Oakwood Collegiate Institute - Oracle Yearbook (Toronto Ontario, Canada)

Page 15 text:

xi! xi! 'lLiTEsAsYll.' xx A ,Av A-RK 0 Qiha The ablative absolute is passive in form and active in meaning. At these words of wisdom a youth in the rear of the class shift- ed rapturously in his seat. What had, but a moment before, been a dreamy yet inquiring face now broke into a delicious smile, a blush spread oyer it, the lips moved ever so slightly, a tremulous hand straightened a tie and brushed back a wisp of light hair. The head nodded slightly and the lips form- ed the words: You mean you are absolutely positive you will come. Oh, that'll be fine. The smile broadened. Heyl what's the joke, Nibbs. All you have to do is look intelli- gent and here you are staring off into infinity and grinning like a Chesy cat in long grass. The lad dropped back to earth with a thud which sent the blood rushing over his hot face. Mother was ironing in the kit- ehen when he got home. He walk- ed past her, hung up his coat, came back to the kitchen, sat down, kicked the cat, went and got a drink, sat down again, and watch- 1-fi her for some time in silence. Ulleyl Mom, you know that girl in our room - mother went on ironing without appearing to notice Pug: ,ql',l'lI'l'll the slight stammer - well she must like me or something. Shes always smiling at me. Don't you think I'd better invite her over to tea Sunday just to show her I don't exactly hate her-but I don't like her-she's too skinny. Mother said she always liked to meet his friends, and that night the house shook to an ill-concealed .ivy- No one texcept Mr. Robbl can resist the appeals of a seventeen ycar old youth and especially diffi- cult is it for a seventeen year old maiden. Annabelle Evans, blonde and beautiful, agreed to come. Why dwell on the period preced- ing that eventful Sunday. Heart rending days they were for the young lover who strove valiantly and successfully against a mother who, instead of a meal of chicken, fruit, cake, apple-pic and ice-cream, suggested tomato soup, sausages and prunes, and against a father who was prone to promenade on Sundays without a coat, and in his sock feet. Ilut he did not reckon with his little sistei' Eva. I'm glad Alfred invited you, was very pretty, but what demon possessed her to say, 'cos We're going to have ice-cream. The boy blushed and wasted an annihilating glance on the little insect. Un-

Page 14 text:

THE OAKWOOD ORACLE Zllumni The Commerce and Finance dc- partment of University College has claimed some of our finest men. Ralph Shortt, prominent basket- ball player, Don Hutchison, the cheer-leading parson, Frank Som- ers, Jack Van Duzer, Gordon Davison, Fred Peart, Frank Stan- ley, Denton Stuart, Harry Tidinan are the reasons why we congratu- late U. C. Art Snider, the phenomenal tackler of the Orphans and cap- tain of last years' Junior Rugby team, Robert Thompson, a member of the Varsity Juniors, Gerald Richardson, Bert Blackhall, David Palter are in first year pass at U. C. Eugene Starmnan and Don Buchanan are in Political Econ- omy at U.C. John D. Arnup, our Valedictorian is, of course, in a class by himself. He is taking Eng- lish and History at U.C. Allan Bailey, Ben Meen are at U. C. taking Honour Science, Ralph Bregman is attending Dental College. David Davies, Harold Fine, Joseph Robb are our future Doc- tors. William Hunt is taking pass maths. at Trinity College. Melville Ransberry is at Normal. Sid Lip- chitz is taking Bio-Chelnistry and meds. at U.C. Ouch! Loney Mitchell, Wilfred Wood are in first year pass at Trinity College. Bert Mitchard, Roland Charles, Sydney McCatty are at- tending S.P.S. Hugh Mclntyre is taking minerology at Queens Russel MacDonald is in second year arts U. C. Ronald Cunningham is at U.T.S. Alfred Malpass is taking Business Accountancy at C.H.S.C. Ralph Thomas is taking Special Science at McMaster. Jack Weinstock is at Western University. Tom Abbott is taking an engineers course in Pittsburg. Many of our Graduates decided that variety is the spice of life and went to work. Among these we number: Gerald Pearson, Kenneth Rothwell, Murray Abramowitz, Reg. Edwards, John Loveland, Billie Mac-klein, Charles Hill. John Piggott, Thomas Scott, Frank Up- ton, Bert Wilson, Harold Cameron, Charles Cansfield, Wes. Cutler. Raymond Potten, John Dargavel, Albert Emslev. Ben Fenner, Cari Flath, Harold Tootitt, Wes Free- land, Gerald Goldstein, Charlie Gagan, Cecil Greenaxvay, Ted Her- man, Frank Mitchell. Ed. Hopkins. Ales Johnston. John Knechtel. Willard Knechtel, Robert Reid and Tom Stamp. We could not find Al. McKee. Ulu a Gres Oh! fairest thing! When the glory of your leaves is gone What will you do '? When no more is heard a joyful song From among your sheltering leaves. When autumn winds have torn Your covering and left you bare, Oh, will you be forlorn Standing there in the autumn air, Gaunt sentinel of fall '? H. S. K., VB. Page Fiffcrn

