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

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come this far is still a mystery to me, but I will admit it was probably due to a good deal of good luck and hard work .... pro- bably more luck than work. I would very much appreciate receiving a copy of the Lux as I haven't seen one for years. As ever, Glebite , CSignedj Herbert H. May. 34 Pk wk We also have a letter from Don Wel- lington, whom all of you who were inGlebe last year remember. Hello old Friends :- Have you ever thought it odd, when, setting out for a particular destination, you find yourself at another? When I left you last year I travelled about 160 miles of the way to Africa-my destination. The plans changed and after roaming around the Mediterranean as a wandering minstrel, looking for adventure and trouble, and getting both, I now sit beside a nice warm fire in a room at Farnborough, England, as a photographer in the Royal Air Force. It's quite a change from the musical life I've been living but I'm quite happy in this new sphere. The name of Canada may be carried proud- ly in any part of the world and those who are Canadians, should be proud to come from a land so progressive and yet peaceful. One finds such a change from Canada in England-your methods, your outlook on life, are so different. To me, the average person here is not as educated, or friendly as the average Canadian, the people seem contented with so little of everything. They haven't the simple home conveniences. Very few homes have such a common- place thing asa telephone. Refrigeration is practically unknown in the home. The catering in even the biggest of London tea- 1 shops is far below the standard of the average Ottawa cafe. A soda fountain is seldom seen and the delightful assorted dishes that are dear to the heart of everyone of you-pies, ice cream, sandwiches, cakes, are unknown. The famous hot-dog and hamburger have only been heard of, never seen or tasted in this little island. How I long for a hamburger smothered in onions! It's nearly 4 p.m., tea-time in England. Before I close may I say that wherever you go, keep high that sportsmanship, friend- ship, and good humour found at THE School. Thanks for the opportunity of this little chat. See you again some day. Sincerely, fSignedj Don. ik 41 ak EN MCADAM is one of the boys whom all the students in the upper forms will remember. He was Pres- ident of the Student Council in Glebe, and won the Ronald Ames Memorial Trophy at the end of the school year in 1935. He went from Glebe to McMaster University on an Ontario Hockey Association scholar- ship. Immediately, Ken was a prominent member of the football and hockey teams at McMaster. During the season 1937-38 he was captain of the hockey team, and he was captain of the football team in 1938. He is also well known on the track, tennis courts, and in the swimming pool. Ken was on the Athletic Council at Mc- Master for four years, and this year is President of the Student Council. These are just a few of Ken's many activities. He has a fine tenor voice, and is in great demand at the churches, college dances, and amateur operatic presentations. Last year he won the award for the best tenor solo at the Canadian Music Festival in London, Ontario, and also the award for the best duet, with Olive Barlow Blakeley. He is to sing the leading tenor role in the McMaster production of the Gilbert and With the Compliments of MAYNO DAVIS LUMBER CO., LIMITED 57-71 Duke Street ' g The Lumber Number - -------- 2-5311 LUX GLEBANA Page 53

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MUSIC:.- -- .... ..--- Edited by N. MacDONALD HIS has been a memorable year in music for the Glebe Collegiate. Our orchestra under the baton of our new conductor, Mr. R. N. McGregor, B.A., has improved greatly both in number and in calibre. Out of twenty-two of the num- bers at the concert, fifteen included music to at least some degree. This is surely in- dicative of the part music has come to play in our school entertainment. Too, Glebe has a band of which she is justly proud. Spectators at the rugby games will certainly have appreciated the fine service it rendered and the glory it added to Glebe's name. The Glee Club surpassed itself this year at the concert. It was easily the finest and most polished performance it has yet pre- sented. Mr. D. M. Westington, B. A., and his singers deserve high praise for the high standard they have set for themselves. Any article on music in our school would surely be incomplete without at least some mention of the Music Appreciation Club, started by the initiative of one of our Upper School students, Blyth Young. With access to a large library of the world's finest re- corded music, for several years he has de- sired to share his pleasure with others who appreciate good music. This year his hopes bore fruit. The Music Appreciation Club has a regular attendance of forty to fifty members which has risen on several occas- ions to seventy. It meets on alternate Tuesdays, when a recorded programme of about one hour is presented, along with explanations and summaries of the pieces to be heard. The plan has proved very suc- cessful and it is to be hoped that the club will continue to function even after its in- itiator has left Glebe. Music is enjoying one of its greatest years since the founding of the school. We who are leaving the school at the end of this year will have, to our sorrow, but little connection with its future. Nevertheless, with this year as a foundation, we cannot but hope for even greater things in music at the Glebe Collegiate. Slffkvk William Reynolds: I like workg it fascin- ates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. LUX GLEBANA DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Mr. R. N. MCGREGOR ORCHESTRA Honorary PT9S1id67Ni-IVIR. H. L. SMITH P-resident-R. SHUTTLEWORTH Vice-President-L. OGILVIE Libro-rians-P. SERSON I. MACDONALD JUNIOR ORCHESTRA Honorary President-MR. J. MACNEIL Presidevz-t-R. GLASS Vice-President-M. HRYHORCHUK Librarians-T. BURKHOLDER M. JOHNSTON BAND H on. Presideiz-t--lVIR. T. K. WADDELL President-D. IVIACDONALD i Vzfce-Preszdein-t-G. VVRIGHT Libra.rzTmz.s'-G. ROCHESTER L. TANNER A I The executive of the' Music Appreciation Club take this opportunity of thanking Orme Limited for their co-operation in lending the club many of the records that made their programmes possible. vkvkflf Kirsten Flagstad by Blyth Young OW MANY of you know the name Kirsten Flagstad? I imagine that most of those do who have not simply read the title of this article and passed on to something else. To others, Grace Moore, Lily Pons, Jeanette MacDonald- and Gladys Swarthout-artists, it is true, in their own field and Within their own range of capacities, are more familiar names. Flag- stad is in a class by herself. A Madame Flagstad is probably the great- est soprano in the world to-day, and one of the greatest of all time. She was born near Oslo, Norway, about the turn of the century. Her father was an orchestra lead- er. Her mother, known even to-day as the musical mama of Norway, was a Page 55