City Park Collegiate Institute - Park Bench Yearbook (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada)

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48 THE PARK BENCH Cl UBD SPEAKERS' CLUB The regular Thursday night meetings of the Speakers' Club were hampered a great deal this year. Nevertheless the meetings that were held were certainly suc- cessful. The first meeting of the season dealt with elections. Neil Harris was re-elected president, with Mary Davidson as vice-president, and Doug Woodley as secretary. Unfortunately Doug found he was unable to continue his duties in this position. lean Nettle was elected secretary in his place. The other meetings consisted of both prepared and impromptu speeches followed by helpful talks by Mr. Knight, giving us pointers on public speaking. This year because of a lack of time we had only one entry in the Bryant Oratory Contest-Willa Kernen-who spoke on The Western Wheat Problem. Our first year contest revealed that there was, indeed, a lot of talent amongst our younger students. Bill Slaid won the honors with his speech on the Red Cross. Other contestants no less good were Eric Brown, lackie Iohnson, Ken Turner, Peggy Browning, and Ruth Russell. The rest of the evening was given up to a quiz contest for the first year students only, and for which George Bradley so kindly gave his time. l feel sure this worthy club will continue its successes in future years. -JEAN NETTLE ff WRITERS, CLUB In spite of the handicap of a very late start-it was not organized until lanuary- the City Park Writer's Club has had one of its most successful seasons in 'several years. A great deal of the credit for this goes to Mr. MacKinnon for stepping in to take the place originally held by Mr. Vtfickenden. Under his supervision an interesting time, and a lot of fun was had by all. The star author of the club was Neil H. with a partiality for dark tragedies. Even when Ralph N. branched off into epic poetry the members did not complain too energetically, which speaks well for their patience. Several good stories were con- tributed by Sheila G. and Dave K., Colleen C., Grace S., Sheilla C., Doug. W., and Gordon T. Other good members were Carmen Z. and Shirley N. Doug W., besides contributing stories, also acted as president, and kept the meeting from degenerating into brawls. Sheila G. held down the post of secretary performing very well except for an unfortunate tendency to call the minutes minutes, when the club had unanimously decided to call them half-hours, for variety. Altogether we had a very good year, but were disappointed in the fact that the members were all third and fourth years. lt is hoped that next year more first and second year students will turn out for the meetings. -BRUCE CLARKE. 'X f' Tom McGregor- You sold me a car two weeks ago. Salesman- Yessir. McGregor- Tell me again all you said about it then. l'm getting discouraged.

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THE PARK BENCH 47 very few males left after the first rush. The sky was the limit-even corsages fit might be mentioned that the most fashionable type was carrotsl were much in evidence pinned becomingly to the gentlemen's coat lapels. The labors of the Decorating Com4 mittee were certainly not in vain, and the Wurlitzer, bribed on, gave out with the beat for the young Astaires. The Casanovas gave the ruling sex that old come hither look and were nobly rewarded. That old wit A. Potts played hard to get, and com- plementarily cracked, Lead me to the slaughter, daughter , but was soon put in his place ibut fastl by Don't be funny, sonny. The Choir Dance followed close on the heels of the Third and Fourth Year Dance. The boys had to take the coy and attractive part. Dress was optional, but most of the girls tock advantage of the chance and put on their glamour gowns-and hey, fel- lows, did you ever realize before what a difference an upswept hairdo and a shim- mering gown can make. The Wurlitzer, a little temperamental at first, finally found its bearings and really got in the groove. The new attractions of the year were the popular Matinee Dances sponsored to raise funds for Red Cross and other worthy causes. They were probably the most in- formal dances of the whole year but the students expressed a favorable opinion of them in the Park Bench Poll. This social year has been the most successful in City Park's history and the students would like to express their thanks to Mr. Knight, the S.R.C., and all the others who made the dances so enjoyable. Here's hoping the following year's are just as successful. ' - BERNICE PORTEOUS. ff Tl-IE LIBRARY The City Park library, under the efficient supervision of Mr. Gryte, has com- pleted a very satisfying year, in which a number of improvements were instituted for your convenience. Among these were new shelves for the books, a new system of pamphlet files-which, incidentally, deserve more attention from the students than they receive,-a new system of stamping books, and a great many new books. Some of these new books deserve mention here: for mystery story lovers The Moonstone by Collins, and Shanghai Passage by Pease, deserve looking into: The Falcon of Eric the Red by Coblenz and The Clutch of the Corsican by Bill are good historical novels: Air Cadets should welcome the addition of Your Wings by Iordanoff, and Arctic Pilot by Gilbert, With Lawrence in Arabia is an exciting story, by Lowell Thomas, which proves the old adage that truth can be stranger than fiction. These are only a few of the good books added to the library this year. One encouraging feature of the year was the increasing use of the library by first and second year students, due, no doubt, to the new library classes. This should lead to much greater library knowledge among the students. The student librarian assistants have so generously given of their time, capably handled the administrative library routine, helped to make the library routine, and helped to make the library an integral part of the school. These students have this year constituted the Library Board:Bruce Clarke-chairmanp lean Rowlesy Margaret Thompson: lanet Culham.

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THE PARK BENCH 49 FILM CLUB With Mr. MacKinnon acting :is incentive City Park organized, for the first time in its history, a Film Club. The purpose of this club was, as the name suggests, to show films for recreation as well as educational purposes. At the first meeting Donald Kirk was elected president, lean Cameron vice-president, and lan Thomson secretary. An assisting committee ccmpcsed of Tom McGregor, Art Potts, and Bill Hellofs was also elected to look out for the opinions of the majority. lt was decided to meet every second Thursday at seven forty-five P.M. Although not many meetings were held, a great deal was accomplished in the shcrt time the club operated. As films were shown, instructive talks dealing with their background and explaining the nature of the film were given. Katherine Nagle spoke on the film Dentistry As A Career , Bob Thorvaldson gave a reading on Walt Disney's film Donald's Decision , and Beverley Hogarth presented a summary on Food, Weapon cf Conquest. Among the other films shown and enjoyed as evidenced by voting was, This is Blitz , Inside Fighting China. Since the club was received with such gratifying interest and worked so success- fully, we have high hcpes fcr the future. With Mr. MacKinnon as guiding light our course ought to be straight. -CARMEN ZAPPA. ff THE PARK BENCH POLL The Park Bench Poll received a hearty welcome, in spite of a week of corny advertising. Remember it? Mr. Yake and Mr. Evans had nightly arguments as to the object of it all. They came forth with some amazing ideas. While the questiones may have seemed frivolous, we did find out some pertinent facts about student opinion. For example, by a very close margin, Winston Churchill was placed above Franklin D. Roosevelt as the world's outstanding personality. Other interesting facts were: brunettes are preferred before blondes and red- heads, the slow beat has more addicts than has jitterbugging Cas one put it, I pre- fer to drool lp most students are the silent type. Many and varied were the extra curricular activities reported. There were a number of interesting comments re Matinee and Sadie Hawkins' dances. A point to remember-City Park dances are too cliquey, and that is something we don't want! Boys to watcn for, are Ioe Potts, the Strother brothers and Bing Crosby. And keep an eye open for Iocelyn Haffner and Sheila Cairns. fEye wonder why?J Thanks for your suggestions, mates. Next year we hope the Poll will flourish just as vigorously and by all means for a longer period. -Ye harassed quorum. After terrific struggles, Lloyd Ellis finished his History paper, looked it sadly over, and then, at the end, wrote: Dear Mr. McKechney: lf you sell any of my answers to the funny papers, I expect you to split fifty-fifty with me.