Danforth Technical School - Tech Tatler Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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H YW-' ' I ,wht - - ,-au' ' 'fl ' 0 -5 1 lk KQV' ,g .'FN? .'F5'? 0 0 ' 0 3 HE ECH T TLER A Paper Devoted to the Interests of the Students of the Danforth Branch Technical School EDITORS-IN-CHIEF BUSINESS MANAGERS Arthur McCnckell George Elo .lean Coales WVilliam Edwards SPORTING EDITORS LITERARY EDITORS LOCALS EDITORS Charles Gardner Rudolph Nicolctti Ernest Dyer Margaret Lindsay Elsie Worthington Alice Whilcomhe EXCHANGE EDITOR HILARITY EDITOR ART EDITOR Marion Thomson Malcolm Wilkinson Russel Taber SUPERVISOR PROBLEMS EDITOR Mr. Staples Connie Undrum i:.'-- li ' Ts'-,w :- '-1-' ,'. .1-.. .' 5 I- gagg-,seg QEWQ ' ..1i. -- 1 .:.','ugf'f1r-4' Q., '-' '-4N'..- 7?-4' . -'f' r .- ... -.,. -- '2.'- '- 4 ,--Q .1 fn. v-4' . 2:1 '3:i::.'g',l.i-'lfpu--f:..' '- A . : '. v of 2,f','f'gA..-ff '11-..:t ' - -, ,g.,-f. , , f- . ' ,Q 'j 4 1, '.---.- . 1, -.fmt L 'U- I 17'-1' ,, -,f 1' 5,4 'Rr --.' 5 - 1 -3-g 9 .f'H'Z1,-1-Q1,f-lF.?.v:--'diff S-L -i J 3. ..l ' -' '- A-J' If Til' '- -'. 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Let us not miss an opportunity' of making someone happier' this Christmas Tide. Why' not, at this season, let the motto of Danforth Tech be : G1ory' to Godg Peace on Earthg Goodwill to Q7VIen ? If we do this we shall not go far' astray'. Those who know JVIr'. Brown, the Tech Tat1er's supervisor, will join with the edi- torial staff in sincerely' regretting his illness and in wishing him a speedy' recovery'. We miss him greatly' in the editing of the Tatler' but with the help of JVIr'. Staples we are trying to keep up the good work. Vind now readers, the Tech Tatler' Edi- torial Stal? take this opportunity' of wishing you one and all a very' JVIerry' Christmas and a Happy' and Prosperous New Year. .bi fx iiwwwwwwtl? TECH TA'I'Ll'IR h QKUUSUIIHS QEUB 6 ' ' o Snow clouds line the Hush horizon Far' in the western skyg The night is fast decending, : For snowbirds homeward Hy. Q , The wind is sighing 'in the firs 2 That fringe the snow-capped hill, Soft snowiiakes float down gently Qflnd children's dream fulfill. 3 Qflnd through all the drifting snowiiakes, 2 Bright golden lights shine out, ' 0 Flashing their' royal welcomes To carollers about. The sky is now quite clear' again, Q Uflnd 'cross the cloudless night, 0 0 The winter moon is sailing ' Q , y Serenely into sight. 0 From out the village church nearby, We hear' the merry chimes Pealing the Christmas story, 2 The greatest of all times. 2 -H. Flaxman 9 o Lg . : IX1 , 0 5 gr: lf' Q' :Nfl lififsf, Qf'.f,f', fx. iff fzgf be 151th gt - 1Bg Qrbarlzs Garuner vs. Y Y v- . -Q A . . ' ' 'J-Q-,W K-,we-,,,,, ,,,,, 'K vs vs vw vs ,a,a,4fK,f,+f1-, I. is f4.f'e'5,f4.g.f, . , J, ,..i, , jerjfgggsfgg USK was falling A I like ashroudover Liffel le Prix. On the tarmac of the 71st aero Squadron of the fightingsixthpur- suit group, me- chanics and pilots were standing with upraised startled faces. Hard, weary eyes were glued to the dark- ening skies. Throat muscles stood out in their tanned necks like whip cords. Guttural curses rumbled through thin lipped twisted mouths. Fists which had been tanned the colour of leather were lifted in berserk frenzy toward a black winged ship that was hurtling out of the north- ern horizon and lowering ominous- ly toward the 71st war torn field. With staccato reverberation the anti-air craft batteries that surronded the tarmac challenged the hurtling denizen of the higher ether. Like giant fireflies burst after burst formed a death ring in the sky, but Von Stettin, bloody dagger of the Ger- man Air Force came recklessly through the fire. It's the bloody dagger fella, stuttered a mechanic. It's the bloody dagger fella! Yeah, answered one of his mates, Hand I'll bet that he got another one of our pilots. Suddenly a gasp swept through the group on the tarmac. The Jerry had swept a leathered sleeved arm over the black fuselage and lei .,,tiWi,h Z Il i i w l .100 emi? ,Xi . dropped a small chute, his racing Mercedes motor roaring defiance. Captain Burns who had been standing apart from the rest watched the plane roar away with a gleam of cold defiance in his eyes. H HGet that chute, he ordered, and bring it to me at once.' ' Grease covered overalled legs flashed across the short grass of the field. A greasy hand picked up the chute and a long cylindrical carrier that was fastened to it. Silently the Captain tore it open and ground the chute under foot. A short message printed in perfect English was folded neatly inside. At the top of the sheet was a dagger dripping scarlet. Eyes hardened into icy pools and lips into thin white lines asthe pilots read : CCGREETINCS FROM VON STETTIN 'ro THE 71sT SQUADRON- I had the honour of bringing down another one of your pilots- He rode a Bristol Fighter No. 472 and his name, if I am not mistaken, was Bill White. White made a brave showing for a pilot with only two lights. He went down in Hames behind our lines and before my guns. I sincerely regret the necessity of having to dispatch such a brave man. Your friendly Enemy, BARON KARL VoN STETTIN. P.S.-If there is any pilot who thinks he would like to try to even up the score he might meet me 6 TECH TATLER over the woods at three o'clock to- morrow afternoon. A weary sigh swept the group. The bleeding dagger had found another heart. Another ship would never land on the tarmac and Bill Wliite had made his last flight. Captain Burns turned around and eyed the group curiously. Ulf there's any man who would like to even up the score, meet at the Co's office in half an hour. Silently the group of pilots made their way to their huts. Among them a tall faired haired pilot made his way to his quarters, avoiding all the other pilots. He saw alittle grey-haired mother standing before him with tear stained face on the morning they left Winnipeg, pleading with him. Harry you will look after Bill and keep him safe won't you ? Harry promised he would look after Bill, and now Bill was gone. Was it up to him to go up and even up the score with Von Stettin ? What else could he do? How could he face Bill's mother again if he made no attempt to avenge his friend P Swiftly he made his way to the captain,s hut. uHello Tate. Want to see me F Yes, Captain, I do. I would like to go up and even up the score with Von Stettinf' But, Tate, your the best man l've got in the squadron I Well I don't know about being the best man in the squadron, but I simply have to go up and meet Von Stertinf' Have you any special reason outside of the fact that Bill was your bunk mate P Yes, sir I have, I promised Bill's mother I would look after him and now he is gone and I wasn't there to help him. HBut, Tate, you couldn't help it. Bill had to look after himself. HI know, sir, but I simply have to go up. HWell, all right, after we come in from patrol tomorrow. Shortly after the patrol landed, Harry with the aid of a mechanic wheeled a trim little Snipe to the dead line. Carefully he checked the instruments and the ammunition belts. Quickly he signalled for the chucks to be pulled. Swiftly he raced down the field and took off, spiralling for altitude. After circlingthe tarmac once Harry set the Snipe due north straight for the woods. After ten minutes racing he came in sight of the woods but Von Stettin was not to be seen. Suddenly there dived from a bank of clouds hanging over the woods, a black ship with a dagger dripping scarlet. As the ship zoomed past a black leathered arm waved gaily. Quickly Harry raced for altitude with the German racing behind trying to get within range. Sudden- ly Harry levelled off. The German expecting this move got within range and sprayed the tail assembly of the Snipe. Harry threw his ship into a steep dive and then began the circling of the two racing ships in an evertightening circle. Sud- denly the Fokker of the German's skidded off on one wing. Harry quickly followed the ship, spraying the racing Fokker with slugs. But the veteran German was not to be caught so easily. Suddenly he pulled his ship into an Immelman and pounced on the tail of Harry's ship. This was suddenly announced to him as the glassfrom his instru- ments clattered to the floor. Harry, Continued an Page 8 7 El IZ E1 II H ill T E U 31. if M X- sa xx +4 x. NL K. v S- aaiaa aaa: Mr. A. C. Bradley Canadian born. He spent the first years in Canada on a farm at Lansdowne. He attended the Eden Grove School and afterwards took a post graduate course. He later became interested in automobile trucks and tractors. Most of the last fourteen years has been spent in this line of work. ln April 1926 he graduated from Michigan State Automobile School and from then until April of this year he was employed at VVillis, Garage, Brockville. He spent most of the summer at the Tech- nical Teacher's Training College at Hamilton and in September became a member of our staff at D.T.S. Mr. G. E. Campbell Though a teacher of Drafting in Danforth Tech. Mr. Campbell was born in Glasgow, Scotland. As far as we know he is not the manufac- turer of the famous soups. After serving his apprenticeship he came to Canada about twenty years ago. He has had a varied career and al- though appearances may be to the contrary he made an emphatic statement that he has never been in jail. Mr. S. R. Herd Mr. Herd was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He received his early engineering training with Sir. Wm. Arrol8z Co., Ltd., Glasgow, and his technical training at the Glasgow Royal Technical Colle ge. He then taught engineering and draft- ing with the Lanarkshire Education Authority. He arrived in Canada five years ago and has been em- ployed by several engineering firms. He was also chief draughtsman for John T. Hepburn, Ltd., Toronto. Mr. P. C. Langille This late-comer to the staff is a product of Glengarry, the Scotch- man's county, where at a somewhat tender age he gained his first acquaintance with the three Hs and a few others l Later on completing a Collegiate Course at St. Thomas, he heeded the popular advice of today-- Go West, young man, and took up residence in Manitoba where his time was divided among such inci- dentals as teaching, amateur theatri- cals, and university. This year finds him back in the province of his choice, like the proverbial chick- ens of Mother Carey-home to roost but not to rust. Mr. S. G. Moyer Last arrival in family of fourteen 3 raised among rows of standing corn in Bruce county 5 teacher in country school, homesteader out