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

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D. M.C. I. BREEZES 117 girls’ sprints and jumps. These sprints were not productive of points with the exception of Genevieve Johns’ splen¬ did performance. The girls shone in the organized games, where they scor¬ ed twenty points out of a possible twenty. In the shuttles, they scored sixteen out of twenty. In the distance events we appeared to be supreme, capturing the Senior mile, the Senior half and the Junior half, tieing the Intermediate mile and placing second in the Intermediate half. Such, how¬ ever, was not the case. Kelvin scored 1% points more than we did in this section, amassing a total of 14 points. The reason for this lies in the num¬ ber of seconds and thirds secured by their runners. D.M.C.I. has always been noted for the outstanding per¬ formers in the distances, but we need a number of good strong runners cap¬ able of placing second or third and of backing up the stars. All of which goes to show that it is the team that wins meets, not the individual aces. F’clissier ' s LIMITED TRY OUR CLUB GINGER ALE and CLUB SODA A GOOD MIXER AT ALL TIMES Phone 42 504 — 41 111 C Valedictory Address Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow Students: Each student in our position in life today may well be likened to the newly constructed airplane ready to take off on its maiden flight. The building of the plane has been an interesting un¬ dertaking, for it was constructed in the factory of youth. The materials for the building of the plane have been delivered to the factory by our par¬ ents, in the forms of healthy bodies and receptive minds. The rough as¬ sembling of the structure was done by the elementary schools and then passed on to the high school for the final and essential adjustments. Also in that part of the workshop was the engine tuned up and as far as possible made to hit on all cylinders. Finally it stands ready upon the testing field of life, awaiting to get away to a good start. Therein we may compare our¬ selves with the airplane, for today we stand ready to make our way into the world, and we realize that even as the airplane must depend upon it¬ self for its own success, so must we, if we are to gain our life’s objective. Let us pause a moment to consider just what is the object in preparing this so-called plane, or in other words,

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116 D. M.C. I. BREEZES GLEE CLUB EXECUTIVE Back Row—M. Davis, V. LeatherdaJe, J. McCracken, R. Heide, E. Fowler. Front Row—N. Hutton, J. Kenner, E. Chapman, B. Henry, N. Edwards. Missing—D. Yeddeau. the day, Norm Anderson established a new record for the Junior half-mile. The Maroon-and-White hopes soared when Bert Galop led the pack into the stretch in the Senior half-mile. He crossed the tape with yards to spare, netting a welcome three points for the school. Later, in the Senior mile, he again outdistanced a field of classy runners to annex the Porte and Markle shield. What’s in a name? Another record went by the hoard when Art Pfeffer won the Intermediate running broad jump with a wonderful leap of 19 ft. 11 in. Bill Taylor climaxed an outstanding performance by winning the Junior 220. He clipped % of a sec¬ ond from the former mark. One of the most thrilling races ended with Norm Anderson crossing the tape a dead tie with Joe Laviit -of St. John’s in the Intermediate mile. Bob Bradshaw, Jack Carmichael, Manley Bond, and others who gave of their best, are deserving of mention. Roy ,Heide, our track captain, merits special praise. He gave much of his time and attention to the coaching of the boys. A little review of the situation may be in order. The weak places in the team seem to lie in the boys’ shuttles, COMPLIMENTS OF THE SARGENT PHARMACY LTD. SARGENT AND TORONTO K. G. HARMAN JIMMIE MURPHY R. L. HARMAN

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118 D. M. C. 1. BREEZES what is the object of education? I am afraid we have allowed the real rea¬ son for our schooling to become over¬ shadowed by other reasons more per¬ sonally inclined. I understand that it is to prepare us to become energetic and responsible citizens that we come to school, and if that is not the reason in the minds of our school board, I firmly believe it should be. Let me, as a boy member of the student body, say something which I am afraid we have hitherto neglected to say on many occasions. That is, I would like to pay tribute to the girls of our year for their sterling con¬ tribution to all of our school activities. For it was, we must admit, chiefly due to the splendid work of the girls that we won the musical festival, last year’s field day and countless other events won by Daniel McIntyre. How¬ ever, it is not on their achievements we compliment them, but for the fine I The Where You Get Those YUMMY HOME-MADE PIES Also DINNERS, LUNCHES REFRESHMENTS Kennedy, near Graham Phone 25 073 N. ECONOMY, Mgr. spirit in which they have participated in all activities. For it is not the result gained which counts, but the spirit in which it was done. Now let us not forget the most im¬ portant function of the school, the fundamental ' purpose 0 f our educa¬ tional system. It is to produce persons ready to become good citizens and ready to accept full responsibility of such a trust. For after all the pres¬ tige of our city and country depends directly on how well each citizen ful¬ fils his duty. It is not the political leaders or the government who form the foundation of our social system, but it is the average citizen. For as Noyes says in his poem “The Empire Builders,” it’s not the king’s nor wise men who constitute the Empire but the common people. People today are crying for leaders, but they do not need, more but fewer leaders. Let us look at India—one hundred and twenty million people are following Ghandi, but less than five per cent, know where they are follow¬ ing him. This is but one example of the eifect of leadership. I repeat, what we need today is not leadership, but intelligent citizenship. Citizenship which implies the independent think¬ ing of people, with ability to use their own judgment and, above all, to re¬ spect the rights of others. That is where the high school comes in, for the school plays the most important part in moulding the characters of the young people. And now in closing let me on behalf of the entire student body thank Mr. Campbell and our teachers for all the things they have done for us and the contributions they have made to our lives. And I might say that I feel we might profitably pattern our lives after the examples they have set for us. RONALD TURNER.