HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-10-22, Page 3THURS., OCT. 22, 1936
THE CLINTON ` NEWS -RECORD
PAGE 3
WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE
GAY NINETIES
Do You Remember What Happened During The Last
Decade Of The
Old Century?•
From The New'a-Record, Oct. 21st,
1896:
On Friday the members of the
ClintonCricket Club held their first
annual dinner at the Hotel Clasen -
don.
The other clay Mr. W., D. Fair, a-
mong a lot"of old papers, carne across
an invitation to a farewell ball,
W hich reads: "Sir, the pleasure of
your company and lady is respectful-
ly solicited to attend a farewell ball
and supper to be given by Mr. W.
Rattenbury in connection with. Mr,
Charboneau's first assembly, at the
Clinton Hotel on Wednesday, the
22nd of April, 1857. J. F. Charbon -
eau, director, Dancing to commence
at 8 o'clock. Tiekets 10s.C'y." The
invitaion is printed in gold and is in
a fair state of preservation. The
Clinton Hotel was in 1857 where
Combe's drug store now stands and
is known today as the Rattenbury
House.
Farr—Holmes—At Granham Place,
St. Catharines, on Oct. 13th, by the
Rev. Mr. Kirby, Mr. C. J. Fair to
Nellie, third daughter of Mr. E. Hol-
mes, formerly of Clinton.
Mr. John Johnston of the harness
emporium was out shooting last
Thursday and brought down a good
bag of black squirrels and rabbits.
The News -Record was favored with
a couple of nice specimens, for which
we thank the doner.
If skunks keep on infesting the
town, Mr. John Smith shotone in his
hen house the other evening, a bri-
gade will have to be organized to
expel them.
From The New Era, Oet.. 23rd, 1896:
A large , crowd witnessed an ex-
citing contest between Ed. Cantelon
and Jack Miller on Wednesday,
which resulted in a tie. The gentle-
men were shooting for the champion-
ship for the C. G. C. in live birds.
They each succeeded in getting 19 out
of 21 birds, which is a high score.
Special trains have been running
every other day to accommodate the
freight from hereabouts, mostly ap-
ples and produce.
The advance in the price of wheat
is a fortunate thing for the farmers
. 75c was paid on Clinton market
on Wednesday.
We are getting anxious about the
reform of the Senate. Our own 're-
form would 'be the Dutchman's cure
for a mad dog. "cut his head off be-
hind ze ears,"
Dr. Shaw, District Deputy for the
A. F. & A. M. of this district, visited
Zurich Lodge in his official capacity
Tuesday evening . Messrs. Mc-
Lean, Porter, Holloway, Taylor and
McCool visited Hensall Lodge with
Dr. Shaw on Thursday evening last.
When The Present Century
Was Young
From The News -Record, Oct. 19th,
1911:
Mr. 'Will L. Johnson returned on
Thursday ,last from Terence, Man.,
where a n d thereabouts - he spent
three months. He assisted in the har-
vesting, the threshing, : etc., varied
witha little 'bit of hunting, and while
he looks the better for his trip he is
glad to be back in the old town again.
He is not altogether in love with the
west and still believes that good old
Ontario is and will continue to be the
banner province.
Dr. Woods of Bayfield was in town
on Monday and booked himself pas-
sage on the C. P. R. Empress which
sails from Quebec on Saturday for
Liverpool. He will be absent six
weeks or two months and will visit
the great hospitals of London, Dub-
lin, Paris and Berlin so asto acquire
still further skill in his profession.
He will also visit relatives in Eng-
land and Ireland ... During his ab-
sence his practice will be in charge
of Dr. Worthington, so well and fav-
orably known in this county.
Mr. T. H. Hardy of the Base Line
is not one of those who are timid a-
bout Fridays and who positively
dread a combination of Friday and
thirteen and to prove it we merely
need state that he set the date of his
sale for Friday the thirteenth. Not
a -few of his acquainances shook their
heads and prophesied a failure, but
Mr. Hardy pooh-poohed the idea and
as it so turned out the weather was
perfect, the crowd big and the prices
good.
