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

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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

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- 13 - ' THE PESTALQZZI VILLAGES During the last month, L.6 and L,7 have been raising money for the Pestalozzi Children ' s Villages in England and Switzerland. The villages were founded in 19 6 as a relief scheme for war orphans, and since then have branched into helping refugees and welfare cases. Since the villages have no source of income by themselves, they depend on donations and amounts earned by school children. Our school has decided to help by selling little plastic lady-bugs, the emblem of the villages. After this we intend to sell other things for the village such as pencils. At the moment, vve are busy selling 5OO lady-bugs, Have you bought one yet? Chris Rice, L.6 FHOTOGE iPHY Pictures, left to right, top to bottom. 1. You don ' t sa; ;l 2. Tony, the chef, prepares a repast. 5. Don ' t touch it, boys, it might bite. 4. Eager faces. 5. Is it Erench or Lath.??? 6. Our present playground 7. Ha, ha, that v as a good one I LIBRARY REPOx?T . At present the library has three librarians :- Craig Laurence, Christopher Curtis and myself. Two librarians, b S? mn??- ' ' ' ' viilliams resigned. Ue are guided and helped by Mr. Clothier. Our greatest trouble is that the majority of the Lower School return their books overdue. inr c no library is open for twenty minutes at noon and as long as necessary aiter school. The Lower School, excluding n w ' work ' Lbles. ' ' teachers during school hours. . e have two 4.V Books may be read or taken out; chess is played- and the reference books may be made use of in the library. This year the school has bou;2:ht, or been p-iven well °rare ver™tfSf t; have-gi en books orTakaTnls. Thanf ycu e?y much! ' ' P ' ' y- Reference Books History a Kf ® ! Unabridged Dictionary Dominion of the North - Creiehton E c?o Dictionary of Synonyms A Source Book of Canadian ° -tncyclopaedia Bntannica History - Heid McMmiD-ht Nmeteenth Century French Painting i tory Held, licNought Le Petit Larousse Illustre History of the United States-llson History of Europe - Fisher The mi of Zeus -Stringf ellow Barr