Lindsay Collegiate and Vocational Institute - Tatler Yearbook (Lindsay, Ontario Canada)

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32 THE L. C. I. TATLER LITERARY SOCIETY NOTES LITERARY SOCIETY EXECUTIVE After a very close contest the following capable officers for the Literary Society were chosen: Honorary President-Mr. W. MacMillan President-Robert Gregory lst. Vice-President-Kathleen Neil Secretary-Gordon Sutton 2nd, Vice-President-Doris Ashton Treasurer-Geoffrey Harpur LITERARY MEETINGS The opening meeting of the Literary Society was held on November 10th to commemorate Armistice Day. The pro- gram was under the direction of Miss Gerrish and Miss Clark of Forms 4A and 1B respectively. Popular War songs were sung by a chorus of girls and a humorous skit put on by Sftephenson and Galaugher. The guest speaker was Mr. C. G. Frost, who gave -a very inspiring talk on the causes and events of the Great War, deal- ing particularly with the side of the foe rather than 'the part of the Allies, with which We are all more or less acquainted. After his speech the Last Post was given by three boys of IB. The second Literary Meeting took the form of a Mock Trial presented by Vth fonm, under the direction of Mr. Hale. The prisoner, Bryson, was accused of hav- ing struck Professor U. R. Wrong fSte- phensonb, who had refused to give him 51.10 tlor a cup of coffee and 'then had looked at him through a monocle. Gal- augher was the Judge. R.. Fawkner act- ed for the Crown and B. Nugent for the defence. The jury brought back the ver- dict-guilty! The sentence was to wash six elephants. On January 19th forms 2A, 20 and 1A presented Selections from Famous Auth- ors under the direction of Miss Frost, Mr. Breese and Mr. Patterson. The meet- ing consisted of The Sleepwall-:ing Scene from Macbeth and Mrs. Corney's tea-party from Oliver Twist. Dorice Webster sang a very excellent solo and CCl!'I1IIll1Il.ItY sing- snging was conducted by Mr. Couke. At the next Literary Meeting the Ora- torical and Elocutionary Contests were held. For this event Dr. Kirkconnell was chairman. In the Junior Elocutionary Contest Helen Reeves Was the Winner, with her cleverly given relcitatilon, The Gossip. The winner of the .Senior Orator- ical Contest was Muriel Daniels, who spoke on The Foreign Legion. The judges were Miss Corkery, Miss Garbwtt and Mr. Hale. The Senior Final Debate took place in

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THE L. C. I. TATLER 31 TECHNOCRACY The first definition I read on technoc- racy read as follows: an organization of scientists seeking a synth-etic integration of the physical sciences that pertain to the determination of all financial se- quences of social phenomena. When the article began to dwell on such points as energy determination and decision ar- rivation -I immediately lost all interest in the subject. But later accounts and books have begun to offer facts and figures showing the speed at which machines are shoving men into the unemployed army- articles of real educational value. Now technocracy has been defined in a simple manner. It is an organization of scien- tists, engineers, technologists, statisticians, statesmen, etc. They began their work 'twelve years ago to show the industrial, agricultural and financial development of the U.S. during the last one hundred years in terms of employment, produc- tion, industrial debt and energy expended. Technocracy presents a wealth of stat- istics showing the enormous displacement of human labor by automatic machines, and it depicts a great industrial crash un- less fundamental changes are made in our industrial and social system. Offi- cially Technocracy offers no remedy for the present financial situation. According to its directing head, Howard Scott, its organization oiiers no plan for a change in society. It is merely a scientific analy- sis of machine production from which scientists can draw conclusions and per- haps later work out a new system. Unofficially the Technocrats have their own definite ideas of how society will 'be run when the present system crashes. In the new world engineers would be sup- reme. Emphasiss is laid u-pon the con- trolling of machines. They limit the production to need. Distribution would depend on general well-being not on the ability of the consumer to pay. The price system -operating industry for profit-would be extinct. Instead of money, the medium of exchange would be in energy certifications or script. Each person would be allowed script to the value of 10,000 dollars a year. Everything produced must be bought. Money would be issued every three months and would not be valid after the three months has expired. This new idea has been termed freak- ish. To this the Technocrat replies, What is more insane than our present system which allows men, women and children to starve because they have pro- duced too much. Would Technocracy prove to be the sal- vation of our country? Technocrats have given seemingly thorough diognosos of the case and have prescribed new remed- ies. 'Capitalism is rapidly hastening to destruction. What then? The greatest defect of this suggested scheme is its standardizing result. Bank- ers, business men and politicians would be on equal footing with labourers, farmers, and factory workers. Human nature de- mands competition. In this respect the plan is deficient, but perhaps even this problem will be overcome. In proportion to the problems they have solved up to now this one minor flaw is only a very little significance. Keep in mind the words of Tennyson. The Old Order Changeth Yielding Place to New. SP. THE DEPRESSION. IT'S CAUSE AND CURE Lately our winters have been very mild. Many of our larger towns and cities have installed artificial ice in their rinks. The hockey season has been lengthened at both ends, butting in on rugby and base- ball. The Iardent sport fans have too many games to watch, get muddled up, lose interest and gates receipts fall off -then there is a depression. To cure this let us combine the sports of rugby, baseball and hockey. One game for every man and every man knows one game. Enthusiasm rises as does the price of box seats. Then there's no more de- pression. Simple isn't it. Listen! Hello, Canada, the score is 1-1 tie in favour of the Blakats. Varsity has it at their own ten yard line, a long bound- ing shot that goes high over first base. A criss cross play, Jones goes through centre, at the blue line, clashes through the defence, ia long punt, caught at first base, ten, twenty, thirty yards and he's downed at centre ice, blue line around the defence passes to Jones who kicks and scores a home run from centre ice.