Mr. j. 'K. Wise of the Huron Road,
Tucicersmith, has been doing well as
an exhibitor at our country fairs this
fall, has been winning prizes galore,
thus repeating his success of former
years. To get the red ticket in the
different grain and dairy produce,
his competitors have found, is a
mighty hard thing if J. K. specially
wants it and it means that the entry
is not only fine but superfine. At
Seaforth Mr. Wise made seventeen
entries and took seventeen prizes.
•
From The New' Era, Oct, 19th, 1911;
W. A. McConnell, agent for the C.
P. R. Telegraph Co., had a bulletin
each day of the baseball score for the
World's Championship, which was
eagerly looked forward to by the
young and old baseball fane in town.
The Clinton 'Collegiate Institute
Field Day was held on Friday last.
Both bylaws carried on Monday,
ahnost unanimous favor shown for
the new industry, the Motor Car By-
law, the waterworks bylaw being car-
ried two to one.
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING
COLD COMFORT
There is only one thing that can
get colder than a sheet in winter and
that is the linoleum on the, bathroom
floor. Listowel Banner,.
SPEAKING OF QUINCE
A woman asked in a Toronto store
for quince. The woman behind the
counter:could think of nothing but
"quints." On being assured that her
would-be customer was not joking,
she said she had never heard of such
a fruit as quinee. By the way, could-
n't The Toronto Star's punster make
something out of that?—Dr. Dafoe's
preserved "quints"?
—Goderich 'Signal.
THEY HAD THEIR FUN;
Estimates of the attendance of .Or-
illiens at 'the four games for the
Mann cup run from five hundred all
the way up to two thousand, and
guesses at the cost to Orillians of
seeing the games run to $20,000 and
upwards. One thing certain is that
as the result of having to go to'To-
ronto for the four games, many Oril-
lians claim to be "stony broke."
Oril'lia -Packet-Times
"CANADA CALLING"
The snappy slogan "Canada Call-
ing" has been adopted for the cam-
paign to be launched in the United
Kingdom this Fall for the purpose of
advertising Canada. Experts say it
will be the most concentrated and sci-
entifically directed campaign ever
undertaken by a Dominion. The need
for such a campaign can hardly be
doubted, particularly after hearing
what-. Hon. Vincent Massey, High
Commissioner to London, had to say
in Toronto. Over there, he stated,
we are still thought of very frequent-
ly as a land of wide open spaces given
chiefly to agricultural pursuits.
.—Windsor Stet.
ONE EDITOR DISILLUSIONED
Editor George James, of t h e
Bowmanville Canadian Statesman,
believes the farmers down that way
have been putting it over him. They
have all been telling him how hard
up they are and he hasn't been pres-
sing them very much to pay up their
subscriptions. But he's cured. Two
of his delinquent subscribers went to
the Oshawa Fair and one of them
lost $57 and the other $86 gambling
in the midway.
—Fergus News-Recbrd.
Caught in the Wild
(continued from page 2)
possible, lie broiled lynx meat on a
gratingof willow stems, basting it
with moose fat. The tender meat
kept them occupied until the muffle
broth soothed their jangled nerves.
There was a limit, however, to eat-
ing, and once its effect began to
pass, their craving retprned more in-
tense than before. First. Miss Ramill,
then Huxby, and last of all Mr. Ra -
mill began to make ironical remarks
aimed at Garth. He -Ignored them for
some time. me remarks became
more offensively witty and sarcastic,
He dropped the moccasin upon which
he had beensewing, and picked up
his rifle.
"I've .had enough bitters and sour
berries, thank you all. Feed them'
to yourselves for a while. Pll goget
the sleep I missed last night while
acting." as guardian angel of your
sweet slumbers."
CHAPTER IX
The Fun of the Game'
Far up the tundra slope, abobe the
trough of his platinum placer, Garth
found a dry moss -bedded nook on the
sunny side of a boulder. He lay
down, pulled his hat brim over his
eyes, and let himself fall asleep.
A full eight hours later the sun
swung around its wide circle until the'
shadow of the rock fell upon Garth.
