Lowe, W. D. High School Yearbook 1958-1959
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University of Windsor Scholarship at UWindsor Essex County (Ontario) High School Yearbooks Southwestern Ontario Digital Archive 1959 Lowe, W. D. High School Yearbook 1958-1959 Lowe, W. D. High School (Windsor, Ontario) Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/essexcountyontariohighschoolyearbooks Part of the Public History Commons Recommended Citation Lowe, W. D. High School (Windsor, Ontario), "Lowe, W. D. High School Yearbook 1958-1959" (1959). Essex County (Ontario) High School Yearbooks. 36. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/essexcountyontariohighschoolyearbooks/36 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Southwestern Ontario Digital Archive at Scholarship at UWindsor. It has been accepted for inclusion in Essex County (Ontario) High School Yearbooks by an authorized administrator of Scholarship at UWindsor. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 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This material is for personal research use only, and can not be sold or distributed. W. D. Lowe Vocational School presentr THE TOWERS Sponsored b; VOCATIONAL UNITED A&.emhlc.:d and printed by the students of W. D. Lowe .1nd dtdit,lt<:d to the graduates of I 959 \ . .. The Great Divide Since 1923 the Vocational School has been travelling upward and now it has reached its Great Divide. The period from 1923 to 1959 hos seen thousands of students enter the portals of this great school. They come during the day and at night, young and old, and from near and far. The W. D. Lowe Vocational School is p roud that it has been able to provide the staff and facilities for so many students to obtain their education. It has been our privilege to o!:>serve the mental and phys:cal growth of these young men and women as they prepared for business, industry and citizenship. The philosophy of Vocotional Education does not re strict the training simply to the use-ful, but endeavours to provide music, art, drama, and the opportunity to participate in United Nat:ons programs, which will cultivate the spirit of the student and produce a sound social attitude. Our graduates ore giving leadership to busi ness and industry not only in this city, but throughout the length and breadth of Canada, and in many of the states of our neighbour to the south. Over three thousand students served in the armed forces during World War II. During the dork days of the war this school provided the facilities for training those enrolled in the war emergency classes, so that trained personnel would be available to assist with the war effort. The enrolment at the Vocational School hos increased to the extent that it is necessary to establish o High School of Commerce. The H:gh School of Commerce and the W. D. Lowe Technical School will hove well qualified teachers and excellent facilities to educate young men and women for business and industry. In June, 1959, the commercial teachers and I will say o nostalgic goodbye to Vocational. We will toke with us fond memories of happy evernts that have transpired over the years. We will remember, too, our pleasant association with our fellow-teachers and the many stu dents who were in our classes. To Mr. McGee and his staff, we extend our best wishes for continued growth and progress at the W. D. Lowe Technical School. G. F. DEAN Sketch Club ~ockey Star - VIC SARTORI IT left to Right: Tony Moncinone, lorry Hyttenrouch, Bonnie Stee 1e., Marilyn MacVoy, John Hidi. SPEAKING CONTEST WINNERS FOR 1959 By Marilyn MacVoy, Cl 2/\ JUNIOR GIRLS (Bonni~ Sleene C1031 only 100 of these are inhabited because of dense Bonnie's speech was entitled "A -Book I Have 1oresi. The mc:i'l islands are connected by bridges. Particularly Liked" anrl dealt wilh a chapter called Its climate is similar to that of Northern Canada. "Imagination" from a book on Practical Psychology. lhis is a country in which the sun never seems to set; She feels that imagina:ion is I> neces'sory qu(llity of even at night there is a faint twilight glow. all great people. lhe world is centered around the gifts of immortal poets and writers who used' their 5ENJO~ BOVS I John Hidi, C. Sp. I imagination in creating the great wor~s of art whi~h have become our legacy. Blit, just because we do John's speech was entitled "The Battle of possess this gift of imagination, we must not let our Gettysburg". He described the personality and char thinking power stagnate. How we use it depends acter of the Generals on eac~ side. Robert E. Lee was entirely uupon us. With the coming of a new dawn the leader of the Confederate Army and after the is the coming of another opportunity to develop some death of his "right arm", Stonewall Jackson, Lee new idea. was not able to find a man with the leadership qualities that Jackson had possessed. Lincoln was also having difficulty in finding a leader for the SENIOR GIRLS IMa1Hy:1 f.\a:Voy Cl 2AI Union Army. Due to these circumstances, two armies Marilyn chose "Democracy" as the topic for me, al Gettysburg under rather hap-hazard con her winning speech. She compared the advantages ditions. Lee had the better organization, although of living in a Democratic country to the life of a Meade, of the Union Army, had superior number, and citizen in a nation somewhere behind the Iron Cur should have made a conquest, but he attac'<ed the tain. She explained that the borders of the Com center of the army. The heavy artillery was too much munist regime are expanding slowly but surely, and for him, and his folly was the downfall of the South. we must make every effort to thwart their progress. Thus ended the immortal battle of Gettysburg! She feels that it "is the good fortune of a ll of us to live in a country where we breathe the precious air of freedom; the only air in which progress can thrive. INDUSTRIAi. ACCIDENT PREVENTION CONTEST This is why we believe in Democracy!" (Tony Mancinone C1 2DI Tony chose "Sa;ety is a Skill" as the theme of JUNIOR BOYS I Larry Hyttenrauch I his speech. In an age of automation, safety is es Larry's speech dealt with the Scandinavian sential in keeping the country's economic production country of Denmark. He spoke of its inhabitants and at its peak. Safety should be stressed in the factory their ancestry. He compared life in Denmark with where loss of man-hours through needless accidents that of Canada. He explained their system of ed results in a loss of money. Accidents ore preventable ucation, government, and chief industries. Transpor and con be greatly reduced by everyone contributing tation in Denmar:< is mainly by bicycle. The country to.make this a safer world lo live in. Keep "accidents" itself is composed of approxima'tely 500 islands! ~ul a word-don't let them happen to you. As another edition of The Towers goes to pre:;s I om happy to hove this opportunity to offer my congratulations to the Editor, the printer and all members of The Towers Stoff. The production o: o Year Boo:, is always a vost undertaking, and t~e additional task a{ printir.a such a boo!< is a project requiring bold confidence arid the exercise of a skill of which )'OU and the whole school may be proud. Each one who ho~ ployed a port will surely profit from the experience. This will be the last edition of The Towers to be produced by the combined e'forts of Com mercial and Technical Students. That ill-starred day approaches when Mr. Deon and a large port of our staff and students wil I leave us to assume the privileges and re~pon~ibilities associated with the institution of a new school. They will build well and we ot the W. D. Lowe Technical School shall be proud to boost that they were once port of us. I wish for Mr. Deon, his stoff and students great hoppiness and satisfaction in this new and challenging enterprise. MR. McGEE The decision to establish a High School of Commerce and lo move the commercial depart ment of this school into it means that this is the lost time some of us will be appearing in your Year Boo'.<. Although the new school will present new challenges and interests, we shall hove frequent twinges of "homesicxness", I om sure. We believe you will miss us too. We ore proud of this school. Our pride centers not O'l its pleasing architecture or its size and facilities, but on the individuals who, having pos~ed through its doors, have brought honour to them~elves, their school and their community.