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

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Detention, two Conduct Detentions and two Work Detentions. At the end of the day, Abdul, not having the Technical Knowledge of the System in Use, asked his Form Teacher for advice as to what he should do regarding his Detentions. The Form Teacher, opening a draw- er, drew out a Red Card and wrote Abdul's name and form upon It. Handing it to Abdul, he said that he should go to Room -17892, known as the Late Room, where he should present it to the Presiding Teacher. Putting his hand again in the Drawer, the Teacher drew out a Yellow Card upon which he wrote Abdul's name and form as before. This, he said was the Card which he must present to the Presiding Teacher of the Conduct Detention Room, number 872, to which he should go when released from the Late Room. Of course, the Teach- THE OAKWOOD GRACLE er told him, he must do this two nights in succession as he had had two Conduct Detentions. The Teacher now drew forth two blue Cards upon which he wrote as before. t'These must be given to the Teachers who gave the Work Detentions and to whose rooms you must go after you have left the C.D.R., which will be about seven o'clock. Looking up the Teacher was astonished to see that Abdul had disappeared. However, he shook his head sadly and went on making entries in an Attendance Book and entering marks upon an Examina- tion Result Sheet. ' Abdul was found some forty- eight hours later, a few miles dis- tant, gibbering to himself and trying to climb a lamp-post. G.D.S.V.A. Qelnrp The girl shook her head resolute- ly. No, her eyes said, even more clearly than her lips. The library was deserted except for the two, and Miss Burns. No, she repeated firmly, I am going to be a great writer. And be- sides I don't really love you. How could I live with a cripple like you all my life, and be happy 7 I want fame and glory, and wealth. He rose as she finished speaking, and turned wearily away. His limp was even more pronounced than usual, as he went slowly toward the door. Miss Burns smiled sym- pathetically at him as he went out. but he did not seem to notice. Presently the girl gathered up her papers, and followed him. Miss Burns smiled rather coldly at her. but she did not seem to notice either. In the days that followed, David seldom went near the library, ex- cept at night when he was sure that Joan would not be there. He seem- ed, to Miss Burns, to have grown suddenly older, to have lost all faith in humanity. She longed to help him, but scarcely knew how. Day by day the girl spread out her papers on the library table, and wrote industriously for hours at a time. As the year went by, she no longer talked quite so certaintly of the time when she would be fam- ous, she spoke instead, of the time when her work would be printed in this magazine, or that. She was thinner now, too, and lacked her former air of self-assurance. But it was about David that Miss Brown worried. At last she could stand the sight of his haggard face no longer. She called him over to a seldom used corner of the reading room. Very gently she began, afraid and yet certain that she was going to hurt him. David, I know that you loved, and still love Joan, with all your Page Twenty-Seven

