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

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I I' -I' f -- -- I . ' V 1 ie Sfmpir spg v PARA? l U La A A PARATUSI. ' ' The York Bible Class has been a success. If we could find stronger words we might use them. Superlatives are unnecessary and we feel that that word success expresses all that is needed. But in the words of Denton Massey, Only the empty head swells. The greatest danger of success is success itself-success that promises a greater success to come. A. A. Milne puts these words into the mouth of his child hero Christopher Robin. N ow I am Six I am clever as clever, I think I shall stay six For ever and ever. Now that the York Bible Class is six it does not intend to stay six forever and ever but to go on to greater things, to develop a wider sphere and to strive after the truth. These young men and their young man leader are standing on the seventh step-they have barely begun--the whole stairway is now before them and their success, though large, is small in comparison to what it promises to be when they are sixty. gi!! The dramatic talent of pupils throughout the school has The Student been evinced in the three departmental plays presented this Dramatic term. These plays, sponsored by the Literary Society, have Club served to sustain general interest in dramatics among the students, they have trained the players to act more convincingly, and have demonstrated that we can play parts when we try. It is our purpose, in these lines, to arouse interest in an organization which would enlarge our knowledge of dramatics, and enable us to present at least one long play in a year. We have, in our school, a Staff Players Club, which annually enacts plays from noted playwrights. Their efforts are always crowned with success, and we pupils wish them well. But we feel, that since we have eight hundred scholars in this Institute, we should have a players' organization of our own, under the guidance of the staff club. This society would be open to any person in the school, and would give a performance for the public each year. In it we would learn the rudiments and some of the finer points of stage expression. 23

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Pewerug U A A Pnnvvsn if motto Semper Paratusj' should be symbolic, for this, above all, should stand for the school spirit. So fellow students let us always remember that the well-being of a school depends on the well-doing of every scholar in it and the only way that we can have a first rate school paper is by the faith- ful work and co-operation of you all. The former students- of the school established a precedent which we may well follow and it is our duty and privilege to set a worthy example for those who are to come, so that when we step down we can say fearlessly- Carry on. ' The York All over Canada, and even the United States to-day, people Bible Class are listening to the Sunday afternoon meetings of the York Bible Class-through the medium of the radio. They are enthusiastically interested in its progress and prophesy a brilliant future for it in the Christian world. The leader of this magnificent organization of young men is Mr. Denton Massey, himself a young man eloquent, and sincere, a young man who is striving to follow and to lead others into following the guidance and lead- ership of the greatest young man that ever lived, Jesus Christ. Sunday, February lst, marked a great step and turning point in the career of the York Bible Class and its members. It was the occasion of its 6th birthday. On February lst, 1925, a group of eighteen young men under the leadership of Mr. Massey, gathered in Hope Church and held the first of an everlasting and immortal line of meetings of the York Bible Class. To-day it is one of the largest and most successful classes for young men in Canada. Mr. Massey said : We do not advertise ourselves as the world's largest Bible class because we do not dare. The wor1d's largest Bible class may number less than ten. To us our numbers mean a greater responsibil- ity and anmore extended challenge. To-day he spoke the does not preach, he says he does not know how to preachj on a text taken from one of the most charming of A. A. Milne's poems : Now we are Six. This address, delivered on the day of the class's sixth birthday, was one of the most beautiful he has ever delivered. Pre- sented in that simple, direct way that is characteristic of Mr. Massey, it struck a vital chord in the breasts of all those who listened to and absorbed his wisdom. He said : We are striving after the truth. We pray that this class may be a factor for the good in the hearts of all here assembled. 22 I

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PARA Tu N C U La A A PARATUS MR. R. S. HAMILTON, M.A. 24