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

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CASEY SKAKUN Editor-in-Chief MARGARET WILSON Associate Editor

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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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GEORGE STRASDINE Circulation Manager FEp 1 ' M ' t I % T i w