Material Type

Artifact

Date

1967

Materials

FELT

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.1

Length

62.5

Width

17.7

Description

TRIANGULAR. MAIN PART IS MADE OF YELLOW FELT. PRINTED ONTO PENNANT, IN BLACK IS "DAVIDSON 1967". ON LEFT SIDE IS A VERTICAL STRAIGHT LINE, AND A VERTICAL LINE WITH ONE STRAIGHT EDGE AND ONE WAVY EDGE. ATTACHED TO LEFT SIDE OF PENNANT ARE FOUR SHORT STRIPS OF BLACK FELT.

Subjects

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Historical Association

EDUCATION

COMMEMORATIVE

History

DONOR TAUGHT AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN LETHBRIDGE FROM 1948 TO 1967: GILBERT PATTERSON, HAMILTON JUNIOR HIGH, FLEETWOOD-BAWDEN, WESTMINSTER ELEMENTARY (VICE PRINCIPAL), GENERAL STEWART (PRINCIPAL), AND AGNES DAVIDSON (PRINCIPAL). HE TAUGHT SCIENCE, MATH, AND PHYS. ED.. DONOR INITIATED CONSTRUCTION OF PENNANTS TO GIVE STUDENTS A SOUVENIR OF SCHOOL ALONG WITH PHOTO & DATE. ON 19 MARCH 2010, COLLECTIONS RE-CONTACTED DONOR WILLIAM EDE IN ORDER TO EXPAND EXISTING KNOWLEDGE RELATED TO HIS ACQUISITION AND POSSESSION OF “DAVIDSON 1967” PENNANT P20000034002. THE PENNANT SHOWS GREAT SIMILARITY TO SCHOOL-BASED PENNANTS P19950073029 (“GEN. STEWART 61”) AND P19990013000 (“GEO. MCKILLOP 62”). THE INFORMATION BELOW IS BASED OFF OF THE PHONE INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BETWEEN HIM AND KEVIN MACLEAN. THE INFORMATION ABOVE WAS SOLICITED IN 2000. WILLIAM EDE BEGAN HIS TEACHING CAREER IN ROSEMARY, ALBERTA, ARRIVING IN LETHBRIDGE IN SEPT. 1948. AT THAT TIME, HE ACTED IN THE CAPACITY OF RELIEF VICE PRINCIPLE, WORKING ½ DAYS AT WESTMINSTER, HAMILTON AND GILBERT PATTERSON SCHOOLS. IN FEBRUARY 1956, EDE WAS HIRED AS THE NEW GENERAL STEWART SCHOOL’S PRINCIPLE. FOR THE END OF THE 1956/57 SCHOOL YEAR, EDE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO PRESENT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL’S GRADUATING CLASS – GRADE 6 – WITH A COMMEMORATIVE PENNANT BEARING THE SCHOOL’S NAME AND THE YEAR OF GRADUATION. THE TRADITION WAS MAINTAINED AT GEN. STEWART DURING HIS TENURE THERE. THE PRACTICE WAS ADDITIONALLY IMPLEMENTED AT AGNES DAVIDSON SCHOOL, WHERE EDE TRANSFERRED TO AS PRINCIPLE IN 1962. HE SERVED AS PRINCIPLE AT AGNES DAVIDSON UNTIL 1967. FOLLOWING THAT, HE WORKED FOR THE ALBERTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SERVING AS SUPERINTENDENT IN THE CROWSNEST PASS. THE PENNANT PROGRAM WAS IN EXISTENCE IN LETHBRIDGE UNTIL, AT LEAST, 1967. AT THE TIME THAT THE PENNANT WAS GIVEN OUT, GRADE SIX CHILDREN ADDITIONALLY RECEIVED A CLASS PICTURE. FUNDING FOR THE PHOTO AND PENNANT WAS PROVIDED VIA REVENUE GENERATING EVENTS, INCLUDING RAFFLES. THE GRADUATING CHILDREN WERE NOT CHARGED FOR THE PHOTO. AN EXAMPLE OF EACH YEAR’S PENNANT/PHOTO SET WAS FRAMED AND MOUNTED AT THE SCHOOL. IN THE FIRST YEAR, THE PENNANTS WERE PRODUCED IN-HOUSE BY “LADIES AT THE SCHOOL”. THEREAFTER, EDE STATED THAT PRODUCTION OF THE PENNANTS WAS CONTRACTED OUT TO A MANUFACTURING FIRM. EDE COULD NOT CLAIM CREDIT FOR THE EXISTENCE OF THE NEAR IDENTICAL “GEO. MCKILLOP 62” PENNANT ON ACCOUNT THAT DID NOT SERVE AS PRINCIPLE AT THAT SCHOOL. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE PENNANT PROGRAM WAS CONTINUED ON PAST EDE’S TENURES OR HOW MANY SCHOOLS OTHER SCHOOLS BEYOND GEORGE MCKILLOP MAY HAVE PICKED UP ON THE IDEA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE. ADDITIONALLY, EDE WAS OF THE OPINION IN 2010 THAT THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD TOOK A PHOTO, FEATURING ONE OF THE PENNANTS.

Catalogue Number

P20000034002

Acquisition Date

2000-09

Collection

Museum

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