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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES COLLEGIATE AND VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE SOUVENIR EDITION--MAY 7, 1930 Board of Education Composed of Outstanding Citizens Public Spirited Citizens Serve on Important Body HE city of Oshawa is fortunate in that there has never, at any time, been any lack of capable and public- spirited citizens willing to serve on. its public bodies. This is particularly true of the Board of Education, which has al- ways attracted to its councils men of the most outstanding character, and of high place in the life of the community. These men, for years, have been drawn from the ranks of industry, from business and commerce, and from the professions, and have rendered valuable and self-sacrific ing service in the furtherance of the edu cational affairs of the community The 1930 Board The board of education is composed of ten members, one of whom is elected by his colleagues cach year to serve as the chairman, Of the ten members, nine are elected. The periods for which they are elected are two years, with five retiring one year and four the next. In the 1930 election, four members were elected, these being Allin F. Annis, E. A, Lovell, J. C. Anderson and Dr. B. A. Brown I he other five elected members, who will retire at the end of the present year, but will be ehgible tor. re-election, are George C. Allchin, Dr, F. J. Donevan, Alex. W Bell, Ross McKinnon and E, IL. Vickery I'he tenth member is the representative of the Separate School Board of Oshawa, and Rev, Father P. J. Bench has given splendid service to the community in this capacity for the last few years. 'Ihe chairman of the 1930 board is Alex. W Bell, who is now serving his second suc cessive year as the presiding officer, The Committees The affairs of the 1930 Board of Edu cation are being handled through the op eration of five committees, each with a definite department of the work under its guidance. Dr. F. J. Donevan is chair man of the management committee, which is probably the most important or all committees, although the finance commit tee, of which k. A. Lovell is the chair man, having the a for the spending of over a quarter of a million dollars, has highly important duties to perform. Ross McKinnon is chairman oi the property committee of the board, while Rev. Father Bench, as chairman of the building committee, has had much to do with the erection of the vocational addition to the Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Advisory Vocational Committee The fifth committee, the advisory vo cational committee, is ot a somewhat dif ferent type, since it is a joint committee of members of the board and of promin- ent citizens who act in an advisory ca- pacity in the selection of the courses to be taught, Allin F. Annis, who has taken an especial interest in the vocational de- partment, is chairman of this committee, and the members of the board who serve on it are G. C. Allchin, J. C. Anderson, Rev. Father Bench, Dr. B. A. Brown and Dr. F. J. Donevan. The other members of the committee are H. M. Black, local manager of the Bell dele phone Company ; Hutchinson, NR. Freight agent for Oshawa; Jon CN Miller, plumbing and steamfitting contractor; N. C. Mill- man, head ot the inspection department of General Motors of Canada, Limited; S. J. Storie, treasurer of Fittings, Limit- ed, and A. V. Swail, building contractor. These are the men who will, in a large measure, direct the destinies of the vo- cational classes at the institution, The Building Committee Mention should also be made in this article of the building committee which was responsible for the planning of the the vocational additions to the Osh- uwa Collegiate and Vocational Institute, since that committee included members not now on the board of education. As mentioned above, this committee was under the chairmanship of the Rev, Fath- er' Bench, and carried on its work in 1928 and 1929, up to the time when the work on the vocational additions was practically completed. The other members of the committee were A, W. Bell and A. F. Annis, still members of the board, A. E. Garbutt and G, Norris, who "retired from the board at the end of 1929, and A. E. O'Neill, principal of the Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Board Officials To complete the working organization there are the officers of the board. C. H. R. Fuller came to Oshawa about a year ago to take over the new office of busi- ness administrator, a very important posi- tion. A. E. O'Neill, as principal of the Collegiate and Vocational Institute, is MEN IN CHARGE OF EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS OSHAWA BOARD OF EDUCATION AND OFFICIALS FOR 1930 Back row, left to right--A. E. O'Neill, principal, Oshawa Col legiat C. H. R. Fuller, business administrator; Cecil F. Cannon, inspector of public schools. B. A. Brown. ance officer; Anderson, George C. Alichin, Rev. Father P. J. Bench, E. L. Vickery and Dr. and Vocati ; A, L. W. Smith, school attend- Donevan, Alex. W. Bell, chairman; Ross McKinnon and A. E. Lovell. filling in a very capable manner the posi tion which calls for a large amount oi business and administrative ability, as well as academic qualifications of the highest order, Cecil F. Cannon, formerly the supervising principal of' the public schools, has recently been promoted to the offiec of public school inspector. A. LL. W Smith, another important official, is the school attendance officer, and carries oul his difficult duties with much tact and ef ficiency. These are the men who are in charge of the administration and organization of the educational system of Oshawa at the present time, and they measure up splendidly to the high ideals of servic which have been laid down by the boards of education of past years Much of the success which has. been attained in the establishment of the vo cational classes in the Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute is due to the splendid assistance and co-operation of the leaders of industry in the city, who have taken a keen interest in these class es, believing that they will result in the production of a larger supply of well trained skilled mechanics within the city. Oshawa employers requiring stenogra- phers, bookkeepers or office help can find a ready source of supply in the well-train ed graduates of the commercial depart ment, Principal O'Neill is always willing to provide a list of promising students, with their qualifications. ROSS McKINNON Chairman, Property Committee, Board of Education for 1930. Second row--J. Carroll Front row--Allin F. Annis, Dr. F. J. WHERE THE BOARD MEETS THE BOARD ROOM IN THE O.C.V.L HE Board of Education has found T a new home in the Collegiate and Vocational Institute Building. For merly, its meetings were held in the Centre Street School, but in the plans for the new building the architect pro vided: for a board room which is one of the most beautiful rooms in the whole edifice, The whole room has an air of quiet dignity. Its panelled walls and its severe tones of decoration and furnishing make it what it is intended to be, a place for doing serious business, The outstanding feature in the room is the board table, around which the mem- bers meet to transact the business of the educational system. of the city, It is a magnificent piece of furniture, with a beautiful solid oak top, sixteen feet long. One cannot help looking at it with ad- miration, and so well does it harmonize with the rest of thé furnishing and wood- work that it scems to fit right into the scheme of a board room in which the members of the Board of Education have just the right atmosphere for their labors. The BOARD ROOM and OFFICE FURNITURE in, the New Collegiate and Vocational Institute was supplied by Mitchell & McGill 69 ADELAIDE STREET WEST TORONTO