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

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BLUE AND WHITE Front Row: Evelyn Aurey, Joe Hong, Mr. Burr, Miss Robins, Judy Davies, Ruth McGuire. Centre Row: Bettv f ' ntn, Jean Yv-ng, Ruth Mclnnis, Betty Samson, Annette King. Row: Harry Brown, Andy Boyd, Ed. Cummings, Aurel Botosan. Jack Leighton. THE DRAMATIC CLUB NEWS The Dramatic Club has been partic¬ ularly active this year, especially the junior branch. As always, the executive is elected early in October. The 1940 ex¬ ecutive is as follows: Hon. President, Miss Evangeline Robbins; Pres., Judith Davies; Vice Pres., Martha Vance; Sec¬ retary, Betty Samson; Treasurer, Fran¬ ces Tape. The third form students gave an ex¬ cellent play entitled “The Columbine Club on the Air” at the graduation ex¬ ercises, and it won such praise and com¬ ment that it was repeated at the Wind¬ sor Theatre Guild. The entire story took place in a broadcasting studio. A club of noisy women gave a dramatic skit and several musical selections on the air, and Pat Bordeau’s song, “After the Ball is Over’’, was about the most clever bit of acting we have seen in W. C. I. for years. A grand and glorious argument between Barbara Sale and Helen Ferlick took place; the two compromised finally and laid the complete blame on the radii announcer, Ray Pillon. The women left in fury, vowing never to return to the studio again. At that point the poor, be¬ wildered announcer collapsed. “Archibald” was a play with an all¬ girl cast. A study-room of a Girls School was the setting and the story was centered around a dear little girl, Joyce Lane, who bragged continually about her brother Archibald. When the day came for Archibald to visit the school, poor Joyce was frantic, and confided in her trustworthy friend, Marjorie Pollock, that Archibald was just a child of six. Marjorie finally consented to disguise herself as Archibald. Well, there was quite a mix-up and when the real Arch¬ ibald arrived a few minutes after the imposter, the situation became ever more complicated. Things gradually got straightened out and all the girls loved (Continued on page 81) Page Twelve

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!l ' S ler es. :er :nt rts irs iss ss- ith ive Front Row: Maxine You„ g . Betty Giles, Ralph Cole, Mr. Hartford, Judy Davies, Ruth McGuire, Dorothy Smith. Panabaker, Murray B “ k E ° « e e K™S, Sapper, Bill Capper, Joyce Whipple. AGORA The Agora this year was composed mainly of newcomers to the society. .Judy Davies, a former member, was in¬ stalled as president. Ralph Cole, vice- president and Joyce Whipple secretary, were elected by the Agora as hei as¬ sistants. Many Agora cards were sold in the fall and for this the members received a free Tea Dance and a Football Game. The Agora undertook to send cigarettes to our Alumnae overseas, and aided the school in the purchase of a War Bond. The society purchased athletic crests for the school and the graduation pins. The two annual dances, the Santa Strut and the Gamblers’ Gamble, were staged successfully. We are now look¬ ing forward to the big Military Ball in May. As in prevous years the Agora is ready to consider any ideas advanced b the students. We thank the teachers who have helped us so cheerfully, es¬ pecially Mr. Hartford, and everyone who has helped make the society a success. Ralph Cole. or. Page Eleven

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BLUE AND WHITE illy die eft the be- all- rls‘ vas yce her ime oor her ck, six. .rise was •ch- the ven got iv ed o Front Row: Enid Grcenhalf, Eva McGuire, Elizabeth Galgraith. Back Row: Robert Charlton, Joe Hong. ORATORY Our heartiest congratulations to this year’s orators! The seniors were not very well represented in numbers, but showed no lack of ability. The winner of the senior boys was Don Mitchell, who gave as his main address “Ships and Their Romance”, and as his impromptu “The Royal Air Force”. Joe Hong, the runner-up, spoke on “Nazi Germany” and “My Pet”. The senior girl winner was Elizabeth Galbraith, a newcomer to Walkerville Collegiate. She entered the contest at the last minute, but gave a really excel¬ lent speech on “Russia — To-day and Yesterday”. Her impromptu was “An Allowance”. Eva McGuire came a close second in this contest with her talk on “Prejudice, Public Enemy Number One”. Unfortunately, neither of the senior winners was able to enter the city con¬ test, but even then, the school was well represented by the runners-up. The juniors showed the right spirit this year with seven girls and six boys entering the contest. Enid Greenhalt, speaking on “Precious Stones”, received the laurels for a second time this year. She chose as her impromptu “The Best Way to Get Your Homework Done”. Marjorie Pollock, a first-former, came second with her talk on “Farm Girls Who Became Famous.” (Continued on page 81) Page Thirteen