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

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30 SPECULA GALTONIA Hart House Touring Players ASSIE Hall was filled on the night of March 15th when The Hart House Touring Players, under the direction of Mr. Carroll Aikins, presented A Mid- summer Night's Dream. The local ap- pearance of that talented company of actors was secured by the Staff Players Club in the conviction that students could not fail to be more nearly touched by the beauty of this comedy when enacted before their eyes. Newspaper reviewers, here and else- where, have praised not only the finished work of the actors but also the enterprise of Mr. Aikins in conducting an experiment unique in the history of the Hart House Theatre. Be it ours to blazon the fame of our envied schoolmates, Betty Woolner and Mary Wright, who graced the train of Queen Titania. Ours was one of the few schools, out- side of Toronto, to enjoy this presentation, and it is to be hoped that next year will see these players here again. Tx-5 Beethoven By WREATHA LAING HEN Beethoven was born, Mozart was fourteen years of age, Goethe twenty-one-and Napoleon had just been placed in a crib in the island of Cor- SICR. And now, more than a century after the death of this remarkable musician and composer, Ludwig says that posterity dares to approach this man only with bowed head. Says this same writer: He was a fighter, a stormer, a wonder-worker who forged his dreams and disappoint- ments into tones, wrought them into precious substance which he raised above the waters up to heaven. At the age of six Beethoven was recog- nized as a musical prodigy. He played the piano and violin and gave public ex- hibitions of his remarkable skill at this age. But at the age of thirty he could no longer hear the music and beauty of tone with which his own compositions filled the air. He was a lonely, almost deserted figure all his life. He had but few friends, and these seemed always to be trying to take advantage of him in some way or other. Beethoven's was a search for love and the tender touches of human beauty-but he searched in vain. Yet we dare say it might have been ordained this way, since the ages have been enriched by his immor- tal compositions that have sweetened and blessed an entire world. Whose heart does not melt into the fioating tones of a heaven of love and beauty when that great Kreutzer Sonata is played? Es- pecially, if rendered by some Kreisler, let us say? This remarkable genius remained poor the greater part of his life, even when at the height of fame. And the older he grew, the lonelier he became. For hours and days he sought the silence of the country-there, alone, he poured out his soul under the blue sky and soothed his seething spirits among those of Nature- the only understanding forces which he knew belonged to him. Like a homeless orphan, Beethoven trav- elled hither and thither. He really never had a home that he might call home. He longed and longed for the loving touch of human hands--and, in despair, he extended his own hands to the stars and breathed his undying symphonies to the very source of love. Alone did this greatest of musicians die, in a hard bed in a little, out-of-the-way house, while outside a great spring storm raged!

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SPECULA GALTONIA 31 C - - - - - - - - - - - , - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - g Q SE Q T H L E T I C S Q :E ii - e ' rm vm T ' Wu 'TH 0 r ' Boys' Sports LTHOUGH the present school term is as yet far from completed, it might be safe to predict that this year will be the most successful in the history of boys' sports in the school. The senior rugby team has already captured the Hamilton Cup and the basketball team Went farther than any G.C.I. team has ever gone, when they forced a tie with Kitchener, thus necessitating play-off games. The gym. team is doing splendid work and everything points to this year's Physical Education Exhibition being bet- ter than ever. The prospects for a good track and field team are particularly bright and we will look forward to the team doing something of which the school can be proud when the W.O.S.S.A. meet comes around. Pk Pk W SENIOR INTERSCHOLASTIC RUGBY After an absence of three years the coveted Hamilton Cup has been brought back home. This year the team, under the able coaching of Hugh Scott, a former G.C.I. rugby star, finished their league schedule without a loss. Their closest game was in Kitchener, when this worthy team tied the wearers of the red, orange and blue, 11-11. The school's revenge came, however, in the return game, when they beat the K.-W. boys 18-0. No serious casualties weakened the team until, in the last scheduled game, in Brant- ford, Hodgins had his nose broken in a scrimmage. With the loss of their fleet half, the team almost lost heart and the half-time score was 5-3 for Brantford. This was the first time in the season that our team had been on the short end of the score. However, the boys came back and won the game, 15-5. In the W.O.S.S.A. finals, the school was drawn against the noted Sarnia squad, with the first game in Sarnia on Thanks- giving Day. The Sarnia team proved bet- ter at ploughing through mud than our boys, and though Galt secured the first touchdown, a good kicker and a strong wind was too much and the game went to Sarnia, 28-5. Those who made the trip will recall with pleasure for otherwisel the dinner on the train, the stop-over in Paris lOntarioJ, the card game fwas it rummy?J, and the many souvenirs secured in Sarnia and other places along the way. In the home game, weakened by the absence of many regulars due to injuries, the G.C.I. lost 18-2. In these two games, Farina New- lands, of the juniors, helped very ably to fill the gaps. It might also be mentioned that the Sarnia team went on and won the Canadian championship. Mr. Elton managed the team, and the boys certainly appreciate the help which he gave them. The Team: Snap-- Ash Lorriman. Insides- Grandpa Lake, Johnny Thompson. Middles- Pigskin Richmond, Freddie Stahlschmidt. O u t s i d e s- Doc Charlton, Ossie Schultz. Quarter- Dune Mclntosh fCaptainJ. Halves- Big Brute Hodgins, Wallace Beery Scott, Pat Garibaldi. Flying Wing- Fagan Mills. Subs.- Flip Philip, Joe College Herbert, Bunker Burnet, Harvard Brown, Hugh Walker, Gib Snelgrove, Ken Shantz, John Ewart. Games Played and Their Scores Riverdale C. I. fTorontoJ vs. G.C.I. at Galt, G.C.I. 2.6, Riverdale 0. Guelph C. I. vs. G.C.I., at Guelph, G.C.I. 44, Guelph C. I. 0. Brantford' C. I. vs. G.C.I., at Galt, G.C. I. 42, Brantford C. I. 0. K.-W. C. I. vs. G.C.I., at Kitchener, G.C. I. 11, K.-W. C. I. 11. Guelph C. I. vs. G.C.I., at Galt, G.C.I. 54, Guelph C. I. 0. K.-W. C. I. vs. G.C.I., at Galt, G.C.I. 18, K.-W. C. I. 0. Brantford C.I. vs. G.C.I., at Brantford, G.C.I. 15, Brantford C. I. 5. Sarnia C. I. vs. G.C.I., at Sarnia, Sarnia C. I. 28, G.C.I. 5. Sarnia C. I. vs. G.C.I., at Galt, Sarnia C. I. 18, G.C.I. 2.