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• March 1, 1961 marked the official opening at Mount Royal Collegiate • From 1961 – 1968 there were four Houses called “Mendel”, “Cairns”, “Ross”, and “Irvine”. • 1n 1968 the school changed House names and went to having eight Houses: “Uranus”, “Mars”, “Solis”, “Titan”, “Atlas”, “Neptune”, “Gemini”, and “Saturn”. • In 1961 the basketball team became the “Tigers” and the football team was the “Falcons”. In 1965 the official name for school teams was announced as the “Mustangs”. Mustang spirit is still strong today. • In 1966 construction began on the comprehensive addition to the collegiate. 1960 - 1961
Principal: Drayton Walker Vice-Principal: C.H. Garvie Number of Graduates: 28 Clubs: Canteeners, Chess Club, Choir, Drama Club, Hobby Club, Hi-Y Club, Inter School Christian Fellowship (ISCF), Library Club, Photography Club, Sceptre Yearbook, Weight Lifting Club. Activities • Dances: Cairn’s Colour Carnival, Freshie Day and Dance, Hallowe’en Hop, Holly Hop, Irvine’s Note-able Nite, Mendel’s Frosty Frolic, The Sweetheart Swirl. • Sports: Basketball (Senior Girls and Senior Boys), Cheerleading (Girls), Curling (Senior Boys), Football, Volleyball (Girls). “CRY TEEN” A Literary Piece by Pat Fernets The dictionary may say that the age known as the teens are the years between 12 and 20 but teenage youth is more than a gap between childhood and sophistication. It is the age of a hundred definitions. It is the twang of a steel guitar; it’s a straw sticking up through the mouth of a coke bottle; it’s a nose pressed against the window of a fashion centre; it’s the rattle of an old heap; it’s the key being turned in the ignition of a brand new T-Bird; it’s 77 Sunset Strip, Zorro, and American Bandstand; it’s Dwayne Eddy and Tony Dow; it’s the water lapping at a dozen splashing ankles; it’s the moon stealing over lover’s lane; it’s the beating of a boy’s heart at the sight of a new girl; it’s the tears shed from pretty eyes at a heart-tugging movie; it’s the ear listening to the sound of troubled words; it’s the mind struggling over a difficult math problem; it’s half a dozen spelling mistakes; it’s the sound of rain beating down on a football field; it’s the cheer of youth as a mud-splattered hero scores a touchdown; it’s the laughter of a nation over the latest antics of Jerry Lewis; it’s the eyes and hearts that cried over the deaths of Buddy, Ritchie, Eddie and Johnny; it’s the hand tracing a map of Europe; it’s a poster tacked up for a May Queen Contest; it’s the eyes lifted in prayer; it’s the five-page letter that never got mailed; it’s the old scarred autograph book; it’s the age of a teen. 1961 - 1962 Principal: Drayton Walker Vice-Principal: C.H. Garvie Number of Graduates: 97 Activities: • Dances: Cupid’s Capers, Freshie Day and Dance, Irvine’s Leprechon Leap, Mendel’s Bewitching Ball, Ragtime Romp, Ross’s Royalty Rompe, Snowman’s Shuffle. • Plays: “My Three Angels”, “Sorry Wrong Number”, “Pest Guest”, “What’s Wrong With The Girls”. Sports: Basketball (Senior Girls and Senior Boys), Badminton (Mixed Boys and Girls), Cheerleading (Girls Junior and Senior), Curling (Senior Girls and Senior Boys), Football (Boys), Volleyball (Girls inter-house). 1962 - 1963
