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

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The gold medal presented by John Collison, Esq., for highest standing in Lower School Art, was won by Miriam Winslow. The prize presented by J. B. Hay, Esq., for greatest improvement in Second Year work over First Year Work, in the subjects of the Matriculation Course. was won by George Neely. The gold medal presented by B. N. Campbell. Esq., for highest standing on the Departmental examination in Canadian History was won by Dorothy Norton. The gold medal presented by the 1931 Grad- uating Class, awarded annually to the Upper School graduate who has rendered the most distinctive service to the school, in the student activities. has developed the highest plane of sportsmanship and has taken a satisfactory academic course. was won by Ernest Grove. The gold medal presented by E. W. G. Moore. Esq., awarded to the boy of the third. fourth or fifth year who has played regularly on one of the W.O.S.S.A. Junior or Senior Rugby. Basketball or Hockey Teams, and obtained the highest ranking on the subjects of one of the regular courses requiring at least seven papers. and an average of 662, was won by Ross llclntyre. 5 V,l IX F 1 'R . . - . .. 5: T I am so glad uhen Winter comes liilsai lw 6 A With all its jolly sports, . ', 7' ' ' - . 'A , y N ?ANQXJ With snow and sleighs We spend our days. lxu :MX n X xlrzd make sums' men and forts. qi I na Our skiis and skates do help to make The winter's jollity, But Christmas day and all its joys X 1 N y Is what appeals to me. The Winter seems to go so fast, And soon the spring does come, But still we never shall forget The dear old Winter's fun. --Bill Christian I A. SOUTH C. I. Page Thirty-three

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m if llclliilleire KINGS BLCQD VV. P. DRURY OLD in Colonel Drury's inimitable style. this is an enthralling tale of adventure and love during the reign of Queen Anne. The story centres around an old Cornish country house called Dominic and the scene shifts from Cornwall and London to the Mediter- ranean. The hero is involved in many exciting inci- dents which include the capture of Gibraltar. a murder trial at Launceston Assizes, and the killing of a Colonel of Marines by a hound. Through it runs a story of a young ofiicer in Viscount Shannon's regiment of Marines. The blending of truth and Hction, the vivid picture of the sea. London and country life under Queen Anne. make this a most interest- ing book. -Jerry Orendorff, 3 A. Tl-IE FLYING CARPET RICHARD HALLIBURTON MUSING. interesting. authentic. -all these combine to form a book which will interest young and old. An aeroplane. aptly named The Flying Carpet. sails over the sea. First it went to Timbuctoo. Why? Well. perhans the only reason was this -like every- one else. Halliburton had wanted all his life to visit this eitv of mystery. He later makes his wav to Venice. crosses the Alns. goes to Jerusalem. Persia and a score of other places. Written as only Halliburton can describe them. are mvriads of amusing little incidents fl1l'OllU'l'lf111fQ Sllffh as his mirrhasg nt' fwo slaves ftwo twins who were ten years of agel with the result that he ended by being a slave to them. Another time he and his friends, on the strength of some cocktails. swam down the Page Thirty-tour lv--1-2 .C.f....I.. 2. itdfemscm Grand Canal in Venice. Arrested by the police after a hilarious chase, they were fined the grand sum of fifty cents each. For a thoroughly interesting book, I would heartily recommend The Flying Carpet. by Halliburton. -Gwynneth Martin. IV C. SEVENTY EAT!-IOMS DEEP DAVID SCOTT F it is a book written in a personal, straight- forward, yet very interesting and thrilling manner that you are seeking, allow me to recommend this very one. The author, David Scott, is a well known British journalist whose writings have most certainly given us, through his descrition of the Works ot' the Sorima Sal- vage Comany. a marvellous insight and under- standing of the dangers and perils connected with deep sea diving. Scott himself spent several years as an observer on the flagship of the company: therefore. he speaks with much authority. The Sorima Company. during its career. was the leader of all such concerns. Perhaps the two most famous wrecks of which it had control were the Elizabethville. Which sank near Belle Isle. France. after being tor- nedoed bv a German submarine: and the Egvnt. which toundered in the Rav of Biscay off Ushant. The ease with which operations were enacted on these hulks. although both lay in verv ditficult locations. spoke well for the potentialities of the company. and seemed to promise well for its future. Except for the unfortunate end of the concern by the sinking of its flagship, no doubt greater projects would have been accomplished later. In conclusion I say that the reader may cer- tainly be assured of receiving very valuable, interesting and extremely educationaly mate- rial from it. -Don Miller, IV A. THE ORACLE