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

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- an-41-U ix . Q, UML. A A PARATDS ' if i if I spi A 5 1 in --..- lfhgmxllll .-p Oh this learning what a thing it is.', Sth Form WILFRED R. TUTTON Scott- What kind of rock is this, sir? Mr. Hamilton- Albite. Scott- So will I. ' . . . . . . N. 'P Q --- Richmond, the noted smokes critic, says- Brunettes are like Canadian cigars-guaranteed to kill outright at a hundred yards. 4111432 Master- John, in my Wardrobe there are- Servant- Cigars, sir. Master-- How did you find them? Servant- Excellent, sir. Pkflfrif Mr. Hamilton- What is the weight of your crucible plus contents, Harold? Dando-H18 grams + 2 grams respect- ive1y. Mr. Hamilton- What is the weight of 83 N 1 MODELS lh .Soup Gfomfriv lv-'fl 5 fir C44 Mn 0 lllx' . A 1 , - Ill dk A ' ,-A J e l l - fx - ' ' w iekaryweffsw The wa! 5f Sus If the crucible plus the contents after heat ing ? si Dando Cabsentmindedlyb- 1.69 grams r. Scott's voice from behind- H'm, 'heav ens, fella, you musta driven off the cruc ,D ible, too. BSI

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fig. a xg l . s c , . ,,, p g C A , s, 5 SPEGUP-A v C'A T,ON' 3 Matriculation Valedictory E, the graduates of the Galt Col- legiate Institute for 1930, stand before you to-night with mingled emotions. We are experiencing a feeling of sadness that is not akin to pain at leaving our kindly mother, but with it comes an excitement at stepping forth into another world. Hitherto we have enjoyed only privileges but now we shall begin to attend the school of experience. The five years spent in this Collegiate Institute have changed our entire outlook on life. When first we entered these halls of learning we were filled with awe at something altogether foreign to public school. We were cowed by the grandilo- quent manners of those older t'han WG, and for a time, were overjoyed when they consented to bestow passing glances upon us. But our timidity vanished presently and we too began to join in the Jest and youthful jollity, A Quips and cranks and wanton wiles, Nods and becks and wreathed smilesf' Throughout the years we have taken increasingly great interest in the life of our school, and we have grown to love her and to revere her records of the past. We hark back to the days when she had her beginning in 1852, under the leader- ship of Michael Howe. Co-education was not yet established and then and through the long principalship of Dr. Tassie only the hum of boys' voices sounded in the corridors and classrooms. Tassie's Apes led a school life very different to ours of to-day. They learned their lessons in the shadow of the ferrule, and grew up as sons to the noble master who taught them. Their leisure hours were times to spend in joyous abandon on the playing-field, showing their skill in cricket, football and baseball--sports which have givem place to our more glamorous rugby and basketball and gymnastics. They shamed not to battle with bullets of snow in the army of king winter, and when colds gripped them Mrs. Tassie was at hand with potent remedies to minister to their needs. 82 Mr. John Bryant, the next headmaster, was an advocate of modern methods. He closed up the girls' school down town and henceforth boys and girls were instructed under one roof. Competitive sport was emphasized and our rugby teams' first ofiicial ancestors was made in the form of cracking football teams. Another school activity begun in this regime was the Literary and Musical society, which re- tains its original vigor and freshness for our benefit to-day. In 1899 Colonel A. J. Oliver organized the 21st Cadet Corps, and boys were trained to take part in the defence of their country should their servioeqs be needed. The Cadet Corps fills an import- ant place among our curricular activities. In the years of the Great War the boys and girls of this school played their part in the struggle and we pause here to re- vere the memory of forty-eight of ,them who died for freedom. We have passed during our high school days from childhood to young manhood and womanhood. The sheer joy of living still permeates our beings and we realize that our childish ideas and illusions have been changed and that now we are learn- ing to think. Mathematics has taught us to combine facts and produce new truthg Languages have taught us precision and History has inspired us, to reach up to the stars and grasp them to ourselves. Friendships have been formed in this half decade, which shall never fall away into ruin. We have here found compan- ions who are ever sympathetic, and lov- ing and kind to us both on the faculty and in the bodv of schoolfellows, whose friendship has helped and inspired us to greater heights of ambition. We have come now to the parting of the ways. We have clung together as schoolmates for five happy years, b'ut at last each must seek his own task in the business of life, and carry on his en- deavours away from his fellow students, under the guidance of the hand of God. JACK DAWSON.