Roused by the passing of the warm
rays, he pushed back his hat and sat
up. Out of the tail of his eye he
glimpsed a silver fox darting around
to the other side of the•rock.
Had be been a fur hunter, the
pretty creature would have had rea-
son for its panic. Even its. summer
pelt was worth a high price. He pic-
tured Miss Ramill in a night-club,
with the white fur about her thin.
neer and a champagne' glass at her
scarlet -rouged lips.
A sharp clatter of hoofs drew
his gaze upslope. Fifteen or twenty
caribou had come grazing aslant the
tundra within close gun range. They
had just caught the sight of him and
stampeded. His hand .gripped the
stock of Isis rifle, only to draw away
from it. Let thecarping critics chew
moose until they could appreciate his
efforts for them. Caribou for fat-
tening, moose for work.
He came clown to the camp as the
sun slanted behind the northwest
mountains in a glorious splendor of
scarlet and gold and crimson. Mr.
Hamill sat beside the fire between his
daughter and Huxby. All had their
backs to that magnificent sunset.
Two of the three pouches that Garth
had hidden under the moss in the
Matto lay open before the men.
Miss Ransil' was emptying the last
contents of the sugar pouch into a
pot of thick tea. She . was first to
see Garth's noiseless approach. Her
eyes 'widened in a startled look that
hardened to defiance and then' into
derision.
"Hail to the chief," she mocked.
"My dear Mr. Garth, you are ,most
fashionably late to dinner, Will you
not join us in a eup of tea?"
Her father turned to eye the un-
invited guest with a shade of uneasi-
ness. "You see we found what .you
were holding out on us, Garth. It's
the only trick you failed to put over."
(Continued next week)
AT THE POUND
Year after year Seaforth town.
council appoints a poundkeeper, but
it remained for the present incumbent
of the office, Thomas Storey, to be
the first to be called upon to perform
the duties of his office in many years.
Such a long time had elapsed since
anything was impounded here that
when Poundkeeper Storey was eal'led
upon to lock up a frollicking cow at
large on the streets municipal offi-
cials were forced to spend some time
thumbing through statutes and by-
laws to learn the procedure to be fol-
lowed, When finally the matter
was settled, it was found the cow had
broken out'of the pound and returned
to its own stable
—Seaforth Expositor.
'BETTER ATTACH THAT OLD
LANTERN'
Once more the perennial subject of
unlighted horse-drawn vehicles o n
the highways at night comes to -the
fore in the warning issued by Provin-
cial police that offenders ,against
the law in this regard are asking for
trouble. Why there is such a wide-
spread indifference to the law in this
Matter is one of the pnsolved 'myster-
ies,''because in this day nearly every-
one drives a car more or less, and no
one can drive a ear at night without
being fully aware of the frightful
menace the unlighted vehicle consti-
tutes. Self preservation alone should
induce people to comply with this en-
tirely reasonable regulation.
—Ridgetown Dominion.
WOLVES MAY. VISIT DOORS
Judging from reports made by In-
dians at Kettle Point .Reserve, near
Forest it will be a hard task this
winter to keep the wolf from the
door as the animals are much more
numerous than in other years.
While hunting near Port Franks
Edgar Sawnoo and Wilfred Shaw-
kenese ran into a pack of seven,
shooting one and wounding others.
The '. same day Beattie Greenbird
counted a pack of nine.
—Exeter Times -Advocate.
SHOULD A GOVERNMENT DEFY
THE LAW?
Three counties. in 'Western' Ontario,
—Huron, Perth and Peel,—were dry
by the vote of their people under the
Canada Temperance Act until the pre-
sent government high-handedly .open-
ed beer parlors in what was hereto-
fore dry territory.
The right of the Premier to do so
was protested by citizens of the three
counties and the Supreme Court of
Canada gave a decision to the effect
that the C. T. A. is still operative and
the three counties legally dry. Pre-
mier Hepburn indicated his determin-
ation to appeal to the Privy Council
and in the meantime has allowed the
beer -selling authorities to continue.
