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

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LE RACONTEUR Q5 HAROLD GAYLARD GET WESTDALE CONSCIOUS The Triune executive which was elected in the early part of Uctoher, was handicapped from the start hy two peculiar traits which have heen prevalent among the student hotly of XYestdale. First there was lack of interest and co-operation among the students in student activities. and secondly there was the persistent ridicule and caustic criticisms of non-constructive type per- taining to student functions. hoth of which had prevented, to a great extent, other 'l'riune execu- tives from achieving the success which otherwise they might have done if these two factors had heen wiped out at Xvestdale. .Xccordingly the 1913-l executive hased their year's work on on a policy designed to overcome these failings. and to appease the whole student lttnly in so far as the social activities of Xvestdale were con- cerned. and, if possihle. arouse in them a spirit of 'XYestdale consciousness. llow this policy was carried out and the human element and factors which were called into action is an inter- esting exposure which l think should he hrought to the students' attention in order that they might fully appreciate the great amount of work and the various organizations which are set into motion to arrange entertainments solely for their henefit. To put on interesting programmes in the .-Xuditorium is the most severely criticized work of the Triune. for here seventy-five per cent. of the students of Xtestdale form a critical audience. llere the policy of Student pro- grammes hy the students was adopted. There was no douht that many students wanted to try who they a hand at acting, hut trying to find were and to organize them was a different mat- ter. By appealing to the students at large and the room representatives and offering them help i ' ' ' out indi- 111 organizing plays, etc., hy nosmg vidual talent, hy the persisent help of spirited individuals. considerahle success was met. The planning of a programme. the feverish preparations hack-stage are difficulties unknown to the ordinary student. and not knowing them. they do not fully appreciate the programme. Back-stage is the husiest place on earth on the afternoon a programme is heing prepared. Stage frightened actors, nervously striding hack and forth and repeating script. husv stage-hands, sweating electricians, hustling and hustling, getting in each other's way. setting up scenery. tearing down sets. pulling up ropes. letting down training lights, plugging in sockets-all TUDCS, this nerve straining activity. loss of valuahle school time to appease the students of NX estdale. These stage-hands and electricians are unsung heroes in their own sphere. and it is in this column that l want to thank them for their per- sonal sacrilice in helping the 'l'riune Society hetter XYestdale's prestige. l'reparations tor the School .Xnnual .Xtellome and the hig play call into action the trade shops of the 'liechnical section, which have added materially to the success of these functions. Mr. Xkalker of the Xrt llepartnient and Klr. llam- inond of the l'rinting llepartment have lent their aid and experience in designing and print- ing the unique programmes and tickets which have featured these functions. Mr. Turner of the Electric Department. Klr. XYalker of the Xvoodworking llepartment and llr. Young of the Machine Shop have never yet refused tix help the executive in matters along their respective lines. lt is these spirited gentlemen who are the unsung heroes. and whose efforts are highly appreciated hy the executive. ln the school there are various organizations which are supervised more or less hy the 'liriune Executive. They are-the school orchestra un- der Klr. l.onias. the Choral Society under llr. McCandlish. the Camera Cluh under Mr. llaxter and the newspaper staff, supervised hy twelve spirited teachers. Each of these organizations hrine' into plav so nianv more students who. 5 , . while specializing in different tields. help To in- crease student interest in the school. lt is these students and leaders of the ahove organ- izations that the executive uphold as sterling examples of school spirit. And so we see that this husiness of student entertainment is not meant for the favoured few. hut is actually a complicated system of organiza- tions working to a common good and entailing the help and assistance of experienced men. lt is apparent that the students of lYestdale do not realize this and appreciate the advantages Hvestdale offers to her students. Think it over. .X student entering into XYestdale can enter into any extra work he may care to take up. whether it he musical, technical. singing. acting or any of the sports, and find royal accommnidations for his pursuits. .Xnd so. students of XYestdale. let me heseech you to enter into any one of these student organizations, hack with enthusiasm and true school spirit the efforts of others. Get Xtestdale-cttnscious. get Triune-conscious. lioast XYestdale ever and may she live and thrive with the hounding enthusiasm of student activities. l.. E. ILXRLOXY, President Triune Society.

