Ottawa Technical High School - Tech Talk Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Vocational Guidance WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE MORE popular? Do you want a good job when you are through school? Would you like to know what is just the right thing to do if you are at a formal dance with your best girl friend? If your answer to any or all of these is yes, you'd better get acquainted with the Guidance Department, because we are continually helping students to find answers to these and many other quesf tions. The following are some of the things the Guidance Department is try' ing to do. 1. Help students get the most good out of school. The value derived out of a high school education depends chiefly on the attitude of the individual. You can only get something from school if you put honest effort into it. If a stu' dent is not trying, there is little anyone can do for him. But if he is trying, there are many ways in which we can help him make school a real success. Right now, the most important busif ness for you is getting an education. That's why you come to Tech and that is what the school is for. And all teach- ers are working toward this objective of giving all students the best possible training. The contribution of the Guid' ance Department is helping you choose the best course and the subjects most valuable to you, helping you to learn to study eliiciently g helping you to choose the proper extrafcurricular actif vities, and so on. Sometimes a student spends too much time in sports,or on music, or just hanging around a bowling alley. We are anxious to do all we can to get you to take full advantage of the opportunities at Tech. 1. Help students to plan for their future occupation. Deciding what work you will do after you leave school isn't easy. But it certainly isn't smart to drift along all through school and then pick up anything that happens to turn up. You may be lucky, but chances are you won't be. Now, it's not necessary, and usually not possible, to have an exact blueprint of what you are going to be. But it is essential that you should begin to think about it now and to seek information about occupations and about ways of training yourself for something worth' while. Some jobs will suit you much better than others and your success de- pends on planning wisely. 3. Help students in the business of living. You are born into a social world. From the moment you first see the light of day you are in contact with people. But effective social behaviour doesn't come naturally. It's learned by practice, by guidance, and, most of all, by your own efforts and desire to learn. And living with others successfully is imporf tant in all phases of your life-school, family, job, athletics, dances, friends, church, and many more. That is why the Guidance Department puts empha' sis on such topics as 1 Finding out about your abilities 3 Developing character and a pleasing personality 3 Good man' ners g How to make friends g Success on a jobg Family living g Choosing leisure' time activities. In passing, I would like you to ob' serve that this ties in with mental health in the same way that the work of the nurse and of the Physical Educa- tion Department ties in with physical health. 4. Help students find a job. This is last on th: list, but it certainly is not least important. Graduates of our school may entera great variety of occupations, and we are trying to make employers aware of this fact, so that they will call Tech when they have openings. By J. G. ENNS, Chairman of Tech's Guidance Department Of course, we can't guarantee you a job, especially if you are looking for the easiest work paying the most money. But, through the placement service, many students do get valuable help in their search for employment,and you can too. How Is I I Organized Most of the work of the Guidance Department is carried on by Mr. Bird, Mr. Shouldice, and me. The homeroom teacher counsels the members of his form. Valuable assistance comes from a staff committee and from the Guide ance committee of the Key Club. The former is composed of Mr. Hendry, Mr. Swayze, Mr. Hewer, Mr. Yeo, Mr. Morwick, and Mr. Bergin. The latter is made up of Norman Tape,Chairman, Martin Marcus and joe Lackner. In ad:liti3n,Joe Nuth has been as sisting in the Guidance Omce and Bob Shoue is in charge of the Reading Room during noonfhours. Vlfhal About You? On this page of Tech Talk I have tried to give you a brief outline of the work of the Guidance Department. Our facilities are gradually improving. But whether you will get any good out of them or not depends on you. This is the age of science and in planning your f.1ture you CAN be scientiiic. 43

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GRADE 11 often wonder why 11-GH is the best you will find out. For one thing other than Roy Bartlett in person with Mike Tony Soame as our Vice-President. Our Athletic Rep., is Mervin McCaul and our Tech Talk Rep. is yours truly,jack Press Ryan. Some of our outstanding athletes this year are Harry Brown and Bob Black who took part in this year's junior Football championship and are now playing with the future Basketball champions. We are also fortunate in having representatives in many of the school clubs, such as Mike Soame, Drama Club g Harry Barber and Harry Brown in the newly formed Badminton Club Q Lynn Morrison in the Public Speaking Club Q Don Lyons is a Representative in the Key Club ,and john Moore and Some form. If you our President is james Clemens take part in the Film Club. Our brain department this year is headed by Harry Barber with Don Lyons close behind him. Our Form Master is Mr. Bird who guards the halls on the second floor near room 203. Our interform Hockey Team with a six-to-nothing victory, second contest. Players such Veck and Charlie Hobbs did. RYAN off to start their as it l l-IT Stop! Why not? Here is looking for-or at least now you For form master we have a goes by the name of Mr. V up of popular people like the President, Pierre Rocket' and the last of all, Clayton Rep. This year our class numbers 21, but what a of talent ! Bob Nadeau has the voice ofa canary let' Andre Cloutier, who is known as Mr. Vishinsky radio expert. Ron joker Gravel is ourn your car needs fixing you know what to do. I is one man that should never be forgotten the man of this world Mr. St. Our boys, too, are participantsi The Trudels, Larry and Ray, add Cox waves a tidy leg on the Gym Team g Aubrey the feathered bird, Cloutier experiments in the Club, Roy, Aubrey and Ethier are natty school ushers. Yes, we are all active Techites. -ROGER AUBREY made 42 6105 ll-JD! The executive of this combination of Draftsmen and Machinists consists of President, Peter Deck 3 Vice-Pres- ident, Garry Cummingsg Athletic Rep.,jim Hutchinsg Tech Talk Rep., Gene Seed. 11-j under the capable leadership of Form Master Mr. MacLean has fifteen members, six of them known as the dead men in English. They are jim Shorty Hutchins. Ken Sir Issac Newton, Lorne Denny Read, Gene Eight-ball-in-the-side-pocket Seed, Rudolphe The red-nosed St. Pierre and Reid Muscles Walker. The rest are just a bunch of live-wires. Peter Deck, followed closely by Wilburn Cowan, copped the scholarship hon- ors ofthe group. In Basketball 11-j is making history, not having lost a game. 11-M is a very Special form. Besides our special form master, Mr. Munro, we have Art Specials, Machine Shop Specials, Music Specials and many others. Among our number are Pest-and-a-half Buchan, Sleepy Clarke, Does-he-miss-girls Clifford, George Hearty Farmer Edwards, Forever Late Graham, Giggles Guige, Nuts Little, Wild Bill Pearce, Where's-the- cows Scharf, Muscles Taggart, 'jack Verine, Olf- the-beat Wood, and Mr. Football Tyrrell. Our three are Slap-happy Gray, Loafer Douglas and Mad Artist Ginn. -GENE SEED very good officers for 11-KP were are as follows : Douglas Shouldice, Teachers' and Students' Council Rep., , Vice-President and Tech Talk Rep., and Dellepalme, Athletic Rep. K section specializes in Auto Mechanics. There boys under the direction of Mr. Worth- The two top notchers are Russell Anderson and of the boys who would like to see their names T Talk are Cammie Elliott, Martin LeBrun, Ron Allen, Bev. Hagan, Don McCarthy, Don Fox. Dick Latreille, Garry Gauvreau, Paul Rice, and joe McKlusky. Team produced a lot of stars, such Coughlin, Bernie Murray, Ron McGuire, Roger Provost and Gerry Banville. was a hard-worker on the Senior Foot- ball Team. Bill Frieday was on the junior Football and Basketball Teams. -ANDY DAVISON

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