West-- Hfrozen out -Hburnt out Wa VVa Hotel disaster-arrived in To- ronto the day following in golf suit loaned by a two hundred and fifty pound tourist l Sentenced to six months residence with American 8 TECH Millionaire for winning five hun- dred dollar fellowship in Painting in the the Tiffany Foundation, N.Y. Glad to be back in God's country. M iss Winnifred Rodgers Teacher of household science, mathematics, composition, and swimming. Was born in Toronto. All her early life was spent in Toronto except when she went to N.Y. for a year and a half. She went to Oakwood Collegiate with Mme. Hetherington our French teacher. She also went to University College and University of Toronto and graduated in 1925. Since then she has worked several places, including Childs. Shelikes dogs and cats very much. Miss Win Redman Miss Redman should make atrue Danforthian for she has always made her New Year's Resolutions in the east end CScarboro Bluffsl except when doing theatre work where people are much too busy day and night to make any, and also except those years in London, at Slade, where she learned the im- pprtance of afternoon tea and also drawing and fainting in coils. Mr. R. O. Staples After wandering for years through the wilds of Northern Ontario, the capitals of Europe, and the public schools of Toronto, he has come to rest in Danforth Tech. We think him worth watching since he originated in Missouri and doesn't believe in Santa Claus. Mr. F. J. Tate Youngest son of a Presbyterian Preacher. As a result a wanderer upon the face of the earth all his days. Ontario, Alberta, Sas- katchewan, Alberta again. Finally TATLER married. No more Wandering! Served on Toronto Public School Staff until brought to Danforth Tech to teach Geometry. Miss Enid Walker She is extremely versatile for she teaches household science, geo- graphy and English. She was born in the garden of Ontario and in her search for education attended some ten different schools including Var- sity. In her youth she played basketball. Afternoon teas are her specialty and she would like the boys to have one and invite their mothers. M iss Marjorie Westman ls a Torontonian. She attended the model school and North Toron- to Collegiate. After this, she went to the University of Toronto where she took a special course in Mathe- matics and Physics, and a post gradu- ate course in Physics. The youth of Kitchener benefited by her teach- ing for two years. At last she was qualified to teach Physics in Dan- forth Tech. She is fond of dogs, especially Airdales. The Pledge Continued fiam Page 6 however, still had another trick up his sleeve. Quickly he raced with the Jerry following close behind him. Suddenly he pulled his ship up and hung on his nose. Quickly he sidestepped and followed close on the Jerry pilot, spraying the racing ship with slugs of death. Suddenly the Jerry's plane stag- gered on one wing and started on a fatal tail spin for the ground. ....1.i,1...ii Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after homework for they shall be filled-and how l TECH TATLER 1, V 4f . 1x LTC ' ' - 44, ' V A FM ' I A ' J ' rv- i ' - ' - lv A-Z f.. if K-fm: fi' - f v,1.,,-,gfjyr , g 1 A UD, - U s .1 I , I H! ' 'N N xl A. We. , A lp h ir I ' ' I. -iwfdlr' l ,1 , :-f ' ' 5 I -rf ar' ay., If , 1 X MJFQ-llmnqw .N x x ,,. -I , f I b Y f, f5,, :if, my , -X , N dx jim , fv M- .ay -4'- M f r.. at ,., f' QM 1, N . J, A 1: 'XTX NI 1 111 , I . Uma -X1.j,' rt'-xE,9i 'ih A't5i J 'J' I N , 'GGL 'Q 1 'AID' 4-LN.'!?fd'.: ,fxgjxy :Q im, H' Ml ?-,BWI -'W A1A 15: W. + , P H uw: w 1' M I- ailing, ink - hw, I .J i lil 1 X ' uqvlr 411l!NlJI'1b1 ' ' fill ! lu 1' NL kb: ' ' 1i'4 3viw Ta l-3lN Iw'. i wh f gun , 1. . W QEEALK -4 9f3.m,x !' 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Day was done and from the heavens Twinkled forth the stars prolific, Flashlights of the braves departed. Done the labours of the daytime, Done the 2 xy's and angles, And throughout the tents of white men And of weary Ooskie Wawas Night was bringing peace and quiet. Not so on the beach at Woodbine. There the waves in ceaseless tumble Churned the sands along the Iakeshore. There the wind with many voices Tossed the trees and made much whoopee. Yet, despite the rising anger Of the winds and frothing billows, And despite the circling heavens Where the stars in glittering thousands Peered and stared like even unto Eye-balls of the braves departed, Late there gathered there a company Ot the learned tribe of Tek Niks From the region of the Greenwood Bordering on the far Hung Danforth. 'Twas a grave and solemn conclave. No papoose might gaze upon it. Only those whose wrinkled foreheads Showedthat youth long since hadrdwindled Held a place at such a conclave. Circling round the flaming fire Sat these leaders of the Tek Niks All with voices hushed and silent In the presence of the Kingfish. Soon uprose in solemn cadence Holy chanting of the Tek Niks. Silent then were passed the viands 5 Wholesome essence of the citrus, Wheaten loaf and crumpled doggie Heated by the great Flame-Maker. Then upstood a noble Tek Nik, Stee Fence, of the group of Leck Triks, Bowed profound before the Kingfish Turned him to the seated Tek Niks And with solemn tone addressed them. 'Sisters, Brothers, Noble Tek Niks, Now at last has come the hour When the moon doth cast her shadow On the dwellings of the Tek Niks Banish from your mind remembrance Of your drinking and your feasting Let there be there only thinkings Of the greatness of the Tek Niks. For to-night in solemn session To our number we are adding Sisters new, and brothers also, Hence it is both meet and fitting That ye, one and all together Give yourselves in full surrender To our chief, the Peter Kingfish, And the service of the Tek Niks Gather close lest ear of white man Overhear our solemn speaking 5 Gather close lest eye of white man See the solemn rites and mystic. Brother Stay Pull, Sister West Man, Sing for us with sweet toned voices Of the ceasing of the rain drops. Sister Waw Cur, Brother Brad Lay Bring us word of Mother Goose's Many varied little Goslings Sister Rod jerks, Brother Camp Bell, Show us how in tents of white men People string a line between them. Hasten Brother Moy Err forward, Dance for us a graceful number As 'tis done in slow cinema. Sister Worthy Ton step forward, Brother Foal Lay, Brother Land jill Tell in words of weighty wisdom, Of the too-great wealth of wise men, Sister Brownie, Brother Wag Din Eat for us the frozen viand. Know ye one and all together Ye are marked as stalwart Tek Niks. Hold ye high the new earned glory Of your tribe and of your Kingfishf Ended then the words of Stee Fence. Solemn bowed the braves and women, And in deep and and awe-some silence Sat they there-and then they parted.' ' 11 -19353 F I 125 . eam - third m 'ns ic- This year our 125 lb. team have put up some wonderful fights. The first game was played at home and we lost a good game to Central. Commerce. The score being 11-10. In the second game we lost to our friends,Eastern Commerce,after a hard scrap, with a score of 21-0. Western Commerce fell before our boys' wonderful term work. Score 1-0 in the third game. The next game was turntables, for the Northern Vocational defeat- ed us by 17-7. We must congratulate the team for their efforts against great odds, and Mr. Tate,their new coach, for his aid. The team was:- Snap-Boales Insides-Downs and Coles. Middles-Dewar and George. Outsides-Lee and Croney. Quarter- Johnston. F. Wings-Carter and Fessen- den. Halves-Roberts and Ruddock. Subs-Hooks, Phair, Jordon, Glen and Johnston. Junior Rugby Cur Junior team is our main item in rugby. They won all their groups to the semi-finals. They won easily over the Central Commerce team with a score of 12-S. In the second game Eastern Commerce was felled before our boys but by a tight score of 6 to 0. tory for we won the game over Western Tech by 5 to 4. Northern Vocational School was certainly surprised when we beat them decisively 13-0. But now our hard game came by playing the Jarvis' boys. We tried very hard but had to admit defeat by a score of 30-0. Since we came so near to the championship we must congratulate the team and Mr. Purvis for their earnest efforts. The team was as follows:- Flying wings---Taylor. Halves--Martin, Edwards, Ra- halley. Quarter-Darwen. Snap--Cassidy. Insides--Preston, Wilson. Middles-Townsend, Robertson Outsides-Muir, Gunn. S ubs-Blythe, Maclntyre, Milne, Schwertner, Freeman, Stew- art, Aubrey, Rattray, Cornell and Lewis. Swimming The swimming team of our school this year have added to their many laurels the 200 yard relay at at Sunnyside tank. In winning this place they beat all the other schools' in the province. At the Broadview Boys' Fall Fair they won the 100 yard from all other teams in the province. The members of the team are:-- Eastaugh, Hellsberg, Hodge, Bert Pirie--spare. Lorne Bert, one of the outstand- ing members of the team won 12 TECH second place at the Boy's Fall Fair, third place in Canadian Champion- ship and second ata meeting on Nov. 18 at Hamilton. Eastaugh won third place in the Across the Bay Swim and third in the Humber Swim. Pirie, the youngest member of the team, won the great distinc- tion of being the best swimmer under 15 years of age in Canada. Soccer Rippety Ree, Rippety Raa, Danforth ! Danforth ! Raa, Raa, Raa. The Juniors have won the city championship, for the second con- secutive time, scoring a total of 18 goals and having only 3 scored against them. The season opened with a game against Northern Vocational. Mr. Saunders, our ex-principal kicked the ball off. The Northeners fell prey to the splendid team work of the Juniors, the score being 4-0. After winning the first game in the league, the boys went right ahead, winning all their games except two and tying those. The semi-final game against Western Tech was played off on the Don Hats, and as usual the boys were successful in defeating their opponents, the score being 2-1. The final game against Central Commerce certainly had everybody full of excitement. Our worthy opponents opened the scoring with a fast shot from 10 yards in front of the goal which found its way into the nets. With a strong de- sire to even up the score the Juniors got possession of the ball and went down the field. Boots, one of the forward men, shot and scored, thus tying the score. The score at half time being 1-1. TATLER The second half was a keenly and evenly contested game, each team making sudden dashes only to be intercepted by the defence. At the end of the game the score