Leamington District Secondary School - Phoebus Yearbook (Leamington, Ontario Canada)

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» Mr. Reiber is the new instructor for Metal shop work. He was educated at Waterloo and the Stratford Normal School. During the last war he was a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force. After teaching five years in Barrio he moved to Leamington this year. Mr. Reiber‘s hobby is photo¬ graphy and he is one of the teacher supervisors of the school ' s Photo Club. Under his supervision, the students are now learning to work with steel, the country ' s biggest factor in industrial expansion. MR. RICHARD REIBER AND MR. E. L. TIVY Mr. Tivy is tho head of the Shop Department and the capable instructor in Wood work. He was educated in Eastern Ontario and in Shop work at the Department of Education. During the second World War he worked ior two summers in an aeroplane factory making ply wood wings for Mosquito bombers. Eight years ago he came to Leamington after teaching for ten years in Northern Ontario. Since Mr. Tivy came to Leamington he has had to work in cramped quarters teaching both Metal and Wood work. Mr. Tivy is doing a wonderful job in organizing the new Shop program and this is appre¬ ciated by the 6tudent body. n i 1 ' ji -ilil fs. M There are two shops in the new school, the metal and the wood. The o.d school ' s shop was crowded having both metal and wood-working in the same room with a little paint shop off it. The metal shop is fairly new to all the boys although most of the hand tools and a few of the machines are familiar. The larger machines are four steel-cutting lathes, a shaper, an arc-welder, a band saw, a drill, a forge, a shears, a bending machine and a grinder. There are many hand tools, from the snips and the ham¬ mers to the tiny micrometer that measures to one, one-thousand of an inch. The wood shop is familiar with the exception of one new combination machine called a Shopsmith tool. It is five machines put into one, a lathe, a circular saw, a vertical and a horizontal drill press, and a sanding machine. There is one new lathe besides the four old ones and a new dust catcher for the sander. Besides these, there are the planer, the drill, the band saw and the jig saw. We know the boys appreciate these shops and will produce beautiful work this year and in the future. —BOB DRUMMOND

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Counizttinc] zfiaihnznt » » » Mr, P. J. Gieeson, B.A.. received his education al London Collegiate, University of Western On¬ tario and Assumption College. He is the Vice- Principal of the school, the Counsellor for the boys and in the activity period Is an Air Cadet instructor and Supervisor of the Quartermasters. His favourite hobby is gardening. Mrs. Eileen Nicholson. B.A.. received her educa¬ tion at the Eston High School in Saskatchewan, the University of Saskatchewan and the Univer¬ sity of Western Ontario. She is the Counsellor for the girls and loaches Mathematics to some of the Grade Nine forms. In the Twelfth period Mrs. Nicholson is busy with the Red Cross and Phoebus groups. Her hobby is collecting poetry. Couni£.[[inq £!n H ' ujh £cfiooL . . . Present day education emphasizes more than ever the welfare of the student as an individual. We are concerned to-day with the problem of education for all of our youth—not just for those interested in continuing beyond High School level. This aim of a proper life adjustment for all has caused some change from the subject matter em¬ phasis to a real attempt to meet, to understand, and to help our young people. By counselling the school tries to contribute to each pupil the guidance that will best fit him for a profitable and happy life. Some of the main purposes of counselling are as follows: 1. To give the student information on matters important to his success. 2. To gather information about the student which will be of help in solving his problems. 3. To establish a mutual understanding between student and teacher. 4. To help the student know himself better— his interests, aptitudes, and opportunities. 5. To encourage and develop special abilities and right attitudes. 6. To inspire additional effort towards a success¬ ful goal. 7. To assist the student in planning educational and vocational choices. At the Leamington District High School coun¬ selling is provided for all students. Students cannot be understood unless they are known, and for this reason we limit the number of pupils to each coun¬ sellor. Regular private interviews are arranged for our students, but all pupils are encouraged to bring their problems to the counsellor at any time. Early in the school year all newcomers are given extra attention to assist in adjusting to a new school routine. With the realization that education is a co¬ operative effort on the part of the school, the home, and the community, the counsellors recognize that parent interviews are extremely helpful in the suc¬ cessful counselling of students. The school exists to assist the home, not to replace it, and the coun¬ sellors welcome and encourage all contacts with the parents. —J. N. HUME

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Miss Sheilagh Ryan, B.A.. head of the Home Economics Department, teaches the sewing courses. She is originally from Riverside. Miss Ryan is a graduate of Patterson Collegiate, the University oi Toronto, and the Ontario College of Education. In the past few years at this school, she has participated as an instructor of the cheerleaders and in extra Home Economics classes. This year Miss Ryan directs a drama group, The High School Hams . and is also a Red Cross supervisor. Outside of school. Miss Ryan enjoys sewing, boating and photography. The Sewing Room: This room is done in mush¬ room trimmed with a deeper contrast. The floor is a coral rose. There are ten sewing machines, three more than in the old school. The sewing tables which have been used previously, are refinished to match the new machines. This room also has abun¬ dant cupboard space for supplies, and storage space for students’ sewing. On the front of the cupboards there are three full length mirrors which will turn to enable the student to see how the garment, which she is making, fits at the back and sides, as well as the front. To enable the students to press their garments, there are two ironing boards and two irons in this room. Each Home Economics class spends one term of work in the sewing room and another in the cooking room. mW