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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES COLLEGIATE AND VOCA TIONAL INSTITUTE SOUVENIR EDITION--MAY 7, 1930 Na Athletics Play Prominent Part in School Life oflO.C.V.L Green, Stroud, Brown, Dryden, James, Broadbent, Bakogeorge, Irving, OC.V.I JUNIOR RUGBY TEAM, 1929 Left to right: M, Kirkland, conch; A. McKinnon, manager; W. Barley, conch! J, Henley, captain; Bryce, Patterson, Bolmer, Henderson, Pollitt, Crothers, Grant, Kelly, Students Are Encouraged To Take Active Part In Athletic Activities Of The Institution H, A, MeKENZIE Oshawa Collegiate and Voeational "Ploces of elght! Pieces of eight! Pieces of nine and ten) We'll eut the throats of every man, And sew them up again Dead men tell no tales OSHAWA" ANY times in the fall and winter of '20 and "30 this stirring "war ery" has earrled the red, green and gold on to victory, and many times has the same cheer greeted our teams in thelr losing fights against opponents of super lor skill, But, while stars may come and stars may go, the unchanging object of athletics in the OC, & V.I Is not merely to produce winning teams and highly specialized star-performers, It Is rather to train all students to play the game nc cording to the highest standards, that in so doing, they may acquire a physical and mental training and a love of clean sport, that will be a permanent value in later life, The student body Is proud of the fact that good sportsmanship from spectators and players alike has become perman ently a part of the traditions of the school, Students Encouraged Every effort Is made to encourage par ticipation in athletics among the rank and file of the student hody, Inter-form games in all branches of sport are con sidered to be of major importance, This Inter<form competition arouses tremen dous enthusiasm among students who are unable to secure places on school teams, and it provides the great bulk of the student body with an invaluable athletic training, In order that pupils of unusual athletic ability may not over indulge in sport to the detriment of their academic interests, certain rules are enforced regarding par: ticipation in athletics, Athleties are not wormitted to specialize in more than one ooh of sport, and a fifty per cont average on the Christmas Examinations is re quired for membership on certain of the school teams, Rughy This season, over fifty boys turned out for position on the Junior and Senior Rugby teams and considerabld promising material was developed, with the excep tion of one player, the entire senior team of last year graduated In June of 1929, Consequently this year's team was built from entirely new material, Many for mer Juniors bheeame senior players and made good, The teams from Peterboro, Cobourg and Lindsay provided strong opposition and, while our Seniors did not win as many games as usual, they gained valuable experiences and an equally valu uble reputation for clean play The Juniors proved thelr sweeping or hefore the last game of the season, In this game they were defeated In a "battle royal" hy the powerful Peterboro team So In spite of the fact that our "pig skin chasers" falled to "bring home the bacon," we feel that the season was high ly successful and as to the future, the other teams are advised to look well to their laurels, It Is perhaps a tribute to the school that many 'former school players have starred In higher company, Among these are Adair, Hare, Wilson, Hart, and Dan lels, of Queens; Henry of MeGill; and Rowden, Hubbell, Gummow, Johnston, Carver, Kohen and Black, of the Blue Devils The inter<form rughy produced much brilliant plunging and tackling, In a game replete with thrills, IV A defeated their unelent rivals to the tune of "fifteen men on a dead man's chest" and won the school champlonship, Track In the early Fall the School Field Day and the BOW, meet were held, In the school Field Day, over sixty boys took part, Each event was closely contested, and there were many evidences of real track ability, A few records were broken and many were equalled, The outstand ing performers among the boys were Ted Marks, who won the Junior Champlonship, and Erie Armitage, who won first place among the Seniors, Marney Black wet a new record for the school high- jump, and the good work of Myers and Don, Black deserves honorable mention ealibre hy them until GIRLS' ATHLETIC CHAMPIONS at the fleld day held last ni G. Maxwell, intermediate About seventy-five girls entered the field day activities, Margaret Henderson Inst year's champlon again won the Junior laurels, but as the medal could not he glven to one contestant for two years In succession, medals were given to Patricia Kelly and May Clark, who tied for second place, Greta Maxwell won the rl rm medal by a seven point lead, Three previous Intermediate records were broken on Fleld Day and Greta had the distinetion of breaking all three, In the Senlor group, two records were broken and Gladys MeComb won the + champlonship from Ollwen Ward by the narrow margin of one point, The relay races were won hy IVE and by ITG. The Field Day Shield was won hy 1D by a lead of four points over JAC In the BOW, our hoys gave a good wecount of themselves but most of the points won hy the school were due to the fine work of the girls, This year boys and girls events were practieally on par in the BOW, for the first time, By thelr splendid performance our girly more than Justified thelr elndm to recognition of thelr athletic prowess, from the so called muscular sex, About. the end of November the girly' Basketball season started, Each form played at least two games in the inter form series and enthusiasm ran high, 3B won the tournament hy defeating 5A In To us was intrusted the supply of all lumber-- flooring--hardwood and softwood trim--doors-- panelling--millwork etc. for the new Technical School. We have watched with great interest the pro- gress of this job. The Contractors and the Board are to be congrat- ulated on the splendid building. Oshawa Lumber Company 25 RITSON ROAD N. Ee ---------------- Above are, left, Eric Armitage, the senior athletic champion, and red Marks, nior athletic champion at the O.C.V.I, lold Day held last fall, an Homerle struggle and IBC defeated 2D to win the Consolation finals, (Continued on opposite page) NN Phone 2821