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

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A WINTER MORNING A new day had just begun. The earth was still, carpeted in a soft, glistening blanket of snow. Trees swayed majestically in the breeze, raising their bare branches towards fthe clear, azure sky. Below them lay a brook, dormant until the Spirit of Spring would release the heavy ice which now lay over it. Little grey-brown birds bobbed about in the snow, chattering to one another, and lthen flew away. There was a satisfying silence as the large, buoyant snowflakes peacefully fluttered downward through the stillness. The silence was then broken by a child's laughter ringing over the landscape, but finstead of shattering the perfect ipeace of the 'place it only added -to its loveliness. Then silence returned once more. The lines of a poem came to my mind, and through the stillness I softly whispered: God's in His heaven. All's right with the World. Donna Sparks, 9:3 :5. .Ein '- Ei lumuu. A BOYS' SPORTS Looking back at the history of Westdale, the siports were not so extensive and widely played as today. The reason for this is because the physical education teachers of Westdale got together to form today's physical education plan. This plan was introduced to Westdale stu- dents so that wthey could have an all-year-round active course. So far, this plan has proved to be successful by keeping the boys in top physical shape. Part of the plan is to organize inter- scholastic competition and extra-curricular ac- tivities, making the boys more interested. So far, two championships have been played. The basketball championship was won by 9:3:9, and the volleyball championship by the same team. Their interscholasic championshiips will keeip on goiivf. thanks to this well-balanced plan and the people that helped to create it. George Mintsioulis, 9:3:3. f 1-. N? ' I ly Z fi - r'f,-rg' ix G? X L 'Xi 5 X ei--F. F x ' -i is ip ,-Zf 'r'S -, gf . X NX X -X x -N u P - Q gi X I -V--33 X 'D' ,Inf Z' , 5 'lxli 0 'C f ' W ' f M ,7 ,s. f 9 --i-'I G,? ' 'SY GIRLS, SPORTS I would like 'to congratulate the following members of the grade nine girls' all-star basketball team, who went on to capture the city championship: Gail Abraham, Barb An- derson, Donna Devier, Judy Hammill, Leeny de Vos, Bev Fisher, Ingrid Kuhn, Virginia Somer- ville, Louise Smith and Joan Tapley. They were all good representatives for our school. In grade nine inter-class basketball, 9:3:2 defeated 91319 to win the championship. The volleyball eliminations are still in progress. Our all-star volleyball team, which promises to be a good one, has been chosen and is now entering the interscholastic league. All those involved in teams showed good sportsmanshipg let's keep this up! Cheryl Blunt, 91311. K i' T i lf, W My fi of Q if M Vi!

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Literary LINDA MINNES, Literary Editor. PUBLIC SPEAKING WINNERS I PHILOSOPH - I Have I ever told you what a wonderful per- son I am? Have you heard about all the money I've been earning lately? Let me give you my opinion. I know because I'm an expert at prac- tically everything - practicallyg well, just everything! These are the words of a conceited, boring person who is boastful to the point of becom- ing obnoxious. He has only one string to his conversational violin, namely himself, and on it he plays a number of monotonous variations, what he thinks, what he has done, how good he is. He's an Egotist. Unless you are a hermit, you will from day to day and year meet an endless variety of people. Now psychology claims that no two people are alike, and so it is. For example, have you ever met a person who looked exactly like you, but whose inner character was not a bit like your own? Already we have met the Egotistg now on to different personalities. Next we meet the Egoist. This man's at- titude 'to like is simple and direct. Every de- cision he makes is based on the answer to one question - whait's in it for me? If he hurts other fpeople, well, iit's just too bad. Hits philoso- phy is, this is a tough world, pal: dog eat dog, every mean for himself, and I for one am not going to be left behind. On the other hand, there is the person who has discovered the secret of true happiness - concerning himself with the welfare of others. Never mind his own interests, how is the other fellow getting along? He has the Let me help you attitude. He is an Alitruist. Now, fourthly, we meet the man with the Leave mf alone attitude. He spends most of his time asking himself such futile ques- tions as: 6'HQ '7 do I lookg what do other people think of me? He may seem unsocial, yet, his greatest desire is to be liked and accepted. He may be shy and quiet. He is often moody and unhappy and prefers solitude or, at the most, the company of one person to a crowd. He has an aptitude for creative work and is uncomfortable engaging in activities requiring co-operation with other people. Why, he may even be a genius or eventually turn into one. He's an Introvert. Now, opposite introvert is, yes, you've guess- ed it, the Extrovert. He's the type that would make a good salesman. He is sincere and vitally interested in other people's problem.s. He is the life of the party, because he never worries about the effect of his actions. He is usually happy and generally full of high spirits, and he loves to be with people. His thoughts, his interests, his whole personality are turned outward. Then there is the person who is between an introvert and an extrovert. His interests are turned both inward and outward. Indeed he is quite normal in the sense that his person- ality is like that of most of us. He is an Am- bivert. Lastly, we come to the man who believes firmly in self-denial and austerity. He be- lieves that complete abstinence from drinking alcohol and not indulging in any other earthly pleasure will ventually lead him to both intel- lecrtual and spiritual perfection, Which of course is a man's ultimate goal. What is your personality like? Into which category do you belong? Personality is not solid. It is something living and changing and may, if given a chance, become diseased as our bodies do. But as there is beast and devil in man, let's remember that there is some angel and a great deal of God in him. Let us all give this pant in our personalities a chance to shine, Donna Sparks, 9 :3 :5.