Westdale Secondary School - Le Raconteur Yearbook (Hamilton, Ontario Canada)

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18 LE RACONTEUR WESTDALE OLD BOYS 44 NWNYE School days cannot last forever. Thev are years in which you develop from a straggly hoy In a young man, .Xll these years have heen de- voted to school activities, activities in which you have made many friends and achieved successes, great and small. XX'hen you graduate tu attend university or to take up other duties in the com- plex husiness life. are all these friends and acquaintances to he forgotten? .Xre you going to remain in contact with only one or two of these and drop the rest? .Xre you going to for- get the hoy who played heside you in many a or the hoy who hard fought toothall game, struggled with his last ounce of strength to pass you the haton that you might go on and win tor the school? .Xre you going to forget the hoys who shared your joys, sorrows. and school life for those tew, short, glorious years? Xol hull do not want to forget them, hut how are you going to remain in contact with them when they are scattered to the four corners of the earth? lt was such thoughts as these that made nine spirited hoys form the XX'estdale Hld lloys' .Xssociation, This organization is the one link lriutlillg' to-day to the days of lH'l'lltll'I'llXX'. it is the one sure wav of keeping alive XX'estdale davs and memories. lt has its monthly meetings where the cluh's hnsiness is conducted: then the hoys hreak up into groups and remind one an- other til. their former capers. Every year they have their .Xt llome. This is the one great night for the 1 lld lloys, The dance is set amidst school colours and hrings hack many pleasant reminders tbl Sflltnvl dIlllL'CS til lUl'lllt'l' Yt'll1'5. Riillly boys at school llovv think only tif one thing. leaving' school as quickly as possihlc. l,ittle do they know that the day may Come when they will long to meet a chum of their old school days, just to talk over again and relive their ex- ploits on the gridiron, on the track, or in the sclltlul FHUIN. They Cllr Hot klltryy' XX'llllt it tlll'lll it is to return to a city after many years' ahsence and to attend a dance or gi meeting at which they will meet many of their old-time friends. i The Cluh draws its membership from the upper forms of the whole school: the fourth or fifth form in the Collegiate. or the graduating classes of the Commercial and Technical sec- tions. Candidates must he in attendance at the school for a year prior to sending in an applica- tion. From these applicants twenty boys are chosen each year, ten in the Spring and ten in the Fall. They are chosen for their popularity in the school, what they have done for the school, and how they play the game . R6sum6 of W.O.B.A. Activities for the Year The llld lloys have had, in the past year, many enjoyahle social events that were widely at- tended. During the summer they held a dance at the Brant Inn that was thoroughly enjoyed hy all the memhers and their friends amid a school atmosphere created hy decorations in school colours. Later in the fall the hoys organ- ized two weiner roasts where many graduates gathered around a hlazing camp-tire to tell again uf XX'estdale's glories and of hattles fought and won. Shortly after school opened the Chili elected a new executive for the following year. Nip Nye was elected l'resident, Cam Baxter. Yice- l'resident: lluck McNeil, Second Yicesllresi- dentg Mac Dingwall. Treasurer, and black l'oole, Secretary. Immediately after this. nine new memhers were taken into the Cluh after a hectic week of initiations and torture. The can- didates, in their uniforms and hy their comic capers, created no little amusement for the school. The next event was the fall dance at the l-Brant lnn. 'llllls was one of the greatest successes the hoys have had. lt was attended hy all the tjld Boys. Such a pleasant evening as that was. comes only seldom in a life-time and hecomes the hy-word of jolly times. ,Xt present, the hoys are working hard making preparations for their .Xt llome, which will he held in the school this year. Success having crowned their former ef- forts, the hoys look forward with the greatest confidence to the .Xt llome and the future. WESTDALE Ilcrfrftzff. firm' 1'-rm' IlIlX'.Yt'1f you, for .rulzonl is 114'-:'.'1' 1jtII't!tffXt'V, .111 -YU111' fctlfzr. -X'f'1U' jffyx. liar Ill-.vftftilu .vlmzwti in lime .IH your ft'tIt'!1I'Hj1 fwrzrzitlca' -fl .rrlmnl rnzdu' In' tl fftI.l'f!I'0IlIItf,' Illlnfoolivllgf1'1'I.rt111n' linyx. 111111111 I 'zevzu' Iuzclc ffIt'l't' ziaie. Hott' 'rec fllllllffllf if finiuy .I tour? to yon, dim' lI'c.vftft1lt'. To flllliftll ymf 'It'1It'l't' you .rft1m1'. .llay all your .rf1m't'11t.r iw fill l,tII'tItl'I-Xt' lvotnf amz' .lltiin .X'f1't'i'l The lt't1ti1'11g1 men ami' 'rt'rm1t'11, .-Im! lm-rt' -ret' flzinfr if gfrtzml. .l til't'tfl.1', xrlztmf, to Tlzrc. ---fl llkvttftllt' Grad.

