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

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BLK llsll ELI-IO. HHN NOP. PL'BLlSHl-Ill BY Tllli lC.XS'l'ERN l-X'llO Vol. ? No. ? lVe've Lost Track E.XS'l'l'fRN VOM BIERCE llatez Anytime, W3-8 FOUNDERS' DAY James Virtue, 4Gl O doubt you have won- dered when, where, why and how the Echo Bulletin began. NVell, here's its eventful history up to the present: Back in 1932, SB had a Sunshine Colyum on the side board, edited by Ben Sugarman and Norm Mc- Dermott. The events of the day were recorded and if a student lost grace with the teacher he found his troubles published and com- mented upon. SB had an unsuccessful debate with the Special Class, which de- bate showed signs of con- tinuing in the Sunshine Colyum. Mr. Keast walked in and decided that for the present it would be best to have an eraser applied to the journal. Later the idea of a Sunshine Colyum was used as a school news system. That fall Ben Sugarman organized the Echo Bulle- tin. Mimeographed sheets, containing a resume of the school news, were circulated every Friday morning. Bill Anderson tossed in a con- tribution. Miss Robertson very kindly prepared the stencils and Miss llay mimeographed them. These weekly publications created such interest that it was decided to have a lnnnor- ous Bulletin in the Echo. This year's Echo lloard unanimously decided to continue the Bulletin. The Commerce Central Banke- otherwise known as the Students' Councilnfinanced the work. liven the Staff saw its value in advertising EASTERN ECHO debates, basketball games and special programmes. The Bulletin is very cap- ably operated by Bruce Matthews and his Associ- ates. Ben's ideas were also suc- cessfully applied to the Echo: forn1 news, columns and head lines are innova- tions of his. He is now working full time in the Promotion Department of the Toronto Daily Star and, as this issue shows, still has time to show his affection for the Echo. So Ben, may we extend to you and your co-workers, Norm McDer- mott and Bill Anderson, our heartiest greetings. VVhat more can we say than that the Bulletin you started is growing daily in popularity. As to form news, last year 27 forms contributed and glimpse how many are on this ycaris roll. uve hereby nominate you tihief Scribe of the Bulletin and hope you are enjoying yourself in the Business lVorld. LOONY FABLE Thomas McGuigan, Sp. l Nflf upon a time, in the land of Sl'lfSlelAl.- XYUN, there dwelt a Mil.- l,lfR and his wife. lt was a beautiful place, with BROOKS to turn the huge Xlll.l.S, which ground the flour that was sold in tl.:XY'l'ON and Mll.'l'oN. XYorkers are busy in the fields of XX'lll'l'l'f t'O'l'- TON. while the foremen are asleep beneath the lfl.XlS. And we see the Klll.l.l'fR now returning from town. llis face neither liRAYliNl JR smiling, bears a puzzled look lie has been searching all day long for someone to fix his mill, but though he found a MacBlfTll, A Mc- CUTCHIQON and a Mc- CL'If.iAN, there was not a mechanic to be found. So he, knowing the DAVID- SON be over and since he HAZLICDOIN with li i s work, is going to his home. He, being a modest man, walks into the house by the KIQTCIIICN door. Supper is ready, so he quickly dashes off a few plates of onions, smothered with steaks, and then he inquires of his wife, How about some IIONIQYFORIJ de bread? But she, BOYNTON to his plate remarks, Not finish what you have, there. I see some spinach that you are IIARDING under your potatoes. Her husband replies gruf- fly, Obi why not l.:X'l l'.-X man alone? If he ain't al- lowed to eat in peace, what's the use of a man living? You make my blood BOYl.lf! Says the wife, lX'hat are vou yelling about? You MAXlYlfl.l. money, but still my l'L'RSli is empty. ln any t':XSlf l haven't any decent clothes to HURT- ON, while Xlrs. jones' hus- band tiOlJl7RlfY new dresses for her. You may be shi.-XliTlN your own way, but l hope the day- XYll.SON come when you will IJOXYSONthing for me. .-Xb, keep quiet. remarks the Xlll.l.lflQ. l've got to see my T.-XYl.OR, to order a new tuxedo, because my brother TORRICS on a nail. Sixty-nine

