Central Collegiate Institute - Ye Flame Yearbook (Regina, Saskatchewan Canada)

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JUNIOR PRIZE POEM By INTURIEL PERRY, 1H TO A TRE E Oh far away in forest lands of green A silent teacher stands, not ranked in fame, And yet a life of faithful stewardship. 'Tis not but one tall tree, a silver birch Of ancient lineageg and through long years This sentinel of fairy forestry Has oft endured the ravages of storm. And once, as crashing thunder echoed round, And over all the land dark storm-clouds hung, A nearby tree crashed storm-wrecked to the ground- But no, midway the faithful silver birch Full checked the tree's wild course: and to this day The birch upholds with grace the neighbour tree, A portrait true of ev'ry friend in need. Another day, of summer's best, there came A swarthy Indian of wondrous skill And courage, and, with open blade in hand, And thoughtful care, unerringly he cut The choicest of the silvery birch bark, 'Twas soon to m.ake a frail canoe, and so, Once more the faithful birch became of use. The wind was softly sighing through the leaves, The silver leaves and branches of the birch, And shades of eve hung peacefully o'er all, 'Till when into the quiet solitude A new note came, the softly spoken words Of sad farewell: A mother and her son Stood rev'rently beneath the friendly birch And prayed to God for guidance clear and sure, For guns of war had called from other lands, And home and friends must all be left behind. Un sudden thought the youth looked quickly up And swift appraised the sympathetic birch. In case of worse come worse, oh Mother mine, This silver birch-bark tree shall shelter you As willingly I oft have done. And then He cut a heart-shaped strip of silver bark And wrote on it a last endea1ing word. That very year the lad was killed, and now The mother's only care is that tall tree, And one, small, heart-shaped strip of silver bark. How faithfully the birch has carried through The task committed by the Master kindg And what a simple message, true of life, That silver tree is bringing to mankind. 99

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Our Alphabet of Excuses A-w, I forgot my book. B-rought the wrong book to school. C-ouldn't get my lesson. D-idn't know you assigned it. E-ndless amount of work to dog no time. ' F-orgot the answer. G-osh, didn't know we had that. H-ow was I to remember? I-thought our lesson was on page 134. .I-ust Couldn't get the right answer. K-now it, but just Can't explain it. L-ost my paper. M-ust have left it at home. N-o, I couldn't get the answer. O-h, I forgot to take my book home. P-lease excuse me, I didn't feel well. Q-uestions like that always confuse nie. R-ather complicated, don't you think? S-ick over the weekend. T-bought we had the other part. U-seless for me to try to absorb that stuff. V-ery hard lesson, couldn't understand it. W-hy, you said we could hand it in later. X-Cuse? VVhy, I wasn't late. Y-ou ought to give us another day on this. Z-ero ! ! VV.M.L. 4C Betty 'S Style Students' Watches Shoppe oUR SPECIALTY 1856 Hamilton St. Graduation Gifts inclusive ladies wearing Apparel. Digmfitd Credit Amngemems' Jeweller Ei Optician Phone 6806. 1759 SCARTI-l STREET Patronize Our Advertisers. 98

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I Js'.A 3 f ,fy mdk XX a in p 'lnnrlnihmnoma L l l -,,f...cgQQV ,f ,.Q,.. A . X . i A , , v.-ai 1A ' Form Activities This year in 1A has been a very successful one, due to the competent leadership and inliuence of our form oflicers and teacher, Mr. Griffin. At the beginning of the year we elected as our officers: Louis Hershman, presidentg Eleanor Dolan, vice-president and Murray XN'estgate, secretary. Our choice proved to be a good one and the room beneiitted by li. Social Activities - Close to the end of the Fall Term IA enjoyed a very successful skating party and were entertained afterwards at Eleanor Dolan's home where we had a very good time and plenty of Heats . , Sport Activities Basketball 1A did not shine so brightly in sports this year but we did our best. 100