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

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3 LE RACONTEUR ff EDITCRIAL v 'IM thu stuelcnts uf XX'cstflzLlr wc l'L'SlDL'Ctl-LIHY was :1 11101-li uml gc11tlv IPCVSHII, when lu' llzul Il I1I'CSClll this. thc tlmiwl issue ull 1.0 lizlcmmtelllx pczwcflll, sleepy hmk in his ewes. Tlmt wulllcl .Xltlmugll tzlcefl wlth k'1rlltll1lUl1S whlcll mzulc It new-1' 1lCSCl'lIwc the stuflcut llmx'-nu, 11Cx'c1'f ls Illl1lUSt impussilmlc lu bL'Cl1l't' I14lX'L'l'liSiIlQf :ls in this xx'il1l-cyefl, ficlwc-lmvkillg' brute the sums lln'1ucryC111's, 111141 which llzuc murlc smnc sclmnla lvcrsml wlm, uuly lust your. t1':1ve1'sefl thc' cm'- gixc up their lllllglllillk' Cl1ti1'Clj', wc lmvc C114 Yifl4lI'S with fll'6'2lll1y cya-s? XYl12lthZlS CIlllSCf!1l1iS Iznrgwl ulll' lmuli In the uxtcut uf fu111'u-L-11 pages. change? 'lille Ell'lSXYt'l' ist that 1lll1Cl1'Clll'SQfl insti- Tllis was 11111110 lmwsilvlc 115' the cffurls uf mu' l11tim1,tl1Q Rutillj' 854191114 llusiucss mul .X1Ix'c1'tisi11g Stuff, Illlll especial Vmigt. mum gm U, 13.4, y1,u,1g1,lw1, Um- ,NWI-tig- XX'Imt hm that t-1 ill! with it? Surely thc rlucs- iug m:111:1ge1'. wlwsc tircln-N cffurtw xx'c1'c :111 Ti m'1' i5 H 5U1'l4'm- 'XIIFWIW Wh-U 1135 NYC m,I,il-illiull tl, HH nf US. 1'v:1sswl flmlmllgill the llll1IlllCl'iI1g', tussmg 1llClt'C'Ill lint tw Mft ml with thc lnwlq. ISL'liCXillil, that tl-Um T tht' '1 1'1U'5' wuum Iwym-.ask that' Mm the lilxhfifll Hlngall uf such ll lllllllL'l'Il, 111:-In-111110 Wh haw' INCH l'U5hf l-- UI'Wt-4k1fkf'fl- 5CV1lU'IW'l scluml as XX'Lfst4l:llc xlmulfl lwzlvc' :L cw111plctCl3' ami' I fummse' mul Inttcu' will never :wk WMA lnmlcrllistic setting. wc hnxe 1le1r:u'lwl ffwlll thc 'Xh' Iwi W',1f1W mx lm' wellfllmm HW Fmt M-tlmm-Y. Smlltlm-qlizwl mzlkcwup of Sclhml lmlgu- X'1x':1l nl the Ilgtest. L l1fllI'Ull11llC IS thc? lll'CIlI11Cl zines. NYG chusc Il up-xx' sizcll IulQ'C :xml zmltcllllwtwl Wh Hhlltllws Um' that mlwly 563 :Vhmt N he wh, In c:11'1'x' the illL'2l right flwml the one-1' lllfullgll S1Hm 1CS1H1'R'1Ulr1 mC5.Sc'l :lm they Whf' mum-3,0 HK, hulk. It ix Mmwmiug new in mzlgzlzim, my E1llSCfl1!1l'll. lrlllltllllg llllghlf' menftlml S wl1:L1A1t wuts, :mrl we lwpc it Inu-if with ymn' :1p1n'm':1l. 15' , XXll ,:uN ,u!S? Us Ufmm WN 2.L.TYl1'A'lC 101111 .XQZUI1 this vczu' wc mul with fliflicnlltic-s IDCCU- Hmm Um tltuulc Suugglu' Sulwllm :Minn . ' ' - . ,. twelltx' INll'lll1l5 ut lnmks, XYZIHQIIIQ tlnmllgll lIlIlL'S lml'.1 zl Nf'1f 'l 1 Mm. UWA' I. w'W 'nC thflge' uf CHl'a'ilI4ll4N, clilulming Imfflinq st:1i1's.:1ml nut lm- zlwlswlu Um ,1-Q WWC Chuscn U-Um Cmwh WCUHH' 01,1110 Il mi-'hiv mzm? I IHIUSE' fm-1l1'eplv. XX'l1:1l. :xml Imnl 4lL'ClSl1vllSHll lI1JlffL'I' in lm :lux-ply-41 wcrc HH VCVIYQ5 A ' pmwfl by tllesc. in cm1j1mctifn1 with tha' wlitmt ' ' In this XYZIY ezmlm wctifvu ix equally 1'L'lfI'CfCl1U l Umm :wc the gmnl nhl llIHIllClllS uf fllll-Illllkillgf ill Nw llllllilfilw- TCU U'?lfhf'V5- Y . WIWW WV we lmctwcn-11 lwwimls. Thcrc is nu hzlppx' C1mx'C1's:1ti1m, dccply imlclvtcfl, Ilk'lL'4l :ls :111 z1flx'1sm'y Imnrcl in UH Slmrklmg Wit' tu lwigmcu weah. huurst NU' lmlkim! 