was still a tie, so it was arranged to play S minutes overtime each way. Once again the teams see-sawed up and down the field, but failing to break the score. Another 5 minutes was arranged for in hopes of breaking up the score. Shortly after the kick-off the Juniors got possession of the ball and raced down the field. From one for- ward, to another, the ball was passed until Parker got possession of the ball, and being in front of the goal, scored the Winning goal. In the dying minutes of the game Central made a strong bid for an- other goal but failed to get it. A great deal of credit for the success of the Juniors is due to Mr. Love, their competent coach, who Worked so hard and faithfully to turn out a championship team. Basketball At a meeting of the Athletic Association, it was definitely arranged that the school should have a Grads basketball team. We are the the only school in the city to have a Grads team, since U.T.S. and Riverdale have dis- organized. Among the stars that will defend the white and red were Cannon, Capt., Doherty, Green- halgh, Exeley, Bright, on the for- ward line and Manson and Martin on Defence. The games will be played on Saturday nights between 7-9 p.m. and the team practice on Tuesday from 6-7.30 p.m. The team will play in the Juvenile League Series Cunder 18 yearsl . From last year' s team which made a strong bid for the leadership we TECH TATLER 13 have the old defence, Taylor and Manson, who will give the opposi- tion lots to worry about. Among the line-upthis yearare:-Furneaux, Barnard, Bryant, Callahan, Hodge, Livingstone, Muir, Pestelle, Paul, Reitberg, Badger, Martin and Harris. Cross Country Run Danforth Tech were favoured with ideal weather conditions for their 4th Annual George Smith Cross Country Run. About 1400 students watched twenty-two trained runners leave the mark for the seven mile grind, which took them over four long hills, across the Don River, through open country and back to the crowd before the school. The race was a spectacular duel between Jack Eastaugh Ca 2nd Year Matriculation studentl and Horace Brown Ca 3rd Year Auto Mechanic Studentl. Brown held ashoxt lead for a greater part of the distance, then for half a mile they ran side by side, until Eastaugh pulled away just in sight of the tape. Brown made a final spurt and crossed the line less than a yard behind his rival. The record of 49 minutes and 50 seconds set by Stan Cable last year was reduced to 43 minutes, fifty- seven and one fifth seconds. A record crowd of cheering students and parents packed the aud- itorium and acclaimedthe prize win- ners when Mr. Geo. Smith, M.P. presented his handsome trophy and a fine gold wrist watch to Jack Eastaugh. Mr. Geo. Oakley, M.P. presented the 2nd. and 3rd. medals to Horace Brown and Fred Moore, on behalf of Ald. Sibbery and the Danforth Business Mens' Association. Mr. J. F. Phillips, past President of the School Ath- letic Association, presented the Association's medal to Wallace Baillie, who won fourth place. Ninteen boys were awarded ribbons for finishing the course. Girls Sports SWIMMING CLASSES MONDAY NIGHT C1.Ass : Mr. Hodkinson, our swimming instructor, took a very keen interest in girls' swimming this year and organized a class for the more ad- vanced swimmers of the school. There were about fifteen girls turned out and since then it has dwindled down to about four girls. As he secured a silver cup for them to swim for, he is consequently very disappointed. If the swimming continues there will be a forty yard swim on our big Aquatic Night in Nlarch, and the cup will be presented to the winner by Russ VVaters, who is the best swimmer our school has known. THURSDAY NIGHT CLASSES : There is a special swimming class for beginners every Thursday after school conducted by Miss Rodgers. The girls are all pro- gressingsplendidly. Miss Rodgers would like a few more members in the class so if you are interested in swimming at all, come along. Corn Roast The girls of D.T.S. and a few of our ex-students had a very enjoy- able time at our corn roast in Sep- tember, soon after we started back to school. While the Hhot dawgs and the cobs were cooking we had a delightful program in the Maud. Audrey Carline, who is now on a tour across Canada, doing stage- work, did some specialty numbers that Hwent over big while George Wagdin supplied us with some 14 TECH TATLER snappy music. There were several other items including dance per- formances, recitations and piano solos. After the programme we went down to the lunch room to listen to Miss Walker give Miss Rodgers a few pointers, on how corn is grown in China, while they were Waiting for it to cook. We then went down to the gym and danced until Miss Worthington had to chase us home. Interform Basketball The interform games started on November 20th when the big fight for the pennant, which is now held by V.2.A.B., began. The first schedule game was played on November 20th when Art 1 played V.l.A.B. Basketball This years' basketball team are making remarkable progress under the excellent coaching of Miss Worthington. They have a few of the old members back with them from last year. Audrey Stokes, Reta Fry, Marie Curry, Irene Rennie, Beatrice Burrows, Helen Flaxman, Flo Moir, Evelyn Lamb, Jessie Robert- son, Reta Plooard. Exhibition Games Our Junior girls invited Central's Senior and Junior teams down for an exhibition game on November 13th. Our girls were successful in defeating their Juniors by the score of 25-16 but did not do so well with their Seniors 16--4. Bud Nattrass, Dorothy Medhurst and Verna King of last year's Dan- forth fame played very well with Central's Seniors. Another exhibition game was played in our gym with Harbord C.l. on November 17th. Our girls showed great improvement and ggfeaged Harbord by the score of In the first league game we were defeated by Jarvis 34-24. The next game was played with Northern Vocational when We were successful by 37-15. . Our Masquerade Blazing with colour and glowing with joy Rollicking laughter and bantering jest This was the scene that night in November In our Srhool, clad in festival dress. Thronging soft-lighted and colourful halls Clothed in the gayest and richest costumes Knights with their ladies, bold pirates and gypsies Danced to the brightest and liveliest tunes. Soldiers and cavaliers, Indian maidens Merry young clowns, and pretty pier- rette Mexican beauties and gay caballeros Graced the big gym in glorious fete. Now comes the morning with cool, searching light Sending pale beams on a desolate floor Torn ends, and streamer: of faded, limp paper Mock at a :plendaur that now is no more. -D. Garratt Problems Answered DEAR Miss CONNIE UNDRUM : There are six girls in our class, who are terrorized by one of our teachers. When this masterful worthy stalks into the room, looks around the room in search of prey, and suddenly pounces on one of them to answer an unfathomable question, despair is written on her face. Some turn pale, others a ghastly green, and other a brilliant red. 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I 'NX ,, .. i .M-7 fgyllih -1 M' X -' xl'--Rx?-QNS ' gfgn. gf-,, - Asif, iw? 44551, 0 0, , -.kennelF'wTomo-Q L -Kenneth Thomas 16 stef isp eminisrenres -T e From the West It was your Mr. Staples, A persistant man is he g By thy ready tongue and glasses bright Now wherefore stopp'st thou me F I do desire your memoirs, please 5 I'll censor them, said he, And if you do not give me them, Young man, you're going to dee ! I sat me down upon a chair, My pencil did I ply, And this is the result. You see I had no wish to die. I see that day I came to Tech, A stranger at its door No chairs there were for students then, They sat upon the floor. I see our Principal, a man Who worked with might and main With boys who had gone off the track To set them right again. The Auditorium too, I see, Where we saw ourselves a Srhool And sang a hymn and heard again How we our lives should rule. The Gym ! There is no other place Can rival it in my heart, A place for work, a place for fun, A place set quite apart. There every week the Leaders' Corps, That group beyond compare Would play on horse or on high bar While I tore at my hair. A fearless squad, they dared all things, For htness they did thrive, And many times our janitor Did chase them after five ! And mad March days I do recall When we produced our plays, When costumes, make-up, practising, My head kept in a daze. We'd Grandpa Philpott in Old Songs' ' In Old King Cole we'd Jill, We 'd darkie boys and chorus girls, - Their noise the place did Hll. But most of all I remember there The spirit of D.T. S., The spirit of manliness and pride In giving the School our best. And while that spirit does prevail Its fame will greater grow, And that we're proud of Danforth Tech We'll let the whole world know ! -Mr. J. 7. Pxzimpf From the North H ............ And this foundation stone Well and truly laid, round which shall rise a noble edifice in which many of the young people of this district may lay the foundation of a career of usefulness to the community, in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Amen. Such was the invocation at the laying of the corner-stone of the Danforth Cthen Riverdale Branchb Technical School, on a sunny day in July, 1922. A small crowd of oH-icials of the Board of Educa- tion and others listened that day to the simple service when the school was dedicated to a career of useful- ness , in the corner stone was placed various things of interest which are now history'-a copy of each of the Toronto newspapers of that day, some of the coins ofthe Dominion, alist of all the members of the Board, and minutes of the TECH TATLER 17 meeting authorizing the building. These were contained in a sealed box within the stone. Looking back over the years that have passed since then, we feel that that invocation has borne fruit. Danforth School has been the means of preparing many young men and women for the business of life, emphazing the first essential in conduct to be a lady or a gentle- man. We have since met many of these ladies and gentlemen and have felt not a little pride in them, Since then there have been many changes in the staff, the school and in the students. ln the first year the staff was small but good. Their labours were Herculean 5 no work was too difficult for them to handle. Two or three classes at one time were common occur- rences, equipment hadn't arrived, and classes were held in almost bare rooms. But the staff and students overcame all obstacles with enthus- iastic