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

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52 SPECULA GALTONIA Sur le Pont d'Avignon GAIN 3a made a second pleasing con- tribution to the 'Lit.' meetings when the girls of the form, under the care- ful direction of Miss Carter, presented a quaint little French play. The curtain rose revealing an attractive group of French peasant girls, playing on the bridge of Avignon. A pleasing detail was the trail- ing eighteenth century costumes and dainty white muslin caps worn by the girls. In a moment they joined hands and sang in French a Folk-song of the seven- teenth century entitled, Sur le Pont d'Avignon, while they skipped back and forth in rhythm with the music. As they were seated breathless from the' exertion and chatting vivaciously en Francois, an old Woman appeared. She Was greeted en- thusiastically and made comfortable in their midst, then the girls begged her to tell them a story. The grandmother agreed, and began to relate very clearly and expressively how she had met Napo- leon on several occasions. Her interested little group were even more impressed when they were shown the very glass from which the Emperor had taken his Wine when staying at her home. After the story the girls and the grandmother departed together, still talking about the Wonderful times of Napoleon's regime. fini! Figuratively Speaking OUR SCHOOL FINANCES HE G. C. I. and V. S. Treasury is a Board of Finance, composed of the Principal, secretary, a treasurer, the two directors of Physical education, the School captain and girl captain. The functions of this board are to receive all monies from the various school organizations, to review their budgets of expenses and to pay all authorized accounts. As the pupils contribute both directly and indirectly to these funds they should examine carefully the financial statement. These funds make possible the carrying out of a varied program of school activities by means of which the social, the physical and the musical sides -of education are promoted. Pupils Who fail to take advantage of these privileges are neglecting very important elements of a true educa- tion. RECEIPTS EXPENSES General Accountz- Books and Stationery ..... .... S 24.017 By Balance ......................... .... 5 501.67 T0 H-Y Club ----.----.-------- ---- 1 2-00 Contributions of Pupils .......... 256.25 R118-'by C1115 ----------------- ---- 2 14-57 Rugby Club ........................... . 85.45 Rugby Dance ----- ---- 1 42-02 Rugby Dance ..... ...... .... 1 2 3.65 Soft Ball --------- - 83-05 Soft Ball ,............'.,.-..... . 21.90 Basket Ball ............................. . 55.80 Basket B311 ,.......,.,,.,,....... ' 57.75 Cadet Corps .................................. 74.24 Cadet Corps ........................ .... G lee Club arid Orchestra ------------ 171-29 Glee Club and Orchestra ..... .... 2 29.85 Lltefafy SQC19l5Y ---- 3 -.-------------- - 1-50 Literary Society ................. . Sch'-701 S0021 Evenmg ----- - 59-95 School Social Evening ..... .... 4 8.76 81325 28 5 838 E G. C. I. AND V. S. TREASURY-Sept. lst to March lst The Physical Education exhibit to be held in April will, with the same success of 1929, yield a surplus of 817712. fOver its expensesl. Our Annual Field Day will, by 1929 precedent, require an expense outlay of 310275. It is expected that the Specula Galtonia, The Cadet Dance and Banquet will each balance their expenses and receipts. By these estimates our 1929 balance of 8501.67 will be slightly increased. N. E. CHALLEN, Treasurer.

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SPECULA GALTONIA LITERARY SOCIETY EXECUTIVE Foreground'-Mary Wardlaw, Councillor: Betty Woolner, Second Vice-President: Janet Wood, Sec. Background-Edgar Hudson, Presidentg Lawrence Snelgrove, Treasurerg Mary Wright, lst Vice-Pres. to the pulpit, and in appealing, melan- choly tones begins, Friends, Romans and countrymen, lend me your ears . . . Bear with meg despite a noble effort his voice chokes with sobs and he buries his head in in his toga. Second Citizen Cody, sympathetically- Poor soul, his eyes are red as fire with Weeping. Antony struggles along gallantly un- til reaching the Word Will, where he peps up considerably. Fourth Citizen Clarkus fcraning his neck with interestj- We'll hear the Will, read it Marc Antony. General Whoopee ensues, all shrieking, We Will, we Will, We will hear the will !! Antony steps down to be immediately swallowed by the multitude, but recovers to begin earnestly, If you have tears . . . Look you here, gently lifts up Head's mantle and Julius at once contracts to a remote corner. First Citizen Tait, horror stricken- Oh spectacle. royally- Oh noble Caesar! piteous Lady, Phillipus, wailing-- Oh woeful day! Clarkus, furiously- Oh treacherous vil- lains! Tait, with a hot look- Go fetch fire! Clarkus, energetically- Chuck down forms, windows, anything. Mob roars out with blood-thirsty howls carrying Julius. 51

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SPECULA GALTQNIA 53 'N S- L ,A GDDCH By EDITH DOWLER and by soothing strains of music, the knight is ever attracted. Then it is that the real gives way to the fanciful and the friends, by rhythmic tap of dancing toes, elusive moments slip quickly, Praily by ..... ll By the happy laughter of his gay young The Social Evening N the middle of November the most popular event among the pupils took place-the social evening. The main feature of the evening was dancing in the upper gymnasium, although an equally large crowd was gathered in the gallery, intensely absorbed watching a fast and exciting crokinole contest, where many valiant knights and fair damsels of the crokinole board eagerly strove to maintain high honours and noble characters, unstained by base defeats. At 10.30 a life-sustaining lunch was served in the Cafeteria by the Senior girls. Then, refreshed once more, dancing was resumed until midnight when we reluctantly had to consider the 1929 social evening gone but not for- gotten. GL Rugby Dance OTWITHSTANDING the blustering weather of Fri- day evening, December the twentieth, the 1929 Rugby Dance Was one of the most successful in the school's glorious record. Owing to the almost unsurmountable snow-drifts on the roads and highways, very few of the out-of-town pupils attended, but the encouraging turn-out of ex-students reassured us, once again, that the Veterans are behind us in everything we attempt. An unusual oc- currence about the dance was that everyone was in time for the first extra-we should perhaps admit that the orchestra was a little late in arriving. The peppy and inspiring music which made the dance so great a success was supplied by Bill Stewart and his Royal Connaught orchestra from Hamilton. The decora- tions in the gymnasium were a work of art, a master- piece-mere words make ample description futile. We feel quite sure that unless one witnessed them, in person, one could not fully appreciate the painstaking efforts and subtle workmanship displayed in the intricate designs of the false ceiling.