1111511 'l4'fi5i NN iurlewl! This is lmwlzlccrl ln' 1110 suurls wi' zmgrx' Uwing tm thc :ulmlilifmzll space. 5L'X'L'l'1ll uvxx' teqlqln-rs, fly-111:m1li11g yulll' l'L'ilSHll for nut lacing' l'L':nl11l'cf XYL'l'L'Illl1PIllCfI. 'l'ccl1. Slwps. Nl1mvi11g thcrc ull time. when they kumx' tull well that lmxx' thc YIIVIUIIS flc1m:11'l11u-1115 ut thc lL'ClTlllCIll uuly' Ivy 1110 greatest 1nQ1'cy' ure you there :lt ull. an-cllrnl lll'C1lZ1l'C SIIUICIIIN lm' futurc lllc. wlll. we . . . 1 ..q ,,u lwlln-vc, IIC 111 cu-11 g1'C1lICI' mtcrcst tw 1110 schmvl AW' HK I '1W- RMU- WN-1111119 dl-UV Q-'U 411 lurgc than ln thc Tcclmifznl flc11:l1'1111c11t. UNSC VUMQQKI. -Cl1CXX'C4l, ll !'UfUiQfl' 9 'W 'lf'5f --gL.1,m,l NNW 1,1-L.M.m, mud, ,,f 1111- fm-mm tlungw, hmkllmg hkc sw mzmy c:111l1Hmx'Q1's. really gqwsip. while: 'fllllui' lnrings 115 iutu 11111011 with IW K'1lHl I I 'Uk5 UDF' l 1lH'0117 HWY? WHS 5' 111110 M-h,,,,l glctiyitigg NUI fillnilizll' U, 'IUHIIY uf ug' XVIIGII 111C H1511 1-CIIIIIHIC llllllll Iilllik lIlS1.Cfl 1hl'CC. If Img m.l,,,.l7imx .li WL. fccl mu. it Xyill tuur. cxc-11 hw vcnrs: but mm' unly thc ll1Hl'C - 4 ml ' - ' - f v . . . . . I ' N: : 'D 1 ' imc v ' . . ,, .. 1 1 1 1 Nlrcngtlmcns thc- Ivwmls nt cw-11pc1':nt1w11 lwtxxm-Q11 LMUUI t th' :MIN K U1 mlkk mx I U WM 'lxC'L'IllliL'1lI. Uullsgizltc zlml Um1111crcQ. it will lwve VN H term' rn-zlclu-11 ilf ulvjuclixc. XXX- lmpc yum tl1u1m11g'l1ly l'c1'l1:1ps l cxzlggc-11110. Vcrllzxps I :lm lllllllllf' k'lljHf' it. l1:u'sl1 in rlcfcrilwilmg SHlllCHIlC.S Tmlillrcllilfl. Kline ffl. Stn-wart. is Milly' unc llCl'SHll'S Ullil1iHllQ but full Wim pass THE ROTARY SYSTEM ln' the liIn':11'x' CX'L'I'X' flaw, wlm hxwe tclt thc crush uf thc SXX'Zll'lNillg1' lIll1HiIll4lC. I ask, :ls unc student Xxlllllt isl1:1ppc11i11g1f1 thc XX'catrl:1Iv slumlcuts? lu :u1wtl1vx': XYh:1t flu yum think of the Nutzxry llzlxc yum mvliccfl ilu' cluxngn-F Yun xxill. por- Sf'SfL'll1?n i llillii Vcczlll thc timc 'way lwzlck wlu-11 an slurlcnt 'LCl'1l2l1'fl I'1lfk1'Y- ,

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LE RACONTEUR ae. v 6. at me ,t,,-N, .lf ff' ,,.....-1 LITERARY FRONT ROW-Nliss Talcott, H. Wilson, L. Buckby, J. Stewart. Nl. Barley. S. Ford-Smith, H. Baldock. BACK ROW-A. Nye, G. lVlcCuIIocl1, H. Gaylard, W. Palmer, lVlr. Hunter, F. Sherman, D. McQueen, lVlr. Elliot, lVIr. Paton. WW -Fi. ' ' ln. at . nw: ,wg .fl BUSINESS STAFF FRONT ROW-lVlr. Hammond, Miss lVlcNab, lVlr. Walker, Nllss Calderone. lVlr. Chapman, Miss Buchanan, P. Sawden, D. King. BACK ROW-D. Broadhead, C. Greenfield, D. Fensom, R. lVloore, D. Wagner. B. Youngblud, S. Walton, W. lvlacfarlane.

