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

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D. M. C. I. BREEZES 7 THE MUSICAL FESTIVAL “PBIDE goeth before a fall,” and this quotation can be applied aptly to the Glee Club. But, as Miss Kinley says, “failure will probably do everyone good”—and then, of course, there is always next year. Some of the individual work, however, was exceedingly well done, and brought great credit to the school. Helen and Louise Templeton are especially noteworthy, since they came first in the intermediate piano duets, an honor which last year they missed by only one or two marks. In the solo classes, although no one came first, there were three seconds, Edna Chapman, Roberta Taylor, and Vera Lamont, ' and one third, Margaret Norrie. In the junior duets the girls did remarkably well, Eleanor Brad- bnrn and Martha Setter, Mildred Johnson and Mildred Dudley, and Roberta Taylor and Margaret Norrie, taking first, second and third places; while in the children’s duets, Edna Howard and Gwen Fleming came fourth in a class of twenty-six competitors. The trios, both girls’ and junior, also came well up in their respective classes, and all the instrumental entries received worth-while marks. But in the midst of these triumphs, we must not forget our ex-stu¬ dents of last year, Lola Smith and Ethel Hubbard. Lola won the Grade “B” soprano solo, and came second in the Tudor Bowl class, while Ethel again took first place in the girls’ soprano solo. May you all do as well next time. —Frances Fox. THE WESTMINSTER GLEE SINGERS MANY artists from the British Isles have visited Winnipeg in the coui ' se of their concert tours, but it may safely be said that of all these the Westminster Glee Singers created the greatest interest in musical circles. These eight men and six boys charmed their aud¬ iences and left an impression which will not soon vanish. Their work showed long practice, and exquisite finish, and we feel that singers such as these will do much to raise the standards of music. The pro¬ gramme of Monday. May the seventh, was a most delightful one, and doubly interesting in that encores were given unstintingly. It consisted

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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.

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The cast of “H.M.S. Pinafore,” the Gilbert and Sullivan light opera, produced by the Senior Choral Society of the Daniel McIntyre Collegiate, at the Isaac Brock School, last February.