Now, claiming that a recent lower
court decision in Peel County makes
the C. T. A. ineffective the Premier
signifies that he may drop his appeal
to. the Privy Council.
The Premier cannot seriously urge
that a County Court decision stands,
against a Supreme Court judgment.
Obviously he is only seeking delay.
And in the meantime the government
goes on selling contrary to a Supreme
Court ruling in territory which was
legally voted dry by the ballots of its
citizens.
Surely the premier ,of a great pro-
vince might set a better example iri
law observance.
—St. Marys Journal -Argus.
EAST AND WEST HURON , TEACHERS
MEET IN, CONVENTION
East Huron Teachers Express Regret At Impending Re
-
^ tirement Of ,Dr. Field, Inspector, And Present Him
I With Easy Chair.
East Huron
Blyth, October 8th, 1936.
The East Huron Teachers' Institute
met here to -day at 10 o'clock a.m.,
the chair being occupied by the Pre-
sident, Mr. Bert Gray, of Blyth.
Devotional exercises were conduct-
ed: by Rev. Mr. Brook of Blyth, after
which the convention was welcomed
to Blyth by Reeve McNeil..
President Bert Gray 'gave the Pre-
sidential address taking as his topic
"Personality'. He described an in-
dividual's personality as hon that in-
dividual , behaves—"the total quality.
of an individual's behaviour." H e
stressed the necessity of personality
in members of the teaching profes-
sion, since the teacher' is often the
hero of his pupils, who look on him as
the embodiment of all virtue and 'wis-
dom—the supreme authority in all
matters both of knowledge and behav-
iour. When the child has forgotten
all the formal lessons his teacher has
taught, his life will be influenced by
the atmosphere of the classroom or
playgrounds permeated by the per-
sonality of the teacher. He asked for
the development of the good qualities
in children that their personality
'night be an asset to them through
life. To this end he encouraged a
study of the psychology as an aid to
the cultivation of this better personal-
ity.
A very interesting and instructive
paper on the Convention trip to Ot-
tawa in 1935 was presented by Miss
Baeker of Brussels, who related the
details of the visit to the capital
city, its schools, tours to places of
interest, including the Parliament
Buildings, the Peace Tower, the mar-
ket, and the surrounding French-
Canadian country. Such pilgrimages,
she said led to a broadening of
knowledge from interchange of ideas
with teachers of other parts of the
Province and a greatly increased
interest in and understanding of the
affairs of ourcDominion Government.'
A .nominating connnittee consisting
of Mr. M. Stephens and the Misses
Jamieson and Williamson presented
a slate of officers for 1936-37. This
Slate was adopted by the Convention
and was as follows:
President, Miss Helen Ament,
Ethel.
Vice -President, Wilbert Fralick,
Wingham.
Secretary -Treasurer, George H.
Jefferson, Clinton.
Executive Committee, The staff of
Seaforth Public School, Miss Barbara
Simpson, Seaforth, Miss Norma
Coutts, Auburn.
Auditors, Misse-s Courtice and Fra-
ser, Clinton.
Delegate to 0. E. A., Miss Alberta
Richmond, Dublin.
A pleasing interlude at this time
was 'a piano duet by Miss Elizabeth
Mills and Miss Pauline Robinson.
The question of automatic member-
ship in Teachers' Federation was ab-
ly presented by Dr. Joyce Boyle, and
`the feeling of the convention on this
Important matter secured.
This ended the Thursday morning
session.
During the noon recess dinner was
served by the ladies of thechoir of
the Blyth United Church at which
Mrs. Wilford delighted those present
with a . solo.
The afternoon session opened with
an address on music in public schools
by Miss Elizabeth Mills, Instructress
in music in the Blyth Public School.
She distinguished betweenmusic edu-
cationists and musicians, stressing
the fact that the purpose of music in
schools is not to make musical per-
formers of all pupils so much, as to
teach enjoyment of the right kind of
music, and to develope some of . the
higher emotions and traits of• char-
acter. With a class she demonstrated
some of the methods' by which she
felt good results might be attained.
