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

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1939 volume:

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DRY GOODS, GLOVES, HOSIERY Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear At Moderate Prices THE NEW ERA Table of Contents Their Majesties .. Collegiate . Teaching Staff ... New Era Staff. Editorial . Student Council . Student Council Activities . Matriculation Class of 50 Years Ago. Message from the Principal . Literary Contest . Photography Contest .. Art Contest . Discussion Group . The Adorable Age . Picture Study . Scholarships.-. Alumni . First Prize Cartoon . Humor . Social Activities. Exchange . Thomas Kirkpatrick . Music ... Girls’ Sports ... Boys’ Sports . Student Council Baby Pictures . Field Day . Editor Gossip. Personals . Candid Camera . Autographs . Advertisers . Page 1 . 4 0 7 8 9 10 13 14 19 20 22 21 2(5 27 29 31 32 33 34 35 30 38 40 45 40 48 49 72 73 THE NEW ERA ISfe A I jy « � jf- i i«4 m m «] SHPgll ' ? 1 T 1 !, 1 THE NEW ERA D THE TEACHING STAFF PTont Row: Mr. S. Doctoroff, Mr. A. Harris, Miss H. Dunseith, Miss M. McDole, Mr. G. Harris, Mr. S. Bateman. Second Row: Mr. .1. Ashley, Miss J. Doig, Miss E. Strachan, Miss PI Insley, Miss A. Wood, Mr. M. Kavanagh. Back Row: Mr. H. Bell, Mr. J. R. Reid. 6 THE NEW ERA NEW ERA STAFF THE STAFF OF THE NEW ERA Staff Advisor...........MISS E. INSLEY Managing Editor.ANITA SMITH Assistant Editor_________JACK BECKHAM Student Council. .,...MARY WATSON Social Events.... ...EILEEN SINGLETON Sports (Boys)......DAL HARRIS Sports (Girls).DOROTHY MERLE Dramatics.. . .EVELYN LINDSAY Discussion Group.,.TED SPEERS Contests— Literary. .RUTH BLAND Art. ANNE GLOCH Photograhy.....JACK NEELIN Alumni. .MIKE LYCHASZ Scholarships...MR. T. KIRKPATRICK Humor.JACK THOMAS, BILL CRANE, JIM RICHARDSON Exchange...DOROTHY TINLINE Music. CLIFF K EPSON ROOM REPORTERS IIA.MARION EPTON II I! ..VERNON BASRUB [I C.JOYCE IlRATll WAITE II I) .MARGARET KENNEDY II E..., GEORGE GEMEROY II F.BERNICE COCHRANE III A.BILL CAVANAUGH III II ...MURIEL HOWELL III C.EVELYN HUNT III D...RUTH McINNES III E.GWEN TRAFORD IV A.JIM SEMPER BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Business Manager. HUGH KNOWLTON THE NEW ERA EDITORIAL Before beginning to write this foreword, I read a host of editorials, each of which was different in form and content. I concluded that it is the editor’s privilege to do exactly as he or she pleases in writing an editorial. With this thought in mind I continue. The members of the New Era Staff here present you with your own year’s work in print, for your pleasure, or (we hope not) your displeasure. You receive the finished article—written, compiled, and printed. Rut these three tasks were much more easily said than done. Before anything could he written for our magazine, it was necessary to secure students with the ability and willingness to work with us. Our New Era Staff being chosen, the members were given an idea of what was expected of them. For the first half of the year, nothing much could he done, as no activity was completed. However the contests got under way, and by the time they were finished, others were coming to a close, and soon the entire staff was hard at work. Upon completion, all the reports were handed in to he checked and typed. The typed matter was next compiled into the present form, spreading the advertisements throughout the book, and the articles in the way you now see them. This last part of our work, though it gave rise to differences of opinion, was quite interesting and enjoyable. While we were occupied with the above work, Mr. Reid kindly assisted us with respect to the pictures for the New Era, the prints of which were sent to Stovel’s in Winnipeg for cuts to he made. Upon their return, we left the rest to the printer and patiently waited for this same finished article to return. The only group who was busy was the Sales Committee with Cliff Kitson in charge of the magazine selling, and Mr. A. Harris in charge of advertising the magazine. The New Era is indebted to various persons not on its staff: to Miss Longley and John Thomas for typing of our material, to Mr. Jerret and his assistant, George Butler, for their help in getting the pictures taken, and to Judge Clement, for his account of the matricu¬ lation class of fifty years ago. In this hook we think you will find several things of special inter¬ est: the picture of Their Majesties King George and Queen Elizabeth, in honor of their visit to our Dominion, the picture and report of the previously mentioned matriculation class, and the biography of Mr. Kirkpatrick. We express thanks to Mr. Bell and the other members of the Student Council for their good sportsmanship in reference to their pictures, and we congratulate the advertising solicitors on their hard work. This book is no longer ours; you have made it yours by your in¬ terest in the Collegiate. The following pages tell of the work of the students of whom the Collegiate may well be proud. ANITA SMITH 8 THE NEW ERA STUDENT COUNCIL Back Row: MR. H. Bell . MR. J. R. REID .. . Staff Advisor Principal Second Row: ELMER KAUFMAN . DOREEN SULLIVAN . TED SPEERS . . BERNICE COCHRANE .. CLIFFORD KITSON . JACK PIERSON .. . II A Representative . II D Representative . Treasurer . II E Representative . ..IV A Representative . II B Representative Front Row: RUTH BLAND . BETTY ALLEN . MARY WATSON .... BETH CRAWFORD . BARBARA EDWORTHY .... NEOMIA AXFORD ... Absent—DONALD THOMPSON . .. .. II D Representative .. II C Representative . Secretary . President .. II F Representative . Ill C Representative .. Vice-President the new era p STUDENT COUNCIL ACTIVITIES The Student Council was organ¬ ized under the supervision of Mr. Bell who lent a guiding hand to our activities throughout the year. Beth Crawford was our capable and cheery president. We wish to thank those students who so will¬ ingly co-operated with us and helped us in our every enterprise. As usual all the students were required to buy Student Tickets which could be purchased at the price of twenty-five cents. A new ruling was made that these cards were not replacahle. The purpose of a student card is to entitle the holder to special admission prices at theatres and to admittance to school functions, as well as to add some money to our treasury. The amount of money secured in this way was $97.00. Raymond Bailey was our effi¬ cient reporter of “Collegiate Col¬ lections” in the Brandon Sun. A very capable and successful committee for Introduction Night, with Marguerite Hanson as con¬ vener, gave us an original and en¬ joyable evening. The different form of Prom showed its popular¬ ity by the large attendance. Neomia Axford as convenor for the Junior Prom deserves much credit for the good time had by all. Instead of having an orchestra for this Prom we had a Whirlitzer which fulfill- our needs. Ted. Speers and Cliff. Kitson were in charge of our Sen¬ ior Prom which was a “backward party”. It proved to be one of the most successful Proms ever. The original ideas of the committees were a boon to our social activi¬ ties. Early in November a special committee decided upon the editor of “The New Era”. Anita Smith was their splendid choice. The annual Collegiate swimming meet was held at the “Y” on No¬ vember 19th. The boys showed special interest in this event. The winning boys’ room received a cup and the winning girls’ room re¬ ceived a pennant. The meet was a decided success and added much to our extra-curricular activities. Our major production, “The Adorable Age” was the most suc¬ cessful project of the year. The cast and directors deserve hearty congratulations for their hard work in making it what it was. As to ticket sales we can boast of a full house for the two nights of presentation. We can honestly say the success was largely due to the effort of Miss Insley’s room. Her room received the prize of five dollars for a room party as a re¬ ward for selling the most tickets. A profit of $180.00 was the result of our production. A motion for the purchase of school dishes was put to the Stu¬ dent Council but was rejected be¬ cause of the high cost until Mr. Reid told us that the School Board and teachers of the city would help us. Thus we were enabled to purchase dishes which are to be left in the school for use at our social functions. Each year the students try to leave behind them some addition to the school. The usual procedure of award¬ ing school crests to deserving stu¬ dents will be observed at the clos¬ ing exercises in the middle of June. —M.W. Sitting, Left to Right: Dr. J. A. Hall, Dr. E. W. Montgomery, W. McKellar, R A. Clement. Standing, Left to Right: Dr. J. S. Matheson, Judge S. E. Clement. The Matriculation Class of 1889 The first Public School in Brandon was a two-storey frame build¬ ing consisting of one class room on the ground floor and one above. The building can still be seen at the rear of the Alexandra Block on the west side of Tenth Street. The teacher was Mr. T. .1. Lamont, afterwards Dr. T. J. Lamont, of Treherne; and Miss Weightman (later Mrs. T. J. Lamont, who is still living), assistant. In the spring of 1883, a four-roomed brick building was erected adjoining the original building on the east and facing on Tenth Street (afterwards remodelled and now the Alexandra Block). The Collegiate opened in one room, in September, 1883, with Dr. E. S. Popham as Principal, who resigned to become Principal of the Winnipeg Collegiate and afterwards Dr. E. S. Popham. There were some students who matriculated from the Collegiate prior to the year 1889. I cannot give a complete list of the names, nor the dates, but from memory I recall these names: Rev. Dan. McKay, THE NEW ERA 11 Rev. William Gumming, R. M. Matheson, K.C., Miss Relle Hooper, afterwards Mrs. Von-Eberts, Walter H. Shillinglaw, Dr. Mortimer Mc- Ewen, and H. R. Hooper, Barrister at Carberry. In tbe early spring of 1889, Mr. William E. Elliott, the Collegiate teacher, resigned and Mr. E. W. Montgomery was appointed. Tbe matri¬ culation class was composed of: J. Andrew Hall, J. S. Matheson, R. A. Clement, William McKellar, and S. E. Clement. A photo of the teacher and the five students was taken at that time. On account of the change in teachers during the term, it was a difficult task for both teacher and students. William McKellar dropped out of the class during the year. Great credit was due to Mr. Montgomery for his ability, industry, inspiration, and sacrifice. For weeks he generously held classes on Saturdays and devoted the time to reviewing the work with the re¬ maining four students, until in May, 1889, they went to Winnipeg and wrote their matriculation examinations. Fifty years have passed since this first class graduated from B.C.l. It is a unique circumstance and probably without parallel, that the teacher and all members of the class are still living. The teacher, now the Hon. Dr. E. W. Montgomery, formerly Minister of Health and Pub¬ lic Welfare for this Province, lives in Winnipeg. Dr. J. Andrew Hall, who spent most of his life as a Medical Missionary and established a Hospital in the Phillipine Islands, is now retired and living in Southern California. Mr. R. A. Clement is a Barrister-at-Law in Brandon. Dr. .1. S. Matheson, Physician and Surgeon, is still practising in Brandon, and Judge S. E. Clement is Judge of the County Court, Brandon. JUDGE S. E. CLEMENT “QUIZ”—Fable thus accounts for this word, which was not found prior to 1780: Mr. Daly, manager of a Dublin theatre, laid a wager that he could introduce a new word, with no meaning, into the lan¬ guage within twenty-four hours. Accord¬ ingly, on every wall, these four mystic letters were chalked up and overnight all Dublin was enquiring what they meant. The wager was won and the word remains current in language. “A man may be so totally lost to hope that he will refuse to believe he can ever do or be anything, but few ever get so far down that they can’t imagine a wo¬ man might be in love with them.” — H. L. Davies. Henry Ford: The one thing we’ve got more of than the rest of the world is future! Few take care to live well—but many to live long. “Before you ask advice of others—EX¬ PLORE YOUR OWN HEAD—There may be something in it. Eagles fly alone—but sheep flock to¬ gether. You have a dollar— I have a dollar— We swap. Now you have my dollar— I have your dollar— We are no better off. You have an idea— I have an idea— We swap Now you have two ideas— I have two ideas— Both are richer What you gave you have What I got, you did not lose. 12 THE NEW ERA Compliments CHRISTIE SCHOOL SUPPLY, LTD. 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The first is from Browning: “You’ve seen the world— The beauty and the wonder and the power, The shapes of things, their colors, lights and shades, Changes, surprises—and God made it all.” The other is from Shakespeare: “What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty! In form, in moving, how express and admirable! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals!” In a world so disturbed as we have today, there is danger that we lose the faith of Browning and of Shakespeare. In fact, it would seem that we have already lost it. We must recover it. As students and through the study of the arts and sciences we must often lift our hearts in gratitude for the beauty and the wonder and the power of the uni¬ verse. And as we read the pages of biography we realize the truth of Shakespeare’s words. The world is infinitely beautiful and wonderful. Man is infinitely capable of appreciating his world; hut we are selfish. Let us go out into life determined to unfold to others the vision of a world of love and peace, possible only as we practise the Golden Rule. J. R. REID 14 THE NEW ERA LITERARY CONTEST 1st PRIZE POEM THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS — 1066 An iron-clad knight with shield and spear, I live in an age of valour and fear, On errands I travel far and near. At our king’s command. I ride by night ard 1 ride by day On fleet-limbed steed in battle array, In bands or alone whatever the way, To honor’s pledge I stand. About the time of Alfred the Great, Rolf claimed in Northern France a state, He reared his banners, legends narrate, To a nation’s heraldy. To the Frenchman’s custom soon did they yield But their Norman heritage they kept sealed In their loyal hearts. They deeply revealed Their pride for Normandy. With William I sailed to claim a land. Where Julius Caesar had once his stand; A matchless scene, to an eye that scanned Us rowing through the bay! Duke William was a warrior brave To his dauntless deed the Normans gave; Their royal veins did they enslave. Their spirits did not sway. Entrenched near Hastings we repelled King Harold’s men from the hill that swelled With the sound of battle fierce. They held The Normans checked below. “Charge! Charge Again ' ” the order came, But the Englsh troops were hard to tame; We fought for honoir, pride and fame, And boldly charged the foe. Their defense was strong with spear and axe, No chance for Normans to relax. We advanced again to the attack, But the English guard was stout. We rallied our men and feigned retreat. Then faced about the foe to meet. The kingdom of England was at our feet As we circled them about. The sun’s red streamers mourned the day; In William’s command gay gallantry lay; “Shoot high Ibrave archers, that the arrows may Fall upon the head”. The descending shafts flew fierce and fast, One through the eye of Harold passed; Without their leader they gazed aghast At their numbers dead. THE NEW ERA 15 The Royal Standard from the English gone The Battle of Hastings completely won The Norman Duke’s eyes with victory shone In a fierce and glorious way. His resolute forces in battle undowned Followed their leader to London ground Marched forth thro’ vict’ry and William Crowned The following Christmas Day. —MARY DOBUSH “HUSH OF THE WILDERNESS” In the deep-wooded heart of the northland, free, The smoky mountain caresses the cloud. That sleepily rests, in soft furrows plowed By a gentle breeze from the slumbering sea. Oh, the hush of the wilderness, the memory Of Indian summers! The berry-bush bowed With fruit unpicked! Of your heritage proud O soil of faith, 0 stilly north are we! Country of solitude profound! The silence at night Is broken only by the far, dismal hoot Of the great horned owl, and the muskrat’s splash On the shore of a lake. And from the forest of trembling might Comes the mournful serenade of a lone coyote. To the sentinel moon; while the auroral rays flash. MARY DOBUSH. FIRST PRIZE PROSE INTERLUDE I was wandering about waiting for the others to return from sas¬ katoon picking. In my wanderings I happened upon an untidy look¬ ing field where some farmer in the years past had planted roots of strawberry-rhubarb. The roots were equally spaced about ten feet each way. Some showed their broad, green leaves and some their seed stalks through the wild oats and barley which had been allowed to grow up since. On the far side of the field was an old gravel pit which had evidently served its pur¬ pose at one time, for a side track from a near-by railway ran into it, but now it was over-run with weeds, clumps of willows and yel¬ low clover. Soon tiring of looking at this abandoned scene and of trying to step on elusive grasshoppers, I struck off through a small clump of poplars finding greenish-brown unripe wild raspberries, hearing crickets chirp, and catching my battered straw hat continually on the low branches. Crossing a nar¬ row stretch of plowed field where immature corn plants showed up every hundred feet or so, I came upon a stretch of trees bordering the rim of the Assiniboine River valley. Half way down a hay-wagon trail that opened through the trees, I stopped to view the scene before me. Stretched out below were lush haylands, rows of red willow, clumps of elm and maple with here and there glimpses of the Assiniboine sparkling in the sum¬ mer sun. In the distance, the hills appeared a smoky-blue, while towering over it all was the Hydro line, the massive steel towers carrying electricity. 