The West Hill High SchoolAnnual During WW2

1939/40 to 1945/46

The 1938/1939 to 1945/1946School Years

World War 2 has to be considered as both a lowand high point of the 20th Century. A low point in themassive loss of human lives (along with those of WW1), and the miseryand suffering human beings inflicted on fellow human beings. Yet outof all this human destruction a high point in the final triumph ofDemocracy over Fascism and authoritarianism. The hotlinks belowenable the viewer to more easily access how West Hill High Schoolstudents reflected upon what was happening during this time in thededications, editorials, articles and poetry they wrote.

Just over 1500 male and female, staff andstudents, enlisted in the war effort. As the war progressed lettersfrom staff and students serving overseas were requested and reprintedon the pages of the Annual's. Military honours and distinctions wereacknowledged. As casualties rose and mortality became a fact of warthe Pro Patria section of the Annuals started to grow. The roll ofCadet Training took a compulsory track and expanded itsnumbers.

Read how the student body responded withhomeland efforts in their Red Cross organizations; the War SavingsStamp drives; the Salvage collections, and the participation ofstudents in the annual harvest out west. See how their literarywritings were influenced by the times, and also affected their poeticcreations.

Not all articles and poetry were war related.Other topics were on their minds. There were also the annualtraditions that had to be reported; the musical concerts and dramaticproductions, the academic honour roll; the grade twelve graduates,and the track and field events

(Note: 1941 annual page 4is indicated as follows (4104) where the first two digits are theyear and the last two or threedigits the page number.)

EditorialBoard

1939 (3906); 1941(4104)and Financial Board (4105);1942 (4204-4205);1943 (4304-4305);1945 (4504-4505);1946 (4604-4605)

Editorial

1939 (3907); 1941(4106);1942 (4206); 1943 (4306);1945 (4506);1946 (4606);

Academic HonourRoll

'38 (3920); '40 (4124);'41 (4226);'46 (4692);

Principal'sMessage

1943 (4344):1946 (4607)

StudentCouncil

Staff

Pro Patria

Red Cross

War SavingsStamps

Salvage

Harvest

Letters from

(Note: Lieut George Flower Canadian Army &QM Arthur Wilkinson, Army Medical Corp mentioned in "Herbert SymondsHigh School" by Leonard Mendel & Doreen Dormer (4273)Note: Both men would return to education after the war. Flower wouldretire as the Dean of Education (McGill University), and Wilkinsonwould serve as a Principal of Monklands High School (the originalWest Hill High) and then retire from the McGill Faculty ofEducation)

Cadet Corps

Selected General Articles1939-1946

War Related Articles1939-1946:

War Theme/Related Poetry1939-1946:

Music &Drama

Alumni

Grade Twelve:

Track and FieldMeet