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VOX LYCEI 33 I ,-.- T .Iris I ix v , Mx ,t iff? 'Q-I , mf V' S .'- ss :SX ll T JIU I X24 X , ,fs ff f as are K I ' ere ai A 3 iw : I? I fy I X X i t I 'fkx llfxfi I T S If F ., iggffleai My Q gi iii- 'IW 1 f sy ,J 'ff-A 'sg ! A Tl A nag' swafa, T -' -' - I Q' 1 1 I I : Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of educationg in the older, a part of experience. -Baron. lfwtlz a Member of the Staff in Bermuda My soul has long been filled with the wanderlust, and once in a while it peeps out and satisfres itself to the full. For many years have I watched the crowd at Easter time surging to Bermuda-that coral-built isle of the Atlantic -but time would not permit the venture, until Christmas '29 brought with it a few extra holidays and twenty-four hours after arrangements with the C. N. R. were completed, I was on my way. I went by Halifax in order to get the longer Ocean voyage, but many did not enjoy this part as it is the roughest part of the ocean I know of. If one reaches the island after 4 p.m. he remains anchored outside till morning, as the entrance to the harbour is a seven or eight mile winding channel, cut out of the coral reefs which lie beneath the watery surface. Bermuda takes its name from an old Spanish voyageur, -Iuan de Iiermudez. and consists of several hundreds of small islands connected in many cases by bridges. Hamilton is the chief town with a population of two thousand five hundred out of a total population of twenty thousand, one-third of which is white. I arrived on Christmas eve and what a surprise: no shrieking of motor horns: no rattling of tram-cars: just the pitter-pat of the horses' feet as they ambled along from dock to hotel. I have often heard of a green Christmas. but this was my first experience and what a difference! A swim in the morning, tennis in the afternoon. and a dance in the evening. It is like a moving picture without the talkies. In fact the whole life of the Colony to a Northerner. is almost one of monotonous quiet . All travel is done by bicy- cle. carriage, or boat. Little wonder there are no motors. They would scarcely get up speed before they would have to apply the brakes as the group is only twelve miles long and three or four wide. There are many interesting things to see but with only a week one must select. The Aquarium has a magnificent collection of hundreds of fish to be seen at close range. The 'sea gardens' form one of the chief sights where you
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32 VQQC LYCEI and economically into the unknown future of a new land, or, for that matter, of any civilized land. The huildings and equipment must he. not second hest, hut the luest. Salaries, to command the highest type of skill, scholarship, ser- vice and of character. have to be keyed up worthy of the honoured place the school has steadily held. and still holds, after nearly ninety years. Ottawa has always had generous School Boards, who face with courage.M unafraid,fthe financial problems,-and they are getting heavy-of a growing and ambitious city whose Motto is 'Advancel Advancel' It is a city on a Hill whose site almost equals that of ancient Athens or Rome. and is perhaps unsur- passed in the political world. Think of it if you can, one hundred years hence and visualize its Parks, Driveways, Public Buildings. Cathedrals, Art Buildings, Archives, Museums, Mint. Chateau Laurier plus others. its new City Hall, its new Supreme Court, its population of three hundred to four hundred thousand. its splendid Schools and Libraries, its seats of learning, its three or four new Collegiate institutes, and of its citizens of that day, and of Parliament Hill with its House of Commons, Eastern and Western Blocks and its Customs and Con- federation Buildings of Gothic Architecture, surrounded by the many Monu- ments of our Canadian Statesmen! There are no times like the old times, They should never be forgot: There is no home like the old home, Keep green the dear old spot: There are no friends like the old friends, May Heaven preserve their lives! Robert Stothers. tWN.B.-The writer of the ahove was, for forty-two years. an honoured memher of the Teaching Staff of the O.C.I.-Editorj 1' I ,I 'ml W 9.4- .ii ,ffl-'X ' 14, ED aff 5 s I X giant. QE?
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