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

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GRAD HISTORY Remember 1959? Of course you do. That was our first year at Vic. It seems quite a while since we were called Frosh, doesn ' t it? But think back, back to that first day in these hallowed halls. Remember how we gazed in awe at the vastness of the place, feeling just a little inferior and unnoticed in all that wonderful organized confusion of opening day. It seemed impossible that we, the wheels of our junior high schools, were now reduced to lowly Frosh. Remember how we shrank at the iron gaze of the Senior and stumbled to do his every bidding, in an effort to keep away from that notorious high school institution, the Frosh Court. But we soon l earned that Seniors were not gods but students just like us. This fact realized and the school well explored, we settled down to normal school routine. Normal? Who ' s kidding whom? Life at Vic is never normal, especially in the first year. Under the leadership of Harry Hiller and Anne Gardiner, we were introduced to many phases of V.C.H.S., such as clubs, houseleague sports, and the long, long line in the cafeteria. In the fall we attended our first Vic dance, Shmoo ' s Shindig. Early in 1960 we enjoyed The Male Animal, soon followed by Fine Arts Night which presented Eternal Life and the Potboiler. A very successful Career Day was followed by the election of Tom Wilson as Grad President. That year the Argosy was headed by Stephen Cox and the yearbook by Libby Cotsman. Sportswise, Vic gained new honors as our Junior Football team, our Boys ' Swim Team, and both our Boys ' Basketball teams won city championships. Then came the Spring Prom in April and, before we knew it, we had written our finals and completed grade ten. Grade eleven started with a bang with Frolique Francois and a near win for our Senior Football team. Our new President was Gary Silverman with Diane Hlasney at his right hand. Guiding the Argosy was Diane Andreas with Jim Tanasiuk and Jim Wildish in charge of the yearbook. 19

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THE GRAD CLASS-1982 The sun is just appearing over the horizon on the morning of May 19, 1962. A sleepy Vicite returns home from graduation, very happy, but a little sad. As he had watched his classmates walk across the stage the night before, he had realized, so suddenly, that each one was special. Everyone had played an important role in the life of Vic, and he knows they will play an equally important role in the world of tomorrow. Sleep -seems impos¬ sible; the years roll away, and it is 1982. Strains of the Commencement March fill the room and the graduates of ' 62 begin to appear again; just a little older. The first person to appear is MR. COLIN CAMPBELL. Colin spent his Grade 12 year making fish for Vic ' s Grad Dance, and has now become a Deep Sea Diver off the coast of Newfoundland. The little lady beside Colin proves to be BARBARA FLAGLER. Barbara has become the world-wide president of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Little People. (CAROL McELGUNN has 100% attendance). BEVERLEY GREEN and DAVID HUGHES appear with their heads bent over a copy of GLAD, a new magazine which has replaced MAD as the magazine for the intellectual. Experience gained by these two on the Vic Argosy proved to be invaluable in their creation of this quality magazine. Behind Bev and David comes a polka- dotted Dino led by MADAME EILEEN DUBETZ. Madame studied design in Paris, patented Dino and has become a multi-million¬ aire. She is accompanied by the other half of Vic ' s old cheering squad, DENNIS MASSEY, who is still twisting. The next person to appear is MYER RABINOVITZ. After a wonderful performance as Plato in Vic ' s Rebel Without a Cause, Myer has spent the last twenty years on Broadway, looking for a cause. Beside Myer is DONNA MAE HOWDEN who has become famous for her Italiano cooking. Donna has taken over Victoria ' s Cafeteria and feeds the students nothing but Pizza. A green-clad figure, armed only with a bow and arrow enters and proves to be KAY ROBIN BINGHAM. Kay has given up a brilliant career as a female astronaut to bring edu cation and culture to the people of Sher¬ wood Forest. Kay is accompanied by JOHN BUTLER who has amazed music critics of the world by his performance of the Minute Waltz. Each year John knocks a little more time off, and at last count he was down to 43.7 seconds. The next person to appear is KENNETH LAMBERT (whose eyebrows still go up.) Ken left Vic with a slide rule in one hand and a football in the other, and has since developed The Scientific Method of Playing Football in a Lab. On each arm Ken has a girl, dressed in Oriental garb. They prove to be BARB EDMUNDS and LINDA COMMON, who be¬ came so enthusiastic in their campaign for KIM BONG JA, Vic ' s adopted student, that they have spent their lives in China cultivat¬ ing rice crops. A famous pair of dimples announce the entrance of ELIZABETH MARKLE. Eliz. ob¬ tained a Ph.D. in bio-chemistry, and has devoted her entire life to the development of a chewing gum with flavor that really lasts. The man with the basketball under his arm beside Eliz is DARWIN SEMOTIUK. Darwin has become a brilliant sports personality, and spends his time autographing basketballs, and track shoes. Following Eliz and Darwin is BOB BUR- CHAK who has gained a Bob Hope type of nose. Bob entertains audiences of the world with his impersonations of the teachers from a school called Victoria Composite. Beside Bob is ROSALIE FISHER who now plays lead French horn for the Boston Philharmonic. She owes it all to her experience in Mr. Demarco ' s band. Many more familiar people are appearing in this Vicite ' s dream, but the Commencement March is being replaced by the roar of a lawn motor and the shouts of children. Our Vicite rolls over to contemplate the fate of the 1962 graduating class, and somehow he knows that each and every member will do his part in creating the world of tomorrow. 18

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Although our year play didn ' t materialize, Fine Arts Night more than made up for it with two excellent productions: Breeches from Bond Street and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs. Again our hoopsters, both Junior and Senior Boys, were tops in the city, as well as our Boys ' Swim Team and our Badminton Team. Following Pagoda Prom in the spring, Dick Arnold led the grad class to their big night. Also graduating was Mr. H. A. McFarland, one of the finest and most outstanding principals Vic has ever known. So here we are in our senior year (at last). We like to think of 61-62 as our year and we can well be proud of it. Our politics are ably controlled by Ken Lambert and Darwin Semotiuk, our publications by Bev Green and Bev Ross of the Argosy and Brian Botsford and David Hughes of the Yearbook. Congratulations to our curling team for gaining Provincial Honors. All four of our Basketball teams have won city championships, proving conclu¬ sively which is the basketball school in Edmonton. We can be justly proud of our I its, dances, and our year play Rebel Without a Cause. Special mention must be made of those wonderful Pedagogical Players for their production of Pyramus and Thisbe. This has indeed been a fine year for Vic, and because it is our year, it will remain in our memories for many years to come. Much happiness has been found here and many lifelong friendships begun. Now, as we prepare to leave, we realize the boost that Vic has given us onto the road to maturity. And so from the class of 62 to our Alma Mater, thanks Vic, thanks a lot. Ken Simpson.