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

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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

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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.