Elmira District Secondary School - Oracle Yearbook (Elmira, Ontario Canada)

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THE ORACLE 71 with frightful havoc into their own destruction. This, though, is not the fault of the mathematicians or the chemist. It is the product of ruthless dictators foolhardy for fame. Such, however, is eclipsed by the useful ways in which mathematics has been employed. J oHN Momus HOME ECONOMICS The first of the term found our girls busily engaged in the most necessary of domestic achieve- ments-cooking. We shall admit it was not all first-rate, but that is only to be expected as man-y of the girls have not had a great deal of practical experience in cooking in their homes. On the whole, though, the Grade X girls have turned out some very delectable meals. Very likely, most of you have noticed the appetizing aro- mas seeping through the bottom of the Home Economics door on the days when the girls were in the midst of preparing a meal. They have not only showed their aptn-ess in cooking, but also in such lines as laundering, keeping the Home Economics' room clean and tidy, and also sewing. In connection with sewing, the first work attempted this year was in the line of crafts. Hemstitched, linen guest towels were made in very pretty pastel shades. They were cross-stitch, embroidered in contrasting colours, and, when finished, looked very attractive. The next sewing accomplishment was the making of lingerie. It was the daintiest and perhaps the most difficult of all the sewing done so far, this term, as there were many varieties of stitches and seams involved in it. A The Grade X Home Economics girls are also willing Red Cross ff' workers and have completed sol- diers' personal property bags, which were made of either chintz or cretonne. They have now been given the pleasant privilege of making the drapes for the Home Economics Room. This room has not had drapes since the school was built and we are sure they will add even more to its attractiveness. The girls are now in the process of making them, and they are being made in a shade to harmonize with the wall treatments and furnish- ings of the room. They are all hoping the drapes won't take too long as they are planning next on making skirts. After this, the girls are eagerly anticipating such activities as an afternoon tea, a Red Cross Bazaar, and also a mannequin show. CONNIE D1LLoN - THE RE'PORT-CARD EPISODE' 1941 On the night of January twenty Glum faces could be found a-plenty. While Father read, my knees just shook, He passed it to Mother and said, Just look! Then Mother read and said, Why, dear, I thought you were doing better this year. Dad spoke in a voice which made me meek: No more skating three nights a week. Next morning as I came up the walk, I heard an abundance of similar talk, By the time I reached the upper hall, My father and mother were best of all. -ADAM HACKETT

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THE oRAcl.E 73 CHEMISTRY When newspapers are screaming headlines filled. with the tales of battle, Why should we think of the chemists? They seem of no history- making character. Without the modern chemist, however, there would be no magnetic mine to harass shipping, no plane to rain death. Therefore, the chemist has been the unwitting inventor of modern war. The steel used for the guns and planes of war has the same chem- ical formula as the steel used by mechanics for automobiles. They do not fear the automobile. Then, a tyrant eager for territorial expan- sion has used the chemists' inno- vations to serve his purpose. The chemist discovered. the gases which the axis militarists would use in a gas-raid on Britain. Little they dreamed that some day these harmless gases would be the dread of millions. To decrease the fatality of the gases the chemist has produced the gas mask. Thus he is helping to decrease the devastation of mod- ern war. He studies the composi- tion of bombsg first, to paralyze the enemy's industry, secondly, to bet- ter methods of combating the deadly missiles. To the patriot in the front-line, the chemist has given means of purifying water and preserving food. The discovery of radium has brought one of the physician's greatest servants, the X-ray. So the usefulness of chemistry in war fills volumes, but the best we can do is realize that we cannot, Without the chemists, produce the necessary sinews of modern war. -RAY l3o'r'r, GRADE XIII. FRENCH IN THE MAKING This year, Grade XII has enjoyed its French better than ever. You see, the course includes a romantic story or two, and this gives the pupils the idea that they are leav- ing naivete for the youngsters , Now, don't think that we're casting Pierrille and sa jolie Millette aside, but we are engrossed in the happenings of the hero Silvio, and. our never-to-be-forgotten character of Cucugnanl Then, too, we will always con- sider it a pleasure to sit down be- fore our Cours Moyen and read about Monsier Bricourt and his ad- ventures on the orange peeling. In future years when our children, perhaps, are studiously endeavour- ing to master the French vocabu- lary, we will gladly open our hearts to Les Deux Timides with its eternal triangle, and the fate of Monsieur Dupre et ses poules co- miques ! Won't it be jolly to pon- der over the scene of those dear drunken fowl with their little red coats to protect their tender, plucked, pimply skins? Perchance you should meet some- body who would remind you of Cecile and her romantic difficulties concerning Fremissin, you can re- ply to him that you still think Annette and Thibaudier could have made a good pair. Approaching the shooting-gal- lery in some foreign city may recall to you with a pang that Le Coup de Pistolet was your favorite story. Farther down the street, you might meet an old school chum who is awaiting with trepidation an interview with a prominent busi- ness man g he is at a loss for words, so you remind him of the French