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

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Page Sixty-Six THE TOWERS 25th Anniversary Edition Advertisement in Kos O ' Brien’s Barber Shop: It your hair is not becoming to you. you should be coming to me. A Chinese immigrant who was trying to cross the border between Canada and the L nited Slates was stopped by an immigration officer and asked the usual questions. The conversa¬ tion went something like this: What ' S your name?” asked the immigration officer gruffly. “Sneeze, timidly replied the immigrant. “Is that your foreign name?” inquired the officer. “No, Melican name” replied the Chinese chap in broken English. Well, what’s your foreign name?” asked the officer again. “Ah Choo,” replied the Chinese fellow with a big smile on his face. ANN DE RE, C2A. Mr. Malcolm: “Explain the law of Multiple Proportions.” Paul Macko: “Certainly sir, what part don’t you understand ?” Oshkosh: “Why don’t you like girls?” Kennebunk: “They are too biased.” Oshkosh: “Biased?” Kennebunk: “Yes. bias this and bias that until I’m broke.” This space is given to Philip. Not to Philip Mersdi, but to pliilup space. ♦ Mr. Barnes: “Did you take a shower after the ga,me ? ” Scotty Bissett: ”No, is there one missing?” ♦ ♦ ♦ He: “Please?” She: “No! He: “Just ths once?” She: ”1 said no.” He: “Aw, gee! Ma, all the rest ot the ktds are going barefoot!” ♦ It seems a ravishing redhead went to a ba¬ chelor’s apartment one night and he gave her one of a half-dozen mink coats he kept tor special occasions. She was telling the story to her girl friend the next day: “What did you have to dor the girl friend asked. The redhead never missed a breath or hatted an eye in replying: “Just shorten the sleeves, that’s all.” ♦ Little girls choose dolls for toys. While soldiers are the choice of boys; But when they’re grown up you will find That each has had a change of mind ; The girls prefer the soldiers then And baby dolls attract the men. ♦ Mr. Sparling (giving hack exam papers): “Is this your paper: the name is obliteratedr Jim Luc kino: “No sir. that’s not my name. Mr. Cowgill: “You should have been here before nine o’clock.” Malcolm Wyatt: “Why? What happened?” ♦ Mr. Wallen: “How far are you from the right answer?” Stan Palmer: “Two seats, sir.” ♦ Mr. McGee: “l noticed you gave your seat to a lady in the street car the other day.” Joe Faith: “Since childhood. I have respected a woman with a strap in her hand. ♦ Mr. Cole: “A boy who laughs loudly at an old feeble joke is probably a boy of low intellect.’’ Joe Reich: “Not if Mr. McManus tells the joke.’ Mr. Newman: And here is located the colin. Any questions?” Ed Tarcin: Yes sir. Where is the semi-colin?” Mrs. Liska: “What is your son going to he when he passes, his final exam?” Mrs. Best: ” An old man.”

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25th Anniversary Edition THE TOWERS I’a e Sixty-Five NOON DANCES ••• MARGE COFFEY and PATRICIA BOLTON Early last fall the problem arose about what to do with the leisure time of our lunch period. Many people thought they had solved the prob¬ lem by going to the corner for a coke or going up town which often ended in the pupil being late for classes. Then someone hit upon the idea of having noon dances, which proved very successful. A committee was formed by Mr. Cole and Mr. Buie. The committee consisted of Bill Sasso, Denise Renaud, Alex Chistoff, Lena Fares, Mike Benca, Delores Trevisol, and Norma Jasinski. Mr. Cole attended the dance on Tuesdays and Mr. Buie on Thursdays. This committee proved to be very satisfactory. At first, the students danced to a small band consisting of Ray Bowyer or Lome Schuchard at the piano, John Airey at the saxophone, Andy Cangiano at the drums and Jimmy Luckino at the trumpet. Although the students were de¬ lighted with this little band it soon proved too much work for the fellows because sometimes their instruments were in other parts of the city and that meant a lot of wear and tear to get them to school for the noon dances on Tues¬ day and Thursday. These shindigs were held in the girls ' gym¬ nasium on the third floor of the W. D. Lowe Vocational School. Seeing that the dances were for only thirty minutes, no decorations were needed, thus there were no expenses for them. Then the problem came up concerning what to charge for admission to the dance. The first dance was very successful; so at the next dance an admission of five cents or a football ticket could get you in. Large crowds enthusiastically turned out. Then it was decided that the noon dances weren ' t to raise money but to have fun, so the admission was put down to a penny. When we could no longer get the band, the committee decided to buy records, such as “Near You”, “The Stars Will Re member”, and “Star¬ dust”. ..The admission was still a penny. After the records were all paid for and there were no more expenses, to the delight of everyone, the dances became free. Here, for thirty minutes twice a week, Tues¬ days and Thursdays, the students enjoyed them¬ selves to no end. For instance, there were Alex Chistoff, Andy Cangiano, Josie LaTessa and a few others jitterbugging for the apprecia¬ tive crowd who watched with envy. Through these noon dances many people who were too shy to go out on a dance floor lost their self- consciousness and learned to dance. Many a gay romance was started and ended at these little affairs. The noon dances were a way for the boys and girls to get to know one another. It ' s all over now for another year, but still the memories flash back of the perfect days that linger in the minds of the students of the W. D. Lowe Vocational School. Now that the weather is getting warm and the gym is becoming too stuffy for dancing we are go:nq to look else¬ where for our entertainment. It was great fun while it lasted and we hope to be having them next fall when the weather becomes cooler. The noon dances were enjoyed by everyone who attended, and next year we hope they will be bigger and better.