good fellowship and co-oper- ation. One by one the various activities of the schcol developed. The athletic side struggled against odds-a new school trying to fight against teams organized for years, and yet our boys were always good sports, losing often, wi n n i n g seldom, but always playing the game. Then developed the Annual Ex- hibition from very small beginnings to what it is to-day, one of the big- gest and most important functions in the east end of the city. The students who are now in the school will not remember these days when Mr. Wallace, put on his school plays Macbeth, which was a fearfully good thing, and She Stoops to Conquer.' ' Then Miss lVIacLean's old shows, old songs in new settings. These school plays in which groups of stu- dents, worked in comradeship, formed friendships which they will carry through life fin fact some of them are married nowl. But one of the greatest influences in the school has been the TECH TA1'LER. Speaking of the TATLER, and looking again at the first number, we realize that it has grown, grown in size, in quality, and in usefulness. Where now the HForeward is, in that first issue it was printed HForward, and so it has gone forward in leaps and bounds. The first page said I VVe venture modestly to hope that the TECH TA1'LER will be a welcome visitor in every home which sends one or more of its members to the school 5 welcome because ofthe sturdy, cheerful na- ture of its editorials, the high char- acter of its school news, and its wholesome and original fun ..... ...... . .. Wherein the parents and friends of the school may form a more inti- life of the mate picture of the school, with its work, its play, its ideals and its problerrsf' Wfe remember the sports when we set up an ice-cream stand and hir. fDick7 Allman fed all the youngsters in the neighbor- hood with ice-cream free of charge, and still made a big profit. Then later field days when we decked the west end of the school in bunting and had the band out to try and make the runners run har der. These are all happy memories. The Spirit of Danforth Tech has always been rather w o n d e r f u l. The difficulties of those early days cemented the staff and students into one family group, a group which often disagreed with one another, but presented a united front to all the rest of the world, with a watch- word of One for all and all for one. -S. S. Finlay. first school 18 The QBID wang 'BBQ Greta illbulbnllanu 5. ,, 5g st 'ss' sn, st' 'ss' nt, -A' S,-1 ss, 4,2 'sn' S-I 'A -3- N AA N M ,A an .A .r ,fi ,,fip!1,J.4-ffiwvfzfiywfwm Fw ,ff fzwafinilra wiaifaffifaifffif-,f.,4,f,f f,f,f,:. HELLO EVERYBODY :- Doesn't the time fly? Why it seems only yesterday, 1928, when we trudged up the steps of Riverdale Tech, wondering what would be- come of us in such a vast place. Do you remember the first few days when we almost lost our way in the immense halls, trying to find our assigned class room 5 but it did not take us long to make ourselves at home and at home we were, although Hthe second year did think that they conducted the school. 1929 l Wasn,t that the year for fun? Why we could not get into our new named school, Danforth Tech, fast enough to greet our old friends. That was the time when we thought we were usomebodyf' that was the year when we had the the pleasure of being on the TECH TATLER Staff, all Committees, and taking part in the concerts. The Annual Exhibition was the great day of days. The Dress Parade! Oh, girls wasn't it dreadful when we were behind the curtain, wait- ing for our turn and then when it came, having to be pushed out by our darling teachers, Miss Hunter and Miss Butcher, to parade across the huge platform to the strains of the Day School Orchestra. The plays, weren't they fun F Remem- ber Gordon Appleby? Didn't he look comical with his bald head, but of course it was only a wig. Bill Bartlett, wasn't he cute as our teacher with those long flowing robes, and of course we couldn't forget Oscar Welti, our dear darkie, who sang a solo about the 'Teachers' lot. Didn't the little dutch girl look sweet with her long golden braids and wooden clogs. They were the good old days. Of course you all know that Mr. Saunders is the Daddy,' of the Northern Vocational School this year and Mr. Ferguson reigns over Danforth Tech. Many teachers have changed their position also. Jolly Mr. Temple has gone to the New Northern School as assistant principal. Mr. Finlay, Mr. Fallis, formerly of HC floor, and the dear little girl, Miss Mallon, has also deserted us to go with Mr. Saunders. Of course we all miss the handsome teacher who presided in C25 he, Mr. Philips has gone to Western Tech as the Head of the Mathematics Department. We hope to see them again some- time. We have heard that Mr. Brown is ill, and missing from the HHalls of Tech. We are verry sorry to receive this news and hope that he will soon be back. He will be missed very much because of his devoted work for the TECH TATLER. Although we will miss these old friends and grieve over the loss of not seeing them for awhile, we want to be gay and think of some of our old fellow pupils : STAN CABLE-who distinguished himself at Camp Borden in athlet- TECH TATLER 19 ics, by winning the Mile Silver Cup and the Eaton Agreggate. KAY xVADE 'I'lOYV a 'Stylest' at Yonge and Roxborough Sts. She just returned from the Salons of New York. OSCAR VVELT1-who is now attending Shaw's Business College, showing them how to run the school. ELMA ANGUS -who won the Ontario Championship for Scotch Dancing. This enabled her to go Banff to represent Ontario. There she won honour for herself. Elma is now attending the N o rt h e r n Vocational School, SANDY REID-last year's Basketball Mascot, now at Guelph Tech running the school. AILEEN GALSTER'-DOW holds the important position of Associate Editor on the Vulzan at Central Tech. LILLIAN NAT'rRAss-pop ul a r basketball player of last year is now the Sporting Editor on the Vulcan at Central Tech and is also playing on their Senior Basketball Team. ALEC TAYLOR-HOW' reporter for the Evening Telegram. He writes up our Rugby games. IRENE BINKS-will be found working in Simpson's Exchange Department. She will be pleased if you call to see her some day. CHARLES DRURY-who gradu- ated from D.T.S. and Central 2 Xt has as Tech is attending Varsity this year. He will give the Valedictory at the Central Tech's Commencement. ART LEPPER---due to his success in athletics he will be taken south by the Leafs next spring. GORDON LOWRY--he played for Malvern Senior champs in Rugby. We were glad to see so many of you back to the dear old school on the nights of the Masquerade and Commencement and hope to see you again soon. Yours forever, CC 7 y SALLY Art Exhibit In November our Art Teachers held an exhibition of their sketches in C.18 which We enjoyed very much. The wide variety of work includ- ed outdoor sketches, still life, chalk drawings and portraiture. This is the kind of thing that in- spires us to greater aims, and seals our confidence in those in whose charge we are. We are looking forward to the next. Our Theatre Party Thanks to Mr. Ferguson, eight hundred students of Danforth Tech enjoyed the motion picture Byrd at the South Pole, which was shown at the Palace Theatre on Thursday afternoon, November 13. The party was a success and the show was enjoyed by everyone. 1 S will ll llzilii J' M i L-3 gsifeff ' Xsi jf iff WW? .,ii.fay Ti f .... f. ?.. , ,iiilgilfl 1 'X ffIX5lll.M.. L-if 1 M K x N 'fi FJ F' nd' :t FJ' : -:fi xr' fi-ly' f f' 'gil fi ,fd :J gd ,-11 gd gil? ,fl ,ff 'X ' 'I' V 'V v 'S v 'Y ' 'Ni 'N 'S 'S 'S vx vs- N v-. X - . -4. fs. Q fl fat ,ai ia fair r if ,4 ri 545' V, it af -,f . ' H3 N vi- vw- vs 'S' 'wi -s 'N as -Q vw, gg N wa, Christopher Columbus In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed with ship and crew g To the west he went so sure but slow, To the west where all the good guys go. He didn't find ranches and cowboys and such, Or fall down a place called Devil's Gulch, He didnit find towers that reached to the skies, But he did find a bunch of fierce look- ing guys. They had paint on their arms and their legs and their face, So much had they that they looked out of place : On their heads they had feathers plucked out of some bird, And the funniest school yells Columbus had heard. They thought that Columbus was some- body grand, And just for his credit they played their jazz band 5 They played Annie Laurie and other wild tunes, And the Indians dan-:ed round like a bunch of mad loons. He played Sevens Up and Rummey when he honoured their saloons 1 But when the games were over he just had his pantaloons. Then he raised his one free hand, the other held his pants, He left and jumped a taxi, and started out for France. Archibald ! the teacher's voice broke in my reverie, Why don't you pay attention and learn your history ? Answer me this question-Why did Columbus go Across the sea with just a crew of twenty men or so? I stammered and I stuttered and I racked my stalling brain, But the thing refused to function and I tried my best in vain, The teacher gave me fifty lines and oh gosh ! what a fuss Because of someone dead and gone, Good Christopher Columbus. -Edith Green Staunch Friends A swirl of gold and white and gray and black,- Rackety, vibrant, glad with life's hot jest,- Sunnybank collies, gaily surging pack,- These are my chums 5 the chums that love me best. Not chums alone, but courtiers, zealots, too,- Clean-white of soul, too wise for fraud or sham , Yet senseless in their worship ever new. These are the friendly folk whose god I am. We humans are so slow to understand! Swift in our wrath, deaf to the justice- plea, Nleeting out punishment with lavish hand! What, but a dog, would serve such gods as we P Heaven gave them souls, I'm sure 5 but dulled the brain, Lest they should sadden at so brief a span Of heedless, honest life as they sustain, Or doubt the godhead of their master, man. Service that asks no price g forgiveness free For injury or for injustice hard. Staunch friendship, wanting n e i t h e r thanks nor fee Save privilege to worship and to guard. -Perry Crofjeld 21 E35WEE3525E359E232?EWE29EWE2?5?EQ5E?5M5E3E I Zin Seartb of the Qlbauf 'IBQ Bunnlpb !P2icnIctti 2:3 Z62555535MSSEEEQSWSHESMSEESRER OW-A-DAYS many people period furniture herself she very will- of means become collectors of antique furniture, and those who cannot become possessors are eager to gain know- ledge about it. Therefore Art students should be keenly interest- ed in what the furniture craftsmen of the past have handed down to them. A number of our students de- cided to make a study of English furniture at the Royal Ontario Museum, intimating to Mrs. Kerr if she would take charge of the group. Being very interested in ingly accepted. She asked us what item of furniture did we wish to study. After some discussion we finally decided to study the chair through the Tudor, Elizabethan, Jacobean, William and Mary, Queen Anne, Chippendale, Hepp elwhise Adam and Theraton Periods. What variety of anato- mical changes has the chair under- gone through the ages l Observing the parts of the chair as shown in illustrations, note the bun foot, the club, the paw, the spade, the ball Continued an Page 28 Feet L1 -L53 1 .. gf arts Bun Club LQ S Scroll Bracket QSPW-1' Ai 5 Cabriolc C5 ceo Balusfer Cuplurnecl . Scroll Flufinc, Bachb Ribbon -'-'-' Lyra . W WU EH r ii' i l EES. EQEJ Fldde : Shield '-:-' f Vase. it K TECH TATLER 1 .1444 J JJ Xjx, J .Af-f fgjg XZ -Rudolph Nicoletti 23 ' , Y g bep ibaht lieu' 351525 gg 'JBQ Zlatk Gastaugb V 0 0571 T happened in a boarding school 3 one of these place s where e v e r y H i g h S c h o ol b o y wishes he could go 5 one of these places where they have dormitories, professors, feeds, chums-every- thing imaginable. 