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

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56 RAREBITS A Bag at E31-LS. . By Doris Norsworthy, 1A The school was called by Mr. Mac- 'Lean With Hush! You boys, sit down 1 Then Walking into the room there came The broad-shouldered Mr. St. John. And soon our opening period was ended, And French we next would see, And Miss Perry came walking into the room Before we could count to three, A half-hour later, what would we hear But the ten o'clock bell to ring? And afterwards in there came Miss Shaw, With a Midsummer Night's Dream. Then out came our Geography note- books, About corn, wheat, oats and rye, Tobacco, sugar, Wools and silk, Toronto, New Yorkeand Shanghai. Who also teaches us Physical T, And teaches us very well. Down the halls we Went for noon, So very, very quietg But we jostled and pushed in our cloak room, And on the street was a riot. Rushing back to the school again, Up to 1A we went. Mr. Bates gave us a kindly look, And then entered Miss Marlatt. Then in came our Algebra teacher, The dainty little Miss Martyn, I certainly do not shine in this Any more than I do in Latin. Finally then the bell did ring At just a quarter to four, And Mr. MacLean said just one thing, Girls, line up at the door. At last the day was ended, And we lined up content, And down the hall we marched in two's Then next came our History teacher, With the thgught of 3 day Well- The pretty Miss Purtelle, spent. IB News Q I A Editor-Helen Winn Spring Eisner Latin's gettin' awful dull, History's even badder, Expressions on our teacher's face Grow sad and then grow sadder. We try to study Algebra, but We don't know what it means, And all we do is sit and look, And scratch our empty beans. We wonder why we are so dumb, We didn't used to was, I can't imagine why it is, I guess it's just because, Miss Perry says it's laziness- Mr. St. John won't believe her, He says he knows the symptoms well, It's nothing but spring fever. Athletirz At the annual track and field meet held on our campus 1B made a splen- did showing. Many pupils were for the first time contestants against more experienced competitors, but like Tim Smith, who defeated many middle school boys, our form pulled on to victory in many events. Our boys' relay team, consisting of H. Smith, J. Mallett, G McCormack and B. Konkle defeated competitors from 1A and second forms, and also broke a record. We are proud to have a shield come to our form, won by Tim Smith, who is the Juvenile cham- pion.

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RAREBITS 55 illrpurt frnm 1113 I Editor-Nevada Milligan. 2 Alvin Bumpy Margaret Peer Jack T Easdale Roy B Rooker Edith Spence Pat H Obson Vivia N Johns Norto N Freeman Walter B Enner Helen Lyons Sparta Field Day was an important inci- dent in our school year. Although we did not have the honour of bringing the shield to our form, we were rep- resented in almost every event avail- able. In rugby, too, we took our part, which was another matter of import- ance to the school, Roy Brooker and Norton Freeman were two players from our form, the latter being a regular backiielder. IIB were real supporters and turned out in large numbers at the games. illiterarg The class Literary Society meet- ings were placed in the hands of: President, David Christiansong vice- president, Robert Serena, secretary, Nevada Milligan, These meetings were very interest- ing, some being turned over to debat- ing in the class. The girls, represent- ed by Nevada Milligan and Glenne O'Kelly, defeated the boys, represent- ed by Peter Minnes and Robert Ser- ena in debating the following ques- tion: Resolved, that moving picture shows are harmful to the people. Our form debaters, Robert Serena. and Nevada Milligan, were eliminated by IIA in debating: The chain store system is detrimental to the best in- terests of the Canadian people, with II B upholding the aflirmative side. We played a large part in the Sec- ond Form literary programme, which was held in the form of a circus on April 22nd, Masters of Ceremony, David Christianson and Peter Minnes, are prominent characters in the form. 12-X Zfrnahraat Editor-Bob Campbell At the beginning of the school year the Literary Society was formed in I A by our English teacher, Miss Shaw . The oflicers were duly elected, with Samena Coleman as chairman or president, Alan Hedley as vice-presi- dent, and Paul Ferguson as secretary. We generally meet every second Fri- day if possible. The first speakers were allowed to choose their own sub- jects, and many different ones were spoken on, which were very interest- ing. Then the subjects were chosen for us and they became more interest- ing as the weeks went on, Soon ex- aminations came and the speeches were left until a future date. After the Christmas holidays came more speeches. We have some bashful speakers, but when they came to the front, and the class was quiet, they found that it was not so much of an ordeal as they had imagined. If you have an interesting subject, and know what you are talking about, it is still easier to speak. Then Easter examinations came and the IA Liter- ary Society had ended for the year. Altogether we think that it has been a very successful society in most re- spects.

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RA 0Bur Zllnrm It's on the second landing, The first door, straight ahead, This little form of 1B And many have heard it said, There's lots of fun in this form, Though there's lots of work too, But we make ourselves happy, And that's the thing to do. But in this form there is a boy, Dick Turpin, Spider, Spike, Who lives a long, long way from here, And rides home on a bike, And also in this form there is An artist, Jean by name, And Hartley Watts, a dreamer, once To school at ten he came. RE BITS 57 There's Frank and Tim and Sunny Jim, Bessie, Muriel, Vi, And Margaret, and Helen Winn And Jacqueline so spryg And Basil Passant, who Is known far for his fame, There are also many others- Too many for me to name. Eiterarg 1B took a great part in the flrst form literary programme put on in May. It consisted of choruses, short skits, dances and individual numbers, which showed the talent in our form. Svperial ann Svrrnnh Glnmmvrrial Editor-Edith Siple As the graduating class of the Com- mercial Course we would like to give a resume of what the course has meant to us., Two years ago We started out with a fairly large class, but since that time many have left, only to be re- placed by a few new students and some ex-students who come to keep up their practice. The Special Commercial Class be- gin and complete their course in one year. This course does not in-clude any Lower School subjects. Speed and accuracy is our -aim. Early in the course we began to use the Victrola, This was for the pur- pose of developing rhythm in both typing and writing. With such a happy beginning not one of us be- came suspicious until we realized there was only one record-the Stein Song. We rebelled, pleaded, there were words, we even went so far as to form a chorus of our own fwhich was received with cutting coldnessl, but to no avail. The Stein Song won, so to speak, and we settled down meekly to the business of typing with or without music. As the year draws to a close we feel that we have accomplished some- thing valuable and have enjoyed studying and reading about the Com- mercial World.-S. H. Second year commercial lost one of its best athletes when Phyllis Stainer decided to leave school. Last Field Day Phyllis brought honour to the form as an excellent broad jumper, high jumper, and basket-ball throw- er. She was on the Junior Girls' Bas- ketball team, and was well known as an all round good athlete. We wonder: 1. Where Lester Brain got his black eye. What the other fellow looks like. 2. Why Marjories Burgess and Stewart come to school at all. 3, If Miss Paterson ever loses her temper. 4. Why Dot and Ede are so proud of being able to print their own names and why they have to be written all over the blackboard.