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

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Henri shut his eyes, praying hat the attack might be swift. e felt the dog's feet against is leg. A scream gathered ithin him. Then he felt a hot ongue licking his face. Henri pened his eyes. Crying softly e thrust out an arm and drew he dog's head down against his wn. An hour later a plane came rom the south. The pilot saw omething flashing. It was the un gleaming on something shiny hich moved. As he moved in loser the pilot saw two shapes nd one of them looked human. He set the plane down and nvestigated. There they were, he dog and the boy. The boy as unconscious but alive and he dog was too weak to move. he gleaming object which had rapped the pilot's attention as the knife that Henri threw way in the blinding white ice. etals ' by Kane Ing Cl25Al A piece of sodium metal was laced in a beaker. The beaker as one-third full of water. The iece of sodium floated on the urface of the water like a boat. he sodium began to move and hiss nd fizz like coke would when you oured it in a glass. Smoke was roduced and a flame. It was ike the metal was trying to hide ts reaction. when a flame was laced against the sodium,it egan popping like popcorn. hen the piece of sodium dissolved way like ice in hot water. Then piece of litmus paper was laced into the beaker and it turned blue. This meant the olution was basic. A piece of lithium was placed into the beaker one-third filled qith water. The lithium floated ike a piece of cork in water. Then it started to move around like atoms. The lithium bounced ff the side of the beaker like toms colliding. It then started 0 hiss and fizz like an alka- eltzer in water. A red flame ppeared on top of the lithium. he flame colour was like the flame of a flare. when a flame was added,it made a popping noise. Nhe noise was like a dozen pop guns going off one after another. A piece of litmus paper was added and it turned blue. This means the solution was basic. A piece of potassium was placed into a beaker one-third full of water. As soon as it touched the water it ignited and moved very quickly around the beaker. It was like a ball of fire movin through space There g . was much smoke as if it overheated, like a car's radiator overheating. It made a popping sound as it dissolved into the water. It was like a dozen champagne bottles being opened one after another. No flame occurred because it reacted too quickly with the water. A piece of litmus was thrown into the solution. It turned blue - this meant the solution was basic. Building Construction by David Grotsch Cl2TNl About five years ago my Dad decided to build a four-plex on some land beside our cottage, if you want to call it that. Our cottage is over a hundred years old and it used to be a hotel for tourists. It was practically falling dowing when we bought it. The foundation wall was made of boulders and cement. There wasn't even a footing. The basement was used for a stable for horses and had no cement floor. Ne had to knock down the foundation wall with sledge hammers and picks. We had to dig out the basement deeper for the boat garage. This all was plenty of work and took quite a while. The ground was mainly of sand and clay with huge boulders in some places. All the sand and rocks were wheel- barrowed out of the basement. Then we got the basement floor cemented and forms made for the foundation walls and footings. I had to go down in between the foundation forms and paint them with oil so the cement wouldn't stick. We built the basement walls from TOM concrete blocks. There was no box sill on the wall. Instead there was a big wooden beam about l2H X l2H. The floor joists were cut to sit right on top of the beam. All the rooms had to be reconditioned by insulating the walls and covering them up with panels. The ceilings were also dropped. The attic had to be insulated also by blowing in Rock-Wool insulation. There was plenty of painting and sanding to be done. The whole front veranda was ripped down and a new smaller one was built. Part of the basement was used for a boat garage. The other part had a big living room-bedroom built into it with a fireplace. Beside that was a kitchen and cupboard with a washroom behind that. The rest of the basement is used for storage. The chimney had to be fixed up and a pipe was built in the center. The roof also needed new shingles. After all that, we decided to build a four-plex on our next door property but I don't have enough time to write about that. People in My Special Education English Class by Robert Churchill Cl0TGJ The people in my English Class are in the same boat as I am. They know that it's not their castle and they have to row like everybody else. That's just an expression. Speaking for all of us, we are not dumb. We have the ability to think like others but we are just slower. Give us more time and we can explain just as well as any other person. If we were able to think and comprehend as fast as others, we would still be substantially different. I feel that this slow ability has no affect on our friends. Friends that are true friends don't care if you're dumb or smart, rich or poor. If you have the ability to sustain a fairly good reputation andfor personality, you can survive. There have been a lot of people who have made a future for themselves despite a slow learning ability. I have a job that needs a lot of mental and physical work. I can handle the work just as well as any other person. I have hope for the people in my English Class. If I can do it so can they. We might have to try harder and put forth more effort but we will obtain our castle.

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