324 Windsor Avenue Phone 3-4689