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

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Tho Windsor-Wiilkervi lie Technical School Year Book 33 SCHOOL ORCHESTRA Back Row Levere Hodges, Eugene Kersey, Leslie Greeu, Albert Strickler, George Burns tein. Front Row—Olive Shurak, Mr, P. Bennett (Director), Carmen Norton. Absent—Frances Price. THE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA Our orchestra continues to fun¬ ction from year to year, sometimes bigger, sometimes smaller, some¬ times better, never worse. Al¬ though we lost a large number of last year’s orchestra with the gra¬ duating class, new recruits have come in to keep up the good work. Our orchestra has practices every Friday night throughout the win¬ ter months. Orchestral playing is a great help to young players in many ways, and more might avail themselves of the opportunity. The orchestra regularly contributes numbers to the School Commence¬ ment exercises, and also .to the school concert. The members of the year’s orchestra are: Mr. Bennett, conductor; violins. Olive Shurak, Carmen Norton, Leslie Green, Eugene Kersey, Francis Price; cornets, Levere Hodges, Allen Strieker; Saxaphone, George Burnstein. ♦ When you are riding a mule what kind of a fruit do you resemble? Ans: A beautiful pair. Teacher: No, Billie, you must not say 4 I ain’t going’, you should say ‘I am not going . f ‘You are not going. ‘He is not going . We are not going . ‘They are not going . Billie (surprised): Gee. ain ' t nobody go¬ ing!

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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.”

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34 The Windsor-Walkervillo Technical School Year Hook CAST FOR ANNUAL SCHOOL CONCERT Standing—Lillian Matthews. Doris Reyna ft. Cyril Edwards, Wilfred (hula, Miss (VDnnoghuc (Manager), Frank Swackhamnu . Alfred Iloolc, Donald Merelsky, Gerald Holliday. Seated—Jenny Robertson, Annie Kollo, Mrs. McGittVn tDirector), Bruce Ounicron, Louis Atkins. THE SCHOOL PLAY As an interpreter of American mentality of the year 1929 Booth Tarkington is unrivalled and as an interpreter of the mind of the youth of today he is without a competitor. Tn “Seventeen” his portrayal of the ideals and behav¬ iour of a group of boys and girls is extremely amusing, a bit touch¬ ing and continuously fascinating. The drama unfolds the heroic struggles of “Seventeen —Wm. S.vlvanus Baxter, heretofore “Silly Bill” and his associates—to pro¬ vide himself with a dress suit. His passionate need for this elegant raiment has arisen from his falling in love with the Baby Talk Lady, an accomplished, if youthful, co¬ quette. The drama unfolds with a laugh at every turn, a few sighs and a final impression that though youth is ridiculous and frequently annoying, its uncompromising idealism is admirable and precious. In presenting “Seventeen” the Concert Committee is making an effort to pul the entertainment of 1929 on a par with the artistic ex¬ cellence of the production of “Pina¬ fore” in 1928. Under the) able dir¬ ection of Mrs. Mabel McGiffin two months is being given to rehear¬ sal. Orchestra, costuming, light¬ ing, scenery and management are in charge of Mr. Bennett, Miss I). N. Beattie, Mr. Johnston. Mr. O’¬ Neil and Miss M. O’Donoghue re¬ spectively. The casting has been very care¬ fully done and each role is certain of a sympathetic presentation. The players are: William Sylvanu Mr. Baxter Jane Mrs. Baxter May Parcher Lola Pratt Johnnie Watson Baxter Bruce Cameron Wilfred Cada Lillian Mathews Doris Reycraft Jenny Robinson Christine Carron Gerald Halliday