Dr. Field spoke briefly reviewing the
spread of music teaching in the
schools of the Inspectorate, and ad-
vocating further advances musically.
A discussion of the Course of
Study in Art by Miss Hamilton of the
Blyth Continuation School, together
with a discussion of the methods of
valuing the Art examination paper
for 1936, was of interest to Fifth
Class Teachers as well as to those
engaged in teaching th e Upper
grades of Public Schools. Miss Ham-
ilton analyzed the marking system
showing how marks, were earned, and
how lost.
The outside speaker for the Con-
vention was Professor R. B. Liddy,
Professor of Psychology of the Uni-
versity of Western Ontario, London.
Speaking on "Adjusting the School
to the Child," he reminded the tea-
chers of the importanceof their cal-
ling both from the number of lives
they influenced and from 'the in-
vestment of money in the work of
education, He felt there is need for
a modification of methods of instruc-
tion now in use, that a more efficient
use of the time at our disposal may
be tirade that more time can, be given
to such important branches of edu-
cation as training in citizenship, de-
veloping special abilities, and adjnst-
ing children, emotionally, rather than
only intellectually, in short to devel-
ope physical, moral, and emotional
health. As illustrations he drew,
from the subject of arithmetic that
the mental processes required of jun-
ior pupils were oftentimes too diffi-
cult for their mental age, quoting.
long division as an example. If left
till the mind were more developed it
might be mastered in a much shorter
space of time. He reminded his lis-
teners, however, that the school is
only one factor inchild training; the
home, the church, the playground,
and the picture show all play their
part. Education however must not
be considered as static; educational
institutions are changing rapidly for
the better -better superivsion —bet-
ter
better physical conditions—better tea-
cher -training, He recommended the
study of educational books, particu-
larly by teachers,—some of his re-
commendations being:
(1) "Adjusting the School to the
Child," Washburne.
(2) "Everyday Problems in Class-
room Management." E. J. Brown.
(3) "Psychology of the Exceptional
Child," Dr. Scheidemann.
(4) "Principles o f Education,"
Chapman & Counter,
Friday
On Friday •morning the sessions op-
ened' with an address by 'Kenneth
Ashton of Brussels on "Local Geo-
graphy." He recommended commenc-
ing with Nature Study of the local-
ity in which the school is situated to
develop observation in junior classes,
passing on to the study of the most
common substances produced locally'
for food, clothing, and shelter. Visits
to local industries, and imaginary
journeys to other districts, reading of
books of travel where stressed. He
recommended the "Science Readers"
published by Gage & Co. and "Play
Story Geography" by the same pub-
lisher. An interesting discussion of
the Salt Industry of Huron, signs of
the glacial epoch in Huron and an
outline of the local history of Huron's
early days with particular mention of
Goderich, Clinton and Blyth, con-
cluded a helpful geographical outline.
"Manual Training i -n Public
Schools" was introduced by Gordon
Kidd, Principal of Wingham Public
School. He stressed its value to the
pupil and to the teacher; regretting
that for many years our educational
system has tended in a marked degree
to prepare pupils for the University
and the Normal School and neglect-
ing to provide an introduction to the
life work of the majority of ehildren.
An exhibit of manual training tools,
and models' clone by children in Pub-
lic Schools was presented which in-
terested many of the teachers pre-
sent.
Margaret Cudmore of the Pri:nary
Room of Clinton Public School gave
an excellent presentation of the sub-
ject "Health in public Schools." Miss
Cudmore had. attended the Health
Training Course given in Toronto
during the summer vacation and gave
an outline of the work done there.
Her rules for health for teachers and
pupils reveal a change from the old
order of things. She recommended
f o r class -. instruction publications
from the Canadian Tuberculosis Asso-
ciation, Plaza Building, Ottawa; Do-
minion' Dept, of Agriculture, Ottawa;
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Ot-
tawa; The Canadian Red Cross, To-
ronto. This paper was full of help-
ful suggestions. ,
"The New Third Readers" was the
subject discussed by Miss Jean Web-
ster of Wingham. Though but recent-
ly introduced these readers .seem ,to
be an improvement on the former rea-
der, allowing for a wider range of
reading in interesting and helpful va-
riety.