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THE L. C. I. TATLER 33 February. The proposition was Resolved that we have more to fear than to hope for from the future development of the machine. The afrfirmative were Eliza- beth McEachern and Orval Hancock of fifth form and the negative, Muriel Dan- iels and Harold Winter of 3B. Dr. Kirk- connell was chairman for the occasion and the judges were Miss Corkery, Miss Clark and Mr. Breese. Form 3B was the Winner of the debate, PROFRES SOR PRATT'S LECTURE On November 8th, Professor E. J. Pratt. the well-known Canadian Poet, address- ed. a large crowd of students and older people. Mr. Anderson, acting as chair- man, introduced Professor Pratt and gave some very interesting information on the life of this great man in Newfoundland. After his few introductory remarks the audience was rfavored by a pleasing solo by Mr. Forsythe and later by Mr. Hicks and a piano solo by Isabelle Williams. Professor Pratt spoke of the great seal- ing and fishing industry of Newfoundland and of the dangers and the tragedies often encountered there. In a truly dra- matic manner he read his own poem The Ice Floesj' which rnost of us know and nave grown to love. During the intermis- sion a horn and comet duet was given. Professor Pratt then continued his ad- dress and told the story of a remarkable feat accomplished by a Newfoundland nog, Carlo, who saved the lives of 93 peo- ple. In clzosing he read a poem about the dog, one which was indeed stirring. The speaker was thanked by Dr. Kirkconnell and also by Mlr. Hale. HALLOWE'EN MASQUERADES On Thursday and Friday evenings Nov- ember 27 and 28 the Junior and Senior Promenades were held. The decorations of the Assembly Hall, with their profusion of black cats, jack-0-lanterns and witches, contributed to the usual ghostliness and spookiness of Hal1owe'en. On the Junior Evening Mr. L. M. Frost acted as chairman. After several promen- ades the prize winners were chosen, Ber- nice Blakely for girls' fancy dress, Allister Wright for boys' fancy dress, Jean Hall for girls' comic costume and Hrugh Mc- Laughlin for boys' comic costume. Gal- augher and Stephenson presented a very amusing skit, and Marjorie McMullen re- cited very pleasingly. At the end of the evening refreshments were served. Mr. Hale acted as chairman for the Senior event. Most of the evening was devoted to dancing. Isobel Williams gave an excellent piano solo, Galaugher and Stephenson presented a sldt, and Mildred Williams recited in a very pleasing man- ner. For the fancy dress Hazel Mackey was awarded the prize, for comic costume, Marian Peel was the winner. Galaugher and Stephenson were the winners of the boys' prizes. A delightful lunch brought to a close that very successful function. COMIMENCEMENT December 21st. was the evening of a very important function at the L. C. I. when the annual Commencement Exercis- es took place, Mr. W. W. Staples very ably acted as chairman. Wallace McAlpine read the Valedictory address. Following this Miss Flavelle presented Ethel Morgan with the Ethel Flavelle Scholarship for the Head Girl, and Mr. A. T. Clax- ton presented the VA. T. Claxton Trophy to the Head Boy, Edward Blanchard. Muriel Silver then contributed a pleasing piano solo. Mr. Anderson presented Sybil Pickering with the senior oratorical medal and Muriel Daniels for Junior or- atorical and Marjorie McMullen with Junior elocutionary. Then came the pres- entation of the Johnson Cup and Athlet- ic medals to the girls by Miss Stewart, the Johnson Cup to Helen McNevin, wlhose colour section won the girls event on Field Day, the Senior Medal to Evelyn Hodgson, the Junior medal -to Vira Chick. Mr. Breese presented the boys' athletic medals to the boys. The senior medal went to James Groves, the intermediate medal to John Wickett, and the Junior medal to Ted Eberts. Jim Groves then asked Mr. Breese and Mr. Lee to COITIB to the plat- form and he presented them each with a picture of their respective teams. Mrs. Darby presented the I. O. D. E. prize to Frances Auston for the highest marks in the Entrance Examinations. f Donald Beatty was presented with the Harstone Memorial Scholarship. The presentation of the diplomas then was done by Mr. Groves and Mr. Lamb. Mr. McMillan then called Victoria McGahey, Wallace McAlpine and George Beall to the plat- form and presented them with special pins and enrolled them in the Honor So- ciety, which has been newly started in the school. After the Exercises were over the pupils of fifth form stayed to enjoy a social half hour with the graduates of last year. At the end a delightful lunch was served. SCHOOL DANCE The Annual School Dance was held this year on February 10th,- with an ex- cellent crowd attending. The gymnasium