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

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RAN DOM N EW s FROM THE FORMS THE response to the Eastern Echo's first attempt at a form news section was splendid. The Editor thanks the students for their A support in this new enterprise and also expresses appreciation to the individual contributors. 1B There's Thelma and Ritag they're Lembkes you know, Then there's Betty and Audrey who act just so so, But for shrimps the prize goes to our little Miss Wickettg She's the one who'll be there when you've got a kid's ticket. Well, here comes Jen Linny with Helen McKee, They've just had a iight that's as plain as can be. And there sits Denike in a spasm of chuckles, While Marjorie is iiddling with her galosh buckles. Did I mention plump Vera and Elsie her chum? We sent her a jig-saw when quinsy had come. Do you see Miss Marg. Rogers, in satin so pink? ' How cute she would look wearing that on a rink! C 'A' ir nk 1C A is for Ada who at science is goodg B is for Baker who does as she shouldg for Crowhurst, Curtis and Carter- . But these three, I fear, are regular martyrs, D is for Drummond who's always a gleam, E is for Edna and also Eileen, And so you will see they make a good team. F is for Fisher, also Faloon, Both anticipating finals in June. C is Seventy-+wo RESOLUTION OF 1D MURIEL HANDY, ID Next year we are all going to join the Glee Club. Yes, Sir. Why? Think of all the times they are prac- ticing in the auditorium While we are sullenly poring over books. 'k'k'k In one of our French exercises there is the question, What do you read? While we were doing this exercise under Mr. Halpenny's Watch- ful eye, little Esther Lutrofsky shot up her hand and said, Please sir, how do you say comics in French? Now we know what kind of literature Esther reads. 'A' 'A' 'k Helen Readmond: May I get the ink, sir? Teacher: Why, are you thirsty? ir ir uk 1 E This is the voice from Portable A crying in the wilderness. Our stove came through the Winter pretty fair, that is for Ward Sz Clarke at the back of the rooms, the ones at the front not faring near so well. Our windows should have been equipped with no- draft ventilation during the winter when there was an episode of window opening. In sports we have McDowell, the first-year champ in swimming, and also a star basketball player on the junior team. EASTERN ECHO l .

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Interviews with Seniors To succeed in one's life work, pur- suance of diligent study is essential. -Incidentally, WHEN does baseball start? -Stan Norman, Track Star. iii' A safe channel to school interest is through sports activity. -Jack Smith, Track Star. 'A' ir 'A' If you can't play with a bat, try a banjo. -Anon. at 'A' ir X iafjfix y l f' If fr Rx ifff , 5'N,V fi' N r 6 X. x . X l , i X 'Ny ,. The Homework Robot will clo away with scenes like this. 'kiri' Teacher: Who was Canada's greatest soldier? Student: General Motors, sir. -L. C. I. Tatler. iii' Teacher: Are you sure that this is a purely original composition? Student: Well, sir, you might find one or two of the words in a diction- ary. -The Vulcan. 'k'k'k Teacher Cexasperatedbz Brown, who explains the movies when you g0?n Voice from rear: Kay does. EASTERN ECHO Near-sighted old lady: Look, there's a dear old-fashioned girl. Her dress buttons all the way up the back. Shirley Grant: Nonsense, that's her backbone. 'kit Teacher- Give me a few sugges- tions that would make the C.P.R. a paying concern. Pupil- The directors can't figure that out. How do you expect me to ? 'kit The teacher had been laboriously pointing out to the children that the Spanish Armada was seven and a half miles long and was composed of one hundred and thirty ships. He also pointed out that the king nick-named it the Invincible Armada . Turning to a small boy he asked, What did King Philip of Spain nick-name his Spanish Armada? Small Boy- Please, sir, he called it the 'Invisible Armada'. 'kit Two boys were walking in the woods. The one picking up a chest- nut burr shouted, Hey Bill, look what I found. A porcupine's egg. -The Vulcan. 1 -if if BACHELOR'S OWN CORNER French Cookie Mixture M cup butter 1V2 cups brown sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla 3M3 cups pastry flour, or 3 cups bread flour. Cream the butter: add sugar, and cream together thoroughly. Add the beaten eggs, then the flour sifted with baking powder. Chill for several hours. When shaping the dough, roll only about one-third of the mixture at one time. Seventy-one

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