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

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Page 26 THE KEN COLE 195 5 Assumption College WINDSOR, ONTARIO B.A., B.ScB. Comm., M.A. Degrees; Pre-engineering , Laboratory Assistant’s Course , Home Economics. CONSULT Registrar’s Office, CL. 3-6355 Windsor’s Favorite Eating Places MARIO’S RESTAURANTS RESTAURANT PIZZERIA Superb Cuisine And Bar B-Q 755 Ouellette Avenue 2105 Ouellette Avenue Ph. CL. 4-3392 Ph. CL. 2-8151 We Cater to Weddings — Parties — Birthdays — Banquets — COMPLIMENTS MR. and MRS. SAM FREED of Sam ' s Department Store Limited JACK LONGMAN C.L.U. INSURANCE SPECIALIST for Young Men and Women Office CL. 4-4305 Res. CL. 2-2490 For all Your Musical TSeeds Come to HeintzmaiTs Our New Location 184 Ouellette Opposite The Post Office

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THE KEN COLL 195 5 Page 25 CANDID SHOTS

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ESSAYS AN ELEVATOR OPERATOR “Going up!” An attractive young lady greets us with this cheerful exclamation and a pleasant smile as we enter the elevator. She smiles at each of the shoppers who arc crowding into the car and shuts the gate with a brisk snap. As she pilots us up to the top floor of the department store, we notice that her uniform is stylishly tailored, her hair is attrac¬ tively arranged, and her finger nails are well mani¬ cured. In her friendly manner, she exchanges com¬ ments about the weather with an elderly lady stand¬ ing at the front of the car. “Fifth floor! Sporting goods, books and stationery, children’s shoes, kit¬ chen ware, ladies’ coats and suits! Watch your step please!” We step out of the elevator impressed by the self-assurance with which this gracious queen rules her cramped domain. “Going down!” Again we enter the elevator, and again she flashes 11 s her friendly smile. This time, however, we realize that her smile is unnatural and that her normal expression is almost a frown. Tiny drops of perspiration are apparent on her puckered brow. For the first time we notice that the crowded car is warm and uncomfortable. In the heat, her uniform has become wrinkled, her crisp waves have disappeared, and her hands have become grimy from manipulating the heavy doors. She makes the forme rstereotyped remarks about the weather to another elderly lady. When a frightened child at the rear of the car begins to cry, she shrugs her shoul¬ ders in disgust. “Main floor! Drugs, cosmetics, notion, men’s wear! Watch your step please!” she drawls in a listless monotone. An indignant lady at the rear of the car complains that she wanted to’get off at the second floor. We listen as she makes a half-hearted apology. How wrong we were! Our operator is not a queen supervising her kingdom. She is an animal pent up in a moving cage. First Prize PAT STAGG. 13B WORKING My experiences while working as a clerk in an ice-cream store have taught me much about the people with whom we live in this world. Of course, the majority of the people w ith whom I come in contact are friendly and good-natured. They wait their turn, ask for what they want, are satisfied with the price and leave with a smile. 1 am sorry to say that all people do not measure up to these standards. Some of the customers, es¬ pecially women, treat 11 s with a very superior air. I I hey see into think we are very far below them because we work for a living. Another common type is the com plainer. No matter what he wants, there is always something wrong the way he sees it. Most people don’t understand the difference in ice-creams, which causes a difference in prices. The ice-cream is all the same to begin with, but when it is pack¬ aged, the air percentage caused by the pressure of packing it is unavoidable. By buying the bulk ice¬ cream. the hand-packing forces the air out, making it a richer, more solid food. Then there is the American customer who be¬ comes very angry about paying three cents on his dollar. He has forgotten the time when Canadians had to pay up to fourteen cents on their dollars. 1 have also learned that the well-to-do classes of people become rich by saving every penny possible. I am thinking of one woman in particular. Although she takes yearly trips abroad and wears fur coats, she always washes out the ice-cream cartons and brings them back to be refilled until the become hopelessly torn, rather than to pay two cents for a clean carton. During the two years that I have worked as an ice-cream clerk, she is the only person 1 have known to do such a thing. 1 have worked in several different sections of Windsor, finding that the middle-class people tip the clerks very often, while in the best sections of town there is no tipping whatsoever. J imagine that there will also always be suspicious people, who will never believe any price that you add up, until they have added it up themselves several times. Then they reluctantly give you the money and carefully count their change over again, for fear they are being cheated. Hast but not least is the temper-trying customer who has you name twenty different flavours of ice-cream, and after a few minutes of deliberation decides on vanilla. Outside of these examples which include the ma¬ jority of bad customers, ninety per cent of the cus¬ tomers are very agreeable. 1 have wonderful bosses, perfect working conditions, and love my work im¬ mensely. 1 don t think 1 could be as happy working any place else. Second Prize DIANE HEBERT THE CANADIAN SPIRIT Last summer a teen-age girl from Toronto startled the world with her never to be forgotten swim. How a young girl could perform such a difficult and dan¬ gerous feat against tremendous odds remains a question in everyone’s minds, but the fact is that she did and when all others failed. When Marilyn Bell dove into the dark waters at the start of her long swim across Lake Ontario, perhaps only those who knew her best, her family and her trainer, ever thought that she could succeed in reaching the op¬ posite shore. Many people might have glanced at Marilyn sliding through the water propelled by her long, powerful strokes, but the main interest was centred on the best long distance swimmer in the world, Florence Chadwick. However, when Miss Chadwick finally acknowledged defeat, the keen interest switched to the one remaining swimmer who was steadily plodding toward her goal. Thou¬ sands of lips in Canada and the United States echoed the words “How far is she now?” and “Will she make it?” Numerous times it seemed to Marilyn and her onlookers that she could not possibly con¬ tinue, but she was cheered to victory. It was indeed a proud day for Marilyn and Canada. Marilyn Bell will always remain a heroine in the (Continued on Page 57)