16 THE NEW ERA A sudden scolding “chirr” star¬ tled me out of my meditation. I turned quickly and caught a flash of brown as its owner scurried off into the woods. I peered in¬ tently. Then a chirp, and up a low slanting limb scampered a chip¬ munk. He stopped and began dain¬ tily to wash his face, his slender tail waving gracefully as though signalling me. Finishing his toilet he scampered out of sight hut only for an instant. Another scurry and he ran out of the tall green grass bordering the road down which I had come, and sat about a yard away in the middle of the wagon tracks, his brown stripes showing quite plainly. Again he was gone hut his curiosity proved too great, for once more he reappeared on the road. The third time he seem¬ ed to he curious over my white shoes for on returning to t he grass he scampered excitingly about and before I could realize what had happened he had leaped from the edge of the trail square onto my shoe, wheeled, and disappeared! Astonished at his boldness, I searched my pockets for possible crumbs or grain hut found none. The little ’munk, either sensing this or hearing the faint sound of my chums approaching, scamper¬ ed onto the road, sat up, looked at me, and as quickly scurried to the far side of the trail and off through the woods. Deeply wonderding at his utter lack of fear I turned and went on down the path. A few moments later I heard my companions shouting excitedly; so I retraced my steps. On reaching the top of the path I looked out along the plowed field and saw the hoys run¬ ning toward me. The leader, his empty pail slung over his arm, clutched his sling shot and proud¬ ly held up by its tail my little brown chipmunk. TED SPEERS REESOR’S Jewelery Store Brandon’s Finest Jewelery j Gift Store Where Watch and Jewelery Re- j pairs are better and lower in price, j D. A. REESOR “The Jeweler” Issuer of Marriage Licenses j j Buy | McGAVIN’S BREAD j I Fresh i 1 FROM YOUR GROCER I Sports | Headquarters For I Fishing - Tennis J Golf - Baseball Johnson Hardware ! Co. Ltd. A full and complete line of f Farm Machinery and Tractors, perfected by over a century of Factory and Field Experience. I John Deere Plow Co. Ltd. BRANDON, MAN. ! W. A. Prugh, Manager THE NEW ERA 17 SECOND PRIZE PROSE CUB GUARDIAN In a small cave in the Rockies, Mana, the she-wolf, nosed her month-old cubs in a motherly manner against her side, and re¬ peatedly washed one’s and then the other’s face. Her dark piercing eyes kept up a constant look-out for any suspicious sound or sign of danger. Suddenly her ears pricked up as a soft footfall reach¬ ed her ever-ready ears, and she im¬ mediately gave a low growl of warning to the intruder. Rut it was only the arrival of her mate who had brought in a rabbit for her meal. Dropping the little dead creature by her side, he turned about and slunk out again. Mana’s eyes followed the great shaggy brute admiringly. She could al¬ ways depend upon his great strength in time of danger and also his bringing food that was caught during the hunt. Rut as the mate wolf’s footsteps grew fainter, the look on her face changed to a questioning one. It wasn’t very often that he would go away from the cave, for lie usually went just outside to he on guard. She got up softly from the ground so as not to awaken the now sleeping cubs, took a long stretch, showing her lean mus¬ cular body, then loped into the night to satisfy her curiosity. Fol¬ lowing the mate’s trail by scent, she came to the little babbling creek. Here she lost his trail. Cock¬ ing her head side-ways she listened for a sound. Except for the soft rippling water, silence! That silence was strange to Mana. Usually there was at least the occasional yapping and howl¬ ing of a pack of wolves or coyotes, or the chirping of insect life. Turn¬ ing up the creek, Mana began to move rapidly towards the valley where all wolves met when any important occasion brought them there. She reached the valley and stop¬ ped to look about. No sign of any gatherings, but now the silence was interrupted again by the little mountain streams that trickled down the steep slopes of the moun¬ tains, surrounding the valley. Sud¬ denly Mana became very uneasy. Not for her mate who could take care of himself easily, hut for the safety of her young ones which were all alone, and exposed to the danger of lurking beasts that lived by the creek. Her animal instinct warned her that something had happened. Frantically she started to race hack. She reached the little creek and followed it to where she had lost the track of her mate. She turned her direction towards the little mountain cave. Over dead tree trunks and under low brush she ran, frightening a rabbit which with a sharp squeak bounded away as if shot from a catapult. Unmindful of this, Mana reach¬ ed- her cave, entered, and looked anxiously towards the place where she had left the cubs. One was still sleeping as if nothing had happen¬ ed hut the other cub was gone! With a single hound she reached the cub’s side. With sinking heart, she recognized the scent of her young one’s blood. Mana’s eyes smoldered with hatred. As she followed the trail of blood, she smelled the familiar scent of the hated mink. Rapidly Mana began to track down the little killer with all the deadly accuracy that a wild ani¬ mal possesses. The mink’s tracks, still strong on the ground, and occasional spatters of blood told 18 THE NEW ERA the grief stricken mother-wolf that she was nearing the animal. The mink’s trail went towards the creek. Knowing that the killer was not far off, Mana redoubled her speed. Suddenly there came a sound which caught Mana’s sharp ears and made her stop. With quickly heating heart, she distinct¬ ly heard the frightened whine of her cub, followed by a low snarl from the mink. Mana at once became a raging fury. Uttering a most terrible scream, she leaped in the direction of these sounds. That dark-furred robber, noticing the onrush of the wolf, loosed his victim which he held by the hack, and drew him¬ self into a crouch. His thin lips, drawn back into a vicious snarl, exposed his flashing white fangs. He was quickly transformed into a savage fighter. Without hesitating, the little animal leaped at his new enemy. Mana caught him in mid-air and taking a firm hold of the squirm¬ ing under-body of the animal, sunk her large sharp teeth into her victim. There was the crunch of giving hones, hut as the death grip tightened on the mink he turned about and fastened his sharp teeth into the top part of Mana’s neck. There the two holds stayed, but the wolf’s ever-deepening jaws soon entered a vital spot and as the mink’s life blood gushed out from the gaping wound in his long belly, his hold on Mana’s neck loosened, and he fell lifeless on the ground. Mana quickly ran to the cub to examine the injuries done to him. A look of relief came over her face after she had noticed only the little wound on the wolf-cub’s hack. Gently picking up the little animal by the scuff of the neck, she car¬ ried the furry load hack to the cave. There she laid it down by the side of his sleeping brother and began to lick his wound. The cub, none the worse after his ad¬ venture, soon fell asleep. CARL RACHINSKI - - ------------------- I Summer Memberships Now Available at the Y.M.C.A. i Use our pool and showers I j . Smartest Styles for Young Men - at - | GOODEN’S MEN’S SHOP I 4.,,—„„——„„—„„—„„——„„—„„—„„—„„——„„— T- E. ELVISS CO. | I i I FUEL AND TRANSFER I 7 i j 216 10th St. Phon-e 2637 j 1 Order Your New Fur Coat At The WHEAT CITY TANNERY j i s = 140-142 10th St. Brandon, Man. 1 THE NEW ERA 19 PHOTOGRAPHY Winners Lower C.—1st Prize...Lawrence Stuckey Upper C.—2nd Prize . Marion Searle Lower L.—Hon. Mention.Bob Elston Lower R.—1st Prize C.C. Bob Elston Upper R.—2nd Prize C.C.Bob Elston Upper L.—Hon. Mention C.C.Lawrence Stringer We were more than pleased with the Art exhibited by the students of the Brandon Collegiate in this competition. It was a most difficult group to judge, as each entry was a masterpiece in itself. May you continue the good work! ELIZABETH M. McLEISH IRENE HEYWOOD 20 THE NEW ERA ART First Prize—PEGGY WALLACE OW-. 22 THE NEW ERA DISCUSSION GROUP In order to interest more stu¬ dents in current events, public speaking, and debating, it was thought advisable to widen the scope of the Debating Society of former years. A meeting was held on October the eleventh, last, Miss Doig presiding. Here it was de¬ cided to adopt the form of a Dis¬ cussion Group; an executive was nominated as follows: Chairman...Ted. Speers Secretary..........Marion Searle Program Committee.Hazel Penman Ruth Bland Grenville Bates Eugene Simbalist At the next meeting, on October the twenty-sixth, a report was sub¬ mitted deciding, that from among th topics, namely: Canadian Citi¬ zenship, League of Nations, Study of Corporations as used in Scan¬ dinavian countries, Current Events and Government, the last named would he chosen for the year’s study. The topic, “Governments”, was classified under four headings and four group leaders were nom¬ inated accordingly, as listed here¬ under: Fascism and Nazism.Hazel Penman Democracy.Eugene Simbalist Communism..Clifford Kitson Technocracy.Ted. Speers Each group of approximately ten students studied the form of government assigned to that par¬ ticular group until Christmas and the interest and rivalry between the groups were noteworthy. Twenty Dollars was allotted to the use of the Discussion Group by the Student Council and it was used throughout the year in the purchase of hooks on the topics under discussion. After the books had been perused by the Group, they were placed in the Library for the use of the Student Body. On January 24th the first paper was given by the Group studying Communism. This well-prepared paper was delivered by Clifford Kitson and led to lively debate and questioning among thirty members and three teachers who were pres¬ ent. The fifth meeting was held one week later at which Hugh Knowl- ton presented a paper oil Fascism and Nazism for the group headed by Hazel Penman. Hugh ably re¬ plied to all questions asked on the subject of his paper. On the night of March 14th the whole group, together with a num¬ ber of the teaching staff turned out to hear Dr. Smith of Brandon Col¬ lege lecturing in the Collegiate lib¬ rary, on the European situation. Dr. Smith’s lecture proved to he most interesting and intellectual as he illuminated the tense scene of Europe with his eloquent locu¬ tion for all who were present. In the discussion which followed the address, the speaker ably answer¬ ed any questions that were asked. Following the meeting the girls served a delicious lunch, from a table decorated with St. Patrick’s Day favors. On February 16 th, the sixth meeting of the group was held. Eugene Simbalist presented the paper on Democracy from his group. Following the paper, ques¬ tions were asked when Eugene with others of the group enlight¬ ened many with their explanations of the elements of Democracy. On February 26th, Ted. Speers presented the leading paper on Technocracy. He was supported by Michael Lychacz, Marion Searle, and Grenville Bates, who all por¬ trayed more fully, fundamental parts in the system of Technoc- THE NEW ERA 23 racy. Technocracy is difficult of comprehension but when even partly understood it Opens up a highly interesting field of study and of thought. All the papers now having been presented, the Group turned to debating, the first debate being held on April 24th on the subject, “Resolved that the radio and the press should he censored”. The affirmative side was taken by Sadie Hoyle, leader; Jack Pierson, supporter; while the negative side was upheld by Gladys Pue, leader; Noreen Clark, supporter. The de¬ bate was interesting and the de¬ cision was close hut awarded to the negative side. On May 8th the second debate was presented on the topic, “Re¬ solved that Germany’s colonies should he returned.” Those taking the affirmative side were Raymond Railey. leader; supported by Nor¬ een Rurnett; while Ted Speers, as leader and Marguerite Hanson, supporter, were the debaters for the negative. The decision by the judges was awarded to the sup¬ porters of the affirmative side of the question. Througout the year it was the responsibility of the Discussion Group to provide student speakers for the famous pictures as provid¬ ed by the Department of Educa¬ tion. Thus the activities of this year’s Discussion Group were brought to a close but we sincerely hope the members will not stop studying and finding further interest in the subjects examined this year. Remember: “He who has stop¬ ped learning has stopped grow¬ ing”. —-T.S. He who laughs.lasts. We call our rich relatives the kin we love to touch. I have discovered that the ’flu is hoth affirmative and negative. Sometimes the “eyes” have it and sometimes the “nose”. —William Lyon Phelps. 