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

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40 The Windsor-Walkervi lie Technical School Year Book The Corps is to be commended ou its excellent appearance and steadiness when receiving Brig.- Gen. Armstrong, the inspecting of¬ ficer. accompanied by Lieut. Col. Gillespie, as well as the precision with which the various units per¬ formed their own particular parts. After the reception of the In¬ specting Officer, the various com¬ panies gave an exhibition of com¬ pany, platoon and section drill as well as physical training. On the completion of this part the Stret¬ cher Bearers, Signallers and Band showed that these activities had not been neglected, all performing in a very creditable manner, the Band particularly receiving many compliments on their playing. An interesting feature of the in¬ spection was the presentation by Col. Laing of his cup to A Company for general proficiency. This cup was donated to the corps several years ago by Col Laing for Inter¬ company competition. At the conclusion of the inspec¬ tion Gen. Armstrong addressed the Corps which mustered some 346 of all ranks, complimenting them on their appearance and steadiness. The Cadet personnel was: Battalion ’ommander—Kenneth Kersey. 2nd in Command—Frank Hull. A Co. Co. Commander—Roy Pa- shak. Platoon Commanders—Joe La- foret, Robt. Padgett. B Co. Co. Commander—Edwin Hi rage. Platoon Commanders — S. Larke, R. Dymmei. C Co. Co. Commander — Wyatt. Morill. Platoon Commanders— F. Gur- bin, R. Burnside. L) Co. Co. Commander—“Scotty” Milne. Platoon Commanders— W. Boyd, W. Walker. Signallers—Fraser Grenville. Stretcher Bearers— TTenrv Flem- ing. Band —Clancy Fisher. Adjutant —Tom Tobin. « » Tourist (to Irani| sleeping Mister a nice shady tm. )— Sav Mac, can you tell me in what direction Puce lie ! Tram here? The tramp lifts his leg and points his foot north. Tourist (much surprised ai the lazy actions of the I ramp) Say Mac. if you can show me u lazier trick that that, I will give you fifty cents. Tramp Open my pocket ami drop it in. ♦ • Tourist (at town’s station) Are there any trains going south? Caretaker—No, sir. Tourist—are there any going north? Caretaker—No, sir. Tourist—Thanks old top, 1 think I can cross the tracks in safety. • • Claire Ouellette. C3A, hns won the prize for the best humour. The judges decided that she won the award because her jokes concerned school life and were the most original.

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The Windsor-Walkerville Technical School Year Book 39 RUGBY Reported by Frank Swackhammer The fine showing of three wins, one tie and one loss was not quite enough to carry us into the finals but for a team having only three players who had played the game before, speaks well for Ihe material vvo have here at Tech. The team was fortunate in hav¬ ing very capable directors. The po¬ pular choice of Weldrick Walker for captain is largely due to the wonderful spirit of unity which was predominant at all times. The grit to go, the pluck to light to the end was shared by all. When the call came for a quarter-buck ev¬ eryone agreed that there was hut one — Bob Padgett : and what a general he was! a director and a hard player combined. Space does not permit us to pay a personal tribute to the efforts and abilities of the i ndivi dual boys on the. team but may we briefly mention Ihe stellar barkfield led by Ray Lauzon. the “galloping ghost ,” whose long runs turned the tide of battle many times; Kerr Christian, with his elusive dodge; Omar Drouiflard with liis steady handling of punts; Frank Hull and Dave Harris with their sure tackl¬ ing and long runs. In Roy Jewell at centre we see pride taken in a job well done, lie could not make a bad pass. The combination of speed, alert¬ ness and sure tackling makes the position of outside wing on a team one of the hardest to fill. But while we had Jimmie Zade, the boy vet¬ eran, and Art. Hogan following down under kicks this position was very ably filled. On relief John Ross, Alex Todd. Lawrence Lang- lois, Frank Olski, Mike Teron and Metro Skaleski gave valuable as¬ sistance. The stone wall from be¬ hind which all plays must be start¬ ed is not so much in the lime-light, yet it is tlu back bone of the whole team. Weldrick Walker, George Geddes, John Trotter, Clark Levis, Reg Morgan, Tom Harte, Gerald Halliday, Vaughn Courier, Fred Bailey and Bill Roucka formed the blue line that was just as hard to go through as was the thin red one of history. As trainer Phil Padgett galloped across the field at the call of “Time Uni the question was “would there be any water left in the pail when he arrived?” THE TECH CADET CORPS “Practice makes perfect” may be an old proverb but the accuracy of the statement no one will dis¬ pute. It is well exemplified in the excellent showing that our Gorps made in June last on its annual inspection. Meriting increased praise from the Inspecting Officer each year since its organization in the Fall of 1923 and first inspection in June, 1924, our Corps has finally achieved that end which is the aim of every corps, viz. the winning of the Shield awarded for General Proficiency in M. Dist. No. 1. This is all the more remarkable as the Shield was won on the fourth in¬ spection of the Corps, in the face of exceedingly keen competition from the other organizations of the district.

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The Windsor- Walkt ' rvilU Technical School Year Booh 41 SOCCER Rack Row—Air. W. P. Lowe, Peter Sinclair, he I laugh, Burnet Stiiuth. Mr. P. Bennett (Coach). Front Row—Don Watters, Bill Hall. Geo. Sinclair, Rill Swann, .1. n. Taylor. Absent—Don Johnson, Rnbt. Gardner, W. G. McDonald. Geo. Has tie. THE SOCCER TEAM The 1928-21) soccer team had a very successful season, losing only to last year’s WOSSA champions, the Walkerville High School. Owing to the fact that the Tech¬ nical School student body is an ever changing one, it is difficult to pick out and train a winning team. Un¬ der these circumstances the coach, Mr. Bennet, can be highly com¬ mended on his team’s success, and the players upon their excellent spirit. It would greatly simplify our coach’s task if those interested in this sport will come forward at the commencement of the 1929-30 school year and volunteer their ser¬ vices. The players of this year ' s team were: Goal. Hastie; backs. Johnson, McDonald; half-backs. P. Sinclair, Gardner, Stauth: forwards, Hall, Swan, G. Sinclair, Watters, Haugb. GEO. SINCLAIR • •Jtuitre Why don’t you try keeping out of jail for once? Jail-bird—I did ami 1 got 30 days for resisting an officer. w • • School Inspector (to the class)—Why does a stork stand on one leg? Small boy Please, sir, because if he lifted the other he would fall down.