9 1 muy:-' . J-S' 2-F 'QQ 3ipf,gQ5gn?3, :WZ2:zuqg:ai.'!L' ??1'5i5'i'Zf5fs5i3? i-1-fn:- g'5qp 4 512212: 23,Z'3.Q S . - Iva, '- quiz.,-. N., -' :Y 'G bb- 939' -.fling Q v Qffhsti, ' - , - ei I 'Ac sI-Q I ' 3 H ' - 9 3. For William Waddle, however it spelled one thing only-unhap- piness. Brought up in India, until he was fifteen,by an uncle who had early set about breaking the boy's spirit, he was suddenly thrust into school life in America when his Uncle had suddenly decided to marry. Some cousins of h i s mothers, elderly ladies, had offered him little kindnesses, had sent him a hamper or two, but they could not penetrate the wall which seemed to enclose the boy. His appearance was not unfavourable either. He stood about five feet four inches, of medium build, brown hair and rather fine brown eyes disfigured considerably by ugly horn-rimmed glasses. William Waddle l Even his name was against him, and that miserable, cowed look made him the natural target for many practical jokes. Three boys in particular, Martin, Morse and Vanderpool seemed banded together for the special purpose of plaguing him. Not bad fellows, on the whole, but thoughtless, and ready for a bit of fun at anyone's expense. William became their hobby, a legitimate prey. Often William thought of running away from school and of leaving its torments behind him, but where could he go F Little did he know what fate was hiding for him around the corner l The Academy Social Society was busy. Committees of a dozen varie- tieshadbeenformed,andeverywhere there was talk not of games, rowing, feeds or anything so ordinary, but girls l The three Inseparables were everywhere, writing, phoning, planning-so busy in fact that they let William go for a whole day without playing one trick on him. But alas l That same Fate that was twinkling kindly upon William grinned maliciously at them and their plans. One after another the blows fell: Martin's girl was going to Princetown for a week, Morse's admired one was down with the mumps, Vander- pool's girl turned him down Hat. Their lamentations were heard all over the school, but it was too late now to make new arrangements. Alone, as usual, William wan- dered down to the river and sat down. He stooped over to cut a twig with his pen-knife when a branch from an overhanging wil- low caught his glasses and hurled them into the stream. Too sur- prised to notice where they went he looked about him. He could see 24 TECH TATLER better without the things l He had worn those glasses since he was ten years old, and he had not dreamed but that he needed them still. Welll I'll be dog-gonedl he exclaimed. Still none surprising was the change in his appearance. The boy was actually good looking. HWaddlel called Mr. Nichol- son, as he re-entered the dormitory. cc , . . Here s a special delivery letter for you.', Thank you, sir, said William taking .the letter extended to him. In his own room he opened the letter and read it. Dropping on the edge of the bed he read it again. His mouth slowly opened, panic wrote itself over his features. He gulped. HI can'tl he said, UI canitl I'd jump in the river first l He started out of his room and with eyes staring before him he walked along the corridor, and un- seeingly bumped into Morse,to that person's indignation. Instantly William's daze left him. Oh Morse! Please do me a favour! I told my cousin about the dance here and she's sending me a girl! A girl, I tell you l He paused, overwhelmed again at the prospect. Morse's shout of glee brought Martin and Vanderpool upon the scene. To his pleading that one of them take the girl they turned deaf ears. HWhat's her name ? demanded Martin. HSofia Kingston. Into peals of laughter went the boys. 'iSay, I'll bet she's some peach l ciDoes she wear her hair in pig tails F HI'll bet her teeth stick out F Soon the news was all over the school. Several more boys did the desperate William try but at length gave it up as hopeless. Even when appearance would seem a bit promising the name Sophie would spoil it all. He must hurry, he'd have to hurry if he were going to be down to meet the coach, but his unwilling spirit could not be urged on, and the coach had already moved off as William went down the front steps. Groups of boys and girls every- where l Wildly he looked over the throng. No girl that he could see who had braids and projecting teeth. He saw Morse talking to a girl and heard him say, HCome on, Sofia, let's go into the School. Sofia! That girl Sofia! William stared at her. She wore a close fitting black hat, from under whose shelter a curl of blonde hair escaped, her eyes were bright, and her teeth-I William awoke to action. HYou are Sofia Kingston F I'm VVilliam Waddle. Let me show you to the cloakroom F I'm very glad that you could come. HAnd you're Bill, she said walking up to him. HCome in where I can wash off all this dust. The Inseparables gaped after them speechlessly. In the hall he waited for her. HBill, eh F A much nicer sound than William. The others found him. 'iOh I say, Waddle, 1'1l do you that favour if you like, said Martin. Oh you needn't bother, Martin. Williams asked me to take her, didn't you, old chap F Bill looked them over. They thought they could take his girl, did they l Then he exploded and in no uncertain terms he told the Inseparables a few things. Continued on Page 28 TECH TATLER 25 oznzoozc 02002020ozsozoozoozoozaozuzoozoozo ozuzuzoozoozoozo 300 0:0 Q 0:5 , 0 Qtecbnical ann art I. QIIIUQ .. any as. si. mein ,Eg 3 5. 0.0 ozoorbozoozqozoozo ofa 0:4020 0:0020 szoozuzoozo ozoozuzo 'Q stuff uzooroozo HE invitation for this contri- bution asked for something in the way of counsel or advice for the students of the Art classes. This seemed to me to be a bold thing to set out to do with little or no provocation, so after a struggle with it I asked for further instructions and was told I could vary it as I pleased. I regard the Technical School as a wonderful modern privilege for the vocational student or worker. As a condensing medium of ex- perience it works miracles, even in its minor details of occasional teaching it seems to give results. I had no such advantages in my young days, but I think I had some practical compensations which it may be interesting to compare. Born on a farm just being cleared, I had the good fortune to have a father of great resources, in fact, he was regarded as a jack-0f-all- trades. I, being the third son, was generally assigned as his helper, and I can remember learning to build stone work between intervals of mixing and supplying the mortar. The building of the new house came when I was sixteen years of age, and I worked with the carpenters and plasterers, andI did all the painting and glazing. I can recall the laying out of the house site: how about noon the shadows of stakes along the road fence running north and south fell in line with the fence, and a similar line of stakes were set to throw similar shadows at the house site some distance away, thus giving a parallel line. Then there was the squaring and levelling for placing the house. I can recall also how in laying stone the levelling, and pinning of courses was done and the choice of stones made to keep a well balanced face to the wall. There was a great deal of hard work to be done in such a life. As to my artistic career,I remember that at the age of eleven I wanted to be an artist, and in spare time, often by candlelight, I was drawing and painting. Much of this was copying wood engravings line for line and much inspiration was received through English magazines received through a friendly book- seller. Then came the time when I Wanted to go to the Art School which had been established in Toronto. Although not dis- couraged in this, I was induced to take an apprenticeship with a local architect, as this seemed to be a more practical occupation than that of an artist. My experience was a pleasant enough one as I threw myself at once into it to study the orders, and learn perspective. It was Art, and lots of drawing. A short time after arrangements were made by which I could go to Toronto and attend the Art School in the evenings, and work in the daytime. From 1883 to 1885 Iwas able to study in the Academy in Philadelphia. In 1889 I was back in Paris for ayear of study. For want of space this record must close. The rest is perhaps the record of the artist career-not without self-denial for advantage gained, and much hard work. The voyages for foreign travel and study had the usual hardships an Art student accepts cheerfully, and all as part of the Great Adventuref ' 26 ': vi fi:-' 'F' 'MU' 'F' ': YJ :fl ,W 'f' 'r' ': i':' :J JJ' '- w -y 'es -S. vt-, ws sf. w vs ws vs - -' --N vt V. -. 