24 THE NEW ERA THE ADORABLE AGE Front Row: Jim (Clark. Second Row: Hazel Penman, Evelyn Lindsay, Beulah Cristall. Third Row: Ruth MoCuaig, Mr. A. Harris, Ann Murphy. Fourth Row: Jim Kennedy, Cliff. Kitson. Back Row: John Graham. DRAMATICS Collegiate is proud to be able to tell you that the major production for this year has been a success from all points of view. The suc¬ cess formula of the school lies in the fact that the large number of students interested in dramatics are willing to work, and that the staff co-operates with these people in every possible way. Excellent examples of what co-operation can do is found in Miss Dunseith’s gen¬ eral management of the play and Mr. Harris’s capable direction. Mr. Harris brought the play up to pre¬ vious standards even though han¬ dicapped by lack of time. Much credit is due to both these teach¬ ers. The choice of “The Adorable Age” proved to be a happy one, for the play is admirably suited to the talents of high school students, and has a definite appeal to young and old. The story of the play cen¬ tres around Mary Gay, the highly imaginative fifteen-year-old daugh¬ ter of Mrs. Colby, a ch arming young widow. The theme of the play is found in Marv Gay’s desire to have a father. This seemingly innocent wish proves rather em¬ barrassing for Mrs. Colby. Grant York, a suave gentleman to whom Mrs. Colby seems attracted, is not Mary Gay’s choice of a father and her intense dislike for Mr. York re¬ sults in many sad moments. It has often been said a child’s first in¬ stinct toward a person proves it¬ self to be true and so it is in this case; Mr. Grant York is proven to THE NEW ERA 25 be a swindler, much to Mary Gay’s delight. Jim Powers, a neighbor and a very good friend of the Colbys, is Mary Gay’s idea of a perfect fath¬ er. Though Jim is bashful in de¬ claring his love for Mrs. Colby, his steadfast devotion wins her in the end. Bert Parnham, Mary Gay’s young boy friend, a very exuber¬ ant and jealous youth where Mary Gay is concerned is the cause of many hilarious moments. Minor roles are played by Har¬ riet Ayres, a friend of Mrs. Colhv, Jinny Engle, a frivolous, hut a very pretty and witty child, and the sympathetic understanding col¬ ored servant, Claribel. A charming portrayal of the winsome Mary Gay was given by Evelyn Lindsay in which she at¬ tained a success seldom accom¬ plished by so young an actress. Ruth Macpherson, as the poised young widow, acted with a most winning and pleasing manner. Jim Powers was played with professional skill by Clifford Kit- son. We have witnessed Clifford’s work before and it gives us great pleasure to be able to congratu¬ late him again. Beulah Cristall as Jinny Engle played her role in a manner most pleasing to the audience. Jim Ken¬ nedy as Bert Parnham put enough “umph” in his youthful role to uphold the whole play. John Gra¬ ham played the role of the hand¬ some villain, Grant York, in a most convincing manner. A play cannot be a success un¬ less those taking the minor roles give their enthusiastic support. Good sincere work was produced by Anne Murphy as the lovely Harriet Ayres, by Hazel Penman and Ruth McCuaig as the sym¬ pathetic colored servants, and by Jim Clarke as the “telespatch” hoy. People behind scenes of a play are indispensable; so may we offer our grateful thanks to: Mr. Greg- son for his untiring work on stage sets, Mr. Bateman for his yearly work as chief carpenter and decor¬ ator, and last but not least, Mr. Bell for his systematic organiz¬ ation of advertising and of ticket sales. May we congratulate Miss In- sley’s room in winning the live dollars for the greatest number of tickets .sold for the play. We .wish all the rooms were as enthusiastic as this one. We would also like to thank the following students who helped in various fields in connection with this year’s production. Anita Smith Bernice Mazier Mabel McNeil Evelyn Hunt Eileen Singleton Anne Gloch Bill Myers Don Thomson Bill Cavanagh Bob Epton Carl Bachinski Ray Bailey Joe Cowie Bob Elston Bill Goodwin Bill Harwood Hugh Knowlton Bill Meadows Nick Peech Jack Peirson Eugene Simbalist Cliff. Williams June Thornton Dorothy Hurle Keith Scott Congratulations to all! Mark Twain: Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. W. L. George: He’s no failure. He’s not dead yet. “To have what we want is riches—but to be able to do without is power.’’ “The man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.” 26 THE NEW ERA PICTURE STUDY During the term of 1938-39, a new project was introduced in the schools of Manitoba. It was real¬ ized that many of the great pic¬ tures of the world were unfamiliar to most people, and if a study of these was carried out to a greater extent in our schools, it would give all students a richer appreci¬ ation of the works of these great masters. Accordingly, the Department of Education for Manitoba obtained many masterpieces from organiz¬ ations within our province and drew up a plan by which all Col- legiates in Manitoba would be given a chance to study them. This plan provided for each school having one picture for two weeks. At the end of this time it was sent on its way to another Col¬ legiate. Each school was allowed to de¬ cide its own method of study. In our own Brandon Collegiate, we adopted the idea of having a talk, presented by a student before the Morning School Assembly. These students were members of the Discussion Group. This plan gave many enthusias¬ tic orators a chance to show their talent in this line. The first picture received at the B.C.I. was the “Angelus”, painted by Millet. Ted. Speers gave an in¬ teresting talk on this reproduction. H. S. Tuke’s “All Hands to the Pumps” followed, Eileen Singleton presenting the summary. Nick Peech sjjoke on “Moonlight, Wood’s Island Light”, painted by Winslow Homer, and Eugene Sim- balist introduced a modern Cana¬ dian artist, Tom Thomson, in his painting “The Jack Pine.” A. H. Wynant’s “Forenoon in the Ad- irondacks” received the attention of Marion Searle, while Cliff. Kit- son devoted his attention to Leon Kroll’s “Farm in Maine”. Dorothy Tinline pointed out the beauty in “The Holy Night” by Corregio, while Jim Kennedy claimed our attention in a talk on Murillo’s “Children of the Shell”. Soon after this a review of Constable and his picture “The Cornfields” was giv¬ en by Hazel Penman, followed by Ursula Campbell’s interpretation of Sir Thomas Lawrence’s “Cal- mady Children”. Millet claimed our attention again when Ruth Bland told of his picture, “The Gleaners”. To complete the series for this term, Anne Glocli present¬ ed an interesting account of “Sir Galahad” painted by G. F. Watts. Beside these pictures, a group of water colors and one of mounted snapshots was exhibited. All these pictures have been carefully studied by the students who spoke on them, and all the talks proved both educational and entertaining. The series is to be continued until December; so we are looking forward to seeing many more of these pictures and hearing the speeches about them. —R.B. P. J. HARWOOD LIMITED JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS 739 Rosser Ave., Brandon, Man. C.N.R. Watch Inspectors THE NEW ERA 27 GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S MEDAL, 1939 Governor General’s Medal, 1939 TED. SPEERS General Proficiency The subject of our sketch was born in Brandon about eighteen years ago, and by bis Collegiate friends will be remembered as the boy with the smile, not the smile of the Cheshire Cat variety made up of muscular contortions but the kind that is the radiance of a friendly soul, illuminating the way for weary comrades because it has passed through the darkness itself. Ted. comes from pioneer stock. His grandfather Speers was a well- known citizen of Grand Valley be¬ fore there was a Brandon, and bis grandmother Foster belonged to the band of hardy pioneers who came to Manitoba in 1879 from Nova Scotia under the guidance of Rev. Mr. Roddick. In looking at our genial young friend one would not expect a military strain but on the mother’s side he had an ances¬ tor, General Burnett, who fought along with Nelson at Trafalgar. The present writer, a short time ago, noted with pleasure the toughness of this young man’s fibre as well as his friendliness. Ted. differed from him in a small mat¬ ter and carried his point so tact¬ fully that he showed both a mind of his own and ability to deal with others. This young man has had con¬ siderable variety in his school life. For his elementary schooling he attended Central and Park schools in the city and also had two years’ schooling at Griswold. After fin¬ ishing Grade VI at Park he at¬ tended Earl Oxford. His course at the Collegiate has been quite brok¬ en by illness. Several months of his first Collegiate year were spent in the hospital and he has had to stay out for long periods several times since; thus he has had to carry on under considerable dif¬ ficulty which he has done quite cheerfully. His education has been broadened by travel. During sev¬ eral vacations he was in British Columbia and spent considerable time in camping, sailing, fishing, and hiking. He enjoys doing some reading in the library so as to have the information that makes a full man as well as the conversation that makes a ready one. Ted has been a good citizen of the school as well as giving atten¬ tion to his classroom work. It has never cost teachers anything in the way of effort and anxiety to police or discipline him. The order and good name of the school have been matters of concern to him. In former years he took an active part in the Debating Society and won a cup. During the present year he has been leader of one of the discussion groups, a member of the New Era Committee, and 28 THE NEW ERA treasurer of the Student Council. He now leaves the Collegiate for life’s larger stage with the faith of his comrades that whatever hand fortune deals him, and particular¬ ly if it is not a very good one, he will play it the best he can. T.K. EVELYN WARREN Ethel M. Kerr Scholarship 1937-38 Awarded by Teck Chapter I.O. D.E. to student in Brandon Col¬ legiate making the highest average during the year in English and History. The subject of our sketch com¬ menced her earthly pilgrimage at Crandall, and at a very early age moved with her family to Bran¬ don. The Warrens were among the very early settlers in Manitoba, Evelyn’s grandfather having ar¬ rived in the Province ahead of the railway. The grandmother, well advanced in years still lives at Crandall. Her father is one of the well-known and public spirited citizens of Brandon, who for a number of years was president of the Board of Trade. Up to last year Evelyn’s whole school life was passed in Brandon. Her early training was taken at Park School and Junior High at Earl Oxford before she entered the Collegiate in 1936. Passing from grade to grade was an easy step for her and she was usually re- rommended. Writing about her calls to mind another Warren. Macaulay in his essay on Warren Hastings says the very ploughmen remarked and long remembered how kindly young Warren took to his book. Learning came easy to Evelyn, and becoming familiar with the work of her grades did not take great effort. Activities of the school outside of the class room did not make a strong appeal to her. Her nervous temperament and love of action in these early years did not find much enjoyment in committee or public platform work. In her friendships she fol¬ lowed the intensive rather than the extensive system, selecting a few and bestowing on these great attention and loyalty. She went last September to the University of Manitoba for a four-year course in Home Eco¬ nomics. May success attend her there and through life. —T.K. The Ethel M. Kerr Memorial Scholarship 1938-39 The Ethel M. Kerr Memorial Scholarship, awarded each year to (lie Grade XI student who takes the highest standing in English and History on the year’s work, was won this year by Miss Mable Wotton, 454 5th Street. Mable was born at Glenboro, Man., and received her elementary education there. When she came to Brandon she registered at the Earl Oxford Junior High for Grade IX and last year came to B.C.I. During her two years here she has maintained an Honor Standing. We congratulate her on her achievement and hope that she will be with us again next year in Grade XII. GRADE HONORS It is a great honor to stand first in a class of one hundred and fifty students or more. The Student Council each year awards a B.C.I. crest to the student who stands highest on the year’s work in each grade. This year the following students have won the awards: Grade XII, Myrtle Ardron of Rounthwaite; Grade XI, Carl Bach- inski and Ray Bailey, tie; Grade X, Westley Wong. Our sincere congratulations to, all of these. We wish them continued success. THE NEW ERA 29 Alumni Just as this year is closing and we record the achievements of our present students we are also, proud to record those of some of our former students who are furthering their education or engaged in their chosen work. Glancing over the records we find that students from B.C.I. are found in every field of endeavour. In the field of radio are the following: Ron Deacon, who is an announcer, Claude Snyder, who is a sound engineer, and Peggy Fyfe, who is a stenographer at CKX; Eric Davies and Clinton Godwin, who are announcers at CKY and CJRX, respectively; and Art McGill, who is radio despatcher for T.C.A. at Cranbrook, B.C. George Fletcher in employed at the Brandon Airport. Jack Sproule is in the Royal Air Force and is stationed in Yorkshire, England. Fred Kirkcaldy is spending six months in England doing work in connection with aviation. Harry Fitton is a medical doctor in Saskatchewan, while Dr. “Bud” McDiarmid is practising his profession in Brandon. Drs. Mac Edmison and Joe Downey are in Winnipeg. Dr. Ross Creighton is in Oak Lake and Dr. Harold Clark in England. Jack Robertson is a druggist in Brandon and George Dark is a druggist’s apprentice at Clement’s Drug store. Dr. Harold Trotter is a dentist at the Brandon Mental Hospital, and Dr. J. Merrel is practising at Portage la Prairie. Bob Clement is practising law in Brandon and Harold Clement is Clerk of the County Court. Those who are doing actuarial work are: Jack McDiarmid and Cam McNeil who are with life insurance companies in Toronto, and Art Robertson who is in the government offices at Ottawa. Those who have gained prominence in the field of education are: Dr. Martin Johns, Science Professor at Brandon College; Andrew Clark, Professor of Geography at the University of California; Dr. Fred Myers, Professor of Chemistry in Philadelphia, and Gordon Cochrane who is lecturer in the department of Pharmacy at the University of Manitoba. Twenty-five members of the Brandon teaching staff are former B.C.I. students. Edith Reid teaches at the Wheat City Business College. Isabelle Lockard is a high school teacher in Indiana. In the rural districts of Manitoba are: Eileen Chapman at Mar¬ garet, Maragaret Reid at Treherne, Frank Hallas at Rossburn, Joe Ilallas at Garland, Bernice Dawson at Rapid City, Phyllis Sutherland at Chater, and Betty Strange at Kemnay. John McNaughton is a reporter for “The Winnipeg Tribune”. He has also written several plays that have been well received. Rill Frayne is a sports writer for “The Winnipeg Tribune”. Norman Dick is lino- 30 THE NEW ERA typist for the Brandon “Sun”. Lyle McGill is in charge of the city cir¬ culation department of the Brandon “Sun”. Martha Sopp and Annahelle Hutton are following the nursing pro¬ fession. Jean Hill is on the staff of school nurses in the state of Wash¬ ington. Phyllis Cannon is laboratory technician at the Bigelow Clinic. Greville Winter, Milton Fletcher, Bill Way, Derry Gibson, Doug Smee and Mona Strange are on the Brandon banking staff. After taking a course at the Manitoba Agricultural College, Walter Baldhead is employed at the University farm at Fort Garry. Don Fer- gusson and David Pugh are farming near Brandon and Clear Lake, respectively. There are also a few hard-headed business people: Marion Boyd, Evelyn Shaw, Jean Weston, Helen Gerring, Joan Townson are stenog¬ raphers in Brandon. Vivian Muldoon is in Winnipeg and Marion Scott is in Toronto. Jack Prugh travels through the west for the John Deere Co., Harry Fraser, Bert Fraser, Lawson Valens, Douglas Lawson, and Cecil Lawson, are local business men. Andy Twa and Dawson Elliott are employed in the Manitoba Telephone System offices. In the realm of sport we have Glen Sutherland, who a year ago travelled Europe with the famous Sudbury Wolves and last year played senior hockey with the Saskatoon Quakers. Jim Johnston is a physical director for the Y.M.C.A. at