Walkerville Collegiate Institute - Blue and White Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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CADET OFFICERS Front Row: N. Crapper, K. Stewart, M. Mepham, G. McGorman, W. Flint, M. Mussel- man. Second Row: C. Pennock, J. Lawrence, R. Doidge P. Crassweller, E. Roemmele, W McLennan. Third Row: E. Musgrave, D. Bruce. CADET BAND Front Row: W. Johnson, H. Chittim, R. Beauchesne, N. Crapper, Mr. Allison, J. Price, M. Boyd, M. Koval, A. Forsythe. Middle Row: J. Carroll, B. Pollock, M. Hawkins, N. Gaskin, R. Cole, B. Hawkesworth, C. Rose, V. Gaskin. Top Row: E. Neal, F. Pyatt, R. MacKay, B. Dulmage, W. Purdy, E. Brown, A. Hartley, P. Haurlan. Page F orty two

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BLUE AND WHITE The Black Population of North America This is a story of the wild aborigines of Africa who have scaled the heights from uncivilized cannibals into law-abid¬ ing citizens in a period of little over one hundred years. No other people on earth have made such progress in such a short period of time as the Colored Folks of North America. First brought to this continent by the original settlers, a few slaves were brought from Europe as servants with their masters. But the big percentage of the negro population in early years made the terrible trip in the slave ships direct from Africa. These slave ships are one of the black¬ est spots of cruelty in the annals of his¬ tory. Captives taken prisoners by the wild tribes of Africa were brought to the coast and traded for merchandise to unscrupulous whites. These poor people were jammed into the holds of sailing vessels and forced to go to another con¬ tinent. Many of them died from malnut¬ rition and disease before they reached North America where the remainder were taken to the markets and sold at auctions. Public opinion over the world was gradually changing. The British Emp¬ ire in 1833 passed a bill, that all slaves should be freed in the Dominions. In this way Canada was first to see these people living a normal life as free men on our continent. At the same time our neighbour to the south started to agitate for tne lib crating of the slaves and in 1819 some of the northern states came out for ab¬ olition and the Mason Dixor. line was drawn with eleven states in the south ?till having slavery. Canada became a haven for slaves who had escaped from their cruel mast- ogpj; ers. One of those responsible for helping sha. s l aves escape was John Brow n about . Tin the period of 1840 to 1859. Negroes who escaped and were captured in the Nor¬ thern states were returned to their orig¬ inal masters. By means of the under¬ ground railway many of the poor blacks made their way into Canada and could not be sent back to the horrors from which they had escaped. These people became free men and respected citizens in their new homes. The United States has a different story to tell of four long and bloody years of Civil War starting in 1861 be¬ fore the south would do away with the fiendish system of holding human beings in bondage. The poor negro was the pawn in this gigantic struggle for his freedom, and being illiterate he was taken advantage of by some of those w r ho were his mast¬ ers, as well as by some w’ho made the pretense of helping the cause of free¬ dom. An Act of 1868 finally abolished all slavery and gave the negro of the South the franchise. Since then, problems due to the racial differences between w ' hites and blacks have caused many rifts. However, their differences are being ironed out, and it is apparent that in the near future all the difficulties that have arisen due to the Black Population will be removed from America. MAVIS SMYTH. The Students of W. C. I. They come to school, and before nine, Copy homework just in time To get to class, and start to clown, But finally they settle dowm. Some are slick, others are late, And some play hookey and go to skate; They write their excuses with practised scrawd, And hand them over to Mr. Ball. There are, however, the studious kind, With here and there a master-mind. They pore o’er books while others play, And excell the class on ‘Judgment Day’. When it comes to Assembly they clam¬ our and shout, While each tries to push the others about; They sit where they please to be with some friends, And rush to the door when the meeting ends. JANE FARROW. Page Fortyone

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near the Ford plant and “did themselves proud” in the long wait for our gracious Sovereign and his Queen, Each and every lad wearing the Cam¬ eron plaid has a tradition to live up to. The Clan Cameron was described as “fiercer than fierceness itself”. The green, black, yellow and red of Cameron of Euach have been borne in battle for (Continued on page 77) The members of our Cadet Corps, the Walkerville Collegiate Cameron High¬ landers, have every right to be proud of themselves. The Corps was organized by our prin¬ cipal and friend, Mr. McNaughton, in 1924. When Mr. McNaughton became principal, the late Mr. L. A. Philp suc¬ ceeded him, and now our own Mr. O’ Brien is handling the instructions in as capable a manner as possible. Since its organization our Corps has won the district competition twelve out of sixteen times. Every lad in the tartan conducted himself in a first class soldierly manner and all are to be con¬ gratulated on their fine show of prest¬ ige. The band, better than ever, the signal section still performing perfect¬ ly, and the ambulance corps, still stand¬ ing the test in a fine manner, strength¬ ened the already fine precision of our four companies. Our instructors, Mr. O’Brien, Mr. All¬ ison, Mr. Bunt, Mr. Young and Mr. White must have felt satisfied knowing that it was their extra effort that play¬ ed the greatest part in our success. Ev¬ ery officer and cadet is to be congratul¬ ated. It’s not your cadet corps, not his, not mine, but it’s our cadet corps. Our efforts in P.T. classes and on the parade ground won Walkerville the phy¬ sical training trophy for the first time this year. Our standing in the past was always excellent, but this year we were in a class of our own. On the arrival of their Majesties, our Walkerville Cadets were among the first to welcome the royal visitors to our fair city. Our boys lined the C.N.R. tracks The question every cadet officer should ask himself: “Am I as offensive as I might be?” Page Forty-three