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LE RACONTEUR 9 UNDERSTANDING Happy is the 1111111 that gets LlI'It.lCI'St2lIlCIllIg'.u -I'1'1.1v6I'lJS. U1 all IIlZll1.S acquisiti1111s, 111 wl1icl1 he is i11- v11ri11hly l1is 1.1wn purcliaser, tI1e greatest c11111- 111111lity 111 value is l1IltlCI'SIlll1tlllIQ. XYis1l111n is its chief hy-pr111l11ct. ltith it inan can 1l11 anything. lt is the water 131 life, 1111111 1111' tl1e s1111lg Illlfl l1e wl111 k1111ws tl1e patl1s will s11rely llllltl l1is gtrill. lt is 11ne inincl Ctllllllltlll t11 Zlll 111611. yet it niarks the t1'11e learler a111l 111e11s11res l1is genius hy its fulhllinent. lYith it, l1ist11ry hec11111es active. Iltlt passive. XYhat Socrates tl11..111ghtg wl111t .Xnt1..1ny sai1l t11 Cle11p11tra. N11p11le1111 t11 tl1e l'11pe. 111' Xvlbl' taire t11 Freclerick 11cc11rs i11 the prese11t iniine- 1li11tely yllll c111nprehen1l. lt is the lIlUlQllCI' 111 pitv lllltl the l111I1-l1r11tl1er 111 :1pprec1at111n. .Xpprec111t11'1n sepa1'11tes tl1e artist 111.1111 the laynian: l1Iltl6I'SlZtl1tlIlIg1' the civil- izecl 111a11 lftllll tl1e savage. The savage I'lII1S i11 fear anrl ignnrance at Illl eclipse: CKIIICQIICKI 1111111 marvels i11 awe at the phe111,11nena which his 111lvance1I intellect has l1r1111ght i11t11 his lien IIT l1IlClt'l'St3.lIdlIlQ'. Ile wh1'1 gr11pes i11 the llllI'l'iIlC'SS 111 1l11ul1' 111ils t11 see success. lt is the hasis 111 It lllillllx true self. Ile sees the llifltltlll truths Ill' STIIIIIIHIUS 1111. llere lies the Ctblllllllffll Qllbllllfl 111 l11veI the cru- cihIe1111rie111ls:tl1eI1e11c1111 111ge11i11s. lly it 1111111 attains his arts 1111' stays 111 pl11y with flltlI9. Tl1e pl1il1'1s11pher reaches l1is elevaterl stati11n: the learler 111rges his sw11r1l: Zlllfl the statesinan fllll' s11lts l1is great 1rien1l-tl1r1111gI1 the ll'IL'tlllllll llf lll'IIlC'I'SIlIIItllllfl. In El w11r1l, 1111111 Is revealecl l1is s1.1ulg witl11111t it he is l11st1 The 1l11111' 111 lI'l1C li1e is I1111-1-1-1l: the key 111 c111nprel1ensi11n IlIl1St he ftlllllfl. 1111' 1111 the 11the1' sirle lies tl1e Illllllf 111 true life .... llihen will tl1e y11uth 111 111-flftf' fUI'S2lIiC the I1lare 111 the IHZLINI fllltl search 1111' tl1e true L1I'lfI6'I'rIQ2llItlI11g'? 'Melville lflailey. WANTED---MORE SCHOOL SPIRIT I1 the XYestdale Sch1111ls l1a1l taken an inven- t11ryattheheginni11g111tl1e New Year,11netl1ing w11ul1l l111ve IYCCII TIllIIIfI inissing-that is Scl11111l Spirit. XYe have IIEYCI' p11ssesse1l llIL1Cl'I 111 it. 111111 I7l'tJI1Zll5ly never willl Unly last fall we l1111ke1l 1111 with envying eves 11s the 11tl1er Inter- rughy teams pl11ye1l t11 huge er11w1ls. team. niiles 11l1e111I 111 the 111ai11rity 111 ahility, 11tt1'acte1l 1111ly a few h11l1- sch11l11st1c wl1ile 11111' teams i11 heartetl SLIIJIJUTTCIAS. Nthat is XYITJIIQT Is there anything fLlI1tl2ll1lClll1ElIIj' tl1e inatter? l.et's analyze tl1e Sltllfltlllll a111l see. First 111 all there is Ulll' lack 111 l11'fltlllItJl1S. lYest1lale is a CO1'1lDZ1I'ZltIY6ly IISXY sch1,111l. 11111l we have 1111 gl2llllOl'OllS rnghy 11111l track vict11ries t11 l1'111k hack 1111, no 11l1l cups 111' shielrls t11 111I1tll6. Tl1us we have 1111 high st11111lar1Is tc1 live 1115 t1.1. But 1l1Y111htless these will c11n1e witl1 the