This will be my last year in the halls of K.H.S. as it will be for many other students. As I sit and write this editorial, I can clearly remember the outstanding events that took place during the course of the year. Can you remember the hustle, the bustle, and the bother that went into the production of the Mikado? Yet you must admit it was a grand success and the participants are to be congratulated for their wonderful performance. I can still hear the remarks made when the first edition of the “Hi Lights” went on sale. There were arguments for and against the paper, but it ranked among the top high school papers of the province. The track and field club brought honours to our school soil it, too, is to be congratulated. The gym shook from rafters to foundations on the afternoons of January 12 and 13. These were the days of the indoor track meet, There was a good show of house spirit, something which this school, for some unknown reason, has been lacking. This same enthusiasm was shown at the outdoor track meet of May 18.
The books of the annual for 1955-56 have now been closed. We too, have had a very successful year At first it seemed as if nothing would go right. The exams came at the wrong time and one thing led to another. However the material for the annual was finally placed in the hands if the Sentinal Staff. This book is our accomplishment. We worked to the best of our ability. If any material has been omitted, which you feel should be included we offer our apologies
The year book for 1955-56 has been dedicated to Mr. F. X. Potter, who for so many years has given his time to the education of promising (and unpromising) scientists. Many well known citizens of Canada have passed through the hands of Mr. Potter. To express our gratitude and the thanks of the past students we dedicate "Kampus 1955-56" to Mr. Potter.
I should like to thank our sponsors Mr. Howard and Mr. Knapp, for their untiring efforts to help the staff of this book correct their mistakes.
On behalf of the annual staff I wish the students who will fill our shoes in the years to come the best of luck in all their endeavours.
DEANNA MARTIN
Jo Hasler Personals
Louise Sponaugle Social
Donna Donaldson Business Manager
Pat Tucker Girls' Sports
Joe Slater Boys' Sports
Ted Piper Photography
Maureen Garf Advertising
Barbara Nowak Art
Frances Chocholacek Typing and Exchange
Student Government
Senior Executive
Junior Executive
House Cabinet
Athletic Co-ordinating Committee
This year the Athletic Co-Ordinating Committee, sponsored by Mr. Hail, boys' Physical Ed. teacher headed by president Heather Carson, had a very heavy schedule. Many do not realize the extent of the work done by members of the A.C.C. Travel, home games, entertainment billets, refreshments, gates, tickets, and many more preliminary items are organized and directed by an individual committee. These committees, working as a unit, operated very smoothly this term. This group is a branch of the students' council and is a great asset to the Council The committees are given a set amount of money per year and are required to operate efficiently on it. Members of the committee are:
President
HEATHER CARSON
Vice-President
BRIAN FISHER
Secretary
ANNE REDFORD
Treasurer
PAT HALL
Committee Heads are:
Transportation
DEANNA WARSIMAGE
Billeting
DARREL HARTNEY
Publicity
DON TRETHEWAY
Gate
LYNN FLEMING
Refreshments
SUSAN GOTTFRIEDSON
Decorations
JUDY ARMSTRONG
Entertainment
BRIAN FISHER
Red Angels
This year the Red Angels had a well-organized team that consisted of:
Helen Everich
Guard-Centre
Maureen Schollen
Guard
Carol Hunt
Centre
Tomi Yamada
Forward
Carol Haines
Guard
Sumi Wakabayashi
Forward
Pat Tucker-Guard
Forward
Sheila Mohammed Ali
Centre
Susan Gottfriedson
Forward
Manager
Marilyn Hannah
Coach
Mrs. Olson
In the Okanagan Senior "B" Women's League the Red Angels did not come out too well, winning one game against Chuck Laidlaw's K-Jets. But, this was not the team's main goal. The most important objective was the High School Tournament at Oliver, where the Angels came second winning all their games except one against Kelowna. Carol Holt was picked for the "All Star Tearn."
When the Red Angels travelled to Vancouver they lost out to Lord Byng School Girls with the close score of 22-18. Their second game was even with the Angels coming out on top with the score of 22-21.
A great loss to the team, also to the school was the Red Angels' coach, Miss Withers who left the team at Christmas time, and was missed by every-one. But, many thanks to Mrs. Olson, the team went on to many victories.
Junior Jets
The Junior Jets, the school's 1955-56 Bantam basketball team, has had a very successful year. They attended a tournament on March 16 and 17 in Vancouver, at which time they were defeated by three much more experienced girls' teams, Ladysmith, Majorettes and Kitsilano.
Earlier In the season, they were made Interior Champions of the Northern Division through a two-game total-point series against Revelstoke, a team which provided Kamloops with even competition, the score being: Kamloops 69, Revelstoke 18.
Cheerleaders
Cheerleaders — Senior Squad
A group of enthusiastic students consisting of three boys and two girls-all Grade 12's got together and tried to boost school spirit in the latter part of this year. Their uniforms were: Girls, Black V-necks, red pleated skirts, white socks and black shoes; Boys: Red V-necks, black pants and black shoes.
