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

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58 D. M. C. T. BREEZES far as Montreal, or to one of the lower lake ports. At Montreal, the wheat is unloaded at one of the elevators. The unloading is done by means of a “marine leg.” This is a long box-like structure, which comes from the side of the elevator to the hold of the ship, The marine leg is shoved down into the grain, and by means of a belt to which buckets are attached, the grain is taken up and deposited in the elevator. « ;! The last stage in the travels of the cargo of wheat, is enacted when the wheat is loaded on an ocean freighter and transported to Liverpool, England. The wheat is made into flour here and sold to consumers in the British Isles for the baking of bread and cakes. Thus we have fol¬ lowed the course of one of the many cargoes of wheat which are grown on Canada ' s fruitful prairies. MY AUTO, ’TIS OF THEE My auto, ’tis of thee, Short cut to poverty, Of thee I chant. I blew a pile of dough On you three years ago, And now you refuse to go, Or won’t or can’t. Through town and countryside, I drove thee full of pride, No charm you lacked. I loved your gaudy hue, Your tires so round and new. Now I feel very blue, The way you act. To thee old rattle box, Come many bumps and knocks; For thee I grieve. Badly the top is torn, Frayed are the seats and worn, The cramp affects the horn, I do believe. The motor has the grippe, The spark plug has the pip, And woe is thine. I have to suffer chills, Fatigue and kindred ills, Trying to pay the bills, Since thou wert mine. Yet if I had the yen, So help me John—Amen, I’d buy a car again, And speed some more. —Sergius Fraser, Room 18. “I’d like to go to a funeral this afternoon, sir,” said the office boy. “Oh, you would, would you?” the chief heartlessly replied. “Well, you won’t.” “No, sir, I know I won’t, but I’d like to all the same.” Something tragic and appealing in the youthful voice led the chief to ask, “whose funeral.” “Yours, sir,” said the boy. Mother—“What in the world are you doing to poor dolly, child?” Child—“I’m just going to put her to bed. I’ve taken off her hair, but I can’t get her teeth out.”

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D. M. C. I. BREEZES 57 THE “LOW-DOWN” ON A WHEAT CROP (By ELMER ROSS, Room 55) The last two centuries have marked probably the greatest ad¬ vances in civilization that mankind has known. Advances, more re¬ cent, have been made in practically all lines of human endeavour. How¬ ever this progress would not continue, were it not for man’s physical development, made possible by the consumption of wholesome food. Canada is most fortunate in holding in its command the vast western prairies, on which her energetic farmers cultivate enormous crops of wheat—the veritable staff of life. Let us follow a western crop from the prairies to England. Early in the spring, we see a farmer labouring in his fields, in an¬ ticipation of his next crop. With the aid of Providence and his own toil, the crop develops wonderfully. Toward the end of August, the barren fields of the spring are a waving mass of golden wheat. Harvesting takes place,and the wheat is then taken to one of the many small country elevators, which are scattered at convenient points throughout Western Canada. Here it is stored temporarily. Shortly, a train comes puffing up to the elevator, and the wheat is then loaded into box cars, in readiness for removal to the Canadian Lakehead, Fort William and Port Arthur. Here the grain enters one of the huge elevators. The method of handling the grain in these elevators is quite interesting. The cars of grain, one at a time, are passed on to a “car-dumper.” The grain door is removed from the car, then the “car dumper” holding the car is tip¬ ped first on one end, and then on the other, forcing the grain to run out. The grain falls into a “hopper,” which resembles a huge V-shaped trough, with an opening along the bottom. Running below this open¬ ing is a wide belt. The grain, of necessity, drops on to this belt, and is carried along the bottom of the elevator to a “boot,” a large trough. From this “boot” to the top of the elevator moves a belt, to which is attached small buckets. These buckets take the grain to the weighing floor, where the grain is weighed in large vats. Upon leaving the scales, the grain is carried along a belt to the storage tanks, and is automatic¬ ally dropped by an “automatic trip” into the desired tank. Very often, the grain is not free of “dockage”—this consists of traces of wild oats, seeds, and other undesirable quantities. This is usually removed before the grain leaves the elevator. At the bottom of the storage tanks are slides, which permit the outlet of the grain. When cleaning is desired, these slides are opened, and the grain drops on to moving belts, which take it to the “cleaners.” The “cleaner” acts in the nature of an ash-sifter, getting rid of undesirable waste. Before the grain may be loaded on to a ship, it must be again weighed. It is weighed in “drafts”—1,500 bushels at a time. This grain is carried on a belt to the ’’shipping leg,” a long chute, which ex¬ tends from the side of the elevator into the ship. The valuable cargo is now transported down the Great Lakes as

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D. M. C. I. BREEZES 59 Athletic Activities FOOTBALL Early in the term, Mr. Fyles and Mr. McLeod called out the football candidates and set to work to build up a team with four or five of last year’s aggregation as a nucleus. The w’eather was fine and the team came on rapidly. ' They opened the season against St. John’s on the Saints’ home grounds. Play started fast and inside of five minutes the Brown and Orangc- were one up, on a fine shot by Glusman. The half ended with the score- sheet unchanged. Hardly had the second half got under way, when Glusman scored his second counter of the match. Things looked bad for the Maroon and White, but the breaks came our way. On a corner kick the ball was deflected into the open goal. A little later Haynes headed a beauty past the Saints’ custodian to place the game on an even heading. Try as the forwards might, the respective goal tenders kept everything out, and the match ended in a draw, 2 to 2. In the second game at our own school, against Kelvin, the team had little difficulty in vanquishing the Cherry and Grey clad warriors, 4 to 2. Later in the week St. John’s paid us a return visit, and again the score was deadlocked, this time, however, at nothing all. In the following week, Daniel played the second game with Kelvin. The southenders displayed a much rejuvenated team, Avhich fought to the bitter end. Our team, knowing that anything less than a win would mean elimination, were determined to get that win. At half-time the score was one to one. In the second half, after swarming around Kel¬ vin’s goal-mouth for half an hour, the break came—Hampton netting the ball for what proved to be the winning point. This placed St. John’s and Daniel on an even footing for the title. It was decided to hold the play-off at Wesley Park on the following Tuesday. The play-off was a fast, clean game, ' St. John’s emerging the vic¬ tors by one goal, and, though the goal was lucky, it was generally con¬ ceded that the Saints were the better team on the afternoon’s showing. Congratulations are certainly due the coach, Mr. Fyles, and the team for putting Daniel back on the football map once more.