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LE RACONTEUR 17 xx MEL BAILEY nl lfinu'-.ll'f Pltzvl Judgefgu. hem.. yummy. lmlyf first ilk yum. L.XS'1':- - Num llupcfk russet-liziircfl girl uf '3'3. l'lulip lluliiies-N1i1'a's fizmcc, 'lulm S:iwyei'sv.X cmivict. .luclge Liuclsziy-.X iuziliciuus judge. Klr. lluliues-l'liilip's fzltlier. HCT l.-liXttl1clmiiie1i1'Klix limlgc-1' llfilmcs, Esq.: Num llulre p:1ci1igi1c1'x'ui1sly iu fimut lmflllt' lll3l'Ill'X' rlmir. Mr. lltiluics Guts-rs limui tlic liln':u'y.l Mr. HOlfHCS7NrJ1'I1l iuy flczu' gifl, l lizul liupwl ywu u'uul1lu't oiiue! Nora Hopeff Pli, Klr, llulmesl XX'lint luis lup- peuefl tu l'l1ili1i? l c4.ulrlu't lAt3IlCll yfiu Hu tlic iiliniic. Tlic se1'x':1uts sziial tliztt lic uwvulil uwt lic limuc tu mc zluy iu-irc. llilizit is tlic uizitter? Mr. Holmes rslmvlyl-fl'liilip has lien-u iu zm zicciflcut-11 liniiilmlc eximlusimi. llis fzicc is su KllSl:lglll'Cfl tlit-rc is uwtluug lcft lvut scars. Ile VC- fuscs In sec yuu, Nora-lilutflvut wc were In lie lllIl1'I'lL'll. Xliliy, liuly lust weck .... Mr. Holmes-Yiwu kulm' liuvq sciisitiw l'liilip :ilwzivs was zilmut liis features. XYcll-Wlic says it will lie fl lvurrleu zlurl lmliglit flu ywui' lifvt 'iufl it were liest tlizit yuu quit scciug liim. Nora lliystcriczillylfXut see liim? lin ziwzty? . . . Nu, ull, uevcrl Mr. Holmes llczuliug lu-1' gcutly tw flu-w1'l-Ywii must start :mew .... lCllI'fZ1lllVl .XCT ll.-l lu tlic fillice ul. 'll14lQC l.iu1ls:ly.l Judge lspt-ziliiiig' lu liiiusclfJf,Xllisuu was ll fuol to take such clmuces. lf lie lizulu't sliiftwl tlle lrlzuue U11 his czisliiei' Szlwyws. tlieiw Wuulil lmvc lweeu :Lu iiiw-stigzitimig tliuu lmtli uf us wuulfl have liccu in za tight split. l c:m't lvt liim ilmvu uuw. lllll iu tim llccp Il'lj'SL'lf. SIllYf'Q1'5 must pay. llfiiigeriug 11 ww uf lmttmis nu the rlesk, lic presses fm' liis FCCl'CtIlI'f'.l llfutcr a girl with russct liziii' :mfl tircfl-lm,k- iug' Qyes.l IudgefKliss llupe. X'-lu uinrle ll mess nl' tliuse cupies, XYlizit is tlie timulilc? .Xre yuui' eyes IJOOT? NorafYes, sir, pzlrtly. l'm lizivmg them treatccl mm: l slizlll lie iuure careful. Judge lZ1l7I'llI3tly,l7SBC tlizit yuu fire. Trike tliis iiutntilm. Despite 1110 circumstziuces, l have mlecirlerl that Sziwyers is guilty. ztufl .... Norafliut, xluclgel yuu rluu't really uit-rm that lic will gn tu prisuii? lliliyl 'lille 1WZl1JC1'4 clziiui tlmt the circuiustzmces sliuulfl acquit liim. lust tliiuk .... uiistzikcs zxufl uuxx' it's yimi' iiiipwtiiwiiccl Xxilllll flu yuu menu? Exiilziiu f'1il1l'SL'lf. Nora lilclilrerzltu tuiicsr-ilwliii Sztxvyt-i's is ufft guilty. :mil yuu kiimx' it! Judge lU'L'IllCl1llrmL1Slf' ciirzigt-:ll - 'l'li:it's cufiiiglil Nfliiic iliscliziiggcfll ilct yuui- pm- gli tlic flcsk :mil leant- here lIllIllL'1llIlfClf' 'lllllllCrll- zltcly. l tell yuu! lKCui'tziiul AXQUI' lll., SCENE l.