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26 LE RACONTEUR ACTIVITES OF THE TRIUNE tllarold ll. Claylardl Toward the later part of Septemher the an- imal elections were carried on. After a very keenly contested race. the following officers were elected: l'resident-l.etlnard Barlow. Yice-llresidentfEdith .Xustin. Secretary-llarold l'. Gaylard. .Xssistant Treasurer-Tom lloutilier. Collegiate Representative-lola Grapes. Commercial lvepresentative-Marion Ratten- hury. Technical Reiiresentativefklhert lnch. Councillors-Mr. Ettinger. Mr. Miaddell and Mr. McColl. Mr, Fee was again appointed Treasurer. and The new executive went into otiice and held their first meeting on llctoher liilth, lflilll, in rooin .X-l!?. .Xt this meeting the llresident hriefly outlined the year's activities. It was decided at this meeting to llolfl the executive meetings on Tuesdays at -l oiclock in 1'mrlt1 .X-32. The second meeting of the executive was held on 4 lctoher lllth. .Xt this meeting it was decided that the schools social activities should take place on the following dates: Open meetings lu he held in the Auditorium. Noveniher '2nd, Novemher '33ird, llcceinher l-lth. -lanuary lNth. liehruary Sth, March lst, March 22nd and .Xpril I2th3 Christmas Tea llance. llccemher Ylst: the .Xnnual .Xt-llonie. -lanuary filth, and the School l'lay to he presented liehruary ltlth and lTth. The lirst open meeting uf the Triune was held in the .Xuditorium on Novemher '2nd. The l'resident opened the meeting with a few re- marks. The meeting was contintted with com- munity singing, a few skits hy Xl lleters and Ronnie Macpherson, and Fred Sweenev's llrchestra rendered several musical numhersi Un Xovemher 23rd the second open meeting was held in the .Xuditoriunr Several musical numhers were presented which were thoroughly enjoyed hy the audience. The meeting was con- cluded with a short play. entitled. The Hur- glarsf' presented hy the girls of room C-lil. card was a very dignified one, designed to suit the dignity of the school. llecemher 1-lth saw our last meeting of the year 1933. This was one of the finest pro- grammes the Triune have ever presented. The ever-faithful l'eters and Macpherson contributed to the programme with a very heavy piece of drama, entitled, The Curse. Miss Myrtle llarrison also aided, as did Miss Calderone and her group from the Technical section. Mrs. Shaw also directed a group in presenting Mr. l'ickwick Chooses a Servant. The executive decided to change the date of the Christmas Tea Dance from Deceinher Qlst to Friday. Decemher 15th, in order to let those who attended sleep in Saturday morning. Fred Sweeney's Orchestra supplied the music and an enjoyahle time was had hv all. The Annual School .Xt-llome was held on Friday. .lanuary Zlith, lilil-l. in the Boys' Gym- nasium. The gymnasium was artistically dec- orated in the school colours. green and orange. .Xhout one hundred and sixty couples attended. Fred Sweeney and his orchestra supplied the music. The committee responsihle for this en- tertainment certainly deserves to be congratu- lated. The open meeting of Fehruary Sth took the form of a moving picture show. The executive found it necessary to do this so as not to inter- fere with the production of the School lllav. The School l'lay, jerry Drops ln, was pre- sented Friday and Saturday, Fehruary llith and lTth. This was a hig success, as was shown hy the attendance at each night's performance. .Xll credit is due to the cast and the director. ller- trani ul. Mcl.ean. Girls' and hoys' choruses under the ahle direction of Miss 'lean Boyes. a memher of the teaching staff. entertained in hetween the acts. Both the choruses were re- ceived very favourahly hy the audience. the hoys' chorus heing a side-splitting success. The music hoth for the chorus and hetxveen the acts was supplied under the genial maestro, Ike XY. Lomas, and they are to he congratulated for their fine work. This hrings our activities up to date. and we hope the future executives of the M'estdale The lirst week in llecemher the School Triune Society will go on doing higger and het- Christmas Card went on sale. This year the ter things in Xvestdale in years to come. GLORIOUS WESTDALE! int Hit In Hriiflzl Ciollcgfitzlc .X't'tlI'.Y 'zuitlz filctix -- Tllt' .vl1m'lt'.vl, .v7t'ct'lt'.vl YX't'tll',V of life, after yctirx, 'zelzrli z'1'o1rl'lc.v' 1'1'5c To cloud lla' lilac of .trinity .vl:1'c.v, HUTU flllfvklht' :IVF DWI! fllfflfllfl llvt' flute li1'1't111! will xcciiz. lllflllltlll IIIL'IlI0l'l X lztzcc Oli, 'rulzv tlollz time ,vo qiifrlcly flyf Tlmxc litipfiv fllixfgizt byiffllll' tlavx. 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