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

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14 The Windsor-Walkerville Technical School Year Book CLlic tlinmtatiim nf iViust ' in tljc during i innt Jiiutr On account of the discussion going on recently about the noise in the halls at noon hour, I beg this opportunity of expressing niy views on the question. The cause for all the noise is that the pupils, not having anything to do, gather in the halls. My suggestion is to give the pupils something to do to occupy their time during the lunch hour. One way to occupy this time is to stage basketball or indoor baseball or basketball ga mes between the classes that are having lunch at that period. A schedule could be arranged so that, two teams would play each noon hour. A reward might he given to the winning team. When the pupils art? interested in, and attending these games, they will not he dis- turbing other classes. “Tech United” programs could also be put on in the auditorium by the classes who have lunch at this time and a similar reward could be given to the winners of the host lunch-hour program. Moving pictuies could also be shown in the lunch hour which besides giving entertainment to the pupils would be also educational. The school library should also he open and by having a good supply of interesting magazines, the pupils of the school would come to the library in the noon hour instead of lounging around the halls having nothing to do. By doing something for the entertainment of the pupils during the lunch hour, the problem of “noise in the halls” would he solved and the pupils would be enjoying a pleasant and profitable lunch period. FRED HALES, T4 loiters Cmiiu ' utiim On the morning of October 11, the two representatives from the Windsor-Walkerville Technical School arrived in Toronto destined to attend the Third Annual Convention of the Ontario Secondary School Editors. The convention is held yearly by the Sigma Delta Phi or the Women’s Journalising Fraternity of the University of Toronto. This fraternity offers a shield to the school having Ihe best publication. The convention took the form of lectures, discussions, field trips, and a banquet furnished by a local newspaper firm. The committee in charge had arranged for a number of excursions and trips. We had an invitation from the editor of the McLarens Magazine to visit, their plant where we viewed that popular Canadian magazine in all its stages of publication. The convention closed at noon on Saturday October 13. The rest ol the day was free to all, and tickets for the Varsity-Queens rugby game were given to those who desired them.

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The Windsor- ValkervUle Technical School Year Book 13 §r(]nol Spirit The students of Tech can claim to be the luckiest in the province. Here we are attending a million dollar school, taught by a staff of million dollar teachers and receiving a commercial or technical education that will mean more than a million to us. In return for all this we give a fifteen cent school spirit. If you could hear a group of students talking about their schools, you would find the Tech students arguing for Tech with vigour. An outsider listening would say. “There must be a wonderful school spirit at Tech.” But the very next day if the outsider would see the same students at lunch hour dropping paper and half of their lunches all over the hall, would he remark about the school spirit? I said that we had a fifteen cent school spirit, but on second thought 1 do not think it is worth that much. A basketball ticket sells for fifteen cents and about fifty students buy them and support the team. Even when our basket-ball teams are hosts to visiting teams the supporters of the opposing teams outnumber Tech supporters 4 to 1. But you may say. “I support the hockey teams.” ' that’s fine. But the hockey team is a winning team and supporting it does not show as much spirit as it would if they were a losing team. In the year 27-28 the support of the students made the hockey team a winning team and if we had the same spirit now it would do the same for any of our teams. I have pointed out two instances in which I can see our school spirit is not as fine as our boast. Are we going to take our loyalty out in talk and let the other schools have the best of us. No! Let’s wake up and fight as well as shout for Tech. F. SWACKHAMMER Only a short time ago at one of the basketball games, the absence of rooters from the School was frequently remarked upon. The result of the game was that the home team lost. The small number of rooters might have had nothing to do with this outcome, but for some reason or other the players certainly lacked that enthusiastic quality which is necessary for good playing. Of course there are crucial points when noise might make the contestants nervous, and in that case it is altogether unfair to cause a disturbance of any kind. As a rule, however, when a player hears his name or the name of his school coupled with some appre¬ ciative remarks, he is greatly encouraged. I have chosen basketball only as an example, but this is true in all games. A school yell given by a crowd of enthusiastic rooters undoubtedly generates enthusiasm in the players. Therefore, rooters are very import¬ ant to a team. True rooters, however, should not be solely for their own team, but should see and acknowledge the brilliant plays of their opponents, thus furthering the sport and showing good-will. HENRY ZMARZLY

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The Windsor-Walkerville Technical School Year Book 15 It is hard for us to express the good that we derived from the con- vention. But we received many good suggestions and ideas to help us in publishing our magazine. The inspiration and enthusiasm which we “im¬ bibed” at the meeting, 1 hope, has been shared in some little way with the whole school body, by our report of the convention. Near the end of December of last year the Canadian artists held an exhibition of Canadian paintings in the Prince Edward Hotel. Many famous Canadian painters exhibited their work. Among these was Owen Staples, an artist of merit, who exhibited several of his paint¬ ings. The staff of the school thought that our school should have a painting by some Canadian artist. A committee was chosen to select a painting and to buy it for the school. A water colour picture by Owen Staples was chosen by the committee. This is a picture of the Hart House Memorial Tower at the University of Toronto. It was erected in memory of the students who enlisted in the army and fell overseas in the Great War. In the picture the Tower stands as a tall magnificent structure built like a cathedral. There are trees in the foreground. This scene depic ts an autumn day. The leaves on the trees are just turning to many beautiful colours. The trees and the Tower indicate peace and rest; a fitting memorial, this, to those heroes who fell on the battle fields of France. This painting hangs in the south corridor of our school in a very prominent position. The students of “Tech.” are very proud of this paint¬ ing. the work of our own Canadian artist. It. MORGAN. C2K When a few members of the Border Cities decided that they wished to be “Stenos a few rooms in the Windsor Collegiate were set aside for the Commercial classes. Then in a few years the students of the Collegiate had increased so rapidly that extra rooms were needed. The Commercial school was so large that, after much discussion, it was agreed upon to build the Windsor Walkerville Technical School. A Million Dollar School! How little we realize the worth of it until we have entered the building, gone through it and seen the various devices that make up the equipment of the school. We also come to the conclusion that the “Million Dollars” was not expended in vain when we see the edu¬ cational and instructive methods that are used throughout the Commercial