London South Collegiate Institute - Oracle Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

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. S. C. I. ORACLE, 1931 VOL. IX. . LONDON, ONTARIO, DECEMBER, 1931 No. I. ORACLE STAFF Editor-in-Chief-Norman Farrow, IV C. Assistant Editors--Kathleen Milligan, V B5 Hugh Thompson, V A. Advisory Editor-Miss Bessie McCamus, B A. Department Editors- Short Stories-Bob Ford, IV C. French-Jack Watson, V B. German-Carroll Balfour, V B. Latin-Hazel Phillips, V B. Applied Science-George Lamont, IV B. Natural Science-Bob McLeod, V B. Aviation-Gordon McLeod, IV B. School Life-Eleanor Haley, IV A. Exchange-John Sherlock, IV B. Book Reviews-Betty Porter, IV C. ' Boys' Sports-Frank Kunz, IV C. Girls' Sports-Eleanor Bendle, V B. Music-Owen Cousins, III C. Humour-Marjorie Pegg, IV B,3 Harold White, IV C. Photography-Beverley Smith, V A. Zoo Pages-Jean Watt, IV A. Owen Cousins, III C. Art-Kingsley Abell, V A. Staff of Illustrators-Bill Cousins, Norman Finch, Dorothy Owen, Edith Phillips, Ross McKay, Valerie McCleary, Mildred Porter. Edna Gardiner, Elsie Ford, Laura Screaton. Advisory Business Manager-Mr. W. R. ' Urlin, B.A., Vice-Principal L.S.C.I. Business Manager-Munro Clark, V B. Assistant Manager-Graydon Jarmain, V A. Business Stai- Marjory Parsons, Elsie Ford, Nancy Santo, Betty Fraser, Verna Vollick, Dorothy Price, Jean Watt, Eleanor Bendle, Charles Widernany Howard Thomas, Ralph Partridge, James Doyle, Jack Crone, Jack Watson, jack Summers, Clifford Ready, Walter Rice, Chas. Cowan. Advisory Circulation Manager-Mr. J. F. Calvert, M.A. Circulation Manager-Gerald Nelson, V B. Reporters- Fifth Year-Bill Cousins, John Orendori. Fourth Year-Jean Watt, Verna Vollick, Chas. Wideman. Third Year-Betty Heaslip, Donald Atcheson, Orion Orchard, Wm. Jarmain. Second Year-Jean Murray, Ioan Break- speare, Jean Shirley, Pierce Hutchison. First Year-Wm. Archer, Jack Doyle, Betty McFie, Mary Rivers, Sonia Taylor. TABLE OF CONTENTS Oracle Staffr.. .... 16 Editorials.. ......... .,.. .... 1 7 Teaching Staff ........ .... 2 1 Literaria- Article-Old Stratford ........ ...,.................... 2 2 Prize Short Story- The New Destiny 24 Short Story-- Retribution .... ................ 2 7 Article-- Concerning Ships ...... .... 2 9 Short Story- Heredity ....... .... 3 1 Article- At Menin Gate ...... . .... 33 35 36 ' 39 Science ............................. .... Poetry........ ........ ............. . French ....................... .... L. S. C. I. Old Boys..... .... 45 ZooPage ...... .... V ........... . 48 1 High Lights of South .,..... ....... 4 9 By the Open Fire .......... ....... 5 S 61 63 65 Exchange. .............,....... ..... . . German.......... .... ...... . .. Music ................................,........... ...... . Scholarships and Awards- 70 Principal Graham .................. ....... Latin...... ...... ............................,......... . 72 L. S. C. I. Parents' Association......... 73 7oo Page .... ...................................... ....... 7 4 Second Year Travels........ .... ...... i . 75 Fifth Years.. ..... ............... ..... . . 78 Boys' Sports .... ............ ....... 8 0 Girls' Sports ....... ....... 8 9 Humour ........... ., ...... 96

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L. s. C. I. ORACLE, 17 Qx 'ITORFAI , N ii- NLF CUTLOOK For us students in a comfortable, well-equipped school, absorbed in its ceaseless round of activities, amid the hum of the halls and the cheers of en- thusiastic crowds at the sports, it seems impossible to imagine such distress as we are continually hearing discussed around us. We are inclined to think of the world as a small place occupied mainly by a building known as the L.S.C.I., through which we struggle slowly up the ascent to knowledge, receiving after half a hundred years or more of hard labour, a diploma declaring us fit for univer- sity, life, or what-have-you. In this friendly atmosphere, exchanging ideas, gaining new skills, any thought of hardship in the world around us is excluded. However, the conversation of our elders, constant articles in the press, and in- numerable little details in our school life remind us that there is a more serious side of life, with decreased wages and worse. Poverty and suffering are to be found in all parts of the world, and our country is no exception. In Western Canada, more than in our own part of the country, there is widespread distress. Two years ago, the farmers there had no crops, last year, when they had, they could find no market for them. However, the Government- that is, indirectly, the people of Canada-has taken distinct steps to alleviate their suffering. Strictly avoiding the dole, the Government has adopted a system of relief, not support, for the stricken farmers. This new natidnal consciousness of responsibility for our less fortunate neigh- bours is a very good reason fozr oonlfidewnce in our future. Many times in the past there have be-en'period's of difficulty in the West, but always we have said to our- selves, Well, that's unfortunate, and wefre very sorry, but if they can't manage their busiiiess well enpugh to earn a living from it, tlfatfs their misfortune. Per- haps we were not as bluntly cruel als that, but we used words to that effect. Ift, is no longer thus. We feel now that their distress is our distress, fellow Canadians, theynare to Benhelped to the limit of our ability in times of need. We a-re all one- one in faith, one in hope alnd one in charitfy. Canada, from ocean to ocean, has grown through suffering into a great brotherhood. Thirteen 'years ago end'ed wljat was perhaps the greatest physical trial in the histebry of our country and of the world: we are noiw facing a trial less picturesque and dlramatic, but no less severe. W. E. Ptenley in one of his poems, Invictus, has a nobly ringing passage which runs, Under the bludigeonings of Chance, my head is bloody, but unb'owed. Let us maintain that tradition which has for years been proclaimed. Then, just as d'awn comes witlh hope to the storm tossed mariner, so there is for us, if we search, a dawn of hope and con- fidence in the future. . -NORMAN FARROW, IV C.