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

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36 ACTA NOSTRA, 1926 Ve GS There are two kinds of jokes In he laughed Zlli .Xcta Nostra's and Teacher s. XYhv is .Xcta Nostra like a girl? Because every fellow should have I his own. and not lvorrow sonieo Mr. Leckie- l am tempted Class at test. A K'Chink Hull- Xieltl not to 3 S11 B. Student- Did you a person heing killed hy a deadlv 3 Sr. .X. Studenti'AXo. hut l ne else ine of S. to give this teinptatioiif' ever hear of glance. know a guy who got zi lvroken arm from an empty Mr. Leckie- I get a great deal of pl out ot my physic's class. Urel BLlI'l'OXYSiuhvClllll out of it. So Disappointed The sofa saegetl in the centre. 'l'he shades were pulled just so. lhe taniily had retired. Ihe parlor light hurned low: 'lihere came a sound front the sofa. .Xs the clock was striking' two. stair. easure do If' .Xnd the li. C.-Y. l. student slammed her text luitnk, XYith xt thankful. XYell. l'm through. lfstelle- You know. Mare.. I will never marry unless l hnd a man who is my direct opposite, Margaret- XYell. that shouldn't he so hard, my dear, there are quite a few intelligent men left. lileanor- XYliere did you get that suit. Roh. its so loud you can almost hear it harkf' D Holi- XX'liy shouldn't it. It's a dog-gone gutirl Stlll. Stanley XYehh tn Gerald McHugh- Say. you'd make a good linker. G. McHugh-XX liy? Because I need some dough Stanley XYehh- Xo. ltecause you're a good loafcrf' Mr. Leckie tto M. XYallacel- This large motor is a one horse power. Now. what do you suppose this small one is? M. XX'allace- One colt power. A New Element Women Syinhol-XYo a meniher of the human family. UccurrenceiCan lie found wherever man exists. Physical Propertiesf.fXll colors and sizes. Always appears in a disguised condition. Sur- face of face protected hy a coating of paint oi film of powder. tComposition immaterial? Boils at nothing and may freeze any moment. However, it melts when properly treated. Yery hitter if not used correctly. Chemical Properties-lfxtreniely active, possesses an atiinity for gold, silver. platinum and precious stones of all kinds. Yiolent re- action if left alone hy men. .-Xhle to ah- sorh all sorts of expensive foods at any time. L'ndissolved lay water hut activity is greatly increased when saturated with spirit sohition. Sometimes yields to pressure, Turns green when placed near to a hetter appearing sample. .Xges very rapidly. Fresh variety has great magnetic attraction. Caution-Highly explosive and likely its he dangerous in inexperienced hands. -From an American Magazine, Mrs. Lowes- Miss Elliott, can you give me the masculine form of 'hind?' .lanet Elliott- Yes, feminine-hind. Mas- culinesfrontf' Miss Humphries- Find the common de- nominator, Miss XYoods. Marion XYoocls- Oh, gootlness. is that thing lost again. , New Definitions Some quotations from school examination papers: A hlizzard is the inside of a hen. A circle is a round, straight line with a hole in the middle. A mountain range is a large cookstove. Typhoid fever is prevented by fascination.

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ACTA NOSTRA, 1926 35 DOROTHY RICHARDSON, Dot, 5 ft. 3M in., 130 lbs., 17 years. As cen- tre guard on the team, she played a great game. Also 3rd base on the Softball team. FREDA ROWE, 5 ft. 5 in.. 112 lbs.. 14 years-Played guard and is great on intercepting passes. She is the young- est member of the team, and next year is going to be a star player. ALICE DAY, 5 ft. 8 in., 120 lbs., 17 years-Plays check and centre guard. A hard worker who puts her best into the game. SARAH LECKIE, f'Sally, 5 ft. 2V2 in., 118 lbs., 18 years-Plays check, is quick and eflicient, and does her best. ii The season opened on January Sth. when Guelph played its first game in Kitchener. Although they were de- feated 32-25 it was a closer game than the score indicates. Our girls have nothing to be ashamed of in the form of basketball they played. lVhen Brantford visited Guelph on January 15th the girls got away to a flying start, the score at half-time be- ing 6-0 in their favor. Then B. C. I.. by a dazzling display of combination and perfect shooting. particularly on the part of B. Force, Won the game. But for the shining work on guard duty of Helen Bardwell and Maisie Barr there would have been a lnuch larger score than 35-26. Guelph sustained their next defeat at the hands of Galt on their own floor. Again Guelph led at half-time with a score of S-3. In the second half the Inter-Form The Inter-Form Basketball, al- though only newly introduced to the school. proved a decided success. It stimulated rivalry and the increase in enthusiasm in drill periods was re- markable. These games were carried on chiefly among the girls. This acti- vity not only encouraged school spirit but enabled the teachers to pick out new players, who are badly needed. for next years Senior team. The school was divided into four groups: Junior and Senior Collegiate. and Junior and Senior Commercial. The Junior Collegiate Champions, 2B. defeated the Junior Commercial Champions thus carrying away the team absolutely went to pieces. The defence was not up to its usual form and even Elma Earon, the star for- ward, did not play as well as on other occasions. Guelph next visited Brantford, again to lead at half-time, but to go down to final defeat. Even with the spectacular shooting by Guelph's for- wards and the excellent work of the guards they were overcome in the end by a score of 23-14. The last game was perhaps one of the fastest and closest of the season. Although Kitchener, the visiting team led at half-time 13-8, Guelph's condi- tion told in the last half and the lead was closed up. The game was close until the end when Guelph finished the game two points ahead. The whole team played their best and certainly deserved to w-in. The score was 21-19. Basketball Junior Championship of the school. many of their players showed remark- able promise. Keep it up, 2B, and we'll see some of your players on the Senior team next year. Senior Com- mercial, in defeating Form 4, gained the Senior Championship. As this form had three or four regular inter-schol- astic players on their team, the victory was not such a surprise as it might have been under other circumstances. However. even at that, their success was not overwhelming and the other forms put up a good fight. We hope that the interest shown in this sche- dule has warranted a repetition of it in coming years.

