London Central Secondary School - Golden Glimpses Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

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30 Tl-lE REVIEW DEBATING AND GIQATCRY , E..g..,a..i,... Philosophers 'were able to hear each other thinking all day long, or making speeches to each other and these were the pleasantest sounds they knew of. -James Stephens. W. O. S. S. A. DEBATES CENTRAL COLLEGIATE has passed through a glorious 1933-34 Wlossa debating year. Under the very capable coaching of Miss XVyatt and Miss Thom- son Central has again distinguished her- self in the Wlossa circles. The girls' debating team bestowed great honour upon Central by capturing the VVoman's Club Shield. Not since 1924 has this highly sought after prize been presented to our school. Let us hope that we shall be seeing this prize often on the walls of our Library. The first debate was against Alma College. Helen Higgins and Alberta Letts represented us in Alma while Helen O'Neill and Elizabeth Harvey remained at home. This debate resulted in one win for Alma and one for Central. In the next debate with Sarnia, Central again scored a win and a loss. In Sarnia, Anne Walden and Isobel Younge upheld the affirmative while Beryl Shuttleworth and Marion McNaughton stayed at home. In the final and most important debate, Central had once more as her opponent Alma College. The debaters in the finals were: Away-Alberta Letts, Marion Mc- Naughton. Home-Anne Walden, Helen Higgins. The topic of this debate con- cerned state medicine and free hospitaliza- tion. The strong arguments, enthusiastic and convincing manner of all the debaters held the interest of the large audience. Once more the result was a win for both Central and Alma. The outcome of the series was decided on points and Central won by the close margin of 12 points. Alma is to be congratulated on being such a close winner and honour is given to the brilliant team-work of the Girls' debating team. The boys in their Wossa debating series were formidable contenders for the trophy but lost out by a very small mar- gin. The first debate with Sarnia re- sulted in a win and a loss. Bob Lackie and Fred Brown composed our team which scored a success in Sarnia. Al Goldberg and Frank Dowler held their own at home. In the next debate Bob Syrett and Sam Courtney supplied a win against Kitchener and john Hunt and Barry Hunt lost out at home. In the final debate with Chat- ham there were two losses but in one of these two debates the difference between a loss and a win was one point. Bill Mc- Leod, Al Goldberg, John Hunt and Fred Brown were our representatives in this round. All credit is due to the entire team for their excellent showing in the VVossa Series. This term two debates have been con- tested. In the first one, the girls de- bated with St. Thomas Collegiate. The subject concerned the effect of moving pictures on moral health. In St. Thomas, Christine Bell and Frances Ivison argued the demoralizing effect of movies and won their argument. At home Barbara Moriss and Esther Ginsberg were defeated by St. Thomas in trying to establish their argument. The boys' debate was against Kitchener. In this debate Central also had a success and a loss. VVilson Reason and Stewart Miller debated in Kitchener. Jim Orr and Leslie Wheable won at home. The subject was whether or not it would be advantageous to Canada and New- foundland if Newfoundland joined the Confederation The best of success to this year's debating teams and may the best team win. fDare we hope that Central's teams may be the bestilj. ORATORY Central's oratorical representatives, al- though not successful in the Wossa city contest, certainly acquitted themselves in an excellent manner. The final contest- ants were chosen by elimination contests. In selecting the winners to represent Central, impromptu speeches were in- I is l l DEBATI NG EKECUTI VE 1'E:tln:r Gin-herg, Rl iss Thomson, Barbara Morris, Daniel Kennedy Leslie NYhcablc. Robert Lackie. Miss XVyatt. troduced for the first time. Helen Higgins was chosen as Senior Girls representative, her subject being- Soviet Russia. Al- berta Letts was runner-up. Who is the patriot? was Shirley Shoebottom's topic. Margaret McQueen was second in this Junior Girls' division. In the boys' contests, Kingsley Vogan was the Junior representative speaking on The Careless Driver. Leslie Wheable was the second winner. Sam Courtney with the subject The Canadian Senate , spoke for Central in the Senior boys division. Lorne Sparks was runner-up. All these speakers are to be commended for their splendid oratory. The impromp- tu speeches both in the Central and Wossa contests were very well done. We must remind our speakers, however, not to make any mention of the school they are representing, in these unprepared talks. Our friendly rival, the Beck Collegi- ate, was indeed fortunate to capture three of the four prizes. Congratulations! SCHOOL DEBATING The rising popularity of the Debating Club has now made this society one of the more important organizations in the school. This club has made the school debate conscious as is shown by the large attendance at the meetings. Several interesting and humorous debates were sponsored by the club. Such subjects as It is more expensive to bring up a boy to the age of 21 than it is to bring up a girl to the age of 21. Resolved-That the speed laws of Ontario should be abolished -were very keenly debated. Perhaps the most interesting meeting of the past year took the forrn of a mock trial which concerned a damage suit re- sulting