Vaughan Road Academy - Acta Studentium Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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ACTA STYDENTIVM - ' 1 ' ' ii Xt .,., 1 X 1 X10 X X, Y WAY back in the fall of 1929, an overgrown boy of 12 competed in our school field day and placed third in the T70 yard dash. This was the be' ginning of the outstanding carrer in High School Athletics of jim Homer. Two years later he won the Toronto District Intermediate Shot Put Title. ln 1932 after starring at rugby in the fall jim turned again to track and field in the spring and carried off the T.D.I.A.A. Intermediate 100 and 220 yard dash titles, also annexing the Ontario Inter' mediate Shot Put Crown, setting a new record, and being the first boy from Vaughan Road ever to gain such an honour. Page T1 O O O The most successful year in Athletics to date for Vaughan Road was also the greatest for jim. Although only a junior, he was the largest boy on the Senior Rugby team and was a potent factor in the team's bid for the O.R.F.L'. title. Much was expected of jim in the field events last year, but after winning the Ontario junior Shot Put Championship at the Broadview Boys Fall Fair an inf jured shoulder forced him to concentrate on running. At the T.D.I.A.A. meet he was second in the all round champion' ship, with victories in both Sprints and second in the Shot Put. The following week he was Toronto District Champion in the 100 and 220 yard dashes and finished second and first respectively in the Ontario finals. Later in Hamilton, at the Canadian Interscholastic Cham' pionships, he only managed to place third in the 220 but redeemed himself by winning several tropies at Kingston and Cornwall. The climax to his fortunes came last August when jim competing against boys from all over Canada was awarded a place on the Boys Intraflfmpire Team. On his way to Australia jim was elected Captain of the team by the other members and proved his worthiness by leading the Canadian relay to victories at lxielhourne, Vkfellington, Auckland and Rotorura as well as making an im' pressive showing in several other events. This thrilling trip marks the end of a joyous High School career in Sports for Jim Homer, and although it may never be repeated by any boy from Vaughan Road, it will always serve as an inspiration to those who follow,

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Page 70 ACTA STUDENTIUIE INTRA-MURAL Starting after the Christmas Holi- days, Inter-Mural basketball progressed in both gyms every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 to 5:30. With about forlty Veams taking part, the time limit had to be extended over that of last year. In this way our inter-form basketball programme is the longest of any school around Toronto. The games were played in a variety of ways, from the comical antics of the first formers to the rough and ready style of the upper school. These made a striking contest with the smooth and more intelligent basketball of the House League. The team of IG composed of Maule fcaptj, Kemp, Poole, Embree, Frankel, Henley, Browning and Cruickshank managed to struggle to the first form INTRA-MURAL Interform gymnastics this year reach- ed the highest position which it has ever held at Vaughan. All together there were 27 teams entered. The or- ganization, preparatory coaching and judging was all carried out by Mr. Harston, Mr. Ivens, Mr. Barton and Mr. Yyvyan. Much credit is due these teachers for their work in this line pro- gramme. After several weeks devoted to arduous practise the competitions were held. Three divisions were made, fifth and fourth forms composing the senior group, third and second forms composing the intermediate group and first forms making up the junior group. Besides team awards, individual cham- pions were recognized in each of the three groups. In the senior group the individual champion was Keith, with Pollard, Graham, Pow and Leach following in order mentioned. The team award was carried off by V-I consisting of Keith 1capt.J, T. Christie, S. Christie, Solo- mon and Hudson. Second place was captured by V-II composed of Pow fcaptj, Graham, Brigham, Scobie, and BASKETBALL championship. Goodman fcapt.j, Parish, Secker, Smith, Coghill, Jacobs and Hadlow of CIIB squeezed through to win 'the honours among the second and third forms and the IVB team of Markle Ccaptj, Malton, Penner, Leach, Webb, McCorroll, Orr and Stainton plunged and trampled their way to victory over the fourth and fifth forms. Mr. Harston, Mr. Vyvyan, Mr. Bar- ton, Mr. Ivens and several of the senior boys deserve a great deal of credit for the expert way in which the league was run, even overshadowing the feat of last year. Menzies, Prince, Christie, Pollard, Thompson, Green, Eldridge, McMaster and Wetton acted as referees and Bert Cowan filled the roll of league secretary. GYM NASTICS May. Third place was gained by the IV-B team of Markle Ccapt.l, Pollard, Leach, O'Reilly and Hay. Dawson, Paterson, pion was Orr, while The intermediate individual 'cham- Chambers, Rowney and jackson fol- lowed in that order. Team champion- ship was won by III-D which consisted of Orrlcapt.J, Dawson, Marshall, Clark and Pettit. Second place honours were divided between II-B ill, made up of R o w n e y 4capt.j, Wilmshurst, Herrler, Sneider and Worthylakeg and ll-F 113, consisting of Paterson icapt.J, In the junior division, the individual championship went to Marshall, while Chambers, Hall, Sundstrom and Messer. Curley and Wilson tied for second place, Haigh and Fryers followed in that order. The team championship was taken by I-E, composed of Marshall Ccaptj, Thomson, Christie, Fryers and Norris. Second place honours went to C-I-C ill, made up of Haigh tcapt.J, Wil- liamson, Johnston, Curley and Buck. Third place went to I-B ill, Wilson fcapt.J, Sharpe, Puddy, Smith and Moore.

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Page 72 At l'A S'l'T'DlCXTIUM ll3fllfllRllBS9 AGlIl'llliIllIlf,lllE?flllflIlll13QW This year the policy of the school with regards to Girls' Sports has been to emphasize those activities which can be indulged in long after the end of our school days. Tennis, Badminton and Swimming have been encouraged on this HCCOUYIT. Inter-form games of Basketball with other schools supplanted the Inter-scho- lastic Basketball League. We hope to enlarge upon this in the future and extend it to Badminton and other sports. A Senior Basketball League was in operation and considered a great success. There are rumours of a junior League for next year. This extensive program was made possible only by the addition of two new teachers to our staff, Miss Prittie and Miss Hayden. :tif-it TENNB Shortly after coming back to school in the fall the girls could be seen breath- lessly pursuing the tennis ball on the front lawn of the school. The only great trouble experienced was that the ball went over the fence more times than over the net and chose to bounce at every impossible angle. The Tennis Club was organized under the supervision of Miss Prittie. The equipment of the Fifth Form Tennis Club of five years ago was used and a new outfit purchased as well. All the girls were free to use the courts and every night there was some' one on them till the cold weather sent us inside dragging the nets after us. We hope the moths havent eaten them as we hope to have a tournament this Spring. I wonder if a retreiving com- mittee could be organized. 3lODt BASKETBALL Houseleague The boys' HousefLeague Basketball games having been such a success last year, the girls decided to follow suit by introducing a league into their schedule. Accordingly the girls who were inter- ested, about 69 or 70 in number, held a meeting in November. The III, IV and V forms were included in this. Miss Mason took charge and is to be com' plimented for her spendid work in pick' ing the teams, training them, arranging schedules and numerous other things which took up the greater part of her time after hours. At first nearly half the original number of girls had to be eliminated: then the teams were picked and the captains chosen. In spite of all this, however, the league was well under' way by Christmas. The games continued right on till the latter part of March and finished as follows: First place VCD A, Patterson cap. Second lllflj D. Smith Third- IVKU A. Buck Fourth N lllflj M. Rushby ftiedj Vtlj R. Carter Fifth IVQZJ E. McClay N.B-The V121 team won the most games on schedule, but in the final game H1121 defeated them by 2120.