Sir Adam Beck Secondary School - Lacedaemon Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

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ft 9 ii ft M GLEE CLUB IN THE ' 50 ' S Beck is a school with many tra- ditions. Music is one of the strongest ones with roots dating back to 1928 with the performance of Beck ' s first operetta, The Wild Rose. Operettas since then have included several by Gilbert and Sullivan: The Mikado, 1955, The Pirates of Penzance, 1962, and H. M. S. Pin- afore, 1951, 1961. In other years, Beck has staged a variety show Beck on Call and recently has inaugurated an annual Music Night. Beck ' s Glee Club has also been on radio and has made several tours. Our singing auditoriums began in 1931 and have been continued ever BAND IN THE ' 40 ' S H.M.S. PINAFORE 1951

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Of course, a school is not a building alone, a school is people. And some of the most important people in a school are the teachers. The teachers who are the most associated with Beck ' s history are the ones who have been here the longest, and who have become the most involved with Beck. Such teachers as Mr . Bartley, Mr. Cropp, Mr. Groat and Mr. Chapman con tell a thousand tales about the school, its traditions and its people . The late John H. Dolan was Bee established the school in its new school in the important first few man; he invented the desks the [ desks, that now stand in Mr. Gr he was an airplane fighter pilot. : ' s first principal . He building and guided the In World War 1, Mr. Dolan ' s daughter Dolan was school libn retired. She made our now. (no slight to Mi: Beck. Miss Kathlee 927 to 1963, when : excellent institutioi Longman intended.) lib H. A. Stewart joined the staff in 1932 and guided many of our school teams to victory. In his later years here, he left physical education and specialized in geography. Last year he was called out of his first year of retirement to serve as temporary vice-principal when Mr. Traut was transferred. Mr. Groat, a Latin teacher, presently holds the Beck record for length of tenure. He began teaching at Beck in 1932 and is still here . No lengthy discussion of his exploits need be recorded here, for last year ' s yearbook was dedicated to

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Another Beck tradition is that of sports. Beck is a football and basketball school . In the first six years of football conference play, Beck won the title four times. We have won the London basketball championship regularly, and our team of 1957 won the All-Ontario Championship. This year of our 40th anniversary has been a good example of our proficiency in our two athletic spec- ialties, as we won both basketball and football championships. EARLY RUGBY TEAM GIRL ' S CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM 1928 THAT GIRLISH FIGURE