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

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Page 4 THE KENCOLL 1957 THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA

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THE KENCOLL 1957 Page 3 DON BROWN To all the graduates of Kennedy Collegiate — both present and past — I extend my warmest greeting! Is it not encouraging to recall the achievements of our forefathers in providing for us not only a higher form of education — but merely the opportun- ity to read and write? One and one-half billion peo- ple in the world today — nearly two-thirds of the to- tal population of al countries do not have this ability. They can neither read nor write. For them all is doubt and darkness and a state of being continually in debt — a form of economic slavery. This breeds suspicion, treachery and dis- hone sty. It breeds a trust in material things as all important. Lasting peace and prosperity demands that we free them from this slavery. Scholastic and technical training are indispens- able. But we must overcome illiteracy by teaching our neighbours to read and write and at the same time instilling a knowledge of the spiritual dignity of man. We in Canada live in a great school. We must learn much about our neighbours, how they speak, what they believe, what are their aspirations. Just sci must they learn about each other and about Canada. But we must share with the hungering illit- erate of the world a knowledge of the freedom we en- joy and the creative skills we employ in contributing to (he greatness of our country — Canada. April, 1957. DON BROWN, M.P.

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THE KENCOLL 1957 Page 5 VOL. XVIII — KENCOLL — 1957 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE KENNEDY COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE WINDSOR, ONTARIO EDITORIAL WILLIAM COSTELLO KENNEDY The copper-hued sun hung upon the rim of the horizon and transformed the sky into a brilliant dome of coloured glass, before it sank to quench its fire in the deep blue waters of the coast of Florida. A white gull, outlined in a golden haze was momen- tarily silhouetted against a saffron cluod and then wheeled suddenly to plunge to the azure blue be- low. The last rays of the tired sun reached their rosy fingers skyward, softly fading, fading . . . into the white radiance of Eternity. Soon a blanket of indigo covered the soft-dying day ; the sea shim- mered. Downy twilight drooped her wings. On the pier at Naples, Florida stood a small group of people observing this spectacle of nature ' s gran- deur ; among them was Honourable William Costel- lo Kennedy, a Canadian cabinet minister who seem- ed to be particularly enjoying this sunset on January the seventeenth 1923, blissfully unaware that this was to be his last. At 6:30 Mr. Kennedy sat down to dinner. During the meal he was sud- denly taken ill and died shortly before seven o ' clock. His death, so untimely, so stunning, removed from the government a minister, from the business world a capable and clever man, from the community an able public servant and from the common people of Windsor a kindly gentleman and a real friend. It was a fitting tribute when the end came for Hon. W. C. That there was a genuine sorrow from the humblest cottage to the grandest mansion and a black pall of grief settled over the district he loved so well. In the newspaper account of his death, the journalist closed his eulogy by these words, Bill Kennedy — our Bill Kennedy — we ' ll miss you, old friend. Truly these same words were echoed in the hearts of many that day. But how had this man gained the respect and admiration of so many dif- ferent people? Born August 21, 18o8, William moved to Toronto with his parents where he attended the separate schools and graduated from De La Salle College. When he was twenty-nine, he moved to Windsor and engaged in the oil and natural gas business. For fifteen years he was prominently identified with the business life of the Essex peninsula. His political career was not only fascinating but also inspirational. His youthful days were spent in an atmosphere well calculated to kindle political activities as he had become a page in the Legislative Chamber of the Ontario government where he was fascinated by the transaction of public affairs. He was a self-made man and rose to the ranks of Wind- sor ' s prominent citizens through sheer hard work and native ability. One of his first public appoint- ments was in 1914 when he became the Separate School representative on the Board of Education. During the next three years he was very active in charitable organizations and in his church, St. Al- phonsus. He practised a remarkable charity and hundreds of poor families in the Windsor district benefitted through the unostentatious generosity of Mr. Kenned}-. In the fall of 1917 when a general federal election was held the hour of the future minister ' s destiny was struck and he was elected. The comfortable majority gained by William Kennedy was a true barometer of his personal popularity. Kven those whose politics diametrically opposed his, were proud to count him among their greatest friends. Hon. . C. had a winning personality and a great capacity for making friends. Few men in all Canada had a wider acquaintance and to know him was to be a friend. Of fine appearance and noble presence, he enjoyed to an unusual degree that power invaluable to public men. of making those whom he encountered feel at home in his company. His was the political seventh sense, for he was able to estimate the effect that any political declar- ation or act of legislation would produce. Moreover, he did not believe in criticism for the sake of criti- cism but regarded Parliament as a body elected for the specific purpose of conducting public affairs rather than as a battle-ground for opposing political parties. THE KENCOLL STAFF Editor NANCY BODYK Assistant Editors DOREEN MOODREY, DILL RUSSELL Bus. Manager Ed Marshall Asst. Bus. Manager .Mary Stewart, Jean Stover Upper School Activities Lois Earl Lower School Activities I liana Patrick Social Editor Carole Finlay Girls ' Athletics Shirley Boyd Boys ' Athletics Gordon Saf ranee Minute Biog. 13 Anita Tarcia, George Gerenser Frances Chambers Jony Marshall, Dawn Moncrieff Minute Biog. 11C Marg McGinnis Kathy Krdelyan, Anne Onel Carole Suffield Cartoonist and Photography Bob Lane Sketching Jony Marshall Humor Arthur Barat Special Articles Ann Sinclair Exchange Editor ...Bette Mossman School Club Editor Lydia Paskevicius Secretary Virginia Tarcia