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

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D.M.C.l. BREEZE S 43 SCHOOL COUNCIL Back Row—Gordon Peacock, Nancy Miller, Manly Bond, Isabel Bain, Dave Woolley. Second Row—Keith Davison, Bill Hanna, Grace Smith, Dorothy Jones, Jim Dtincan, Sidney Cohen. Front Row—Alice Parr, Dorothy Scott, Margaret McQuoid. rudely awakened by a far-distant voice of authority issuing instructions which, we later learned, pertained to the art of voting. For fifty cents apiece, we were allowed to mark numbers on a small slip of paper bearing names. After the novelty of the event wore off, we were informed that we had voted for some candidates (no! not candy dates). Great was the excite¬ ment and loud the buzzing hum of human chatter down in the recreation sheds, whither we repaired, where a school council was being recreated. Names flashed before us. Numbers followed. The crowd milled about. It was eagerly awaiting the final result. It came. All was over. We returned to our homes, minus fifty cents, but plus a worthy council. joe McCracken. WATCHING THE CONSTITUTION AT WORK The unique distinction of being Win¬ nipeg’s first Senior High School to have a Constitution has been awarded to our Collegiate. Its adoption is a distinct achievement and we trust every member of the school has made a careful study of its form and has entered into its proper spirit. Our Constitution has provided for the creation of various Committees which cover a wide field of endeavor. Through the medium of the Athletic Commission, which has representatives from each room, and the Athletic Ad¬ visory Board the school sports are handled. A Debating Committee makes all necessary arrangements for inter¬ room debates. Our Morale Committee provides for cheer leaders to stimulate

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42 D. M.C. I. BREEZES “Specula Galtonia,” Ontario An unusually good production. The form news, literary section, and car¬ toons are all Al, and require special mention. Congratulations Galt! May we see you in print again next year. “Nautilus,” Philadelphia A remarkably fine issue from a junior high school. The literary and humor sections are almost as good as those in senior high school magazines. The cover, also, is most attractive. “Kelvin Year Book,” Winnipeg The literary section is, as in former years, the main feature of this year book. Your cover and cartoons speak splendidly for the artists. Photo¬ graphs of the graduating classes would greatly improve the book. “Magazine,” South Africa A yearly production showing the students’ keen interest in sports. There are a great many clever poems in this year book, and the articles in Dutch make your magazine unusual. “Holt School Magazine,” England A magazine revealing many inter¬ esting and original writings. The school news is very interesting, the cover is attractive, and altogether the magazine is a great credit to the school. “The Vantech,” Vancouver A most interesting and artistic pro¬ duction. A strong sense of humor running through the magazine en¬ lightens the heavier reading. “The Wykehamist,” England We congratulate you an producing so successful a paper every ten days. It is a distinctively original magazine. The reviews of the social, athletic, and scholarly activities are both interest¬ ing and humorous. “The Breeze,” Wyoming A very peppy and humorous little paper which is published once a month. It contains a lot of news in very little space, and shows the students’ keen interest in sports. “The Tatler,” Georgia A highly interesting monthly paper. We like your breezy, journalistic style, and think your magazine an ideal production for a boys’ school. THE SCHOOL COUNCIL Our school, the Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute (for the deaf, dumb, blind and mentally unsound) has two councils—the Senior Council and the Junior Council. Together they form the School Council which looks after the affairs of both the Junior and Senior students. The councils, taken individually, have six members each, including the president and sec¬ retary. This year, as in others, we have been fortunate in having the pick of the school on our councils. The Senior students chose Bill Hanna, Grace Smith, Nancy Miller, Alice Parr, Sydney Cohen, and Manly Bond, with the first two as president and secre¬ tary (respectfully). The Junior stu¬ dents picked Dorothy Jones, Dorothy Scott, Jim Duncan, Dave Wooley, Keith Davidson, and Margaret Mc- Quoid, with Dorothy Jones and Jim Duncan as president and secretary re¬ spectively. The duties of the School Council are many and varied. Every activity, whether athletic, scholastic or social, must pass before the council for ap¬ proval if the aforesaid activity is sponsored by the student-body. Just think, mellow student, how capable and worthy is our noble council. Many of the members have never sat in coun¬ cil before, and without experience, without practice, diligently apply themselves to the great problems set before them. Such is the noble nature of our great council. Let us now present you with a faint idea of how our council is composed. Well, to make a short story long, it is elected. One dreary Friday afternoon, October 24th, as we were all sleeping peacefully over our books, we were

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44 D.M.C.l. BREEZES lagging school spirit, while press no¬ tices are inserted in local newspapers by the Publicity Committee. The So¬ cial and Music Committees, in their respective capacities render valuable service to the school. After learning the duties of these Committees one may readily see how the functioning of the Constitution is simplified. Once the committees are appointed the Council has but to recog¬ nize their abilities in these special lines and allow them to proceed. By the perfect co-operation of Council and Committee a good result is as¬ sured; but the Council must not as¬ sume an attitude of superior intelli¬ gence and encroach upon the jurisdic¬ tion of these Committees. Such an at¬ titude would be detrimental to the harmony for which they must neces¬ sarily strive. The relationship of the faculty mem¬ ber to the students on Councils and Committees is that of adviser, but in¬ deed, our teachers are more than ad¬ visers; they make an added contribu¬ tion to our training for later life by their coaching in procedure and con¬ duct of committees. To this source we attribute the splendid feeling of harmony and co-operation which per¬ vades our school. If we only recog¬ nize this function of our teachers on our committees we have won half the battle for successful student partici¬ pation in school government. There is but one thing left to say, but one hope to express, that future students will endeavor in every way to foster this spirit of co-operation and bring it to a greater degree of perfection. GRACE SMITH. SCHOOL MORALE To serve on the “Morale” Commit¬ tee is by no means one of the easiest duties which may fall to the lot of a student. The task which this com¬ mittee sets itself is both serious and difficult. Its primary aim is to encour¬ age a high tone of conduct in the life of the school; to secure the co-opera¬ tion of all students in the maintenance of this element in all branches of its activities. Such a committee may never hope entirely to fulfil even the first of its ob¬ jectives. Perhaps no one will be shock¬ ed if it has to be recorded that during the past year, the committee on “School Morale” failed to accomplish its prime and proper purpose; the job is not an easy one; it is in fact de¬ cidedly difficult. Yet if the members are to work under the title of “Morale” Committee they should have no less a high aim. Any dictionary will give the information that “morale” is con¬ duct, manners or behavior. If the duties are less than has been stated, the committee is sadly misnamed. On the other hand, the difficulty of at¬ tainment of this objective should not in the least detract from its pursuit and, at any rate, partial accomplish¬ ment. Although the primary purpose of tj]is body then, is to concern itself with the tone of the school, certain handicaps must be recognized which hinder the committee in the attain¬ ment of this ideal. Schools which are famed for their tone and tradition have the advantage of certain features. It may have an enrolment of a hundred or so students as against the thousand odd enrolled in our own. It is usually a school composed of either boys or girls and not both. The school spirit in a girls’ school would differ radi¬ cally from the morale of a boys’ insti¬ tution; certain features would be found in one and not in the other. Any at¬ tempt to superimpose these two types to produce a homogeneous “morale” might result in failure. So, one may well ask whether it is possible for a School Morale Committee, working un¬ der our own conditions, to achieve any¬ thing worth while.