Patterson Collegiate Institute - Patrician Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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The Collegiate Council STUDENT COUNCIL Back Row: John Smith. Jack Atchison. Wilfred Fryday. Bob Bunker. Bill Dowdell, Don Crapper, Jim Peacock. Barry Katz. Second Row: Mr. Pentland. Bette Phelps Jean Clark, Evon Wahl, Mary Mills. Steve Zlmbalattc, Ken Stewart. Front Row: Shirley Campbell. Muriel Borofsky, Gord Paterson, Doug Wlple, Jean McKee. Pat Yaxley, Ruth Nichol, Virginia Webster. lean McKee or “Jeanie, as he is known far and Dour Wiglc. Patterson’s popular head hoy. is wide, reached the supreme in her high school career known as the “Walking Constellation.” The reason ] a ..t fall—when lu was elected Head Girl of P.C.l. is the number of stars on his maroon and white And no wonder that everybody voted for Jea nic! sweater. Doug has won nearly every athletic hon- She has always hccu an honour student. In fact our the school can bestow—in all the fields foot- when it comes to things literary the final authori- hall, swimming, basketball and track. And the t next to Miss Garrett is—guess who? She also same is no less true of his scholastic record. Doug holds the Alumni Medal for grade twelve. Besides i also a honour student. He holds the Alumni scholastic undertakings, lean has taken part in Medal for Grade Eleven and his marks in grade nearly all school activities from basketball to the thirteen show that more awards are yet to come. Patrician. Doug’s ambition is to follow in the footsteps of As for next Near Jean hopes to go to Normal hi father and study medicine. Thus in seven or school in London and become a teacher. Judging eight years from now we may be calling in our head from past performance we know she will meet with bo of 1 ( M7 to cure that spring tin. We wish him brill: -nt success. the best of luck in his medical endeavours. Page Five

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Back Row: E. A Orr, J. Mencel. C. B. Hattam. W. H. Cuibcrt. J. R. Pentland, J. E. Dawson. R. O. Fraser, J. G. Stone. H. H. Mills. A. F. Newman. Middle Row: Miss H. Clarke, Miss C. Coughlin. Miss E. Gillham, Miss J. Gregory. Mrs. L. Kitts, Miss H. Bolton, Miss G Wagg. Miss H. Long. Miss H. Coyle. Miss H. Kay. Miss A. Kennedy. Front Row: Miss R. Hancock, Miss L. Smith, Miss A. Adams. Cameron, Miss E. C. Garrett. Miss M. E. Stothers. Mr. G. E. MARSHALL It is a pleasure for me to welcome the third edition of the Patrician, and I wish to congratulate Page Four . J. Haydon. G. E. Marshall, principal, W. L. Carson. J. H the Kditor. his staff and all who have assisted with this project. This magazine should appeal to all students, for it not only reviews the activities of our school dur¬ ing the past year, hut provides a lasting record of them. Kxtra curricular activities are important, in as much as they develop in students co-operation, a sense of responsibility and tolerance for the view- fk point of others. The production of a school maga¬ zine furnishes one of the best fields tor the develop¬ ment of these necessary qualities. As the school term nears the end, we can look hack on a successful year, among the highlights of which were—the winning of several scholarships, championship football and basketball teams, a splendid Cadet Corps, a delightful Melody March, and a very creditable issue of the Patrician. To all who have contributed to the success of these ac¬ tivities I extend my sincere thanks. Another class will be graduating in June. As the leave this school for their life’s work. I should like to think that the years they have spent here have been profitable to them, that their personalities have been enriched, and that they will carry away with them happy memories of their associations at Patterson. The Staff and students will follow their progress and achievement with great pride. I wish them the higlust success in life.

