Brandon Collegiate Institute - New Era Yearbook (Brandon, Manitoba Canada)

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10 THE NEW ERA LITERARY AND ART POETRY CONTEST FIRST PRIZE POEM PAYING TRIBUTE Jennie Tomlinson And yet tor all the school boy says On their dullness and their thought, A finer lot of poetry Cannot easily be bought. I sit and read from Tennyson, Prom Milton and from Keats, Some poems are bright and cheery, And some are slow in beats; Tennyson wrote on many things; On Knights and Ladies fair, On Death, when evening stars came out, And brooks and sea and air; Keats in his English sort of way, Shows sunrise on the walls of Rome; And Milton aged by country’s toil, ‘On His Blindness’ wrote a poem. Their lessons teach us how to live Nobly, for our country’s sake, In rain or shine to laugh and smile, And of the worst, the best to make, To love the world that God has made, The birds and trees and showers, The reason Life is very sweet, Though not a bowl of flowers. SECOND PRIZE POEM AN EVENING TREASURE Marianne Sykes My evening star Radiates friendships from afar, Alone among a million more It becks to me like open door. Through half-closed eyes, ’Midst murmured sighs, I love its steady, pointed light Which bids me welcome through the night. And if I went, On silv’ry, haunting, pathway bent, Would I find there as I now dream A vision of beauty in mellow gleam? And when in sleep— (My star leads me instead of sheep) A rest in which I see afar My precious, peerless, evening star.

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12 THE NEW ERA Second Prize Drawing, by Ted Spierc PROSE CONTEST FIRST PRIZE ANTHONY EDEN Annie Zaretsky Just a few months ago we read of the resigna ion of Anthony Eden, the British foreign m ' nister. The news was a great shock to us as we greatly admired and trusted Mr. Eden. There never had been a doubt in our minds but that he was putting into his work the best of his ability. Yet, he quit his office at a time when the whole world seemed in an uncertain position. Was he wise in doing so? That is the question circulating every¬ where in the British Empire rigid now. In due time we will know the answer, but, at present, we can only take a side for or against him. However, before we do so, let us review what we know about An¬ thony Eden. He became foreign minister two years ago, succeeding Sir Samuel Hoare. Since then Eden has chang¬ ed a great deal. Somewhere within the past two years he has lost his youth. This has come as a result of his absorption in his work. Few people realize what a difficult position that of foreign minister is. Eden was aware of its difficul¬ ties. He was also aw ' are that his position could not be a complete success, and yet he chose to work in a position which he knew would be a failure—how great, depended on himself. Why, then, did this young man choose this position when he knew its difficulties? It certainly was not for pecuniary r easons as he knew that the salary he would receive would not compensate him for what he had to put into the ser¬ vice. Neither was it because such