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

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r in lf' 1 ' V tif? WN y 5 Q 'iifliluffiv iii it T ur A -xii 1 y s s? ' Hallowe'en Party 0n the dark, gloomy night of October 30, the Elmira High School was the scene of a hilarious Hallowe'en party. The stage was very spooky looking with pumpkin faces grinning mysteriously, and a huge yellow moon in the sky, in front of which witches flew hither and thither on broom sticks. Costumes lent themselves to the eeri- ness of -the occasion. Grass skirts and corn stalks added the inflammableness of the gym, Indians lurked in dark corners with hatchets held high, and Colonial ladies mingled with gypsies and clowns. The most original costume was a pleated Star Weekly, the comic section holding the interest of most. Upstairs in Room 2 Miss MacVicar took charge of the games. Relays were played with Indian clubs with the lucky winners receiving kisses from Miss Mac- Vicar' fcandy, we hopej. Downstairs Glenn Watson threw some to the right and some to the -left, everyone ending up with a partner in the Paul Jones. Mrs. D. Cale led a Conga Line in which everyone took part 'and soon learned the one, two, three, kick fmostly the kickl. The initiation was enjoyed by all except those who drank a new brand of ginger ale invented by our promising chemists. -KATHLEEN KALBFLEISCH BETTY VICE The Christmas Dance During December the halls were simply buzzing with plans for the an- nual Christmas Dance. Finally the week of Friday the eighteenth arrived and the decorating committee swung right in gathering the small Christmas trees which adorned the balcony rail. They came out with a most brilliant idea this year, having huge red candles alternately along the balcony with the miniature trees. The traditional big trees--minus lights due to wartime regulations-were on each side of the stage standing guard on Bob Donnelle's favourite orchestra, to which students and guests danced. A huge E. H. S. evergreen wreath, also a brain-wave of the committee, bedecked the back wall. Every one had a wonderful time and went home happy. -MARC. BRUBACHER, XI Activities Curtailed Owing to the war, our social activities have been considerably curtailed, and our school clubs reduced in number. The new defence course, the shortened school year, and rationing . . . all have had a part in shifting the emphasis.

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414 y THE ORACLE: LATIN Etiam Regina Errorem Facere Potest Regina Elizabeth novos milites in R. A. F. Americanos et Canadienses in- spiciebat. Ante puerum sex pedes longum stetit Sua Majestas. Omnes vos Canadienses videntur esse viri alti. amice dixit illa. Wllua lVlajestas respondit 'Lin Anglia natus sum. Regina jugulum fthroatl claravit, rogavit virum inter copias Americanas unde esset uldurminghamv dixit. Regina meminit virum Canadiensem qui non erat Canadiensis et cito. Mlbiv inquit 'ifuif' Non, ma'am, respondit, Mah come fum Birmingham in Alabama. Umquam .audivistisne de parvo ho- mine stulto qui cepit ad lecticam scalas secum ut mane surgere posset? Puzzle I ..... ......... C there U ...... ......,. A shadow L ...... ........ E slowly I ,..... ...... S fire U ...... ...,.... A beyond S ...........,........ R sister CSee page 56 for answers? Cur Mussolini sudarium fhandker- chief I album portat? Id solum est in quad ille ponere suum nasum potest nisi Hitlerem consuluit. Proverbia Numquam bonum fuit bellum neque mala pax. Verba sunt feminaeg acta sunt viri. Amicus in necessitate est vere amicus. Bene factum est melius quam bene dic- lllllll. ASSIGNMENT IN BRITANNY 4'Assignment in Britannyn by Helen Maclnnes is one of the outstanding war novels of the year. It is a story of espionage in occupied France. Bertrand Corlay, a French soldier, had escaped from Dunkirk to England, where he lay wounded in a hospital. Martin Hearne, an Englishman, re- sembled Corlay exactly and was taught to become as much like him in charac- ter as possible. After having achieved this to the best of his ability, Hearne was dropped down by means of a para- chute in Northern France with one idea in view-to investigate how and when the Nazis intended to use the' French coast. He made his way to St. Deodat, Corlay's home town, and was accepted by the invalid, Mrs. Corlay, as her long- absent son. Within a short time the Nazis occupied the little village placing soldiers on guard and posting their swastikas everywhere. But complica- fall tions arose--not only did Hearne in love with Ann, Corlay's iiancee, but and his he had to endure many hardships even imprisonment in concealing work from the Germans. p 5 The novel ends with Hearne escaping from Britanny, heading for England with his work completed, and feeling assured that he had done his part for his home land-Great Britain. -BETTY SCHUMMER, XIII JUKUS-Olim erat parva puella quae semper stolas limosas fmuddyi habebat, quod in locis limosis ludebat. Uno die mater ei dixit Te interiiciam, si in limosis locis iterum ludes? Tamen postridie parva puella inli- mosis locis ludebat et limosa fiebat. Mater eam interfecit. '