Westglen High School - Review Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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CHESS The Chess Club has completed another very successful year, well rounded out with tournaments, and inter-school competitions. A tournament was played early in the year, Victoria and Westglen competing for the honors of championship. Unfortunately, our players were beaten, losing three games and winning one. The club started out the year with Marvin Dower as president, Bob Buck as vice-president and Lorraine Murray as secretary-treasurer. Later in the year both Marvin and Bob were compelled to resign, and Percy Connell and Alex Romaniuk took their places, Percy as president. During the year Mr. Conquest became a frequent and welcome visitor to the club, which now consists of eighteen members. GIRLS’ Hl-Y This year the girls have as their officers: President, Beryl Swingle; vice-president, Elaine Wagner; secretary-treasurer, Norma Howard. Finally, after three years, all of the girls’ Hi-Y’s have united, forming a Central Council, with Norma Howard as president. They have attend¬ ed many conferences at the “Y” and one provincial conference in Cal¬ gary, where such topics as Juvenile Delinquency, Preparing for Post- War Citizenship, School vs. Jobs, were discussed. The first part of November marked the date of the first dance, Babe’s Bawl. Everyone came dressed as infants. At Christmas the girls did their bit by playing Santa Claus to an unfortunate family. On February 5th the Central Council sponsored the formal “Paper Doll”. The last dance of the season, “Cotton Ball”, was held at the Community Hall, and proved a great success. GOLF This club is not meeting with so much success as was expected at the outset. Then, reports were that many of the students were interested. Perhaps the feminine touch is needed to give the clu b more life. The club was organized with Jim Halliday as president, and Bert Webster as secretary-treasurer. Because of accumulating school work Jimmy resigned in favor of Bert. The Municipal links is the meeting place of the club, and to date there have been two meetings. If the girls, as well as the boys, lend a hand, the Westglen Golf Club will prosper. Page Forty

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BOWLING Although the membership of the club is smaller than last year, a group of students has participated regularly in this sport. Because some of the students were working on Saturdays, the club was too small to make teams possible. However, the students played individual games and all had a good time. Crests were purchased early in the season, the Colors being red, black, and blue (grey being unobtainable). Our president this year was Bob Cuthbertson and our secretary-treas¬ urer, Mac Chinneck. Thanks are due to our two hard-working pin-boys, namely, Gordie Pearce and Barry Shields. They made the club possible because pin- boys this year had to be secured from the school. Bob Cuthbertson and Glenn Turple, with exactly the same percentage, had the highest averages for this year. Glenn also rolled the season’s highest score. BOXING AND WRESTLING This was one of the first clubs organized this year. Many new mem¬ bers attended, as well as several of last year’s members. Under the di¬ rection of Mr. Clark, the beginners learned some of the finer points of the art of self-defence. Jim Cowley was elected president, and Ken MacLeod, secretary-treasurer. During the year, the club obtained a new canvas and other equipment needed for setting up a ring, as well as some new gloves. In the tournament, Westglen won four out of seven classes in which it had entries. Titles were won by Eric MacDonald, Jerome Saumer, Mur- do Munro and Jim Cowley. Bob McKee. Ken MacLeod, Alex Romaniuk, Dennie Harris, Ross Cawley and Bud Halbert also entered, and each put up a good fight. BOYS’ HI-Y Westglen Boys’ Hi-Y started off the school year by conducting the sale of second-hand text-books throughout the school. Students found the sale a great help in obtaining books. The first school function, “The Early Whirl,” a dance held in the West- mount Community Hall in mid-October, was well-attended by Westglen students. In November, 12 new members were brought into the club and a novel initiation in the form of a trial was held at the home of one of the members. In February the annual Provincial Boys’ Hi-Y Conference was held in Calgary. Sixteen boys from Westglen attended and in addition to pick¬ ing up some new ideas from other clubs, thoroughly enjoyed themselves. As in other years, the Hi-Y undertook a school project. It is focussed on the school motto “Esse Quam Videri”. Block letters were cut, mount¬ ed on a wooden background and placed on the arch above the stage. The club, together with the Girls’ Hi-Y, helped in the War Savings Stamp Drives. The officers were: President, Eric MacDonald ; vice-president, Alex Fallow; secretary, Hugh Johnstone; treasurer, Jim Wood. Page Thirty-nine

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OUTUDOOR The Outdoor Club was not able to get in its usual quota of fall activities this year due to the late opening of school. However, the club was organ¬ ized as early as possible, with Jim Wood as president and Bernie Crois- etiere as secretary-treasurer. The lack of snow and ice put a damper on many suggested activities, but during December a skating party and moccassin dance was held at the Westmount rink. Despite the frosty weather many students attend¬ ed, all proclaiming the night one to remember. A “repeat perform¬ ance” was staged early in the New Year, when once again skates and moccassins were donned. With the change of season hiking became the order of the day, and so early in April the club members wended their way to the river for the event. The club crests worn by many Westglenites, testify to the growing popularity of the Outdoor Club. PING PONG The Table Tennis Club was formed shortly before Christmas, with Jim Wood elected president, Duncan Stockwell, vice-president, and Tevie Miller, treasurer. Every noon, and after four, you can find mem¬ bers of the club busily engaged in a game on one of the three tables on the stage. Early in April the club crests arrived and now the members are proudly wearing them on sweater, jackets and sweat-shirts. The results of the tournament held in May were determined too late to be published in the Year Book. SWING The Westglen Swing Club is only in its second year of operation, but already it has become one of the most successful clubs in the school. Under the capable leadership of President Hugh Johnstone, helped by Vice-President Jim Wood, Secretary-Treasurer Tevie Miller, and Bar¬ bara Seabrook, the Swing Club made a name for itself among the high schools of Edmonton. The first big job undertaken by the Swing Club was that of building a good collection of dance records to be used at the after four Learn-to- Dances, and at the club dances in the Community Hall. About forty of the finest dance records obtainable were purchased from the club’s funds and presented to the Students’ Council. Perhaps the biggest job of the Swing Club was promoting the fort¬ nightly Learn-to-Dances in the gym. These dances have a two-fold pur¬ pose. One is to provide recreation, but the main purpose is to get the students together, to meet each other and to feel more at home in West¬ glen. I believe the Swing Club has done a good deal towards developing a good school spirit in Westglen. Another activity was the successful program of dances in the West- mount Community Hall. Real jive sessions were the order of the night, and the dances were well attended by many high school students. During the month of May the Swing Club put on one of the year’s most successful war stamp drives. Noon dances, Friday night dances and pie feeds helped to break the quota set. All in all the Swing Club has an annual record to be proud of, and we wish them the best of luck for next year. Page Forty-one