Tillsonburg District High School - Tatler Yearbook (Tillsonburg, Ontario Canada)

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SENIOR INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL INTERMEDIATE INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL How Lofvc 15 I3l9J'A' ' ' To-N4Jgg'fl.L Pkncrrc A MMT mc :ann F um f-we X N I ' 'SEIU' ffrvwrz 3 1 JUNIOR INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL Typical Athletic Night During the fall term the Boys' Athletic Society sponsored many Athletic Nites 'on Friday evening. A typical example of one of these nights was held on Friday, December 15th. Several of the school's badminton fiends gathered in the gym at seven o'clock and kept the birdies flying until around nine, when the Black Marauders encountered the Tillsonburg Trojans in a thrilling fight-to- the-finish basketball game. Our boys tried very hard but just could not seem to con- quer the mighty Trojans. After the lights were dimmed and soft music could be heard, everyone enjoyed dancing, with Dave Richards acting has ML. Refreshments were sold in the cafeteria by the Students' Council. Gloria Haycock, XII-A ..-.TO-...i THOUGHTS WHILE WRITING EXAMS IN THE CAFETERIA The room is full of silence rare, But the clock keeps clicking on, W'e try so hard to concentrate: Something soon should dawn. However slow the hours go Not a thing is ever thought. Our minds are blank and thus our pens, They will not even blot. The odours from the kitchen here Distract our good intent. VVe really didn't mean to fail, A pass was what we meant. Elizabeth Simmons, Xlll. THE TATLER

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JUNIOR W.O.S.S.A. BASKETBALL Back: R. Bratty, A. Gilbert, Mr. Reid, R. Nagy, J. Alexander. Front: P. Seres, W. Newman, P. Jackson, l. Horton, R. lVlacLennan. two games with the Tillsonburg Trojans. Senior Nlarauders secured greater advant- age in exhibition than league games. and both teams won a good percentage of these exhibitions. t'l'rojans went away un- seathed both times, howeverll. High scorer for the season, among the seniors, was Noel Mason, with 136 points in seventeen games. Noel was closely fol- lowed up by Dave Richards, with 132 points in eighteen games. The junior scoring crown goes undisputedly to Hob lN'lacl.en- nan, who piled up 2l6 points in sixteen games. Runner-up was lrv. llorton, with an even 100 counters out of sixteen starts. A final distinction closed the T.TJ.HS. basketball picture for 1950-51, when five Marauders were given honourable mention among the league all stars . These five talented and stalwart basketeers were Dave Richards, Noel Mason, XYalt. Berko, George Gyulveszi and Carl lYilson. THE TATLER Athletic Banquet A feature of the 1950-5l season of sports was the Athletic Banquet which was held during the winter term at Mil-Mar Manor. Under the auspices of the athletic societies of the school, the affair was attended by the girls' and boys' junior and senior basketball teams, the junior and senior rugby players, and the cheerleaders. The main speaker of the evening was Dr. liarl Zeigler, head of the physical education department of the University of Xlfestern Ontario, London. Bill Coulthard and VVoody Campbell, outstanding athletes, also spoke briefly, as did Principal NY. P. Kirkwood. The speakers were introduced by Boys' Athletic Society President, Dave Richards, and they were thanked by Noel Mason, Seeretary-Treasurer of the Society. After the banquet. films of a VVeslern- McGill football game were shown, and the successful evening was concluded with a dance at the school. 55

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391052 ants jfittiun WHY I STICK T0 OVEREATING lFirst Prize Humorous Prosej I'm a glutton and I like it. Hand me an- other drumstick! You want to know why I stick to stuffing myself with excess vita- mins? VVell, foremost among my reasons for overeating is the fact that it relieves frus- tration. If I have a bad day at school I come home and munch consolingly on an apple, then a sandwich, and before I know it I'm so busy thinking of food I forget all about homework, moreover, my- ensuing stomach ache further relieves my mind of former cares. Now before you get the idea that I'm a frustrated neurotic let me hasten to add that I wouldn't stop overeating even if I didn't have a care in the world, simply be- cause overeating is habit-forming. The greater my myself in a fDon't show more food I consume the capacity becomes till I find vicious circle with no way out. me the waylj Do you cajole yourself into believing that extra piece of any harm, my friend? This pie won't do may be your fatal step to overeating. Why I can now handle tive square meals a day and still my mouth waters for more. My slightest demand for nourishment is instantly satisfied, for I come from a long line of gourmets who provide well the pantry. Who wouldn't overeat with too much food shoved at you in all directions? Grandma not only has apple pie for dessert but rice pudding as well and who am I to refuse either? Talk about Man shall not live by bread alone! I've still got two boxes of chocolates from my birthday which will serve nicely as a midnight lunch. In addition to this overabundance of food I stick to overeating because I happen to admire a great many fat people and as a disciple of the obese, feel that I should ad- here to their doctrine of gluttonizing. Con- sider for example Mr. Churchill. Since I can in no way hope to emulate his fame, at least I can overeat and achieve similarity in THE TATLER proportions. Or, look, if you will, at Caruso, and for that matter at most of the great opera singers. Obesity seems to be an attribute of this profession. Perhaps if I eat long enough and too much my voice will undergo a metamorphosis and I'll rise to fame as a singer. But I'd better restrain my soaring thoughts and Hnish this composition before midnight, because then, ah then, again I will sojourn to the pantry and as always-over- eat! Ann Dean, XIII. - MASS HYPNOTISM CFirst Prize Short Story! I could hardly hold my eyes open as I set- tled back on the chesterfield for another dull night of programmes on my new 1954 super deluxe television set. Through hazy eyes I saw on the screen the words Suspense',- my favourite radio and television show. As I watched I thought, This evening might prove to be interesting. I-Iow good it was to settle back, at home on furlough after Hghting in the German War for a year! I had been too young for the Korean VVar and had missed it, but the German crisis came just as I turned nine- teen. Now it, too, was over and, as in the Korean War, neither side had gained. Rus- sia and her satellites had been ousted by the United Nations Assembly although Russia still retained her seat on the Security Coun- cil. Now the world was on edge and ex- pecting World War III, but where would Russia strike? As I watched the screen, the picture faded out and a new unfamiliar face took its place. The owner of the face was by no standards handsome but he had the most persuasive eyes I had ever seen. He started to talkf at first slowly, then more rapidly while all the time his eye-lids opened and closed slowly. How strange and helpless I felt! I knew I was being hypnotized, but I could not seem to make myself turn off the set. - 57