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

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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

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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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BLUE AND WHITE Front Row: Albert Angus, Jim Jenkins, Charlie Cherrie, Norm Crapper, Mr. Allison, Bob Weir, Richard Ryan, Bill Crapper, Wilfred McConnell. Middle Row: Walter White, “Mac” Hawkins, Ronny Payne, Stewart Odell, Mark Boyd, Don Hand, Max Koval, Aurel Botosan, John Couchman. Back Row: Bob Miller, Warren Small, A1 Leslie, Ted Bartlett, Donald Sparrow, Jack Fry, Bob Forrow. The W. C. I. Orchestra This year Mr. Malania went about his usual task of gathering young mus¬ icians to play in this group. But his task was not an easy one. Most of the players of former years had graduated, and also because of the decrease in en¬ rollment, there were not many players to choose from. With the help of some students, however, music “propaganda” was written on the blackboards of dif¬ ferent classrooms. This effort was a suc¬ cess, and soon practices began. The orchestra played at several as¬ semblies during the first term, but its first main appearance was at the annual commencement exercises in this school. The two selections were well played, and being satisfied, we began preparing for the events of 1941. We were asked to play several times at the first of the year. Our appearance at the naturalist lecture of the Young Men’s Club of Lincoln Road United Church w as a success and our efforts were rewarded by the kind letters we received. We assisted at the present¬ ation of the school play just before be¬ ginning practices for the Music Fest¬ ival. Our showing at the Music Festival was really equal in all respects to those of former years. We played two serious numbers: “The Messiah” by Handel, and “Come. Sweet Death” by Bach. We ended our part of the program by playing “Vict¬ ory Song” by one of W. C. I’s former students, Lillian Bull Sinclair. The or¬ chestra put its very heart into these sel¬ ections and the result was a beautiful combination of tone and harmony. Inspired by this feat, the members of the orchestra are trying for much greater successes in the future. The or¬ chestra now is better than it has been for some time, and because of this we are planning a concert to be presented next fall. We hope that in that concert we ' will make a name for ourselves in the annals of secondary school music. ' Ray Pillon, Manager. Page Fourteen