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

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The Windsor-Walkerville Technical School Year Book 2 ? TECHNICAL UNITED EXECUTIVE Back Row Vaughn Courrier, Stanley I.urke, Mr. W. D. Lowe, Mr. C. Adsett, Basil Robertson, Louis Fortin. Front Row—Florian Gurbin, Margaret Price, John Rogers (President), Helen Best, Nellie Ostrowski, Phillip Padgett. The latter form won the attention and applause of the large audience by a one act play entitled “An in¬ terrupted proposal.” This was an amusing comedy of mixed charact¬ ers. The parts were well acted. C3C also arranged a comedy, “The Lucky Escape.” Added attract¬ ions were Colonial folk dancing, boys chorus, with Ukelale accomp¬ animent, and a closing girls chorus. Tech United is still in its in¬ fancy. but has become strongly en¬ trenched during the short time of its existence. A perfect Tech Uni¬ ted is the hope and the end for which the Tech United Executives are laboring at present. As this year passes, we shall hand the torch to the executives of the following year. Be it theirs to bear it high! On with Tech United! J. M. ROGERS -o- OUR SCHOOL YELLS Blue and red, fight! fight! Blue and red, fight! fight! Who fight, we fight, Blue and red, fight! fight! Pass it high, Pass it low-; Come on, Tech, Let ' s go! Fight Tech! fight! fight! Fight Tech! Tech Fight! Fight Tech! fight! fight! Tech! Tech! fight, fight! Tech-chni-nica-cal, That’s the way we spell it, Here’s the way we yell it, TECHNICAL

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26 The Winilsor-Walkerville Technical School Year Book TECH UNITED Soon after the Hal ' s of Tech rang with merry laughter, clatter¬ ing steps, and the clamour of voices last September, the activities of the Tech United Society were re¬ sumed. The election of the execut¬ ive was the centre of interest for two weeks; a campaign was con¬ ducted by the supporters of the candidates. Campaign signs adorn¬ ed all the bill-boards, bearing in¬ inscriptions such as, “Vote for Hull”, “Gurbin for Secretary”, “Hull for President”, “Vote for John Rogers for President”, “Helen Best for Vice-President”. efforts on developing an enthus¬ iastic school spirit. School ye ' ls were called for and good results followed. Cheer leaders were chos¬ en, and the school put through some of the newly-invented yells. A school spirit is growing and re¬ quires careful coaching. T3A. T3B.—The first genera meeting of the Tech United was held on December 15th, at which T3A. and T3B. put on an interest¬ ing program, a scene from Shake speare’s “Macbeth”, and a select¬ ion from an old French play. A large audience greeted this first effort. Intense interest was displayed during the elections, and when the results were given out, there were some surprises. The officers were elected as follows: President—John Rogers. Vice-President—Helen Best. Treasurer—Margaret Price. Secretary—Florian Gurbin. Third Form Rep. — Nellie Ostrowski. Second Form Rep. — Vaughn Courrier. First Form Rep.—Philip Padgett The executive of the Tech Unit¬ ed met shortly after the election and decided to concentrate all their T-2-A and T-2-B— At the second meeting which was held on January 18, T2A and T2B staged some acrobatic stunts and “The Boston Tea Party” under the direction of Mr. Wood. The increased attendance was very gratifying. It proves that Tech United is succeeding in its purpose to bring together the two depart¬ ments of the school, the Technical and th“ Commercial, into one unit¬ ed student body. C3B and C3C. — Tech United again assembled on February 2. to witness a program arranged by the commercial forms C3C and C3P». ■ - JT

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28 The Windsor- ' Walkerville Technical School Year Book WINNERS OF ORATORICAL CONTEST Back Row—Mr. C. Adsett, Mr. W. D. Lowe. Front Row—William Powell, Maude Holdinir, Mrs. M. McGiffen, Anna Starker, Florian Gurbin. THE ORATORICAL CONTEST Soon after Christmas every year, the Oratorical Contest is held at the Technical School. This year the contestants were divided into juniors and seniors. The seni¬ ors are those who were not sixteen on the first of September. There was a large number of contestants for the preliminaries, and some ve¬ ry interesting speeches were heard. The winners were:— - 1. Senior Girls Maude Holding, who spoke on a Twentieth Century Statesmen, and who gave us an illuminating ac¬ count of the life and ideals of President Wilson. 2. Senior Boys Florian Gurbin, who was the only contestant for the senior boys. He si oke on the Future of Canada. 3- Junior Girls Anna Starker, who spoke on The Future of Canada. She gave a graphic description of the condition of Canada at the present day, and prophesied greater prosperity in the future. 4. Junior Boys William Powell, who spoke on the Present and Future of Air Trans¬ portation. He gave an interesting account of the development of air transportation, and some views on its future.