years. Then, t1.11,1, we have 111.1 11l1111111i group tn cherish. True, we have Z1 kinrl 1,11 nlsillllllj' QTHIIIIEIICIH callecl tl1e Ul1l Boys' .Xss11ciati11n. This gr11up is c11111p11se1.l largely 111 stu1lents lltlt yet 1111t 111 sch111,1l, wh11se only rec11111111en1lati11n 1111' ineniher- ship seenis t11 he that they actually 11re 1111' past the Ql'ZlfltIItT,IllQ age Zllltl there1111'e well-deserving 111 the title I Iltl Buys. ll11wever, the Ztflfllitltrll 111 tl1e 1ee system 1111' seventh year stu1le11ts will s1111n ri1l the scl11,11.1l 111 the I111g11J' 17ltI l111v-s, lint there is als1.1 ll hrigliter si1le Ill the picture. XYe l111ve seventeen hun1lre1I stu1lents: we have ste111lily i1npr11xing teainsg we have Il hetter 'liI'll1l1C executiveg a111l we l111ve 1111 Zlll-1't1l1IItl i11- crease i11 st111lent 11ctivities. That is 11111st enc11u1'11ging. ,xlltl Stl, it SCCIIIS. tl111t with tl1e passing 111 the years will c11n1e It grarlnal increase in the spirit 111 l71111r1lie 1111' XX'CSt1IZllt'.u 1111til with ll inighty sur-fe this c11ncentr11te1l 1111'ce will carry the name 111 11111' 11l1l sch1,11Q1l to tl1e heights 111 Qan111l11-wi1le stlpreinacy, C. I.i1'CCIll:ICltl. SLANG 111 English. c11n11n11nly l11t11 the XYItlL' realni used hv tl111se pr1.11ess1ng t11 adhere t11 the .xllgltv has Ctllllt' the ZUYILII Sax1111 race especially. SC1,ll1l'g'tf 111 what is kn1.1wn 11s slang. lt h11s heen well said neerls 111 the present day tllllt 1111e 1,11 tl1e greatest is ll rescue n1issi1.111 111r 111lle11 terins. Many 1,11 the XY1hI'CIS1lt,1NY usecl Ulltltl' the Zllllltlllltlull 1.11 slang pl1.1ye1l 1111ly in the highest s11c1al 1lI'Clt'1' ut the English pe11ple. By a p1'11cess tllltt is 1listi11ctly n1.1t ev11l11ti11nary. these w11r1ls have CICg'C1lCl'lltC4l. 1111tiI 1111ly It mere skelet11n 111 their 111r111er tlig- nity remains. and i11 s11n1e cases tl1e last vestige 111 reseinhlance t11 the 11rigin11l w11r1l has heen Cllllllllltltttl alt11gether, .AIIIIIJIIQ-II it is tr11e tllllt Sliakespeare c11ntril1- ute1l It tre111e111.l1111s Elllltrtlllt 111 slang t11 the w11rl1Ql 1.11 l1is flay, yet, ElCCl,ll'CllIlg t11 l'r111ess1.1r Derwyn l. lngrani. l'resident 111 tl1e Xati11nal Researcli L'111n1nittee 111 the English IJIIIQIIEIQC. this type 111 speech was 1111t in CUIIIITIUH use. a111l w11s l1is 1neth111l t11 differentiate l1is writings 1rc1n1 11thers 111 tl111t peri11cl. Thus we lilltl that tn-1lay the English language l1as heen tlegraded and flehasecl to such ll 1l1-gree that all classes make 1ree use 111 this ruthless tyrant, 1111tiI it is practically 1111- p11ssihle Ill enter i11t11 Zllly c1111versati11n with1,1ut neing C11ll1I'1Il1tt'CI hy this gaunt spectre 111 slang. tl1at Illls l'HlJll6l1l us 111 tl1e l1e11uty 111111 dignity typitierl hy tI1e language 111 ILIIUIIICI' day. ,Xt the present rate 111 1level11pn1e11t, tl1e future will reveal Z1 nation d111ninate1l hy the ravages 111 w11r1ls fallen 1r11n1 their l1I'lg'lIlZll state 111 perfec- tion. This awful ah111ninati1.111 that has crept gfltfle tially yet irresistihly i11t11 11ur I2lI1Q'l.lZlQ'i?. presents the grave llllllgftl' that s11111e day tl1e virgin Eng- lisl1 toiifrue will he entirely 11verwhel111ed hy slang. were. 11t 11ne ti111e. ein- b -I.ZtI.1l'CIlCC li. Chuhh.