-l Ncrlrlx' lXX'HyK'Il1'S lntvi' iu Xurn s :ip:u'tuiciit.I lxwrn. sitting' :it Il limilc-cl11ttc'1't-ll mlilg, it u'1'iti1ig'. Slic rulrs liei' cycs criutiiiuzilly. .X kiiwcli is liczmlm Nora liu tire-il xuicel-011116 iul lElll1'l'fl mzm iu vcrx' plum clutlit-s,l john xvzlitiug licrt- iu the 1Lii:u'tiueut. tryuig lu gut eiimigli Sawyers--l':i1'fl1i1i mc. miss: l'xt- lit-Qu cmirsigc tu cuiuc ui, Noraf YL-sf lfziu l flu :mytliiug lu 110111 yuu? . . XYliyl Yiiiiic 'luliu Sziwyci'sl Sawyersf Yes: xx'li:1t's left uf uic. l'xc cuiuc tu tlmuk yum. Norafllliztt fur? Sawyers-lun' liillmg -liulgc l.lll4l9Zlf'l Noragllut l +li+lu't kill liim. llc cmuuiittwl suiciilt-. Still . . . l siipiwsc iuy writiiig' was wsinnisililc. Sawyersfl lieguwl uuly tlizit ywu clt-vt-i'ly ox- iwscwl liiui. llmx' llifl ywu ilu it? Nora-Xlvcll. it wus fzltv. l siuipusc. llc :lis- clizirgcsl mcg :lull :is :1 last ruswrt fini' :L lixiuaj--l cuulrlu't uct :i Dtrslllilll :iiix'xx'lici'c-fl wr-ite im c-rlitiwizll fm' ll iitfxvsivziiwci' lllllllllf :lt tht- lwriuk Slflllltllllil liuew ciwiigjli. 'lill6 imlicc lwczmic iutercsterl. iiivestigzitwl. :mil lmtli l.lllflNIlf' :mil .Xllisuu wcrc Qximserl. l,lllfl5Il5' cmuiuittcml suicirlC. 'lilicu they lmilccfl up XUU1' msf' 'iuil lierc ywu zur. 'llicy were slmv, tliwugli. 'l'l1:1t's zllmut ull, except tlizit tlic l1CWr11Ill16'1' liirwl mC, :lull l aiu fluiug' uict-ly. xxvllllt +lw ywu iutn-url tw flu? Sawyers-Xlilizit cziu l ilu? Klx' iuli is guuc ziuil l ucecl iiuniey +lCsuei'zLtcl5', 'lllic trizil uenrly liillefl mx' iuutlier. 'lille wlnctnrs sity slic will lixc uuly zilmut six muutlis. l'x'c gut tu get llCl'1lNYllf' flblll lluW? Nora liinssiug lu-i' liaull iwci' lilurriug vvcsls-l have ll littlc INUIICY set :isifle tlizit l iutcuflctl using fm' mv Qves if tliiugs ever licczuuc misty' null lilzlcli. llut' l wuift uccll it iimvfiuit iimvl lCOI1fI'lIIIa'tl U11 Vrlfll' 712

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LE RACONTEUR 19 it LLOYD GAPES 1 5111111111 1111111 111'1j11111'11111111'1' 111' '1iU1'1f171, .11111 111 z'1'r 111111111111 tn llII1It1:1 51111111111 1111111 11t'tI11l111l1lIl11't' 111' 11-0l'1j171, 1 1 1 .11111 1111' 1111121 111 1111111 1111111 .1'1'111'. lt is the th11ught expressed hy- these flllllllllll' lmes that e11mes t11 llllllll. as 1,111ee again we take up 11111' 11611 t11 11re1111re tl1e .Xlumiii CUll.1l11llS 111 tl1is 11111g'11zi11e. t7111'e m11re we shall 111111 11le:1sure i11 