At last the Annual is completed for another year, and a few, but only a few, energetic students heave a sigh of relief. For this year they have pioneered in several undertakings. The first is that the "KAYAITCHESS" has been produced entirely by student effort, although Mr. Gurney, Mr. Howard and Miss Murray read over the majority of the articles, for which help we are very grateful. Outside of that, the photographs were taken, the articles written and edited, solely by the labours of a select group of pupils embued with school spirit.
It has been a great financial enterprise, for after much discussion the staff decided to have our Annual lithographed. As this is a great change in form from the usual yearbook, we hope it is agreeable to all.
In order to meet the increased expenses, our advertising campaign was necessarily much more extensive than in former years. We extend our thanks to all advertisers who have contributed so liberally to make our publication a success, and to the members of the business staff, headed by Betty Stewart, no have kept our accounts out of the red. The co-operation of the "Kamloops Sentinel" is greatly appreciated, and without their timely suggestion this be-oo-tiful 1941 edition of the Annual would not have replaced the customary mimeographed copy.
Most of us do not realize the time and energy spent in preparing the "KAYAITCHESS", but we regard it as a school fixture which suddenly appears two or three days before the June Exams. The idea is then to pester as many people as possible, whether teachers, friends, or enemies, for their autographs. When school closes, the Annual is completely forgotten and is left in the attic almost totally unread. This is not the aim of the compilers of the Annual. They have tried to make it interesting reading for everyone from Senior Matric to Grade VII. They want you to keep it as a reminder of your school life in 1940-41. After looking through this revitalized edition, we hope there will be many enthusiastic to carry on the work during the years to come.
Norah Corbould
The High School Band
At the beginning of the school term it was decided that the young musicians of the sohoo1 should get together and form a school band, so that we could play at some of the different school acivities. The Students' Council granted us ten dollars for the purchasing of band books and under the able leadership of Mr. Curtis, we started on our way. John Wing was e1ected President and Rae Snowden as SecretaryTreasurer. So far we have played for one of the School Lits, and a number of morning Assemblies. The members of the band are:
Conductor
Mr. Curtis
First Trumpets
Rae Snowden
John Andren
Second Trumpets
Bob Cheeseman
Clarinets
Irene Cooper
Barry Peters
Jim MacDiarmid
J. Tourjek
Flutes
Mary Carson
Bill MacDiarmid
Horn
Holly Andrews
Oboe
Miriam Turnbull
Trombone
Maurioe Baillargeon
Bassoon
Jim Thompson
Bass
John Wing
Girls' Basketball Team
Boys' Basketball Team
Boys' Rugby Team
Sports
Kamloops High School sports reached a new high in sporting pleasure as this year's Athletic Representatives. Betty Hoover and Jim Ellis swung into action. Our sports representatives worked out a full year's schedu1e. Which included all the former years' sports such as rugby, basketball, ping-pong and softball as well as a new feature which has been absent for several years, a track meet. Surely no sports fan can accuse the school of not featuring enough sports this year. A few sports seem to have died out in our schedule, but seeing that they were never very popular, and that new sports tend to creep in, we should not mourn too much over them. Sports which can be classed in this file are our old friends Soccer and Grass Hockey. We hope, with our fingers crossed, that perhaps next year-these sports will be resumed. This is hardly the time to make a plea, but if a few more students had taken part in sports, and those who had not taken part had come down to boost the players, we would have had an even more successful year.
Boys sports started early with a Rugby program, being all arranged only to have our Athletic Representative Harold Gatein, suddenly pull out on the westbound leaving all the loose strings to Jim Ellis. Jim arranged a schedule having three teams, captained by Jim McGown, John Haywood and Tony Greer. The number of teams had to be out down from four teams of the previous year to three, because fewer players turned out. With the Athletic-minded Grade 9's coming up next year, let us hope that we will regain some of our lost numbers.
Fate arranged it so that two-thirds of the players playing won something. John Haywood's Roughriders coming through the schedule victorious with a grand total of 8 points won the Rugby Crests. In the schedule. the Bronks and Blue Bombers had an even total of five points each. In the play-offs. Jim McGown's Bombers were the victors and as a reward received the Stan Holmes' Rugby Trophy.
Basketball. Kamloops High School was represented by only one team in the Inter City Basketball League this year. The boys had lost too many players to support a team, but a team was made up called the Esquires on which over half of the boys were from the High School. The girls' team. was the outstanding team in the City League and finally won the Inter City Women's Basketball Cup. The attendance at these games every Wednesday night was remarkably poor after realizing the good play our teams gave us. The big basketball attraction of the year came in the form of the North Okanagan Basketball Tournament between Kamloops, Salmon Arm, Revelstoke and Enderby.
