Havergal College - Magazine Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Havergal College Magazine A TRUE TALE. Let others sing in ardent strain Their conquests in the Alps ! But I with sorrow must refrain. Nov can I cause from off your scalps Th ' admiring hair to stand erect With shuddering tale of victory snatch ' d From perilous peak; of foot just checked On precipice edge ; nor flaunt my patched And faded garb ' fore envious eyes. Such hopes, such joys, my Fate denies ! Alas ! a humble lay I sing; Unfilled with honour, filled with pain. E ' en as I fly on memory ' s wing Back to those peaks I longed in vain To climb, from out mine eyes the tears Gush forth in torrents, and their flow Not lightly checked till dreadful fears Of reddened nose stop short my woe. ' Twas clothes, kind friend, not courage lacked. They were far off in luggage packed. One day, while wandering sad along Broad Axenstrasse, swift I thought Of Wilhelm Tell, renowned in song, Who, by bold deed, his freedom bought. Just then, in front, I saw a man, Not tall, not thin, in checks arrayed; Such valiant checks, desire outran My bringing up ; no thought delayed Of pity this my purpose plain, Those checks, that climbing garb to gain. He glanced behind ; he caught mine eye Appraising him in Avidth and length. A shuddering seized him, and the sky He sought in aid. With all his strength He prayed the gods to bear in mind The fact that he had children eight. He fled ; I followed like the wind ; Remorseless purpose offset weight. At last he spoke, then sought th ' abyss: You ' re welcome, if you get them, Miss. 34

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Havergal College Magazine cbe chuRcb op GBAR noLocoecu Irvthat pArt of london, which tsstill mediaeval itxx{ name, a narrow L ne levels from little Brittai v» uv die shadow of SBartholomcws HospitAl, to tKe- ' porck of Acltitrdt, AUtxostcx tuve ishedby dilApi- -cLxted houses And untidy courts, CUc chttrch -of 3 Bartholomews was founded bpf? RaJierc. who is popularly supposed to have becru-- jester to William Ru4iis:hc certainly fi coucntcdL.-- .♦. that dissolute covert ., under the patroiiAoe of [ ichan£ de Bdnvcts. afterwards Bishop of Jondoii . Kahcrc • .v ceased his jesting Aiid entered the Church.: while rru ktrur a pdo rimAo e to Rome he contracted mal- -arial fever- And A3 drankHjfjferino for his recovery, he vowed to build a hospital yn rccreacion ofporetueti. It is related that in a subsequent vision .S-Buthdomcw Appeared to him.clesirino, the building of a clixtrcK, as wctt as a hospitAl and ineUcAtino SnritlT|i el or ' the site, Kahere obtained titles to some IaivcI intKe Kinoes niAi ketr And in March nz ' shc bcoanto build the Hospital of S-B tludoirtew oTLits present site Arid soon a{ter; the priory, of which u e duxrchinp rt remains ncL is now known as S Bartholomews the QrcAt. T Aliere died, in September lift And wasburied on the north side of the altar of the cfuxrdr.Hi® tomb, on which, is a very ancient recumbent stone effto;y of him , in the habit of An. Atio u tinian nn canon, is siirrncnxnted by a much later- lerpcndicoW canopy. Xike S John ' s Chapel in the Jowcrof London the church- was buttt in the Norman style And the- whole nave-arcade aird semicircular apse remain intact. White many scoff at the rudeness Atrdluk °t ' Wfmemcnt of the Norman architecture, yet tKe- ;fidcUty and stAblcncss of the massive cohimris .the vast shadows, deep And lanimous asT?embrAnctt cIj wutqs, Arc surely trttidv grander Arvd more— h solemn than the fripperies of later- Qotnie and .•♦ . • ( Kdiaissance work And evert intKe prosaic present the chxtrchu ts peopteeL by twelve centt tries ofr— worshippers, motley and- vaiions in speecfv aitdatttre, yet one tn trteticm nd purpose g§ §§ a gs .v m 33

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Havergal College Magazine I dwelt not on the orphans ' fate, For sadder thoughts oppressed my mind. Perchance I was for dinner late. So homewards fled, nor looked behind, But in Lucerne, search as I might, Were not the equal of those checks, Which, ' doming still that worthless wight Lay fathoms deep. ' T would angels vex ! Therefore I roam, a saddened critter, And nurse my woe, exceeding bitter. Y. Z. WINTER SPORTS IN WEST KOOTENAY West Kootenay, B.C., with its chief city, Nelson, should soon be as noted for winter sports in Canada, as Switzerland is in Europe. The mountains and lakes make such a splendid com- bination that practically all winter sports may be enjoyed. Each one in the population, both in the cities and in the country, likes one sport more than the others, and they can practise it to their hearts ' content, from the child in the baby carriage to the old man curling. Nelson is never cold enough to be uncomfortable, the average lowest temperature being 6 cleg, below zero. Plenty of snow falls, two or three feet, but it soon packs down hard on the roads. It does not thaw much in the middle of the day, so it is not sloppy. From the end of November to the middle of March it never rains, and the days are — except, of course, when it snows — beautifully bright and clear, the snow shining white on the trees and mountains, which look pink in the sunrise and sunset, and a bright blue sky above. For these reasons I think West Kootenay an ideal place in which to enjoy the winter. Wherever there is any ice the chief attraction is always skat- ing. Most winters the west arm of Kootenay Lake freezes over, and, until deep snow comes, you may skate for five or ten miles on good ice. When there has been a steady fall of snow, the school children go in a body to the jail to interview the warden. If he is in a good humor he takes out a dozen or so convicts armed with shovels and brooms and sets them to clear a large enough patch for hockey, another one for plain skating, and paths through the snow so as to get from one place to another. There is also one of the largest rinks in Canada at Nelson, the ice always being good except just at the end of the season. Very little fancy skating is done there, as few people seem, to care for it, but there are some splendid skaters who are very graceful without the fancy part. The next most popular pursuit is bobsleighing. One street is entirely given up by the city to this sport in the winter, all 35