Trail, B.C. and George Singleton and Stew¬ art Friend are attending the Y.M.C.A. College in Chicago. Beth McKay has been singing with Geoffrey Waddington’s orches¬ tra during the past winter. Lloyd Offer is employed by the Forestry Department at Falcon Lake, Ontario. John Cullen is in the mining industry at Flin Flon. Edward Noakes is Sgt. Major in the Brandon R.C.A., while Captain Major Bennett is in command of the Brandon Artille ry. Frank Druce is an engineer on the English steamer “Achilles”. A recent letter from Frank came from Port Said, telling us that his ship was chased by Spanish war vessels. At Brandon College are: Ruth Hunter, Betty Buckham, Muriel Spafford, Betty Sutherland, Grace Chapman, Edith Sommerville, John Boreskie, Charlie Hamilton, Edna Hawson, Mary Cochrane, Beverley Mummery, Beverley Kingston, Ellis McLaren, Rae McKenzie, Jack Carey, David Cristall, and Jim Nelson. Josephine Hamm, Wilkie Collins, Gladys Hawson, Arthur Towers, Bert Blake, Vernon Hoy, Irene Armstrong, Shirley Brown and Jean Muirhead are attending the Wheat City Business College. Those who are attending Normal School and developing a sym¬ pathy for the teachers are: Alex Robertson, Bill Smith, Marguerite Cowan, Wilda Crane and Anne Waychuck. In training at the Mental Hospital are Homer Brown and Doreen Donnelly, and at the Brandon General Hospital are Winnie Preston, Una Turnbull, Margaret Morton, and Frances M owat. Bill Manson and Mae Fitton are attending business college in Win¬ nipeg. THE NEW ERA 31 Betty Cannon, Jo Ann Elliott, and Alyce McKenzie are studying Home Economics at the University of Manitoba. Bill Elliott, Bob Myers, Jack Edmison, are at! the Manitoba Medical College. Carl Noonan is attending the University of Manitoba, Art Wilcox is at St. John’s College, while Angus Brown is attending St. Paul’s College. Bill Cross is studying theology at St. John’s College, while Douglas Rupp and Einer Egilsson are preparing themselves for the ministry at the United Colleges. In Toronto Don Cannon and Walter Ingham are doing post grad¬ uate work in geology at the University of Toronto. Douglas Downing is doing post graduate work in chemistry at the University of Toronto. (With thanks for assistance from Miss McDole). —M.L. First Prize Cartoon —Keith Scott Children are not happy without some¬ thing to ignore—that is why parents were created. “What the country needs is dirtier fin¬ ger nails and cleaner minds.” ■—Will Rogers. God made women with a sense of humor so that they could love men in¬ stead of laughing at them. Never explain your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. 32 THE NEW ERA HUMOR “If you don’t laugh at the jokes of the age, Then laugh at the age of the jokes.” Two lunatics escaped from the Col¬ legiate and passed the entrance to a subway. Ray Bailey: “Shall we take the sub¬ way?” Viv. Dodds: Yes, but where shall we put it?” Mickey went to Chemistry, But now she goes no more. For what she thought was H20, Was H2S04. Jasper: “I hear that Mr. Bateman’s wife worships him.” Bish: “Well, she places burnt offer¬ ings before him three times a day.” Gordie: “How about a little kiss?” Phyllis: “No, I have scruples.” Gordie: “Well, that’s all right; I’ve been vaccinated.” Customer: “Have you any celery?” Grocery Clerk: “No, work on a com¬ mission.” The General is sick. What’s wrong with the General? Oh, just things in general! Teacher: “Why does an Indian wear feathers in his hair?” Mona Smee: “To keep his wigwam.” Voice on Telephone: “My son has a severe cold and he won’t be able to coime to school this afternoon.” Mr. Reid: “Very well, sir. Who is this speaking?” Andy Jacks: “This is my father, sir. A traffic light Means “STOP” when red— But lips that are Mean “GO AHEAD.” Miss Dunseith: “Give me the name of a great General?” Mary de Faye: “General Motors”. Guide in a factory: “In that room back there we have several dyeing vats.” Gladys Pue: “Poor things! Can’t any¬ thing be done for them?” Mr. Ashley: “My wife explored my pockets last night.” Ken Stone: “W hat did she get?” Mr. Ashley: “Same as any other ex¬ plorer, enough material for a lecture.” “What is a dramatic critic, Dad?” “A man who gives the best jeers of his life to the theatre.” Wife: “Is everything shut up for the night dear?” Husband: “Yes, everything but you.” Have you ever heard of the Scotchman who talked through his nose to save wear and tear on his false teeth? Charlie Powers: “I’m going to marry a pretty girl and a good cook.” Glen Speers: “You can’t, that’s big¬ amy.” Dave Thomas: “May I have this dance please?” Francis Bain: “Sure, if you can find a partner.” Lawrence Stuckey: “How long could I live without brains?” Miss Strachan: “That remains to be seen.” Dave Dick: “Have you heard about the two worms fighting in dead earnest?” Jack Fulcher: “No, but poor Ernest.” Miss Dunseith: “Who was Francis Drake ?” Glen T.: “Donald Duck’s grandfather.” Jim Kennedy: “I didn’t insult her. I merely said that if looks could kill it would be suicide for her to use a mirror.” If perhaps by now these jokes have made you feel somewhat sick, we sug¬ gest: “Hark the heavenly angels sing, Pinkhaim’s pills are just the thing; Angel voices meek and mild— Two for man and one for child.” SOCIAL ACTIVITIES INTRODUCTION NIGHT Our social functions for the year were opened on November Tenth. As the first party of each year is called “Introduction Night” the committee in charge determined that all should become acquainted. The students arrived displaying huge placards which bore their names. The entertainment then took the form of a carnival. The ■students enjoyed themselves im- i mensely as they passed from booth to booth spending lavishly their paper money. A splendid floor show was part ■of the evening’s entertainment. A Iplay “Charming Company” by a Brandon author, John McNaugh- ton, was presented l 3 r the Little ■Theatre and proved a fine climax to the evening. A short sing song followed. Lunch was served in the gym- Inasium. Dancing ended the eve¬ ning. The auditorium decorated in blue and white, the school colors, created the right atmosphere as the 1938-39 activities got off to a fine start. THE JUNIOR PROM The Collegiate students said farewell to the old year by holding their annual Junior Prom on De¬ cember 16. Green and red decor¬ ations and a beautifully trimmed Christmas tree bespoke the com¬ ing of the close of the year. The music for dancing was sup¬ plied by a Whirlitzer and the “Lambeth Walk” seemed to sup¬ ply lots of fun to the dancers. Novelty dances and the flowing streamers added to the enjoyment. A floor show of note by Colleg¬ iate students was performed at intermission. Lunch was served in the gymnasium. The students returned home, tired but happy, having said good¬ bye to the old year with gusto. 34 THE NEW ERA THE SENIOR PROM The last function of the year, the Senior Prom, was held in the Collegiate auditorium on May fifth. The music was supplied by Roy Rrown’s orchestra. The party was “backward”, the girls inviting the hoys and asking for dances. The girls acted with good spirit and did all the things naturally expect¬ ed from the boys. The committee in charge planned good novelty dances and arranged for good prizes. A guest soloist, Jim Gibson, rendered two songs which were wholly enjoyable. The auditorium was colorful with its blue and white streamers a nd the pretty frocks of the girls. The picture at the head of this section on Social Activities was taken at the Senior Prom. The students who attended this last social function made it a suc¬ cess and a fitting conclusion to the social activities of the school year. —E.S. EXCHANGE Daniel McIntyre High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Kelvin Technical High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Gordon Bell High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Kenora Collegiate Institute, Kenora, Ontario. “The Tatler”, Lindsay Collegiate Insti¬ tute, Lindsay, Ontario. Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Kitchener, Ontario. North Toronto Collegiate Institute, Tor¬ onto, Ontario. ' Chatham Collegiate Institute, Oshawa, Ontario. Oshawa Collegiate Institute, Oshawa, Ontario. Standfiord High and Vocational School, Niagara Palls, Ontario. Central Collegiate Institute, Calgary, Alberta. Victoria High School, Victoria, British Columbia. Eastern High School of Commerce, Tor¬ onto, Ontario. Norwood ' Collegiate Institute, Norwood, Manitoba. Galt Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, Galt, Ontario. Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Owen Sound, Ontario. “The Bugle”, Crescent Heights High School, Calgary, Alberta. “The Oracle”, London South Collegiate Institute, London, Ontario. “The Echoes”, Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School, Peterborough, Ontario. “The Annual”, Burnaby South High School, New Westminster B.C. “Acta Nostra”, Guelph Collegiate Insti¬ tute, Guelph, Ontario. “The Northland Echo”, North Bay Col¬ legiate Institue, North Bay. Ontario. “The Oracle”, Port William Collegiate Institute, Port William, Ontario. “The Collegian”, St. Thomas Collegiate- Institute, St. Thomas, Ont. “The Flame”, Central Collegiate Institute, Regina, Saskatchewan. “The Echo”, Dauphin Collegiate Institute, Dauphin, Manitoba. “The Outlook”, Moose Jaw Central Col¬ legiate Institute, Moose Jaw, Sask. “Acta Studentium”, Daughan Road Col¬ legiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario. “The Sickle”, Brandon College, Brandon, Manitoba. “The Elevator”, Belleville Collegiate and Vocational School, Belleville, Ont. “Hi Herald”, Flin Flon Collegiate Insti¬ tute, Flin Plon, Man. “Magnet”, Jarvis Collegiate, Toronto, Ontario. “Blue and White”, Walkerville Collegiate Institute, Walkerville, Ontario. —D.T. THE NEW ERA 35 Thomas Kirkpatrick A little more than fifty years ago an eight-year-old lad with two old- [er brothers left Glasgow, Scotland, to seek his fortune in Canada. The loldest of the brothers, a news¬ paper writer, died years afterwards in the San Francisco earthquake; the second, after living in various parts of the world is now home- tteading at Peace River and the (eight-year-old lad gave up his posi¬ tion as teacher of History in Bran- don Collegiate last Christmas. His name is Thomas Kirkpatrick. After leaving the tight little land north of the Tweed and reaching Montreal the brothers thought the country west of that city along the banks of the St. Lawrence a good place to tarry and the youngest of the brothers stayed there five years with a sturdy farmer, descendant of a U. E. Loyalist, on the battle¬ field of Ghrysler’s Farm. This good man was like a father to the young lad. There the boy spent his time doing chores, taking milk to the cheese factory, making maple sugar in the spring, gathering apples in the fall, attending the country school and playing along the river in the summer after¬ noons. I The oldest of the three brothers had moved west, and the urge to travel seized the second one and Thomas who boarded a train for Manitoba. These two stopped at Brandon and a few days after¬ wards secured work with different farmers near Soruis. Following two years of farm work Thomas went to the Boissevain school and two years after that entered Mani- I The chief difference ibetween a gum- chewing flapper and a cud-chewing cow is the thoughtful expression on the face of the cow. toba College. His course there was broken by lack of funds and sev¬ eral times he had to drop out and go to work for needed money, but he managed to graduate in the spring of 1904 with First Class honors in Classics. During his college years Mr. Kirkpatrick had some thought of entering the Presbyterian Minis¬ try and even spent several terms as a student missionary, but by the time he was through he con¬ cluded he was not just the man for such a career and the year after graduation went out to the district sevetny-five miles southwest of Saskatoon to homestead, where he spent four summers. He attended the Regina Normal School the first winter in Saskatchewan, and the three following years taught school near the homestead. When home¬ steading was done he secured the principalship at Waskada which lie held for several years. From there he went to the Portage Col¬ legiate as teacher of Latin and History for five years. Following that was a year’s teaching in Bran¬ don College, then five years in Moose Jaw. In November of 1922 Mr. Kirk¬ patrick came to Brandon Colleg¬ iate as teacher of general subjects and a few years later was given charge of the History department. This position he filled most accept¬ ably until the end of last year when he found it necessary to take a prolonged holiday. In some golden summer of the future he may re¬ turn to the desk which Dionysius regretfully gave up for a throne. Walter Winchell: “I usually get my stuff from an awful lot of people—who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.” 36 THE NEW ERA MUSIC The Brandon Collegiate is for¬ tunate in having a large number of students who take an active part in the music life of the city. An unfortunate fact is that there is no organization in the Collegiate to benefit from the material at hand. Nevertheless the students are taking, part in various musical organizations and are rapidly making a name for themselves. In the ranks of the instrument¬ alists, perhaps the most outstand¬ ing student is Earl Savage. Earl is a talented pianist whose ability is shown in the fact that when writ¬ ing exams for the Toronto Con¬ servatory of Music last spring, he obtained the highest marks ever awarded hy the Conservatory. If Earl can accomplish this remark¬ able feat at fifteen years of age he ought to go far in the world’s musical realm. Four violinists, Lome Bainard, Milton Jacks, Bill Goodwin, and Cliff Kitson had the privilege of playing in the Manitoba High Schools’ Orchestra in Winnipeg during Easter week. The orchestra was conducted this year hy Mr. Ronald Gibson who succeeded the late P. Graham Padwick. Mr. Pad- wick died last July after having led the provincial orchestra for eight years and the Winnipeg schools’ orchestras for sixteen years. He devoted his entire time to promoting music amongst the students of Manitoba and was lov¬ ed and respected by all of those students who were fortunate en¬ ough to come in contact with him. Mr. Gibson is also a wonderful conductor and is well liked by the students. There as not a bit of doubt but that this year he accom¬ plished everything Mr. Padwick could have hoped for. The Manitoba High Schools’ I Orchestra is made up of students representing almost every town and city in Manitoba. It is sponsor- 1 ed by the Manitoba government and various Winnipeg institutions. The students coming to the or¬ chestra from points outside of the city are billeted at the homes of interested citizens. They attend practices each morning and after- j noon from Monday till Friday and on P’riday evening present a con- I cert at some centre such as the civic auditorium. This concert is j broadcast for the enjoyment of interested listeners in Manitoba and sometimes it has been broad- J cast from coast to coast. The money derived from this concert is used in buying music and for other expenses that are incident to such an enterprise. The students , attending practices and concert benefit a great deal from the ex¬ pert guidance of the conductor and also from the opportunity the trip provides for making new acquain- 1 tances. Collegiate students made a good showing in the Western Manitoba Music Festival which was held in May. Bill Goodwin was the only 1 Collegiate instrumentalist enter- 1 ing a solo class and obtained a good standing against older and more experienced violin players. Several other students, Jim Rich¬ ardson, Lome Bainard, Milton Jacks, Arthur Osborne, and Mar¬ guerite Hanson, are members of Neale’s Orchestra which won its class in the festival, obtaining the high mark