1952 Magnet Yearbook

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) IR. ST URBS
T his vea r. 1952 ha ~ brought seve ra l
change; to Jarvis. One of these is
the promotion of .Mr. E . ) 1. Stubbs to
the headship of the English Departmen
t at Cen t ral Tech nical School.
The pu pils . t he staff and the :'ola gnet
cong rat ulate )Olr. Stubbs on this welldeserved
honour and wis h him success
in his new appointment.
We also congratulate Central Tech.
:\Ir. S t ubbs is a splendid teache r. a
man of high ideals and a leader in his
profession. Th e school of course. r e­
gret s to set" him go . for he has given
much to till here at J arvis. with his
efficient work. his wa r m f riendship
a nd his high standard!' .
)Olr. St ubbs grew up in Caledonia.
wh ere he attended t he public and t he
hig h schools. There he entered the
Unive rsitv of Western Ontari o. and
late r t he'Ontario College of Educat
ion. where he obt ained specialist
standing in E nglish . in French an d
in Ph ysical Education. T hen ca me
postgraduate work in F ran ce. and at
Columbia Unt versitv in Xew York.
Ex tensi ve t ravel in Europe also contri
buted to the preparation fo r hi:'
chosen profession. He first taug ht at
r.riml'by High School and then at
Western Technical School here in
Toronto.
Then came World War II. ) [ 1'.
St ubbs joined th e R.C.A.F. an d. fo r
four vva rs. W3:1 Inst r uct or in inst r-u ­
ment flying in the Link T rainer
hranch where he became a flight.
lieu tenant an d O.C. of various Lin k­
Trai ner flights.
At th e close of the war. :\11'. Stubbs
joined the staff of J arvis Collegiate
in 19-1 5. For seven busy yea rs he
has contri buted much. bot h in th e
class-room and with ext ra-cur ricular
activities. to the work here at J arvis.
For five years. he t rained and conducted
t he orches t ra which adds so
much to th e e njoyment of our assemblies
: furthermore. he conducted
five very successfu l Gilbert and Sulliva
n operettas. He hall ser ved on man y
committees and helped with va rious
proj ects. At nil t imes, he ha s ser-ved
J arvis Collezi ate faithfully.
J ust recent ly. :\1 1'. St ubbs was sent
bv th e Board of Educa tion to Temple
University in Philadelphia 011 a course
for Remedial Reading a nd he has ha d
charge of that work here at Jarvis.
Xo wonder. we are sor ry to hav e him
lea ve. But we art' proud indeed to
watch hi m assume new respons lb ili ­
ties. He will bear them well.
Teaching in a collegiate is a busy
life. Yet :\11'. Stubbs found time to
serve the community too. on committees
of teaching and unlversltv activities.
F urt her more he is Su nda y School
superintendent and also an elder of
Rosedale United Church.
In all this activity and busy life.
he hall been abl y helped by :\Irs.
Stubbs. She. too. has assisted at various
staff activit ies. Xo doubt. his
daughter J anet may come to Jarvis
Colleziate. later on. We are sorry to
see them leave our hapl)Y circle at
J arvi s but rejoice wit h them in his
new honou r. \\'e wish them luck.
success a nd happiness. Don' t fur-get
to come bac k and see liS often!
PAREXTS ' XIGHT
On F rid ay. Feb ruarv 11'\1. J a r \" iJ'
had its fi rs t pa ren ts' night in many
vea rs.
. For al most two hours. the parents
were able to vi sit t he classrooms an d
mee t t he teachers. All th e va r-ious
subjects were discussed. a;; well a s the
stude nts. Poor tis!
Th en eve ryone assembled in the
auditor-ium to hellI' an interesting
musica l program me. T he first fo rm
music class opened with t heir renditi
on of " :\Ia I'Y Ha d a Little Lamb".
T hey we re followed by the secon d
form ba nd class wh ich placed more
advanced music. Th e third form band
produ ced th e "high note" (If the evening
from their wood wind secti on.
Som e lovely dances were th en
staged in th e original native cost umes.
Th e programme ended with a di s­
play of costumes. by the pupils. from
their native lands. Seven ty per cent
of Jarvis st udents have th eir heritage
from so me co untry ot her than
Canada .
Next. t he pa rents were invited to