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

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BLUE AND WHITE Ode to 10 F I looked into the crystal ball As dear as clear could be ; Saw a vision of 10F And the future that would be. Saw Ronald Payne in sky blue tights, Doing somersaults in the air; While down below saw “Stud Sounds” In the cage with a polar bear. Saw Thelma Wighton on the radio, Telling jokes “that used to be”; While Walter Johnson in the next studio Giving lectures on democracy. Saw Chucky Laing, a barker, When the circus came to town; And Jim Ouellette, the tatooed man, In colours pink and brown. I then saw Jimmy Howard Lifting three hundred pound weights; While coy little Ruthie Johnson Is trying to keep track of her dates. Mabelle Nantais as the ‘‘Singing Lady”, Telling stories to the kiddies; While Audrey Duddy in her kitchen Is singing tuneful little ditties. Doreen Brooks behind the camera, Getting tested for “Society Pull”; While in the next studio Bob Johnson Is getting tested for “Ferdinand the Bull”. Saw Jean Postill doing the hula hula On the golden Hawaiian shore; While Barbara Hutchinson in the city Is modelling furs in a New York store. Saw Bryce Grant in a bell boy’s uniform, Irene Kutcha clerking in a ten-cent store; Saw Bonnie Huson on the stage in Broadway, And Gordon Smyth outside the bar¬ room door. Saw Melvin Carriere, little lad, Digging ditches out in Puce; While Louis Gould, whose art is bad, Is crying out “Oh, what’s the use?” Saw Murphy McKinley with a silver cup Miss Western Ontario, she; And Ella Dupuis as a bridesmaid At Dorothy Green’s wedding to be. Saw Genevieve singing in opera In Germany, Italy and France; While Margaret in a new tartar plaid Was doing a new Highland dance. Well, there are lots of others I could use, And I certainly would if I could; m So I’ll have to remember the next time Ij « a And scram while the getting is good. DOROTHY SOUTHERST. k - k FAMOUS SAYINGS Mr. Burr; “Sit up.” Miss Tape: “Put your name on the side I board.” g Mr. Fletcher: “Now for your home¬ work.” 1 „ Miss Post: “Put those chairs back w ' here you got them.” „ Miss Evans: “Keep quiet.” Miss Black: “That’s the last time I’ll tell you.” w Miss Saunders: “The basses of the boys ' y choir will practice at noon to-day. y Mr. Allison: “Now, when I was in Ger- many ...” jj Mr. Carter: “No, that argument won’t hold water.” jj Mr. Young: “Some day I’m going to go |, in next door and clean up oil some y of you boys.” (Referring to Miss Evans’ class.) y - M WE WONDER: i If Mr. O’Brien and Mr. Allison pract¬ ised much ping-pong at home before J daring to play in school. jj What Mr. Carter has in his little brief case every day. Why Miss Post always stands in the rear of the room between Thelma Wigh- ton and Dorothy Southerst. Whether Miss Black knows what she 10 is getting into when she tries to teach If 10F to dance in P.T. Why Miss McGrath doesn’t forget to give homework in Latin and French to g, 10F even once a week. Why teachers always scold 10F for being scTdumb. R Why teachers don’t tell jokes (or M 1J( least funny and new ones). I-t 50,000 people died last year from the | D effects of gas; 1,000 died from breath- ing it, while 49,000 stepped on it. Page Fiftyfour

