Lowe High School - Towers Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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TEACHING STAFF Hack Row—Mess;s. E. N. Shrier, P. K. Johnston. B A.Sc., V. Harman. B.A.Sc.. G. R. West. B.A.Sc.. H. A. Voaden. M.A. t J. F. O ' Neill. H. J. Heard, W. J. O ' Brien, D. M. Seggie. P. J. McGrath, p. Bennett. B.ASo Centre Row—Miss L Towle. Miss A. Donaldson, Mrs, E. Ford-Ffrby, Misses O. Fritz, J. Beasley. B.A.. M. Conne.ty, B.A., G. Green. B.A.. IX Beattie. M. Belton, B.A., K. Cragg, Mr. M J. Slrrs. Front Row—Mr. A. 1 . R. Fraser, B.A.Sc.. Mr. J.J Wood. B.A., Mrs. M. McOriffen. Mr. E. C. Srlgley. Mr. S. R Ross, C.E.. Mr. W. IX Lowe, M.A., (Principal). Miss M. O ' Donnoghue. M.A., Mrs. M. McIntyre. Mr. N. F. Morrison. B.A.. Mr. C. H. Montrose, RA.Cc., Mrs. 0. Campeau. R.N. Absent—Miss G M Breed. Miss E LeBoeuf, H. Irvine Wiley, MIX. School Medical Officer.

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The Windsor-Walkerville Technical School Year Book 11 DEDICATION MR. H. E. GUPPY WINDSOR-W ALKERVILLE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, Ij like the oak. has grown from a small beginning, and just as the mightv tree has been nurtured and protected by Mother Nature, so has our school been fortunate in having a friendly guiding hand. The latter has its personification in Mr. Harry E. Guppy, who, for a number of years, has been prominent in the work of providing educational facilities and ad¬ vantages for the children of the Border Cities. From the moment that suggestion was made for evening industrial classes in this district, some fifteen years ago, Mr. Guppy has vvorked early and late, day in and day out. for the success of technical education, and our school bears testimony to his enterprise and unselfish activities. It may not be amiss to point out that Mr. Guppy, along with other school board members, encountered discouragement as well as support in bringing about the establish¬ ment of the technical school, much prejudice and actual obstruction impeding his efforts at various stages in the development of the undertaking. How¬ ever. his enthusiasm and firm conviction that his vision was correct, over¬ came all difficulties, and in due time he had the joy of seeing his hopes realized. , It is with pleasure and gratitude that we dedicate this Year Book to Mr. H. E. Guppy.

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' TreGota Job!” HEN Edison celebrated his 80 th birthday recently, his friend Henry Ford was a guest of honour. Fol¬ lowing an amnia! custom, newspaper correspondents were given an opportunity during the morning of photographing and interrogating to their hearts content these two celebrities. Intimate personal as well as general questions were asked by he correspon¬ dent:, and were answered by both Edison and Ford with charming good humour and gr at candour. “How much are you really worth? “Have you devised a plan for the disposal of vour fortune? “How does it feel to be a billionaire?“ “What do you think of Governor Smith tor presi¬ dent? were some of the questions ‘shot at Ford. One question and its answer however, proved to be particularly illuminating.— and surprising. “What ' s the greatest thing in your life? . Ford vas asked. “Well, he thought a moment, “I’ve got a job!” One might have expected him to reply that the constant affection and support of his good wife, through thick and thin, through dark days • bright, had been the finest thing in his life. Doubtless such an answer, even if conventional would have been perfectly heartfelt and sincere. Or he might have pointed to the millions of automobiles turned out like “needles and pins, and the convenience and pleasure they had brought to millions in their train. He might have referred with an engineer’s pride to those colossal plants built and owned solely by himself. With a grandparent ' s fondness, he might possibly have mentioned some dear little grandchild as the apple of his eye. But a job! Why, we all have jobs, and usually the other fellow’s looks better than the one we happen to he holding down at that. Was Henry Ford joking? Henry Ford in his busy life may have had little time to devote to the study of a Kant or a Hegel, and his views on history have been criticised as short-sighted, hut h is answer in this case surely showed a profound grasp of life ami its verities. For it is our job that develops and gives scope to what abilities we possess; our job too. is the only avenue tor any service we can render society. Henry Ford may have had in mind too. the despair in the heart of the man without a job, and the hope, confidence, and self-respect, possession of a job gives. It is significant that Mr. Ford did not specify the kind of job. He didn’t say a soft job, or a while collar job, or even a job with a future to it,—a thing that makes his answer all thj more remarkable. In Ford’s opinion as in that of all the seers of all ages, those differences of wealth and fortune that hulk so large in the common eye, and that so often cause us “to beweep our outcast state, and trouble deaf Heaven with our bootless crv.“ are things of slight moment. “A man’s a man for a’ that.” All that he needs or should ask is a chance to show what stuff’s in him,—a job. And so we thank you. Henry Ford! Your cheap, easily-purchased, sure-footed flivver has laid a few millions of mankind under a debt of gratitude, but generations yet unborn may bless you for this message of hope,—that all that man or woman really need here below is a thing so wide-spread as to be like death and the taxes almost inescapable,—a job. W. D. LOWE. M.A. Principal.