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

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- 7 - Class Report - cont ' d .fifteen year old, Brian Mann, top athlete and only gym medalist in the school, has won a total of 15 medals; 7 gold, 3 silver and 5 hronze. He has been top Intermediate Nova Scotian gymnasc for two years winning 5 gold medals this year. He competed in the Senior division (17 and over) of the Maritimes G- mnastic Meet (which the Y.M.C.A. won) and placed in three events, winning points for the ' Y ' . Congratulations I On Saturday, the 25th of May, Ted Thome ' s picture appeared in the Halifax Herald along v ith the announcement of his election to the presidency of the Central Council of Hi-Y. This makes Ted the head of all Halifax Hi-Y . Congratulations I Tedl v;e are- confident you will do an admirable job ' , Hov ard Epstein, U. 111 U.2 CLASS REFOP.T This last term has been an interesting one. Three excursions come to my mind in which we all participated. One to Parliament House, where we heard a discussion by different members of parliament. V e had two visits to view paintings, one on Modern Art by a well known Erench Artist, the other to see the works of Mr. oc Mrs. Law who reside in Halifax. We have a chess champion in our class by the name of Carl Bosv fick. Incidentally, looking around at my classmates, I perceive that we no longer resemble the famous Teddy Boys of London, rather, v e are proper little gentlemen with our neat, cropped hair. Perhaps this is the time to air a grievance:- the class Y ishes that the Lower School teachers keep their pupils in, and give us our allotted time for our pre-lunch play period. It is frustrating to be unable to complete an exciting game. Stephen Greening, U.2 U.l CLASS RE PORT During the past school term, U.l m.ade only one excursion, led by Mrs. Strand, to the Dalhousie Art Gallery. The Gallery was displaying the paintings of Commander and Mrs. Law. Also in a recent Geography lesson, Mr. Strand gave an informal talk on irgentina and Brazil, a SLibject on which he is very v ell informed, as he spent much time in research there several years ago « By the help of parents, a tape-recorder has been donated to the school which is especially useful in the Trench class. The class is sorry to see Robert Cameron (R.B.) m-igrate to another school. Note : - Certain boys are making uproarious commotions in all classes, resulting in the whole class being detained after school quite frequently.

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- 8 - L.7 GLASS IlEPOaT After the Christmas holidays, L. 7 returned, fresh and full of vim and vigor looking forward to the long sprint home. Hockey was still being played and the majority of the class were taking part in this, our national sport. In another field in January, many of the boys helped by directing the parents when the school had its parent-teacher interviev s, and did an outstand- ing oh. In April, the main event of importance was the Concert and although L.7 did not have any single production of its own, a number of the boys participated in other performances, such as the choir, the recorder group and ' Murder in the Cathedral, ' Also, in April, under the supervision of Mrs. Strand, L.7 visited Saint Mary ' s University to observe their telescopes and other Astrono- mical equipment, w ' e had a wonderful visit and I am sure that the whole class is very grateful to Father Burke-Gaf f ney for lending us his valuable time, and also for his very informative talk. On the third of May, the school held its Open House and in my opinion, L. 7 bad a very good display in their room. It consisted mainly of paintings, a display on whaling, and some projects that we had been doing for Mrs. Strand. Now with exams just around the corner, L. 7 will be studying hard since to some, it may mean the difference between passing and failing the year Chris Rice, L. 7 In the last issue of the Grammarian there was an article on our new staff. Due entirely to the fault of the author, the name and profile of Hollis ' Ji hitehead , Chemistry Teacher, was omitted from the article. Therefore, we now i±sh to offer our most sincere apologies to Mr. V hitehead, and to present the missing profile. Howard Epstein, Author Graeme Bethune , Editor Mr. Hollis ' jl[hitehe ad - Mr. V hitehead was born in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad. In 1958 he came to Canada and to Halifax ' s Dalhousie University, lie received his B. Sc. - honors in Chemistry from Dalhousie, and is now doing research there on hydrogenation of organic compounds. Mr. V hitehead intends to continue his experimental v ork this summer and will have his thesis ready for September l th. In March, the National Research Council gave Mr. ViJhitehead a grant of i 2, -00. per year for two to five years, to get his doctorate degree. He will do the v 7ork for his degree at Dalhousie. VENI, VIDI, VICI - NEW YQPJC At Easter about two hundred and fifty high-school students went on a Y.M.C.A. sponsored trip to New York and on the Saturday before Easter, we boarded the Italian Lines ship, ' Vulcania ' , However, just as we were preparing to sai , the ship ' s crew, along with the crev s of Italian Lines ships in other ports, wnnt on a twenty-four hour strike; we therefore spent the next