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

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VOX LYCEI Regret I would have kept you far from fears or troubles, I would have loved you more than anyone, I would have shielded you from many sorrows- But you are gone! I would have helped you, till, with new hope springing, You would have conquered all, not left undone These little things that make this life worth living- But you are gone! I would have borne for you your cares and trials, I would have made this life seem but the dawn Of such a brighter one you could not help rejoicing- But you are gone! I would have made you happy and so doing I, too, had been 3-not now so pale and wan. I watch the dreary days go by, unending- For you are gone! SYDNEY HARRIS-IIID The Waterfall The Mighty river roars its destined way It swells and rolls oler the rocky bedg And then, again, it dances bright and gay 0'er rapids or cascades-instead. At length it tumbles o'er a waterfall With so great roar that it would seem Like to a million horses wild, untamed Released in the tempestuous stream. But ah! beside thy power is beauty found- The pretty rainbow in thy spray Doth vie, perhaps surpass the warmest tints That learned artists can display. The Hery sun reclines in the distant west, The falls no longer glitter bright- And in that fleeting pause 'tween day and night In Nature's beauty they are dress'd.' The falls reflect still richer colours now, The colour deepens orange to red- And darker grows, as sinks behind a cloud, The setting sung then lo! 'tis night. All through the night the ghostly falls keep guard With their incessant boom and roar- And with the dawn they sparkle in new lifeg The world awakes-'tis day once more. J. s. KETTLES-HID.

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430 VOX LYCEI studies. The three cooks descended the stairs to get a little fresh air. As soon as he was free from observation, he darted up the staircase into the first study. It was his intention to visit all three. But he had no sooner entered Price's room, than he heard footsteps ascending the stairs. There was not a moment to lose. He poured a quantity of his mixture into a pot on the fire, and without even glancing at its contents turned to tlee hiding the bottle under his coat, as he ran. On the threshold he ran into Firth and thought he was caught red- handed. Looking for me. old chap? asked Firth calmly before Carson could make up an excuse. I was expecting a visit from you. XYhy didn't you accept the invitation before? XYl1y , stammered Carson, I wasn't sent an invitationu. Didnt we? How awfully stupid! XYell, you're coming now .... not a word. You must come. Terry. we made such an absurd mistake. Firth would take no denial, so at eight o'clock, Carson, the most miserable boy in creation put in an appearance with fifteen other jubilant companions at the studies. A more magnificent spread was never provided anywhere. There were chickens, ham jellies, beans, pickles-and what notl The other boys fell to recklessly, but Carson not knowing the contents of the pot into which he had poured his compound, refused all boiled food, pleading a bilious attack, but gorged himself with ham, pickles and cheese. All through the feast, the fear of discovery was hanging over his head like the great sword of Damocles. Suddenly a terrible thought presented itself. XVhat if the ingredients, harmless in themselves, were to form when combined a deadly poison and make him a wholesale murderer! To his intense and unutterable relief, the supper passed off without anybody dropping from his seat as he had expected. As the supper was about to break up, Parson said: Boys, I've discovered something new. It was trying our chemistry ex- periment with ammonia. After I boiled it, it had a much different odour from which it had ever had. I'm going to be famous. l'll be known as bl. L. Parson, the man who-hm-hm-discovered ..... Here a pillow thrown in his face by Price cut him short. The ,boys departed. As Carson was about to leave, Price said to him. Awfully sorry about the invitation, old man. How did you enjoy yourself? I enjoyed myself immensely , stammered Carson, which we may add, was a slight perversion of the truth. - D. XY. Petergorsky-sIllD. KWH ,y.., 9 Tt'l THEM x l' v f iv 4 Ox W v--..-' e pea ' WA S T N I t I I fa, I - ,ga wg X A F i fffjfx Q' I ---.' Q ,- '-' C 'X ' 'X ' Joy xg -4., f1X ' M . - ' ,gg ' ' ,. x B, '- T. ' - ' fry J 'lm' I I. ,, , .f HH A X K. Y ,... ,,. W 1 N-

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62 VOX LYCEI La Musique Parmi tous les arts qui forment notre heritage des temps anciens, il y en a un qui surpasse tous les autres at cause du plaisir qu'il procure,-celui-ci est la musique. Depuis des centaines d'annees, que dis-je. depuis les premiers siecles de la civilisation la musique occupe beaucoup du temps de l'liomme. Aujourd'liui elle tient une place dans notre vie egale at toute autre torme d'amusement. Le theatre, la salle de danse et tous les endroits publics ou l'on trouve des amuse- ments, sont egalement agrementes de quelque sorte de musique. Meme les eglises de nos jours ne sont pas completes sans l'orgue. Voici un temoignage qui prouve la necessite de la musique: sans -elle les vues svnclironisees ne pour- raient exister. I-e progres de la musique des son debut se clivise en trois periodes: la premiere ou fut introduit l'instrument du genre du tambourg la cleuxieme, celle de lintroduction de la Hute: et la troisieme. celle ou la premiere lyre fut connue. Le tambour, le premier instrument musical qui parut sur la terre fut graduelle- ment perfectionne et enlin fut suivi des instruments de percussion de nos jours, -les cvmbales, les castagnettes. les tambourins, etc. La flute, a son tour, fut suivie cle nombreux instruments it vent--les cors, les cornets at pistons, les trompettes, les clairons, les clarinettes et d'autres. Puis on arrive a l'instrument at cordes, la lvre, qui, croit-on, eut son origine en Egvpte. Apres celle-ci, la liarpe, la guitare, le violon, etc., devinrent bientot connus. Cependant cliaque instrument musical peut etre retrace 51 une de ces trois origines. Le tambour fut employe par les sauvages pour accompagner leurs danses. D'ailleurs, dans toutes leurs ceremonies religieuses il leur fallait le tambour. De plus, les sauvages croyaient que le tambour leur donnait la victoire dans les combats. l.es cors et les trompettes furent employes en guerre par les sauvages des temps modernes. Ces instruments faisaient un bruit si etourdissant et si eltravant que leurs ennemis se sauvaient en desordre. Mais ils emploverent aussi ces instruments pour donner le signal d'un assaut et le rendre plus formidable. D'autres sauvages croyaient aussi que les clairons dispersaient les mauvais esprits, Enfin on voit que l'origine du tambour et de la trompette est reculee. Mais telle n'est pas l'origine de la flute. Cest l'amour. L'l1istoire nous dit que les sauvages de l'Amerique du Nord se servaient de la Hute pour courtiser. Ceci nous indique que la flute a toujours ete bien delicate. ljliistoire nous raconte aussi que la lyre etait l'instrument des menestrels, et qu'ils en jouaient comme accompagnement ou comme prelude a leurs cliansons. Ce n'est qu'apres des annees de travail et beaucoup de progres accomplis qu'on a pu produire des instruments musicaux comme on en a maintenant, mais ils sont toujours construits sur le meme principe. De nos jours ces Vieux in- struments ainsi que les nouveaux ont un but bien different, car ils sont employes par des musiciens artistes, et non pas pour effrayer le monde mais pour le clivertir. Des fanfares et de grands orcliestres nous font de la musique Cquelque- foisj. mais nous ignorons comment ces instruments ont are inventes. Quoiqu'il en soit, nous sommes trop interesses a la musique pour que nous puissions nous en passer. Il y eut un temps ou elle fut bien appreciee en Europe: elle l'est encore mais cette appreciation est plus grande en Amerique. Enlin on peut ajouter que le gout du peuple actuel pour la musique promet at cet art une longue vie sur ce continent. F. A. Zuana. IVB.