reflecting 1111 the mem11ries 111- 11l1l friemls, 211111 l1L'l'l1211D5 as xre sit Illlll muse, we sl111ll smile tu tll1l'5ClYt'S as we 1'L'CZlll s11me 1,111 tl1e lllillly hum- 11r11us i11ei1le11ts which fU1'll1 11 part 111 every StlltlGl11QlS life. lt may he tl111t fllll'11lg the past year we have l1ee11 ll trifle 1U1'gC1l.lll 111 L1l1l- 1t,1I'lllCl' s1'l11111l111ates, 111111 hare l1ee11 s1,1mewl1at iiegleetiug them, l1ut tl1ere 111111' e11mes ll ti111e t11 make 1.me111ls ftllf these IJZISI cletieiericies. ,Xgaiu we haye111111111111rtu11ity111rel1i111lli11e11l1l f1'ie111lshi11s. 111111, if we 1111' l16l'S11llllll5' 1m11l1le t11 renew 11111 llCClllIllllf2ll1L'CS, we c1111 at least 1111 11111' 1it1I'l1lCl' 1rie111ls tl1e lllllllilll' 111 reealliiig them t11 mem11ry. 'llhis year ll large 1lt'l'L'Cll1Z1g6' 111 11111 gratluates are attemliiig s11111e 11110 111 um' ll11l1lCl'U1lS uiiiyer- sities, 111111 111,1t ll few 111 them have l1ee11 elaime1l hy McMaster. Kleklaster was the wiuiier 1yl11-11 it reeeix'e1l such sterling stutleuts 11s Geurge lifyllllt, 1711ster lillgtjllf, Vera l.aml111 111111 Kathleen l.1111ey1 111111 l1ee11i11g' them e11111111111y 111 their stu1lies are Archie t111tliel1, lien h1CN2lll1ll1'1l, IDU11 Smith 111111 lielly L31'1l11E'li., blames l,1111gs. Meryl Li1ll'l'tJl, l'il'ZlllCl5 NNRISU11 211111 lfiraser XX hite are 11ls11 receiving 1111- x'1111ee11 traiuiiig at Klae . D1111 Bl11cNeil1 111111 lQ11l1ert Y11u11g are 1111111 t11ki11g'11e11t1rse i11 seieuee, while L'a111 Baxter, the e1lit1,1r-i11-el1ie1 111 Le 1QI1C1ll1tCl1l' last year, is taking ll e11t1rse in 1111liti- e11l ee111111mies, .lack llill, Z1 111eml1er111 last year's all-star l111sl1etl111ll team, is 111111' malciug fl name 101' himself 1111 KleKlaster's team, 111111, taking tl1e same 1:11urse 21S ,lack is blames Blilt1111, u'l1t1se ulti- mate g1111l is that 1,11 1111 eiigiueer. Als11 Q11111- pletiug their academic e1luc11ti1111 at Mellaster are C11r11ly11 Smith, u'h11 is taking 1111 11rts L'tlll1'SC, .Xrthur Kluter wh11 is stuclyiug ee111111111ies, Zlllll -1111111 Grace who is s11eei11lizi11g i11 l1i11l1Jgy. AX I'llll11lJCI' 111 our 11111 friends have left the 11111 h11me t11w11 i11 their search 1111' lC2ll'l11llg, 111111 are 111111' 1JlAC1J2ll'1l1g' 1111' their Cl11lSCll paths i11 life i11 some other eity. Xylllllllll lxi1l1l, .lean Kleeke, 'lack llumphrey, 11111121111 XY11111l1'11w 111111 llessie Greiiewsky are Clllltllllllllg' their stu1lies 111 -1111111111 1T111'11.1. 'l'111'1111t11 L'll1YL'l'S11y. 1111111 172111 l,111111 is lL'1ll'1l11lg the 11rt 111 m111le1'11 farmiiig at 11111-11111 U..X.L'.. while 11e111'ge Nlt1l'I'11XX' 111111' receives his 1l11ily 1l1.1ses 111l11111u'le1lge 11t 1Sish1111 Cullege i11 Quehee. 