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- :Zfo School News 23+ LONDON LIONS ADOPT SOUTH Because of a desire to help, the London Lions Club have adopted South. They have thus sig- nified their willingness to do anything they can to help us either with personal or financial assist- ance. Mr. XYilliam Buchanan, President of London Lions Club, 1944-45, first sponsored the idea. l-le had a special committee set up within the club to investigate and report what might be done. The committee was composed of Mr. Lorne MacLeod, chairman, Mr. Angus McMas- ter, Mr. Bert Pearson and Nr. Bert bl. Beattie- Mr. Beattie was to act as liaison officer. In the spring of 1945 they supplied cars to transport the orchestra to Stratford to compete at the Musical Festival. From this festival the orchestra were successful in bringing home the cup. Fifty dollars was donated for a scholarship to be awarded on a basis to be determined by the staff of South Collegiate. This scholarship was first awarded to Shirley Harris for General Pro- ficiency in Grade XII. In the fall of 1945 our rugby teams found themselves almost destitute for sweaters. A fast bit of work and a sum of better than 215200 from London Lions Club soon saw our teams equipped with new maroon sweaters. The president of London Lions Club for 1945--46, Mr. Carlton VVells, is taking just as keen an interest in our Collegiate as his prede- cessors. As a result we have a sympathetic ear for any of our wants. South is indebted to this group of professional and business men for all they have done, and hopes that this tie will not soon be broken. ORACLE CIRCULATION STAFF Marion MacVicar, Bob Hayman, Brock Rachar, Mr. J. F. Calvert. 38 PRESENTATION TO SCHOOL N October, 1943, on her return from overseas Juanita Spettigue Know Mrs. G. C. D. Clarkj presented a picture to the school as a token of her appreciation of South's remembrances to her. The picture now adorning a spot in the library shows an avenue bordered on both sides with rows of flowering trees, Hjacaranda trees , which bloom in November. In the background on a hill you can see the Union Buildings of Pretoria, capital of the Transvaal, South Africa. PUBLIC SPEAKING Two IICW-COl'I'161'S are the winners of the Senior medals this year, both from the Maritimes. Robin Janes took us on an imaginary trip to the interesting parts of Newfoundland and was awarded the medal for her trouble. Bob Hay- man told us about Life in New Brunswick and won the Senior boys' contest. In the junior contest, Development of XVheat was Gordon Hutchinson's winning ad- dress, and Margaret Stevens won on f'Gypsy Lore . -LILLIAN ToDoRo1fr. PUBLIC SPEAKING WINNERS fLeft to rightb: Gordon Hutchinson, Robin Janes, Margaret Stevens, Bob Hayman. THE AIR CADETS URING war years the three services in Can- ada's national defence system promoted and developed cadets in the secondary schools of the country. The South Collegiate undertook to form an air cadet squadron and under the leader- ship of Mr. Freeman, this organization became a very strong unit in the movement. The boys were given instruction in drill, navi- gation, theory of flight, air frames, aero-engines, Continued on Page 76