Inspector Field 'whose term as In-
spector is to terminate shortly gave
an interesting talk on the changes that
have taken place in the schools and
teachers of East Huron since he has
been Insepctor, Numbers of pupils
in some schools -have greatly decreas-
ed; in others they have increased.
School buildings and property have
greatly improved; and East, Huron
has provided as good or better facil-
ities for the training of children as
can be found in any, rural inspector-
ate in Ontario. 'At the close of 'his
address Dr. Field was presented with
a chair by the teachers of the inspec-
torate as a token of their apprecia-
tion of his years of service in East
Huron's Public Schools, Dr. Field
replied briefly; assuring the conven-
tion of his continued interest in edu-
cation, and its problems.
An explanation of the marking of
the High School Entrance Arithmetic
paper of 1936 brought to a close an
interesting and instructive conven-
tion.
West Huron '
Teachers of West Huron, in con-
vention at Goderich last week, unan-
imously passed a resolution asking
that a mini: mum' salary of $800 per
year be fixed for public school tea-
chers.
Of the 185 teachers present, some
stood on their feet and others waved
their arms with shouts of "Yes, yes,"
to give approval of the resolution.
About 80 per cent. of the delegates
present were from rural schools
where salaries have, been reduced in
some eases as much as 40 per cent.,
I work my wonders all for you. I. provide a
magic carpet to carry you into the homes of
your friends, no shatter where they may be,
In my seven -league boots you can hop in a
moment from one shop to another, though they
may be blocks apart, even miles, or perhaps
continents!
I weave a protecting spell that guards your home
against all kinds of emergencies, little or big.
' And - miracle of miracles -- my magic costs
only a few cents a day.
HAVE YOU A TELEPHONE:
IN YOUR HOME ?
Our local business office will gladly
supply information.
during the last five years.
Other resolutions passed dealt with
the internal workings of the school
system.
Speaking for the Teachers' Fed-
eration, Dr. Joyce Boyce, of Forest
Hill, deplored the fact that public
school teachers did not receive the
recognition they should, as compared
with a secondary school teacher. The
task of the primary school teacher
was equally as important and often
much, more arduous, the speaker em-
phasized.-
G. Roy Fenwick, 'provincial super-
visor of music for Ontario, in discus-
sing "teaching of music" said it
should have a place onthe curriculum
if for no other reason than the bene-
ficial effect music had on character.
Dr. Liddy, professor of psychology
(of the 'University of Western Ontario -
spoke spoke on "Adapting the School to the
! Child."
Splendid papers were given by
Stewart Beattie, of Varna, on "Com-
munity Leadership," and, by Miss Tila
McCallouglr, of Woodham, on "The
Ethics of the Teacher." The paper of
Miss Evelyn Clark, of Centralia, oa
"The Aim of the Teachers," also was•
particularly good.
R. Stonehouse, secretary, announc-
ed that the registration of the asso-
ciation was the largest since 1930.
Officers elected were: Honorary
president, W. H. Johnston, Exeter;
president, Joseph Creech, Exeter
vice-president, Miss P. ?enfold, Kip --
pen; secretary -treasurer, R. Stone-.
house, Goderich; Delegate to
Miss P. Penfound, Kippen.
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE NEWS
Interestingly Written By A Student
We are just a little disturbed to-
night as we have recently succeeded
in flinging ourselves down a flight of
steps; we picked ourselves up and
found that we had not broken any
arms and that we would not be able
to get out of doing our Latin after
all. If we are somewhat bitter, you'll
understand? Thank you!
