Paris District High School - Yearbook (Paris, Ontario Canada)

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PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK on the following Monday evening. The commencement program was re- peated with the addition of a few musical numbers. For the Spring Term of 1933, Mr. Charles McCausland was again ap- pointed Honorary President, with Murray McGil1 president of the Literary Society. The duty of Editor-in-chief of The Quill fell upon Donald Stewart. The executives of the Athetic Associations are elected in the fall, and hold office for a year, so the presidents were the same as in the fall of 1932. Q February 2 was Junior Night. Joyce Priest was winner of the Junior Girls' Oratorlcal Contest while Allan Veall won the Junior Boys' Contest. 'These two speakers ably represented P. H. S. at the W.O.S.S.A. District Contest held here on February 15. Joyce Priest succeeded in coming se- cond in the Girls' Contest. The annual School At Home was held on February 17. There were Labout two hundred present and everyone agreed it was the usual success. We were honoured on May 3, by a visit from the famous Hart House String Quartet. Members of the Board of Education with their wives and a few of the local musicans were present and all enjoyed the pleasant hour of music supplied by the Quartet. On May 4, at seven a.m., when Mr. Tate opened the school door he was greeted by a dense cloud of smoke. Rushing to the gymnasium, he found that fire of unknown origin had started around the platform there. He succeeded in extinguishing it unaided. The gym. was a total wreck and the smoke had blackened the walls, floors and ceilings throughout the entire school. The pupils had a vacation for two days while a large band of men cleaned up and made the school habitable again. At the W.O.S.S.A. Field Meet in London on May 24th, Keith Ratcliffe was second in the Juvenile Running Broad Jump and also second in the Juvenile High Jump. Mrs. Ferguson Spooner of Chengtu, China, a former teacher here, don- ated a pair of Chinese panels as a prize for a poetry contest These were b won y Jean Reid on her poem May Day. This poem appears elsewhere in this book. In W.O.S.S.A. Basketball, the Junior Boys' Team won three out of four games of a double schedule with Ingersoll C. I., but were beaten by Aylmer H. S. The Girls' Team and the Senior Boys' Team were eliminated by Brantford C. I. The Honorary President of the Literary Society for the Fall Term was Mr. George L. Telfer and Donald Stewart was president. Murray McGill was editor-in-chief of The Quill. Margaret Buck and Ve president of the Girls' Athletic and Boys' Athletic Associations respectively. Fine weather on September 27 played an important part in making the P. H. S. Field Day a success. The champions were: Junior Girls-Betty Kelley, Intermediate Girls-Laura Wilkin, Senior Girls-Hazel Peberdy, Junior Boys-Douglas Verity, Intermediate Boys-Donald Hickson, Senior Boys-Verne Martin. On October 12 the Burford-Paris Simcoe Field Meet was held in Paris, when all three cups were won by our school. Not bad, eh? The Paris Post of the Canadian Legion donated medals to the pupils writing the best essays on Canada's Part in the Great War. The winner in the first forms was Ethel McDonald, while Verna Pottruff's essay was the best from second form and commercial. Helen Wilkin wrote a fine es- say that she not only wonthe medal for Middle and Upper School, but the Legion presented her with a special prize at Commencement. 1 . At the Remembrance Day Service on November 9, Mr. Edgar Harold visited us. He brought to us some of his own impressions of the horrors of war. 24

