Glebe Collegiate Institute - Lux Glebana Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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UX GLEBANAGQ5. m,!,3PALERE FLAMMAM THE OLYMPIC GAMES ERMANY HAS thoroughly prepared for the Olympic Games. So ex- tensive are her plans, that she hopes to make this Festival surpass all others in magnificence. The Fuehrer is determined that its splendour will exceed all expectations. Germany will play the perfect hostess to representatives of many countries. The Winter Games, recently concluded, were held at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The honour was bestowed on this town because skiing flourished there first, in Germany, and because of the beauty of the surrounding land- scape. Every guest was warmly welcomed in festive Garmisch-Partenkirchen. High above, on the Gudiberg Peak, the Olympic fire, sym- bolic of the Games, burned for ten days. A large and a small ski-jump were erected. The stands for spectators blended with the scenery. Provisions had been made so that no weather conditions could delay the procedure of events. For playing hockey at night, a rink of artihcial ice was equipped with a lighting system which eliminated shadows. By means of this light, action pictures could be taken as well. The bob-sleighing course provided a severe test for the IHOSE skilled drivers. Sixteen intricate curves supplied many thrills. To announce the commencement of the Games, a huge bell bear- ing the inscription 'fl call the youth of the worldln rang out from the directing tower. While Canada didn't rank high in the standing of the nations at the Olympic Winter Games, her athletes displayed the true spirit of the Olympics. One of the greatest upsets in the results was Britain's defeat of Canada to win The Olympic Hockey Title. The members of the Canadian team showed their sportsmanship by accepting defeat gracefully. Mrs. Gordon- Lennox of Canada, who competed in the skiing events with a broken arm, was one of the most popular competitors. Our contingent earned nine points. The Hockey Team contributed five of these. The other four were won by figure skaters. Montgomery' Wilson gathered three points by placing fourth in the men's singles. A Toronto couple stood sixth in the doubles to gain Canada's other point. The Reich Sport Field will be the scene of the other contests. Every kind of improvement L., PATRICIA LIPSETT 4-E conceivable is being made. The principal stadium can accommodate one hundred thou- sand people. A village, similar to that used for the Olympic Games at Los Angeles, is under construction. Swimming pools, exercise grounds, athletic Helds, two running tracks, tennis courts and gymnasia are being built. All spots which detract from the appearance of the central Part of Berlin are being removed. To allow for the traffic, several streets leading to the Grounds will be widened. A large number of students arc learning foreign languages to act as guides for Olympic guests. Six hundred male and six hundred female gymnasts from Sweden are going to present a special pro- gramme. Germany has secured permission to have her own Olympic hymn. The words of Olympia were written by Robert Lubahu and the music composed by the greatest com- poser of to-day, Richard Strauss. Realizing how vast an undertaking it is to sponsor the Olympic Games helps us to under-- stand how highly sports are valued. May the Games of 1936 be the most successful athletic Festival of all times! THE ORGAN GRINDER by HELEN M. FAIRBAIRN, 5-A He pauses- Seeming still to hear A The rhythmic, thumping beat Of dancing children's feet. He sighs- And memory clouds his sight, He sees once more, Bright Italian skies, Black-eyed girls with luscious rosy lips. He smiles- Once, he too was young, Dark, tall and strong, And now . . . Why, now his youth has gone, And he must live By grinding out a song. e'l34it

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UX GL-EBANAGXQNQ so awakened none too bright to go about the morning's duties and after breakfast with jeff and Mr. Morgan in the inn did meet jet and went to hear a very brilliant and lasting informal talk at West Hall about the general layout of the school book by the editor of the Mayfair and Canadian Home and Garden magazines, Mr. Hodgins, and I did wonder how he did edit two magazines without becoming mentally unbalanced but did admire him for it just the same. Then did hear the closing greetings to the delegates by Dr. Wallace, Principal of the University College, so parted with jet and went to Eaton's distributing house for lunch but decided dinner could not be downed so parted with jeff who promised to meet me later. So retired to my room at the inn, which is just across the road from Eaton's and read till my friend came for me, and from there in a futile attempt to gain access to the top of a bank building on King Street which is said to be the highest in the Empire and so to amuse our- selves on the traveling stairs of Simpson's dis- tributing house and marvel at the great variety of amusing toys, manufactured for the modern child and then did lose ourselves in the streets of this big city, but finally found the large stone building somewhere in the city which houses things of many far and distant places, Egyptian mumniies, Chinese swords and other articles which fascinate one so much that one is loath to leave but leave one must so back to the Y inn where Jeff did pack and after supper con- sisting of a mixture of ham and eggs which tasted very Hne despite its sickly look, did see jeff off in the coach for I-Iamil's town and then did try unsuccessfully to find traces of jet and being all alone except for a map of this city which Jeff had lent me did somehow find my way back to the inn where the good friend Mr. Morgan unselfishly gave up his evening and went with me to the Trivoli play house where we did see two splendid plays, met an old school chum of mine who has joined the army, had a cup of tea and then returned to our room at the inn, and so to bed. N ofv. 24.