'i-. ' Q Zimpressiuns of a Rugby ciEame N, ' 7BgJlmailQick t F476 QM, ,L fr? 1 M ifffwv ev ffm 1 .21 lfzfr 1 .ff DEAR SILAS, I'm asettin' pretty in town these days and since I have nothing to do I'll Write to you. I want to tell you about a game I saw yesterday 5 I kinda thought that mebbe we might get some of the boys to play it, ifI told you how it was done. First off we arrived at a big place like the grandstand at our spring fair only it was almost a round stand and didn't have a roof. uBleachers, they called it. Mebbe the women put their clothes out there to bleach on Mondays. Gosh Sakesl what a washin' l The big field what they called a campuss looked like Paw's old pasture to me, and purty soon it looked natural when the team came prancin' out. All dressed up in Sing-Sing sweaters, they was. My Sakes Alive,Silas, but those fellows sure were queer lookin' guys l Just imagine stufhn' them old sweaters full of pillows to make themselves look like big brawny butter and egg men l And way down the pasture at each end were two high poles with across bar near the top. Hurdles, they was l The idea of the game was to see which side could jump over that hurdle oftenest. I know that's right for my college cousin George told me it was when I asked him. Somebody says There are the Empires. I thought an Empire was something that Great Britain had. I was wrong. Empires are men when they wear white sweaters. Then some policeman blew his whistle and the teams began to play. First they made a mud pie right in the middle of the field and set the ball on it. Then they lined up and Sakes Alive if I didn't think they were going to play Nuts in the May! Then they let the fellow that had borrowed first chance kick the ball and they all ran. Only, instead of all going after the ball they pulled each other down and let one fellow catch it. Playin' favourites I thought. They just let that guy ketch every single ball. Then one side got an idea and they all got in a circle and whispered and the other players couldn't hear. Silas l You'd a died l They all stooped down an' a boy what had the ball begins to ramble off a lot of numbers - 36 - 5- 47 '- 62 l Wouldn't you think that a fellow that got to College could count better'n that ? Then they began to get mad, and a fellow in my Cousin Georgels College team took the ball and banged right into a pile of other fellows. They tried to take the ball away from him and sat down on top of him till they was all piled up. He just wouldn't let them have it. Then a man comes up and makes them get off but the fellow with the ball won't get up. He was peeved, I guess. And gee! it was funny--just then two little boys whose father TECH TATLER 27 must have owned the pasture ran out on the field with a pail looking for their cow--and instead all they could find was this boy lying there. And now I know something that you must never tell a breathin' soul. City folks water their milkl I know, for when them boys couldn't find their cow they emptied the water from the pail all over that boy l They fooled around a bit after that, pushin' and shoven each other something ridiculous, and came down near the hurdles. I thought that now was their chance to try to jump them, but they didn,t even try. They shoved the ball over one of those white lines in between the posts and then all the people in the stands stood up and hollered like mad. I was mad too. Just too lazy they was to jump l And honest, Silas, they had three crazy men there. They yelled through big horns at the folks and told them what to say, and they must have been dangerous for all them folks did what they said and were scared to go near them I guess. An' every little while when they was yellin' they'd take fits and jump in the air, an' wave their arms an' stand on their headsl Iwas glad that I wasn't too close to them, I tell you l And all this time the fat man in the white sweater, the Empire, you know, was running up and down the field trying to ketch some of the players but he never could. So after a while he gets tired and blows the policeman's whistle and says the game's over. Then every- body ran out in the field to borrow the ball and we went home. So if you want to know anything more about it just Write and ask me. Your Friend, IMA HICK Problems Answered Continued j7'om page I4 answer, but the words seem to stick in their throats. Finally they get up courage to answer, and we pray that the answer will be right, which it invariably is not. It makes us fellows long to defend the poor, defenceless females. What can we do to help them? WOULD-BE-KNIGHTS DEAR WOULD BE KNIGHTS : My suggestion is to advise these maidens in distress to fortify them- selves for the ordeal by taking four cups of strong coffee before entering the lion's den. Always lend them your note-books so they will be sure and have their homework done. Hoping to hear the results of my advice. Ever your helper, CONNIE UNDRUM DEAR Miss CONNIE UNDRUM : I am thinking of getting a Baby Austin to drive to school in. Do you know of any place where I could park it ? A.W. DEAR A.W. Yes. There is a locker vacant cc ,, on C Hoor. Yours helpfully, CONNIE UNDRUM DEAR Miss CONNIE UNDRUM : What can I do ? I have innum- erable freckles on the bridge of my nose. I' ve never seen anyone with as many freckles as I have. DOT. DEAR Do'r Console yourself. You have not seen Agnes Whitcombe yet. Yours sincerely, CONNIE UNDRUM 28 TECH TATLER They Have Their Uses Contimzm' from page 24 Sofia came out of a distant door- way, looked down the hall and the Inseparables watched Bill's squared shoulders as he marched down to meet her, with ungrudging admir- ation. Not a bad scout, Bill, after all. Maybe he'd make a fourth at tennis in the morning. The party drew to an end. They had had a wonderful time that gay, pretty Sofia and the shy William Waddle. It was evident even to his unassuming self that Sofia liked him, and VVilliam swel- led with pride. So happy was he, that when the Inseparables came around and abjectly apologized, and asked for just one dance he consented with the best of grace. The fellows had come around. He was one of the gang. Thus ended the career of the meek and cowed William Waddle, and the life of Bill, popular student at Westbridge Academy began. Still if it had not been for Sofia-- l Yes, girls have their uses, have they not ? In Search of the Chair Continued from page 21 and claw, the scroll and the bracket. VVhile s k e t c h i n g Wednesday afternoons, we are occasionally in- terrupted by Prof. Currelly,the Cur- ator of the Museum,who inspires in us a greater love for these beautiful pieces of furniture. He draws out a secret panel from a charming Italian chest. Moving a Queen Anne chair, he points out the beauty of contour, the delicacy of design and the spoon-shaped back. We learn that each designer accepted the contribution of his predecessor and added something of his own. He tells us, furthermore that we can best learn line and proportion by drawing from the work of these master craftsmen. Annual Commencement The Seventh Annual Com- mencement ofthe Danforth Branch Technical School was held in the Auditorium of the school on Friday evening, November 28. Mrs. H. P. Plumptre, Chairman of the Advisory Industrial Com- mittee, was chairman of the even- ing. Mr. Ferguson, our principal,who was highly congratulated by distin- guished members of the Board of Education, gave an excellent report of our schoolis progress during the past year, apologizing for the cramped conditions and expressing his hope of having a new wing added to Tech. Mrs. Plumptre having to leave, Dr. A. C. McKay the director of Technical Education for Toronto took the chair. He introduced to us the Hon. VVm. G. Martin, M.P.P., minister of Public VVelfare. Mr. Martin gavea magnificent address in which he urged us to equip ourselves now for the arts of life. Mr. Saunders, our ex-principal, said a few words to us expressing the wish that Tech might grow and prosper in the days to come. The prizes and scholarships were pre- sented to both day and evening school. The pleasure of the evening was greatly added to by the beautiful vocal salos by Mrs. McAdams who sang four numbers accompanied by Mr. Ried. The Valedictory was given by Bruce Richardson. In the library coffee was served to the dis- tinguished guests who gathered here to enjoy an informal half-hour. '-.ffgnes W hitcambe 29 ,ff ... . . .. eggwgar dl-fav f if gf? -ii, it N L ui 4, 7 4b '.AN ,JM a La A , Q e.. ak y an I t SM.-.. u HE school orchestra this year is without doubt above the average, insofar as actual training of the individual members is concerned. Among the new members who joined in September this is particularly true. None of these have any difficulty with read- ing, nor time. It has always been left to the older members of the orchestra to carry these youngsters along, but such help has not been necessary with our present orchestra. Danforth Tech is at a consider- able disadvantage in sports and ath- letic activities compared with other schools, due to the fact that stu- dents, for the most part 'remain in the school for two years only. This also acts adversely on the orchestra to a similar extent. Perhaps this applies in the case of the orchestra somewhat greater, as no time dur- ing school hours is allowed for or- chestra practice. Also as has been the case in this school of late years, a lack of bass instruments does not give the present organization balance it should have for producing best effects. A preponderance of vio- lins does not lend itself to any vari- ation of selections to be played. The orchestra have a couple of ambitions this year, the fulliilment of which depend to a very large ex- tent, on the securing of the neces- sary cash. First, it is hoped to have some kind of uniforms-the present suggestion is a blazer for each member, in the school colors. Fifteen students rigged out in car- dinal and white will liven up the morning scene in the auditorium l Second, when more music has been purchased, a selection--such as a rousing march-will be played when school retires after the open- ing exercises. UGetting more music sounds easy to say, but try to do it for an orchestra composed mainly of violins. It isn't as easy as it sounds. In order to earn something towards the first of these ambitions, the orchestra played at a church bazaar two evenings in No- vember and have thus secured a start for the necessary funds. Here are the names of those whose services, talents and co- operation have made the orchestra possible : Piano-Conductor-Mr. W. H. Orr. First Violin-G. W. Harwood, J. D. Holdsworth, F. J. Knight, H. E. Manktelow, H. E. O'Con- nor, Chas. Miller. Second Violin-Limbert An- drews, T. Dickson, B. K. Cook, Donald Craig, Donald Marlow. Clarinet-Walter Marchington. Cornet-Irving Robinson. Drums--R. A. Winter. 30 v N v 1 'S V. ' ' 144- Y- -S ' vs as vs 27' I ut Spf hers M uvststv- vs--as..