BLACK AND GOLD MEMORIES
1914-1964

"A BUILDER PASSES ON: Estevan owes much to the memory of PETER CUTHBERT DUNCAN, whose death occurred at Toronto on Monday. When he came West from Brandon almost 50 years ago there was nothing here but a section house and a cluster of settlers' tents to break of the sprawling prairies. It took rugged optimism to accept the challenge of those lonely acres and set about the building of a new town, a new centre of civilization. P.C. Duncan had rugged optimism, and he had strength of purpose. Out of the ranks of the pioneers he emerged as a leader in community enterprise, an astute business man, and a firm believer in the future of the town in whose creation he had played such a vital part. When the occasion arose he assumed civic responsibility. He became magistrate, coroner. He took the initiative in encouraging the boys and girls, and the oldest athletic trophy at Estevan Collegiate is one that he donated. He built a substantial home, and his good wife and his talented family contributed much to the community fabric. In short, from the day he first set foot in Estevan he not only accepted citizenship, he sought it. It is of such stuff that good towns are made, and Estevan pauses this week to achnowledge gratefully and sturdy and enduring handiwork of P.C. Duncan."

Mr. Robert Routledge was the Janitor in E.C.I. from June 19, 1912 till June 19, 1922.
Mr. Routledge is living at this address today.
P.O. Box 654, (Cambria 9-3428), California, U.S.A.

1916

Thea earliest Collegiate Echoes we found were dated 1916. THey were hand written by the Editor and were ready every other Friday at Literary periods.

In 1916 Ed Elford Dickson was Editor of Collegiate paper. His comment on World News of 48 years ago was how President Wilson's election in U.S.A. was favorable to the Allies in World War 1. The editor's current Canadian news mentioned the possible resignation of Sir Sam Hughes as Minister of Militia. THe editor then gave Collegiate news - such as "Emmet Kinna left on Friday to spend the winter in Texas. Mr. Armstrong, Clarence Duncan and George Campbell spent last weekend in Regina at a Y.M.C.A. Convention. The Collegiate students raised $175. for the Belgian Relief by taking part in a public entertainment. THe Executive of the Literary under Miss Rogers' direction prepared parcels for - the former students now in teh army. The parcels would be appreciated as Christmas boxes". In 1916 the name of the paper was selected from suggested names given by students. However, the editor stopped here - it is quite safe to assume the name "Echoes" started after that.

TEACHERS ON STAFF, 1918
LEFT TO RIGHT: Miss Rogers, Principal; Miss Rattray, Miss Leggett, Miss Lee, Miss White.
There were no men on the staff in this war year.

SENIOR FORM STUDENTS. in 1918 in front of Collegiate
BACK ROW, Left to Right: Elsie Powell, Mary Kinney, Frances Henry, Irene Noggle.
FRONT ROW: Charlie Rooks, Louis Shear, Andrew Haselham, Clarence Duncan, Alfred Humphries.

COLLEGIATE BOYS' TRACK TEAM, 1917-1918
LEFT TO RIGHT: Donald McLeod, Nathan Adams, Dick Lee, John Miller, Bill Key, Butch McLeod,
Steve Lee, Hick McLeod, Stan Doolittle, George D'Arcy, Walter Long, Hubert Garlic, Max Posovsky.

SEPTEMBER, 1918 - 2nd Class (Grade XI) girls.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Ina Hilstrom, Lucy Leslie, Edna Gallagher, Marion Dow, Ethel Taylor, Eelen MacGregor,
Hildred Waggoner, Ione Hamblet, Doris Jepson, Mamie Rogers, Isabel MacKay.

1917 COLLEGIATE GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM in their smart uniforms
LEFT TO RIGHT: Irene Noggle, Hildred Waggoner, Pearl Curtis, Frances Olson, Freda Hanson.

We have pictured some of our outstanding athletes and we have listed all the outstanding scholars, so now we will remind you of a few of our outstanding teachers.

As our first choice, because she was the favorite teacher of so many generations, and because she stood all the tests of time, we wish to pay tribute to Miss Rattray. You have heard of school pets, well she was certainly ours. Although we have long forgotten those old grammar, composition, and literature lessons she must have taught us -- for example such a thing as the iambic pentametre line of poetry, or that other seemingly incomprehensible thing called the dangling participle; yet we have never entirely forgotten her lessons on manners, fairness and decency. Her lessons were taught by the best of all possible methods, that of being a model and example to us. Her gentle manner and ladylike ways set the tone for our school.

We feel that Miss Rattray's influence was the greatest and the most lasting influence. We always felt that Miss Rattray belonged to us, that is, to Estevan. As students, we knew her before we came into the Collegiate; we could expect her to be there all our years, whereas our other teachers seemed to come "from far away places with strange sounding names". And just as she belonged to us so did we belong to her. Her interest in each and all of us we knew was genuine and sincere because youngsters are the first to see through any insincerity, pretense or affection.

We hope to see Miss Rattray at our Jubilee. She will make us all feel young again because to us we are all her "boys and girls". Miss Rattray is living in retirement at the West Coast and this is her present address: #103, 2707 Estevan Avenue, Victoria, B.C.

LEFT TO RIGHT: August, Bill and Don Henneberg.
This shield was donated by the Henneberg Company in 1916.
August and Bill Henneberg formed the original company; Don is now in the Henneberg Company along with his mother.

1919 GRADE X CLASS, Miss Sadie Lee, Room Teacher
LEFT TO RIGHT -- (but up and down too): Stanley Doolittle, John Miller, Sabina Kolke, Helen Slotsve, Bernice Oliver, Laura Lundin, Amy Stevens (in back), Irene Bevan (tie down front), Isabel Chisholm (short bob), Edna Stevens, Mary Hitchcock (in back), Marjorie Condon, Alice McKenzie (right front), Florence Campbell (big bow ribbon), Olga Macready (in back), Rith Magoon (small one in front), Grace Sissons (over Ruth's left shoulder), Clarence Drader (short boy), Clayton Muirhead (tall boy), Ruby Partington (in front of Clayton), Grace McLeod, Alethea McAlpine (centre part in her hair), Lucilee Youngberg, Dorothy Hanson, Fanny INglehart.

SENIOR BOYS'
champion Cup
Donated by Miss E. Rogers

1919 - Ralph Greenway
1920 - Gordon Greenway
1921 - Norman McLeod
1922 - Donald Dunbar
1923 - Harvey Skinner
1924 - Hugh Lockhart
1925 - Herb Dupius
1926 - Herb Dupius
1927 - Herb Dupius
1928 - Barney Krivel
1929 - Reg Calvert
1930 - Earl Allward
1931 - Earl Allward
1932 - Earl Allward
1933 - Glenn White
1934 - Douglas Dixon
1935 - Don Perry
1936 - Don Rollins
1937 - Don Rollins
1938 - Don Rollins
1939 - Campbell Young
1940 - Campbell Young
1941 - George Chapman
1942 - George Chapman
1943 - Kenneth Morine
1944 - John Schlosser
1945 - Fred Allward
1945 - John Schlosser
1946 - Edward Ryder
1947 - Edward Ryder
1948 - Mickey Moroz
1949 - Ken McKersie
1950 - Keith Knight
1951 - Ken McKersie
1952 - Joe Moroz
1953 - Joe Moroz
1954 - Joe Moroz
1955 - Duane Koch
1956 - Ronald Brookes
1957 - Steve Peteherych
1958 - Dick Hancock
1959 - Dick Edmondson
1959 - Lloyd Henry
1960 - Jack Berglof
1961 - Bill Barrie
1962 - Allan Blevins
1963 - Bryan Ewaski

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