Marnee McAllister
Ping-pong. This year we continued the custom of having a Ping-pong Tournament. even surpassing those of previous years. The winners in the tournament were:
Senior High School
Girls — Dorothy Pringle
Boys — Bill Embree
Junior High School
Girls — Pat Graves
Boys — Harold Foulger
Senior High School Students' Council
I have been asked to write an account at the activities at the Senior High Students' Council. In doing this, I will be brief and to be brief, I am going to deal with it under tour headings, War Work, Social functions, Sports and Miscellaneous.
The connection at the Council to the School's War Work has been through War Savings Stamps and the well-known Penny Jars. When it was decided to sell the Stamps through the School, the Council made a loan at ten dollars to Mr. Gurney, with which to buy the first lot at Stamps. On consulting with Mr. Gurney, we decided that it would be the best plan to sell the stamps through the office. This we will agree was the best procedure. The Penny Jar Campaign was put into effect about tour weeks before Christmas. About ninety dollars and some odd cents have been collected for the Red Cross in this manner.
The Social Activities in the School include dances, "mixers" morning assemblies, Friday afternoon "Lits.”, Open Lit., olubs, and the School Band. The dances and "mixers", at which there were two each, were very popular among the students, and had there been more time, we would have had another "mixer". The morning assembly on Wednesday was a high point in every week. The Glee Club did an able job in leading the singing and Mr. Morse deserves the thanks at every student for his leading in the singing. There was one open Lit. held this year, just before the Christmas holidays. It presented a varied program and was well received by the audience. Mr. Curtis, the leader of the School Band, and his musicians were present at the "Lit." and gave a pleasing interlude of music. The sport of the School concern the three Rugby teams, the girls and boys basket-ball teams, ping-pong, the interclass softball and the track-meet. The Council purchased new bats and balls for the Softball Tournament towards the end at the year. The Track-Meet proved itself to be very popular after being dormant for a number at years.
The Council this year, as in past years, decided to raise funds by selling Students' Cards. We sold enough cards to provide for the expenses of all the activities mentioned above. Crests were purchased to sell to the students last November and School Pins were bought just before the writing at this article.
Al together, the year was very successful from the standpoint at student activities.
John Parker.
(Ed.note; - The first Students' Council was formed in 1930 and the following report was taken from the 1930 Annual).
"This being the first year in the history of "The Students' Council", the members sincerely hope it has been a success. The aims of the encourage athletic activities, to promote musical, literary and social clubs, to control the finances and to arouse a spirit of loyalty among the students.
Naturally, the members look back with a little pride in their hearts knowing that they belonged to the first Students' Council. We hope that the work we have started will be carried on throughout the years. Good luck and a hand clasp across the page to our successors.
Junior High Students' Council
The first meeting of the Junior High Council was held on September 7, 1940 and the question of Students’ Cards was discussed. A committee was appointed to study the question. It was decided to have a Question Box in the halls to allow the students to submit ideas and questions for the Council. A very active committee was appointed for the sales of War Savings Stamps.
During the third and fourth meeting of the Council we discussed the price of Students' Cards and concluded that the price should be changed from 35 ¢ to 40 ¢. Suggestions for a Ping-pong tournament football tournament, and for a Junior High basketball team were brought up and discussed. Meanwhile the War Savings Stamps Committee reported satisfactory progress. Mr. Gurney announced that we may have two parties this year and committees were immediately formed to prepare first party. The suggestion to have some kind of stage entertainment during the intermission was brought up.
Business of the November 19th meeting dealt briefly with plans the Christmas Concert. At the beginning of the new year, the Lord Mayor’s fund and further ideas for the Ping-pong were suggested. The price of entry at the latter was set by the committee in charge of the entertainment. It was also decided that the Council would take over the School Paper. John Wing spoke to us about having more interest in the Junior High concerning the Annual. A "mixer" was set for March 12th. After a report from the committee in charge of the preparation. At the same meeting the question of Girl Cadets was discussed. On April 29th, the council held its last meeting with the main topics being the Annual and Daylight Savings Time.
Brian Robinson.
Traffic Patrol
One of the most useful services being carried out by the students is the work being done by the Safety Patrol. They have done their utmost to prove themselves worthy of the responsibility that has been placed in them. We are certainly proud of our patrol.