'l'w11 11thers wh11 are seeking e1lueati1111 11t1tsi1le 111 ll11111ilt1111 lll'L' lflizaheth llilt1111, u'h11 is 11tte111l- ing 'l'111'1111t11 'llL'K'll, 111141 ,1x114l1l1:lS Kl11h1111y. 1yh11 is finishing 1111 his see11111l11ry e1lu1':1ti1,111 at the 111111- clas lligh S1'h1111l. l,tll1lSC 'l11l1lllL'l1lltll1l l111s 11ls11 XY1lll11L'l'Cfl far 1171111 tl1e e11rri1l11rs 111 15111111 11111 XYCS1tl11lL', 111111 is 111111' 111 1l'2lll1lllQ,' i11 Nlll1l1l'Cl1l. 111- 111111' e11me 11111117156 ,Xlllllllll 111111 hare talct-11 11111111 themselves the task 111 lll511l11llg'lil1llXYlCllQC i11t11 the 111111115 111- the next g'e11erati1111. 1X1111,111g' th11se 111111 11re 1-lillllxxllllgi the teaeliiiig 11r111essi1111 are Erie Xxvllllfll, 111111161 lil't1L'1t1l', Sara XYltlg6'1'- S1111 1thee11m11iler111 this seeti1111 last j't'Zll'1, Mary Xlllll Sickle 111111 111155 KlelJ111111l1l. 1Xl1111g with Ivy llill, ,Xlhert S1l111JS4,l11, l'erey l.axt1111 a111l Shirley liussell, they are l1ei11g trai11e1l 1111' their lll1I11ll'1llIl1 w11rl1 at the H11milt1111 NHl'l1lIll S1'h1111l. 17111111 'l1l111m11s1111 is guitig them 1111e hetter 111111 is alreatly teaching. .XII11 th1-11 there are th1,1se girls wh11 XYl1111d rather l1e1'11me perfeet l111t1s1-wives than flzllflllc i11 XX'Hl'l1llf' affairs. 11111111111 lieut, D11r11tl1y Blathe- s1111, Ruth Steele, ,lt-1111 XYhitesi1le 111111 lltlftltlly Sl1Cl'lllZl.ll are 11ll learmiig the 1ll't 1,11 llUllSCliL'L'lJll1g' at Klt'lJ111111l1l llllll. -101111 Nlitehell, ll 111e111l1er 111 the 11rel1estr11. is 111111' s11e111li11g her ti111e stutlyiiig 111 USIC. Klayhe it is tl1e 1le11ressi1111, 111111 then again mayhe it is 111,1t, l1ut 1111' s11111e reas1111 111' 11tl1er fl m1ml1er 111 11111' Q,'l'lltlllZl1CS 11re this year e11j11yi11g' the 1'11m111rts 111 l111111e. A1111111g these taking 1111- yaiitage 111 this privilege 1ll'U Cliff Adams, ,lack Fitttm, l,1,1is ilttittlllilll, FlHl'L1 Carey ithe he1'11i11e of L'11sey's 'l'r11ul1les 1. ,l11se11hi11e gXlI111lS, Klar- garet S111itl1,Ala1'l1 11il1l1i11s 111111 liutliven BlCX1l1l'Il. ,'Xls11 taking shelter lll11,llE'I' tl1e 1111re11t11l I'l1t11 are lJ111'1,1tl1y .XlClCl'Stlll, llilda Kyerst, All'tl llJl'lC Bus- t1111, 1Jtll'H1l1y Ca111e1'1,111, Margaret Cl11tt6llllC1l 111111 D111'11tl1y lJi11gle. 'llhese are hy 1111 means 11l1111e i11 their 11f1Y1lCg'L'S 1111' 'llhelma lfe11tl1e1'st1,,111C, l1'r1111eis li111111i11sl1i, Elsie hll1l'CllC2lfl, l'4ltll'L'IlCC Oliver, lsahelle l'L'll1l1Cl'1tll1 111111 1111111111 lqtbllll are 1'1ls11 helpiiig t11 keep the h11me tires l11lI'lllllQ'. XYC