This group provided a limitless amount of spirit, entertainment, and competition among the other cheerleaders. Gayle Stewart, one of the Jr. High cheerleaders was invited to supply the kicks and cartwheels for the group.
This cheer squad travelled to Salmon Arm and Armstrong and also cheered for home games Their presence at the games provided that extra spark that has been missing at the basketball games.
Members of this group were: Louise Sponaugle, Carolyn Collins, Gayle Stewart, James Brennan, Stan HIatky and George Homer.
Many thanks are extended to Mr. Knowles who gave time and hard work to see this small club function successfully.
Cheerleaders — Junior-Senior
Under the sponsorship of Mrs. Olson the cheerleaders got off to a good start with 30 girls attending practices from which were picked ten girls. The cheerleaders this year were: Arlene Chorney, Gayle Stewart, Dorothy Wyrcimage, Ardyce Hook and Deanna Warsimage. They travelled to Revelstoke and Armstrong and were present when home teams played against Ashcroft, Revelstoke, South Burnaby and Armstrong.
This year's uniforms were: white turtlenecks, red skirts, white socks and saddle shoes.
Our thanks go to Mrs. Olson whose sponsorship helped our cheer squad to function successfully.
Future Teachers' Club
Future Teachers' Club
This year the Future Teachers' Club has had a most successful year. It was comprised of students from Grade XI, XII and XIII who co-operated very well under the watchful eye of our sponsor Mrs. Elder, The club itself was formed last year as an aid to prospective teachers who wanted to obtain a more adequate knowledge of the profession. At our meetings, held every second Monday, we had a variety of activities. Besides visiting the new Lloyd George annex we invited both elementary and secondary school teachers to speak to the group. Many members, during their study periods and on career days observed teachers at work. We also had some enlightening discussions among ourselves and held one debate. The officers, elected last fall, were:
President
DOUG SMITH
Secretary
SANDRA ASHBY
Treasurer
WENDY SPARKS
Programme Chairman
NONO THOMPSON
In summary I believe that the meetings were very helpful to all those contemplating the teaching profession. Especially interesting were the talks given by Doctor Henry Johnson, now on the staff of the College of Education; Mr. F. C. Boyes, Principal of the Vancouver Normal School; three members of K.H.S.'s teaching staff — Miss Turner, Mr. Howard, and Mr. McIlwain and four elementary school teachers Miss Shirley Kuzyak, Miss Ann Knowles and Mr. Jack Neen of the Lloyd George staff and Mr. Toews vice-principal of the North Kamloops elementary school.
Glee Club
Hi-Lights
"Kamloops High School Hi-Lights" was this year's Senior High paper. As "news" published less frequently than once a month would be somewhat pointless, the paper concentrated more on such things as "What Boys Think About Girls" and vice-versa. The people who contributed most to Hi-Lights were Mr. McIlwain and Miss Turner, the Sponsors; and Donna Donaldson and Frances Woodward the Advertising Managers; and Bob Blacklock whose writing pulled Hi-Lights out of its anaemic condition; Jack Calder, Marv Johnson, Bill Cowley, and Mr. Pasquill of the Kamloops Daily Sentinel have our sincere thanks for the wonderful job of arranging and printing which they did.
Staff:
Editor
PAUL TENNANT
Co-Editor
CAROLYN COLLINS
Business Manager
ROBERT BLACKLOCK
Girls' Sports
HEATHER CARSON
Boys' Sports
ED STRASMAN
Photographer
BLAKE GORDON
Artist
BRIAN FISHER
Club Activities
PAT TUCKER, DONNA DONALDSON and DARREL HARTNEY
Social Activities
JACQUA HOWARD and JO HASLER
Advertising Managers
DONNA DONALDSON and FRANCES WOODWARD
Hi-Y Teens
The past year has been a very active one for all Hi-Y-Teens. Our aim was to do a service project for the school, the community and the world. The club got underway with initiation in the fall. We held Recognition Services for twenty-eight new members at the Anglican church. Our first project was serving coffee to the teachers who attended the teachers' convention. In October we sent delegates to the interior conference in Kelowna. The biggest project was the Christmas one, the club sponsored the assembly, we also supplied a needy family with a Christmas hamper and gifts. We packed candy for the Soroptimist Club to give to the senior citizens at their Christmas party. In January, Miss Campbell the national representative of the Y.W.C.A. visited with us.
During the year the Y-Teen members have collected the money at the noon hour shows, sponsored a teachers’ baby picture contest, polished the trophies, attended church in a group, entertained Grade XI and XII girls from the Indian Residential School, and sponsored several candy sales and a home-cooking-sale.
We are endeavoring to send two members to the Hi-Y-Teen presidents' camp to be held at Howe Sound. To wind up the year a graduation tea was held on May 29 to which the mothers of all club members were invited.
