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

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The Windsor-Walkerville Technical School Year Book 31 WTNTNERR OF ORATORICAL CONTEST Back Row Bill Powell. Al» Feld man, William Oihli. Frtifil Row - Shirley llfihetimrton. Mr. V. Adselt, Renee Sklash, Jtjfc WhitUiehl. THE ORATORICAL contest The Oratorical Contest was held in the Windsor Walkerville Tech¬ nical School on the last week of January. According to rules and regulations, the boys and girls of the first and second forms are con¬ sidered Juniors, while those of the third and fourth forms are Seniors. There are four contests in all: Senior boys, junior boys, senior girls, and junior girls. Senior and Junior Roys’ Oratorical Abe Feldman of Ciffl, winner of the Senior Boys’ Oratorical, spoke on the topic “Insurance.” Bill Po¬ well, of T2A. whose speech was “Achievements of Aviation Since the Great War,” took first place in the Junior Roys’ Oratorical con¬ test. Both boys showed ability in public oratory, and although they did not succeed in obtaining hon¬ ours in the final contests, both were, worthy of commendation. Senior and Junior Girls’ Oratorical Renee Sklash, of Commercial Special, was declared winner of the Senior Girls ' Oratorical. Second place among the senior girls was awarded to Shirley lletherington,

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30 The Windsor-Walker villi ' Technical School Year Book TECH UNITED ’ EXECUTIVE Back Row—Fiances Price, Alfred Begbie, Norman Cushman, Edna Smith, Jean Bunelnrk. Front Row—Cyril Edwards, Mr. C. Adsett. Mr. W. I). Lowe, Albert Strickler. in 1927 to a strong factor in school life, and may its influence ever Absent—F. Hull (President). play was “The Dear Departed.” G2C and C2B next came forth with their contribution. C2C de¬ lighted the audience with ‘‘Shadow Pictures of Cinderella” and a Sailor dance. They also presented a short plav taken from the time of Henry vin. C2B put on a play called “The Real Princess;” a recitation and a solo dance followed the play. This program showed variety and life. Tech United is hoping to have a better year than previously, so let us all summon our best resources and make it the outlet for our liter¬ ary abilities. May Tech United chntinue to grow from the tiny seed planted grow greater in creating a spirit of unity and good fellowship among the students. EDNA SMITH ♦ Teacher: Give me a sentence with “fre¬ quent” in it. Freddy: The bearded lady escaped from the circus anti nobody knows where the frequent (freak went). • • t There was a Scotchman and an Irish¬ man and an Englishman. They all went out in a rowboat. A storm came up and the Irishman took off his hat and began to pray. The Englishman took off his hat to show respect. The Scotchman jumped overboard because he thought there was going to In a collection.

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32 The WSndsor-Walkerville Technical School Year Book who spoke on “The Labor Union.” Doris Reycraft, of C2D, carried off the honours among the junior girls. She gave a graphic description of the “St. Lawrence Waterways,” and sketched their history from Ihe early days of the English set- tlers to the present day. Others who spoke were: Senior Girls — Anna Starker, Mary Berbynuk, Dora Berman, Edith Timm. Senior Boys—William Gibb. Junior Girls—Marjorie Varah, Lillian Matthews, Julia Berbynuk, Isabel Kay, Grace Wilson, Barbara Drulard, Margot Burrows, Doris Brown, Ethel Heath, Ethel Sedge- ly, Lila Harper, Marie Annette. Junior Boys—Levere Hodges, George Hatuean, Edward Lawley, John Thompson, Orville Edmonds, George Hastie, A. Maisonville, Bill Marriott. RENA SKLASH o DEBATES Immediately after the oratorical contest was finished “Tech United” held a meeting in which they made arrangements for inter-form de¬ bating among the senior forms. A shield is presented to the w inning form each year, and T3B are try¬ ing hard to hold it in their room again this year. The debates are held in the auditorium during the Assembly periods and will not be completed till after Easter. DORIS DAY • ♦ A young Scotch miner lived in a little village where there were no electric lights. The folk used candles to light their homes. The miner’s wife was very ill and expected to die. That night be¬ fore the Scotch miner went to work he said to his wife, “Well, Mary, if you feel yourself goin, blow out the candle.” MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOL Music is, without doubt, the pur¬ est and simplest of the arts. Cow- per said that it is the true univer¬ sal speech of mankind. Tongues may be strange but music can al¬ ways be understood. We cannot all be great musicians but we can be appreciative listen¬ ers. A taste for good music can be cultivated and is invaluable to the possessor. Music is given consider able at¬ tention in our school. “Tech” has an excellent orchestra and is fill¬ ing a larger place in school activi¬ ties every year. Let us aim to acquire a deeper appreciation for good music and make “Tech.” the foremost high school along musical lines, in the Border Cities. IRENE BELL ♦ ♦ ♦ Conductor: “Madam, you )I have to pay for that boy”. Old Lady: “But I never have before”. Conductor (hotly): That don ' t matter to me. lie ' s over twelve years old, and you ' ll have to pay his fare or I’ll put him off the car”. Old Lady: “Put him off. What do 1 care. I never saw him before.”