North Bay Collegiate Institute and Vocational School - Northland Echo Yearbook (North Bay, Ontario Canada)

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THE NORTHLAND ECHO 43 STUDENTS' COUNCIL ..1- fQs wwf. 4 ,-l 4' A . .ml AVL ling' 1 Back Row: Mark Guppy, Mr. F. D. Wallace, Frank Cherico, Bill Allen. Front Row: Ruth Stevens, B. McGonigal, Shirley Caley, Thelma Durrell. SENIOR LITERARY soclerv P1 u V ig, FA 311 5 i ,wits ,Q Q Y 1 1 Back Row CLeft to Rightl-Miss Gardner, Mr. Firth, George Justice, Morris Herman, George Cummings, Jack Hamilton. Front Row CLeft to Right?-Irene Simkins, Jessie Skellem, Shirley Permock, Ena Saunders, Beverley Gunn, Velma Martin.

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44 THE NORTHLAND ECHO THE STUDENTS' COUNCIL FRANK Ci-rsnxco V-Com.. The Students' Council started the year with the books revealing a small sum left by last year's council. It was hoped that the council fees would swell our bank account but we found that they were not coming in as well as they might have. With the students actively engag- ed in suppling overseas boxes to ex-students now on active service in England: woollens and other necessities to the Red Cross societies: and other very valuable war-work, we found some reason for the neglect of the fees. Still, there are several months left in which more fees may be paid. On February 7, the annual school dance was held in the boy's gymnasium. It took the form of a Valentine Ball Csomething new as far as the school is concernedj and proved to be a very great success. This was the first year, for some long time that a large profit was realized. This year the council found it necessary to buy new equipment for the rugby team. It seems that no new equipment had been pur- chased for quite a few years so that we were in very sore need of it. What we now have on hand should do for several seasons. For the first time, the school is minus a junior hockey team. It was a hard blow for a school like ours that has produced such good teams in the past, to take. It is to be under- stood that it was through no fault of the coun- cil that no effort was made to produce a team. The basketball team, another organization financed as far as possible by the council is, at present, doing exceedingly well. At present, work is well under way to pre- sent our annual school play. It is entitled The Gingham Girl and is a three-act musical comedy, to be produced under the joint direc- tion of Miss M. E. Wales, Miss P. L. Morgan and Mr. S. W. M. Hardwick. This year we are staging the play for three successive nights with one-third of the proceeds to go to very worthy war-work. Thus far we have had a somewhat success- ful year, with everything pointing to a greater success in the few remaining months. The executive as elected for 1941 is as follows: Frank Cherico ........ President Shirley Caley ...... Vice-President Emma Gareau .... Secretary-Treasurer After doing very good work for the Council Emma Gareau left school and was succeeded by Marjorie Anderson. SENIOR LITERARY SOCIETY The first activity of the 1940-41 Senior Literary Society was the Annual Hullabaloo. This year, due to a great number of activities, it was held later than usual and took place on November 15th, in the form of .a Hard Time and Old Fashioned Party. The proceeds from the dance, which a- mounted to Sl6.54, were given to Miss Wales to buy wool for the Overseas Boxes. Our second meeting took the form of a Quiz Programme between Fifth and Special. Earl Byrnes acted as a master of ceremonies and George Justice as time and score keeper. Those representing Special were: Barbara McGonegal, Shirley Caley, Jean Waddington, Ed. Murphy, Bill Gigg, Joyce Young, R. Laviolette, Reg. McCambley, Allen Skellern. Fifthis team was composed of :- Fred Duquette, Ruth McCubbin, Norma Herman, Wallace Blakely, G. Gaughan, Mable Gigg, Frank Chirico, Malcolm McDonald. There was good competition between both sides which finally ended in a victory for Fifth Form. Score was 22-17. The third meeting of the year was the Senior Oratorical Contest, held Feb. 13. Wal- ford Reeves placed first and Jack Rosborough second. These two represented N. B. C. I. and V. S. in the final Oratorical Contest. THE EXECUTIVE Honorary Presidents, .......... Mr. T. Firth, Miss H. Gardner President ........ -W George Justice Vice President --- --- Beverly Gunn Sect.-Treas. --- --- Velma Martin Pianist ...... .... I rene Simkin Reporters .... ..... F rances Jenkins George Cummings THE JUNIOR LITERARY SOCIETY The 1940-41 season opened with a Variety Programme in December consisting mostly of well prepared Christmas numbers by Grades X, Collegiate. Early in February, Grades X, Commercial, arranged a meeting with songs, a dance number, recitations and a quiz. About the middle of March, the four boys' forms of Grade IX gave an excellent play, several puppet numbers, a boxing match along with several musical numbers. The society is looking forward to a pro- gramme from Grades X Technical, ir1 April and another from the three girls, forms of Grade IX, in May. The Junior Oratorical Con- test will be held on Friday, May 2. The officers for the Junior Literary Society this year are: President ............ Reg. Peverley Vice-President ...... Margaret McKinnon Secretary-Treasurer .... Bob Rankin Pianist ................ Betty Brown Reporters ..... .... D on Moyer Ken Sinclair