Lisgar Collegiate Institute - Vox Lycei Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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54 7 VOX LYCEI the tune you know so well in your school song. The title is f'lYhack fol la diddle , which means absolutely nothing at all: it is just like the 'fol de rol rol' of some of our own songs. There were about five verses. all containing the most exaggerated sentiments of loyalty toward Englandg but one was supposed to see that the singer meant the exact opposite of what he said. The first verse and the chorus ran:- XVc'll sing you a song of a land we love. Oh, God bless England! is our prayer. xvimr fs! la diddle lol la ai do day. Whack fol la diddle 101 121 di do dar. A land that rules all lands above: , . . . XVhack fol la diddle lol la di do day, XX hack tol la diddle lol la di do day. SO we Say' Hip hoomyt iff peace and plenty be hc' Share- Come and hear us while we pray XVho kept our homes from want and care. XVhack fol la diddle lol la di do day. Of course Mick sang several other songs of a similar natureg but this, both words and music, particularly struck my fancy. and I asked where I could get a copy of it. So the next day before we went to see the lakes, -ludy met me and escorted me down to a store where with a great deal of Hush Hush , I was able to secure a copy of this and a couple of other songs, along with a few Sinn Fein souvenirs, all of which were very much forbidden at that time. There is very little more to tell. affecting this part of the story. XVe had another similar party next night in the same place, but on neither night would Mick let us go to our hotel alone, as there had already been some trouble in the neighbourhood, and Mick was a bit afraid of what some of his compatriots, not knowing our kind and noble hearts. might do to us. And the little Map of Ireland undertook to embroider us a couple of Sinn Fein flags to send to us in Scotland for souvenirs, but she got into some sort of mix-up with the police over her patriotic activities: and when her room was searched, the flags were found and confiscated, So we didn't get them. As to the words of the song, as they are known to the students of the O.C.I., I plead guilty to perpetrating them. But I also plead as excuse that they were written in a big hurry, for reasons which shall appear. In the spring of 1927. the Lyceum was at a loss to know how to conclude its season: so some of the staff suggested a teachers' program. At that time we had on the staff four or live who could land wouldl put on anumber each, besides a body of whole-souled choristers who agreed to form a chorus. VVe had to have music right smartly, and I put the words you know to the old tune in a big hurry for fear the chorus would back out. A Incidentally this meeting of the Lyceum was a startling success. Some of us rather feared the outcome. It was just possible that we might be the reci- pients of some unwanted coppers tossed at us by the unsatisfied cash customers -a thing not entirely unknown in the annals of the 0.C.I. However we seemed to capture the hearts of the audience right away by taking a high F in the chorus of the hrst song. XX'e intended this as a serious effort but the audience took it as a joke. which is perhaps just as well. Anyhow, everything else that we did that afternoon was regarded as high humor. Four or five of the staff contributed stunts, all the way from playing the piano handcuffed to delivering foolish monologues: and the program was brought to a conclusion by the initial singing of 'AUp with the Colours of the O.C.I. , after Miss Muir had explained and fervently blessed it. ' Some time later, Mr. Bearder provided an orchestration and put it in your morning repertoire beside Mother Machreen and A Song of Canadaf' XV. D. T. ATKINSON, M.A., Now Principal of Collegiate at Collingwood.

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VOX LYCEI 55 i as-Q lEi'lv.li.'.l5V i E, 'Wai-.,2:,'.. I ,hu '12 ll : I ao 0 . Y gt eva. f 'U bf! 5, is! W- f Mai s ' :. in o D f , . ,F1 1 - Although we were unfortunate in losing several of our last year's best artists and writers of short stories. we believe that our Literary Department is fullv up to the standard of former years. However, speaking frankly. the Short Story competition met with a rather poor response, especially from the ripper forms. The advancement of literary work is the chief aim of our Vox l.vcei, which has long held a leading place among school periodicals. In many cases our contemporaries have even used it as a pattern for their own maga- zines. Is Lisgar to lose this honour, this prestige? Fortunately, the few short stories that were submitted were good ones. Miss Beatrice Orkin, IYA. was awarded first prize for her very unusual and humorous story, entitled. 'Stand and Deliver! tljleaself Second prize went to David Petegorslqy, IIID, for his story entitled. 'Carson's Queer Revenge' The Poetry Department met with a much better response. In this section Miss Sydney Harris, IIID, won tirst place for a very beautiful poem, 'Regretf which sounds a note of deep sorrow. wlohn Kettles. also of IIID, was awarded second prize for his fine descriptive poem entitled fThe IYaterfall.' The French essays submitted were also of high calibre. First place was won by F. .-X. Zuana, IYI3. for his contribution entitled. 'La Musique' while second prize went to A. H. Crowson, IY,-X. for his essay on that topic so familiar to Lisgar students, L'Esprit de Corps.' The high standard of Lisgar's Art Department was ably maintained by our capable and hard-worlcing art staff. composed of E. lleahen. Illi, and rl. l-larber, IVB. Due to their efforts we were able to make quite a number of suitable changes. We have already referred to the Vox Cover Competition in our Editorial. In this competition Miss M. liecltwith. IIIE, was awarded the premier prize of 551500. The prize for the best page of cartoons was won by E. lieahen. IIF, for his contribution. In connection with these Literary Competitions, we are very grateful to the following two committees of teachers, Messrs. D. A. Gilchrist, BA., H. C. Mann, HA., and I. Dunlop, B.A., for judging the short stories and poems, and to Miss I. Muir. M.A., Miss M. Shaver, and Mr. L. Lalande, HA., for selecting the winning French essays. To these members of the staff the Vox extends its heartfelt thanks for the capable and willing manner in which they co-operated with us in making this department for our magazine a success. e XV. F. A.-Vth.