Principal: Drayton Walker Vice-Principal: C.H. Garvie Number of Graduates: 125 Clubs: The Canteeners, Chess Club, Choir, Drama Club, Gymnastics Club, Hi-Y Club, Hobby Club, Inter School Christian Fellowship, Library Club, Pep Club, Photography Club, Public Speaking Club, Sceptre Yearbook, Snow Queens, Student Representative Council, Weight Lifting Club. Activities: • Dances: Cairn’s Hardtime Hop, Irvine’s Let the Twenties Roar, Limbo in Alaska, Mendel’s Santa’s Swing, Ross’s Sentimental Swing, SRC Royalty Romp. • Plays: “Never Come Monday”, “Macbeth", “Mr. Sweeny’s Conversion”. • Other: Freshie Day. Sports: Basketball (Senior Boys – Provincial Champs, Senior Girls, and Junior Girls), Badminton (Mixed Boys and Girls), Cheerleading (Girls), Curling (Boys and Girls), Football (Boys), Soccer (Boys), Volleyball (Inter-house). 1963 - 1964
Principal: R.C. Tufts Vice-Principal: C.H. Garvie Number of Graduates: 149 Clubs: Canteeners, Choir, Drama Club, Gymnastics Club, Hi-Y Club, Inter School Christian Fellowship, Library Club, Pep Club, Sceptre Yearbook, Snow Queens, Student Representative Council. Activities: • Dances: Cairn’s Cupid’s Continental, Irvine’s Buttons and Bows, Mendel’s Falcon’s Fling, Ross’s Christmas Caper, SRC Hootenany. • Plays: “Life With Father”. • Other: Freshie Day. Sports: Basketball (Senior Boys, Junior Boys, Senior Girls, Junior Girls), Badminton (Mixed Boys and Girls), Cheerleading (Girls), Curling (Boys and Girls), Football (Senior Boys, Junior Boys), Soccer (Boys), Volleyball (Senior Girls). 1964 - 1965 Principal: R.C. Tufts Vice-Principal: C.H. Garvie Number of Graduates: 152 Clubs: Canteeners, Chess Club, Choir, Drama Club, Folksinging Group, Gymnastics Club, Hi-Y Club, Inter School Christian Fellowship, Library Club, Pep Club, Sceptre Yearbook, Snow Queens, Student Representative Council, Trumpet School Newspaper, Writer’s Club. Activities: • Dances: Cairn’s Masquerade, Irvine’s Heartbeat, Mendel’s Hillbilly Hop, Ross’s Harvest Hop, SRC Spring Swing. • Plays and Operetta: “Dawn Will Come”, “Three Applicants”, “Battle of Wits”, “The Headless Horseman”. • Other: Freshie Initiation. Sports: Basketball (Senior Girls, Senior Boys, Junior Boys, Junior Girls), Badminton (Mixed Boys and Girls), Cheerleading (Girls), Curling (Boys and Girls), Football (Senior Boys, Junior Boys), Soccer (Boys Provincial Champions), Volleyball (Girls Provincial Champions). 1965 - 1966
Principal: R.C. Tufts Vice-Principal: G.S. Ogle Number of Graduates: 162 Clubs: Bryant Oratory, Chess Club, Choir, Drama Club, Hi-Y Club, Inter School Christian Fellowship, Library Club, Pep Club, Sceptre Yearbook, Snow Queens, Student Representative Council, Trumpet School Newspaper, United Nations Club, Writer’s Club. Activities: • Dances: Cairn’s Gemini Jump, Irvine’s Wild West A-Go-Go, Mendel’s Fall Frolic, Ross’s Ride The Wild Surf, SRC Spring Prom. • Plays: “The Baths of Borcovicus”, “End of the Beginning”, “The Stronger Sex”, “The Bathroom Door. • Other: Freshie Initiation. Sports: Basketball (Senior Boys, Junior Boys, Senior Girls, Junior Girls), Badminton (Mixed Boys and Girls), Cheerleading (Girls), Curling (Senior Girls, Senior Boys), Football (Boys Senior, Boys Junior), Soccer (Boys – Provincial Champions), Track (Inter-house), Volleyball (Girls). Editorial "A New Addition to Mount Royal Collegiate" The school year of 1965-66 has slipped through the sands of time and become part of our past………. This year has been a year of planning and change. The school is bustling with excitement concerning the new addition to Mount Royal. The $2,600,000 project, which will be finished for the 1967-68 term will include new classrooms, a cafeteria, a new French Language lab, technical shops, and a new library. The students should be proud that Mount Royal has been chosen for this great advancement in education. Marg and Eily 1966 - 1967