-a 5.3. ,fv'n.afif,f ,,ff:flefi..'iflrfi-J:if'fr1i4'4,fff',fif1f E have been especially fortu- nate this fall in enjoying three excellent speakers at our opening exercises. On Friday, Oct. 24th we were honoured by the presence of Mr. Sanderson, Assistant Librarian of the Toronto Public Libraries. He emphasized the im- portance of read- ing, and asked us Hto open up a new world for ourselves by the reading of good interesting books. He also related to us several interesting experi- ences of his while in Africa. Not only did we enjoy his address, but we profited by it very much. Dr. E. J. Pratt You will also remember Mr. M.A. Sorsoleil who delivered our Armistice Day speech this year. Mr. Sorsoleil told us of the futility of war, and also related some of his experiences with pupils who had Hnever come back. His address was very interesting, and the applause of the students showed that they appreciated it very much. e Edwin John Pratt, M.A., Phd., spoke to us on Tuesday, Nov. 25. Dr. Pratt was born at Western Bay, Newfoundland, on February 4, 1883, the son of Rev. John.Pratt, a Methodist clergyman. He was educated in the Methodist College, St. John's, Newfoundland, and at Victoria College,Toronto,where he now lectures in English Literature. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto. Dr. Pratt was vice-pres- ident of the Toronto branch of the Canadian Authors' Association in 1925-26. As the poet grew up in small fishing villages he is famil- iar with every phase of the sea, and many of his poems are of the sea. In the following lines I will try to convey to you the theme of one of his finest p o e m s, entitled ' HT h e Roosevelt and the Antinoe, in which he depicts in vivid language the rescue of the British freighter Antinoe by the American merchant ship Roosevelt. THE ROOSEVELT AND THE ANTINOE It is late Friday afternoon, and the merchant ship Roosevelt, of the Hoboken Lines is scheduled to sail within an hour on her maiden voy- age. Thursday morning sees her well out-to sea. There is no sun, and the breeze of yesterday has stiffened into a gale. By noon all the coastal stations are 'flashing warnings for smaller boats to keep TECH TATLER 31 in port. Friday evening big seas and a thickening fog with falling barometer are reported from Cape Race. Four o'clock Sunday morning the Roosevelt wireless operator receives an S.O.S. from the British freighter Antinoe, who is not sure of his postion. Fried, captain of the Roosevelt undertakes the task of lo- cating and rescuing her. Messages keep coming in from the Antinoe and from the growing power of the signals Fried knows that he is n e a r i n g the wreck. P r e s- ently they see xx- his we boats are wrecked in this manner, all are unsucessful. At last, in desperation, another crew of eight set out in a life-boat for the doomed ship. By careful, clever manoeuvring they reach the Antinoe and twelve of its worn-out crew are taken to safety on board the Roosevelt. Once more the terrible trip is made and the re- maining thirteen saved. Next day the storm breaks, fair weather is ahead, and the Roosevelt m a k e s f o r s E n g l a n d . S t o r m-battered and long over- due, yet Hwith the lights of the ii' 3 the bearing of a doomed sh ip. Q WM! -if Viking Que e n Fried manoeu- . L. .1 -. . I ft - she anchors vres his ship a g.xifffj:-3f.i4,',?4,.jiv'r-7 ' in P ly mouth .X H 'A ' .H EJ: ' 3 Q .n I ':i.5'1:P,fxwj'-YQ 1 ,. f ' . . rf - . gt tg . 3 ,V l 7 554 5W,.N .I 1gX.4,,N,t xx A '--Vi, il' . 1- , 1. . I '15-. sf- -1. .. -5 - ,IRQ -I -5 gy , h 14, W X . l . vyv-,. 5,-fl--fi , --:,.., . Jw , 121.4 t.'1' Xi, ' li' 4q1fg4.1t.w'i vi? -Q' fe .J ' . .- -A 1 ,, x' I ' F. Q' 5. 3' - - 0,3 . f e:-:,.' 'L --. r'- .- wi , , 4, ff. I - - R .' 2.1 rv, 9 F5 Xb T! ' 2' e I ' fl br I Y quarter mile to ' windward and pours fuel oil on the sea in hopes of quieting the waves. Suddenly, toward evening as the squall in- creases, the Roosevelt loses both sight and wireless contact of the Antinoe. Not until late afternoon of the next day do they again pick up the trail. The storm rages on in unabated fury, and Fried makes up his mind to send a life-boat to the wreck. Eight men are picked and the boat is lowered to the water, but the waves are too great and it is recalled. Six men climb aboard to safety, but two are lost in the raging sea. Meanwhile the radio in the Roos- evelt wireless room is bringing in news of other ships, disasters and rescues. The Antinoe is still afioat, but the sea is filling up her engine room and she cannot hold out much longer. Fried attempts another stroke of rescue by trailing off a life-boat without a crew. Four 1' and the crew of the W r e c k e d Antinoe are taken ashore. With a nation's grateful thanks as sufficient praise, the Roosevelt turns out again to sea, her work well done.-Victor Killing. Cfhe engravings which accompany this article were very kindly supplied by the Macmillan Publishing Company, Limited-Ed., The Radio Club The newly organized Radio Club has made excellent progress during its short existence. At the first meeting, Jordon of 1.2. C, was elected President,and Miss Crump, V. 2. A, was elected Secretary. A programme committee was also elected at the same meeting. The club meets every Thursday at 3.20 in C.6 and a fee of Sc is charged at each meeting. Interesting talks on scientific subjects, mainly radio, are given each week by various members of the club and anybody is welcome at the meetings. 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O 1 H Les Chinois, les Japonais et les Coreens se servent de mouchoirs en papier de soie. I I U On estime a un million de dol- lars la valeur de l'or qui est enterre chaque annee au Canada avec les morts sous forme de bagues, mon- tres, dents en or ou autres objets. U U K Le monument de Wolfe et Montcalm a Quebec a ete erige en '5iC 9l0'9lU Mlle. Walker-Lorsque le fer- mier a fait sa recolte que les ani- maux sont dans l'etable pour l'hiver, que fait le fermier? Wales-Il se plaint de la temper. ature. C U C 1827. La femme-Je sius desolee, mon cherig mais le chat a mange le giteau qui je t'avais fait. Le Mari-Ne pleure pas, je t'acheterai un autre chat. O U U -Baptiste -Monsieur --Il faut que je prenne demain matin le pemier train. Venez me revelller a quatra heures. -Monsieur n'aura qu'a me sonner. '93-'9l0'3l0 dllbant nz jmzl La Cloche Sonne. La Nuit Sainte- Il est ne l Alleluia, Alleluia l Le Souverain Enfant est ne. La nuit qui est si sombre Brille d'une etoile divine. Jouez, cornemuses, bien joyeuses Sonnez, cloches, votre note argentee. Venez des grandes villes et des villages Venez de tout pres et de loin. Non pas de soies, non pas de mous tapis f Mais une botte de paille Il a pour lit Comme ont dit, dans les Ecritures. Les prophetes, depuis bien des annees. Quatre mille annees a-t-on attendu Cette heure supreme dans le monde Il est ne l Le Seigneur est ne l Il est ne a Bethleen La demeure vaticinee La nuit qui est si sombre Brille d'une etoile divine. Il est ne l Alleluia l Alleluia l Le Souverain Enfant est ne. -R. Niroletti 34 tn f . , I-1 : N , f----L E - - -1 rv I ,- ll. 4- QE 3 . he y T H .Q A f Q - P lfl if il i K Ei i 2 -5-:-'I-'Z'-Ei -' 4 - Ili a ' zz : Z i--. Q 1.15. - 'i - T 7 -Y -1-ni W!!-!!+Y!f!NFNv!N+'UNUUNMVMMYM MNNYUMYNM. Q N 9 Gunn 1Bnnlx is the Ililrecinus iI.ife:'IBlnnl1 nf a Slbaater Spirit. Tell England By ERNEST RAYMOND The first part of this excellent book deals with -the problems, joys and sorrows of three small boys attending Kensingtowe Boarding School, one of whom is telling the the story. His name is Rupert Ray and he and his two chums provide never-failing interest in their adventures which invariably end in punishment of some sort. ln the second part we see the boys grown up and enlisted in the Great War. We are told of their adventures and hardships in an ap- pealing Way. Just before they go over the top Rupert writes a chapter and concludes by saying that he will Hnish the story when it is all over. The story, however is never finish- ed, for Rupert does not come out alive. This book makes one laugh and cry, in turn. It is one of the best that is Written.-Marion Thompson. The Path of Glory By GEORGE BLAKE HThe Path of Gloryl' is a story of one of those Hunknown soldiers who fought at Gallipoli and died gloriously for his country, but whose death did not really matter, not even to his own loyal, simple, self. It is claimed that this is the first war story to be screened in Gal- lipoli. The author gives a perfect description of the monontony, the blankness, the orders, attacks, and the retreats, the endless waits in sordid quarters. Col. Macauley is the hero, who finds himself in the Great War, wondering what it is all about. He was wounded, and left alone, in awful misery, dying on a sunbaked bluff, above the Mediterranean, too sick to be worth patching up. So he died. Just another of the million or so. Even his memory does not trouble his relatives and the beloved left behind. This is the story of a mere man, doing his duty and getting nothing and no- where for it. A stern reminder of the horrors and brutality of war. '- 'E'Ueb'n Merkley. Bambi By FELIX SALTEN Bambi is an idyll of forest life, a delicious book not only for child- ren but for adults as well. It is the life story of a forest deer. The success of this book is the way the author puts words in the mouths of animals. It is particularly recom- mended for sportsmen.-E. Lamb. TECH TATLER 35 0:00:00 00, 0 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:0 0:00:00:00:00:00:0 0:00 00 0 0? 0 0 ' 0 'f' dlibe Glbeamng of 2' 0:0 ' z0 'S' QEHUBUIHU an '0' 'z' 0 , :0 -.