Havergal College - Magazine Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Havergal College Magazine THE PEANUT MAN O Peanut Man ! O Peanut Man ! how constant thine attentions ! Yes, not alone in autumn-time. But up to winter ' s frost and rime — How constant thine attentions ! O Prospero ! or Giorgio ! so oft outside the College ! To draw the juniors ' cents apace With all thy suave sub-tropic grace — So oft outside the College ! O Angelo ! or Nicolo ! why not produce an organ ? With gleeful monkey perched above, Attracting endless cents and love — Why not produce an organ ? O Enrico ! or Pietro ! what dost thou in the zeros Where lies thy harrow ' s shy retreat? And do the peanuts sprout in heat Or freeze amid the zeros ? O Peanut Man ! O Peanut Man ! Afar no doubt thou ' rt weeding A little snug pea-nutteiy With paper bags ' ncath eve ' ry tree, For next year ' s Western feeding. CATALINA ISLAND Among the many beautiful places to be seen in California is Catalina — one of a series of island-mountains which is not far away from Los Angeles. What a magnificent scene presents itself to the eye of the traveller on approaching the island ! When once he has set foot upon the shore how great is his admiration of the beauty around him ! Add to the mysterious charms of nature an ideal climate and you will not wonder that during all seasons of the year this island is thronged with tourists. Natural scenery, however, is not all that this island has to oifer to the visitor. There are a great many curio shops which contain all kinds of queer articles. For instance, I saw mermaids and mermen made of seaweed, and I must confess that I felt a bit uncanny at the sight. So fa mous are these curio-shops that Cata- lina Island has now become the Mecca for curio-hunters from all over the world. Then, too, one of the chief delights of the island is the trip in the glass-bottomed boat. This boat, which is of small size, is 40

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Havergal College Magazine himself wrote: We knew that Oates was walking to his death, but, though we tried to dissuade him, we knew that it was the act of a brave man and an English gentleman ; and who can truth- fully say otherwise ? His name will be remembered forever by the English and will add glory to the honour of his race. There is no need to dwell on that last and greatest tragedy of all — the death of the dauntless explorer and his two remaining comrades as they lay, far away from all they held most dear, in a poor bit of shelter while the blizzard roared and raged about them. Captain Scott ' s death is a remarkable one. It is wonderful to think that, with all his pain and suffering, he still managed to complete the record of one of the most perilous journeys ever undertaken by man. Xo complaining, no bitterness is contained in its pages ; not a word against the will of Providence, to which they bowed themselves like men, determined to do our best to the last. Innumerable tributes have been paid to the heroic little band, and these have helped to make us realize that, after all, we could have wished them no more noble, splendid death than was theirs. To our list of heroes we add Oates, Wilson, Bowers, Evans, and greater, perhaps, than any — Robert Falcon Scott. He died, and bitter was his death, but we, E ' en while we mourn o ' er Death, see Victory. Gebtrude A. Steele, Upper V. EVENING The sun is setting in the golden West, The ruddy glow spreads o ' er the azure dome; The crow and sparrow hurrying seek their nest, And parting leave the fields for owls to roam. The whip-poor-will sets up his plaintive cry, The dormouse scurries quickly to and fro, The cricket chants his ode in accents high, The wind in whispers tells a tale you know. The silver moon is rising in the sky, The evening star is twinkling through the gloom, The farmhouse lights shine brightly in and out, And straying cattle turn their heads to home. And yet another summer day is spent, The stillness of a summer night creeps on, The vivid lightning flashes through the dusk. And thunder heralds the approaching storm. Stella Mozley, Lower Y. 39

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Havergal College Magazine built with a large space in the middle which has glass both in the bottom and the sides. In this space are arranged the seats for the spectator and, as the boat sails along, he can peer through the glass and become acquainted with the world of the fishes. The first thing which came under our boat was a large seal which made all the ladies scream ; next we saw large shoals of gold- fish, some of which were as long as nine inches ; then we saw some sardines swimming along. The bottom of the sea presented a beautiful scene ; there is seaweed growing like grass ; there are innumerable tiny trees ; there are all kinds of rare and precious stones ; some of the rocks form tunnels about which the tiny fish either play or swim. When we came to a number of very beauti- ful abalone shells, a man went around and took the names of people who would like to buy one for twenty-five cents. He said that if enough people cared to have one he would dive after some of the rarest shells. As every person aboard was desirous of possess- ing one of these rare treasures, we had the pleasure of watching the diver descend from the boat. Then we saw him swimming around under the glass, reminding us of an immense fish; now he would wink and smile quite naturally, now he would wave. When he came up every person was so delighted at having seen the shells growing that he made a great deal of money on that day. When we landed, however, we were not so well pleased, for men were selling the same kind of shells for five cents ; we were told that the diver buys the shells for this small sum and then throws them in the course of the glass-bottomed boat. No doubt you will agree with me that this is a magnificent spot, but take warning from my experience and do not be deceived by the diver. Helen Wielsox, Lower Shell. BOARDING SCHOOL EUCLID. 1. All boarding school bells are not equal to the same thing; hence, they cannot be equal to one another. 2. A boarder is sometimes a scalene triangle, that is, a figure w r ith unequal sides; sometimes an acute-angled triangle, that is, a figure which hath acute angles. 3. Boarders on an equal basis, and between the same parallel, have equal room area. 4. A cubicle hath height, air and sound, but no magnitude for silence. 5. A wrangle is a disinclination to each other of two boarders that meet together, but who are not of the same mind. 41