Page 16 text:

abashed, she prattled on: You would never guess those were dad's shoes Alfred's got on, would you, Annabelle? My, Alfred, you look funny, all red like that. At the table, prospects of ice cream made her pensive for a few moments, but she rallied to the cause with: Do you always make your little finger do that when you're drinking, Annabelle? Fa- ther sought to change the subject and put his pretty visitor at ease by remarking that he did not be- lieve in ceremony. He said he al- ways ate honey with his peas. He'd done it all his life. It didn't taste so awfully good but it kept them on his knife. This did not receive the expected applause. Annabelle, not being a hardened campaigner, did not know that inviolable rule which states that young people must laugh heartily at all jokes cracked by THE OAKWOOD ORACLE older people. Alfred, beneath a red exterior, was calling down the w1'ath of heaven on this family which had blighted his career. Eva was too busy devouring her ice- cream. Oh, my sainted aunt! there she was licking her dish! Who's kicking me '? Papa, make Alfred stop. He's kicking me. Why were little sisters? Would this meal never end. Alone with Annabelle in the par- lour afterward the air was cleared somewhat. As mother was putting Eva to bed and Alfred was helping Anna- belle to put on her goloshes a little voice floated down from above: Isn't Annabelle pretty, mother '? Hasn't she got pretty curls? Isn't she the cute little dear, murmured Annabelle as they went out. R.P. firm Examinations Fair children, my readers, this is to make announcement of the latest innovation, in High Schools at least, that of periodic examina- tions of our most valuable property, our bodies, our persons. When we left Public School and came here we often wondered why we were never given the 'tonce over as was formerly the case and told to stick our tongues out, say goo and de- clare whether we had any spots on our feet. Then there was the den- tist too, who used to hand you a plan of the interior of your mouth with certain hieroglyphics describ- ed thereon and intellible only to fellow members of the profession. Will these be restored again in the school time-table? It is also vaguely hinted that a training will be given in how we should sit in school. That means that we will not be able to put our feet under the desk across the aisle, sit sideways in our seats or other- wise make ourselves at home. Un- fortunately they tell us that it will take some time to go into effect so that those of the upper forms will have missed four or five, and, for some, six years of the doctor's care. Why was this relief from disease not given us long ago? Think of the terrible things that might have happened to us with- out a doctor to tell us about it! Think yet again of what we may have at the present moment. Why even the employees of most large ofices have at least an annual in- spection! Wherefore this neglect? But now at last we can be healthy and if you see a short stubby little man or a tall fat man, or an ordi- nary medium-sized man walking about the halls of Oakwood with the look of a hunter, have a care, for he is the official disease de- tcctor. Page SCl'C'Ilff'l'l1