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BY G.'MacLEOD ROSS the Order. 'These having been unicorn passant._ Bearer approaches, with the hilt An .hour has elapsed. The Governor General, the Gate
approved, are published in the• With the audience standing of the sword resting on the closing prayer' are said. His General Varier. The prcztocol is
In our present permissive
regime which places a premium
onperson irresponsibility, even a
e' ret of
Tra tier
a4s
m-
'considered out o`ace, even
b`ar
joke, certainly -TY that
aiidiblet minority of human Investitures, whether at
young preparing for adulthood. Buckingham Palace or at Rideau
and while all' stable bLie.ties•-sjal.l.. always impressive;
have set skrandards and .have always intpdsing; always stately,
maintained- them,, only our own even regal, and when, as in. the
seems to have spurned them, recent case, the Priory of Canada
whether they ,be of art or of holds its Investiture at
behaviour. Little wonder the Government House, Ottawa, the
young are conf\rsed when their e.e,Cenlon` is not only
intellectual leaders • lack the picture-4*w; but so id -stirring in
moral- Libre o ensure ilZ�}} the extreme, so trait' 'ball, can
receive the bread of traditional almost imagine oneself back in
wisdorrreand real perspective. ,the high mellow "walls of the
• Consequently, it is all the Grand Master's Palace at Valetta,
more refreshing and inspiring to on the island of !Malta, where the
find oneself in ,the company or' Knights' of. the ' Order finally
that relatively small Community defeated' the Unbelievers m
which comprises the 'lust 1565, and where 375 years later,
Venerable Order of the Hospital. 'the island 'and its defenders
of St. John of Jerusalem, with withstood' the Luftwaffe for
London -Gazette. tater they are and with the red eoated band Of crook of his left arm,,presenting Excellency,calls on the audience such that. cameras are permitted
invited to an the )Investiture here the Royal Canadian Mounted it thus to His Excellency, whoo Stan' "'nd sing the National ,to be used' after the ceremony.
Government House Police playing `sweet musick', receives it and •taps the investee , Anthem. of Canada, each in his
4170444.a - referred. tnnirtrt, _. ,when- . t ,e t -)-"-se - who have
Priox dC t�Ile Pxtc�rr �tlt�ititttes process. to their,- :t1�,���t1.�s�-�~-��� �fie;a, !?....-,.�.,.. �'
been
resents each Member witch an • a otnte se• ti 'ort either side c -t' Sword bearer retrieves the sword• chapter is closed. The Executive prlvitegecl" to attend an
accolade of the Order. `� the dais,' facing the audience the Chancellor places the black Of rice,r"s',"' the- Knights and Investiture ;cannot blit be
its precept: "For the Service of
Mankine" and this more
especially, in a world' where
.""service" for your neighbour has
been exchanged for "Self". So
'much so that . sometimes the
doubt arises: How can such a
standard of service survive? and
tour long years, . to earn the
George Cross.
The setting t'or this ceremony
is the brilliant ballroom with its
huge crystal chandelier and, the
batteries of floods high up on
the walls; the dais at one end
and some 300 people seated
we find the answer in the other expectantly on either side u`f`te
matt:t_- 44e4 der.;,,,Faith;_,The,.: w;jd.e •ce►it.ral aisle;. await'i•r g'•tlw.
alt:h; filY1 iit'', iifdifrOTI -Tri opo-ifir of the' -Ch apter. : This
tradition established by a few . array serves to•abet ._ the'.wise men sic este-�centures, ago. pageantry which develops ,when,
Men who divined that : such . a on- the s,troke _'o _aur, Ih.ase
Members to be invested as
Knights 'of Grace and as
Commander -Brothers, file in.
two by tvv'o, each wearing the
long ,black silk mantle of the
Order, with its, high collar, its
Wide latch of black silktasseled
eerd and on its left side a nine
inch -white embroidered Ctoss;
the eight pointed cross of .Malta,
whichrepresents the , eight
Beatitudes;- while embellished in
the principal, angles of the .Cross
is a lion passant guardant and a
virtue as Ser\ice, such a'part of
the Christian Faith, must
survive.
Thus it comes about that the
Grand Priory of the British
Realm has established • Priories
wherever British ' influence.
persists, the Grand . Prior being
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the
Second herself.; -And so from
time to time the. Priory of
Canada ° recommends to the
Grand Prior the services of some
of those who have worked for
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`LITTLE PIXIE,
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Soon the company is bidden to rube of the Order about the im�iressed by the great good
rise while He , Excellency, the Standard, d Sword, last of fortune which has given Canada
wife of the f,pYernor General all , out of (Tie
t w' o such g r a c i o ti s
enters, attended by -her two
representatives of the Queen as
A.D.C's, to take her seat ori the
Excellency, T Knight bows the Right Honourable Roland
Michener, and- his predecessor,
dais. Finally the Governors the late General Vanier. Each in
General, His Excellency the his own way displayed ,a dignity
Right Honourable Roland coupled with a frost. engaging
Michener, Prior of the Priory of A t hnrg is been
Canada entera,..l?rNc•�'ded_by the , )'_j friendliness,'which cannot fail Oa
Standard of the Order, the impress anyone even though his
Members of they Chapter and the o awed encounter _ :be limited to a
Sword of State. � '�, 1 with the The handshake. And so" it is that
The Prior having reached his
Serving Brothers Servi g whether as Governors General,
position on the dais, the Band or as Priors of the Most
plays (`sod Save.the Qsieen' U, t d all over with its Chinese furniture and Venerable Order, the dignity of
followed ., by the Canadian coming forward the PriQxy . of Canada has been
National Anthem. There fallow V d worthily upheld ,by the interest
and patronage of both these
sons of Canada.
