Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute - Acta Nostra Yearbook (Guelph, Ontario Canada)

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ACTA NOSTRA, 1926 A rendezvous for College Charms Uhr Beat Flare in Eat ' THE OLD RELIABLE DOMINION llllay we serve you with the l same care as in years past. DOMINION CAFE l lGUELPH E DEVONSHIRE CAFE IHAMILTONI p GEO. THOMAS, l Prop. gi- .. . -Y, f' , 9.77, , YYW. 65211. milliamn QEPHQEG The leading GROEER, BAKER, CUNFECTIUNER and CA TERER. Wedding and Birthday Cakes a Specialty. Phone 109 135 Wyndham St. Photographic Supplies. Neilsons' and lVloir's Chocolates Toilet Goocls and Perfumes WING'S PHARMACY f All Latest Styles in Hair Buhhinu at STUCK IJUNALUSDWS BARBER SHOP Specializing in Ladies', Gents' and Children's Haircutting School Girls' and Boys' Haircut 25c. Massaging, Shampooing and Scalp Treatment 29 Douglas St, near St. George's Church. Phone 2086 Courtesv and Service 91

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90 ACTA NOSTRA, 1926 A scholar quite advanced in class, and ovne you can rely on. We -hand the compliment at once to Helen M. O'Brien. From Arkell Kenneth Brooks comes in. from Acton comes McPherson. Dale Comar gets a line herself. she is a bright young .person. jack Taylor may be small in size. and fair may be his hair. No mat-ter what's the question asked, -his answer's always tthere. For first things first, and in whose mind all studies are a joy. XVe give a thought to Margaret NVatt-she's quiet, wise and coy. For Basketball we group some girls, who glory in a rally, There's Curly. and there's Torohy. and there's Blondy. and there's Sally, In Hockey too we like to feel that we are represented. XYith Kenny, Morley. Linc and Fox tnamed Georgej-we're quite contented. And there are those like Zettel, and XX'alt. Brydges. players too. Who boost. or cheer. or play. or work. when that's their 'part to do. The Misses Carrol. Grantt, and Lynch-these three adorn our classes. llite do I1Ot hesitate to say. our boys admire our lasses. XVe hurry on to give a place to Irene. Maddy. Stocky, XVe have some trouble with our rhyme. we fear it's getting rocky. Nelson McVicar. he's well up head, and Georgie Dick's full of fun, And Evelyn Dempsey Cquiet?j a Brick-John Dudgeon, his chief love, a gun. His young brother. Donald. is interesting too, he has 'plenty of questions to ask, Hazel Jackson. Frances Hulbert. Annie Mar- shall-tine girls-we approach to the end of our task. Alfred Busby's a scholar with Earon and Hastings. and Ediniston, to fill a line. Kale enter Dot Drake, and we'll not forsake, Clarice Livingston Tay at t-his time. W'e're getting on quickly. soon be to the end. Kenny Millar we say's tall and slender. Good service you want in the artistic line. Margaret lVestoby she. that. can render. XtYartd. Hastings. and Sewell. Wle now name these three. good names to fill up our list. Donna Macdonald-we hope And last of all not a name on our Card has been missed. 3. Chorus. To J. F. Ross. our Principal. and those whom he depends on. NVe pay our homage and respect-this line our poem ends on. 4. Finis. There's a weakness in our make-up. Wie all try it out-a bit: Each one has such-read this lingo, XX'ith the XYriter-IT is IT. SPECIAL COMMERCIAL He looked soulfully at her with huge brown eyes. For the life of her Curlie could not resist the appeal. She cuddled him close and stroked the head lying so peacefully there. Oh, what a picture they made! The sudden darkness of his hair against the creamy white of her cheek. Hte lifted his head slowly. de- liberately-and tihe dark eyes shone with anti- cipation. Before she realized what was in his mind he bit her neck. XN'it'h a howl of rage. Curlie threw the dog to the floor. 22 The School Spirit Chee heel Chee haw! Chee haw! haw! haw! Collegiate. Collegiate, rah! rah! rah! Strained throats. glowing -cheeks. young voices through the long corridors of our own G. C.-Y. I.-what do these things mean to us? Simply. the school-spirit which retlects the fun and comradeship of school-days. And what does a school-spirit do for us? First. it instills into the mind of the first former the idea of sportsmanship. The idea expands. and by the time the boy or girl leaves the school. some four or five years later. he or she would do much to keep the shadows of discredit from it. Next. the school-spirit invariably cheers those pupils who are prone to pitch their tents on the north side of life. Most sc-hools have these. we are no exception. Surrounded by enthusiasm. loyalty and friendliness the morbid outlook disappears. To conquer it. what an accomplishment! A school-spirit gives vivacity to the entire district. If the school is. say. the only colleg- iate institute in a town or small city. its in- fluence will do much in livening up all acti- vities. Our own does. too much. some outsiders may say. but after all one can't go far wrong with the guidance. tor similar guidancel. we so fortunately have. The school spirit exemplified in each girl and boy might say: I would give my laughter to the world-not tears. I would give faith and ho-pe-but never fearg Though easier far to mourn and dread. I know, On-ly the soul that smiles can upward go.