of 88 in one of the sel¬ ections. The Collegiate has an abundance of vocalists but almost all are girls just as the instrumentalists are mostly boys. These girls belong to a number of choral groups and THE NEW ERA 37 take an active part in all their functions. The singers were well represented at the festival, the greatest share of honors going to Hazel Penman. Hazel sang in the winning church choir, won the solo, low-voice class, and was a member of the winning duet team. In the duet she shared the honors with the New Era editor, Anita Smith. In another class, solo high- voice, Anita tied with two other Collegiate girls, Mary Brockie and Gloria Quayle with the high mark of 85 which shows the high qual¬ ity of the Collegiate singers. It is to he hoped that next year both an orchestra and a choral ensemble can he organized in the Collegiate to bring credit to the institution as well as to the in¬ dividual participants in the realm of music. —C.Iv. In the original Sanskrit, the creation of woman by Twasktrie, the Vulcan of Hindu Mythology, is described thus: “He took the lightness of the leaf and the glance of the fawn, the gaity of the sun’s rays and the tears of the mist; the in¬ constancy of the wind and the timidity of the hare, the vanity of the peacock and the softness of the down on the throat of the swallow. He added the harshness of the diamond, the sweet flavor of honey, the cruelty of the tiger, the warmth of fire and the chill of snow. He added the chatter of the jay and the cooing of a turtle dove. He melted these down and then he made a present of her to man. Abe: “Ho you play golf with knickers?” Levi: “No, with white people.” A fond father went to the school to see what progress his son was making. The principal said: “Your son will probably go down in History.” “That’s very fine!” said the glowing parent and went away contented. Disraeli: Every man has a right to be conceited until be is successful. “They borrow books, they will not buy. They have no ethics nor religions; I wish some kind Burbankian guy Would cross my books with homing pigeons.” —Carolyn Wells :!8 THE NEW ERA GIRLS’ SPORTS Left to Eight: Ester Allen Lilian Starkell Peggy Wallace Eileen Singleton Vivienne Greaves Marion Searle Eileen Smith Noreen Burnett Virginia Siskewich Doreen Sullivan BASKETBALL The girls’ B.C.I. basketball team was organized in the fall by Miss Strachan, who proved to be a very capable coach. The team played in the City League with the St. Paul’s and Brandon College, girls. At the beginning of the games, the Col¬ legiate girls were inexperienced but as the season progressed they greatly improved. However, the St. Paul’s girls captured the lead¬ ing place. The B.C.I. team also enjoyed two games outside the league, one against the Normal girls and the other against Earl Haig. These proved to he good practice and showed the girls a different style of play. Both outside teams won however. The girls on the team were: Doreen Sullivan, Virginia Siske¬ wich, Lillian Starkell, Vivian Greaves, Eileen Singleton, Marion Searle, Elsie Dietrich, Eileen Smith, Noreen Burnett, Peggy Wallace and Peggy McLeod. INTERFORM BASKETBALL There was a much finer sport¬ ing spirit shown this year than last in connection with the Inter¬ form basketball league. Although some of the teams defaulted their games the schedule was carried out. There was some very fine bas¬ ketball played and among the lead¬ ing scorers were: Lorraine Wind- over, Jean Frazer, and Anne Gloch. The final game was played be¬ tween II C and III D and was a fine showing of basketball. The game was taken by the II C girls, the score being 9-2. Those in charge were: Miss A. Wood, Marion Searle, Eileen Sin¬ gleton, and Bernice Cochrane. THE NEW ERA ;39 Left to Right: M. Strachan, Lorraine Windover, Mary Lang, Velma Cochran, Dorothy Collins, Miss Wood. Absent: (Jean Frazer). BOWLING Bowling was again enjoyed by some of the girls of the Collegiate and the season got started in a fine way. However competition lagged towards the end and there were no finals played. The leading team during the year was Joyce Stanley’s players, the “Pointers”, I Cut Flowers and Funeral J Emblems Blossom Shoppe j 145 10th Street Phone 4331 1 I .� — .. and they were crowned the victors. The team consisted of: Joyce Stan¬ ley, Beth Crawford, Eileen Smith, Jean Angus, and Ella Cross. Beth Crawford obtained the highest number of points for the season. —D.H. j DRUG STORE LTD. i | CLEMENT’S j ! THE REXALL STORE 1 I ! - Brandon. Man. Brandon, Manitoba 40 THE NEW ERA BOYS ' SPORTS Centre: Mr. S. H DoctorofE Left to Right: Jim Richardson Jack Johnson Dal Harris Jack Neelin Bill Johnson John Graham Jim Reid Peter Prokaski Bill Crane JUNIOR BASKETBALL The City Junior Basketball League was composed of teams from both the Collegiate and the College and a strong Royal aggre¬ gation. The Collegiate earned a playoff spot with the Royals and in doing so handed the Royals their only two defeats of the sche¬ dule. In the playoff games the B.C.I. team was defeated in the first two of a “bes t of three series” for city honors, the Royals chalk¬ ing up scores of 19-12 and 23-14. This year’s team consisted of only three of last year’s players namely: Jim Reid, Pete Prokaska, and Jack Johnson, who combined with Jim Richardson, Bill Crane, Bill Johnston, Jack Neelin, Ted Fraser, John Graham, and Dal Harris, who are all newcomers to the Junor scope of basketball. The team was ably coached by both Mr. Doctoroff of the Colleg¬ iate teaching staff and Mac. Shew- an, who is well known in basket¬ ball coaching circles. The work of these coaches was much appreci¬ ated by every member of the team Summary P. W. L. PtS. Royals .. . 8 6 2 12 Collegiate . 9 4 5 8 College . 9 18 2 INTERFORM Basketball competition among the various forms - has always proved to be a very interesting field of sport, and again this year it lived up to all expectations in this respect. Because of keen competition, some very excellent games were played, but as the schedule pro¬ ceeded, two teams proved their worth. These two teams, IV A and II B, played the final match to de¬ cide who the interform champs would be. This final match was a BASKETBALL hard fought one but when the final whistle blew II B held the long end of a 22-20 score. As you might have already noticed, it was II B who edged IV A out of first honors at the annual inter-form swim¬ ming meet. Good work, II B! The boys’ inter-form basketball schedule of this year was handled by Mr. Harris of the Industrial Arts’ Class. A great deal of credit is due Mr. Harris for the fine way in which the schedule concluded. THE NEW ERA 41 Left, to Right: Ivan Lovatt, Jack Fulcher, Vernon Basrub, Jack Quinn, Allan Smith, Harry Munroe, Stan Tarnowski, Allan Bjarnason. Centre: Peter Prokaski. MIDGET BASKETBALL Left to Right: Brennan Smith Harry Munroe Jim Kennedy Glen Harris John Amor Allan Bjarnason Vernon Basrub Centre: Jack Johnson The Collegiate Midget Basket- hall team was rather shaky at the outset of this year’s schedule, and it took an able coach in the person of Jack Johnson to mould a win¬ ning squad. Because the team was not pro¬ gressing favorably, he took on re¬ inforcements such as Glen Harris, Jim Kennedy, and George Parker. He combined these three with Brennan Smith, Harry Munroe, Bill Beliski, Bill Palidwar, Ken Guthrie, John Amorgowich, and Allen Bjarnason greatly to im¬ prove the team. They had to work hard for a playoff spot but in the semi-final playdowns they defeated the Alex¬ andra Midget team in fine style. 42 THE NEW ERA Moving into the finals with Earl Haig, they found the opposition just a trifle too strong and handed over city midget honors to the Haig team. As usual much of the playing material of the midget team be¬ comes part of the Junior team the following year. Many of these players are due for promotion and we hope they continue to improve. BOWLING Although the hoys’ bowling schedule lasted only till Christmas, some very close competition was indicated by the results. Of the eight teams, three were tied for lop place with ten wins and four losses. These teams were captained by Lloyd Johnston, Vernon Bas- rub, and Harry Munroe, while the other teams occupied positions close behind. High series of the schedule was bowled by Mel Whittington, who rolled two nice games of 228 and 310 for a total of 583. Mel’s 310 was also high single although Stan Wilkins was close behind with 302. Stan rolled 226 as a partner for his 302 and as a result held honors for second high series with 528. On Friday, January 6, two chal¬ lenge games were howled between the Collegiate and the College. Each institute was represented by two hoys’ teams, one girls’ team and a mixed team. This new idea proved very interesting, hut a bad¬ ly beaten group of B.C.I. bowlers became subject to one of the most vicious razzings in history. By the way, what B.C.I. student invented this “new idea”? INTERFORM BASEBALL Inter-form baseball was in full swing this year and a great deal of interest was created. Although the teams met each other only once, each game was a decisive win and no excuses were offered for losses. In the first round of the schedule IV A defeated III D, II B defeated II A, III A won from III B, and II D lost to II E - II F. In the semi-finals IV A won from III A by a score of 10 to 7. The game between II B and 11 E - II F was a hard fought, close¬ ly contested match but the score ended 18-17 in favor of II B. As a result of these games IV A and II B played the final match to determine the round winners. He (at rugby game): “Look at that boy run. He’ll be our best man before the season’s over!” She: “Oh George! This is so sudden.” Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year. Greg Grant was knocked down by an automobile a few days ago. As he hauled himself up a passer-by stopped and ask¬ ed: “Have an accident?” “No Thanks, Sir,” replied Greg, “I’ve just had one.” A long life may not ' be good enough, but a good life is long enough. —Benjamin Franklin. THE NEW ERA 43 OUTSIDE SPORT INTERESTS—BOYS’ Congratulations to the Brandon Elks ' Hockey Club who, by coming within five games of the Canadian Junior championship made a great showing this year. We were exceptionally proud of the fact that two of our B.C.I. stu¬ dents played with the Elks. One was Glenn Richardson, who came to us just before Christmas from Saskatoon. The other was Freddie Johnston who has attended B.C.I. for three years. Fred has had a very progressive year of hockey and we hope he continues to im¬ prove. Good luck to both of these play¬ ers on the road to professional hockey. Jack Neelin, who played on the Junior Basketball team this year, held the coaching responsibilities of the Alexandera Midgets. Al¬ though his hoys were defeated by Jack Johnson’s B.C.I. team, he did a very creditable job. ROYS’ AND GIRLS’ Swimming Meet Left to Right: Peggy Gooden, Gladys Pue, Dorothy Hurle, Beth Crawford, Bill Johnson, Peter Prokaski, Vernon Basrub, Harry Munroe. On November 12, the annual in¬ ter-form swimming meet was held in the Y.M.C.A. There was a large number of students in the audience and also a number of teachers. Don McGregor was in charge and the program was carried through without a mishap. Gladys Pue was the girls’ out¬ standing individual, taking first place in the fifty yards free style, and also in the diving. In the boys’ inter-form competi¬ tion form II B was successful in its effort to obtain the pennant. 44 THE NEW ERA Vernon Basrub and Pete Prokaska were outstanding for their room. It is interesting to note that Iolo Jones and Nick Peech tied for first place in the diving competition. SUMMARY Girls 25 yards free style—1st, Jean Munroe,; 2nd, Dorothy Hurle; 3rd, Peggy Gooden. 50 yards tree style—1st, Gladys Pne: 2nd, Dorothy Hurle. 25 yards breaststroke—1, Beth Craw¬ ford; 2nd, Mary Lang. Plunge—1st, Mable Newsome; 2nd, Peggy Gooden. Diving—1st, Gladys Pue. Relay—1st, II A; 2nd, II C. Boys 25 yards free style—1st, Jim Kennedy; 2nd, Bill Johnston; 3rd, Ted Fraser. 50 yards free style—1st, John Graham; 2nd, Jim Kennedy; 3rd, Harry Munroe. 100 yards free style—1st, Pete Pro¬ kaska; 2nd, Jack Neelin; 3rd, Lloyd Johnston. Back stroke—1st, Vernon Basrub. Plunge—1st, Ivan Scott; 2nd, Vernon Basrub. Diving—1st, Bill Myers; 2nd, Iolo Jones and Nick Peech. Relay—1st, II B; 2nd, IV A. SKATING As the Kinsmen Karnival did not hall, and possibly the inter-Colleg- include inter-Collegiate skating iate relay cup in its usual place in competition, B.C.I. missed seeing the Library, a few new pennants hanging in the I T ! For Educated Minds ..... w Modern education is teaching the ' younger generation to think for themselves. Today’s student is not satisfied with outmoded things— nor does he have to be. Today’s student is tomorrow’s householder, and he knows that in this electrical age he can surround himself with the latest time and labor saving- devices, so necessary to modern living, for a very small expense. THE MANITOBA POWER COMMISSION YOUR HYDRO—USE IT! I I 235 10th ST., BRANDON I THE NEW ERA 4G FIELD DAY Three Records Broken and One Equalled by Athletes in Collegiate Field Sports As usual the Collegiate Field Day was held in two sections. The first of these was the inter-form competition which was held on the afternoon of Friday, May 19, on Central School playgrounds. Sev¬ eral factors contributed to the suc¬ cess of this afternoon of sports. There was a good crowd in attend¬ ance, the weather was ideal, the competition was keen, and good sportsmanship prevailed. As the events were run off and the results posted, IV A was found to be steadily climbing to a com¬ manding position with III I) close behind. Incidentally it was IV A and III I) that tangled in the finals of the tug-of-war. This event has always been a favorite with the onlookers and as the starters whis¬ tle blew it seemed that IV A would win but the tide suddenly turned and a moment later III D was be¬ ing proclaimed the victor. Never¬ theless at the end of the day’s com¬ petition III D, with 12 points, was still 8 points behind IV A. It is interesting to note that the rooms that carefully followed the rules were usually successful. The following Friday, May 26, the second half of the field day was held at the exhibition grounds. The program included individual events and an inter-form relay. During the course of the indivi¬ dual events three B.C.I. records were broken and another equalled. New records were established in the Junior Boys’ Shot Put, Half Mile, and Junior Girls’ Hop, Step and Jump. Jack Moore tossed the weight in the shot put event for a distance of 42 feet 1 inch to beat the former record easily. Hazlitt Sparrow ran the Junior Boys’ Half Mile in the fast time of 2 minutes 27 seconds, breaking the former record by slightly more than 10 seconds. Lorraine Windover had the honor of setting up a new Hop, Step and Jump record in the Jun¬ ior Girls’ Division. Grenville Bates equalled the senior shot put record by tossing the shot a distance of 35 feet 5 inches. Dal Harris and Betty Young won the senior individual titles and it is interesting to note that Betty has not yet been beaten in any one event during her three years as a contestant for field day honors. This year marks Betty’s third as a champion. Jim Kennedy won the Junior Boys’ title while Lor¬ raine Windover took similar hon¬ ors in the Junior Girls’ Section. The inter-form relay races were won by II F in the Boys’ event and II C in the Girls’. Since II C is a room of girls, the 5 points it earn¬ ed in the relay helped boost it into second place in the competition for the staff shield. Form IV A, being well represented by individuals and taking second place in the re¬ lay, was able to raise its 15 points to 28% points to win the staff shield for the fourth consecutive year. B.C.I. camera fans were kept busy during the annual field day and we must say some fine pic¬ tures were turned out. We hope to see some good snaps in our Candid Camera section of next year’s New Era. Camera work has only this year become a popular hobby at B.C.I. and we feel sure THE NEW ERA 47 it will continue to rise in popular¬ ity. SENIOR BOYS Broad jump—1, Dal Harris; 2, Bill Long; 3, Stan Yablonski. Distance, 16 ' 11 % . Pole vault—1, Dal Harris; 2, Jim Sem¬ per. Height, 7 ' 3 . Shot put—1, Grenville Bates; 2, Bill Lang; 3, Dal Harris. Distance, 35 ' 5 . Grenville Bates, III D, equalled record of Bill Cuffe, 1936. High jump—1, Jack Quinn; 2, Dal Har¬ ris; 3, Jerry Greaves, Height, 5 ' . One hundred yards—1, John Adamski; 2, Bill Lang; 3, Joe Boreski. Time, 12 secs. 220 yards.