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

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The Windsor-Walkerville Technical School Year Book 45 19. O sweet Marie—her name is Larsh, She really is petite, The orchestra and piano knew her well. Her life is e’er in danger so be careful what you eat, Or it will be, my “SWEET MARIE,” farewell. 20 . Cunningham, Marchand and Padgett, as athletes all were good, And so were Parker, Gunn and Wadgc. What their true ambitions are, is not quite urwlerstood. But anyway at school they were the rage. 21 . And oh! there are many many more who quite deserve a mention, But then, a prophecy is hard to write, So now yith thanks for your attention. I wish you all goodnight. JESSIE U. LOWTHER. -o- VALEDICTORY ADDRESS Delivered at the Commencement Exercises, January 13, 1926. Mr. Chairman, Members of the Board of Education and of the teach¬ ing staff, Fellow Classmates and friends: First of all, I wish to express my appreciation of the honour of being chosen to give the Valedictory ad¬ dress tonight. Although I have re¬ turned to school I am glad to be allowed to speak for my fellow class¬ mates of the.graduating class of ’26. To our teachers who have striven to prepare us for our future welfare we return warm thanks. They have laboured faithfully with us and we trust their efforts have not been vain. Mr. Lowe, our Principal has also given his services to the stu¬ dents to help them on their way in life. We graduates who were once classmates, who shared the same studies, fun and frolic, have started out in various walks of life. We have spent our best and happiestdays here. After all, school life comes only once. It prepares us to meet the future, and we sincerely hope it wiir be a successful one. I wonder what the world would be like if there were no schools whatever. It would be a queer and backward world. Thus, you see, we owe a great deal to our schools, our teachers and those who have sought to prepare us for the future. When we are gone, wherever we may be, we shall always remember the good old days spent at Tech. It is hard to say farewell to our teachers who have worked for us and helped to make our studies a pleasure rather than the old- fashioned drudgery. They have taught us the true value of study. But the time has come for farewell. To our Prinipal, our Teachers, and our Friends we say Farewell. The class of ’26 leaves the Tech ' s Towers with regrets and with happy mem¬ ories. FRASER GRENVILLE—T4. -o- AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS DEPARTMENT Canadian and American trade journals are beginning to recognize a new word, “auto mechanic ' It is a new-comer but from all prospects it has come to stay. The trade and the industry at large also recognize the fact that the embryo automechanics, many of whom are needed every year, in or¬ der to be a credit to the trade and a satisfaction to the public must be trained in Vocational or trade schools, before starting to work. This is the aim of the automobile mehanics department of our school. We train boys so that in the years to come they will be a credit to themselves, to the trade and to the school. This department is housed in a large bright room that at one time seemed very large but now be¬ cause of the addition of equipment is crowded at times. The students here are given enough theory, or “notes ' as they call it, to make plain the science of the modern auto, because one who understands the principle of a ma¬ chine is the only really intelligent worker on the machines. This theory work is supplemented by practical work on cars of all common makes and the students put into use the facts taught them. Many large over-