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ACTA NO Milton- Dorothy, you're the sunlight of my soul. you reign in my heart. - Dorothy- Milton, do you mean this for a proposal. or is it just a weather forecast? Mr. Ross put up a notice that on an early date he would lecture on the following sub- ject: Our eyes and how we see through them. Shortly afterwards he was astonished to Find an alternative title written underneath: Our pupils and how they see through us. A party of soldiers were camping by the side of a river when the officer gave the order Fall in! Pat. who had not been long in the army. .promptly fell into the water, Officer- Two deep. Pat- Beg0rra, sir, why didn'1 you tell me it was too deep before I fell in. Patron lphoninq message!-'AMake the signature XY. N. Dill. Operator- Is the first letter B as in 'Bi1l? ' Patron- No, Dill as in pickle. George I-Iull- I just got kicked oft the Gridiron. Maisie Barr- Ol You waffle failure? Don Davison- XX'ell. and how did you End yourself this morning? Alice Day- Oh, I just opened my eyes and there I was. Eyerard Rudd- Our dog is dead. Powell Morgan- I suppose he either swal- lowed a tape line and died by inches or else went up the alley and died by the yard. Everard- Nope, he crawled away up un- der the bed and died by the foot. I'll be dammedf' said the brook when the fat woman broke through the bridge.-Kansas Sour Owl. STRA, 1926 37 So you remember way back to the Re- volution. do you? Yessa. de Revolution and Gin'l XYashing- ton an' all them. Perhaps you were a witness of the fall of Rome? Nossa. ah didn' exackly see it. but ah re- collect heariu' something drop! -Pointer. XYhy should a worm want to turn when it is the same at both ends.-Harvard Lam- poon. Sssssshhhhhh. they sleep! XYho sleep? My feet. -XYisconsin Octopus. lYhen I was in China I saw a woman hanging from a tree. Shang'liai? Oh, about six feet. -Lord Ieff. Madame X.- So you'ye been to Italy, have yon. and how did you enjoy BoloQne? Tourist- Oh, just tine. but little Guinevere would swallow the skins. -Stanford Chaviif- ral, First Man- I see you advertised for a man retail cauariesf' Owner- Yes, are you a salesman? - . First Man- Oh, no. I just had a curiosity tind out how the little birds lost their tails in the first place. to to He- Can you make a sentence with the word cavort in it? . - H She- I want a cavort of milk. Boo. l'll give you a pint of the rea-l stuFf if yOu'11 mu .wer to the hotel and Set my grip. hurry now. KYhat. havent you gone yet? A H Gone. Boss? I'se back. XYatson- I don't know whether to become a painter or a poet! . H Reid- Become a painter! - an XYatson- I-Iaye you seen my pictures . Reid- No but I have read YOUY P00115- l Al-I G Y MEF Bach' RMP l,,yRi'Bo K Yiwu y i I oflx val I grnc CA I Af- f 'fjQ'f,F,'j,'Af, Qwtffl Inf Nl em, X J PM R120 S . FR NNN .v wurcf, I PLRLHA X F 5 on la, v XR, NN W H144 , Yi! . '1',. ..,, ' ,,,. , . Z2 1 573. ftyg, Lf. P 4 if W -2- I Tr 5 1 rm m: W1 'iff I 'TW 1