Burlington High School - Rarebits Yearbook (Burlington, Ontario Canada)

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Xu-ixmtt Editor-ELEANOR RATTENBURY, V Greetings Our thanks are extended to the Ex- change Editors of these magazines, who will, we hope, receive our criti- cism in good spirit. CTA VICTORIANA - Victoria College, in the University of Toronto-A very good monthly, but better paper and more cartoons would be an improvement. Pls Pk ali OLLEGIATE - Sarnia Collegiate Institute-A clear-cut exchange department. Your articles as well as your music and poetry are quite worthy of mention. YK Pk :if ELLO-Brantford Collegiate In- stitute-The sports section of the magazine gives an excellent of your school activities, Our only suggestion is that you include a modern language department. idea HE ORACLE-London South Col- legiate Institute - An especially attractive cover, quite worthy of your excellent material. The music section is very distinctive. HE VOLT -Ingersoll Collegiate Institute-You have a very com- mendable magazine, possibly due to the excellent literary and current topics sections. all Pk Pk OX LYCEI-Lisgar Collegiate In- stitute, Ottawa-One of our best exchanges. Your editor and his staff are to be congratulated on an excellent magazine. if Pk if HE O. A. C. REVIEW-Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph - Your articles are very good, but why not include some jokes or car- toons? Zliather Glhamez M. Cox IIA One summer's day two years ago, I stood on the historical old construction, the Tower Bridge, looking down that famous waterway, the Thames River. The river was crowded lwith boats that varied from black fussy little tugs to tower- ing ocean-liners from foreign ports. From where I was standing the Parliament build- ings could be plainly seen and, a little far- ther up, the famous Tower of London, where so many kings and queens had been sent to the scaffold, raised its battlements to the sky. Coming down the river, a police launch, with its shrill siren, darted through the maze. At anchor, just beyond, was a large Eastern cargo-boat immaculate in white paint. Two tugs, nosing their blunt bows through the black, greasy water, steamed by, towing a big passenger-boat. This is said to be the most wonderful mass of cosmopolitan shipping found in the whole world. Flags of every nation under the sun are found flying on the masts of these ve- hicles of the deep.

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RAREBITS 39 Elmpmminnn nf Battle Ahhrg By Bos MITCHELL, Form IA This place of war is Battle called, because in Battle here, Quite conquered and overthrown the English nation were: This slaughter happened to them on St. Cel- tict's day, The year whereof 1066 this number doth array. In the south of England is a 'small town, Battle Abbey, which is noted for a certain battle. It is .situated on the Hump, as it is called, or the little hill on which Harold of England fought and died. While 'I was in England last summer there were many places that were very interesting to me. The quaint cobblestone streets ,of Rye, Ypres Tower and Camber Sands near Rye all attracted me. But none held my interest like Battle Abbey. The place is now in ruins, for the most part, and the towers at the gate are covered with vines and creepers. The gates them- selves are made of heavy oak timbers held together by strips of iron. Perhaps before taking you inside I .should refresh your me- mory regarding the event connected with the ruins. When Edward I died without child- ren, Harold, Earl of Wessex, became the suc- cessor. Harold had promised the throne to William, Duke of Normandy, who landed in England to claim the promise. After an all- day battle, Harold was killed by an arrow and his forces defeated. It is said that Wil- liam that night slept on fthe field among the dead. Now let us view this ancient battle ground as it is today. There are nine arches on the side of the building, upheld by slender pillars, some beautiful stone carvings of the eleventh century and some lovely windows Hwith a va- riety of figureheads of the thirteenth century. The Cloister garden is an open square with the Holy Well in the centre. In this shel- tered garden you see plants such -as castor oil trees, etc. Passing around the east side of this house you come first to an old archway with a curious stone gargoyle above it. This was the Abbot's bed-chamber. Then comes what remains of the old and lofty dining hall and next the Cloisters. Next we come to the Crypts-three vaulted chambers with a pas- sage containing a semi-circular roof. The first chamber is very low with a tiled floor and seats of the same construction arranged around the Abbot's chair in the middle. This was The Silent Room of studies. Upon in- vestigating we find that the second room was probably used as a crypt for the dead, while the 'third room was the library where the monks laboured over their lstone and wood workings. Overhead is the Dormitory which was one time laid out in squares for accom- modating eighty to one hundred monks. Abutting from the Dormitory block on the east side was a considerable building com- prising the Hospitium and farther south was the Gong or washhouse. Next we pass the Dormitory lawn. From here we get a fine View of the gable-end of the building, all the facings of which were brought from Normandy. On fthe old wall one can still see wmarks of ancient vinery. A peep at the lily pond shows us that it was beautiful when it was built and its beauty has been increased with age. When passing the cedar lawn we notice some recently discovered stone foundations and cedar trees. This is said to be the spot where William .supped and slept among the dead. It is believed to have been the burial ground of the monastery. Beyond the Cedar lawn is the Yew walk where in places the limbs of the trees have grown together and have formed arches. Here at night owls screech and fly among the trees. Both the Church and the Benedictine monastery, which we have been describing, were built by William the Conqueror to fulfil the vow made by him, if God granted him victory. Although it is now in ruin, no other church of the kind could rival fit except Can- terbury Cathedral. As we leave, the last thing we see are two faces peering down at us from the walls. They are supposed to re- present Harold and William. Now I hope that I have given you a ,good impression of Battle, for of all the places QI saw in England, it interested me the most. E' .7-gi..- : f 'l-- in rg' fuk 145-A' 'S - This , -1' ' ff JL- -... i-.. 1 lj., N Wan.. K r,- K 1 f J 5 . fl 1 5,1 . I f X45 XX ' . x xx x

