Kitchener Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School - Grumbler Yearbook (Kitchener, Ontario Canada)

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INTERVIEYVS Jlr. Keefe NIARY Lou HALSTEAD. A XIII C Do you know where the auto is? Well, you go up some through a hall, down some shop steps, steps, through a snowbank, up steps, in a door and there some you are! You can sit quite com- fortably on the bumper of a car and chat with Mr. Keefe. You can dis- cover that before he came to K.C.I., Mr. Keefe taught for seven years in Danforth Technical School in Toronto. When he was last a stu- dent, it was in the Hamilton Train- ing College for Technical teachers. Mr. Keefe teaches auto shops, and helps with the camera club on the side -time permitting. Ac- cording to him, Kitchener is just 'alright'. 'It's as good as any place, I suppose, but it's too far from the cottage'. fFor the benefit of the fishermen in the crowd, it's strictly bass in Georgian Bay.J I made a mistake. I asked Mr. Keefe why K.C.I. is different from Toronto schools. He looked at me -then he looked at the oil cans, the little stove, the miniature class- rooms and the great out-of-doors sp1'ead between the shop and the school proper-and he said: You come in here, and ask me what makes it 'diEerent'. CPS.- They wear fur coats in the auto shop too.D Welcome to the Collegiate, Mr. Keefe, and we hope that the next year or two will bring you indoors with the rest of the civilized world. 1454 Dir. Slnith RoBERT PoLLoCK. A XIII B Flt. Lt. Smith returns once again to old K.C.I. Snuffy , as he is known to the stud-ents, graduated from Western University in Hon- our French and German, coming to K.C.I. in the fall of '36. Mr. Smith took a very active part in drama- tics, producing many fine plays. He was equally enthusiastic about de- bates, and skiing. In '41 Mr. Smith joined the Air Force. He told me one of his ex- periences, which he shall never for- get. Having been posted to Number Seven Radio School under the im- pression he was to be given a course, he discovered he was the instructor, and the course was to be given in French to sailors of the French Fleet Air Arm. Snuffy went into a hasty retreat with a dictionary and survived. Dictionary Smith's favourite ex- pression at that time was, Oh my. I wonder where that next word is. Mr. Smith thinks the students in this school have more developed personalities than in other places. In what way, Mr. Smith? HQ, Jliss Schmidt HELEN TAYLOR. A XII E Miss Schmidt, who resides in room 203, came to K.C.I. this term from Delhi High School. She is a home town lassie, returned to teach at the collegiate from which she graduated only a short time ago. Our large extra-curricular activi- ties please her very much. It is very comprehensive, she told us, and then went on to explain Kas any good English teacher wouldj By that I mean that it provides a club for nearly every interest of the student. The assemblies, she said, are especially well done. Miss Schmidt spends her school hours teaching English and Social Studies to grades nine and ten of all three departments. I enjoy K.C.I. very much, although we could have more room, she re- marked. THE GRUMBLER 49