- 1152 Qrtbur ihsmzr .g. 0:0 0:0 0:0020 0:00:00:00:0 0:00:0 0z00:00:00:00:00z0 0:00:00:00:0 020020020010 0z00:0 VER the whole of this American Continent there is manifested every kind of an expression imaginative from that of the oldest civilization to the very recent development of the present day. There are records of ancient highways and peoples long since overgrown in jungle or buried be- neath the sands of the desert. Whole peoples have disappeared and the only evidence we have of their existence is the record of Art. Things that have been carved in stone and marble or wrought in metal, ornaments, and pottery, idols, bronze and gold ornament, weapons and ceremonial relics. The white man has conquered the ancient races and made them subject to the customs and laws of European tradition, the ancient altars have been destroyed and the people divested from their mode of life ownership. Aztecs, Incas, Toltecs, races lost in the mist of the ages. The Indian of the coast and the plains, the wood and jungles have nearly disappeared and we see there art only in museums. We believe now that these ancient peoples have something for us, that their arts of design, derived from their native environment, the forms of their mountains, trees, animals and birds are of interest to us because of the beauty of under- standing of their craftsmen. Something genuine in the form of earth and all living growth have still a great significance in molding the art of our own day. Art arises out of a definite need to create forms of beauty giving to the earthly images the power to sustain the spirit through all the stages of human existence. Thus in one age asavagedecorates his paddle or his weapons with strange devices of geometric forms or paints a prayer for rain on a piece of pottery, in an arid land. Either through fear of the un- known or to inspire fear in an enemy, these forms of beauty in design were created and they came down to us revealing their native origin. What we see in a museum of native art are not just curios-once they served the needs of man. Mankind always has gone to nature for sustenance finding so- lace in the woods and beauty in the trees -in rivers and the voices that speak through the storm or from the mountains. We are no longer in- spired by fear, because we walk securely, protected from wrath and superstition by our faith and feeling of safety. We still go to nature for beauty and sustenance but for another purpose than to propitiate angry gods or to ward off the evil spirits. The artist is the one-whether poet-painter-musician or sculp- tor who still creates for us the form of our environment, weaving the ma- gic of line, tone and colour into their creative expressions. Not merely for decoration or commercial purposes--to acclaim a superiority but as in the ancient days to prove that if we would be above the lower animals we must bring to nature affection and a desire to understand and to create, that beauty may not die. That is the plain duty and priv- elege of every artist - to produce- and the pleasure of every individua 36 TECH TATLER to try to grasp the meaning of creation--through the artist within each one of us. That is what Canadian or any other art is for-just this-to know our own country,to learn to love its character and through and by means of this to learn to know our- selves. Art is the pathway to divinity within. Travelling along this path- way people in other countries and in future times will know our char- acter as individuals and as a nation. QQQOOOQQOQQQQQQOOOOQQ 0.00.0000 0.00.00.00.40.000006060500.06000.09.0500 O Qitt- a Erofeesinn for the Tllalzntgn ann linnustrwus 5- JBQ the Ibrrsinrnl nf the ilinyal jg: Qlananian Qcahemy .5 QE. Zlliliplg Grier Q- O 0 00:00:00:o0:o0:o0:o 03020020 0:00:00:00:00:00:o 020020020 0:0020 0:0 v HERE is a great deal of ac- tivity, now a days, in every organization that has anything to do with art. If I thought that the result would be to make a lot of boys and girls turn their thoughts to art as a profession or means of live- lihood I should greatly regret it. But if your study of art leads you to discover what it is in the pic- tures, statues or poems that has made the artist both happy and famous you will not only add to your stockof useful knowledge but you will have discovered a great source of joy. just imagine the difference, for instance, in the pleasure two people get from listening to an opera or an orchestra one of them being the kind that can't whistle a tune and the other the kind that can play quite a lot of the evening's music when he gets home to his own piano. So it is with pictures. There are no beauties so magical as those in nature 5 but nature is so complex and so constantly before our eyes that we miss half its charm. But when the painter places on his canvas some single aspect of nature --holds it there and puts a frame around it-we are captivated by its beauty and say 'chow lovely that is! I never knew that old bit of the Don river was so good to look at. The artist has no easy time. Painting is not a good life for a lazy boy or girl. It is a life of thought in which you are always pursuing the unattainable, always experienc- ing a sense of defeat. I am not going to say it is not enjoyable. With a certain measure of success it is tremendously enjoyable. I wouldn't swap jobs with anyone, not even a Bank president. But take it from me, unless you get the most clear and unmistakable signs that you have an exceptional talent fand these come in the early 'teensl you had better just stick to the humble job that you have a bit of a natural gift for. All the great artists made marvel- ous pictures aud sculptures as young boys. Sir John Millais won a Silver medal at the Royal Academy School CEnglandD at nine years of age. Michael Angelo did very fine sculpture at fifteen. Bonning- ton was one of the great masters of British paintings and he died at twenty seven. And Keats, the poet-one of the greatest was little more than a boy when he wrote his greatest works. The younger Pitt was prime minister of England in his twenties. If you have a gift you are born with it 3 but that does not excuse you for being lazy about it. It is a sacred trust. Work in season to make the most of it. But if you are one of the larger crowd who shows no early signs of genius, try to find out what you really like as work for every day, and master every detail of it. 37 TLER 'TALES Nowwvuor-:vim -r u: Yo Twrrr I ill Mr. Tate,Cin geometry classb Where istmy poly gon ? Mees- Up the geome tree. Neville-taps on desk, pushes chair back and forth, mutters, etc, etc. Mr. Staples, Cannoyedl- VVhat is your name ? Neville-HNeville sir, Neville, rhymes with devil. U l U Miss I-Ietherington, Cto Cole- man wholyvas as usual talking to Walesl- Coleman what are you doing over there ? , Coleman-HLooking for school jokes. Miss I-leth.-- Well yo u sit down and leave Wales alone. U 1 I Mr. Wallen-HMees, in Arith- ' - CC 1 . metic, what does x signify P Mees-Er, uh, I don't know sir. ' ' M . W ll -H ' ' r a en Think now, Mees, where have you seen an x used ? Mees-UVVhy er, at the end of Nicoletti's letters, sir. I U C Mr. Langille-'UNOW watch the board closely and I'll run through it again. U O U Miss Worthington-- Use fac- inate in a sentence. Duckworth-HMy aunt has nine buttons on her dress, but she's so gat, that she can only fasten elg t. lVIr. Foley, fstressing the differ- ence between a rose and a modest violetl .-HNow a well dressed, lovely lady goes along the street, but is proud and greets nobody-that is the rose. Behind her goes a small creature with bowed headf, Lorne Burt-HThat's her hus- band. W 1' ll Mr. Stephen, fafter assigning severel pages of impositionl. HWhen you are in trouble, it would be fine to have a helping hand, wouldn't it. Class - 6 iYes' ' Mr. Stephen-HDO you know where to get that helping hand ? Class-UNO Mr. Stephen-UAt the end of your arm.', n . ' lvlr. Tate- What is a pro- tractor Fl' Lee-HA farm implement used instead of horses.', U l I M iss McLean - H O'Brien, whom would you rather be, Charlie Chaplin or Shakespeare F 0'Brien-HCharlie Chaplin. lyliss McLean -HWhy? O' Brien - Because S h a k e- speare is dead, t . Nliss l-Ietherington,Cto lylarlowl HOU est le panier F Marlow stands up, looks blankly around, grins sheepishly, and puts his chewing gum in the basket. 3 8 TECH TATLER He had choked her- She was dead-there could be no doubt about that. He had listened to her dying gasp. Now she was cold-cold as the hand of death. Yet in his anger he was not con- vinced. Furiously he kicked her. To his amazement she gasped, sputtered and began to hum softly. Just a little patience, is all it takes, Peter, remarked his wife from the rear seat. i l l A Japanese paper having an English section, printed the follow- ing notice : The news of English we tell the latest. Writ in perfect style and most earliest. Do a murder commit, we hear of it and tell it. Do a mighty chief die, We publish it and in border sombre. Staff has each been colleged and write like the Kipling and the Dickens. We circle every town and extortionate not for advertisementsf ' U 3 U Blessed are they that are poor in art for they shall se e M iss Redman. 8 8 H Beatrice Burroughs-- When I was in China I saw a woman hanging from a tree. Ida Carter- Shanghai P Beatrice-- Oh about six feet. u o 'o Mr. Tate is quite awake, When school he does attend, And when you make a slight mistake You're at your joumey's end. I Q O Mr. Webb-- You were absent yesterday Elo, where is your note? Elo- I haven't signed it yet, sir. Miss Worthington Cin V. 1. E. FJ Girls, when you whisper, please don't shout quite so loud. l U l Mr. Staples Cputting his head into C 14 at recessl- I say, Koury, take out that gum. You' re disturbing the class next door. l Q l Miss I-Ietherington- Coleman, What letter comes after 'h' P. Coleman-4 'I don'tknoixmiss. ' ' Miss Hetherington -- Well what have I each side of my nose?': Coleman- It looks like powder Miss Hetheringtonf' W I U Red Edwards- Say Neil there goes one of the editors. Heise-- Hush, Hush, don't make sport of the poor boy, good- ness knows what you may come to yourself someday. C C K Under the leather hanging strap, The homely maiden stands, And stands, and stands, and stands, And stands, and stands, and stands. O U Q Have you noticed the far-away look in Mr Speirs' eyes recently ? He's been studying a new book and he's got it memorized. It's called HTumbling for Women. And the ladies of the staff are deep in She Stoops to Conquer. U O l Mr. Purvis- Your sweater is on wrong-side out, Edwards. Edwards-HHushl there's a hole on the other side. We could print a lot more jokes like these-some better-but what' s the use F You'd only laugh at them l TECH TATLER QM V' Qlibe last warn We have done what we could. We have blundered to an end. Let us acknowledge our' debt. To the staff- for' a patience, a tolerance, a co- operation beyond belief. To Brigden's Limited-for' six cuts given in kindly' charityt To the Students-forhundreds of good inten- tions from which the fore-going have been selected. Whether' your' contribu- tion be within the covers of this book or' in our' waste-paper' baskets, you also have done what you could. The magazine is yours. Enjoy' it. 'FH E ,M J 'lil END! N, :I 7 5 1 ,Y f Fix - lu ,W ff' - N WAL4. .. S K-THUEL' me te Autographs 21 W 1 ,. u -.. 553 -43 v -1, -- --. 1? , 'Q . I' x ' 1 A' 1 I I K . u W N Y 'vm fi I -,,.,..--.. 1 ' s ' 4 -4 f JK 191. .. 1 Q J n 1 ' fan Af' 'fx '. Q' 2+ 1 . , U x J ,E Q4 , I 17 4 U J- 7 HE .'. . . oxf .q-da. '1 ' V . 'Q .- '- ' 45, 1 4 r, ' 1-' . Q. - - , .Van :vu . if Ale ' fg9,-'.n. 1 I J z-- -' -.. . '- .... 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