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

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20 D. M. C. I. BREEZES OUT OF SCHOOL LIFE INTO LIFE’S SCHOOL “ LL the World’s a stage, and all men and women merely players.” So said Shakespeare, for he was a dramatist. It is a tendency of the human being to measure Life through the medium of his own occu¬ pation. “We human beings ride on a train of moods through glass houses, and, as we pass through these many colored caverns and caves, we look out upon the world and view the works and worths of others, and everything seems to take on the hue of our own glass houses.” The student as he steps forth from the school, thinks of life, into which he emerges as only another school. In the years of his minority he has learned how to amass knowledge. This is the occupation of school life. As the school door closses behind him for the last time, he passes into Life’s school, where experience is the head teacher, Opportunity the bell-ringer, Public Opinion the merit-giver, and Service to Cur¬ riculum ; and here he learns to apply knowledge. In Life’s school, enterprise and loyalty will discover Opportunity, where inability and indifference see but a chance for the other fellow. If you would find real Opportunity, look into your own head and heart. Most people have been taught to watch and wait for the time at which they might apply their knowledge, and this watching and waiting has proven to be the abuse of ambition and curse of courage. To recognize Opportunity and know what to do is wisdom. To know how to do it is skill, but to do the thing as it should be done, is service. So let us one and all take a firm stand on the solid rock of ser¬ vice and build a foundation of usefulness, so that when we enter life’s school, every day will offer some opportunity to attract our ability and ambition. Thus the voyage from the tides of school life to the rough waters of Life’s school shall be tranquil and successful. —Roy Caven, Room 8. ■—Charles Mann, Room 13. NEW YEAR’S MORN One morn the list’ning angels heard The bells of New Year true, And smiling sent the snowflakes down To make this old world new. Each little snowflake—oh, so small! One little spot made bright; And smil’d until the earth smiled, too, In silence pure and white. -—Margaret Chappie, Room 24. ML BNO MV 3HH00W

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D. M. C. I. BREEZES 19 for the weapons which had been given him, for with the help of these he killed the giant, and they journeyed on. They had not gone far when they met Talkative and Popular, who made themselves of their company. As they walked, they talked of many things which had to do with School Life. “Talkative: “Wasn’t thou at the Field and Track meet lasj Monday ?” Student: “Truly, that is a foolish question. Am I not loyal to the school? It maketh me to rave that our School scored not first.” Popular: “Why, do not we know that every man cannot wear the crown? A Sportsman hopes for Better Luck next time.” Student: “Thou speakest wisely. By the way, whom didst thou have with thee the other night?” Popular: “I ivas with the damsel, Flapper. She has said that she will go to Senior Dance with me.” As he spake they neared the Valley of Humiliation, (known as Eng¬ lish), where they suffered greatly at the hands of the evil ones there, Oral Composition and Memorization. Popular and Talkative put to use their good swords Oratory and Concentration, whereby the evil ones were vanquished. Now their way was smooth until they came to another great valley, wherein the ogre Latin abided in a cave not far from where they were, whose wives were Grammar and Composition. He rode out to meet Student and his fellows, who became sore afraid when they per¬ ceived him coming, for he was awful to behold. Latin slew Popular and Talkative with one mighty blow from his club Scansion. After a long battle, Student and Persistency overcame the ogre and went on their way) all the while mourning the death of Talkative and Popular. After a time Student and Persistency fell into the clutches of Giant French, who beat them cruelly, and threw them into prison. Then was Student full of woes until he freed himself and his friend with the key, Interest. Then they went on for a length of time until they came to the Delectable Mountains, where they found many things of great interest, such as Sports, Dramatics, Glee Club, Orchestra and Debates. And they got much benefit and pleasure from these things. So many, many days passed wherein good Student and Persistency met Avith friend and foe alike. Student was also filled with joy upon discovering that his great burden had diminished, like unto the mists melting away, until now it was vanished altogether. At length they come to the great River of Final Examinations, which in crossing they were like to drown. But after much struggle in the waters, they came out at the other side and were received with great joy upon the shining shore Success. For they had reached the Goal. So I awoke, and behold, it was a dream. I We take very much pleasure in printing the above story, written by a former Grade XII. student, Norma Sharpe. It took 1st Prize in a Short Story Contest carried on by the London Collegiate paper.)

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D. M. C. I. BREEZES 21 CORRESPONDENCE To t’he Editor of “Breezes.” A copy of the December edition of the “Breezes” was wafted to me through the kindness of the very able editor of the present year, and I have just been perusing it again for the “umpteenth” time as it were. You know, the influence and associations of one’s collegiate days are not easily erased, and to the ex-student, any items of interest con¬ nected with the Alma Mater are always very welcome. Perhaps some of the students now in attendance at the Daniel McIntyre are not aware of the fact that just four years ago an attempt was made at getting out a paper which would be strictly a Daniel McIntyre publication. During the first two years it was edited under the name of the “Mercury,” but last year, after much discussion, it was decided that the name be changed to the one used in the old Central Collegiate days—“Breezes.” The editorial staff of this year’s paper is certainly to be con¬ gratulated ! Surely much time and thought must have been devoted to the assembling and arranging of the many excellent contributions from the various rooms. These contributions bespeak the fact that a keen interest and desire for the progress of the paper is being shown by the entire school. Judging by the standard which the paper has reached, I agree with,the editor that the “Breezes” is as yet a sufficient medium of expression for the school. Not only to the staff is praise due, but throughout the pages of the paper the several articles contributed by the students, both in prose and verse, give ample evidence that the literary lights of Canada will soon have to look to their laurels. Shirely Hehn, Editor-in-Chief, 1926-27. c o F. D. Brooks, R.R. No. 5, Brandon, Man., May 14th, 1928. Dear Editor of the Breezes: How rather strange that your “Breezes” should reach me away out here. But they did, last week, whispering such an unexpected request that I was quite at a loss for a time. In glancing over your December issue of last year, I can see several changes. You have so many more “Buddin’ Poets” than we had; or, perhaps you have the greater knack of being able to get them to con¬ tribute. One especially, “Out of School Life into Life’s School,” in¬ terested me, though I wondered if the boys had already found outrthose truths or were just imagining. You have, too, a number of quite orig¬ inal room write-ups; which add, oh so much, to the paper. I wonder, now, if you know or would care to know the very humble origin of your present, flourishing school paper; would you? Really, it was more by good luck than good management that I was