Western Canada High School - Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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Page ten YEAR iEfottoml EN AYANT W. LLOYD HUTTON The Year Book of 1933 is humbly submitted for your approval. This year’s edition has been somewhat reduced in size in the interests of economy. A reduction of five cents in price has been made, which should compensate somewhat for this reduction in size. An innovation this year is the write-ups of the Grade XI’s. This has been done in order to give the book a wider personal appeal. The most costly item of this publication is the cuts. As the amount of money at our disposal for this purpose was very limited, it was necessary to reduce their number. The Committee takes this opportunity of thanking the student body for the very loyal way in which they have given their financial support to the Year Book. They also desire to thank all those who gave freely of their ' time and advice, especially Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. Bagnall and Mr. Stewart. It has been stated that a year book should faithfully and accurately mirror the life of the school, should help to make intelligible the spirit of the school and should in some measure arouse and inspire the school to finer and better effort for the coming years. If this edition of the Year Book can be said to do any of these things, then the Committee will be well-pleased and well-repaid for its efforts in connection with the book.

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BOOK Page nine HateMrtmi By GRACE EGLESTQN We who stood at the crossroads last June bid the students and staff of old Western good-bye. Everyone has had the experience of looking back over a road which has been travelled. One experiences a sense of accomplishment and of being ready for bigger and wider experiences. Yet, as we, the graduate class, look back over a somewhat difficult journey, our reminiscences are tinged with regret. What a host of memories the words “good old Western” call to our minds. Life-long friends we have made, the faces of sympathetic teachers, busy halls, laughter, hilarious rugby games, and the hush of the examination room. GRACE EGLESTQN But now the vital question—“What are we going to do ? ” In these times of stress it seems almost impossible to choose an occupation which is not already overcrowded. Because of circumstances, some cannot be trained for the work they have chosen. Let us not lose sight of our ideals! The hardships which we are enduring now and trying to overcome are character builders. We must not forget that we all have a place to fill, a duty to do and it is our responsibility to take advantage of our opportunities. And what have these four or five years meant to us ? Has it merely been a cramming of technical facts and laws, the acquiring of a piece of paper which says we have obtained Senior Matriculation ? Happily not. Our comradeship and life together, the associations we have formed in class and on the athletic field have meant much more to -us. These are the things which will have an indelible effect upon us and will be remembered long after dates and formulae have been forgotten. We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew, There’s something for all of us here; There’s big work to do, and we all must be true, To the task which we find close at hand. If you can’t be a highway, then just be a trail, If you can’t be the sun be a star; It isn’t by size that you win or you fail. Be the best of whatever you are.

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BOOK Page eleven STAAVE KRUSE Winner Bennett Scholarship Grade XII ROTHNIE MONTGOMERIE-BELL Winner McKillop Scholarship Grade XI Ifottorahle Htnttinn 1032-33 1. MORRIS BELKIN—Oratory: Winner of the B’hai B’rith trophy for oratory. 2. HARRY CHRITCHLEY (ex-student)—Bravery in attempted bank robbery. 3. MARY DAVIDSON—Fancy Skating: Junior City Girls Singles Championship. 4. BARBARA JARMAN—Badminton (City and Provincial): (1) Ladies’ Senior and Junior Singles; (2) Ladies’ Doubles with M. Thom; (3) Mixed Doubles with S. Hayden. 5. MILDRED MAIN—Badminton: City Girls’ Doubles with P. Arnold. f . NORTON WAIT—Fancy Skating: (1) Provincial Men’s Singles Championship; (2) Provincial Pair Skating Championship with E. Noble. 7. MARGARET BLATCHFORD, DOROTHY SPLANE, HAROLD HODSMYTHE, CLIFFORD BALSDON—Bowling: Winners of the Inter-School Bowling League. 8. LEONARD BERCUSON—Valedictorian for Mt. Royal College. 9. ROBERT FENERTY—Has been given the degree of LL.B.