from an accident in which injuries were received by a young woman in a motor car. After severe gruelling of the witnesses and when all evidence had been brought forward, the attorneys burst into oratorical brilliance and left their varied impressions upon the jury. The sum of 31,086 was awarded to the young woman in order to console her for injuries which hindered her from playing the zither. What with the excitement of the first year debating tournament and Wossa debating, the executive for this year was not elected until late in October. They hope to make up for lost time, however, and are planning two meetings this term -one a free for all debate on whether experience from people or experience from books is more useful, and a mock trial. The executive for this year's de- bating club is: President, Bob Lackieg Secretary, Esther Ginsbergg Treasurer, Barbara Morissp Leslie Wheable, David Kennedy. Debating Tournament - This year a debating tournament 'has been announced in which all years will I Continued on Page 93

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T H E R E V i E W 31 ' AN APPRECIATION On behalf of the students of this school the librarians would like to take this opportunity of thanking those members of the staj who have so kindly made contributions to the library. We are indebted for these to: Books Magazines Miss Wyatt Miss Morrison llliss Blat Kinnon M' r. .Miller ill r. Nethercott Miss McCann Marion Fergusson Jldr. Buck .Mn Gray Jlfiss Illacpherson Miss Thomson Katheryn Clark Mr. West Jllr. Cameron Jlfiss Armstrong Algernon Chesterfield contemplates Suicide ' ' Mmgam MMS YOUNG chap of about seventeen might have been seen, one day, walking thoughtfully down the street, hands thrust deep in his pockets. Anyone of the town's inhabitants could have told you it was Algy Chesterfield. Algy, his full name was Algernon Montague Archibald Chesterfield, it having been thrust upon him by a doting mother, had recently, in fact just a few moments ago, proposed to a certain beauteous damsel, Gwendolyn Arbuthnot by name, several years his senior. Much to his surprise and indigna- tion, she had burst out laughing. Algy was thunderstruck. It had never occurred to him that his suit might be rejected. He left hurriedly, despair weighed him down. In crossing the road a motor lorry nearly ran over him. The driver cursed him heartily, but Algy did not care. He rather wished that it had hit him, then Gwen would have realized what she had lost. He pic- tured her bending ,Weeping-over his mangled body, wringing her hands in heart-broken despair. This picture was rather pleasing than otherwise and cheered him considerably. A cynical smile played around his lips. Yes, sir, if he were to die she would be sorry, she would wish she had not laughed at him, and turned him down. Suddenly, ,-': .. 'N .arf gf L . :QL ':' F:T 3- -lil' l i'-ef D 1 mA.iA1- i,yW,N Vi- ' , ll.,i:ll1f ,ij il Rl. in f. r gi '-l,,'illmif,l. t . . ll i 1-L, Nl , jfs- ' Gilli s .l,'eif'il'll i.-Av, i ii if Y l ' Eg' ef - 1 wi, ff f. li :-K QQ. M' W ,i iz f i 5 fgsll Xi :V 'lllli xo - if QF!- S ' -,f I 1' ,JK iz ir H L-a ti: - Ae-Z If -'iff i ...- Y T-1-1--JEAN 'ref-:N NT She burst out laughing a daring thought rose in his mind: supposing, just supposing, he were to commit suicide. In his mind's eye he saw himself lying cold and lifeless, again Gwen bent over him, sobbing wildly, begging his forgiveness. A Hood of self-pity engulfed him at the thought, a lump arose in his throat, but his determination strengthened, and he began to plan how best to go about it. He had it, the very thing -his father's old service revolver! He quickened his pace, and soon reached home. He let himself in quietly and slipped upstairs to his father's room unobserved. Going to the bureau, he searched through the drawers and dis- covered the gun under a pile of shirts. He ascer- tained that it was loaded, and then went softly to his room. He locked the door, and leaned against it for a moment, pale and shaken. Finally, he braced himself, and crossed over to his desk, where, having sat down, he proceeded to compose a fare- well note. He wrote, and destroyed five, before he could decide on the exact wording. He read it over with evident satisfactiong its pathetic tone brought tears to his eyes as he thought of the grief which would be attendant on his tragic demise. He picked up the gun and placed it against his temple in the best approved cinema fashion, his face a stony mask: then, he took it down again. Before departing this earth, he would look upon it once more. He crossed to the window, a bitter smile hovering on his lips, he looked out and there, cruel fate! was Gwendolyn Arbuthnot out driving with the Smith boy. As they drove by, she looked right up at his window and laughed. That she could not possibly have seen him did not matter, she was driving with Tommy Smith and enjoying it, right after breaking his heart, and that was enough for him. All thought of suicide was dismissed, and the relief on his face was apparent. She was not worth it, he would show just how much he felt her refusal. He would call on Mabel Jones and take her out. She was a lot prettier than Gwen any- way, and would probably make a better wife. Yes, sir, that's what he would do, and maybe he might even go to workg the thought was appalling, but he faced it bravely. His father could get him a job in his office, goodness knows dad had com- plained enough about his idling his time away all summer. A glow of well-being surrounded him as he descended the stairs to 'phone Mabel jones.