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

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6. After the battle the i inning army is in a filthy temper, but it is not because of the battle, it is because Grabber must leave the school for misconduct in the fight. He is the one who won the Miss Joyful Prize for Rafia work (a horrible pastime forced upon us by that hag, Miss Pringle, a cad of the utmost impudence) and Head of the School. In the process of swimming, ten unlucky weeds drov ned (by forces which the Molesv orth Life Guard Team could not prevent); three were killed on the beach in the Molesworth I vs. Molesworth II Battle and one was killed in a traffic accident. Prep. VI, v hich adjoins just one of the Hallov ed Halls of St, Custards, is sm.aller now, and the world rejoices (the underworld, that is). Prep, VI is rid of the clot-faced, hidious Molesworth II, and other assorted weeds, oiks, bullies, etc., too numerous to mention. It is a happy time, for the clothes of Fotherington-Thomas have been stolen by some allied forces of the undervrorld of St. Custards. (VJith apologies to Geoffrey Willans) Andrew Gillis Prep. VI Age 11. SPRING Winter is gone, Spring is here And my heart is filled with love To see the beauty around me. The tiny buds are growing. And soon the farmers will be sowing Seeds in the fields. The dogs are barking. The cats are mewing. The mice are chewing And we think of love As God looks do m from Heaven above. Jane Greening Prep. VI Age 10. IF ONLY I COULD FLY Like the beautiful birds in the sky, I would talk like the birds, And walk like the birds If only I could fly, Rob Quigley Prep. V Age 10.

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7. LIVBTG THBIGS Living things are called organisms and are made up of one or more cells. They include plants, animals and things which have characteristics of both plants and animals, called protists. There are six kinds of protists. They are bacteria flagellates, rhizopods, ciliates, sporozoa and slime molds They are generally microscopic in size and are mostly one celled organisms. Bacteria are the smallest single-celled organisms vrith the possible exception of viruses. They are fomd almost everyvrhere. They are so abundant that almost everything we touch may have bacteria on it. Bacteria can cause food to spoil, and can carry diseases, such as tuberculosis , Flagellates used to be called protozoans. They move by means of flagella (whiplike projections). Some flagellates are parasites, and some carry diseases such as sleeping sickness. Flagellates are the cause of red tides . Amoebae are rhizopods. Most amoebae are not harm- ful to man but some carry diseases, Ciliates have cilia (hair- like projections) around their bodies. Sporozoa are practically all parasites. Malaria is caused by a sporozoan. Slime molds are not well known. They can be found under decaying logs or leaves. There are four major groups of plants; the thallophytes, which include algae, fungi and lichens; bryophytes, which include mosses and liverworts; pteridophytes, which include ferns, club mosses and horsetails; and spermatophytes, or seed plants, vihich include coniters and flowering plants. There are many thousands of varieties of plants in the world. Botany is the study of plants. The animal kingdom is the other group of living organisms. No one knows how many different kinds of animals there are in the world, although over a million species have been identified. The blue whale, vrhich may be a hundred feet long, is the largest known animal. The smallest kjio- m animal is so tiny one needs a microscope to see it. Animals live in the arctic regions, the steaming jungles, in the oceans and on the desert. Different animals are adapted to different regions. The study of living things is a very interesting occupation. Fred Stoddard Age 10 Prep. VI.