Principal: John M. Smyth Vice-Principal: G.S. Ogle Number of Graduates: 155 Clubs: Bryant Oratory, Chess Club, Choir, Drama Club, Hi-Y Club, Ice Sculpture Club, Inter School Christian Fellowship, Miss Little Grey Cup, Library Club, Pep Club, Poster Club, Reach For The Top Club, Sceptre Yearbook, Snow Queens, Stamp Club, Student Representative Council, Trumpet School Newspaper, United Nations Club, Voyageur Club. Activites: • Dances: Cairn’s Toyhouse Tantrum, Irvine’s Witches’ Wing Ding, Mendel’s Sadie Hawkins’ Heart Hunt, Ross’s It’s a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod, World, SRC Spring Prom. • Plays and Operetta: “Masquerade in Vienna”, “Beware The Bear”, “High Window”, “French Toast”. • Other: Freshie Initiation, Variety Night. Sports: Basketball (Senior Boys, Junior Boys, Senior Girls, Junior Girls), Badminton (Mixed Boys and Girls), Cheerleading (Girls), Curling (Senior Boys, Senior Girls), Football (Boys), Soccer (Boys), Track (Inter-house), Volleyball (Senior Girls), Wrestling (Boys). 1967 - 1968
Principal: S.A. Penley Vice-Principal: G.S. Ogle Number of Graduates: 184 Clubs: Art Club, Bryant Oratory, Chess Club, Choir, Drama Club, Folk Rock Club, Hi-Y Club, Ice Sculpture Club, Inter School Christian Fellowship, Miss Little Grey Cup, Library Club, Pep Club, Poster Club, Reach For The Top Club, Sceptre Yearbook, Science Club, Snow Queens, Stamp Club, Student Representative Council, Trumpet School Newspaper, United Nations Club, Voyageur Club, Writer’s Club Activites: • Dances: Cairn’s Through The Looking Glass, Irvine’s The Hungry “I”, Mendel’s Valentine Valley, Ross’s Ski Doo, SRC Spring Prom. • Plays and Operetta: “Dearly Departed”, “Undertow”, “Mystery of Mouldy Manner”, “The Merry Widow”. • Other: Careers Exposition, Freshie Initiation, Variety Night. Sports: Basketball (Senior Boys, Senior Girls, Junior Girls, Junior Boys A, Junior Boys B), Badminton (Mixed Boys and Girls), Cheerleading (Girls), Curling (Senior Boys, Senior Girls, Junior Girls), Football (Senior Boys, Junior Boys), Soccer (Boys), Track (Inter-house), Volleyball (Senior Girls, Junior Girls), Wrestling (Boys). 1968 - 1969
Principal: S.A. Penley Assistant-Principal: G.S. Ogle Vice-Principal: A.W. Kerr Number of Graduates: 225 Clubs: Chess Club, Choir, Computer Science Club, Drama Club, Ice Sculpture Club, Inter School Christian Fellowship, Math Society, Library Club, Pep Club, Reach For The Top Club, Sceptre Yearbook, Snow Queens, Student Representative Council, Trumpet School, Newspaper, United Nations Club, Writer’s Club. Activities: • Dances: Hallowe’en Haunt, Hawaiian Holiday, Intrepid Trips, The Jungle Book, SEC Dance. • Plays and Operetta: “Masquerade in Vienna”, “Beware The Bear”, “High Window”, “French Toast”. • Other: Freshie Activities, Winter Carnival, Variety Night. Sports: Basketball (Senior Boys, Senior Girls, Junior Boys, Junior Girls), Badminton (Mixed Boys and Girls), Cheerleading (Senior Girls, Junior Girls), Curling (Girls and Boys), Football (Senior Boys, Junior Boys), Soccer (Boys), Track (Inter-house), Volleyball (Senior Girls, Senior Boys), Wrestling (Boys). |