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

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WINNERS OF DEBATING AND ORATORICAL CONTESTS liurk Row—Florian Gurbian. Patrick McKenna, Beth Simpson, H. Voaden, M.A., Ray Gleeckman. Gilbert Renaud, Harry Vexler. Front Row-Grace Beckett. Molly Cohn, Sarah Gershon, Pearl Langlofa, Maudie Watkins. Mary Berbynuk. Absent—Iva Smith. Mr. Courtenay. At the time of going to press the contest had not been completed, as three forms, T3A., C3B.. and C. Special had yet to present programs. C3A.—This form presented a very delightful concert, consisting of the Quarrel scene from “Julius Caesar” and a comical skit entitled “The Spinster’s Convention.” T4.—Offered a scene from the “Tempest” that showed much talent on the part of the performers. This was followed by a skit called “Thir¬ teen Seconds to Go” which was much enjoyed by the audience. C3C.—Entertained us with a de¬ bate on the subject “Resolved, that Capital Punishment should be abolished in Canada.” The audience was then entertained by a comedy entitled “The Man Who Had to Hang. This received much ap¬ plause. Junior Contest The winners of the Junior cup was Form T2B. This form presented a scene from “Twelfth Night” in a very dramatic manner and also en¬ tertained us with an athletic demon¬ stration and a comical Mock Trial. Form C2C. was a close contestant for the honors of first place, and was followed by C1B. winning third position. Other forms presenting programs were C2A. and C2B. Miss Donaldson, Miss Cragg and Mr. Bennett were the Junior judges. -o- DEBATING AND ORATORICAL CONTESTS Development of public speaking in the oratorical and debating con¬ tests in the Technical School during the last term has been of interest to the whole school. so

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TECHNICAL UNITED executive Back Row—l.c Ut? Campbell. llt l»»n Best, Mr. W. D. Lowe. M.A., (principal), Mr. H. A. Voailen, I3.A.. Marjorie Preston, J ohn Blackton. Front How — Molly Cohn. Lorna Batzold, Wilfred MaoArthur( president), Gladys Kerr, Fern Knight. SCHOOL NOTES TECH UNITED President—Wilfred McArthur. Vice-President—Gladys Kerr. Secretary—Lorna Batzold. Treasurer—Fern Knight. Sergeant-at-Arms—Leslie Camp¬ bell. ‘ Assistant Sergeant - at - Arms — John Blackton. Third Form Com. representative —Jean Gordon—C3A. Form Com. representative — Mollye Cohn- -C. Special. Second Form Com. representative —Helen Best; Marjorie Preston. First Form Com. representative— Rose Wilmot. Third Form Tech, representative —Earl Laforet. Second Form Tech, representative —Robert Carley. First Form Tech, representative —Hugh Griffith. Something has happened to the Technical school. That “something” is the Tech. United. It has taken a grip on the students so that it has become the central interest of the school. It is here that we come to know each other. In the form pro¬ gramme, each student appears in some activity before the whole school. What a wealth of talent is displayed! What delightful friends we ' ve made! And all through the Tech. United. The programs are held in the form of contest. Two beautiful sil¬ ver cups, one for Senior and one for Junior forms have been presented by the Board of Education and the competition for these has been very keen. Senior Contest The judges for this contest were Miss ' O’Donoghue, Miss Breed and 29

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The Windsor-Walkcrville Technical School Year Book 31 Debating Contests A beautiful shield was presented by the Board of Education, for the winning debating team and the ef¬ fort that has been made to win it was well worth the trouble. With the victory on Wednesday, March 16th, of C3C.. a most in¬ teresting schedule has been com¬ pleted. The arguments of the win¬ ners were convincing and their de¬ livery spirited and effective. The subject of this final debate was, “Resolved, that the world is a better place to live in today than it was 150 years ago.” The affirmative was upheld by Beth Simpson and Pearl Langlois of C3C. and the negative by Lola Aebli and John Parent of C4. The judges were Mr. Yoaden. Mr. Courtenay and Mr. Lowe. The debating schedule and vic¬ tories were as follows: C3A. vs. C3C.—Winners C3C. T4. vs. T3B.—Winners T4. C. Spec. vs. C3A.—Winners C3A. T3A. vs. C3B.—Winners C3B. C3C. vs. T4.—Winners C3C. C4. vs. C3B.—Winners C4. CMC. vs. C4.—Winners C3C. -o- ORATORICAL CONTEST Contests for the school oratorical honors resulted in very close com¬ petition. Interest in public speak¬ ing is increasing and it will surely not be long until a Technical School student will carry away the W. O. S.S.A. trophy. Miss Mollye Cohn was our rep¬ resentative for the girls’ local cham¬ pionship and Gilbert Renaud for the boys. The Technical School was pleased with efforts of its rep¬ resentatives. „ The Technical School prize win¬ ners are: Senior Girls Mollye Cohn, who spoke on the “Career of David Lloyd George” and Sarah Gershon, who delivered her address on “Slums: Their Cause and Cure.” Others who spoke were Gladys Kerr. Leta Knight. Evelyn Hovey, Rae Gleeckman, Maudie Watkins, Fern Knight, Margaret Miller. Jen¬ nie Beneraff, and Hilda Haisman. Senior Boys Gilbert Renaud of T3R. discussed Electricity and Florian Gurbin spoke on ‘‘Polar Expeditions.” Other speakers were Ernest Jones, Charles Fisher, Emil Eklund and Alfred Chapman. Senior Form Girls Hilda Haisman whose subject was “Greece, Ancient and Modern” and Grace Beckett who spoke on “Forest Fires.” Other contestants were Annie Littler, Lena Challis, Nellie Brown, Maud Holding, Kathlyn Brooks, Margaret Price. Jeannette Samuels, Kathleen Slowgrove, Bella Tarnow, Rose Yozevovitch. Lilian Sedlesky, Jeanne Lipsy, and Florence Mc- Naughton. Second Form Boys Florian Gurbin. whose speech was on the topic “Polar Expeditions” and Patrick McKenna wso spoke on “Choosing an Occupation” were the winners. Other speakers were Louis Fortin,. Alex Cherkinsky, Benny Samskv, Ben Boroski and Kenneth Kersey. First Form Girls Mary Berbynuk, who spoke on the “Mineral Products of Ontario” and Iva Smith, who spoke on “Pioneer Life in Canada” were the winners. Others were Ivy Beckett. Daisy Curtis, Iva Smith, Olive Shurak, Dorothy Enick, Gladys MacIntyre, Rita Gomer, Nancy Clarke, Mary Berbynuk. First Form Boys There were three contestants— Douglas Radford, William Gibb, and Harry Vexler. William Gibb speaking on “Ralph Connor” won first place with Harry Vexler a close second. His subject was “The Canadian National Ex¬ hibition.”