Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School - Echoes Yearbook (Peterborough, Ontario Canada)

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THE Ecnoas 65 ALEXANDER LASENBY- CCl1emistryD, with Canadian General Electric Co. as apprentice in brass foundry. GEORGE MALONEY A CIVIachi1ze Shop and Dfflligllffllgj, with Canadian General Electric Co., as apprentice in switch gear. ALFRED MATTUCCI - KMGCIZFIZQ Shop and D7'UZlg1Zf'li'11g!, With Canadian General Electric Co., Machine Operator in Fractional Motors. ARTHUR MILLARD - tkMGCI11'1Z6 Shop and Draziglzzizzgl, With Canadian General Electric Co., in Laboratory. ALEXANDER ,PHORNE'fC1l16?l11Z.SII'j'!, with Dominion Woollens and Worsteds at Bonner-Worth Mill. EARL WOOD - t.7WaChz'1ze Shop and Drazfglzfiizgl, with Canadian General Electric CO. as assembler in Fractional Motor Dept. HOUSEHOLD ARTS, Of the Household Arts graduating class of 1936, Jean Blewett, Elma Moffat, Edna Revoy and Dorothy Blade are taking special sewing classes. Alma Milburn is working at WOOlworth's. Viola Sexsmith is employed at the NVestclOx. Audrey Doig is working at Lapp's. Violet Stanley is now at the C. G. E. Jean Matchett is attending the Peterborough Business College. Vlfe have been fortunate in receiving a letter from the. editor of last year's Echoes, Harold Rogers. The letter follows: Dear Editor: Please allow me to take this opportunity to express my appreciation for being asked, Once again, to contribute to your celebrated annual publication, The Echoes. But honestly, friends, all big words and fancy phrases aside, it seems like Old times to be able to greet you again from these pages. Living right here in town, I find myself handicapped for material to put in this letter, since, without the risk of being called a liar, I cannot string a line like the more fortunate alumni who are now occupying the spotlight QP! in some of our larger cities. I feel certain that any description of the humdrum routine of factory life would be, at best, boring to the up-and-coming, wide-awake collegiate student. Did I say factory life was humdrum? Well- hardly! When a fellow is busy he hasnft time to worry about a little thing like that. And then, just to relieve the monotony tif anyl, We find, after making a mistake, that our supervisors certainly do know how to give us f- ! !. Oh yes! You know! You don't have to be a Kirma to read those signs. Also, in industry today, we realize that we are working toward a definite goal, we know that after years Of diligent application, we may be able to sit in a cushioned swivel-chair too, our feet on the desk, smoking a ten-cent Perfecto, and telling our friends about the big muskie we almost caught out at Chemong last summerg or in the winter time we may engage in a heated argument about the outcome Of the game this week between the Leafs and the Maroons. Other subjects are treated in a more casual Way, but Mrs. Simpson, President Roosevelt, the Mississippi Valley Floods and the Dionne Quintuplets are given due consideration. I fear that I have disclosed too many Of the trade secrets, so I shall try to repair some Of the damage by paying a tribute to our foremeng they are exceedingly long-suffering and indulgent toward us. However, if any supervisor reads this letter I fear that I'1l get my neck in a sling, and if worst comes to Worst, please think Of me kindly and remember that I died a martyr in the cause of the junior clerks. In the meantime, here's wishing the teaching staff, the students and The Echoes a happy and prosperous 1937. Yours as ever, HAROLD V. RoGERs.