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if ARA 1-Us! A Charles had been out for the evening with his best girl. When he arrived home he found his father sitting up. The old man looked up and shook his head. f'Hae you been oot with yon lassie again? he asked. Sure, dad, replied Chuck, Why the worried look? I was just wondering how much the evening cost. Oh, no more than half a buck dad, that was all she had. vlsisvk WO, THE DAY, YEA! WO THE HOUR When we find Margoles wearing a neck- tie. When Willard drives anything but a Ford faeroplanes excludedl. - When we find Dawson, the man who made Preston juniors known, in the play-offs. Or when members of the Hi-Y Club are able to get into classes at 1.31, after a meeting, without late passes. PARA TUS ii Mr. Hamilton- It has been said, Dorc- thy, that there is very little difference be- tween cooking and chemistry. Then where is the great resemblance ? Miss French Qand then on fleet wings the inspiration camel- When one egg, not necessarily an extra or even a first, long having remained in the aqueous solu- tion of sodium sylicate, is precipitate to the congoleum, an odour is produced not in the least unlike that of hydrogen sul- phide. And it is that very same Dorothy who wonders, if, after taking liquid air, one would have to bother breathing. :Fig And Dawson feels flattered when the Scotch rugby fan yells get that quarter back. , - ik Pk :Ig JESS WILLARD'S MOTTO Don't sit down in the meadow and wait for the cow to back up to be milked--go after the cow! 4A Form News The first number on the social pro- gram of 4A was a Weiner roast, held at Ross Chapman's, quite early in the year. The form left the school in small groups, the more fortunate ones riding. After choosing two teams we played ball till it grew too dark to see Betty's fast balls and then adjourned to a nearby woods where a great fire of stumps was built. Here games were played until the hot dogs and coffee were served, followed by marshmallows and pie. As the fire died down we Went to the house, where the games were resumed. On the whole the evening was a decided success. 345513 On Friday, December the twelfth, nine- teen hundred and thirty, Form 4A met at the Curling Rink for our second class party. The ice was in fairly good con- dition and if the posts had not been so close together we would have had a per- fect night. We were accompanied by Miss Carter, Mr. Challen, and Mr. McLennan. When everyone had skated as much as he or she wished we abandoned the curling rink for a new source of entertainment. Refreshments were served at Palmer's and the 4A appetites bore witness to the taste of the lunch. Before going home a little singing was tried, with Tait as choir leader. We got as far as, Three Blind Mice. Then we said, Au Revoir, and packed our memories of 4A's skating party away till another time. 84 THE 'WITCHES' CHANT Round about the cauldron go, Mathematics you must know, Let 'X' equal the cold stone- When will 'Y' be thirty-one? Drop that in the mystic pan, Tell me, pray, how old is Ann? Double, double, boil and bubble, Mathematics make them trouble, Caesar, Chem., and Virgil, too, Fourteen lines make a stew. And to thicken up the mystery Take three pages of Ancient History, Trig., Algebra and Eng. Lit., Spend two hours on each or git. All night long, from six to three Study Math. and History. In the hours when you -should dream, Write an Eng. twelve-page theme., Work at night and Sunday, too, Outside reading you must do. Next day when you're on the bunk Teachers spring exams.-you fiunk. Double, double, boil and bubble High School life is full of trouble. Hkfkvk ' Mr. Wholton fannouncing in assem- bly- This being the only Monday of this week, I wish to announce on Tuesday that on Wednesday the regular Thursday meet- ing that was to be held on Friday, will be held on Saturday instead of Sunday. AL ONHK 1