—1, John Adamski. Half mile—1, John Adamski; 2, Walter Baer; 3, Dal Harris. Time, 2 min., 30 secs. Hop, step, jump—1, Joe Boreski; 2, Dal Harris; 3, Jim Reid. Distance, 34 ' 4 . (Record). JUNIOR BOYS Running broad jump—1, Jim Kennedy; 2, Hazitt Sparrow; 3, Jack Moore. Dis¬ tance, 17 ' . Bole vault—1, Jack Moore; 2, Hazlitt Sparrow; 3, Ivan Scott. Height, 7 ' 3 . Shot put—1, Jack Moore; 2, Jim Ken¬ nedy; 3, Bill Meadows. Distance, 42 ' 1 . Record by Jack Moore. Hop, step, jump—1, Carl Bachinski; 2, Ivan Scott; 3, Ken McBain. Distance, 32 ' 4 . (Record). High jump—,1, Ivan Stoct; 2, Murray McPherson; 3, Carl Bachinski. Height 4 ' 7 . 100 yards—1, Jim Kennedy; 2, Ken Stone; 3, Ivan Scott. Time, 12 secs. 220 yards—1, Jim Kennedy; 2, Ken Stone; 3, Ivan Scott. Time, 27 secs. Half mile—1, Hazlitt Sparrow; 2, Ber¬ nard Coker. Time, 2 mins. 27 secs. Re¬ cord by Hazlitt Sparrow. Boys’ relay—1, IIP; 2, IV A; 3, III A. SENIOR GIRLS Running broad jump—1, Betty Young; 2, Mary Dobush; 3. Vivienne Greaves. Distance 12 ' 3 . High jump—1, Betty Young; 2, Viv¬ ienne Greaves; 3. Marion Searle a. d Jean Cameron (tied). Height 4 ' 3 . 50 yards—1, Betty Young; 2, Jessie Hay; 3, Mary Dobush. Time 8 secs. 100 yards—1, Betty Young; 2, Jessie Hay; 3, Mary Dobush. Time, 15 secs. Hop, step, jump—1. Betty Young; 2, Vivienne Greaves; 3, Mary Dobush. Dis¬ tance, 28 ' 7 . Girls relay—1, IIC; 2, II E; 3, IIID. Room winning Staff Shield—IV A, 28% points. JUNIOR GIRLS Running broad jump—1, Betty Stone; 2, Mary Lang; 3, Lorraine Windover. Dis¬ tance 13 ' 6 . High jump—1, Lorraine Windover; 2, Dorothy Marson; 3, Betty Stone. Height, 4 ' 3 ' ' . 50 yards—1, Lorraine Windover; 2, Betty Stone; 3, Mae Campbell. Time, 8 secs. 75 yards—1, Lorraine Windover; 2, Betty Stone; 3, Mae Campbell. Time, 11% secs. Hop, step, jump—1, Lorraine Wird- over; 2, Betty Stone; 3, Mary Lang. Dis tance 29 ' 2 . Record broken by Lorraine Windover, 29 ' 2 . ! i Russell Rathwell 1 I ALEX. M, BROWN I 1 TRIPLE MEDALIST j Efficient Auctioneering IN [ Reasonable PHARMACY 1 I 902 Rosser Phone 2680 Anywhere in Manitoba | Brandon, Man. | 1 48 THE NEW ERA Credit is due to our capable president, Retli Crawford, for guid¬ ing us through another successful year at the Brandon Collegiate. their goal, and we feel sure that a little shove would send a Collegiate choir a long way. There is one person about this school who never changes. Whe¬ ther working (as he usually is), or taking a moment’s rest, he is smil¬ ing constantly, with a pleasant and jolly word for everyone. Rut it is we who should smile at him for making us comfortable all year round. We have always wanted to say this to you, Mr. Gregson; we thought it would look better in print. Why is it that the only enter¬ tainment we had at the Senior Prom came from an outsider? Not that he wasn’t good, hut out of 400 students, surely we can find a few who are willing to entertain at their own Senior Prom. How about it? The Brandon Collegiate tries to give the students what they want. There are sports for the sport en¬ thusiasts, a dramatic major pro¬ duction for our actors and ac¬ tresses, a Discussion Group for our studious mates, and contests for our artists, poets, and camera maniacs. This is fine indeed, hut what of our music lovers? There are many students who have dis¬ cussed the possibility of a Colleg¬ iate choir. It is useless to think that the students themselves can carry on any type of work. The teaching staff is behind every organization, pushing the students onward to The possibility of publishing this book was greatly aided by the huge success of our dramatic Major Production, “The Adorable Age”. May we sincerely thank the Dramatic Society for their fine financial contribution. Moreover, the stores and firms who have place! their advertise¬ ments in this magazine are also to be thanked for their fine help. Any time you have anything to buy, we think it right for you to patronize the stores who so kindly co-operated with us. Some students come to school because they are forced to come. Other students come to school to get a good education. There is a third class of students which is small, but by far the most inter¬ esting. This group contains the people who, along with an educa¬ tion, get true enjoyment out of school life. Every student has placed himself in one of the three above groups. If he is in the first or second group, he has no idea of the fun that the third group lias in school activities. These people do a lot of work perhaps, hut they have a wonderful time becoming a vital part of the Collegiate. The school appreciates these ambitious studendts, and they, in their turn, appreciate their school and its opportunities. THE NEW ERA 49 FORM II A President...Eileen Smith Council Representative Elmer Kaufman Boys’ Basketball Rep.Jim Kennedy Form Teacher. Miss McDole First of all we would like to thank Miss McDole for her guid¬ ance and help during the year. You’ve really made English inter¬ esting, Miss McDole. After Christmas a scarlet fever plague ravaged our room (you know, those little hugs, Mr. Harris is always talking about—“germs” I think he calls them.) Five of our class, including Miss McDole, were out of school because of it. Our room was well represented in the major production, “The Adorable Age”. Jim Kennedy, play¬ ing the part of the hero, really “brought the house down.” II A was represented very well in the Girls’ Basketball League but w were unable to enter the Inter¬ form League. The II A boys played two games and won them both. The team was composed of W. J. Kennedy, E. S. 50 THE NEW ERA Kaufman, I. J. Scott, G. D. Scott, W. C. Curtise, C. C. Cameron. Our room party took place in February. We went out to Jjaacckk’s Slide and came back to the school for lunch. Thanks to Elmer Kaufman for carrying the responsibility of class government during the absence of our president, Eileen Smith, a scarlet fever victim. Wanted: Answers to all Don Irwin’s questions. -—M.E. ROOM REPORT OF II B II B is a room of boys and with the omission of the fairer sex from our form we have had more time to concentrate on our stuides. Throughout the term IIB has shown particularly fine interest in school activities, especially sports. This was due to the fact that being all boys we had a fine group of athletes. We captured the cup for II B at the swimming meet and the inter¬ form basketball title in the play¬ offs with IV A. Those taking part in the swimming meet were Peter Prokaska, Vernon Basrub, Bill Johnston, Harry Munroe and Iolo Jones. Our basketball team consisted of: Jack Quin, Vernon Basrub, Harry Munroe, Allan Bjarnason, Allan Smith, Jack Fulcher, and Tom Lovatt. II B’s class party was heartily enjoyed by everyone, the reason being that we teamed up with II G (all girls). We went to Jack’s slide and had a very enjoyable evening, returning to the school for lunch later. This year in the Major Produc¬ tion, II B was represented by Jim Clarke. At the first of the year, Miss Dunseith left the Biology class to take Mr. Kirkpatrick’s place as History teacher, and we had the pleasure of welcoming Mr. Harris of Virden as our new Form tea¬ cher. —V.B. THE NEW ERA 51 FORM IIC Class Teacher. IV.iss Strachan Council Representative.Bette Allen Room President. Beulah Shear Sports Captain . Dot Collins Form II C has had a very suc¬ cessful year and we are justly proud of our achievements. Our basketball team was defeat¬ ed only once during the whole sea¬ son, and then went on to win the girls’ interform championship by a sweeping victory over the III D team. Members of our team are: Lorraine Windover, Velma Cock- ram, Dorothy Collins, Mary Lang, donalda Smith and Jean Frazer. In the swimming meet, our form came second. In the Major Production, “The Adorable Age”, we were repre¬ sented Py two members of the cast, Ruth Macpherson and Ruth McCuaig, both of whom gave creditable performances. Mr. Reid: “Art, what do you expect to be when you graduate?” Art Bainard: “An old man.” We are also pleased to have among us Peggy Wallace and Mary Dobush, who have won prizes for Art and Poetry, respec¬ tively. Five girls of our room were members of the Discussion Group. Our form also boasts many song¬ sters and on several occasions we entranced (?) the rooms across the hall by our vocal efforts. In January we enjoyed a tobog¬ ganing party with II R students as guests. Among the many “notables” in our class are: Ellen Watt (glamor girl); Reulah Shear (champion chatterbox); Noreen Clark (de¬ bater) ; Mary de Faye (actress); Ruth McCuaig (Errol Flynn wor¬ shipper); Frances Rain (actress); and Pearl Ross (the Wrigley Co.’s best purchaser). —J.R. Jack Thomas (flat broke): Mine wasn’t only the last horse in the race—it was the last race in the horse.” r 2 THE NEW ERA FORM II D President . ..Doreen Sullivan Council Representative. Doreen Sullivan Girls’ Sports.Lillian Starkell Boys’ Sports.Ted Fraser Form Teacher.Mr. Ashley We the students of III) set sail in September with Mr. Ashley as our Captain. The sailing was not always smooth but we managed to come through all the storms to¬ gether. Our room was well represented in basketball, Doreen Sullivan and Lillian Starkell being on the Girls’ Collegiate team and Bill Palidwar and George Parker on the Boys’ Midget team. We had a very successful party with III B. First we went tobog¬ ganing and later came back to the school for refreshments. We all join in thanking Mr. Ash¬ ley for his valuable assistance throughout the term. We’d Give a Dollar to See: Grace Thompson and Lily Darke not discussing the social events of the previous evening. George Parker on time. Doreen Sullivan not talking about a “crane”. Bill Palidwar, Jack Shaw, and Jim Broomhall settling down. —M.K. Mr. Kavanagh, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Kirk¬ patrick were on a raft in the middle of the ocean. There was no hope of rescue, so the Irishman, a very pious man, got on his knees to pray. The Englishman, out of respect for the Irish, took off his hat. The Scotchman thought that Mr. Bell was going to pass the hat, and div¬ ed overboard. New Teacher: “What is your name?’’ Pupil: “Tom.” Teacher: “You should say Thomas. And what is yours?” Pupil: “Si.” Teacher: “You should say Silas. And yours?” Somerville: “You won’t need to tell me; my name is Jackass.” THE NEW ERA GIRLS’ INDUSTRIAL ARTS CLASS Student Council Rep Barbara Edworthy Bernice Cochrane Basketball Reps. Helen Forbes Bernice Cochrane New Era Reporter Bernice Cochrane The Girls’ Industrial Arts Class, consisting of thirty-eight girls, had a very successful year. Twenty of these girls took the entire work, while the other eighteen took the practical course alone, as they had finished the academic work in the Brandon Collegiate. Under the very capable leadership of Miss A. Wood, we made many useful ar¬ ticles for ourselves. We consider ourselves very for¬ tunate this year as we were able to enjoy a modern kitchen, equip¬ ped with with all the essentials Jasper: “Say Bill, you should hear me play that old song, “Petunia”. Bill Crane: “‘Petunia?’ how does it go?” Jasper: “Pe-tunia old gray bonnet with Scotch rugby yell: “Get that quarter¬ back.” necessary in the study of cooking. This kitchen was furnished in the fall and was ready for use after Christmas. Our basketball teams, from II E and IIF, managed to reach the semi-finals hut lost to IIC and III E. Members of the IIE team were: Bernice Cochrane, Dorothy Snuggs, Dorothy Ames, Phyllis Hill, and Ella Hurd. II F’s team consisted of: Betty Miller, May Field, Frieda Walker, Helen Forbes, and Mable Simpson. Last January rooms IIE and II F enjoyed a mixed party at .Tack’s slide. On returning, lunch was served in the Collegiate gym¬ nasium. —B.C. Once there were things people could not talk about but now they can’t talk about anything else. Dal Harris: “A little bird told me I was going to pass Sn Algebra.” Miss Insley: “It must have been a lit¬ tle cockoo.” 54 THE NEW ERA BOYS INDUSTRIAL ARTS CLASS The Boys’ class in industrial arts although little heard from, have been active supporters of school activities. They were well repre¬ sented in the Midget Basketball team by John Amorgowich, Ken Guthrie, Duncan McCrostie, and John Olencey. During the term a toboggan party was held by the two indus¬ trial arts classes. It was well at¬ tended. After the slide the classes I ! i Brandon Hardware i 1 Bicycles, Sporting Goods i ' _ ! ] I I 641 Rosser Phone 2145 I I returned to the Collegiate for re¬ freshments and games. The hoys hope that they may be able to enter their work at the Brandon Fair and feel confident that they will carry off many prizes in woodwork and in metal¬ work. Mr. Harris, room teacher, ex¬ pects to attend Summer School. —G.G. j i j Don’t Argue— [ | Jackson’s sell good groceries | 1 Jackson’s Grocery 1 i i 232 Park St. | ! THE NEW ERA 55 FORM III A III A, so we are told, is one of these rooms which is rated by tea¬ chers to hold tiie record for asking the most questions in the school. The students of III A also hold the answer to the question, “Why tea¬ chers get grey?” In the realm of sport, our boys ' basketball team succeeded in reaching the semi-finals of the inter-form schedule. Members of the team were: Carl Bachinski, Ken McBain, Don Thomson, Art Bainard, Bill Milburn, and Les Walchuk. The class for their room party joined Mr. Doctoroff’s class and spent an evening at Jack’s slide. At the conclusion of the night’s sliding the two classes returned to the school where an enjoyable lunch was served. The conveners of the party were: Neomia Axford, Anita Smith, Mickey Hanson, Ray Bailey, Bill Goodwin, and Ken Stone. Ill A began the school term with one of the new teachers, Mr. Doc- torog, hut upon the resignation of Mr. Kirkpatrick changes were made, and III A was again under the genial guidance of Miss Dun- seith, whom most of us had as room-teacher during our first year at the Collegiate. John Adamski: John is very silent in school. He is waiting for the day when the teachers will catch him with his homework done. Carl Bachinski: Bailey’s “side- kick”. Spends most of his time thinking up questions that the teachers can’t answer. Kay Bailey: The mad chemist of III A. Wise cracks his way out of the room every now and again. Frank Bobiak: Comes “lumber¬ ing” into III A for a few sub¬ jects. Art Bainard: “Scoop” the Glamor boy with the perpetual grin and the wavy hair. Allan Cadorath: A golfer of note. Teed-off with scarelt fever and finished the round with only four subjects. 