Halifax Grammar School - Grammarian Yearbook (Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada)

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PIG-STY OR SCHOOLYARD? In the backyard of the school is perhaps the worst litter of papers and other rubbish that has been on the property for many a year. The first thing that must be done is to get the mess cleaned up. Perhaps if the boys are let out 15 minutes early one afternoon the job could be finished very quickly. Then the problem of keeping the yard clean can be tackled. Prefects have been appointed and should use their power to punish anyone throwing rubbish on the ground or over the neighbour ' s fence,, A few plastic garbage cans should be placed about the yard and emptied regularly. When the field is ploughed and seeded next year, it will look much better if rubbish is put in litter cans - not thrown on the ground. G.H.Bethune, ORAL POLIO VACCINE On Tuesday, May 22, the school was visited by volunteer nurses who were distributing the new Oral Polio Vaccine. This is a special vaccine which is given either on an ordinary sugar lump (or on a spoon, if one is a diabetic and unable to consume sugar) o Though it was tasteless, it coloured the sugar lump pink. The entire school participated and adhesive tags with I HAVE TAKEN ORAL POLIO VACCINE. HAVE YOU? were distributed - and lost within two days. - Tim Strouts