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

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- 11 - Next year, the Student Council not have to start from ' scratch ' so that it will be able to go on to bigger and better things immediately on the opening of school, but I think that the Student Council this year has done a very com- mendable Jot ; o.nd especially Mr, Browne, the Staff Advisor has devoted a tremendous amount of time. J. P. Chavy, Secretary THE ELECTRONICS CLUB Early this year Mr. Browne started an Electronics Club at the School for those boys in the Upper School who were interested. The number of boys who turned up was not very large. Hov ever, this was to be expected. The Club, which meets every Friday under Mr. Brovme ' s supervision, nov r has about five enthu- siastic members. Douglas Kernaghan, one of the most active mem- bers, arranged for Mr. Jansen, Head of the Radio, T.V. Service Department of Simpson Sears, to come on a number of occasions to speak to the boys and bring along some of his expensive electronic equipment. The high-light of these talks was a trip out to his house in Herring Cove for a look at his TLadio shack , one large room jam-packod with radio and T.V. equipment, ranging from a bulb tester to an underv ater sound detection system. He let us take av ay a good deal of junk as well as a v orking radio, all of vhich t rned out to be most useful to us. In the club, different members have been assigned different projects to work on. Some, of interest, are a capacitor tester, a B b3 .ttery eliminator, a solar pov ered radio and a battery powered radio. A test laboratory, which includes a multi- meter as v ell as other test equipment, is slowly being built up. In the future it is hoped that the Club will greatly expand and improve . T. Meyerhof, U. TTT L 3 ' s Bird Watching L. 3 has done a study of birds throU) , h;out this year with the help of Mrs. Grant. At the beginning of the year a feeder v« as procured and kept full during the winter months. The pupils noted when each kind of bird was first seen and studied the types of nest and where these were built. The kinds of birds, their food and migration habits were examined. The composition of their body was noted and ancient birds were studied. To top all this off, each member of the class joined the Audobon Bird Club. They received books and with the help of these have made a careful study of birds. RECORDER CLUB Mrs. Nixon has organized a group of the younger boys into a recorder group led by Sergeant Allt, We heard them at the concert and hope to hear them again at the closing. Congratulations to all concerned.

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- 12 - SCHOOL CONCERT On April the combined, efforts of the Halifax Granimar School - teachers and pupils, resulted in an evening of entertainment for parents and friends. It was a most successful endeavour, v ith each class participating from the very junior to the senior boys. The lower classes put on short and amusing skits, and their recitations were excellent. The March of the Tin Soldiers v as splendidly per- formed and the percussion band was enjoyed by everj one . The Junior Choir was in fine voice. There were no signs of nervousness in the small boys and they seemed to enjoy giving their excellent performance as much as the audience enjoyed watching them. The Senior Choir v as a treat for everyone, and the audience seemed particularly moved by the rendition of V ater Boy. The rousing Vive la Compagnie is always a treat to hear and the boys put everything they had into it. The choirs were taught and led by Mr, Karr, who spent m any hours in this capacity, and p.lso in training us for the play by T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral , of which we did the temptation scene o From the moment the priests walked onto the stage with the sound of the cathedral bells in the distance until Thomas a Becket proved to be stronger than his tempters, this temptation scene v 3.s a very fine performance. A very amusing short French play directed by Mr, Clothier was enjoyed by everyone o A capacity audience watched the performances, and applauded spontaneously after each endeavour. Stephen Greening, U. 2 THE KIKDNESS CLUB Plans have been made to establish a Kindness Club in the Junior School. The first club was formed in Nev Brunswick by Mrs. Plugh John Elemming in 1959 and since then clubs have been formed across Canada, in the United States and England. All members promise to be kind to animals. CREST COMPETITION At about mid- January, it was decided that a crest competition should be held. The deadline was set for February twenty-first, the mid-term date, and there were eighteen entries. The judges were Mrs. Strand, Mr. McNeill and Mr. Ch ambers, a well- known political cartoonist. On consulting two of the judges, I learned that they had been looking for a well-balanced and artistically good crest, with a distinctive design indicative of a Canadian school. The general quality v as good and the winning design, by Ted Thome (U.lll), was chosen because it met the above require- ments and above all v as simple Timothy Strouts, U.TV