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To-Day’s Critics By Bob Dowdell The intensity and volume of criticism which cer¬ tain radical elements are levelling? at our govern¬ ment is becoming increasingly alarming. But the most alarming fact of all is that these radicals are finding their most willing audiences among young people of High School and College age. Whether or not adults are willing to admit it, the younger generation of to-day is voicing sentiments which very definitely originate in and sympathize with the Leftist movement. Canadians must realize that the success or failure of Democracy in the next twenty-five years will rest in the hands of those who are students to-day. The opinions of our future leaders must not be regarded lightly. True enough, psychologists tell us that teen-agers are fond of finding fault with everything they find about them. It is equally true that many of these radical tendencies are forgotten as the youth ma¬ tures. But the extent to which the youth of to-day is absorbing Leftist propaganda, and the sincerity with which young people are putting faith in it, leaves one with the unmistakeable premonition that not all will he forgotten in a few years. We must he aware that some of the radicals of to-day will be the Communists and Fascists of tomorrow unless steps are taken to remedy the situation. What the Leftist and his teen-age disciple fail to comprehend is that they are undermining the very system of government which permits them to sur¬ vive. Karl Marx, the founder of Socialism, when driven from virtually every country in Europe, found refuge in England, whose Capitalistic system he was seeking to destroy. Democracy brings with it the only form of government which will permit criticism; yet like the lowly parasite which flour¬ ishes by destroying that on which it lives, the Left¬ ist movement is knawing unceasingly at the only hand which shelters its existence. Moreover, the student who believes that he sees some form of good in the Leftist movement, fails to see that while it promises to create a better social system, it cunningly conceals a monstrous evil which far out-balances any benefits which may he forthcoming. For at the same time that Commun¬ ism preaches a higher living standard than our present one, (which in Russia it has as yet failed to produce), it denies the common man any real voice in his government. Any system which is not ruled by the people themselves is evil, and nothing can alter that fact. Jf he stops to give the matter any thought, the sober minded person will realize that our demo¬ cratic way of life cannot he equalled by anything the Leftists can produce. A moment ' s true considera¬ tion will reveal that for all its faults. Democracy is the best system of government yet devised to enable the common man to live a full and a free life. The Leftist group has stressed the betterment of man’s condition economically, hut it has sought to deprive him of certain fundamental liberties, without which no system of government can he acceptable. A War Memorial By Barry Katz The Collegiate Council has recently been discuss¬ ing the question of a War Memorial to the boys from Patterson who gave their lives in this last great war. Now, when one speaks of a war mem¬ orial one naturally thinks of a plaque or a monu¬ ment or the dedication of a library. But I always think of two words; knowing and practising. The reader will probably say to himself—“There he goes—theorizing about war memorials.” But l am not theorizing. I am dealing with the common sense idea that only a lasting peace is the suitable memorial for our honoured dead. And a lasting peace again hinges around those words—knowing and practising. It is time-worn phraseology to say that we stu¬ dents are the heirs of this country ; that in a few years it will he ours to guide its destinies. Yet this is stark reality. And we must realize it. Realizing it means seeing to it that we educate ourselves not only in the three R ' s hut in basic facts of life. An educated informed people can never he misruled or misled—and what is more important—led to war. That is why I use the word “knowing.” What parts of our daily newspaper do we read? Do we always skip the front page and rely on LFl Abner for our current events? Do we know what the U.N. As¬ sembly or the Security Council is doing? Do we know who Bidault. Caldwell, Duplessis and Bilbo are? Do we know the meaning of the words; totali¬ tarianism, democracy, capitalism, fascism, or com¬ munism as they are hurled at us day after day in these historic times? Even more important than knowing is practising. About a year ago W indsor had a courtesy and co¬ operation campaign. How many of us practise the commandments of those two words? There again is another field where we students must lead the way. I am not speaking of the Emily Post inter¬ pretation of these words. They are very important hut even more important is the courtesy and co¬ operation we extend to our neighbours as members of religious, social or minority groups. If we are prejudiced in any way then we breed mismder- standing and misunderstanding leads to fi Iction and strife. We must see to it that democrat and equality are extended in every phase of on daily life. That unkind glance «»r that slurring i .nark Page Six