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

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D. M. C. I. BREEZES 5 Work is activity for a very definite purpose. It satisfies both muscles and brain. In overcoming obstacles, in mastering difficult tasks, in solving hard problems we become aware of our powers. To have ac¬ complished something useful brings health and satisfaction to body, mind and spirit. We gain through the exercise of our faculties, physically, mentally, morally, spiritually. Look well to your habits. It is your business to manage them now. Later on they will manage you. Very soon you will be in their power. If you have already acquired the habit of regular study from seven- thirty to nine-thirty for five evenings a week, you are fortunate. You are well on the road to self-mastery. May the education which you now have be the means of creating in you a desire for more education, of implanting in you ideals of service, and of teaching you how to spend your leisure time pleasurably and profitably. In short, may it help you not merely to get a living, but to live. My best wishes go with each of you as you leave this school. I shall watch your career with hope and confidence. A. C. CAMPBELL. A SPRING FLOWER Bright little bunch of yellow Blooming- most everywhere, Over the hills and valleys, Over the meadows fair. All along by the wayside, Peeping up through the grass, Fair little gleam of sunshine Smiling at us as we pass. First little flower of springtime, Braving the frost and cold, Cheering our hearts with the promise Of summer soon to unfold. Scorned and despised by the many, Welcomed and loved Iby the few Who find in your golden beauty A joy that is ever new. What other of Earth’s fair blossoms Can rival your yellow gleam? Gay little Dandelion, Kissed by the sun’s bright beam. —Margaret Chappie, Room 24.

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4 D. M. C. I. BREEZES GRADUATION MESSAGE J TAKE pleasure in responding to the invitation of the Editor-in-Chief of the “Breezes” to write a brief article for the “Graduation Number.” Almost the entire membei’ship of the present graduating class entered the Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute when I assumed its Principalship in September, 1925. I feel that I know the class very intimately and that through the knowledge we have by this intimacy gained of each other we are very closely bound in friendship. It has been my desire to co-operate with the students in every way that would accrue to their welfare and advantage. To this end there was established at my suggestion the Students ’ Council. I take this opportunity of thanking the students and the staff of teachers for their fine spirit and loyal support. In this connection also, I desire to include the men who perform so acceptably the janitorial and engineering duties. 1 have received from all of these bodies many helpful suggestions. I was pleased to give assent to every plan brought to me for approval by the Students’ Council this year. I also wish to acknowledge the val¬ uable assistance given by the officers in the various classes. I hope that every student, either by work done in office or by loyal support to the of¬ ficers and staff, has increased his or her stock of self-reliance and self- control, an equipment that will prove of great service in meeting the de¬ mands of life. To the graduates may I say that “it doth not yet appear what you shall be,” as your education has only begun. It is important to preserve a right mental attitude in order to achieve success. Try to fix firmly in your own mind what you should be or do, and then move on without fear of the result. Keep your mind on the great and splendid thing you would like to do, and then, as the days glide by, you will find yourself unconsciously seizing upon the opportunities that are necessary for the fulfillment of your desire. Picture in your mind the able, earnest, useful person you desire to be, and the thoughts you hold will daily transform you into that particular individual. Remember that success is not attained without hard work. Some pupils avoid work as they would a plague; others appear to regard it as a necessary evil. The real truth is that it is a pleasant privilege.

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6 D. M. C. I. BREEZES ORATORICAL CONTEST r J ' HE school in general received sev¬ eral pleasant surprises during the Oratorical contest this year, when talent, heretofore only vaguely sus¬ pected, was fully revealed. There were seven speakers com¬ peting, and all presented the subject in a clear, concise and striking man¬ ner. Canada’s future was pictured in glowing colors, and we hope that the prophecies made by the orators may be realized. Those taking part were Catherine Elliot, Marguerite Ross, Margaret Chappie, Phyllis Pat¬ terson, Llewellyn Johns, Gordon Josie, Gordon Brooks; and each of these speakers evinced both natural ability and acquired talent, holding the interest of the audience through¬ out the speech. Catherine Elliot, Margaret Chappie, Llewellyn Johns and Gordon Brooks were chosen to speak again in the final contest, in which Catherine Elliot, of Room 22, was awarded the palm of victory. Catherine ably represented us in the Walker Theatre, May 13th, and is to effort on behalf of the school. C. ELLIOTT Provincial contest staged in the be congratulated on her splendid —- —M.G.A. Who ran to catch me on the spot, When I the slightest rule forgot, Believing and excusing not? Mr. Knox. Who lurked beside my desk all day In hopes that I would disobey, And some low, whispered word might say? Mr. Knox. Who sternly bade me come and go, Do this, do that, or else forego The very thing I longed for so ? Mr. Knox. Who is my bane, my foe, my fear, Who’s always certain to appear Just when I do not want him near? Mr. Knox. —Margaret Chappie.