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

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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.

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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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D.M.C. I. BREEZES 37 Paintings after 1600 are classified according to the schools to which the painters belonged. In the Flemish school the great master Rubens is not represented, but his pupil Van Dyck’s Charles I of England is to be found in Room 48. Rembrandt, the great Dutch artist, and his wife Saskia, look at us from the walls of the library and in Room 58 we find The Man with the Helmet. In Room 8 is his famous group, The Syndics, and in the upper hall The Sweeping Girl. Ruydail’s Windmill in Room 55, The Avenue of Trees by Hobberna in the lower hall, The Let¬ ter, by Ferborch in the upper hall are all of this school. Holbein, the German artist, is rep¬ resented by one of his most famous portraits, The Merchant Guize, in Room 58, and Durer’s portrait of Jerome Holzschuher is to be found in Room 12. Spring, by Corot, found in the lower hall asd Madame Le Brun’s portrait of herself and her daughter, in Room 54, represent the Frencfh school. English paintings before the eigh¬ teenth century were the works of for¬ eign artists. Towards the middle of this century a generation of remark¬ able portrait painters grew up under the influence of Rubens and Van Dyck Sir Joshua Reynolds and Gainsbor¬ ough headed this group. Two of Rey¬ nold’s pictures are in our collection, Angel Heads in Room 64, and the Countess Spencer and Child in the lower hall. Raeburn’s Leslie Boy, and The Sackville Children by Hoppner are also of this group. They are hung in the upper hall. Nineteenth Century English artists are represented by Dante’s Dream by Rossetti, and Spring, by Alma Sadema, both in the upper hall, The Golden Stairs, by Burne Jones in Room 22 and The Boyhood of Raleigh by Mil¬ lais in the library. In the lower hall we have an etch¬ ing, Vezelay, by Robert Logan of Manitoba. The picture portrays the Chapel door of the Basilica built by Saint Bernard and the monks at Veze¬ lay in France in the early part of the 12th century. Now that you know where some of our pictures are, take a trip to the various rooms and see them. You will find, it very interesting. HAROLD TUCKER, XIG. Note—The etching by Robert Logan, mentioned in the above article, was presented to the school by the gradu¬ ation class at the graduation exer¬ cises three years ago. Future gradu¬ ation classes might do much for their Alma Mater by following this ex¬ ample. HEADQUARTERS FOR DRAWING AND ART SUPPLIES Winnipeg Map Blue Print Co. Ltd. 320 Donald St. Phones: 23 971-23 974 ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER