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

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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.

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THE PARK BENCH 51 t-EATU RES TOO YOUNG TO GO She tried to keep the tears from falling as she helped Bob with the ribbon on his cap. H.M.C.S. Those letters H.M.C.S. kept ringing, like ships bells, in her mind,- H.M.C.S.-H.M.C.S.- He was so young to go. She took the opportunity, when he turned to the rnirror, to brush the telltale tears away. He passed his hand through the mop of sunshine he had for hair and then covered it With the stiff cap. He looked at his watch as if he were the admiral timing an attack. It's getting late, Mum. I can't be late in the Navy, you know. His father had given him his watch on his last leave. He had been an army man.-But his son-his son-stuck to the navy. Thank goodness he hadn't let Bob go the year before and lie about his age. He had been firm about that. I No son, he had said, You're too young to go. If they wanted them at your age they'd ask for them but you-you're still a baby. He had smiled at this last statement to avoid the inevitable reproach.-But now-nothing could stop him and nothing had tried. Bob kept looking at himself, not wishing to leave her. She could read the slightly frightened look in his eyes. Maybe she had spoiled him? His desire not to leave gave her some happiness when, calling good-bye, he ran down the path and disappeared behind the lilacs. She went back to her house work remembering how he had pulled down his jumper: how he had twisted around to straighten his collar, how he had been so particular about the cap ribbon being straight. And now, her son, her only son had gone. But surely, surely he would come back. And he wouldn't be too long. Thus encouraged she continued her work. Yes, he would be back-soon, running from the lilacs that had taken him, greatly ex- cited, his sailor suit terribly soiled, telling her of his first day at school. -SHEILA GORDON. EATING I have always liked eating. As long as I can remember, even when I was still crawling, I had a great love for my food. In those days it was milk puddings for meals and coal and earth between times, for roughage I suppose. I even managed to get a nickel down one day. Have I changed any? Not a great deal, I'm sure. My regular meals have changed the most, but chiefly in size, for I still like milk puddings. Now I gorge myself, using potatoes for bulk, until I feel a little too com- fortable. However, my in-between meals haven't changed. Instead of coal and earth I now chew upon pens, pencils, finger-nails, pipe stems, cigarettes and the odd stogie. Is there any difference? No! I don't think so-I still love eating. Don't we all? -DAVE DOW. ff TOP ROW: CLeft to rightj I. School spirit. 2. Who me? 3. He means busi- ness. 4. He's all wet. SECOND ROW: I. Congratulations, jocelyn, 2. French no doubt?? 3. Nice stuff. 4. I worry about things like that. BOTTOM LEFT: 1. Algebra or Good House Keeping?? 2. That's a dirty trick, hand it over. 3. She's a jumper too. BOTTOM RIGHT: I. The scavengers. 2. Champs.