Commanders precede • Ulf
shoulders .of the new Knight, S an ar the • wo , and;
who rises to be shaken by the a the slowly.
hand and congratulated 'by His bath -06m to disperse in the wide
•elle The entrance Halls.the walls of, which
then moves before the chair of are hung with life size portraits
Her Excellency and bows to her, of at the Sovereigns .and their
before retaking his seat.' consorts since Queen Victoria,
After theh have" each in its handsome gilt frame.
duly, dubbed; a ame of Grace .Nearby, in ,what is known as the
comes - to-
the-' Prior --TMto be----T-e-ntroom,' Trefresht nts are
congratulated.She' isfollowed served and Their Excellencies
by the Commando Office mingle wi r guests.
rothe • and opportunity is afforded to look
-Sisters to the' number o the in at the long drawing, roam,
1.1 selected from
Canada and comin very- good portrait of Madame
by one to be presented with the anier, In the adjoining small
sitting room is an excellent
portrait of the previous
the prayers with which the appropriate token of their
Chapter,, aria° fact any meeting Grade.
of the Order; invariably opens..
The Roman Catholic Bishop of
Ottawa reads the, first prayer
"Pour la paix" in French,
followed ,by the Priory. Chaplain
with a prayer in English "For tl
the fruits of . the Earth".
Thereafter the, prayers are for
the Queen and all Christians,
• PrincesTand • ;-knsierjxgts For,, tiles -I--
'sie'k and wounded land- : al1''�
'Prisoners and Captives; For our
. Benefactors; F6r, the Members
and,, associates (' the • Order;
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Once again . a prayer for peace, BY AN.1TA ROBINSON •
followed by the recital of ,the There is a variety ef things
Lord's Prayer by the whole t we've beep doingi Last week,we
gathering, simultaneously in 'did ceramics. The week before
/ .. , ye had people model so the class
French and English, and finally' f ,
the Grace, read alternately by, ,'''., 41,,z--_--- mild learn 'to 'draw the right
each of the officiating clergy' in - roportions of people. 'Other
his own tongue. , . . ' , times we can pick out, ofseveral
. The Prior makes a • short . ON IN ART? kinds of art as to which one We
address of welcome, to all and Miss Mckee is the art teacher would like to do, I li1,5e it!
sundry., after wriich the for the senior wing. This is what , ,. .. .„
we have been doing.. '
kepeption and Investiture opens. BY EARL SALTER
A prie dieu has been placed In art we were learning how
before. the Priarand the 'first of . BY BETSY BECHARD to draw people.. At first, it was
the rive knights is called forward ,. -Last week we- constructed done with , crayon but later oh
to kneel before him. The Sviord sOme fabulous pinch pots out of we were' using paint. One person
_ clay: FirSt we wedged it to get in the'class acted as a model and
the air bubbles out, then rolled ' the ' rest of the.--elass", was
reach- the farms •in Huron it until it became round like a
County? . ball, then put.our thumb ireand
pinched it, then d•ecorated it.
T ke .HURON
"Gr. 2 did Some Figure Art.
. SHOPPING. BY DIANN .
Lately we. have been working They made funny pictures using
cireles, squares and ' triangles.
N E %I S . ,,
,paint, making string pictures and
with clay,. We worked with One • pupil Lisa Hill , brought
some" bread veit,b,„„,butter on it
splatter pictures. We also did that 'she had made at •home for Mrs. Norman's Grade 4 claSS
C L A SS IF] ED . blOck pictiire-% One, day we had us to .taste'. She •followed the has been very busy in room
PA -G E ._!------room— , , . -and pose 'and. we were-to—our-stories- to make- -the-butter
-•umodels go to the front of the . directions that were in one of
is delivered to 6;200 farm hOmes''d.raW them different ways:- and it was verY good, -.poems. Here are sorise,samples of
every month. . Mr. Currie's class has been
their work.
'-Reach - this -huge ' market BY KEVIN WILLIAMS ' working hard on , Christmas. Cats _CIAO Cautio,uslY;
economically with a Huron, In our last art period,. we decorations. ;They. , have
Spiders Spit' Secretly; Pups
Shopping News Want,Ad. were , using clay to make completed Stain glasS windows Pounce ' Playfully; Monkeys
Phone the Clinton'News-Re.cord different things. In, the weeks fo and their. next project will be
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Ad. ''''''''"'+ • how to draw people better.- • In Social Studies , this' week
they have been Studying the Red
Star Commune in China.
This week Grade I are
,practising for their assembly on
Dec. 2.
Social -Studies Ave are
studying •Woneger - Life in
,Quebec.' We are ,studying the
farms, their customs, .food,
making soap and candles and
We have also . been writing
different kinds of poetry.
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• So when you hear a dog barking
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