Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute - Times Yearbook (Kingston, Ontario Canada)

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9-...----n 5 ifrvff... Tm? 'Fx C gf 'f 9 --Mgt .cf , Qffefslg ttrrimnftsy FOREWORD 1932 has certainly seen the greatest ad- vance our school has made since-well, 1892, when the school was built on its present site. We sincerely hope that the Times has kept up with the advance of the school. It has been hard, this year, to keep in contact with the school as a whole on account of the increased size. We have been forced to cut down on some of our features due to the necessity of keeping down the number of pages, and also of preserving the balance in our magazine. Had we continued as before and had hundred- word personal write-ups, there would have been room for little more in the journal than these and the advertisements. If the Times seems in any way to bear more upon the Collegiate section of the school, it is in no wise due to the wish of the Editorial Staff, but rather to the lack of material on the Commercial and Techni- cal sections. This, of course, was natural, when you consider the complete change for the former in moving into new quarters, and for the latter in becoming, as it has, a brand new part of the school. With more material to choose from this year, and also less space in the magazine, we feel that the quality of work in the Times of 1932 should be better than in the past. Interest was greatly stimulated by the Times contests. A new record has been set in practically every competition. There were no fewer than thirty entries in the Poetry Contest, twenty-one in the Cover, and eighteen in the Senior Story. We are greatly indebted to the judges of the var- ious contests who gave their valuable assistance so willingly. WELCOME The Times takes great pleasure this year in welcoming a host of new teachers to the school. The whole teaching staff of the Commercial School has moved to the new building, along with new teachers for the Technical Department and a number of additions to the Collegiate staff. The Commercial Department teachers include Mr. Shurtleff, Miss Cummings, Miss Davidson, Miss McFaul, Miss Wilton, Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Hill. Those in the 'newly-formed Technical School are Miss Nichol, Miss Rikley, Mr. Christiansen, Mr. Love, Mr. Wood, Mr. VVeston, Mr. McKeown and Mr. Sedge- wick. In the Collegiate, Miss Robinson and Miss Gordon have come to teach Moderns and Classics, respectively, Miss Coughlin Latin and Art, Mr. Braithwaite Science and Mathematics, and Mr. Tolchard to take over the duties of Mr. Fice as gymnasium instructor for boys. To all these newcomers we extend a hearty welcome, and we hope that they will enjoy their stay here. A CHANGE How quiet and deserted the main hall of the Collegiate now seems! The door of the old main office is opened twice daily to allow the lates to enter and receive their slips and lines to write after school. This ceremony is conducted by our worthy and esteemed Vice-Principal, Mr. Hedley. The Principal's office which is now situ- ated in the new wing is splendidly lighted and well equipped. A tit setting for the headmaster of K.C.V.I. -13-

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6 KINGJTON COLLEGIATE VQCATIQNAL INJTITUTEJ . STUDENTS' COUNCIL It is regrettable that a certain 'number of our students fail to pay the Council fee. Those who are guilty of this neglect should remember that the pleasure they derive from all the extra-curricular activities of the school is paid for by somebody else. If we were without a Teachers' and Students' Council in our school, all our sports, our literary societies, the Times, and many other things which tend to develop a healthy school spirit would languish. To consider the other side of the ques- tion, why does the Teachers' and Students' Council not inform the whole school of the amount of fees collected from each class? Far too little is known in general of the doings of the Council. Many of the stu- dents would find difficulty in naming its members, to many it seems that they re- ceive little in return for their fees. It should be possible to post on the school bulletin-boards after each meeting of the Council, a summary of the minutes. If this were done the result would doubtless be a great increase in interest throughout the whole school in the Teachers' and Stu- dents' Council. .-. TIMES' CONTEST JUDGES The Editors and Staff of the K.C.V.I. Times wish to thank the teachers who so kindly and efficiently acted as judges of the various Times contests, and to assure them that their efforts are very much ap- preciated. This year a greater number of students than formerly entered the various contests -to be exact over one hundred entries were given to the judges for their decision. We scarcely realize what a labour of love we have asked the judges to undertake. How- ever, they have done it so gladly and well that we know now, what we have long sus- pected, that The Times has many and kind friends, among whom we are proud to mention the following-Mr. Fraser, our adviser, who acted as judge of the poetryg Miss R. Edwards and Mr. Love who judged the cover contest, Miss Hall, the senior storyg Miss VVilton, the junior story, and Miss M. Edwards the humorous story contest, To these teachers we express again our thanks and appreciation. K.C.V.I. TIMES This year The Times appears with a new cover and a slightly altered name. What's in a name ? We have more than ever in ours. In future the Times will be known as The Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute Times or The K.C.V.I. Times. The winner of the cover contest evidently took Vocational into account when plan- ning his design and has suggested in it steam drills and concentratorsf' We hope that The Times will please you and that you will find appearing in its columns the school spirit for which we are all seeking. TIMES' STAFF ROOM The Times staff wish to thank the prin- cipal for allowing them the use of a small room on the third Hoor and for supplying them with some necessary equipment with which to help them edit the school paper. This year the staff began to work in Decem- ber. They have found it a great help and comfort to know that they can go to the Times Staff room during odd minutes and pick up their work where they had left off. The files remain undisturbed, the cuts and magazines from former years are stored safely-altogether The Times Staff is com- fortably housed and enjoying to the full The Times Staff Room. DRAMATIC SOCIETY Now that K.C.V.I. has a splendid audi- torium properly equipped for presenting plays and also a good orchestra, no doubt the various forms will be vying with each other to present the best performance of the year. Among these actors should soon be discovered the pupils who will be inter- ested in forming a K.C.V.I. Dramatic Soc- iety. Perhaps even before this article ap- pears in The Times the Dramatic Society will already be formed and actively engaged in the preparation and presentation of some interesting and worth-while play. THE EDITORS' CONVENTION Last November the Teachers' and Stu- dents' Council was kind enough to send to Toronto two representatives from our school, Allan Kent and Bill Simmons, to attend the Sixth Annual High School -14-