56 THE NEW ERA Doug. Carey: “Blondie”, stops and stares when III C goes by. Known for his noble work with the Elks. Mixes hockey with hookey. Bill Cavanagh: The pride and joy of III A. Perhaps lazy, but there are rumors of a “Chase”. Bill Crane: Our handsome athlete is anchor man of the B.C.I. bas¬ ketball squad, but hands off, girls! He’s plum “Sully”. Jack Der-nis: Another platinum blond. Spends most of his time doing homework and trying to find it. Bill Goodwin: “Fiddles” his time away. One of Mr. Bell’s favor¬ ite victims. Ritchie Macpherson: One of the Macpherson clan. Is waiting for the day when he will pass in French. Ken MacBain: Ambition to he an airplane pilot. Took a tailspin in French. Jack Neale: Called the girl of the class. “Pipes” up now and again about something or somebody. Eugene Simbalist: “Jeep”. Main taxpayer and property owner of the city. Chief worries are French and Politics. Ken Stone: Spends his time laugh¬ ing at the antics of Jack Den¬ nis. Believes in saying “A Boll¬ ing stone gathers no Moss”. Art. Thompson: “Fat” gums up the room quite regularly. Be¬ lieves in advertising his father’s business. Bill Milburn: “Curly’s” one am¬ bition is to make the curl in his hair stay in. Don. Thomson: “Duke”. Hard luck boy of III A. Our room repre¬ sentative until attacked by scarlet fever. Lloyd Johnson: “Goon” to his friends. Gave up his studies to become a mechanic in a local garage. Les Walcihuk: The room’s sparring partner. Says he would like to take on Joe Louis when Joe gets a little older. Les Wilkie: The silent type, built of brains not brawn. Spends his time getting 100 in Algebra. Cliff. Williams: Has a peculiar way of writing, in fact, he can’t even read it himself. A valuable man in a tug-of-war. Glen Smith: One of the tall, dark and handsome type. Played basketball for the Royals all winter. Ken Longrigg: Will be a man, if and when, he grows up. —B.C. � Miss Dunseith: “Jack, why the rings under your eyes?” Jack Peirson: “Well, you see, I dreamt that I was playing horseshoes and tossed all night.” Mr. Doc to ro ft: “M;y wife’s gone to the West Indies.” Mr. Kavanagh: “Jamaica?” Mr. Doctoroff: “No it was her own idea.” I’ve been through College don’t you see? I was a football hero; Oh, yes, I’Ve taken my degree; I think they called it zero. Konk: “What is the difference between your overcoat and a baby?” Jack Shaw: “I don’t know.” Konk: “Why, one you wear and the other you was.” THE NEW ERA FORM III B Room Representative Ruby Keay Room President. Jack Somerville Girls’ Basketball Rep Mary Robertson Room Reporter . Muriel Howell Room Teacher..Mr. Bateman Form III B started out with twenty-six members but two left us in the second term so now we number twenty-four. Our room party took place on January 31st, in the form of a toboggan party. We joined with Mr. Ashley’s room ancl came back to the “gym” for lunch. Arrange¬ ments were capably handled by a specially appointed committee. Howard Bell: Howard and Mr. Ashley can’t sem to agree on the homework situation. Marjory Brown: III B’s pianist, Marjory plays in one of Bran¬ don’s most popular orchestras. Ler� a Carter: III B’s “Big Sister”. Lena had to leave us before the year was out but we all miss her very much and wish her the best in life. Marjorie Carter: Marjorie is con¬ stantly in a dreamy mood— never speaks above a whisper. Thelma Cunningiham: The blush is beautiful but sometimes in¬ convenient. Muriel Detwiller: The little one who shyly glances at Howard Bell. Dorothy Drake: One of III B’s best. Dorothy doesn’t say much, so we can’t say much about her. Marjorie Fahrig: Better known as “Butch”. Oceans of brains and a pair of jitterbug feet—need we say more? Doreen Franklin: A quiet little girl who hails from Forrest. T c wonder Doreen—“Are There Anymore at Home Like You?” Anne Fedoruk: Seen in III B for Physics and Geometry. Favor¬ ite excuse—“I left my book at home.” 58 THE NEW ERA Muriel Howell: Better known as “Mollie”. The gal with the re¬ putation for giving swell par¬ ties. Eh, Mollie? Ruby Keay: Ruby has been lost since Lena left. Favorite say¬ ing: “It doesn’t mean a thing.” Jack Kerr: Jack left us just after Christmas and we miss him very much, and wish him best of luck in his new undertaking. Evelyn Lindsay: III B’s actress and new “Blues Singer.” Favorite theme, “He joined the Navy”. Harold Long: III B’s would-be sail¬ or. Harold spends his spare time at the “Y” becoming a “bronze Adonis”. Mabel McNeil: We wish Mabel’s big moment wouldn’t send re¬ plies by morning mail; then Mabs might be able to get to school earlier. Mildred McMullan: Our petite blonde. Very quiet—at least in school. Bernice Mazier: When Bernice isn’t with III B she’s over in the “Industrial Arts” class learning to be a successful old maid (so she thinks). Connie Orchard: III B’s ‘page-boy’ beauty. Connie’s constant gum- chewing keeps her jaws work¬ ing in high gear. Mary Prevada: III B’s coiffure ar¬ tist. Mary can answer any ques¬ tion in Chemistry (?) Mary Robertson: That vivacious blonde, Connie’s pal. By the way, Mary, where did you get that laugh? Jack Somerville: III B’s peroxide blond. Jack’s best pal is his comb. Howard Smith: Tall, dark and dubious. Howard has two gals —sings about one, talks about the other. Jean Shankland: An ardent hockey fan and enthusiastic skater. Oh! yes—she also comes to school. Laurence Stringer: III B’s pint- sized camera fiend. Laurence is always worried by Miss Stra- chan and Mr. Bell on the home¬ work problem. Stan. Wilkins: Boy! those sunny afternoons sure were spent to advantage. —M.H. O. L. Harwood FINANCIAL AGENT Insurance Real Estate Rentals 23 Tenth Street PTione 2745 THE NEW ERA 59 FORM me Form Teacher.. Mr. Doctoroff Council Representative.Neomia Axford Girls’ Basketball Rep Dorothy Hurle This year III C was lucky enough to have two form teachers. We started the first of the year with Mr. Kirkpatrick but he left us at Christmas and Mr. Doctoroff was initiated into our realm of femmes. To celebrate our mid-winter party the boys of III A accompan¬ ied us to the slide. After lots of fun we returned to the school and took part in our favorite pastime (eat¬ ing) . We were lucky in our sports as most of the games in the basket¬ ball league were won by default. The team, under the able leader¬ ship of Dorothy Hurle, consisted of: Marguerite Hanson, Jean Smigelsky, Audrey Mulligan, Alice Avery, Alma Griddle, Charlotte Mathieson, Victoria Halliday. The Discussion Group was well represented by Anita Smith and Marguerite Hanson. Beulah Cristall represented III C in the Major Production and sev¬ eral other girls worked on the var¬ ious committees. Enter “Sunny Smiles” of III C. Alice Avery: “Little Alice” sup¬ plies the room with blotters from her (?) grocery store. A newcomer to the school and an essential part of III C. Neomia Axford: Jitterbug of III C. Favorite song used to be “Char¬ lie is my darling” hut now it’s “I ‘Ken’ give you anything hut love.” Elna Baglo: III C’s blonde and how she does love to “Carey” on. Helen Bocker: One of III C’s bright students. Helps to keep the room’s reputation for good work in everything. Jean Cameron: Seldom seen with¬ out Clara. Ambition to he a model. (50 THE NEW ERA Ursula Campbell: Our literature scholar. How she does it is a mystery to us, and to her; so is geometry. Louise Chase: Oh so tall and oh so slender hut can she jive! Alma Criddle: Girl with the mil¬ lion dollar smile. Ambition to advertise for Ipana toothpaste. Beulah Cristall: Naturalist of III C with particular knowledge on “Elks”. Noreen Clark: Louise’s side-kick. For excitement, enters into chalk throwing competitions at noon. Frances Gillespie: Another of III C’s quiet girls who one day seemed to have a little difficulty with Mr. Ashley over the gum chewing problem. Victoria Halliday: Object: To keep track of Physics experiments. Solution: Don’t lend them to Beulah. Marguerite Hanson: Specializes in the care of horses (and their owners). Seldom gets mad which is unusual for a redhead. Evelyn Hunt: Tall brunette, who besides going to school is in¬ terested in radio work (or is it the worker?) A favorite of our form teacher. Dorothy Hurle: III C’s vagabond, especially in Mr. Ashley’s room. We’re all glad that Dot and Mr. Ashley get on so well. Every¬ one loves a quiet girl. Mr. Bell entering IV A: “Order please!” Keith Scott: “Eggs and bacon, please.” Mr. Bell: “What is the symbol for cop¬ per, Jack?” Jack Dennis: “I dunno.” Mr. Bell: Cu after four, Jack.” Charlotte Mathieson: We think that the “Ch” in Charlotte should stand for chubby. Ella McKenzie: One of our quiet girls (who are rare). Mabel and she have a great time in Chem¬ istry Lab. Audrey Mulligan: We all wonder what makes Audrey’s hair so curly. This is one Irish lass we are envious of. Clara Peltz: Makes too much noise for her size and also has too many spares to suit us. Noreen Shaw: Too had that a cer¬ tain III A boy’s sister develop¬ ed scarlet fever. It nearly ruin¬ ed the beginning of a wonder¬ ful romance. Jean Smigelsky: The girl who wears III C’s latest coiffure. Now developing a widow’s peak to complete her heart shaped face for cupid’s sake. Anita Smith: Ambition: to be an opera singer. Makes III C suf¬ fer while practising the scales in the hall. Also supplies the room with ink. Isabel Snuggs: Mr. Bateman’s great worry. Always a little behind with her lab. work. June Thornton: June is a good friend to us all. Often seen thinking of the “Boyes”. Margaret Wilkie: If there’s any noise in the room don’t blame it on Marg. Mabel Wgtton: We wonder how she can he so quiet and still he so clever. —E.H. Disraeli: Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful. � Miss Strachan: “I am tempted to give this class a test.” Jim Semper: “Yield not to temptation.” THE NEW ERA 61 FORM III D It seems that all former III I) classes have been of a high calibre. We feel that we have maintained the high standard this term. For example, take the active part III I) played in school sports. Our girls’ basketball team reached the finals, where they were defeat¬ ed by II C. Two of our girls made the school team. Our hoys gave a fine showing in the swimming meet. Several of our number en¬ gaged in bowling. With this back¬ ground, we should make good competition on Field Day. Our large representation in the Discussion Group and our part in the Major Production show the wide field of III D’s interest. We had three representatives in the cast of “The Adorable Age”: Hazel Penman, “Claribel”; Anne Mur¬ phy, “Harriet Ayers”; John Gra¬ ham, “Grant York”. Incidentally, we are very proud of our actor and actresses. Ill D had two parties. For the first, we tobogganed at Jack’s slide and returned to the school for refreshments. An impromptu program revealed much hitherto undiscovered talent. The second party was a reward for class ef¬ forts in the ticket-selling cam- paign.The students and their friends were divided into groups for a Scavenger Hunt. Grenville Rates’ team won, although every¬ one thought his own team more deserving. After lunch dancing was commenced and the tired feet forgotten. All in all, we sincerely hope that we have contributed to the pro¬ motion of school spirit. If we have, we may truthfully say that it is largely due to the untiring efforts of Miss Insley. Hazel Penman: Capable class pre¬ sident. Hazel has a “way” with both students and teachers. Anne Gloch: Our secretary who knows her job. Has both brains and beauty—how does she do it? 62 THE NEW ERA Ruth Bland: Student council rep¬ resentative. Often seen reading Ivan-lio! Second favorite pas¬ time—dodging Virgil. Marion Searle: Girls’ basketball representative and captain of tbe form team. Eileen’s part¬ ner-in-crime, but you’ll like ber. Jack Neelin: Boys’ basketball rep¬ resentative. If you ever want to find him, look in the Latin room. He’ll be there. Helen. August: An excellent gig¬ gler. One of Mr. Bell’s favor¬ ites (!?) Grenville Bates: Between Latin and girls, Grenville is a busy lad. Said to be an eminent jitter- bug. Sadie Boyle: Prominent member of form bask etball team. De¬ nies interest in “that man that had a farm”. Joe Cowie: Elastics are handy ar¬ ticles for school, eh, Joe? Oh well, Joe is our star in Algebra (heh!) Marion Donald: Holds class gum- chewing record. Is Anna’s com¬ panion and fellow-hookey-play¬ er. She knows better now, though. Cliff Durnin: Bet Miss Inslcy does some mental “durnin” when Cliff comes late to her Algebra periods. Cliff is a brilliant ticket salesman. Jessie Ewing: A rather quiet girl when you don’t know her. Jes¬ sie won’t have a prince like the rest of us; as we hear, she falls for Earls. Boh Elston: Bob’s time is divided between chewing gum and tak¬ ing candid camera shots. Smart work, Robert! Lenore Everett: A quiet girl who sits back and eats peppermints. Also an expert giggler. Jack Buckham: A handsome red¬ head. Motto: “Anything for a laugh.” Denies interest in III C. Myrtle Graham: A red-head who was with us for a couple of weeks—then disappeared. Elizabeth Gajerski: III D’s wonder girl. Never has her homework done, but takes borne a report with 90’s on it. John Graham: III D’s champion paper-tearer-upper. Also tall, dark and handsome? Bill Harwood: A quiet fellow who works hard and gets places. Another of those ticket-selling wizards. Mary Hughes: III D’s misfortune maid. She “studies and studies” —and still fails. Favorite de¬ light: graphs. Fred Johnston: Fred used to come to school once in a while. But hockey was much more inter¬ esting. Fred’s a star, you know. Sheila Keant-s: Takes a few sub¬ jects. She’s a poetess, but pre¬ fers to keep her talents hidden. Hugh Knowlton: A member of the trouble-causing “Three Mus¬ keteers”. What a dreadful nickname you have, Hugh. Cliff. Lawson: Can be clever if be chooses. Promised we wouldn’t mention his nickname. Margaret MacMillan: Has a part¬ nership agreement with Sadie for answering questions. But it doesn’t work in exams. Bill Meadows: Another red-head, who giggles with Joe. Interest¬ ed in the veterans of II A. Ruth Mclnnes: The “noise” in the far corner of the Physics Lab. Favorite saying: “I don’t get it”. Murray McPherson: III D’s silent Book of Knowledge. Mr. Kav- anagh gets Murray’s Latin un¬ der several names. THE NEW ERA 63 Jack Moore: Mr. Kavanagh’s hon¬ or guest at after-four classes. But Jack’s a star on the track and field. Anne Murphy: III D’s “umph” girl. A very ardent hockey fan. John¬ son more information about it? Cecil Montgomery: From out of town, but seems to like Bran¬ don well enough. If you want to make him mad, tease him about his mustache. Glen Milliken: III D’s mischief maker, never still a minute. Has a nice voice, though. Kathleen Old: If “Kitty” happens to be at school, she takes her few subjects. Where she is, there is sure to be a conver¬ sation in progress. Bright spot in Chemistry, though. Anna Roberts: “Chewing gum again, Anna”. Her only care in this wide world is Latin. Earl Savage: Miss Insley’s only hope for ’39 III D ever to be¬ come famous. Takes Latin with us. Remember the day he gave a wrong answer? Eileen Singleton: Of the Searle and Singleton bubble gum fac¬ tory. Often seen in III I) cloak room talking foreign dialects. Also a jitterbug of note. Jan-et Summers: Tall, silent and serene, producing a pleasant effect. What’s this we hear about dentists, Janet? Florence Roberts: Often seen in a row with dear sister. Florence is short, rather dark, and an expert dancer. Sounds good. Peter Wytick: Always finds time to argue over anything or noth¬ ing. Seems fond of Brown. Joe Zatylny: One of those students who works hard and really pro¬ fits by it. Joe seems to love front seats—or is it the teach¬ ers ? —R.M. “CLASSY” PUNS The end of school Is only the commence¬ ment. Good pupils are a thing of the Pass. All teachers are classy. Arithmetic is Sum study. School Belles make themselves heard when told a lot. School rooms have twice as many eyes as pupils. Vitamins have to know ABC’s. Copy cats are the only animals allowed in school. Many backward pupils “No” all the ques¬ tions. Most pupils are all eyes. A school of fish should beware of the rod. History never grows too old for dates. She was a good little girl as far as good little girls go, and as far as good little girls go, she went. God could not be everywhere. There¬ fore He made mothers.—Jewish Proverb. Mr. Bateman: “Name the electrical unit of power, Jim.” Jim Reid: “The what?” Mr. Bateman: “Right.” First Fly: (on cornflakes box): “What is the rush?” Second Fly: “Don’t you see the sign? —’Tear along the line?” Mr. Kavanagh: “Speers, give the prin¬ cipal parts of the verb, ‘to hear’.” Speers: “Psss ' t, Joe, what’s the verb to hear?” Joe: “I dunno.” Speers: “Idunno, idunare, idunnavi and idunnatum.” Mr. Kavanagh: “What on earth do you think you are giving?” Speers: “I dunno.” 