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

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50 The Windsor-Walkerville Technical School Year Book THE ALUMNI Schooldays, what h a p p y thoughts. Those days are gone forever. But we can still perpetu¬ ate those cherished memories, through occasional meetings with those who accompanied us through school life. There is no friend like a real friend, and those friends who were made amid the babble and laughter of school days are the real friends of today. In order to promote occasional contacts with these friends, each school has formed its own Alumni. The Technical School boasts such an organization. Every student graduating from the majestic Towers of Technical can stride with pride into its own Alumni Association. Besides perpetuating schooldays, friendships and memories, the Al¬ umni has another valued work, which involves this principle—to say nothing of your school sug¬ gests you are ashamed of it—to talk in glowing terms of your school shows pride. The work of the Alumni is to extol the ideals and principles of its school. Those enrolled in the Alumni denote by their membership that the school is a source of pride in their lives. The Alumni Association will be heard boosting its school, and any true valuator of community assets will do the same. During the current year the Technical Alumni will spend much time in making the ideals of the school better known to the public. To lecture on them would be of no avail. Those lofty ideals must bo demonstrated, for what is seen cannot be refuted by words. On the sixth of February, a gen¬ era! meeting of the Alumni was held, new officers were elected as follows: Honorary President — Mrs. M. McGiffin. President—J. M. Rogers. Vice-President—B. Kerr. Secretary—G. Kerr. Treasurer—F. Knight. Advisory Committee — Jessie Lowther, Nellie Ostrowski, Leta Knight, Esther Churchil, Joe Pes- Rosiers, Chas. Fisher, Fraser Grenville, Douglas Wage. At this meeting Mr. W. I). Lowe gave the executives his assurance that whatever he could do to aid them in their work, he would do. The executives of the Alumni ap¬ preciate this generous attitude and take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Lowe for his generosity. J. M. ROGERS -o- MY TRIP TO MALTA “The Isle of Sunshine.” What a title for the beautiful island of Malta. That was my first impres¬ sion as I entered the harbour of Valetta, the capital and most beau-

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The Winrlsor-Walkerville Technical School Year Book 49 RIFLE TEAM Itm-k Row—? ' hn . IlmtlifK. ( ' ml Wilfrid Fa.|;i. Midille iUiw ' ha . MrlVrmiil, Hyii Ital nm’ Oiklis. .lot- !leffi rmmi. From Row- .1 no. Mossatur, Mike Furlmta. i f OI K KIILE TEAM Above, one sees a group of our boys who represented the school in the King George V cup match which was held in London last Oc¬ tober. While not winning the match, t hey made a very creditable showing, standing in fifth place against the pick of the team in Western Ontario. This is an ex¬ ceptionally good showing when it is considered that the official range facilities in Essex are negligible. In fact, it is due to the courtesy of the Shawnee Gun Club, who very kindly allowed us the use of their range, that such a good showing was possible. N T or is this all. The greater part of the target work is carried on under supervision on our own in¬ door range in the school, which, competent judges say, is an excel¬ lent one. .Many of the boys are developing into good marksmen and, incidentally, all are learning to exercise care and skill in handl¬ ing and using firearms, a precau¬ tion so necessary for the safety of others and the enjoyment of the sport.

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The Windsor-Walkerville Technical School Year Book 51 tiful city on the island. The white buildings with their high steeples looked like shining spears piercing the white clouds. As the boat en¬ tered Grand Harbour we had a splendid view of the Flotilla, all newly painted. We later found out that Malta was somewhat of a re¬ pair shop for the Mediterranean vessels. When we arrived in port we were met by our friends in a quaint cab. brought for our special benefit; and what a cab—not like our modern de luxe cabs—but they were very novel and afforded us much enjoyment. We were driven to the fashionable Strada Reale where we resided during our visit. It is a much narrower thorough¬ fare than that at home but was lined with more beautiful build¬ ings. What seemed odd was that the homes all possessed balconies. Very nice for a Romeo and Juliet act if one was not particular whe¬ ther a crowd gathered to view the scene. It was on this street that the Opera House was situated. During our visit we spent a great deal of time at the plays and pic¬ tures, the majority of which were in Italian. Those that were in Eng¬ lish 1 had seen some months be¬ fore, either in England or at home, but enjoyed them nevertheless. The Opera House is very wonder¬ ful inside and out. It really looks like one of Washington’s munici¬ pal buildings. Our time was spent mosty in sight-seeing, a never ending occupation. There is so much of interest to be seen. The Maltese History seems to have begun at the time of the Knights of St. John. Practically all of their cathedrals and palaces date from that period. St. John’s Cathedral is magnificent. The al¬ tar is wonderful and the walls are gorgeously carved and h ave huge paintings on them as well as on ihe arched ceiling. Among the most prominent buildings in Valetta is the Nesle- yan Church, the Augerve de Cus- tille, the Customs House, Admir¬ alty House at Vittoriosa, and the St. Paul’s Cathedral, which is the highest pinnacle in Malta, now the residence of the Governor, all of which arc very impressive. During our stay they held their annual races. These races are very interesting and were carried on in much Ihe same manner as ours. This custom also dates from the time of the Knights of St. John. We went across to Sliema in a small launch. It is a city quite the same as Valetta but not as large. When we returned to Val¬ etta we went to Strada St. Lucia, but were forced to descend from the cab and climb the many steps of St. Lucia which 1 think must amount to almost a hundred if not more. I thanked my lucky star when 1 arrived at the top. A pecu¬ liarity of Strada San Patrizio is the hanging out of the weekly wash on the front of the houses from one balcony to another. It reminded one of some of the streets on the East Side of Now York. We took many short boat trips and met a great many people. Malta seems to be a great resort for people from all parts of Eur¬ ope. They could hardly find a more beautiful place to visit. Il-Torri. in Sliema is the finest promenade in Malta and English aristocrats can be seen taking an evening stroll nere quite frequently. We could not possibly leave Mal¬ ta without visiting “Chalet” Char Id-Dud, a favorite summer resort ot the Maltese. It is very beauti¬ ful and a pleasant time can be had by one who is visiting these resorts. , Before going further I wish to comment on the native costume of the Maltese women. It is gradu¬ ally dying out but is still worn by many. It consists of a long skirl reaching almost to the ground, of a dark, high necked waist with many tucks in the front; of a wide belt, and of a huge hood effect that serves as a hat to protect one from