Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute - Breezes Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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10 D. M. C. I. BREEZES JUNIOR BOYS’ GLEE CLUB The Junior Boys’ Glee Club elected its officers as follows: Presi¬ dent, Charles Boyd, Room 11; Secretary, Bill Halleran, Room 13; Treas¬ urer, Bob Hampton, Room 13; Librarian, George Saunders, Room 13; “Breezes” Representative, Harold Manson, Room 42. The first songs the Glee Club sang were: “The Goblin Gold” and “Rolling Down to Rio.” —H. M. GREATNESS!! And some have greatness thrust upon them. SPORTING GOODS Our stock is complete. See us for your requirements. SKATES AND BOOTS, HOCKEY STICKS, SNOWSHOES, PENNANTS, ETC. SHAW’S SPORTS STORE FARQUHAR SHAW LTD. 387 Portage Ave., opposite Boyd Bldg.

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D.M. C. I. BREEZES 9 SENIOR GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB ' J ' HE Senior Girls’ Glee Club is once more preparing for a successful year’s work under the guidance of Miss Kinley and the officers: President, Mary Mann, Room 55; Secretary, Cherry Crawford, Room 58; Treasurer, Ruby Orris, Room 55; Pianist, Lillian Furney, Room 55; Librarian, Mildred Dudley, Room 56; “Breezes” Representative, Frances Fox, Room 58. The girls are turning out in large numbers. It is hoped that they will continue to do so. Last year “The Pirates of Penzance” was des¬ cribed as a “howling success,” and the opera of this year “H.M.S. Pinafore,” will, we hope, be worthy of that so-called praise. With the assistance (such as it is) of the Boys’ Glee Club, this Gilbert and Sulli¬ van production should be one of the outstanding achievements of the year. —F. F. SENIOR BOYS’ GLEE CLUB The Senior Boys’ Glee Club gives promise of making this a record year in the history of our music. The results, so far, in the singing, would do credit to a grand opera chorus (practicing in a boiler factory) and the members all claim that the results of their production, “H.M.S. Pinafore,” which will be produced early in the new year, will startle the musical world. The capable body of officers elected at the first prac¬ tice will be given the heartiest support of the whole club. President, Waverley Wilson; Secretary, Lloyd Bruce; Treasurer, Bill Kibblewhite; Librarian, Llewelyn Johns; “Breezes” Representative, Bob Wil¬ liamson. —B. W. JUNIOR GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB The Junior Girls’ Glee Club re-organized for the season 1927-28 October 24th. The following officers were elected: President, Ruth Galbraith, Room 22; Secretary, Bagna Johnston, Room 47; Treasurer, Emma Atkin, Room 24; Librarian, Marguerite Ross, Room 22; Pianist, Jean Wildgoose, Room 47; “Breezes” Representative, Louise Warren, Room 15. —L. W.

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D. M. C. I. BREEZES 11 LITERARY ALFRED NOYES “If thou, indeed, derive thy light from Heaven— Thine, poet, in thy place, and he content.” TO the writer, who has heard but one other poet, Bliss Carman, the appearance of Alfred Noyes was a distinct surprise. Here was no long-haired Bohemian, but a man who gave an impression of stolidity, of being a successful business man, rather than a poet. His high fore¬ head (that of a thinker) might have betrayed him, but otherwise his rather heavy face was in no way suggestive of the dreamer. Mr. Noyes declared that he would give a prpse talk on “Poetry and Life,” before reading some original poems. With his first words one was impressed by his charming voice, and as he continued, calling poetry the greatest part of England’s magnificent heritage of literature, the impression grew. “Poetry,” he said, “ is the voice of the ages. What do we remember of Greece, but her poetry; of Rome, but Virgil; of Elizabethan times, but immortal Shakspeare; and of the Victorian age, but those loveliest of all musical lines in the language— ‘Magic casements opening on the foam, Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn’?” Mr. Noyes has a distinct dislike for “free verse,” which he calls a contradiction in terms. He mentioned a book of poems (?) written as a joke by two Americans, which was hailed by the press of turn contin¬ ents as the greatest work since Elizabeth’s time. In a mocking voice the poet recited the first of these “Spectra”—“Op. 40.” “A few years ago,” announced the lecturer, “everyone thought that poetry was nonsense.” Therefore, when publishers received nonsense they concluded that it was poetry. This nonsensical rhyme had taken from poetry all the music which gave it the name. To prove that music was an essential part of true verse, Mr. Noyes quoted— “I sing of arms and the man.”—Virgil. “I sing of man’s first disobedience.”—Milton. “Oh, Lyric Love, half angel and half bird.”—Browning. We thought that Virgil probably performed the time-honored feat of turning in his grave on being called the “Tennyson of Rome,” and that we heard Tennyson cry out his unworthiness of being called “Virgil of England”; but probably the lecturer knows best. “The poet of today,” stated Mr. Noyes, “thinks that music in poetry should be eliminated.” This is not so! A genuine poet “sub¬ jects himself to metrical laws,” and his words must move in measure, as do the sun and the stars. In Shakespeare’s plays, we notice the poet’s lack of interest by his more uninteresting, or recitative form of