64 THE NEW ERA H. D. Spratling Carpenter and Builder Millwork, Cabinets, Store Front, Sash, Screens, Doors PHONE 3811 1217 13th St. Brandon Furs Repaired, Remodelled and Relined. Furs made to order. Workmanship guaranteed SHAVERS FURS Opposite City Hall 821 Princess Phone 4579 McDonald FORMAN The Popular Pood Market FRESH MEATS FISH FRUITS AND GROCERIES All our Meats and Fish are kept under modern refrigeration PHONE 2994 Service with a Smile 1 HUTCHINGS’ DRUG STORE Will fill your Prescription with accuracy and dispatch Phone 2814 10th and Princess Brandon J We can’t make all the Photos so we only make the Best 1 CLARK J. SMITH STUDIO i Tel. 3258 135 10th St. j SPECIAL ATTENION— Is given to our new short curly permanents. They are becom¬ ing and very easy to arrange. [ MONRO’S CONFECTIONERY f I THE NEW ERA FORM HIE 65 Room Teacher . Mr. Kavanagh Class President...Moya Tibbs Council Representative ...Gladys Sparham Girls’ Basketball Rep_Frances McCrae Boys’ Basketball Rep.Michael Warren Class Reporter. Bunny Trafford Under the leadership of our class president, ahly assisted hy the other officers, this class took a vigorous part in Collegiate games and events. We reached the semi-finals in girls’ basketball, but were defeated by III 1). During the term a toboggan party was held at Jack’s slide. All the class attended, all the class had a good time, and all the class later joined in the sing song, under the leadership of Mr. Kavanagh. Our academic knowledge is pro¬ gressive. Most readers will under¬ stand our situation from the quo¬ tation: “How can man die better than facing fearful odds” or should we parody Byron thus: “Teachers to the right of us Teachers to the left of us Volleying and thundering.” We have a motto “Each for all —All for each”. We may he sub¬ dued, but we always come up smil¬ ing. Ask our teachers! Victor Ames: Better known as “Shad”. “He’s little and he’s wise, And he doesn’t advertise.” Katie Ahenakew: “She smiled and the shadows departed; She won all our hearts in a trice, No matter how blue we were feel¬ ing, her laughter refreshed as a spice.” Josephine Bedford: “There is beauty in a merry laugh”. Blanche Bedford: Josephine’s sis¬ ter. Loves Geometry and kin¬ dred subjects. Ask Mr. Doc- toroff. Winnie Buckley: Much sought af¬ ter hy Mr. Bell and Miss Dun- seith. A maiden with periods of temperamental seriousness, streaks of sudden gaiety, and hectic intervals of study before exams. 66 THE NEW ERA Harold Cameron: Optimistic and cheerful to a degree. Harold came to Collegiate at Easter, and hopes to graduate in June. Herbert Cater: “We seek him here, we seek him there, we seek him everywhere”, Herbert appears occasionally in III E. Joe Check: His unassuming and congenial manner have made him a favorite among his friends. Norman Clark: Our fair haired Viking, whose silence is gold¬ en, and whose industry is a joy to hehold. Gordon Douglas: “Meet a rare and delightful personality, Enchan- ced by the keenest originality Of notes he brings a score, To show what he did the day be¬ fore”. Gladys Dreaver: Gladys is one of our baseball stars, and one of III E’s star pupils. Edna Eastcott: “Mindful of the other in her work and play, In and out of school while we are on our way, Never cross or angry with a word or pun, Never a wet blanket when we have our fun”. Irwin Eggleton: “Flash” spends most of his time riding in a car. Our commission agent. Jessie Hamilton: Our little Scot’s maid with the nut-brown hair. She dreams of the wonderful things to come. Emily Jarvis: Friendly and hum¬ orous, Emily sits in a hack seat. Favorite saying “Oh isn’t he a darling”. Dorothy Bain: “We know her by her gentle air”. The class pian¬ ist ever willing to help III E. Elaine Richards: “A charming stranger in our halls”. Lloyd Johnston: Lloyd carries an extra subject in case of emerg¬ ency. Consistent in study and friendship. Don Mackie: “All men have faults” Too much modesty is his. Jessie Millar: Small, quiet, our ace basketball player. A reserv¬ ed hut pleasing personality. Frances McCrae: The tallest girl in III E. Optimistic and cheerful to a degree. One of our scarlet fever “victims”. Bob. MacDonald: Boh can ask more questions than a district attorney. Withal a sympathetic listener and an optimist. Tom Packowski: III E’s “Robert Taylor”—Patient, sincere and persevering in his studies. John Robertson: Likes to talk to himself or to anyone who will listen. Ambition: To live in New Zealand. Muriel Rohlfs: “A face with glad¬ ness overspread, Soft smiles by human kindness spread”. — Wordsworth. Bob. Russell: “Now Yukon Jake was as tough as a steak, “Hard boiled as a picnic egg”. Dorothy Searle: Dorothy left us for Regina, hut soon found that distant fields look green. Our gain -is Regina’s loss. Madeline Scott: Take a smiling countenance, a cheerful dis¬ position, and a nice sense of humor—there you have Made¬ line. Peter Skoblak: Peter is the tall silent genius of III E. “Patient in toil, serene amidst alarms”. Gladys Sparham: Class President. Tall, dark and a look in her eye that makes -woozie. Carol Sutherland: Carol hails from Hartney, Manitoba, and dreams of Californian climes. Friendly and humorous, hut feminine withal. THE NEW ERA 67 Moya Tibbs: Our silent beauty. Al¬ ways has her homework done, and so does everyone else after she arrives at school. Mary Tapotat: Another of IIIE’s basketball stars. Has a very popular locket. What’s the at¬ traction to all the girls? “Oh, what a pal is Mary”. Gwendolynne Trafford: “Better known as Bunny”. She keeps Mr. Harris hopping. Who is the blond who carries her hooks to school? Michael Warren: Amazed the gaz¬ ing rustics gather round, And still they gaze, and still the wonder grows, That one small head can carry all he knows. (With apologies to Oliver). Anne White: Who is Sylvia, Oh who is she, Who sits and chats so demurely? Anne and Jean have their secrets! Eva Waditaka: Calm, firm, steady, true; With a friendly smile to see her through. Lavina Baer: Quietest worker in III E, with quiet smile and pleasing personality. Jean Yonda: “A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair”. One of Mr. Bell’s worries in Chemistry period. Anne’s pal. Virginia Teg: Our little student down from the farm. “And perhaps in aftertime it will please to have known her.” Ill E’s AIM— “To follow knowledge like a sinking Star beyond the utmost hounds of human thought”. (With sincere thanks to Mr. Kavanagh for very generous help). —B.T. | Brandon’s Sunshine Laundry and Cleaning Plant I [ WHEN YOU BUY BREAD I Be sure and ask for | BRYCE’S | HOME MADE BREAD I | Made from and old family recipe A loaf of delicious flavor, rich in food value, energizing and health¬ ful. I ' I BRYCE BAKERIES 1 1 112 ELEVENTH ST. BRANDON I 68 THE NEW ERA FORM IV A Room Teacher .Mr. Bell Room President . Ted Speers Room Representative Cliff Kitson Boys’ Basketball Rep Nicholas Peech As usual tlie 1938-39 class of IV A was located in the Chemistry Lab. Late in the year, to contrast the dullness of the students, the room was brightened by some new lights, and the walls and desks were painted with silver and “whitewash”. The boys’ basketball team had a snappy season trying to retain the pennant. They lost only one game through the season schedule and came up in the finals against IIB. Unfortunately, however a streak of bad luck entered and they lost the play-off game by the close score of 22-20. The line-up: Charlie Powers, Nick Peech, Wal¬ ter Baer, Stan Yablonski, Greg. Grant and James Semper. The girls this year did not enter a basketball team in the inter-form series. However, the girls came back brilliantly to take top honors in the inter-form swimming meet. The team consisted of Peggy Good¬ en, Gladys Pue and Beth Craw¬ ford. The boys were not so success- fid in their task, due to lack of support. The boys who turned up however made a very good show¬ ing, Bill Myers and Nick Peech winning first and second in the diving. Allen Gaboon was also on the team. During the winter IV A held a very successful room party at Jack’s slide. After an evening of healthy fun the students returned to the Collegiate for refreshments and some more fun. Jim Reid and Jasper Richardson represented IV A on the B.C.I. bas¬ ketball team. Jasper was among the leading scorers at the begin¬ ning of the season but he slipped during latter games. Cliff Kitson, old faithful of the dramatic club, represented IV A in the Major Production this year. He very capablv played the roll of “Uncle Jim”. THE NEW ERA 69 “WE THE CONSCRIPTS” Iva Blackwell: She is one of IV A’s silent students. She always seems to be dashing hither, thither, and yon. Someone should give her a pair of wing¬ ed slippers. Myrtle Ardron: Commonly called “Red”. She works her gray matter so hard at Algebra she doesn’t give it time to rust. But her hair makes up for that. And how! Her favorite pas¬ time is crooning (?) to herself. Joe Boreskie: Joe is one of those exceptional guys who is good at English. His marks in poetry would make your hair drop out. Mary Brockie: She is one of those quiet little blondes. Her motto seems to he “Better late than never”. George Gooden: George lives up to last year’s reputation as B.C.I.’s best dressed man. He is also a pigeon enthusiast. Edward Halavko: The hoy with the army hoots. He’s tlio guy who writes an exam in half an hour and spends the rest of the day blowing about how easy it was (to get 25). Bill Myers: “Blondie” is one of IV A’s swimmers. His ambition is to enlarge his chest so he can do a good swan dive. Bill Lang: “Willie” is one of Mr. Doctoroff’s favorite targets. At present Willie is trying to find out which of Mr. Doctoroff’s many sides is his “good side”. Ted Smith: Has a little trouble with English or is it the tea¬ cher? He takes poetry in his spare time and he is still won¬ dering why they ever gave poets pensions. James Semper: Prefers to be call¬ ed Sig and takes a great kick out of correcting the teachers on this point. His chief ambi¬ tion at school is English (?). I guess it’s because he just “ain’t no good at it”. Gladys Pue: IV A’s swimming star. She can’t stop blushing when she makes a speech. Maybe she eats too many beets. Walter Baer: Walter is a quiet fel¬ low in school but is sure a wizz-dizz at basketball. He seems to have a tough time with his physics experiments. Stan Yablonski: “Staw” is tall, dark and bow-legged. He is al¬ so rather shy but nevertheless a very fine basketball player. Charlie Powers: Chuck’s the guy who wants to laugh in the Geo¬ metry periods, but Mr. Doctor- off always outgrins him. Mary Wagner: Another of IV A’s blondes. She doesn’t know her Chemistry as well as her dates (Catch?). “She must have been a beautiful baby”. Jim Reid: “Junior” to us. He’s that curly headed basketball star. Jack Thomas: Known as “Pitt” to IV A and Mr. Bateman. He is Mr. Bateman’s main target for jokes hut “Bish” usually heats him to the draw. Jasper Richardson: The kid with the thousand nicknames. Jim, along with other jokers, is re¬ sponsible for the antique jokes appearing in this year hook. Ted Speers: One of B.C.I.’s main supporters. He seems to he in every committee and group. Here’s hoping he can help him¬ self as well as he can them. Mary Watson: Mary is one of our leading essayists. A certain George says, “She’s good-en anything”. 70 THE NEW ERA Ruth Ramsden: Ruth is one of those girls who can keep her Chemistry experiments up to date. She’s sometimes known as “Candy Kid”. Dorothy Reirson: “Dot” (for con¬ trast). You wouldn’t believe it if I told you she could run! She sure can she always heats her brothers home for dinner. Gordon Knowlton: Gordie makes a very excellent M.C. And what a dancer! He’s always trying to “fill us” with silly ideas. Phyllis Murdoch: My what a coin¬ cidence she should follow Cord. Never mind Gordie, soon you’ll he able t o get the license that lets her follow you all the time. Marjorie Caruthers: “Marj” took six weeks off for a holiday with scarlet fever. I guess it was be¬ cause she couldn’t get her Chemistry experiments done. Connie Carter: Her home town is Harding. Took her Grades X and XI by correspondence at “Education Point”. She also served as a catcher on the hall team there. Allen Cahoon: Allen is one of those lads who liked English so much that he returned this year to get in on our little get together. He used to go out with a gal named Peggy, hut he “good- en” keep up with the competi¬ tion. Kenny Coker: He’s the lad with his tongue on “Union hours” and his brain making up for it by working overtime. Reth Crawford: She’s our blushing school president. She is an ar¬ dent hockey fan. Daughter of the “Great Crum”—she’s just another “Crumb off the old loaf”. Greg Grant: “Tubby” is Mr. Bell’s chief target in Chemistry per¬ iods. His ambition is to be able to play basketball or ping-pong well. A little dieting first, don’t you think? Lawrence Stuckey: IV A’s strong arm man. Ambition to be a physical director and also to consume one cup of grapenuts at one time, without fainting. Nick Peech: P.L.S. (physics lab. stooge). Ambition to do a chemistry experiment without breaking some apparatus. Glen Speers: Better known as “Gunner”. Ambition to kill a crow with the first shot so he can have crow stew every day. Peggy Gooden: Peg is Lizzy’s side- kick. She seems to have quite a time running around with different boys. I guess she can’t make up her mind(?). Will some handsome lad please help her? Betty Young: “Lizzy” is IV A’s man hunter. She believes in bringing them back alive. So far she has been unsuccessful. I wonder why ? Cliff Kitson: IV A’s veteran public speaker and actor. I)o you think he’ll ever reach Hollywood? Keep in touch with your local newspaper for the answer. Vera Gray: Vera seems to know a lot about Charlie McCarthy. She is rather silent in school so I guess she does all her laughing and talking on Sun¬ day night listening to Chuck on the radio. Julia Maziar: Julia’s the little gal from Justice. She seems to find English very injustice. Dorothy Tinline: Dorothy is usual¬ ly quiet. I guess she saves up her energy to solve her Algebra problems. Can you imagine anyone getting 98 in Algebra? The only other person we know of who has tied that mark is Mr. Bateman(?). THE NEW ERA 71 Keith Scott: Keith is our maestro of music and art. When he can’t solve an algebra problem he just sits down and plays “I can Dream can’t I”. Marjorie Sproule: Another quiet blonde. (Very unusual for blondes). She has quite a time to hit a pass in Alg. Adam Lawson: One of those hap¬ py-go-lucky kids who never has his homework done. It sometimes backfires on him in Physics period. Steve Morris: Steve got a type¬ writer this year and was he proud. Mr. Bateman was happy about the whole thing because for the first time he could read his physics experiments. Edith Hart: She’s the little girl who is always looking over her specks. Could it he at the boys? Jessie Hayes: She has travelled plenty to get her education. In Bill Cavanagh: “Does Mr. Ashley mark Composition hard?” Doug. Carey: “Does he? He takes five marks off tor having a period upside down.” Traffic jams cause fewer accidents than pickled drivers. A mill cannot grind with the water that is past. the past three years she has been taking school at Findlay, Virden, and good old Brandon. Her ambition is to he a flying hostess. Dal Harris: Dal seems to he hav¬ ing a hard time to get his Grade XI Latin. He says it was the downfall of Caesar and it’s soon going to lie his. Favorite expression: “Tough luck. Kid”. Mike Lychacz: Mike is one of the quiet type. He only visits us occasionally for an English period. (Lucky fellow). 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