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

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38 D. M. C. I. BREEZES There was screeching of gears from the Net ' herby can, ’Twas an ancient ’bus, but somehow it ran. There was racing and chasing on the wide prairie, But no glimpse of Ellen did the Netherbys see. So lacking in cash and with but a Ford car, He sure was some sheik, this young Lochinvar. —R. A. Paul. THOUGHTS OF A FEMALE STUDENT WELL, here’s another day of slavery. I wish it were twelve o’clock instead of nine. I wonder what we have for the first period? Heavens, it’s algebra, and 1 haven’t got those questions done! Oh well, maybe he’ll forget to look at my answers. I hope so. Hurrah, he did forget! I wonder if my hair is alright ? I guess I ’ll comb it when he isn’t looking. Boy! There’s the bell. I wish all the periods would seem as short as that. I guess I can sleep through this period. I never did know anything about French, anyway, so it doesn’t matter. If she asks me to put any work on the board I’ll ask Dora to lend me her exercise book. Say, that’s a good looking boy over there. I wonder what his name is? I don’t remember him, he must be a new boy. He doesn’t seem to be in¬ terested in me, either. Maybe I need some more powder. Say, this is terrible lipstick. I’ll have to get some decent stuff this afternoon. There’s the bell. Well, only two more periods. It won’t be long now. And this a literature period. Why can’t they give us some snappy stories instead of this dry old book? There’s a boy in the room across the hall looking at me. I’ll pretend I don’t see him for awhile. He’s still looking at me. I must be attractive. I wonder how I look in this dress? It fits me real tight, but then that’s the way all the boys like to see them. Gee, I hope I have a good time at that party tonight. I wonder where the place is in this book? Oh I guess it doesn’t matter much because the bell will soon be ringing. There it is. Boy, but this history is dry stuff. I’ll bet it would be a sure cure for insomnia. Gee, but I feel tired. I guess it’s because I was out so late last night. But I think it was worth it, I had such a good time. I hope Bob asks me to the school dance. If Jim asks me first I’ll go with him, just to show Bob that he isn’t the only boy I know. Say, but school is hard this year. This work is killing me. I wish I could quit and go to work in an office. Maybe I could get a job as a private secretary or something. Say, I’m beginning to get hungry. I wish the bell would ring. Gee, five minutes more. I never noticed before just how good looking that history teacher is. Well, there’s the bell. Now I can eat. —L. B.

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40 D. M. C. T. BREEZES REGARDING MIXED ROOMS EEDLESS to say, the divulging of the fact that girls were to he put in the same rooms as boys, created quite a drastic fierceness in the attitude of the male sex. It simply meant that throughout the whole school term they would, no matter which way they might turn, he confronted with the most appalling sight of numerous representatives of the weaker sex in the act of applying various cosmetics of dubious colors and qualities to the greater part of their anatomy which is to be seen above what is sarcas¬ tically called a dress. Besides the stifling effect which the aforemen¬ tioned cannibalistic indulgence has on all self respecting males, the panorama which is presented to the eye while this entirely unessential accessory is being applied to the feminine physiognomy, is very discon¬ certing to the seholasticallv inclined minds of the male students of the D.M.C.T. The modern specimen of femininity is, according to all reports, sup¬ posed to be the proud possessor of a sane and practical mind far super¬ ior to that of her sister of bygone days. This same mind is supposed .to control her actions in a likewise manner. One day of confinement in a classroom with these practical minded mortals, would arm any male with abundant evidence to shatter per¬ manently the theory that the gentler six of today is in any way different from that of former days, that is so far as development of the mind is concerned. They still are provoked to limitless outbursts of “giggling” at trivial occurrences, which are of little or no consequence to the sex of the superior intellect. It can be plainly seen that, having human beings who indulge in such a frivolous manner of deportment as stated above, allotted space in the same rooms as the males, has an unestimably deterrent effect on those worthy mortals’ one increasing purpose “Study.” However, after all this condemnation and manifestation of abhor¬ rence of the downtrodden and misunderstood females, we are forced to admit that they surpassed the sterner sex in last year ’s Oratorical Con¬ test, and again in this year’s Field Day. Notwithstanding all in their favor, we still firmly believe that they should not be in the same classrooms as the boys. —L. C. Rankin. C5l e Staff of tbe freezes” wishes alt its readers a very Mfcerry Christmas and a IMappy and prosperous 5tew ear