Eastern High School of Commerce - Eastern Echo Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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52 EASTERN ECHO window. Hereto-fore, fhe had neve-r been accompanied 'by anyone, but 'to-night he walked straight on wit-hout so much as a look into the shop. joan was very disappointed. The question that immediately rose to 'her mind was, Can it be his wi-fe and son? Yes, she was sure he looked at them with a fond and loving gaze. r Ioan's thoughts were so centred on them s-he failed to hear a young man enter the s-hop. She arose at once, ibut on seeing the worrried expression on her frien-d Tony's face, she gasped and -turned deathly white. Oh Tony, she cried, VV-hat is the matter? Is it, is it my mother? Tony, who had been a friend of the family for years, held out his protecting arms and said, Yes dear, she has reached the end of her journey. Ioan's mother had rbeen an invali-d for years but had been gradually growing w-orse. They laid her quietly away in a small country church cemetery. - A tired, pale girl waited on a number of unsympathetic customers She was wearing a pla-in white fro-ck as it had been her mot:her's wish not to go into mourning. From the day of the sad news of her mother's death, she had not seen -her unknown friend. S-he did not tell anyone of the great secret in her heart but her 'thoughts were frequently on him. In spite of her weary arp-pearance there was a light -in joan's eyes that told of something exciting in view. The next morning she was to paint the portrait of a wealthy society woman. QContinued on page 983 Distinguished English Shakespeare Artists Visit Eastern Commerce N the afternoon of January 13, 1932, Eastern Commerce was again favoured with scenes from Shakespeare. Shakespeare has been pro- duced for our school several times in the past and it will doubtless be given again and again in the future, but no matter how many players come and ago, we will never quite forget Mr. Allan Willqie and Miss Hunter- Wiatts, internationally known dramatists. ' Shakespeare seemed to live again. New scenes gave us a better under-- standing of the greatness of Shakespeare and old scenes seemed new under the capable presentation given by these two actors. Who could forget the Lending Scene from the Merchant of Venice or Mark Antony's speech from Julius Caesar? Many of us were not acquainted with the work of Oliver Goldsmith, but af-ter seeing the comedy scene from She Stoops to Conquer we wonder why his plays are not included in our year's work. The three comedy scenes, one of which has already been mentioned, The Grave Diggers scene from Hamlet and the act portraying an Eng- lish lesson from King Henry VIII, caused a great deal of merriment. Never before have we seen two and three parts played by one person Without leaving the stagej i -Dorothy Herringtorzi, 3S3, 203.

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EASTERN ECHO 51 The Light That Failed Crash! Another monster of the sea swept across the belaiboured deck of the Nancy Ann, the game little tanker which rode the fiery-tempered seas. Old Skipper Martin, named sometimes the demon of 'the tides, was probably making his last voyage. llut, as the waves beat around and over the -small craft, his sp-irits were high. ln the midst of danger and death, he was shoutfing words of encouragement to his comrades. Keep the pumps working boys, the shouted above the din of the angry seas. The old 'lighthouse will soon be visible. O.K., sir, came back the answer of the half-starved, worn-out sailors. Suddenly, one of the men thought of prayer. Many silent prayers were sent up to the Maker above. From out of the inky blackness a tremendous squall hit the side of the little steamer, and the next moment the sea was covered with thousands of pieces of debr-is. Strange to say, the huge piece on which the men were stand-ing came off in one chunk. They knew their prayer was answered. For three days the eleven brave men faced the dangers and terrors of the high seas, and on the fourth day their coldness and starvation were brought to an end. A large gra-in boat picked up the exhausted, half-conscious looking men, who after a short revival of food, clothing and sleep felt them- selves again. One fine day the boat steamed into port. Glad were the people when the tidings, that their lost ones had returned, reached them. The lit-tle town was alive with people. Cheers rent the air for the rescued and their rescuers. After ia few days had elapsed, the now normal men paid a visit to the old lighthouse. On reaching there, they were horror-struck. In that awful storm, a huge wave struck the gallant little lighthouse-keeper who was ga-ther- ing drifttwood. It had swept him high up on t-he beach, and there he lay-in death. This incident accounted for- the light that failed. -W. Rogers, SH, 204. Their Ideal ES, there he was coming around the corner. Even in the dense London fog and fast falling rain, .loan could not m-istakc that great manly figure. She was surprised, however, to see under his large umbrella a young lady and a curly headed lad in his arms. Ioan Cairew, a progressing young antist, was tall and slim, with golden cur-ls and a pair of eyes which were rather sad and dreamy. She owned a little Art Shop in the heart of London. Every night for six weeks now, she had wa-t-ched and waited for that familiar figure to emerge around the corner and stop to look at her paintings in the

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EASTERN FCHO 53 Debates AST year the Echo was published before the winners of the debating trophies for the year had been decided, and so it seems right that we should mention their names. Ben Sugarman and Frank Iones of ZB triu-mphed over Amy McFarland and Doris Hill of ZE in the lunior Series, t-hus winning the shield for ZB. In the Senior Finals, lames Kerr and Charles Woolley of 3B won from Miss Elson and Xlfalter Craig of -itll. Every year the interest in inter-form debating grows. This year we had two whirlwind series. Every debate was keenly contested, and there were twenty-seven of them in all, before the winners, junior and Senior, were determined. In the first round the juniors debated the subject, Resolved that young people today make good use of their spare time. The winners: 211, ZC. ZM, 2-I, ZF, 2D and ZL. The second round, the subject of which was. Resolved that the government of a country is in duty bound to support its unemployed, brought victory to ZM, 21, ZD and ZC. The winners of the third round determined the forms for the iinal debate and 2M and 2C came through with dying colours. The resolution for this round was, That Canada in -her own interests should immediately adopt the policy of 'Canada First'. But before we tell you about the Junior Finals, let us see how the Seniors are faring. In the first round they debated the subject, Resolved that the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes System should be opened for ocean navigation. 4Cf1, 4G2, Special, SS3, 3S4 and SSS advanced a step. These forms attempted to determine whether or not Canadians spent too much time on sport. The winners here were SS3, SS4, SSS and Specials. This upset all calculations as it was predicted freely that the fourths would dispose of the thirds with ease. The semi-finals found these forms debating: Resolved that Free Trade within the British Empire would be beneficial to Canada. 3S3 and 3S5 won the right to go into the tinals. Never before in the history of the school have we had such a brilliant climax to so interesting a series. The auditorium was packed to capacity on both occasions and all followed the arguments of the debaters with great interest. Only when the Judges' decision was announced was doubt removed as to who the winners of the shield would be. In the Junior final 2C was ably represented by Dickson and Mattliewsg 2M by Misses Grandage and Meharry. The subject, a very timely one indeed, was, Resolved that the British Empire should totally disarm and contribute the saving toward a world police force under the League of Nations for the enforcement of International Law. The girls won by a split decision and so 2M hold the shield this year. For the Seniors SS3, championed by Misses Matthews and Yoiscy, were nobly opposed by Misses Gordon and Ilrady of 3S5. Subject: Resolved that Canada should adopt unemployed insurance. ln spite of the heroic efforts of the girls from 3S3, the clever work of their opponents was just enough to tip the balance of favour toward the representatives of 3S5 who gain the Senior trophy for this year. - A novel feature of this year's iinals was the entertainment provided by the Committee. For the half hour from 2.30-3.00, popular music and