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92 ACTA NOSTRA, 1926 The world needs such laughter and cour- age. the school-spirit stands for it. Finally. it pre-pares us for the greater ,field of activity than our school environment, the field where mistakes are not so kindly over- looked-life. Perhaps after many years, miles we may away from the scene of now, when be disillusioned men and women, not given to of some analysis of emotions. just the turn road, the dear. funny way the wind ,twisted an early daffodil, or the sound of a street mer- chant, heard dimly, far away, just some -in- significant, unconnected idea will bring it all back with a rush. School-our studies, our games, our yells-the old school-szpiirit, and it may bring tears to our eyes. but it will also bring a smile -to our lips. Collegiate, Colleg- iate, rah! rah! rah! Let us rejoice that we have a rollicking. healthy school-spirit and tha-t We shall never be without one. Helen McGilvray III jr. B. ii What a Trip! fThe following is an account by XYesley McYiear and Gordon Young. two ex-students, of their trip from Springfield, Mass.. to Guelph. in a Ford Roadster! Herein are disclosed for the first time the startling adventures of six young men on their trip from Springfield. Blass., to Guelph, Ont. For six young men to make such a long trip necessitated. of course. a large car. with sleeping. dining and smoking quarters. With these essentials in mind we procured, for the stupendous sum of 335. a Ford roadster. By knocking off the rear end and erecting a truck body with a tent on top we had sleeping quart- ers for three, and then of course there was plenty of room in the front for the other three, Fight valises and suitcases were suspended by divers methods from the sides of the car. and adorning it was the usual chalk artistry that decorates such caravans. We set sail from Springfield on Friday af- ternoon at 5 p.m., March l9th, l926, with a roll of tape to be used for emergency repairs. Outside of Springfield are the Berkshire Hills, and just beyond them are the Lebannon Mountains. Talk about your Canadian snows, on a level with the wow! The drifts were top of the car, one way traffic. please. XYhen we did meet a car we Lizzie to the side and had to pull our old stand the car on its rear wheels. Going up hill steadily for eight hours, in low, through deep snow. is no fun. The old engine fumed and sputtered. but when- ever we got out to shove we stuffed snow down the radiator cap. At last we reached the top of the moun- tains and started to descend. The first thing we hit was a three mile hill, The water was running down the ruts with a sheet of slip- pery ice beneath. Since we had no c-hains on we might just as well have -been on skis. XVe had just begun to gather speed when an igni- tion wire iuniped loose and the lights went out and we went plunging down the hill in the dark. Then all at cince the car took a fiying leap and left the ruts and started to go up hill again. i XYe never had a tail light all the way, and we passed more than one cop and never got 'p'inched. At one time the three boys in the rear got out to push, and when the car gathered speed they were left behind. They were five miles back before they were finally discov- ered to be missing. Everyone had wet feet 'by this time, and consequently, those in the rear were rather uncomfortable, due to the fac-t that t-heir wet feet sticking out of the rear end began to freeze. Ou Saturday night we hauled more than .twenty cars out of the ditches in as many minutes. Wie never went for more than fif- teen miles without pulling some car out of a ditch. :Xt three o'clock on Sunday morning our There were only three lights burned Out. I hours to daylight. so we decided to drive on. Can you imagine how nerve-wracking it would -pitch darkness over an only the snow-banks to be to drive through unknown road, with guide you? Later in the day we ran into a heavy fog. The moisture froze on the wind-shield. mak- ing it al-most impossible ,to see out, but just the same we travelled fast, for the road was good. Speeding along 'through the fog at fonty per. we hit a sheet of ice. The car whirl- ed around two telephone poles, described a dizzy circle and skidded to a stop, still facing in the original direction. NVe had a little difficulty in getting across the border. but with the exercise of a little diplomacy, all objections raised by the offici- ous customs officers were overcome. The roads from Niagara Falls to Guelph were in excellent condition, and consequently the remainder of the trip was uneventful. VVe arrived home in time for sup-per on Sunday evening, Forty-eight 'hours of strenuous driv- ing is certainly a good appetizer. On Sunday, March 28th. 1926, we set out on the return tri-p to Springfield, rain or shine, weatiher permitting. And that's ,thatl 'VVesley McVicar Gordon Young'