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RITCHENER-WATI'fIlI.OO HICH SCHOOL BOARD AND ADVISORY YOCATIONAL COMMITTEE Smrzzlirzg. left to right: H. ll. Mistele. W. M. Euler. I. A. Fischer. A. M. Snider. B.A.5c..v lf. J Ileimrich. fl. li. Harding. BSC.. W. T. Ziegler. M.A.. Priricipal. A. li. Welker. I. P. Xan tl I Water tSec.-Treas. 5t'IIft'l1. left to right: Rev. R. M. Haller. M. P. Conner. T. Ii. Kay. C. W. lfressman ltfhairinanl Mrs. A. E. Brmune. Mrs. P. I. Mcllarry. C.B.lE.. Mel. Swartz. The School Board What do these words mean to you '? Perhaps you've wondered who the .board members are. Per- haps you've wondered just exactly what part they play in keeping the cogs of the intricate machinery of this brain factory running smoothly. Perhaps you've even wondered Why . First of all, who are the Board Members '? There is the Collegiate Board comprised of eight members. There are five representatives from Kitchener, four of Whom are ap- pointed bythe City Council, and one representing the separate schools. Waterloo has three representatives, two appointed by the Town Coun- cil, and one representing the sepa- rate school in Waterloo. DORIS H.-xM11.ToN. A XIII C The Board Members are: C. W. Cressman, Chairmang A. H. Welk- er, Vice-Chairmang Rev. R. M. Hal- ler, A. M. Snider. B.A.Sc.. T. H. Kay, Mrs. P. J. McGarry. C.B.E. and Mrs. A. E. Broome. In addition to the Collegiate Board there is the Advisory Yo- cational Committee. comprised of six members of the Collegiate Board. and six members appointed by the Board. Mr. Haller and Mrs. McGarry are the two Board mem- bers who are not on this committee. H. S. Mistele. C. H. Harding B.Sc.. W. M. Euler, M. P. Conner. M. Swartz, and C. J. Heimrick are the six appointed members. What is their job '? No, it is not seeing that Hfontinucd on. page 541 18 THE GRUMBLER

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Dlr. Duncan ROBERT Po1.LocK. A XIII B Our popular maths' teacher graduated from MacMaster Univer- sity in '34 and came to K.C.I. in the fall of '35, For seven long years he made with the algie, geom, trig, and his jokes. However, came July of ,42 he enlisted in the R.C.A.F. He did his bit in England and Canada. In the Air Force F.O. Duncan also instructed in Engin- eering Mathematics and- Naviga- tion. He tells us that he found the boys in blue worked harder than the boys back in K.C.I. Mr. Duncan also added that many of the men expressed regret that they had not worked harder at collegiate and obtainedf higher standings. Well, he received his discharge in '45 and that October K.C.I. wel- comed him back with open arms to her bicycle shed. Here he sojourns in frozen comfort expounding the doctrines of Euclid, Pythagoras and Jones. Dune also handles intra-mural hockey and softball for this year. When asked what he thinks of the school spirit he replied, Ye gods. it's haunting me 2 .AOA Jlr. Parrot MARY Lou HALSTEAD. A XIII C Mr. Parrot was busy painting in his cage Ccell 2155 when I visited him. It seems that he spends a great deal of his time painting and drawing-with time out to teach science and mathematics to his less artistic students. Mr. Parrot came to K.C.I. from Toronto University. Before study- ing there he attended the collegiate in Collingwood. Naturally, he likes Kitchener: he likes its congenial atmosphere and its enterprise. Do you mean the enterprising students, Mr. Parrot? Silence. Then, Well, I suppose they must inherit some of their parents' am- .bition, in time Z As for K.C.I. itself, he admires the scope of extracurricular activi- ties. Mr. Parrot teaches art to Grade X Commercial Students as well as helping Miss Blair-with the Poster Club, of course. It was almost inevitable that the conver- sation should return to the artistic. His chief criticism is the absence of art on the regular curriculum. The school has some very fine talent, and with a little develop- ment and proper facilities, K.C.I. would easily lead many schools which have such an art pro- gramme. fThis does not include text-book cartooningj He has a. wonderful theory about art as an option. Mr. Parrot is a welcome addition to K.C.I. teaching staff, and in a few years, he may be putting theories into practice and have us drawing curves instead of angles. AQ- Jlr. Vogel HELEN TAYLOR. A XII E A visit to the electrical depart- ment uncovered a few of the per- sonal problems and habits of an- other newcomer to K.C.I. Mr. Vogel ran a hand over his inclined- to-be-red hair and promised to answer a few of our questions. Mr. Vogel received his education at Waterloo College and Finley Engineering School at Kansas City. Missouri. Having taught at five schools prior to coming to K.C.I.. he is qualified to pass judgment on our Alma Mater. Let's say that the students are equally industri- ous and clever to those of other schools, he remarked: That's a diplomatic way out! Along with the other new members of the staff. Mr. Vogel admires our assembly 50 THE GRUMBLER