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

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SCHOOL CONCERT On Thursday evening. March 3rd, the Windsor-Walkerville Technical School was the scene of great excite¬ ment and interest. The students were holding their annual school concert. This year’s affair surpassed all previous efforts on the part of the staff and school. The entertainment was one of which Mr. Lowe and his able staff may well be proud. The school orchestra led by Mr. Bennett supplied music throughout the even¬ ing. accompanying the many beau¬ tiful dances and drills. The pro¬ gram opened with the stately minuet followed by a well-trained club drill and the sailor’s hornpipe. Then came a very clever little play entitled “Suppressed Desires,” a take-off on the present day fan¬ tastic psycho-analysis. The play showed what a dramatic teacher could do with raw material. The athletic tableaux and tumb¬ ling acts were quite professional. One of the most interesting parts of the program was the moving pic¬ ture play depicting the many and varied school activities. It was shown that a boy can obtain an ex¬ cellent training in almost any mechanical line he chooses to pur¬ sue, building, electric work, foundry work, making casts, sheet metal and other lines too numerous to mention. A girl can also obtain a practical education in home-making, cooking, dressmaking or millinery. If either wishes, he or she may take up a business course and obtain a thorough training to enter the busi¬ ness world. The concert ended with a beautiful pageant. The pageant depicted a field of wheat with busy workers. The workers disappear and “young Canada” comes on the scene. He lies down and sleeps un¬ aware of the untold wealth that his country has in store for him. Soon a fairy comes in and brings on one by one fair maidens rep¬ resenting the nine provinces, each bearing a shield. Then come young men bearing the products of the mine, the forest, the sea and the factory. The buglers blow their bugles and “Young Canada” awakes and there seated on a throne amid a blaze of beautiful lights is “Miss Canada.” All sing “O Canada” and the national anthem and the tableau i s held. During the intermission, girls dressed in pretty costumes sold the kind of candy that the girls of the cookery classe know how to make. The costumes for the dances, drills, play and pageant were de¬ signed and made by the girls in the Household Arts department. The lighting for the various numbers was carried out by the electrical depart¬ ment of the school. 32

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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.”

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The Windsor-Walkervillc Technical School Year Book 33 PUPILS TAKING PART Orchestra Lorna BatzoW, Carl Courtney. Earl Laforet, Sam Marks, John Rose, Olive Shurak. Minuet Grace Beckett. Kahryn Brooks. Marjory Copeland. Winnie Fuller¬ ton. Marion Gregory, Elizabeth Hall, Lucille Mackintosh. Nellie Ostrowski. Margaret Price. Elsie Richardson, Kathleen Slovvgrove. Helen Smadu, Muriel Smith, Hazel Thomas. Club Swinging Christine Bean, Helen Boath. Joyce Borton. Helen Drone. Helen Garfat, Marion Goodbrand, Cicely Helps. Dorothy Kellett. I.eta Knight, Freda Page, Marianne Perks, Beth Simpson, Victoria Smadu, Martha Spindler, Hilda Woodall. Sailor’s Hornpipe Grace Beckett. Kathryn Brooks, Marjory Copeland. Marion Gregory, Phyllis Gribble, Elizabeth Hall, Lucille Mackintosh, Nellie Ostrow¬ ski, Margaret Price, Elsie Richard¬ son. Kathleen Slowgrovc, Helen Smadu. Gym. Class Team Announcer—Patrick Mc¬ Kenna. Andrews, Anderson, Berbynuk, Blackton, Bowden. Bourne,Crossley, Clinansmith, Farbota, C. Fisher. Fleming, Gillette, Herridge, Askew, J. Goldman, King, Law, Larke, Langlois, Massacre, Miller, Mac- Arthur, Moore, McDonald, Mann, Overton, Poupard, Petrie, J. Parent, B. Parent, Swanson, Thomas, V. Vie and Washington. Pageant of Canada Pioneer—W. Goslin ; Harvesters —R. Choate, H. Askew, T. Bennett, H. Weston, F. Burkhart, H. Hew¬ lett. J. Holt, M. Fick, J. Murphy, D. Radford; Fairy—Margaret Welsh. Canada—Cora Shipman. Provinces —E. McDade, B. Tarnow, C. Lan- cucki. J. Borton, F. Page, K. Slow¬ grove, R. Orechkin, R. Hanley, B. Simpson, N. Wheeler, Sailors—J. Conahan. H. Moore. Soldiers—C. Bell. B. Gorst, E. Rlair. E. Cooke, E. Lauzon, R. Mac¬ Millan. Drums and Bugles—V. Vie, L. Campbell, B. Robertson, W. Holt, C. Fisher, F. Renshaw. Solosit—Miss Elizabeth Savage. Stage Manager—Leo Goldman. Stage Committee—John Blackton. Frank Bowden, Julius Goldman, Fraser Grenville. Roy Moore, Ber¬ nard Radigan. Teachers Directing Orchestra—Mr. Percy Bennett, B.A.Sc. Girls—Miss Jean Beasley, B.A.; Miss May Connerty, B.A. Gym. Team—Mr. J. J. Wood, B.A. Comedy—Mr. Herman A.Voadcn, M.A. Film—Mr. S. R. Ross, C.E., Direc¬ tor and Author. Filmed by Mr. E. Flickinger, Ford Motor Company. Pageant—Mr. J. F. O’Neill, Direc¬ tor. Costumes—Miss Damares Beattie. Lighting—Mr. F. E. Johnstone, B.A.Sc., assisted by Mr. Ted Harris. Scenery—Miss Emilie LeBoeuf; Mr. D. M. Seggie.