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

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RED CROSS EXECUTIVE First Row-Kay Kalbfleisch, Connie Dillon, Betty Vice, Maureen Thur, Bette Dillon. Second Row-Betty Schaefer, Margaret Lutz, Erma Gingrich, Kathleen Lorch, Helen Roberts, Alice Henrich. Third Row-Ross Weichel, Ralph Robbins, Murray Heinbuch, Albert Lorch. ATHLETIC SOCIETY Front Row-Erma Martin, Shirley Good, Vivian Cooper, Marie Simmons, Miss Axford, Beverly Shurly. Back Row-Howard Good, Bill Arnold, John Arnold, Carl Schuett, Jack Allgeier

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32 THE- QRACLE My Experiences ot a Summer Vacation on the Farm The farm to which I went was quite close to my home and so I slept at home. At live-thirty I got up and sped off to the farm where I was greeted by Bobby, the dog. My first task was to get the cows. Soon I learned to ride a horse and thus saved myself much walk- ing. The cows soon knew, when they saw a rider on horse-back and the dog and heard my loud shouts, that it was time to head for home. Then I tried to milk a cow. I found out that cows are temperamental and prefer their own milker. I learned how to feed calves and that it's not only putting a pail of milk before them, but that they need a scientific feeding to do well. I enjoyed playing with them when they tried to bunt. Horses interested me most. I liked cleaning them, washing them after a hard dayis work, and feeding them. I learned how to buckle the harness, al- though I was not tall enough to put it on the horse. I learned the parts of the harnessg such as, the hames, the belly band, the tugs, the traces, the collar, the martingale, the bridle, and the lines. I learned to hitch them to any vehicle single or double. I learned how to handle a team on a wagon, a hayloader and a plough. I enjoyed standing on a high load of hay or grain. In the har- vest time I learned how to build a load of grain and stay on my feet. Une day I had to step on to the front rack of a load and fell off. The boss said, That's how everybody learns. They have to fall off a wagon once anyway. In the barn I set the slings and built the mow. I learned a great deal about other feeds, as turnips, mangolds, and corn. I used to cut corn, load it on the wagon and bring it out to the fields for the cattle. Hoeing of turnips never 'ap- pealed to me, but one day I found a bird's nest in the potato patch and to my surprise it belonged to a kildeer. I -found other interesting birds' nests be- longing to sparrows, robins, starlings, song sparrows, and in our garden, wrens, tree sparrows, martins and canaries. I was greatly interested in the chick- ens. I helped keep clean the colony houses and drinking pails and learned how to mix the feeds. I thought it lots of fun hunting the eggs. I often was surprised to find a nest in most unusual places. Of course I spent much time ,playing with the chicks, putting them in my lap and watching them go to sleep. One chick in particular would follow me all around the yard when I called it while I was pulling weeds. My days on the farm were not all work. I spent a great deal of time romping with the dog and chasing around on the farm apparently after nothing but never the less highly ex- cited. The outside air seemed to make me very hungry and how I enjoyed the plain wholesome food fresh from the garden and larderg I was delighted when school started later. I found that my experience on the farm was helpful, health-giving, and full of fun. -IREINIE HAIN, X The Student's Part of the War Breathes there a student with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said- I,m getting out of this school and lim going to do something useful for my country. You've felt it, and live felt it-that urge to get actively into the war. It's because there is a war right here and right now and we are part of it. But, have you ever stopped to think that the students of to-day must be the statesmen of to-morrow? The roots of civilization are too long to he withered by hate or blasted by bombs. It is up to us to preserve the finer things of life. ' '- All over the world boys and girls are clamouring to do their part, In the I Continued on page 411

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