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

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The prompters Audrey Smith, Desta Leavine, Molly Sim, and Annie Dick, though seldom called upon gave constant reassurance. IV An All-time Record! Six nights. Forty-five hundred patrons! All proceeds of Monday night show for the benefit of the Blind. Hats off to all concerned! To- Mr. O'Connell, the director, tGee, he's a swell guyllg the cast, Mr. Ziegler, Mr. Unwing Mr. Hodge, Mr. Pugh and stage committee: Augustine, Vivian Nilsson, Lois Hunter and costume commit- tee, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Roy Dickson and make-up committee: Mr. Minielly and property commit- tee, Blair and Poster Club: Mr. Laing and usher committee: Mr. Class, Mr. Vogel and lighting committee, Mr. Berg and orches- tra, Miss Ebyg George Kadwell: Lorraine Harding, Ralph Hoeftg George Moser, Stewart Schmidt: and to all others who directly or in- directly contributed to the Record Achievement. H145 fl0llllll0llI3Qlll0lIt Exercises Friday, November 16, 1945, marked the date of the annual commencement exercises at K.C.I. With the opening overture by the school orchestra, under the direc- tion of Mr. Paul Berg, the pro- gramme began. This was followed by introductory remarks by the chairman of the Collegiate Board, Mr. C. W. Cressman. To our ever renowned boys' Senior Basketball Team the R. N. Merritt Senior Interscholastic Basketball Cup was presented. The cup was received by the coach, Mr. Ed. Devitt, and the captain, Bob Hamilton, and presented by Mr. Merritt. To our equally famous Junior Team, the W. T. Ziegler Junior Interscholastic Basketball Cup was presented. Mr. Ed. Devitt, the coach, and Bob Fisher, the cap- tain, received the cup from Mr. Ziegler. The scholastic record of achieve- ment for K.C.I. was held high as several of last year's students were scholarship winners. Following a short address by the principal, Mr. Ziegler, the university scholarships were presented to the winne1's, Gloria Riedlinger, Toronto Univer- sity: and John Klassen, Queen's University. The winners of the BILL PUGH, A XIII B provincial scholarships for univer- sity attendance were John Klassen, Lawrence Borth, and Richard Bird. The winner of the provincial scholarship for normal school at- tendance was Ellen Becker. Mrs. Greta MacDonald presented the University Women's Club Scholar- ships to the Academic winner. Madeline Bomberger, and the Home Economics winner, Vivian Nilsson. for proficiency in their respective fields of endeavour. Musical selections, rendered by several very talented students, 1'e- placed the short play, which was characteristic of former com- mencement exercises. Jean Lackie sang, A Heart That's Free . The Bishop brothers played a piano trio arrangement of Chopin's, Polon- aise Militaire . A clarinet duet en- titled Two Little Chums was played by James Geiger and How- ard Hasenpflug. An opportunity for the audience to display their talent was afforded by a sing- song conducted by Mr. W. J. Unwin. A number of students also earn- ed distinction .by receiving one of the several prizes offered. Onalee Walter won the Principal's Prize presented by Mr. Ziegler. George Hopton won a Citizenship Prize 58 THE GRUMBLER

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. MAJOR PLAY CAST AND COMMITTEES Seated. left to right: Harvey Riedlinger. Peggy Nairn. Joan Barber. Sigmund Rezetnik. Vivian Nilsson. Mr. A. J. O'Connell. Annalies Janzen. Pat Shantz. Desta Leavine. Hugh Cowie. Lirith Seymour. Molly Sim. Standing. left to right: Mr. F. J. Hodge. Mr. W. T. Ziegler. Annie Dick. Russel Wagner, Audrey Smith. George Moser. Otto Yoworski. Lois Hunter. Reg. Schedler. John Johnston. Donald Taylor. Frances Rothaermel. Bill Lahn. Ralph Hoeft. Mr. H. S. Minielly. ' :wgwr .,1,x- -. fi i 595153 Q Q Q .:,:g,.5,.A:.jQQ1v 55 ,gg ,...,,.. 1? ...E in - EI' ,J ' 'ii 1553 1'.E:A2-222.2 -'f-s:-35::f-2:1-:3- ' , f of W' A SELECTED sHoTs FROM JUNE MAD l

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donated by Mr. R. N. Merritt and presented by Mr. H. D. Wallace. Russel Charbonneau also won a Citizenship Prize donated by the Students' Council and presented by the president, Shirley Clarke. Prizes for proficiency were pre- sented to Desta Leavine fAcademic Middle Schooll, Joy Hofstetter fCommercial Departmentb and Victor Boldt CTechnical Depart- mentb. The prizes were donated by B'nai B'rith Lodge. The Mars- land Radio Engineering Company award for toolmaking aptitude was presented to Kenneth Oswald by Mr. Stanley Marsland. Prizes do- nated by the Kiwanis Club were presented by the president, Mr. G. Harold Shannon, to Academic win- ner Barbara Smithers tMiddle Schooljg Commercial winner Joe Pychelg and Technical proficiency prize, donated by the Waterloo Lions Club, and presented by the president, Mr. L. J. Shantz, was won by William Groff. The valedictorian was presented .by Onalee Walter. It was not only impressive and inspiring, but was presented with such heartfelt sin- cerity that it formed a lump in the throats of many students who were passing through the portals of K.C.I. for the last time. Public speaking awards, donated by the Rotary Club, were presented to the various winners by the president, Col. H. J. Heasley. John Augustine was the winner of the Senior Boys' Gold Medal and Frederick Little the winner of the Senior Boys' Silver Medal. Winners of the Senior Girls' honours were Doris Klugman, Katherine Schweit- zer and Desta Leavine. Junior Girls' winners were Patricia Shantz and Frances Rothaermel. Arnold Highman and Herman Kosky earn- ed the Junior Boys' awards. These awards were donated by the Stu- dents' Council and presented by the Vice-president, Betty Schlee. The guest speaker of the eve- ning, Mr. L. S. Beattie of the De- partment of Education, gave an excellent address especially appro- priate to the occasion. Following the exercises in the auditorium a reception was held in the gym- nasium for graduates and friends. As well as the names of students already mentioned we must not overlook the long list of graduates who have successfully completed their respective courses. To all the graduating students of 1945, K.C.I. extends her heartiest congratula- tions. The students of this year's graduating class have the unique distinction of being the first peace year graduating class. Conse- quently, they are confronted with the tremendous responsibility of furthering and maintaining the ideals for which so many of K.C.I.'s students have fallen. As Onalee Walter puts it in her valedictory. We shall not fail those who look toward us to carry forward banners of lasting peace. It is not without a tear in the corner of their eyes that the stu- dents leave the halls of K.C.I. for they realize that the short stay within its walls was an important and pleasant era in their life. And so with a feeling of reluctance mingled with a deep pride the graduates step into the future and the life that lies before them. Miss Walter was voicing the inward emotion of every graduating stu- dent when she said, We'll scatter your fame and honour throughout our country, wherever we, your students go, we'1l miss you, but we shall always remember you! - Q - A Sojourn Into The Realms 0f Higher Education SHIRLEY CLARKE, A XIII A With feeble steps and faltering hearts we slowly pushed open the massive door and stepped into the THE GRUMBLER 59