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

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D. M. C. I. BREEZES 35 French Department LE COIN FRANCAIS C’est la premiere fois qu’apparalt dans notre journal “The Breezes” un coin frangais. D’autres brochures ac- eordent une place au frangais et parce que cela semble etre aussi utile qu’agreable, le staff a decide d’en faire l’essai dans notre journal. Sans doute nous ne nous attendons pas a avoir un succes extraordinaire au debut, mais nous esperons qu’avec le temps le coin frangais aura une reelle attraction pour nos lecteurs. Avant d’aller plus loin, il faut avouer que nous avons fait des emprunts dans deux journaux frangais: “La France” et “La Liberte,” pour nos fantaisies, anecdote, et poesie. A NOS ELEYES: De A. Brou, S.J. (Art et Foi) Lorsque le tableau noir se barbouille de blanc, Qu’un nuage de craie, enveloppe la chaire, Et que vos yeux heants, comme porte cochere, Suivent le flot de grec qui s’en va ruisselant. Vous pensez quelquefois: “Nous ferons maigre chere, Et ce grec tant vonte n’est pas tres regalant!” Mais attendez encore; le vrai travail Et le labeur est dur sur un sol en jachere. ; Laissez, laissez pousser les grains menus et secs, Paradigmes abstraits, mots sanscrits, latins, grecs, Syntaxe etouffant net 1’herbe de fantaisie. Ils eeloront sans bruit les germes enterres, Ils vont faire eclater la glebe, et, vous verrez! Ce que je seme en vous, c’est de la poesie. ANECDOTE: II y a quelque temps, un malfaiteur s’introd.uisit dans la maison d’une vieille dame qui, croyait-il, vivait seule et etait trop impotente pour pouvoir se defendre. II pensait done avoir toute facilite pour cambrioler sa maison; mais voila qu’au moment ou il arrivait, menagant, pres de la vieille dame terrifiee, il entendit dans la piece voisine une voix aigue qui criait. “Servez . . . servez le dejeuner, Alphonsine.” Et une voix plus forte qui repon- dait: “Bien, madame. Tout de suite, ma- dame.” Le voleur s’en fuit aussitot, comme il etait venu. Et savez-vous qui parlait ainsi? Tout simplement le perroquet de la vieille dame, qui avait souvent entendu ces phrases et les repetait volontiers, car il etait gourmand! De “La France.”

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34 D. M. C. I. BREEZES lion innocent men lost their lives; where millions died in the filth and horrors of trench life; where millions met death in a thousand ghastly shapes; the miseries of men scream¬ ing in agony at their wounds, the shell-shocked, the blinded, the dis¬ abled and the maimed? Was not the organization of the League of Na¬ tions of vital importance to prevent any such future struggle? Must we continue to have future wars, or are we going to prevent them ? The war- clouds are again rising as in 1914 and we would not like to see the destruc¬ tion of our civilization which has al¬ most reached the peak of its glory. Must not, fellow countrymen, a strong determination to prevent war be made? and is not the League of Na¬ tions the only means of nations to get together and bury their animosi¬ ties, settle their international dis¬ putes and problems, and unite in the furtherance of peace ? Is it not our duty to give our whole-hearted sup¬ port towards the maintenance of the League of Nations ? Listen to the lament of Viscount Grey, that if there had been a League in 1914 there would have been no war. Is it not that the League does what the gov¬ ernments desire, and that the League can succeed only if it has the right attitude ? This, fellow citizens, de¬ pends on you who elect these govern¬ ments. Is it not true that public opin¬ ion first rallied round the League as the sole hope of a shipwrecked world, and is not public opinion the heart of the whole matter? Does it not behoove you, my Canadians, to do your utmost to assist the League by whatever means possible, and prevent future wars? How many wars could have been prevented or avoided in the past if the quarrelling governments had been persuaded to wait a little while until their differences had been settled by an impartial body, and the whole matter had been given some publicity! Think of the huge debt and the enormous cost involved in the past wars. In round figures the last war cost four hundred billion dollars. To illustrate what this gigantic sum means, Mr. Mulholland recently stat¬ ed, “You could give to every family in Canada, United States, Australia, England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, France, Belgium, Germany and Rus¬ sia a home costing $2,500, with one thousand dollars’ worth of furniture and five acres of land at a cost of one hundred dollars per acre; and in addition to that you could provide for every city over two thousand in population in all the countries named a library costing five million dollars, a hospital costing five million dollars, and a University costing ten million dollars. Then you would have a sum left for investment in perpetuity at 5 % per annum sufficient to hire one hundred and twenty-five thousand nurses, and one hundred and twenty- five thousand teachers, and still have sufficient money left to purchase and pay for everything of value in France and Belgium!” This enormous sum of money could have been used instead by the countries involved in war for the development of their varied in¬ dustries. Let us prevent future strife and unnecessary wars and let us, by means of the efforts of the League of Nations, have peace. A. H., R. 18. Among those who spent the 24th of May week-end at Selkirk are—Jim Duncan, James Duncan, Jimmy Dun¬ can (Apologies, Jim.) Wanted—A mechanical apparatus to do Geometry propositions and, if necessary, to report at four. Apply to Room 13.

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36 D. M. C. I. BREEZES DES PLAISANTERIES: —Je n’ai jamais vu d’aussi beaux fruits? Vous pouvez dire que vous avez un beau verge . . . Mais, n’y mettez-vous pas d’epouvantail pour eloigner les moineaux? —C’est inutile, ma femme et moi sommes toujours dans le jardin. —Justin, vous avez touche a mes cigares: il m’en manque trois—. —Oh, ce n’est pas moi, monsieur, je vous assure, j’ai ete malade apres le premier. Le Maltre—Et maintenant, mon petit ami, pourriez-vous me dire quel est 1’animal qui nous fournit le jam- bon? L’eleve: (apres avoir reflechi un instant)—Le charcutier, monsieur. DEPUIS LE JOUR De l’opera de “Louise” Par Charpentier Louise est une jeune Frangaise qui aime la gaiete de Paris, mais son pere n’approuve pas cette gaiete. Un jour Louise fait la connaissance d’un jeune artiste bohemien et devient tout de suite amoureux de lui mais cet am ant ne plait pas au pere. Alors Louise part de chez elle et s’en va a Paris avec son Julien. Elle s’ennumie bientot de la gaie vie et re- grette de ne plus etre chez son pere Un jour nos deux amoureux se trou- vent dans un beau jardin, Louise chante la chanson “Depuis le Jour,” pour dire a Julien comme elle a ete heureuse. M. BORLASE, R. 13. Stfrt Department How many of our students realize and, take advantage of the fact that we have a fine collection of pictures in the halls and rooms of our school? This collection is made up of historic prints, etchings and many fine repro¬ ductions of the works of the world’s master painters. The history of Painting has been divided into three main periods: 1. The Early Christian, which in¬ cludes all paintings before 1440. 2. The Renaissance, 1440 to 1600. 3. Modern Period, under which is classified all painting after 1600. As our collection does not contain any examples from the first group we shall commence with the Renaissance. A revival of Art took place in the Renaissance period and consequently many of the finest paintings were pro¬ duced during that time. Of the Florentine School we have in our collection: Leonardo de Vinci’s master pieces, The Last Supper, hang¬ ing in Room 15 and Mona Lisa, in Room 34. Saint Cecilia in Room 53 and the famous Sistine Madonna in the lower hall are both by Raphael. Botticelli’s Madonna is found in Room 56 and Titian’s portrait of his daught¬ er Lavinia, in Room 58. Van Eyck of the Flemish school is represented by his St. Cecilia in the music room.