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WHAT IS POETRY Lenore Hague, 3S2 OETRY is a metrical composition produced by creative imagination. Homer, the father of poetry, moulded his ideals into epics. An heroic poem stimulates emotions and lifts your spirit from daily cares. Your mind is carried into the battle and you are living with the hero, the moment of danger and the joys of victory. Your feelings may be aroused by a ballad in which a simple poem of life, love, or war is written. In The Chesapeake and the Shannon you enjoy the liveliness of the short story put into verse. Poetry brings a feeling of restfulness to the reader. In the Sonnet Composed Upon Westminster Bridge you can picf ture that great city, London, sleeping in the early morningg you can feel the peacefulness pervading the air. Perhaps the description is of such a simple thing as a brook and yet you are impressed by the artistic arrangement. Tennyson depicts the beauty of one of the gifts of nature in The Brook. Out of the picture portrayed for you in words you can see the sunbeams dancing on the water in the morning and the brook flowing on until evening. Then, bef neath the moon and stars the water ripf ples like molten silver. .Who could fail to be impressed by its utter beauty? The writer may express his feelings in a lyric and the poet's joy or sorrow leaps into your heart. In When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night you catch the poet's passing fancy from the carefree, little boy to the disillusioned man. Poetry suits all your moods. Each poet has his own style of writing and the topics are varied. WHY STUDY DEBATING? Leonard Mason, 4G2 HEN the subject of debating arises, a steadily diminishing minority still maintain that it is not esf sential for the average student in High Schools, that it is only profitable to lawyers, politicians or lecturers. These people are greatly misinformed for they underfestimate the wonderful opportunity for development that is off fered by the art of debating. Debating is an art, in that it develops great skill in oral expression and the ability to think quickly and accurately. These qualities are needed by every individual who, at some time or other, may influence others and bring them to see his point of view. Debating in school makes the pupils not only selffreliant and proficient, in oral speech but also in the ability to see through a difficult problem and to be able to reason correctly and logically. Many debaters in their formal speeches strive only to show their superior cleverf ness or mastery of eloquence over their opponentsg this is not the true purpose of debating but rather is it to create the skill in persuading others to see your side of the subject. lt has been proved that by rigid disf cipline and hard training, persons of little debating promise can become very proficient debaters. Debating tends to develop an extensive vocabulary, a fam- ous statistician shows that one who has at his disposal a great number of words has usually attained success or nearfsucf cess, for he can express his thoughts more clearly both to himself and to others and so may rise to leadership among his fellowfmen. If this is true, why not study debating in High Schools to a greater degree than we are doing tofday? l Sixty-eight EASTERN ECHO

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PAGE 2 THE BULLETIN Iwon't be able to borrow it, and HAWKINS a man take you to the BALFOUR tel 'OSTHOFF children, unless he is properly dres- sed? I've got to MCCREA, while the sun shines. Be- sides, I have a big DIL- LGN, and though things look BLACK now, if this deal goes through, some DAVY shall have lots of money, so just GILL time until then and iquit nag- ging. ' So HEENAN his wife made up once again. N. B. If this were a BIGGAR story, I probably VVOODVVARD it differ- ently. i FINIS A MODEL BOOKKEEP- ING LESSON Jean Bright, ZF. FIRST you take a post- closing trial balance, Bill Payable and Bills Re- ceivable and post to Gen- eral Journal. The answer to General Journal:S-4,000.01. After that, post it to Cash journal and make the opening entry in the Pur- chase Journal. From this you subtract the assets from the liabilities:Mer- chandise Sales:7c, which you post to Trading and Profit and Loss Statement and then put everything in it and the answer is 512,345- ,675 Don't forget to post the Cr. Items first and Dr. Items last. ' NIMROD BAGS BIG GAME Lloyd Perryman, 3B NE day during the Christmas Holidays I was out at a friend's farm, and we decided to go rabbit hunting. At nine o'clock we set out with our guns and haversacks, dressed in our old clothes, and wear- ing rubber boots. Our first experience was in a large field, I1 jack- Seventy rabbit hopped up in front of us when we were not prepared, and as a result he reached the hedge safely. At last we reached the bush, where we separated, making a large circle. We had not gone far when I heard the sound of two dis- tant shots, then I heard a yell, which meant that I was to be on the lookout for the jack which my com- panion had missed. I had not waited long before a large rabbit came into view. I took the safety off my gun and moved slowly and silently upon my quarry. After getting as close as I dared, I took careful aim and fired, and to my sur- prise I missed him. Away I went after him, falling, tripping and going through ice and snow banks. At last the jack came to a stop, I stopped and took aim. just then a branch fell from the tree, causing the gun to go off, and frightened the rabbit. This was enough for me. So I reloaded my gun stood still and waited Along came a rabbit and another one joined it on its mad dash for freedom. Such a chance came once in a lifetime-two rabbits at once. I was so overcome at the sight that I became nervous and the gun went off and killed the two rab- bits and one behind a tree. 1 LEO THE FLEA Rose Long, 3Sl HE moral of this story is- Always let a flea have its own way, it may be going to visit another flea. Leo was a handsome lit- tle fellow, but he was not very wealthy. He lived in an attic room on Ted, the mongrel's, back. He was very much in love with a delicate young flea, named Flora, who was very well educated and had dis- tinctive breeding. She lived with her snobbishcparents in a palatial mansion situ- ated under the left arm of the famous and prize-win- ning Alsatia,n, called Lady- smith, but with their man- sion on such ia titled piece of property, why shouldn't Flora's parents be uppish? Well, as the story goes, Leo buried his pride in Ted's back, and went out to woo Flora. Her stern parents caught Leo just as he was climbing Lady- smith's front leg. With much abuse, Leo was order- ed to leave Ladysmith and never to darken her front leg again. So, broken in heart and spirit, he crawled quickly home. Five days he spent in anguish, until he became so thin that even Ted didn't bother to scratch him off anymore. Then one day Leo set forth again, swearing that he'd win his love or die, and so wthile Ladysmith was ta.king her afternoon nap, he crawled up her nose, over her ear, across her shoulder, and around her left arm. There was his lady love tightly bound with hair, in an upstairs room. Rage sent Leo into such a fit that he became insane, and biting Lady- smith until she jumped up, he rushed to the top of her head, and committed sui- cide by jumping one foot and nine inches to the floor. Poor Leo! OUR STENOS EASTERN ECHO