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

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% KENCOLL STAFF Back row Archie Galbraith, Bob Dewhirst, Jim Howie, Bill West, Jack Ryan. Second row: Llye Warwick, Max Webb, Bob Hladki, Jack Cape, Hugh Roberts, Bob Gowdy, Bob Krol. First row: Mary MacDonald. Sylvia Potter, June Spence. Betty Deagle, Margaret McCreery, Gladys Sutton, Doris Newell. FOREWORD Mr. A. G. Hooper It is a pleasure to me to write a foreward for tlic Kencoir , the year hook of the Honourable W. C. Kennedy Collegiate Institute of which I had the honour to he the first Principal. Although nearly fourteen years have passed since I left Kennedy Collegiate. 1 still have the happiest recollections of my friendships there. These are difficult days for all of us; but they are also days of challenge and of opportunity. Our whole democratic system is being challenged and assailed by other systems of government, quite alien to it in spirit and in methods. The dictatorial system denies the principles of individual liberty;, under such a system the individual is merely a cog in the machine. In democratic states, on the contrary, the individual citizen lias the right to plan his own future and to develop his own capabilities. Hut we must never forget that the success of our democracy depends on the extent to which the citizens accent the responsibilities as well as the privileges of citizenship. What does this mean to you, boys and girls of Kennedy Collegiate? It means that you should prepare yourselves now to accept the full duties which arc an essential part of that liberty which we value so highly. In your school life you should develop qualities of co-operation, self reliance, consideration for others and willingness to carry your share of the burden. Your education should train you constantly to think vour problems through honestly and fearlessly and to express your conclusions clearly and effectively to others. The more you develop these qualities and habits in your days at school, the better will you be able, in later days, to assume the obligations of demo¬ cratic citizenship. Many of the Ik»vs and girls from this school have enlisted in the armed services and some have given their all in the defence of freedom. To you they throw the torch; he yours to hold it high! 1 wish your school every success and I shall rejoice in that success whenever it comes. For come it will, if each of you, guided by high ideals, accepts the challenge of the days that be before us. Superintendent of Secondary Kducation. Toronto, Ontario.

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The KENCOLL Stuff Staff Advisor MR. HIGGS and MR. BROWN ROBERT DEWHIRST DORIS NEWELL Editor Ediwr HUGH ROBERTS Business Manager Advertising ft RG A RET McCREERY BETTY DEAGLE MAX WEBB JACK CAPE LYLE WARWICK ARCHIE GALBRAITH Photography- BOB HLADKI SYLVIA POTTER . BOB KEOL . . JIM HOWIE BILL WEST ... JUNE SPENCE ..... GLADYS SUTTON an d BOB GOWDV MAX WEBB... ..-. MARY MacDONALB and JACK RYAN LYLE WARWICK..........-.-. Art BOB SMITH School Activities Thumbnail Sketches .Cadet Corps Through the Keyhole ..War Activities Girls ' Athletics Boys Athletics Humour . Alumni

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THE KEN COLL 1 94 4 3 lltlllilltlllltllllllllltllltlllllllllllltttlllllltltllllllllltllllllttllllMttlltlllllllltllll HlltlltHIMIIIHtllllll|||||t|||l||t||t||||tlt|llt|lllltlltlllllttl|llllllllllltttlllltlllllHtllHlltlllltlllllHttllll-t;;itttlll ' IHItt(HII EDITORIAL VOL. V. — KENCOLL — 1944 Published by the Students of the Kennedy Collegiate Institute Windsor, Ontario Price 25c per copy THE EDITORS SPEAK: Doris Newell — Bob Dewhirst At last Spring lias conic and naturally every¬ one knows what that means. It means the time of year when a young man ' s fancy turns at everything that passes. 1 tut seri¬ ously, with the Spring of 1944, comes our fifth edition of the Kennedy Year-Book. In this war-time year, every commodity has been restricted to a certain extent, and so too— the Kencoll. In fact, there was some question as to whether we would be able to publish it at all. We resolved to do so because we feel that this magazine is the link that keeps our Grads in touch with their Alma Mater. This is their school as well as ours. We offer heartiest thanks to our principal, Mr. Gilbert, and to Mr. Riggs and Mr. Brown for their untiring efforts in aiding in the publication of this book. We express our gratitude to the Forum for its financial assistance, and to Hugh Roberts and his associates for their able manage¬ ment of the business details. To the local mer¬ chants, we extend our appreciation for their in¬ terest, and we feel that our students will recipro¬ cate by patronizing them. Working on the Kencoll in any position has brought much pleasure and benefit to everyone on the staff. We feel that they have done a won¬ derful job in spite of war-time difficulties. This is your magazine. We hope you will read it, enjoy it and treasure it. SCHOOL SPIRIT Mr. A. F. S. Gilbert It is sometimes rumoured that our school has little school spirit. I wonder if the person who starts such a rumour really knows what he means by school spirit? It is something that is en¬ gendered by the student body and nourished by the individual. It is perhaps the first step to¬ wards patriotism. If such a rumour were true then our students would have cause for a little self-analysis. It would be best to ask yourself to define school spirit and then ask yourself, “Have I that which 1 expect in others?” Our school is made up of individuals and if each individual is looking to his neighbor to find school spirit, he is searching in the wrong direction. Check on yourself first. If you feel that you do not belong to our student body, if you have no desire to see your fellow students succeed, if you do not feel proud of knowing your fellow students, if you do not get some satisfaction in being well acquainted with some of your teachers, if you do not feel like cheering when our teams are doing their best to win, if you are not happy when you pass from grade to grade, if you do not feel some gratification in going to the same school as some of our outstanding graduates, if you do not feel some disappointment when you must sever connections with your school, then 1 believe you have no school spirit. The student body of our school changes from year to year. With each year new conditions arise which call forth different efforts on the .part of the students. During the past five years we have passed from peace to war and this fact has brought about many varied activities on our part which former students knew nothing about. The students during these years have done a very wonderful work in their war efforts They have, for example, lugged tons of paper to school for salvage in order to raise money for the Red Cross and for smokes for the boys overseas. These war efforts arc definitely motivated by a very vigorous school spirit—a desire on the part of our present students to show the hundreds of for¬ mer students now in the tinned forces that they still have as strong a school spirit as their pre¬ decessors. If anyone feels that our students have little school spirit because they do not attend all the games or cheer as loudly and as long as he might like, just remember that that is but one phase of school spirit. These are serious times and many boys and girls do not feel like cheering or attend¬ ing games, but they still have a deep regard for their school and love it none the less If, however, you find some who are disloyal to their school, and feel that they do not belong, then you know that they have not been touched by that intang¬ ible something known as school spirit. That is a pity. It is indeed a tragedy of youth. Let us hope that we have no such individuals in our school, for they will never in the years to come he able to look back to “the good old days”.