London South Collegiate Institute - Oracle Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

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GEA 9 DAIRY BAR 352 DUNDAS STREET IVIET. 33ll A GOOD PLACE TO MEET Try Our FAMOUS COFFEE Compliments of International Business Machines Co Ltd. Electric Accounting Machines Electric Writing Machines Time Recording Machines London's Community 'Theatre TI-IE GRAND Owned and Operaled by LONDON LITTLE THEATRE SOUTH PLAYS A PART ABROAD South follows with deep interest the work of her graduate students abroad. Notable among these is john Wendell Holmes who left our halls in 1929 first to take an arts course in W'estern U , then a post graduate course in history as the winner of the Alumni Memorial Scholarship at the University of Toronto. After further study abroadrand Government service in Ottawa in the Department of Foreign Affairs, john was appointed in january, 1945, to join the staff of the Canadian High Commissioner, Mr. Vincent Massey, at Canada House, London, in an ad- visory capacity. In the course of the respon- sible duties that fall to his lot in the Department of External Affairs, john has just shared in the recent deliberations of the first UNO Conference. It has been his privilege to see at first-hand the inauguration of this momentous experimente- the beginnings of a world-state, and to study CanacIa's part in it. Another of South's gifted graduates, Robert A. D. Ford, has also been taking his part in the arduous sessions of UNO. Bob left South in 1932, graduated from Western U , and later became a member of the Canadian Embassy at Rio de janiero. During his four years in Latin America Bob visited practically every country there, gaining a wide experience of races and governments. Now connected with the Depart- ment of External Affairs in the Canadian Em-

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'R u 159 ne gil V if j 'ZNXQS oillllyiloll ffiler as 059196, Ga gas? '19 Smort Clothes for Smort Girls Many Homes in London South have been decorated with B-H English Point Chi-Nomel C4 bourl Eriomel Sunflex iwoshoble distemperl Wollpoper - both Domestic ond Import - Wie Appreciate Your Patronage - London Paint Service --- LIM i TE D -T- 121 Dundas Si. Met. 8003-04 shencl, Beryl Rafuse, Anna Baker, Kathryn Sage, Marjorie Hall. Guards-Alma Legg, Phyllis Lickman, Reta Craig, Betty Pearson, Marion MacVicar, Fairley Dadd. St. Thomas vs. South South Girls' Basketball team invited the girls from St. Thomas Vocational School to a game in our gymnasium. The game was fast and well played with Marilyn Bell piling up the majority of points for the t'Garnet and Grey . The South girls won the game with a score of 2441. After the game an appetizing meal was served to the teams by the members of the G.A.A. Later, South made the journey to St. Thomas. Here again they played their way to another victory. South led all the way with the final score standing at 30-14. The team then enjoyed a delicious meal served by the St. Thomas girls and returned home, tired but happy. ' Tech vs. South The Senior Girls' Basketball team met their first defeat Friday, February 15th, at the Tech- nical School when they were outscored 26-20. The Tech team led by Marion Clarke was swift and tricky. They piled up points in the first half and South was not able to overcome this lead. QThe team puts part of the blame on the ride in Anna Baker's carj. Although the game was a defeat, We're in the game but not for fame , and the girls thor- oughly enjoyed it. Editor's Note The girls wish to thank Miss MacFarlane, Miss Thompson and Miss Nichols who have made our girls' sports one of the main activities in the school. They have devoted a great deal of their time after school to training those in- terested in badminton, baseball and basketball. MR. E. C. HILL AND MR. L. MCCALL These two men over the years have given most faithful service to the school. Their excellent work in caring for the building and equipment is very deeply appreciated. We would like to express our appreciation for their constant willingness, too, in helping in all kinds of extra duties involved by parties and extra-curricular activities. , 69

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hassy in London, Bob is serving his Country in this important moment when the future trends of world relationship are in the making. South is represented abroad by her women graduates also. To select two whose work links us with great lands and movements, we cite Edna hlay Oram in the Canadian Embassy in Moscow and Doris hlyers with UNRRA in Germany. Edna has been in Moscow for about a year acting as one of the secretaries under the direction of lXlr. Dana Wilgress, Canadian Am- bassador to the U.S.S.R. Here Edna has the pleasure of meeting otlzers similarly engaged in the British and American Embassies, and re- ports finding life in hloscow an enjoyable ex- perience indeed. Doris Myers is working in the administration of UNRRA at its headquarters in Germany. A former Flight Officer in the R.C.A.F. tXV.D.j, Doris was the first London girl to be commis- sioned in the air force. Recently she writes from her post in Germany: It is very interesting to see how well people of many Nationalities can work and play to- gether under rather strained circumstances. And I say strained because it is not easy for people of many languages and customs to come together under one roof and cast ol? their many individual characteristics. It just doesn't happen. The French and Belgians still remain very, very polite, the Eng- lish are still very reserved, the Americans still 'Devil may care', and we Canadians are, so they tell us, 'just in between the English and Ameri- cans'. XVe never know whether to take it as a compliment or not. As an example of the many nationalities hereg I attended a private musical evening last week, and out of 14 people present, there were 8 nationalities represented. One of these was the German pianist from the Dresden Philhar- monic Orchestra who provided the entertain- ment. It was rather thrilling to think that there we sat representatives of 7 Allied Countries listening to a very beautiful presentation of musical masterpieces of Bach, Beethoven, Mo- zart and Chopin, by a German pianist. A year ago we w'ouldn't have dreamed it could ever happen. ' 1 It might also interest the students who are studying languages to know that all the Con- tinental members of the staff here speak English and French as Well as their own language, and many of them speak German, too, while the majority of the English staff speak English only. The English say that the Continentals have more opportunity to learn other languages, but I sometimes think that we let the same oppor- tunities slip through our fingers. Six Dependable Drug Stores FW PERFECT PICTURES and ENLARGEMENTS TAKE TOUR FILMS TO 0 1 lrnCr0S FILMS, CAMERAS and SUPPLIES There's a Cairncross ' Store Near You FILMS if BOOKS i' MAGAZINES ir CREETINC CARDS ir 1l?!t'fPE'2QI