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25tli Anniversary Edition THE TOWERS Page Sixty-Seven Rambling Rumbles By II SASSO The latest feud on the grid at the school is between Mr. “Dusty McGee and Mr. Elec- trons M Anderson. One day, Mr. Anderson was short some material. As always, according to “Dusty . Mr. Anderson borrowed some of the material from Mr. McGee. According to Mr. Anderson, when he received the battle with the stuff, it was coated with a good half-inch of dust. When he cleaned it, Mr. Anderson said it was dated 1639. “Quite a time since cleaning ’, said Mr. Anderson. Mr. “Dusty McGee claims that it was dusted in 1874. Whom are we to believe? The class of T4B-b section has the perfect attendance of the year. There has not been one late pupil or absentee since September. In¬ cidentally, the home-room teacher is Mr. McGee. Keep up the good work ! Mr. Newman’s gym team certainly does be¬ lieve in hero worship. Last December, Mr. New¬ man was sent to the hospital by an attack of appendicitis. He had his appendix out and was back to work in no time. Shortly after he came back to school, he was back at the hospital, not as a patient but as a visitor. Yes, the first hero worshipper was Bob Bodnar who had had his appendix removed. Bob came through the oper¬ ation and was back to school when A1 Harris fell victim to the worship bug and he landed a: the hospital for his appendix gouge. Hero wor¬ ship certainly can prove to be painful. We won¬ der who is next—Mike, Nick, or Bill. ' There has been added another to the list of scholarships already available to the students. The latest scholarship, generously donated by Mr. Van Waffle of W affle’s Electric, is to be a minimum of fifty dollars. It is to be given to the electrical student who rates highest in all around proficiency in school and in shop work. This money will be used by rhe winning studeni to further his education. The competition for the scholarship this year is quite keen. This year, on November 16, for the eleventh successful year, the C. H. Smith store opened its doors for Vocational Day. The students acted as salesmen, and a pupil was stationed in every department. The students were treated to a luncheon at the Norton-Palmer Hotel, with the compliments of C. H. Smith. The purpose for this Vocational Day was to give experience to any student interested in salesmanship or store work as a career. The students were very grateful for the opportunity given them by the C. H. Smith Co., to gain this experience of meeting the public. We have a very musically inclined teaching staff. Mr. Bennett is an accomplished pianist and composer. Now there has been started in this school a choir under the leadership of Mr. Baird. The newly organized group, seventy- five strong is quite enthusiastic. Mr. Baird as¬ sembles them every Thursday night and has entered them in the Essex County Music Festi¬ val which is to take place early in May. With the choir ' s co-operation and teamwork there is a very good chance of our winning the compe¬ tition. Good luck to Mr. Baird and his choir. The silhouette on the left is of our mathe¬ matics teacher. Mr. Bennett. While one of our art students, Vince Beneteau, was engaged in some art work, the brush he was using fell on a piece of cardboard. The result ... a profile silhou¬ ette. 1 wonder if Mr. Bennett is teaching the brush how to make figures. (Not mathema¬ tical cither.) On March 19, our school held a very success¬ ful open house. Students from both Technical and Commercial classes participated in this exhi¬ bition. The students were at assignments and jobs that they had actually worked at during the day. All shops and classes were open for inspection for the parents and friends of the students of the school. The visitors were given a real treat by the gym team. The team was complimented by all who saw them. There was also a fashion show given, in which the students modelled the clothes which they made during the year at school.