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

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BLUE AND WHITE championship Multi-coloured streamers covered the windows with drawings of soccer balls with while lettering spelling out the appropriately named “Wossa Wiggle. M During the dance the soccer team presented Mr. Young, their coach, with a gift. Mr, Young retaliated by treating some of the players to a “coke after the dance. Before the dance, the senior girls volleyball championship team challenged the senior boys — the girls won. The school ' s activities will reach their exciting climax with the Military Ball when all the lads with their pretty lassies will enjoy the best dance in the world!!! MARGARET MORAY Football games occupied our Friday evenings for a while, but on November 16, the annual Gambler’s Gambol was held. This dance has always been de¬ lightful but this year it excelled itself. Blue and white was the dominant colour scheme. The windows and ceiling were covered with blue and white twisted streamers. Big cards—ace of spades, king of clubs, queen of hearts, jack of diamonds—were hung about the gym. On one side big cards spelled out the words “Gambler’s Gambol while “Come with me, my honey” hung over the staircase to the balcony Two huge dice hung in the baskets at each end of the gym. Don- aid Kilgour who escorted Frances Thomson was admitted to the dance for one cent. After the hectic Christmas examina¬ tions the commencement exercises came. A short skit preceded the exercises. Win- nifred Samson, class historian, gave an interesting account of the graduates. Frank Hull was the aide valedictorian. W, C L Scholarship winners were George Turnbull, Lillian Laakso, Eugene Lepa, W illiam Young and Charniaine Humph¬ ries. Following this the school gave a dance for the graduates The decorations for this “home-coming” dance were in accordance with the holiday season. Pic¬ tures of Santa Claus and winter scenes decked the walls while a gaily lighted Christmas tree stood in one corner. Also in December, the boys ' and girls choirs united to give a very successful party in the school library. Sid Tarleton acted well as Santa Claus. When the holidays were over, every¬ one settled down to school work but not without a few parties. Around the end of January the pupils of 9F had a sleigh- ride party at Haines’ and 11B had a skat¬ ing party at Stodge 11 Park with jack Col will acting as host for refreshments afterwards On February 23, 12B had a party at the home of Marion Malpass Mid-winter brought exciting basket¬ ball games to fill our time on Friday nights. On a “bye” night, February 8, a dance was given in honour of the soccer team which won the W.O.S.S.A soccer So lovely a lass W ith such charm and class. No fellow can pass her by. The boys all clamour For Walkerville glamour. And this is the reason why. Page Fifty

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BLUE AND WHITE When the leaves of the trees begin to fall to the ground—Autumn is here. With Autumn comes the opening of the new school year. The first couple of weeks at school are a hustle and hustle with everyone buying new hooks, selling old books, settling down to the grind of homework, electing students for school organizations, making new friends and meeting old churns. During the first few weeks of school this year the halls hummed with the joy¬ ous tales of summer. They told of Shir¬ ley Branch’s trip to the lumber mills in Northern Ontario and Quebec. They echoed Olga Evan’s enthusiastic tale of her trip to New York and Alice Martin’s travel to Winnipeg. Summer is the time for hitch-hiking and Harry Marchand, Harry Longmuir and Glenn Gilliland took advantage of this. Harry M. “thumbed” his way to Florida and hack while Harry L. and Glenn went to New York. Many of the girls joined the “farmerette corps, as did l’at Barnby, Beverly Brough and Dorothea Harwood. Ann Wilson was swimming instructor at the Lampman Page Fifty Camp at Morpeth, Ontario. Margaret Werte enjoyed being a counsellor at Camp Wathana. Michigan. Others enjoy¬ ed swimming all summer at their cottages —Camille YYhelpton at Belle River, Lois LeFave at Rondeau—while some, such as Helen Scott. Shirley Noakes, and Beverly Markle stayed in Windsor for a lazy time. When everyone had finally settled down to school work, the Girls’ Athletic Association sponsored a tea-dance. It was a get acquainted” tea-dance to wel¬ come newcomers to YY.C.I. The music was supplied by the school orchestra un¬ der the leadership of Mr. Brown. The “spot dance was won by Jack Reid and Shirley Branch. Miss Cherry Blossom (Mildred Smorong) was discovered by Bill Meeke. while YY ' innifred Auld spied Mr. X. (John Kurylo). The day before the Essex Scottish came home, the Agora sponsored a tea- dance to aid the J. L. McNaughton schol¬ arship fund. The popular music came from the records of a juke box.

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BLUE AND WHITE BLUE AND WHITE POLL OF STUDENT OPINION Conducted by Bill Ord During the winter term, one hundred students. twenty from each grade, , were ask the following question; i : i Gr.9 Gr. 10 Or. 11 Gr. 12 Gr. 13 Average (i) Do you think too many of our teachers wear moustaches? Yes 15% 50% 13% No 100% 85% 100% 100% 50% 87% (2) Hoys only: Are you in favour of con inning post-war R.C.A.C. ? Yes 100% 100% 42% 100% 76% 83.6% No 58% 24% 16.4% (3) DO YOU prefer male or female teachers? Male 96% 65% 20% 60% 75% 63.2% Female 4% 35% 20% 40% 25% 24.8% Undecided . 60% 12% (4) Do you think the Agora is performing all its duties satisfactorily? Yes 85% 95% 50% 95% 30% 71% No 15% 5% 50% 5% 70% 29% (5) Do we have enough assemblies? Yes 30% 5% 5% 10% 15% 13% No 70% 95% 95% 90% 85% 87% (6) Do YOU think there will be another war? Yes 70% 65% 70% 100% 80% 77% No 30% 35% 30% 20% 23% (7) Would you like to have a third major annual dance, held in the winter term? Yes 80% 65% 80% 85% 95% 81% No 20% 35% 20% 15% 5% 19% (8) a—Girls only: Are the hoys at Walkerville as handsome as those at other schools ? Yes 100% 95% 75% 25% 55% 70% No . 5% 25% 75% 45% 30% h—Boys only: Are the girls at Walkerville as good looking as those at other schools ? Yes 75% 20% 63% 33% 23% 428% No 25% 80% 37% 67% 77% 57.2% (9) Do you think too manv “W’s” have been awarded in recent rears? Yes 15% 15% 15% 85% 50% 54% No 85% 85% 85% 15% ' 50% 36% (10) Are there too manv extra-curricular ac ' ivities in our school? Yes 5% 5% 15% 5% No 95% 100% 95% 100% 85% 95% (D) Are vou intelligent? Yes ' 15% 25% 35% 10% 50% 27% No 15% 35% 65% 90% 20% 45% Undecided 70% 40% . 30% 28% (12) Are you satisfied with our school motto. Nil Sine Lahore”? Yes 100% 95% 80% 90% 90% 91% No 5% 20% 10% 10% 9% Pa. c Fifty-Two