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44 The Windsor-Walkerville Technical School Year Book CLASS PROPHECY—1926 1 . Our desks are shut forever and our Homework Days are done, The nation of tovvonrow is no dream— The future lies before us and there’s glory to he won, A-sailiug o’er Lite’s swiftly flowing stream. 2 . That sets us all a-thinking of the things that arc to be, And ’‘specially bn our Graduation Night. So now to you my Classmates, I make this prophecy, And only hope that some of it is right. 3 . First of all comes dear old Polly, Veldon in work and name, A ninety-six percenter if you please. Because she is so brainy we know she’ll soon earn fame, And if she doesn’t. I should hope to sneeze! 4. A film star of the future next flashes into view, A petted baby darling of the screen, Her face is quite familiar, for its Gracie Nesbett, too. The cutest little flapper we have seen. 5 . And now into the Business World goes forth a shining light, But alas, ’tis a sad, sad tale of woe! For Des Rosiers was drowned in a Brain Wave one night. And such is the fate of our brilliant Joe. 6 . Bill Pryor was a joker so he laughed and grew quite fat, Everything in life to him was funny— He always took things easy, and if he keeps like that. In future, he’ll be minus lots of money. 7. A second Michael Angelo goes forth into the world, An English rose with many a thorn. outside. This artist of the future her talent has unfurled. So I present the name of Larke with pride. 8 . The proposition of the Pyes give us the greatest pleasure, They ' re greatly in demand by name and fame, Now Katie, in the future, may change her name at leisure, But Freddie, as a pie. must still remain. 9. Now I see a thoughtful thinker, driving a rusty pen, Noruc other than a Violet from 3A. Conosovitch is hard to spell, but then you “dinna Ken” A future author spells her name that way. 10 . MacArthur next jumps into view with Purvis running near. Two athletes quite familiar on the track. “Perseverance was their motto, and so it will appear, In future each will bring some trophies back. 11 . Then, of course, there’s Hester Churchill. —you all remember “Bill” At Basket Ball she surely could excell. We predict that in the future a happy home she’ll fill, So if she finds a husband—all is well. 12 . Philosophers and Sages, I admit are out of style, But wait until the latest comes in view, For Arthur Howe of “Special” was a thinker all the while. But “Howe” he thought his way. 1 I never knew. 13. Lil LaFontaine could play the ukc or so said C3C And everything she did was up to date. This child was always charming and so in years to be, We sec her as a future fashion plate. 14. Politics seem dry today, but watt ' till a few years hence, The Governmental action will be hot, Orechkin, as an -orator, has still gots lots of sense. For Archie is alive and on the spot. 15. I think of Bennie Mossman next; in class he did not shine, He cither fell asleep or made a row, But everybody liked him, and at sports he was just fine, So his future is a why, when and how. 16. Then comes little Miss Mustard, and a jolly kid is she, Now Kathleen in school was good as gold, Her future’s uneventful, for a dear old maid I see, And thus you hear a STORY simply told. 17. The name of Fraser Grenville sounds familiar to the ear, A boy who had a memory like a sponge, And then, about Charles Fisher too, I know you’d like to hear, For some day as a poet he will plunge. 18. Our memory turns to Kelly Smith who sure was full of fun, An imp of mischief was this naughty child, Now she’s working as a stenog., the fun has just begun, For I’m sure one day she’ll drive her boss quite wild.

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46 The Windsor-Walkervillv Technical School Year Book SHOP WORK haul jobs are completed each year by the students on their own cars or on those brought in by outsiders. In this way first-hand practical know¬ ledge and skill is secured. The best and most up-to-date equipment is being added all the time and really worth while dona¬ tions are often received from the motor firms. One of the most help¬ ful pieces of equipment is a cutaway Ford power plant and rear axle that was given this department by the Ford Motor Co. of Canada. It is a never ending source of interest to both young ond old. The night classes in this depart¬ ment are always large and are drawn from all walks in life through a com¬ mon desire to know something more about the internal “mysteries’ of the modern auto. These men are al¬ ways deeply interested in the lec¬ tures and practical work and very quickly acquire enough knowledge to take away some of their fears of what would happen were they stalled on the road. Also they find out how to use an auto to get the most satisfaction out of it. They show a real interest all through the term that is a satisfaction to the in¬ structor. -o- THE ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT We know that when the heart of the human body ceases to beat the body no longer functions, but dies. Electricity is the heart or driving power of most of the modern fac¬ tories and if its generating station shuts down, thousands of employees are without work. Thus we see the necessity of trained electricians to keep the wheels of industry ef- ficiently moving. In our electrical department we aim to teach the pupils sufficient electricity to meet the requirements of his vocation. In the first year some practical knowledge of all branches of elec¬ tricity is introduced to assist the pupil in choosing his vocation. He is given practical instruction in the joining of electrical conductors, bell wiring, annuciator wiring, burglar alarm systems, telephone circuits, armature winding and theory of the elements of electricity.