Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute - Breezes Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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ROOM 50, J.E., “THE INMATES” When we held our room elections, there was great excitement, and it was necessary several times to clear the floor for action by tapping several of the noisier members of the class on the head with ink-bottles to insure their keeping the peace. When the smoke of battle cleared away, the following officers were disclosed victorious: L. Hicks, president; J. Agnew, secretary. Questions Asked by the Inmates of Cell 50 1. When was the “War of 1812” fought? 2. Who wrote “The Outline of History,” by H. G. Wells? 3. Name two countries which took part in the Spanish-American War. N.B.—A prize is offered to the person who first returns all three answers to Room 50, before February 30, 1893. Please enclose a one dollar bill to cover expenses. ROOM 51, “THE LOPERS” The term for Room 51 started with everyone in good spirits. Of course all looked forward to the year’s work ahead of them. Oh, yes, very much so! The selection of the room officers showed a wise choice. The room attended both the senior parties in full force. In the coming Graduation Exercises, Room 51 will be well repre¬ sented. During the P.T. periods in the winter the room was divided into four teams A, B, C, and D. Of these four, A team proved itself superior. In these different games the competition was very keen and an intense interest is now being shown in baseball. The other day one of the members of the class, H. Backman, wanted to know when there was another meeting of the Literary Association, as he said he was interested in this and hadn’t been able to attend the last few meetings. HISTORY OF ROOM 53, “THE SUMERCUTES” Down through the ages, “from precedent to precedent,” in Room 53 has developed a constitution of which we are justly proud. At the first of the year, in a committee of the whole room, “Home Rule” was introduced, strongly supported by the extreme radicals. Out of chaos arose a well balanced cabinet composed of John Leishman as premier, C. Cowperthwaite as secretary of state, S. Reid and E. Summerfield as ministers without portfolio. As we are a sporting nation, we also have a minister of recreation, B. Sammons. Under this administration a large part of our constitution was established. The government is purely responsible (to the teachers) and is absolutely deadlock proof. During the year Leishman was defeated on a “No Homework Bill” and he was succeeded by L. Cannon as premier. He excellently reflected the brilliancy of his predecessor and completed the task of bringing our government to its present perfection. 19

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while partaking of a pork (?) and bean supper. We might intimate that Ma,ry Mann, who deftly dished out the aforesaid interior decor¬ ation, need never starve—so long as there is a beanery in town. After the bean-bee several delightful (?) games were endured by all. We regret to announce the departure of five of our classmates; namely, Marguerite Ross, Dorothy Plumm, Jessie Calvin, Jennie Logan, and Augusta Vopni. R.I.P. Things Room 24 Would Like to Know Is Ruth Bales hay or straw? Does Nellie Sellwood or coal? Why is Mary a Mann instead of a woman? Is Audrey Wilson or daughter? ROOM 45, “THE NON-SHRINKERS” We are in a corner; yes, but we are neither shrinkers nor exclusive. And was diverse associations all the year—type tickling 46! No wonder we’ve been quite satisfied to dwell apart with casual visits from teachers and a distant look from the room—dutiful. Don’t think we are sissy because we have Love in the class, nor a low¬ brow because of Lowe, nor yet black because of Coate’s,—but we can sing; you see we have Welsh among us sometimes. All challenges (seniors or juniors) accepted by Don. Name your own conditions and weapons. Losses covered by bookkeeping. ROOM 48 On entering Room 48, one is immediately struck by the pervading atmosphere of intelligence. This impression is unfortunately only temporary. We have one teacher who is unkind enough to tell us that as soon as he asks the class a question he is instantly bombarded— with silence—and a sea of vacant looking physiognomies. Our room holds the world’s championship for being able to start a row as soon as the teacher leaves. With splendid co-operation from all the pupils, we have brought the art of rioting down to a scientific basis. We have the distinction of being able to start and stop talking quicker than any other class in captivity. Beside the aforementioned achievements, Room 48 contains such celebrities as Finsness, Hill and Campbell. Finsness scorns any mark less than 90%. Hill is an anarchist genius and not long ago was just foiled in the nick of time from setting off a bomb in our room. Camp¬ bell besides being our language genius, holds the undisputed honor of being able to be late more times in one day than any two pupils. We venture to say Campbell will be late for the last judgment. Shortly after Christmas some hereto unknown organizor bethought himself to start the far-famed K.S.K. fraternity (Kallegiate Samnam- bulistic Kleptomaniacs). The members of this esteemed society planned to completely revolutionize the whole school system, making such changes as the abolution of home-work, lengthening the noon- hour and other drastic measures. For some mysterious reason, the Imperial Order of K.S.K. died an ignoble death. — L.C.R. IS

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In athletics, with keen rivalry and good sportsmanship predominant, we have had a splendid year. On school field day twenty-six points gave us the room pennant and several of our boys did well in the Inter- High. After resting on our laurels, we were represented by B. Sammons on the school hockey team and expect he will display his baseball talents shortly. We had a good basket ball aggregation, but did not gain any honours.. We hope our lost baseball game is not a bad omen, in the inter-room baseball. A four team league in the room has afforded us good basket-ball and volley-ball rivalry and we are beginning our baseball schedule in the same manner. We have also taken a part in the school’s musical activities. We have two excellent musicians—Ephraim Cohen, our pianist, and Fred Grinke, violinist—who received high awards in the Musical Festival. In the “Pirates of Penzance,” we comprised half of the boys’, chorus and also had two stars in it—Ted Summerfield, our ferocious heavy mustached Pirate King, and Samuel, his lieutenant, played by Harvey Powell. Other members were pirates or police. The smallest police¬ man—who was one of the great laugh creators of the play—was one of our boys, Jimmy Goodman. In the recent oratorical contests, a second Demosthenes and a future Edmund Burke were disclosed in the form of J. Leishman and F. Gilbert, both of 53. Naturally they both reached the finals, but there gave way to the Grade XII representative of the fair sex. Never¬ theless, they upheld the reputation of this renowned room in excellent style. In our race for “eddication,” L. Cannon, our big gun, always comes first. Second to him comes L. Johns, cartoonist and chewing gum fiend, with secretarial Charlie Cowperthwaite in third place. Scholar¬ ships are their meat, so Beware. Among the remaining 53’s are such famous fellas as Ted Summerfield, chemist and dancing sheik; Reuben Groves, Greek theologian; George Seater, village cut up; the “late” Beauford Gerrie; Shirley Sellar, 73-inch dwarf; and the “widely” known Harold Haid. Class Question—If examinations come can supp’s be far behind ? (For teachers only.) ROOM 55 Futuristic Impressions Anice Allonby—Champion athlete. Barbara Baird—Barber of high degree. Anna Bachman—Miss Winnipeg (?) Laura Bjarnason—Great historian. Margaret Bourns—Elocutionist. Beulah Braid—Mathematician. Beatrice Brooks—Hair dresser. Irene Carter—Famous prima donna. Gladys Chambers—Child’s pancake flapper. Wilda Crerar—Public speaker; mostly speaker. Kay Donnelly—American Venus (????) Minnie Epp—Club women. 20