Westmount School - Review Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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DAPHNE ADAMS, “Daffy.” An ardent C.G.I.T.’ist. Very fond of music and spends her spare time accompanying bro¬ ther Douggy on piano. Most noticeable aversion: selling concert tickets. Would like to be librarian. BETTE ALSTON. President of Chess club. Active in school dramatics. When not add. hunting she’s a swimmeroo. (Wea¬ ther permitting). Chief struggle: suppress¬ ing desire to nurse. Reason for struggle: Doubt of appreciation from Homo sapiens. DON ARNETT, “Darnit.” Undecided as to whether experience gained as president of ’39 class and The Good Looking Boy of ’40 can best be used in Medicine or the Militia, so contemplates joining the R.C.A.F. Chief hobby: photography. Main drawback: Lack of camera. PAULINE ARNETT. Spends great deal of time at Y.W.C.A., showing gym. classes how it should be done. Slaps the ivories nimbly. Bangs at the shuttlecocks, prances the courts at tennis. Skates, plays basketball. Wants to be a P. T. in¬ structress. TED. AUSTIN. Spends most of spare time over top of ping-pong table. Also curling enthusiast, and delves into model con¬ struction. Future career lays in the in¬ tricacies of motor mechanics. JEAN BALL, “Bounce.” Westmount’s Yan¬ kee Whiz from Denver, Colorado. News Ed. of R.G.B. With firm chin and clenched fist announces determination to become an archeologist. No doubt she’ll get in plenty of skiing when not chipping the earth’s surface. DICK BASHOR, “R.C.” He’s tall, six foot two to be exact. Likes swimming, hunt¬ ing and fishing (Wide open spaces, in other words). Other occupations include photography, writing good English comps. His future lies in chemical engineering. Page fifti

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Valedictory W E ARE the graduating class of 1940. During the past three years we have watched other graduation classes go their way, while we looked forward to the day when we too would go out into the world. Now that time has come; and as we pass another milestone, it is with some hesitation and reluctance that we start down the main high¬ way of life. Betty Montgomery We shall go our separate ways into the special fields which we have chosen. Many of us will enter some line of business. Others will enroll at the normal school. Quite a few of our girls will go into the training school for nursing. Since a number of our boys will enter the field of aviation, the opening of the training school here will offer an oppor¬ tunity to many. It is to be hoped that the clouds of war will soon disappear, and that many may use their training in the more peaceful pursuits of commer¬ cial aviation. We are indeed fortunate to be located in a university city, and we hope that an increasing number will be able to avail themselves of the opportunity offered there for higher training. With our education and training we have a better chance of giving service than those who have not been so fortunate. Regardless of what we sometimes may have thought, mathematics, science and literature have meant something- more to us than mental drudgery. Mathematics has taught us to be logical and exact • science has helped to create in us an open mind; and literature has brought to our grasp the arts of past and present. But perhaps the most treasured possession which high school has brought to us is a host of friend¬ ships. These have taught us something which we could not find in books— sincerity and loyalty. Whatever may be our path, fellow graduates, here’s success to all. Suc¬ cess—just what is it? Material comfort, and public recognition, of course; but most of all, service. Assuredly, we’ve had a better chance than the majority, and we feel that we have a debt to pay back. We do not leave behind, but take with us, the lessons we have learned. Our hearts are filled with gratitude to our friends, the staff of Westmount, as well as to our parents, who, with the staff, have joined in giving us this Our chance. Some day in the not too distant future, in an Alumni Association of Westmount, may we all join hands and “drink a cup of kindness for the days of Auld Lang Syne.” Well, fare thee well, Westmount. Here we go to face the problems that the maturer years bring. And we realize that the greatest of these is now that of building a world community with international understanding and goodwill. It is our united wish that we, like the pilgrims in Flecker’s “The Golden Journey to Samarkand,” may all be anxious to go: “Always a little further; it may be Beyond that, last blue mountain barred with snow, Across that angry or that glimmering sea.” Page fourteen

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GORDON BAYLEY, “Ace.” Another appen¬ dix bothered person. Source of trouble removed around Xmas. Other diversions: Junior rugby, listening to news casts (doesn’t miss one), eating waffles and protecting record of champ blusher. Motto: ‘ ‘ Silence is Golden. ’ ’ JOCK BELL. Popular president of S.U. In council his harrassed voice beseeches si¬ lence from the babbling reps. Result: More noise, and less work. When not “kilting” people with his hairy legs is engaged in Hi-Y activities. Sports in¬ clude skiing, lacrosse and rugby. IRENE BOWDEN. Holds unique position of Westmount’s budding politician. Reason: So she can loaf and talk all she wants without writing lines. Academic stand¬ ing warrants this idealistic aspiration. STELLA BRENT. Stenography is the future career of this, one of Westmount’s blondest blondes. Favorite indoor sports: Reading, English III. Favorite outdoor sports: Skating, skiing. Has also been known to get some high bowling scores. Member of Y Quando Quo. MILDRED BROWN. President of our C.G.I. T. Pet hobbies: Swimming photography. Chief hate: Helpful friends who turn on the light to see if her negatives are de¬ veloped. After leaving these portals in¬ tends to take a home ec. course. WALTER BROWN. An English bachelor with an English sense of humor. Dis¬ likes Alberta weather, being sent home early, washing his own clothes, and com¬ ing to school. Famous for smile and school attendance. Ambition: Aviator. JOAN BYAR, “Queenie.” Pretty candidate for Carnival Queen. Was born Feb. 16, 1923. Ambition to become a dietician. Favorite sports are dancing, skating and skiing. Another accomplished pianist. A girl who’ll be missed when she’s gone. ’age sixteen