Victoria High School - Victorian Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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Dedicated to J. P. PAGE Principal of the Commercial Section of V.C.H.S. Born in Rochester, N.Y., of Canadian parents, Mr. Page received his high school and college training in Ontario. He began teaching in Rothesay College, N.B., then in the St. Thomas Collegiate Institute, and finally came to Edmonton in the fall of 1912 to introduce commercial training into the Edmonton high school system. He taught in Victoria for two years, and was then transferred to the new McDougall school where he remained for 34 years, returning to Victoria when the Composite building was opened in 1949. He will retire at the end of the present school year, after completing 40 years ' service with the E. P. S. Board. From an athletic point of view, his greatest achievement was in forming, and for 25 years, coaching the Commercial Grads girls ' basketball team— a team that attained world-wide fame, and represented Canada at four sets of Olympic Games. In the political field, Mr. Page represented Edmonton in the Alberta legislature for eight years as an Independent, and for four years was leader of the Opposition. His special interests in teaching have been confined to Shorthand, Typewriting, and Office Practice. He is the author of the authorized text in Alberta for the latter subject. For the last seven consecutive years, his shorthand students have won more awards than has any other Canadian school of comparative size. His typewriting students have won a similar honor on several occasions. Upon retirement, Mr. Page expects to remain in Edmonton, devoting his time mainly to his three hobbies—gardening, golfing and curling. 3

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT • As you thumb through the pages of this book for the first time, many of the items will seem very unimportant. In future years as you look through the book, memories of “the good old days will be brought back to you. That is the objective which we are trying to reach—to bring back memories of the school days . . . frosh day, the first lit, football games, cramming for exams, cokes at the Milky, yearplay, basketball games, social functions, teachers, and even the classes. The content of the book is the result of the co-operation and constant toiling of the Argosy and Yearbook staff . . . circulation staff twisting your arm to buy a book, advertising staff twisting the advertiser ' s arm to buy an ad, sports staffs summarizing the sports events of the year, news staff collecting information of all club activities and social functions of the year, features staff doing the grad write-ups, art staff arranging the photograph schedule and setting up the book, business manager closely watching our budget, copy desk staff busily typing the copy before going to press, the grouchy editor always pushing the deadline, and advisers offering a guiding hand whenever we were unsure or hesitant. Outside the staff we have the photo¬ grapher, engraver and printer, all very important in the publication of this book. With all that, we hope to uphold the high standards of the reputation of Victoria Composite High School and bring you a book which we think is tops. —Casey Skakun. 2

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CASEY SKAKUN Editor-in-Chief MARGARET WILSON Associate Editor