The past week has been fairly in-
teresting, that is, there has always
been something or other to do. Last
Thursday, the first basket -hall game
of the season was staged, and a most
disturbing game it was. First and
Second Form girls were the combat-
ants, and naturally (being First and
Second) they were noisy. First Form
accomplished' a feat which has sel-
dom been done by First Form in
school history, i.e.—defeated Second
Form. There were various reasons
for First For'm's victory, four of
them being the long arms and legs of
Olive Finch. This infant phenom-
enon was a good deal too fast for the
guards they gave her, and whenever
she was under the basket ready to
shoot, her guard was somewhere in
centre floor, trying to catch up. Ger-
aldine Denomnme, who can run like a
small Jack-rabit, backed up Finch
and along. with Easom, a leggy new-
comer, who gives great promise for
future fame, made up 'a formidable
trio of forwards. The guards aren't
quite onto the game yet, but give
them time. Second Form's defeat
can 'mostly be attributed to laziness,
The way they lumbered around was
painful. Do you think they'd hurry?,
Not on your life! Isabel Colquhoun
played a consistently good game, she
is a hard-working player, but she got
very little co-operation. First Form
scored seven baskets, Second Form
one. Olive Finch and Isabel. Coign
houn were the stars of the game. The
score was 14-2 in' favour of First
Form.
Line-up: First Form—Forwards, 0.
Finch,G. Denornme, G. Easom;
Guards, A. Cornish, M. Miller, K.
Ross. Second Form—Forwards,' I.
Colquhoun, V. Elliott, W. Jervis;
Guards, B .Snell, Daphne. Coleiough,
Marie Plumsteel; Subs, Bernice
Grigg, Joyce Gardiner.
On Thursday, the 'foot -ball team
went off to 'play Mitchell' with deter-
mination in their hearts, fear in their
faces, and gum in their mouths. The
girls stayed home and hoped for the
best, the boys "done their bit" and
Cornish from First -Form scored a
goal, which made the score 1-0 for
Clinton at whcih they rushed 'home
like mad things, and Mr, Franks
danced Russian dances up and down
the school steps, No, not really.
We didn't see the game and can't,
give a detailed account.
The Literary Society has at Iast
been formed, and has started upon its
annual career of hard work. Fifth
and Fourth Forms nominated Candi
dates, and the whole school voted ors
them. The candidate made election-
eering speeches during opening exer-
cises, and they were highly entertain-
ing. The candidates for president,
Ken. Dougan and Abe Filshie were
called upon first. Mr. Dougan ap-
proached the foot -lights first, and'
spoke facetiously concerning political'
promises, such as locking the ar-
moury so that Mr. Pines could not
have anyone shot by the proverbial
squad of First -Formers at sun -rise -
He remarked that if he was elected
he would do his level best—Hereupon.
he beamed sunnily on his listeners
and sat down. Filshie followed'. him,.
and promised not to make any pro-'
niises, after which hepromised to do
his level best (why level? They all
promise to do their level best. Odd,
we think it), and prophecied that
Dougan would lose his confidence by
the time the results were out. Fil-
chie straightened his ti,e made his
bow, and retired.
Candidates for First Vice were -
summoned next. Irene Robertson and
Kathleen Cosens mounted the stage,
fell over each other's feet a little,
smiled nervously at one another, up'
on which Mr. Fines called upon Miss
Cosens. Kathleenmade some .witty'
remarks, announced that she was Se-
cond Vice last year and had evidently-
become
videntlybecome bored with, the position. We
gat the impression that Miss Cosens
political career is not going to be
brilliant—she's much too unenthusi-
astic. Bunnie Robertson, after ad-
dressing her salutation to the wings-
of the stage, spoke a very few words'.
which we could not quite catch, but
we gather that site promised to do
her level best. ' The V. P. candidates
seemed glad to get off the stage --
They
They apparently bore no malice to --
ward each other.
Third speakers were the Second'
Vices- Second Vice -Presidents w e'
mean of course, must you be literal
minded? Faye Lindsaye and Ronald
Peck opposing one another. Although.'
it is women's privilege to have the
last word, they made Miss Lindsaye'
speak first. She smiled generously -
upon the audiences and addressed'
Mr. Fines, Miss Beattie, Miss Nixon,.
Miss Manning, Miss Depew, Mr:
Franks, Upper School, Fourth Form -
Third Form, Second Form and First'
Form. After all this, Miss Lindsaye'
was evidently rather out of breathe
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