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RAREBITS 41 lla Page Zllranraize A 4 EDNA ROBINSON C'EST A RIRE A quelle heure cet individu vous a-t-il at- taque? Je ne pourrais pas vous dire, monsieur le commissaire. Il a commence par d'abord m'enlever ma montre. Mlle. Eby: Il vous faut avoir ce livre. Ce fera une moitie de vos devoirsf' Hopkins: Eh bien! J'en acheterai deux. Qu'est-ce que tu veux etre quand tu seras grand, Jean? Je veux etre soldat. Et tu n'auras pas peur d'etre tue? Par qui? Par qui? par l'ennemi naturellement. Eh bien. 'alors je serai l'ennemi. AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE Au chair de la lune Mademoiselle Estelle Mon coeur fou te flamme, Tu es toujours belle! Ta joue est si rouge Et ton oeil si bleu- Viens-moi tout de suite Pour l'amour de Dieu. Au clair de la lune Estelle repondit Doucement-elle est sage- Un autre jour, merci, Je suis mecontente, C'est tellement soudain, Tu me rends muette Viens encore demainf' AUX EXAM ENS Vous ne savez pas ce .que clest que le po- tassium? Alors dites-moi ce que c'est le sodium. Une derniere question pour vous repecher: quelle diiference y a-t-il entre, le potassium et le sodium? LE VILLAGE OLYMPIOUE A LOS ANGELES Situe sur les hauteurs, a quinze minutes du Parc Olympic et vingt-cinq minutes du centre des affaires de la ville, le village Olym- pique domine l'Ocean Paciflque qui se trouve a quinze minutes, vers l'Ouest. Cette situa- tion du Village est au centre de tous les camps d'entrainement et gymnases et egale- ment :des stades et des auditoriums ou les evenements du programme olympique seront celebres. Le climat du site du Village Olympique est ideal en raison de son elevation et de sa proximite de l'Ocean. La superficie du Village sera approxima- tivement d'un demimille carre avec l'avan- tage d'etre entoure de lterrains vagues sans encumbrement de trafic. La seront installes: un systeme d'echange telephonique entre les quartiers generaux de chaque equipe et .les .salles la manger, les bu- reaux centraux du Comite d'Orgainisation et tous les stades et camps d'entrainementg un bureau complet d'information pour les ath- letes et les directeursg une succursale du de- partement technique des sportsg les tableaux des bulletinsg des facilites bancaires pour les echangesg un bureau de poste et des facilites similaires pour la commodite des athletes et des directeurs d'equipes. Le comite projette Parrangement special suivant, dans le Village pour le divertisse- ment des athletes: Pendant la periode d'- entrainement, avant les Jeux, lorsque les di- recteurs des equipes exigeront 'une discipline d'entrainement pour les athletes, des diver- tissements seront donnes chaque soir dans le Village entre l'heure du diner et neuf heures du soir. L'industrie cinematographique co- operera avec la Comite d'Organisation et chaque soir, de differentes celebrites cinema- tographiques seront les invitees du Village et donneront un programme. A partir du pre- mier jour des Jeux, les programmes d'amuse- ments donnes le soir dans le Village feront voir aux athletes les films cinematogra- phiques olympiques ofliciels des concours du jour precedent dans les differents stades et, de cette facon, les athletes pourront suivre tous les nombreux evenements des Jeux. Durant ces jours, lorsque fle .programme Olympique le permettra, des excursions spe- ciales seront organisees afin de montrer aux athletes les grands studios cinematagra- phiques et la realisation des films dans leur ensemble, ainsi que de leur .faire visiter Los Angeles et ses environs. De meme, comme l'Ocean Pacifique et les plages ne sont qu'a quelques minutes du village, une partie de la plage sera specialement reservee pour la na- tation et des autobus quitteront le village a des intervalles reguliers durant la journee pour conduire les athletes qui desirent pro- fiter ide cette distraction. De cette facon le Comite projette d'offrir des divertissements aux athletes sans intervenir dans leur princi- pale responsabilite de participation aux Jeux.