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

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T-S65-1 '402-'S S? 62 ACTIVITIES A CONTRAST We, the ambitious and fame-seeking youth of Central have enjoyed ourselves at four Cno lessl school dances. We came attired in the conventional Cor supposedly sol dress of the modern day Collegian. The boys wore single-breasted suits with floppy, 22 inch trousers, their bottom vestbutton invariably undone, soft shirts, loud ties and a bright handkerchief stuck in their breast pocket. The girls were dressed in outfits which varied from blouses and skirts to afternoon dresses. Of course added to this was the necessary make-up applied with an expert hand C in most casesl. Dressed thus we executed CII Paul J ones, tag and novelty dances with dexterity Cnot to mention our waltzes and five or ten yard dashesj. Between numbers polite crowds throngcd about the refreshment booth. Now, feature us, if you can, attending the Annual At Home of 1912 at which the special guests were the parents and immediate friends of the students in attendance and the ex-students of the Collegiate. As I picture it, the boys of that day would be dressed in tight, peg-top trousers Cwhose 11 inch cuffs would just reach the top of their high shoesl, short-sleeved coats, high, stiff collars, bow ties. The girls with their hair piled high would be sporting their long Sunday best, high CFD, buttoned shoes and little, if any, make-up. Dancing was preceded by a Literary programme and augumented by lantern slides in the Physics Laboratory. Dainty refreshments were served to the guests during the eveningu-between numbers 3 and 9, to be exact. CPS.-It took five committees, with no less than twelve members on each, to set up the programmej. One thing we seem to have agreed on is very ably expressed in the 1912 Annual- the programme consisted mainly of games, dancing and going home. The italics are theirs. Picture us also partaking of the warm mid-day lunch provided by the Home Arts Club in the days when the school was situated at the extreme south end of the city. In 1917 when the Club was first organized boys were not allowed Cas if we could have a club today without them!j but the next year, after an earnest petition it was decided that they needed a warm lunch too. The girls sup- 65

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plied a hot dish at 4 cents and cocoa and fruit at 2 cents each. Wish we could have gone back to that during the Depression. Our freshly organized Student's Council whose activities may be found elsewhere had nothing on the one of former years which supplied all necessary exercise books and blank paper at cost- to students. . Princess, I know I've missed a thrill or two, B-ut would I change my era? Frankly, nog For I'd have missed the thrill of knowing this If I had lived some centuries ago. CHEMISTRY CLUBS The SENIOR Club elected Helen Seymour, President, Courtney McEwen, Vice Presidentg George Camburoff, Secretary, and a Committee of Gordon Cooke and Irwin Bean. On Lab. Days several successful experiments were demon- strated. Irwin Bean burned ammonia in oxygen and made sulphuric acid by the Solway process. Roy Campbell treated us with a number of colorful ammonia fountains and Aubrey Edwards and Irwin Bean almost convinced us that all flame tests are the same. Gordon Cooke put the grand finale to the Wvednesday club meetings with a talk on the Development of New Rays and was saved from being downed by the volley of questions only by the bell. The JUNIOR Club officers were, President, John Mutch, Vice President, Harold Jacksong Secretary, Marg Carefootg and Committee, Marg Robinson and Harold Pawson. Several interesting experiments were performed for the club by John Mutch, Don Whyte, Jack Reynolds and Dick Matthews, and the chief interest seemed to be in making flares, explosions and acetylene, not to mention snakes. Mr. MacMurchy also spoke to us on Petroleum. JOINT ACTIVITIES: Mr. MacFarlane of the Imperial Oil Co., under the auspices of the Chemistry Club, interested a large audience in the Auditorium in March on the Explosion of Gases within a Motor. February 21-one of those nice cold windy days-an enjoyable visit was paid to the Imperial Oil Plant where we were shown into almost every nook and cranny by Mr. Wilson and other members of the staff. Every other Saturday morning clouds of smoke greeted any trespassers into the Chemistry Lab and such times as we did ha-ve when those Third Years got loose. Never was there such experi- menting on phosphine, ammonia fountains, soap, and how far we could go. We even hear that some industrious Fourth Years tried to manufacture Apple Cider. Lf: E Best of all we had Mr. MacMurchy V I C Mac5' to you and Il for our Staff R.epre- O-1 . sentative and he kept a close watch on both ' P. clubs at once. 66