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64 A THE EcHoEs Peterborough Carpet Company, Douglas Grant at the Goodwin Machine Tool Co., Arthur Houghton at Campbell's Dairy Ltd., and at the Canadian General Electric Company there are Harold Mackey, Donald Menzies, Allan Parker and Gerald Rusaw. Of the girls, the C. G. E. has claimed Irma Beatty, Marguerite Sullivan and Dorothy Waldie. Reta Butler is employed at the Law Office of J. F. Strickland, and Mabel Clarke is with the Ontario Department of Agriculture. Theresa Corbett is working at the Metropolitan Store. Lillian Hardy is at the Office of the VVarne Bros. Store. Helena Gough is in the Law Office of Hon. G. N. Gordon. jean King is at the Western Clock Co. and ,lean Nichols is working at Soden's Book Store. Mary Sisson is in the employ of Zeller's Limited. Kathleen Thackeray is at Grant R Loucks and Eleanor Delehaye is in the Law Ofhce of Jacob Low. Lorraine Vass is at the Colonial Vxfeaving Co. Edith Laws is attending a special class for Commercial Graduates. Joyce lVills is with relatives in Massachusetts. , SPECIAL COMMERCIAL, 1936 From Special Commercial, Ross Allen, Ross Pulkinghorn, Zita Kennedy, Margaret Preston, Katy Rogow and Norma Shaughnessy are at the C. G. E. At the De Laval Company we find George Huot, Mary Vlfalker, and Barbara Dawson. Lloyd Lewis is teaching school in Haliburton. Grant Smedmor is at the Auburn Mills of the Dominion Woollens Sz Worsteds. Amy Bull is in the employ of Richard Hall Ltd., and -Tune Best is in the office of R. Neill, Ltd. Muriel Byers is in the office of G. Whittaker 8: Company and Betty Castle at the Canadian johnson Motors. jean Cowling is Dr. Kenner's secretary here at the P. C. V. S. Margaret Lytle is in the office of Nicholls Hospital. Dorothy Merrett is at the XVestern Clock Company. Vera Moore is in the office of the Ontario Ladies' College at Whitby. Margaret Pitchford is in the employ of the Prudential Insurance Company and Della Smedmor with the London Life Insurance Company. Elva Roseborough is working in Woolworth's. Marion VVhaley is in the employ of Zeller's Limited. Kathleen Foster is taking some subjects at school this year. Anna Edmondson is employed at the C. G. E. Patricia McGrath is not in Peterborough. INDUSTRIAL ARTS GRADUATING CLASS, 1936 BOYD STINSON f Graduated in Mat'1zz'1ze Shop and D7'dZlgIZfi1lg, with Honours. Employed by Canadian General Electric Co. as an apprentice in Tool Room. DOUGLAS ABRAHAM W UVILIUYZAIZC Shop and Zpftlllgllflillgi, with Canadian General Electric Co. as apprentice in Switch Gear Dept. JOHN BRADY - fIWadzz'1ze Shop and Dfdllghlfllllgi, with Canadian General Electric Co. as assembler in Fractional Motor Dept. ERNEST CASTLE - C.-lute .7l'f6'L'1ZCl1ZZ'CSi, with Canadian General Electric Co. as helper in Structural Steel. HAROLD CHOATE - Lizfto Zlleclzanicsl. Harold won a 'Thirty Dollar Scholarship gom General Motors Co., last spring. Auto Mechanic apprentice at Detcher's arage. NIICHAEL CONROY - fMt1t'lZl.116 Shop and Drazzghfizzgj, with Canadian General Electric Co. as apprentice in the Tool Room. LEONARD COPSON - Clizzto Meclza1zz'csD, at Phillips Dental Laboratory. STANLEY DARLING - lMOC1ZZ'1l6 Shop and Drauglztzhgj, with Canadian General Electric Co. in lXleter Dept. as machine operator. STEWART GARDINER - C.-lufo Jllechaizzfcsj, at Lillico Blotors in the Stock Room. BURRITT HARRISON - liMQClZZ'l16 Shop and Draughz'fz'1zgD, with Canadian General Electric Co. as apprentice in Switch Gear Dept. SHERMAN KELIELE - Cllflaclzizze Shop and D7'C1ZtgI1l't11gi, with Canadian General Electric Co. as apprentice in Tool Room.

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66 THE EcHoEs 'We have also received a letter from Lorene Piper, a graduate of P. C. I., who is now attending Queens University: Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Dear Echoes: Or Dear Students, which is a more amiable beginning. - I first want to thank the editor for this opportunity to revive former memories and friendships with P. C. I. As a dignified college student, I look back on my high school days with much pleasure. Only after beginning our college studies do we realize the value of our high school education. Despite the drudgery of homework and the wretched examination Cso students sayl. the program of study gives you a general knowledge. The athletic and social activities of P. C. I. develop personality and character. The spirit of loyalty felt by post-graduates is great evidence of the school spirit existing in your institution. One of our great desires is to attend a university. The general broadening, the opportunity of meeting young people from all parts of the Dominion, the formation of life-long friendships are some of the most valuable acquisitions of college education. The medium for attaining this to its full is residence life. This environment offers pleasant social contacts, teaching you to live congenially with others - young people Whose minds are developing can meet on a common basis to discuss some of the problems confronting us today. You begin to develop individualism and power of independent thought. Most illuminating are the views and opinions on Europe today, given- by the exchange students from Germany and France. Open to every student are the facilities for diversified sport and enjoyment of inter-collegiate games. The college clubs are especially interesting because of their cultural develop- ment. There are the English Club, French and German Clubs, Biology Club, the Dramatic Guild and Camera Club, the League of Social Reconstruction which is a society devoted to the study and improvement of our social conditions, and the student Christian Movement for the study of religion and its full realization in life. The bi-weekly school paper encourages those interested in journalism. You are surrounded by an atmosphere of learning, by eminent professors and great scholars. Advanced studies in your chosen subjects, mingled with a bit of philosophical thinking, constitute the academic side. Such as these opportunities are, I believe that the old saying, You get out of college only what you put into it, is true. You must participate in student activities in order to gain the real benefits derived from a college education. The advantages of the university library, where current papers, magazines and thousands of volumes of the best books are obtained, give students every opportunity to become literary. Vile, as young people, are facing the troubled world of today where economic stress is causing unemployment, war, bloodshed and suffering. In the face of these problems we are trying to fit ourselves to earn a living. It is very important that we choose our vocation wisely and endeavour to help society intelligently, to further the cause of democracy and to help our less fortunate brothers. In conclusion, I wish this year's graduating classes, who are choosing a career, the very best of success. I hope that those remaining will enjoy their years at P. C. I. as much as I did. Yours sincerely, LORENE PIPER.