Our executives for 1955-1956 were:
Sponsor
MISS C. McARTHUR
President
BARBARA MacDONALD
Vice-President
COLLEEN STAINTON
Secretary
PAT VICARS
Treasurer
LOIS PATTERSON
I am sure that all Y-Teens have enjoyed the year's activities of this world-wide fellowship of the Y.W.C.A.
The Mikado
This year's operetta, the "Mikado" was a very enjoyable and successful production. Casting and rehearsing were begun early in October, and rehersals continued on from there, twice a week, after school for the chorus, and once a week at night for the leads plus chorus. These were increased as the time drew near.
Both Mrs. Owens and Mr. McMurdo spent hours in preparation and were well rewarded for the generous time they spent.
Vocal scores and librettos were purchased, the lovely scenery was done by Mrs. Dundon's art classes, and the beautiful rich-looking costumes were rented from an agency in Winnipeg.
The first performance was for the school. There were four night performances plus a matinee for the elementary schools and the Provincial Home for the Aged. At the last performance tokens of gratitude were presented to Mrs. Owens and Mr. McMurdo. A vote of thanks goes out too, to all who helped backstage, participating, the orchestra or otherwise helped make our production a success.
The "Mikado" will be a pleasant memory to many people for a long time to come.
It is hoped we shall produce another operetta in the near future.
The principals in this year's cast were:
Nanki-Poo
Ed Strasman
Pish-Tush
Dennis Dunford
Poh-Bah
Garth Walker
Ko-Ko
Ian Fraser
Yum-Yum
Judy Neilly, Bev McGaw, Joyce Kennedy
Pitti-Sing
Betty Lowden
Peep-Bo
Marilyn Hanna, Susan Bostock
Katisha
Penny Oxnard, Marily Hogge
Mikado
Gerry Cook
Mikado Exerpts
Sports Events 1955-56
September:
Teams were busy being organized in the Junijor-Senior sections of the school. Boys' Soccer teams and Girls' Grass Hockey teams started playing.
October:
After poor participation from the Houses, Girls' Grass Hockey and Boys' Soccer was discontinued. The Boys' and Girls' Bantam Basketball teams got under way. Girl's Basketball started with teams being formed in every House.
November:
Boys' House Basketball was well underway. The Red Angel and Red Devil teams were organized. The Gremlins formed a strong team.
December:
Both Junior and Senior Basketball teams were well into their schedules and showing great promise. The Junior and Senior House Basketball teams had good participation for all games.
January:
A busy month: An Indoor Track Meet; Basketball Tournament, Red Devils travelled to Oliver and the Coast; the Gremlins travelled to the Coast; the House basketball finals, and Curling Bonspiels were held at Kelowna and Osoyoos.
February:
Basketball playoffs were won by the Davis Senior Boys'. The Pearse House Girls' won the basketball play-offs in one of the best House games of the year~ The Curling Club travelled to Kelowna for a bonspiel. The Curling Club was also host to seven visiting teams for their bonspiel.
March:
Volleyball playoffs were not played; due to the good weather, House Softball got under way. The Curling Club travelled to Osoyoos for a Curling bonspiel.
April:
A Track Team travelled to the Vancouver relays and won honors.
May:
Boys' Six-Man Football started this month under the House System. The P.E. Dept. put on a small gym display for the P-TA. Boys' and Girls' Softball was well under way. The Track Club travelled to Summer-land and Vernon. The Inter-House Track Meet was a great success with Davis the winner, Pearse second, Fee third and Fulton fourth.
Track and Field
"All right, you guys, another five laps; fast!"
Such slavemaster-like words are by no means unknown to the members of this year's Track and Field Team.
Mr. Feke and Mrs. Olson, coaches of the team, have adopted such tactics in view of the inherent laziness of K.H.S. students.
Don Trethewey is this year's Team Captain; Paul Tennant, Track Captain, and Grant Handford, Field Captain, Mr. Know!es is Sponsor of the Club, and Earl Nye is our manager.
During the months when the track was covered with snow (the term "track" apparently originated because of its resemblance to the C.P.R.'s right of way) practices were held in the Gymnasium. The more fanatical members have permanently bent ankles from taking the corners in the gym at a fairly good clip. When the snow melted from the track, we commenced training in earnest. Sprinters automatically became broad-jumpers and hurdlers as they avoided the boulders. and watercourses on the track.
Teams were sent to The Vancouver Relays and various meets in the Okanagan. Ours was the host team for the Central Mainland Track Meet which was held here early in June.
Tumbling Club
Membership in the tumbling club was down this year as compared to the previous one. The students that did turn out were again coached by Mr. Feke. The club provided half-time entertainment at the basketball games. Mr. Feke was hoping to enter some students in the B.C. Gymnastics Championships held at the Coast in May but we did not make it. Instead of a gym display an exhibition of a gym period was held for the P.-T.A.