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BLUE AND WHITE Sminit If amt Grade 10 Minute Interviews 1 Hobby 2 Whom I admire most 3 Ambition 4 Favourite food. Lucy Cavanaugh: (1) Collecting jokes; (2) Jack Carol; (3) Waitress; (4) Gar¬ lic. Betty Lanspeary: (1) Eavesdropping; (2) Mr. Ball; (3) Public speaker; (4) Ice cream. Joyce Bullen: (1) Shows; (2) Mr. White; (3) Actress; (4) Spinach. Pat Long: (1) Criticising; (2) Muriel Binkly; (3) Get married; (4) Lipstick. Margaret Wiseman: (1) Swimming; (2) Miss Brown; (3) Boxer; (4) Peas. Eunice Storey: (1) Latin; (2) Mr. Hartford; (3) To pass; (4) Sugar. Murray Findlay: (1) Jitterbugging; (2) Won’t tell; (3) Marry; (4) Soap. Bob Keith: (1) Trouble; (2) Mr. All¬ ison; (3) Loafing; (4) Beans. F e, if it G. La Classe Francaise Miss Evans - Teacher When there are four periods in the morning we can hardly escape the third period. “Let words be unconfined.” We enter “La Classe Francaise” for a hectic forty minutes. There we see hat! ? Dick Carr is sitting in the cor¬ ner facing the wall already and Carole Glasby has started talking, too. As the class continues Hon Johnson lets out with a long session of nose-blowing sounding like the Queen Mary’s fog¬ horns in action. There’s George Bake editing the “Daily Drool”, the paper which advertises those notable little novelty name-plates and school shields sold by Ken Rutherford for only five tents. All models are properly shellack¬ ed. Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! 1 wonder if “Goose” Goslin knows this »a French class ? There’s George Moor ick for about the fifteenth time. Some¬ times I wonder why Betty Woodruff seems to always forget her French book. Maybe it’s because she can look on with Bob Langlois. We can’t forget that little lady who walks around the room writ¬ ing the names of the lazy and those who talk too much. There is Charley Priest¬ ley’s Basic French hidden in his desk and he’s looking on with Godfrey Green- how. Look closely and you will see chalk drawings on the desk or smell burning rubber during sunny days, but the mag¬ nifying glass suddenly disappears as our teacher appears in the aisle writing down more names. There’s Dot Smith chewing gum a- gain ... or is it tobacco? No, it’s gum; and she’s been seen. Oh, Oh! Five marks off. As we read a French sentence to¬ gether out loud w r e always find Allan Roach at least two words behind. There are Dave Biggar and George Bake fight¬ ing over Helda Leuchter and Barbara Nix is writing down her name on Anna- belle Waymouth’s autograph blouse as Mile. Evans goes to the door. A tre¬ mendous shout fills the room and echoes through the hall as our honourable teacher announces an assembly for all grades nine and ten, and George Moor is sent to the office for drowming out the rest of us. We all w’ait for Stan Allison’s fitting wise-crack but all remains silent. This was Georgie’s last chance. Look at Bob Langlois making eyes at June Laidlaw r . They’ve recently discovered that they’re cousins. There are only two minutes left to the French period and we can’t leave Jim Jenkins’ pants unheard of. I’ve nev¬ er seen a wilder set of coloured checker boards throwm together to make one pair of pants! Ah! There’s the bell! All of us walk out of the room leaving many a famous game of “X’s” and “O’s” behind, and wondering whether our names are down on that little pad; but Eric Potter ling¬ ers behind to pile thirty-five dictionaries in one wobbling pile or to write hastily “foo” on the blackboard, better known as the tableau-noire. Godfrey Greenhow, 10B. Page Fiftythree

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FORM 10A INTERVIEWS 1. Alias. 2. Age. 3. Characteristic. 4. Ambition 5. Weakness. Huber Strickland: 1, Gabby; 2, Older than you think; 3, Talking; 4, Join the circus; 5, French. James Bartlet: 1, Bottle; 2, Too young to know; 3, Flirting; 4, Trying to look handsome; 5, Wimmin’. Walter Jones: 1, Jonesey; 2, Consider¬ able; 3, Reaily an “A” pupil; 4, Chief garbage collector; 5, His hair. Margaret Bartlet: 1, Meg (nut-meg); 2, Too big to spank; 3, Um”, “er” and “well”, 4 ?; 5, That would be telling. Margaret Coulter: 1, Peggy; 2, Old enough; 3, ?; 4, Prima donna; 5, Boys whose names begin with “B”, Familiar Sayings of 10A Teachers Miss Tape: Outside rows to the board, please. Mr. Burr: Have you done your home¬ work - by yourself? Miss Robbins: Morceau de dictee. Miss Saunders; Girls, where did we leave off last day? CAROL EVANS. Homework Calls! The sun is sinking in the west, For now the day is done; And I turn to thoughts of homework Instead of a night of fun. A feeling of sadness and longing That captures me each night, Is the thought that I have mentioned When I feel so gay and bright. It glues me down to the seat of my chair, And I take my pen in hand, I think not of my homework, But of pleasure in the land. I think of music and gay lights, Of happiness sublime; And then I turn to homework . . . But no thoughts can I find! M. JOHNSON, 9A Page Fifty-five Song Dedications 10F “Are you having any fun? ' ’ liurphy McKinley at 8.59%: “I didn’t know what time it was”, Leonard Perkes: “Scatterbrain”. Barbara Hutchinson: “Chatterbox”. Eleanor Saunders: “An Apple for the Teacher”. Bob Yates: “Careless”. Leslie Coulter: “Holy Smoke, Can’t You Take a Joke?” frothy South erst: “Stop, It’s Wonder¬ ful”. Thelma Wighton: “In the Mood”.