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

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12 THE NEW ERA Compliments CHRISTIE SCHOOL SUPPLY, LTD. Complete School Furnishers BRANDON. MANITOBA Lane Co. Dealers in COAL WOOD ICE and TRANSFER Fifth Rosser Phone 2901 WATT THE TAILOR Opposite City Hall PHONE 3622 Suits to Measure $22.00 Cleaning Pressing and Alterations attended to on short notice. BE WISE AND ECONOMIZE — BUY AT — ZINK’S PURE FOOD STORE Choice Groceries Fresh and Cured Meats Open Evenings for Confectionery Dinsdale Cartage Storage Ltd. GENERAL CARTAGE AGENTS AND DISTRIBUTORS Office: C.P.R. Baggage Room SERVICE STATION: TENTH AND VICTORIA PHONE 2406 “YOU CALL-WE HAUL” The Royal House of Furs Yaeger’s Furs are fit for a king: Of their fine qualities our custom¬ ers sing, Stylishly fashioned and made to measure A Yaeger garment is indeed a fine treasure. YAEGER’S FURS LTD. WE CALL AND DELIVER 602 Rosser Ave. Phone 3657

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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.

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THE NEW ERA 18 MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Two passages from Literature come to my mind as I think of a message to give you at this time. 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