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

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THE KEN COLL 194 4 tKptUtF lj’B Enll of ijmtmtr ▼ KILLED OR PRESUMED DEAD Bruce Francis Jas. Forbes McPherson Maurice Gallagher Blake Norbury George Jackson Jack Ormcrod Leonard Jackson Frank Pikula Donald Kearns William Poitelnic Rolph King Jake Silverstcin Wilfred Lavers Raymond Geo. Smith Allan B. Lewis Dudley St. Aubin William MacMillan Howard Webster David MacNab Ted Weeks Donald McPhail Frank Winegarden MISSING Ciro Bertoia Alec Mair Kencil Heaton Herbert Morris Herbert Kinghorn Robert Rcaume Erskine O’Neil Willis Thompson PRISONERS OF WAR Robert L. Beer Eugene Doe Thomas Bowskill Fred Forster Wiliam E. Bradley Frank Golab Harry Brockbank Edwin B. Marten Thomas Bunyan John H. Martin Harry Crease William Morgan David Deziel They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. —from For the Fallen by Lawrence Binyon William Morrison Irwin R. Richards Lionel Silver Harry A. Sloan Robert Thompson George Wiley Meyer Schwartz Robert Waddington John McNary Coulson Adams William F. Ball Hugh Barton Brian Casey Kenneth G. Clark Arthur Cherkinsky Joseph Cherkinsky James Clancy Norman Cook James Drew Charles Edwards

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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”.

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FORUM EXECUTIVE Top row lack Ryan, Sherwood McKay, Lyle Warwick, Jim Howie. Neil Campbell, John Srasi, Barry Strickland. Second row: Robert Dewhirst, Joe Koskie, Grant Farrill, Bill Lewis, Mr. Gilbert, Bob Krol, Fabien Curry Third row: Nancy Shelley, Frances Johnson, Sylvia Potter, Mr Knapp June Spence, Gladys Sutton, Doria Newell Fourth row; Jo-Anne Beger, Claire Back, Kathryn Knapp, Audrey Elford. Mary MacDonald, France Little, Betty Deagle. WAR ACTIVITIES To attain a decisive victorv in the present every- mlc must “Gel behind the man behind the gun. Ibis is a challenging responsibility -a responsibility that the students of Kennedy Collegiate have accepted because of the numerous graduates now serving in the armed forces. We, at home, remember the boys over there. Both the teachers and the students have furthered the war effort in many ways . . . , , r We must mention the wonderful job that Mr, Downey is doing. He look upon himself the task of compiling the enlistments of former students and has followed our bovs to the four corners of the world. Ken Clark, while on leave from naval duty personally thanked the members nf HC for the ditty bag which he received from the class. The work of Miss Stewart m collecting the ditty hags and also m handling the school knitting is worthy of special attention. Miss Noonan and Mr, Waller are conducting a vigor¬ ous magazine collection campaign and they have for¬ warded thousands of magazines to the Halifax Depot. A few weeks ago, MO books were collected lor t ic Service Recreation Centres, Miss M cl , wan and Mr Brown conducted this drive. As’ in former wars many girls assisted the Navy League, Optimist Chocolate drive and the Creek Relief, After the organization of the Windsor Active Service Club, members of our teaching staff volunteered their services and now regularly assist at the club. Many teachers proudly display their Red Cross Blood Donor 11 Through the financial contributions of the Forum, cigarettes are forwarded to all graduates ot k,U. serv¬ ing overseas The numerous letters and postcards dis¬ played on the bullet in boards clearly indicate the hoys overseas appreciate the school ' s thoughtin mess. 1 feel certain that the wish of many Kennedy Students overseas was expressed in tbc words of HI, Doug MacIntyre when he said, “Keep it up, you re doing a grand job. SUMMARY OF WAR EFFORT TO MARCH 31 Red Crus Drive Navy League . Blind Red Cross Wool Greek Relief . Smoke Fund . Total Donation War Saving Stamps Magazine Collection Books ... Ditty Bags Knitted Articles ' $ 75,00 78.57 40,00 16.80 100,00 137.80 $448.17 $1,063.25 ... 18.755 640 35 40 SOCIAL This year E CJ. dived into the Social Activities with a splash (of Cider 1 Our first after-four dance the Cider Swing proved to be one of the high-tights of the fall programme. The striking decorations for our Commencement Dance were the blue and silver streamers converging in the centre to a huge revolving crystal ball. Directly beneath the hall a gaily-decorated Christmas tree added the fes¬ tive note. , l In mid winter the Ginger Ale Jump afforded much pleasure to the many that attended and sipped ginger ale from 4 to 6 p,m. The K-Hop is yet to come hut with such a competent and willing Social Committee we are certain of a success- mi dance. The first K-Hop Roundabout was held in 1938 anti it turned out such a success that it was suggested it be continued in following years. This is one night the hoys can relax and forget about financial mattery The Social Committee consists of June Spence, Gladys Sutton, Jean McKay, Mary Macdonald, Pauline De Laurier, Francis Johnston, Jack Ryan, Bob Dowdy, Sherwood McKay, Ted Gorski, Jim Spurgeon,