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PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK The Years Between During the years 1932 and 1933, no book was issued to tell the public of the activities at Paris High School. A detailed account of all these ac- tivities cannot be given, but, in order to have a permanent record of the intervening years, it has been thought advisable to include in this Year Book at least the highlights of this period. Let us consider first the happenings of 1932. In the Literary Society for the Spring Term, Sylvanus Apps was president and Dr. Jeffery was Honorary President. The Editor-in-chief of The Quill was Gordon Miller. Vera Cruickshank was president of the Girls' Athletic Association and Syl- vanus Apps was president of the Boys' Athletic Association. The girls entered a team in W.O.S.S.A. Basketball for the first time, but were defeated in the first round by Brantford C. I. The Junior Boys' Bas- ketball Team won three out of four games with Brantford. They were beaten by one point on the round with Kitchener C. I. for group honours. The Junior and Senior Oratorical Contests were held on January 29, when Edgar Nash won the Junior Boys', Elleene Munroe the Junior Girls' and Vera Cruickshank the Senior Girls' Contest. On February 8, Vera went to Kitchener where she came second in the W.O.S.S.A. District Orat- orical Contest. The Junior District Contests were held in Paris on February 12, Edgar Nash was first and Elleene Munroe was second, in their respec- tive contests. Inclement weather in the fall of 1931 made it necessary to postpone the Burford-Paris-Simcoe Athletic Meet until the following spring. It was held on May 11 at Simcoe. There were no entries in the girls' events from Burford and Simcoe, so our girls did not compete. The boys of our school won both the Junior and Senior cups. At the W.O.S.S.A. Field Meet held in London on May 21, 1932, Sylvanus Apps made a new record of 11 ft., 63f4 inches in the Senior Pole Vault. He was first also in the Senior Running Broad Jump. In the Intermediate class, Homer Wilson was first in the Half-mile and Verne Martin was third in the Running Broad Jump, while Russel Taylor was first in the Junior High Jump. At the Provincial Field Meet held in Toronto, Sylvanus Apps was again first in the Senior Pole Vault, Homer Wilson was second in the Intermed- iate Half-mile and Russel Taylor was third in the Junior High Jump. For the fall term, Mr. Chas. McCausland was Honorary President and Murray McGill was president of the Literary Society, Lawrence Cassady was Editor-in-chief of The Quill, Margaret McArthur was president of the Girls' Athletic Association, and Homer Wilson was president of the Boys' Athletic Association. The annual Field Day was held on October 5, when the Athletic Cham- pions were: Senior Girls-Olive Robb, Intermediate Girls-Hazel Peberdy, Junior Girls-Verna Gedney, Senior Boys-J ack Taylor, Intermediate Boys -Russel Taylor and Junior Boys-William Rutherford. The Burford-Paris-Simcoe Athletic Meet was held in October at Bur- ford. The Paris boys won both the Junior and Senior Cups, but the Bur- ford girls won the Girls' Cup. On November 10, the Annual Remembrance Day Service was held. Third Form had charge of the service. Mr. Cocks was the guest speaker and gave an inspiring address on The Great War. At the Commencement Exercises on November 25-, Sylvanus Apps was Valedictorian and diplomas were presented to twenty graduates. A one- act play Brothers-in-Arms , under the direction of Miss Ramsay was giv- en by the senior students. The usual post-commencement concert was held 23

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PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK Laura Wilkin was first in the Poetry Contest with her poem Shylock. Her prize was a pair of silk panels donated by Mrs. Spooner of Chengtu, China. The Commencement Exercises were held on Friday, November 24. Evelyn Woods as Valedictorian expressed the regrets of the twenty-one gra- duates at leaving Paris High School. The program, with the addition of dances by the girls and an exhibition of tumbling by the boys was repeat- ed the following Monday night. Mr. W. Kenneth Gibb, B. Comm., was a member of the Staff of Paris High School from September 1932 to June 1934, when he accepted a posi- tion at Burlington High School at an advanced salary. He taught the com- mercial subjects, and was always willing to aid the pupils in their extra- curricular activities. Phyllis Telfer. Dedication of the Flag and Flagstaff On May 23, 1934, in a simple but inspiring ceremony, A Canadian Jack, the symbol of our loyalty, honour and freedom to the whole British Empire, was presented to the Paris High School by a former graduate and well- known resident, Miss Helen Dickson Smith. Promptly at three o'clock, the students marched to the front of the school where a number of guests, the members of the Board of Education, and those interested in our school, had assembled. Under the direction of Mr. George Smale, we sang the Maple Leaf. Miss Smith then presented the flag and flag-staff to the school, declar- ing, If one building more than another should fly the flag of the country, it is the building in which the youth of the country is trained for good citi- zenshipf' In a few, well-chosen words, Mr. George L. Telfer, on behalf of the Board of Education accepted this generous gift. Our Principal, Mr. C. Ward Butcher, welcomed the guests to this, pre- sentation and dedication of the Canadian Jack . He expressed his gratitude to Miss Smith for her generosity, and his pleasure at the transfer of her af- fections from the old High School to the new. The Rev. W. F. McConnell, a member of the Board of Education, offer- ed the dedicatory prayer, thanking the King of Kings for the building up of this great Empire of which we form a part for the unity of the Empire, and for the freedom and liberty of all men, gained by the noble and her- oic sacrifices of our fellow-citizens. He called upon Ahnighty God to help us remember our responsibility as members of that Empire and to each in- dividually aid in elevating Canadian character. Verne Martin, president of the School Literary Society hoisted our flag, and as the Canadian Jack reached the top and unfurled in the breeze, all saluted and sang the National Anthem, God Save the King. Today it flutters in the breeze, a flag belonging to the Paris High School, a well-chosen and greatly appreciated gift presented by one deeply interested in school life, a reminder of our duty to king and country. Elsie J. Black. 25