Galt Collegiate Institute and Vocational School - Specula Galtonia Yearbook (Galt, Ontario Canada)

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20 SPECULA GALTONIA - In so far as the Commercial Department of the School is concerned the science course corresponds closely to the course in physiography taught in the Collegiate. The course in physics as presented in the Tech- nical Department differs from Collegiate physics in that no Work is done in light or sound, but more attention is given to heat and magnetism. Theoretical electricity is taken during each of the three years in this de- partment. In addition, the boys of this department are taught to handle problems on work, horsepower, levers, pulleys, etc., a course which cor- responds to the mechanics of the Upper School in some respects. Much of the apparatus in the new laboratory has been selected for experimental work in the above mentioned course. Owing to the lack of a laboratory heretofore, the chemistry studied by Technical pupils has been necessarily very little in extent, but now it is to be confidently expected that this work will be vastly more interesting and helpful to the pupils on account of the increased scope in practical pos- sibilities. The science of the Home Economics Department which will also be provided for in the new laboratory has a distinct leaning toward the chemistry of foods and fabrics and the experimental understanding of modern methods of improving our environment, such as sanitation, ventila- tion, etc. It will be clear from a knowledge of the completeness with which our Vocational Schools are being equipped, that the Department of Education and the local boards of education are determined to provide the graduates of our Vocational Schools with a preparation for their wage-earning activ- ities which is just as sound in every respect as the preparation given by our Collegiate Institutes to their graduates for entrance into higher institutions of learning. sms Thunderstorm By HAROLD DANDO SLIGHT rumble, the courier of the approaching storm, broke the heavy, brooding stillness of the atmosphere. In the west, dark, large, cumulus clouds were piling up, like huge balloons, and were fast approaching. The smiling, blue sky was being blotted out by sombre, frowning clouds. Suddenly a bright flash ripped the heavens asunder, fol- lowed by a deep rumble as of some distant cannon. Nature was deathly still, awaiting the wrath of the gods. This ex- pectancy was broken by a sudden rush of wind, a blinding flash, and a ripping roar, as torrents of rain pelted to the thirsty earth. Trees bowed before the mighty wind as people bow before a mighty monarch, branches were tossed about like the playthings of some child, and leaves and dust were flying everywhere. After a full ten minutes of this powerful exhibition of the gods' rage and might, their ire seemed to abate, for soon a little strip of blue was seen to grow broader as the gulf widens between an outgoing liner and the dock. Soon nothing could be heard but the faint grumbling of the storm as it passed on eastward, and only a few, distant, intermittent flashes, and the rain, pouring down in the distance, could be seen.