Hamilton Collegiate Institute - Vox Lycei Yearbook (Hamilton, Ontario Canada)

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Easter 'X' O X L Y if E I 1921 - . . 00oAonoooooncwnoaooonooooooonooo0ooo:ononooo0oooooooeonocooN:oocooooosocosonoooooooo .0 Om 3 7'O'O'O'O! 3.n'O'O9O'O'O'O'O.O' 0ooococonooooococotosoncnoncocmosooonoooececooq. -o 1 tooo:'loUOUO0OIuD000OoooIC2OOI0loIOlO0OIO0OIO0QODIOOOOOUOQOOOCOQQQOQOOO Q . . o 9 0 Q n 9 O o 0 9 oo 0. n 0 C S , , .0 .' 'a .Q Q 0 Q' 0. .0 0- as OJ ' 0 - Q IC' gg oo L oaonocc'0+wooooUotoonin0sooo000oooloocoooolooooooololoocloloooloooooool0n000009100olcootooooooooolooooolggia 28gaeaesgggsegagloooIOOOBOCO0DI00000000O0OQOOOIO00000000loCO0O000000UooololciooololooololonIOOOOOOOOOOOICOCOQUDOOI0 4 D The following letter, received from one who, last year, was a student at the H.C.l., shows that the alumni of the school still continues to take an interest in the Col- legiate. Giving, as it does. a vivid description of a clime different from ours, it will be read with interest. Allenwater, Ont., March 4, l92l. To the Vox Staff: Good luck to your Easter Vox! l hear its going to be an unsurpassable number. lt will be appreciated by this Old Boy, even a thousand miles away. Up here, in Northern Ontario, you get so used to Bush Life that the civilized world seems odd. Here it is all lakes and rocks and trees: and just now, nothing but snow, which is so deep that if you make one step off the packed path you sink three feet in the soft snow. Nearly all the time you have to wear snowshoes, either through the bush or across the lakes. Most of the towns up this way have less than one thousand inhabitants. Here there are just three families, rather seven- teen people. There's one store, a station, the section house, and the school, where l spend live hours or more every school day teaching three industrious little pupils. Teaching is so different from be- ing taught! Also is the city school differ- ent from my little log school house, where my only inspector is a friendly partridge, which peeps in at the window every day. Most of the buildings are made of logs, with the cracks and crevices stuffed with moss. They are good shelters from the cold north winds, which are certainly not very infrequent at this time of the year. The weather in this country is very much subject to extremes. One day it is stormy and H40 below, and the next day it is warm enough to be spring. But 40 below here isn't as cold as zero at home. ln fact, the lndians, the majority of the inhabitants, wear no heavy coats, just sweaters, and on their heads, silk shawls. These lndians bring in the raw furs, and trade them at the store for gaudy dress goods and candies, mostly. They travel for many miles on snowshoesg the men with heavy pack sacks strapped to their shoulders, and the women with papooses strapped to theirs. When l come back to Hamilton l'll look back on my sojourn in the wilds of North- ern Ontario as one grand long adventure, in a land of wonderful sunsets, and even more wonderful Northern Lights. Wishing you every success in your Easter Vox, l am, Very sincerely, EVELYN C. SMITH.

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Easter YHX L YVICI I92 Arknnwlehgvnwnt ,I PRESENTING TO YOL7 THIS, OLTR HAMILTON NUMBER OF THE MYOX LYCEI. IT AFFORDS US GREAT PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST CRATITUDE FOR THE UN- STINTED EFFORTS OF EVERY MEMBER OF THE STAFF AND OF THE SCHOOL WHO BY THEIR EAGER ASSISTANCE HAVE HELPED TO PLACE THIS ISSUE BEFORE YOU. TO OUR PRINCIPAL, TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY, TO MISS CHRISTIE AND TO OTHERS WHO HAVE ASSISTED US, WE ARE VERY CRATEFUL. WITHOUT THEIR KINDLY ASSISTANCE OUR MANY TASKS WOULD HAVE BEEN DOUBLY DIFFICULT. IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THIS NUMBER MAY BE ONE WHICH IN DAYS TO COME MAY BRINC BACK HAPPY REMINISCEN- CES OF THE HAMILTON COLLECIATE INSTITUTE. 57