-Awoke refreshed on this Lordls day despite the fact that I had vigorously sawed wood all night and jet having succeeded in getting in touch with me, we arranged to meet in the afternoon, so to breakfast with my QEPALERE FLAMMAM enjoyable and- after a light lunch at a tavern packed and checked out of the inn and called on jet and then to the carriage stables which are curious circular buildings with a spiral parking place inside where Mr. Morgan waited in his small buggy to show us as much of this city as possible in the short space of time till four o'clock when our coach would leave on its return journey and when that time had arrived we were thoroughly con- vinced of Mr. Morgan's ability as a sight seeing conductor for he had given us glimpses of the XV21tCI' front with its coal, its ships, its shoreside wrecks caused by storms on that seemingly endless expanse of water at which I wondered greatly, of the exhibition grounds, the famous 'Silver Slippern and the Old Mill which is on the much talked of Humber River, Baby Point with its residential section, the Old Castle which is the only true castle in all our fair dominion, and many other sights of less interest and importance because they were much the same as we were used to only on a somewhat larger scale and then we mllSt of necessity break all speed limits in a wild dash across the city because jet's time piece was many minutes fast and we did pretend to be put out about it but were really quite relieved not to have arrived after the coach had left which would have made an embarassing situation because the next coach did not leave till mid- night and both jet and I did have examinations on the morrow, so on the coach after wishing a hearty goodbye to Mr. Morgan and did spend the next six odd hours in enjoyable conversa- tion and did arrive at our own home terminal where three of jet's friends did meet us and took me home where I found everyone out Cthey having gone to meet me at the terminal without successj so that when they returned it did seem as if I was welcoming them home instead of they me, and so to bed, to cherish, to dream, to ponder and to A- sleep. So ends another -'ff adventure in life. B . , N :Fifa . 1 fp . 5 X. PM . I Y dear friend Mr. Morgan and then to a church on Carleton Street which was iss?

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UX GLEBANAGEQQ- ,QPALERE FLAMMAM e A f Q, Wag L A, - KJ! WV VT. 45:93 7b 2 S' , 'M NEIL MMDONALD a-B HE woRLn honours the memory of those who fought so bravely in the last war. They fought to obtain I world peace-but did they succeed? To-day every nation is arming as fast as possible. The stage is set, the gunpowder is waiting for the touch of the detonator. What, then, are the results of the last war? In one word-Chaos! It was a war to acquire profits for the muni- tion maker. Every vile epithet that can be hurled at their names should be thrown. These mass-murderers who pit one nation against another, who furnish munitions to both belli- gerents, double-dealing, two-faced criminals, should be outlawed from the bounds of society. In France, the Comite des Forges has muzzled the press, gained control of the Parliament, and generally does what it pleases with the country. In Germany, Krupp is the munition head, in Austria, Skodawerke, in France, Schneider- Creusot and Hotchkiss, in the United States, the Bethlehem Steel Corporation and Du Pont du Nemours and Company, and in England, Vickers and Armstrong Whitworth and Com- pany. As a proof of the questionable reputa- tion of the majority of these firms, consider the following facts. The Comite des Forges was accused shortly after the war of hindering the production of steel, thus creating a scarcity and raising the price for its own benefit. Previous to the World War, Krupp held a patent on a special fuse for hand grenades. During the war, the English Company, Vickers, used this design. After the Armistice, Krupp sued Vickers for a violation of patent rights, demand- ing a shilling a fuse for damages. This repre- sented a grand total of one hundred and twenty- Hve million shillings. The case was settled out of court, Krupp receiving payment in the tl Spanish stock of one of Vicker's subsidiaries. In 1933, in the Seletzki scandal the Rumanian authorities discovered that the firm of Skoda- werke had evaded taxes to the extent of sixty million lei Ca lei is worth about twenty centsj. In the company's documents, which were seized by the government, evidence pointed to inter-- national espionage. However, before the documents could be aired before a court, many of them mysteriously disappeared, but the remaining papers pointed to extreme bribery in high offices. Schneiderls dealings with Hun- gary, a potential enemy of France, were very questionable. By the Treaty of Trianon, Hun- gary was forbidden to arm, yet Schneider- Creusot helped her to do so. When Hungary's account fell due, she could not pay. But the French government could, and so a French ofiicial loan was arranged for Hungary. This loan was just suflicient to cover the Schneider debt and was transmitted to Hungary, not by the regular channels of the Bank of France, but by Schneider's bank, the Union Parisienne. During the war, the United States Congress rightly decided that it was paying too much for battleship armour plate, and contemplated building a plant of its own. A large part of this plate had been manufactured by the Beth- lehem Steel Corporation. Immediately follow- ing the Congressional announcement, the Bethlehem Steel Corporation inserted adver- tisements in over three thousand papers setting forth the folly,' of the government's plans. These advertisements said, How can the government manufacture plate as well and as economically as private manufacturers? Finally it was a threat to national security since the government could never expect to keep informed on the latest developments in lCo1ztinued on Page 56 ssl,