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THE OAKWOOD ORACLE Q page from the Qrahian .Rights , Abdul Al Bol Oni was approach- ing a large city situated on a lake. The land near the water was low and crowded with tall office build- ings but two or three miles back from the shore the ground took a sudden rise. Up on this hill lived Abdul's uncle with whom he was going to stay for a week or two. When Abdul had at length reach- ed his uncle's home he was sur- prised to see that it was opposite a Large School. Being interested in Methods of Education he deter- mined to enter this Hall of Learn- ing the following day, as a Student. for a week. Abdul's third day at the school dawned. Exhausted by sitting up all night's doing Homework, he was unfortunate enough not to reach the school till seven seconds after nine o'clock. Quaking he lined up with a few other unfortunates before the of- fice. How dare you be late! Don't you know that you should be in your Seat by five to nine? How far do you live? Have you no alarm clock? Don't be late again! Yes, Sir, answered Abdul. Sign the Book l No, not that oneg there, put this Late Slip and have it examined approved, certified, checked and then stamped. Having carried out these instruc- tions Abdul hastily climbed the Form Room, where he presented the Late Slip and was admitted after it had been examined and place up on a File provided for the purpose. His name had been placed upon the Attendance Pad isome- times known as the Crime Streetj, because he had been absent when school began. Now the Teacher drew a line through his name, de- noting his name, denoting that he had been Late rather than Absent. The second Period that day was Page T'IUlf'l'Lt1l'Sf.'JC' Physical Training. This class was held in a room in the Cellar. When Abdul entered he saw upon a large pillar, conveniently placed in the middle of the room, a sheet of paper upon which was typed The Rules and Regulations Concerning Physical Training. Having been ignorant of these rules, he was not properly equipped. However, he got off with a warning. As Abdul was wearily wending his way back to the Form Room he absent-mindedly whistled three bars of the Prisoner's Song to him- self. For this disgraceful conduct he promptly received a Conduct Detention. In the Period after Recess, the Fire Bell sounded four times. On Consultation of the Rules And Reg- ulation Concerning Fire Signals it was found that four rings was a signal for the Class to descend one floor. As they were about to do so, the Bell sounded again three times and the Class returned to the Room. In threading his way to the next Class Room he accidently got out of line. A Posse of Teachers in- stantly surrounded him and he was informed that he would have to write out Theorem -17, not less than 82.6 times and present it at Room 999 not later than four o'clock. The day wore on. Lunch Period came and as Abdul hurried to lunch, he was given a short, concise talk on Running Through The Halls and another Conduct Detention. liy gulping his lunch he succeed- ed in reaching the first Class after lunch without being Late. Here, however, when the Kindly Teacher solicitously inquired if he had his Ilomework done, he received a Work. Detention for its neglect. An amusing incident of this kind had already taken place in the morning so that Abdul now had One Late

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THE OAKWOOD ORACLE heart. But David, she is not worth it. She has no love to give anyone except herself. You have the soul of an artist, a love for everything that is truly beautiful. such as she could never understand. You have given her Life's most precious gift. She has nothing to give you in re- turn. You could never be happy together. David got up in despair. With- out saying a word, he limped away, his head bowed a little. Miss llurns did not need a stifled sob to tell her that his heart was break- ing. He liinped slowly, painfully, down the street, his whole being throb- bed with the pain in his heart. Yet he knew it was true. Even in his great love, and loyalty to her, he could not deny it. He wandered on, scarcely realizing where he. went. Without knowing why, he stumbled into old St. Georges Somewhere at the back the choir was practising, but there was no one in the church. He sank on his knees: but could not pray: scarcely could he think. After a time he became conscious of the peaceful quietness of the old church. 'The choir had stopped singing. The very stillness seemed to sooth the ache in his heart. Then suddenly he knew that both Miss Burns and Joan were wrong. What Joan had really wanted was the glory of love. At last he had found her! The church seemed filled with her presence. Back in the library, Joan was tearing up pile after pile of paper. It was of no use. She could not write. Words came, stiff, dead words that meant nothingg she had wanted to write living words. But that was not what she wanted any more. She did not want fame, or wealth. She wanted David. The sexton found him that night, when he went to lock up. He was still kneeling, but there was a smile of peace on his face. Joan knew when she saw him, that at last he had found happiness. He had lov- ed her, and known in some myster- ious way, that she loved him. Even Death could not conquer the glory of Love. QEin5tein'5 Ulibenrp Do not let the title terrify you. We have become so accustomed to adopting certain statements as facts that we cannot conceive of anything otherwise explaining facts. Away back in the dim past. because our ancestors had not over- come many obstacles, they could not understand anything they could not see. When they saw that a block of wood had length, breadth and thickness the matter ended thereg an analogy is the way science ignored air although it had always been present. So they for- got Zlll about time. A body of three dimensions thus cannot exist. For us to be aware ol' it, it must en- dure for some time. When we are at it why should the time be taken Page Tzlwfztyl-Eigltt in any particular era ? Just as we may take a foot in Toronto or in Hamilton, time might be taken in the thirteenth century, Einstein says that is possible. Suppose that while you were reading this article you started to move away with the speed of light. The same ray would continue to affect your eye and in other words you would never finish this. If you went still faster and could still see at whatever dis- tance you were, things would be- gin to move backwards and by con- tinuing you could see anything in the past. However, if the event must always have happened. H. G. Wells in his book The Time Ma- chine argues that since we can re- present three dimensions on a two