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Easter V O X li Y 4' IC I 1921 A T I-I L E T I C S Continued from page 38 ness. Much applause greeted the efforts of Captain Cornelius and his squad. The next series of events contained the relay races and sprints for the city schools. Some excellent material was here dis- closed for future city teams. ln the Col- legiate Uuniorl, Technical and Commer- cial events, the evident training of the Collegiate athletes was a source of gen- eral comment and praise. They always came home winners, displaying superior form and a more uniform stride than their opponents. A dull moment was positively an un- known quantity to the large audience. A special jazz band from the school inject- ed plenty of pep into the proceedings with their snappy selections of popular pieces. The gloom smashing brigade of the evening was composed of that band of Happy Harmony Hounds lead by the man with the voice of a lion, but the temper of a lamb-no other than Bert Challen, boys! Norris Waldron acted as his assistant. Every event was heralded or applauded by a special song or yell: and many were they and long. The height of excitement and anxiety was reached as the international events followed one after the other, each con- taining its individual attraction. All the contestants in the dual competition were exceptionally well developed and well trained. The Baltimore team brought some neat and skillful runners, the skill and endurance of the H.C.l. team being taxed to the limit. From the start of al- most every race until the finish the result was in doubt. The winning of the meet could not be called a pink tea affair by any means: H.C.l. had to fight every inch of the way. For over half the distance only two points separated the teams. ln heaping the laurels upon the track team we must not forget the man who worked hard and patiently to bring further suc- cess to our school. Every athlete wearing the wings of the H.C.l. possessed a well- timed stride, together with beautiful run- ning form, which was produced only by proper training and coaching on the part of Captain Cornelius. To pick an indi- vidual star from the team would be an impossibility, as every man performed creditably. The most exciting moments of the whole meet were experienced dur- ing the hurdles and long distance events. It was the usual thing to see the runners pass each other, First one school leading, then the other. The management of the Royal Con- naught Hotel kindly presented a solid gold medal to the individual obtaining the largest number of points. l. E.. Francis was the winner, with I0 points to his credit. E.. D. Stevens, of Baltimore, came second with 8, while W. Ferris tied with R. Whiteford, of Baltimore for third, se- curing 6 each. Although Collegiate were defeated in a close race in the relay, the defeat was more than made up for when we landed six first places as against three by Baltimore. Here are the outline of the events and score: Baltimore City College 35, H.C.l. 4l. 60 yards dash-I, W. Ferris: 2, E, Watson: 3, N. Fineman, CBalt.Q Time, 6 4-5 seconds. 600 yards run-l, N. T. Smith: 2, A. Spinney fBalt.J: 3. W. Neal, fBalt.J Time, I min. 24 sec. Running high jump-I, R. Barnes: 2, E.. Zelinski, fBalt.Jg 3, H. Aylwin. Height, 5 ft. 4 ins. fzelinski jumped 5 ft. 5 in. on his fourth attempt, but as three tries are the limit, Barnes wonj. 300 yards run-I, R. Whiteford. fBalt.D: 2, W. Whiteford,l Balt.J: 3, W. Ferris. Time, 32 2-5 secs. Pole Vault-l, l. E.. Fracis: 2, V. Pick- ard. Height, 9 ft. 6 in. fBaltimore de- faultedj. l000 yards run-l, E.. Bascom: 2, L. D. Stevens, fBalt.j: 3, C. H. Rollins, fBalt.J Time, 2 min. 30 3-5 sec. Hurdles, 60 yards-l, l. E.. Francis: 2, N. Fineman, fBalt.J: 3, R. Whiteford, fBalt.i. Time, 0.3 sec. One mile run-I, L. D. Stevens, fBalt.D: R. Thompson: 3, C. H. Rollins. fBalt.J. Time, 4 min. 54.1 sec. One mile relay race-I, Baltimore-R. S.Whiteford, W. H. Whiteford, E.. Zelinski, -I. E.. Neal: 2, H. C. l.-N. T. Smith, Nl. Crawford, E. Bascom, R. Shea. Time, 3 min, SI sec.