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

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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.

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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.

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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