Malvern Collegiate Institute - Muse Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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THE MUSE From the time we leave kindergarten right to the last year in High Sehool we do our work only under eoinpulsion. NVe are always seeking a loop-hole through whieh we may eseape from doing what we are told to do. whieh is a perfeetly natural result. By the time we reach fifth form most ot' us realize that our edueation is for our own good, but the ab- sorption of knowledge has so long been a hitter tonic, administered regu- larly and foreihly that we will rejeet it whenever possihle. We will never do more than we absolutely must do. As a result when the Muse asks us for an artiele we don 't have to write it, and most of us don 't. Then we enter University. Suddenly we don 't have to do anything. Most of us do nothing. In eonsequenee a majority of the first year students fail. Who aetually is to blame '? Of eourse the fault lies with the pupils, hut is the blame entirely theirs? Surely they are not properly prepared for the marked ehange that eomes on entering the l'niversity. The remedy for this evil is yet to he preserihed. The sehool mentioned at the beginning of this artiele is merely an experiment. with no definite results assured. Someday in the near future we may expeet the solution ot' this prolilem. Bill Cage, NYANTICIJ-Bltlllltl Sl'I'I'URT Slit JHT while ago I heard it expressed that the Muse was noth- ing hut a fifth t'orm magazine. llere the statf of the Muse would like Io point aeeusingly to you readers tand to the lower sehool in partieulari and reply You're the eausef' The laek of support given To our magazine is a matter to be eonsidered seriously. The students demand a produet worthy of Malvern, witty, newsy and entertaining. You do not want the eontents to relate only to the upper sehool and yet when we ask for artieles. news, poetry, jokes or what not, we reeeive either a shrug and a hored look or a modestly stam- mered Uh, l wouldn't know what to write. Many interesting and elever eontrihutions have been made tas you eau seen hy the few loyal ones who take an aetive interest. in their 11121911- zine. Here l would like to add a word of praise to the I. A. paper edited lay .lim liuekham who has had the temerity to puhlish a lively little paper eontainiug everytllng from movie reviews to exeiting serial stories. NVQ would like to have seen part of it printed in the intended Lower Form News hut owing to the failure of the majority of the forms to eontrihute we were not ahle to materialize this feature. But keep up the good work -limmyl .Xud now to ehauge the suhjeet. U for the times when we gathered in the auditorium to listen to well- known people speak on well-known topiesl 'l'hese days we have no Ralph Vonnor or l,rol't-ssor t'oleman to lure us from our studies and we miss tht-mf lt would he niee it' we eould listen to somehody aequainted with misunderstood Russia or if we eould hear Mrs. Blillieent Nleliinnou, whose mother was an 'Indian prineess, unfold to us the wonders and proh- lems ol' lndial Now everything is left to the newspapers or our imagina- tions. the former heing unreliahle and the latter heiug lost in maths. 'l'heret'ore we would like to see our auditorium filled onee more l'or people sueh as Nlr. Flowers. ltr. flordon and Mrs. Meliiunou. What do you think? ll. VVray. 3.12.

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l7Q'fL'lllQ-25 ,-- - tlsslsls .s 1- ' ll' l C 1 F N tln-sv tluys ot' rzipiml th-vt-lopnn-nts. vxpnnsion wonhl sm-in to tlvnott- ni'og'1't-ssivt-llvss anti mros ut-ritv. Vonst-4 in-ntlv it has ln-4-n fvlt that . . l . tln- Must- shonltl ln- t'lll2ll'2l'1l hoth in tht- ntnnln-1' :intl sizo ot' its pugt-s. XYhilv it is truv that tln-rv has lwvn sonn- tlifft-1't-iifw ot' opinion on this point, still il lzlrgt- lnzijority t':1x'o111't-tl tht- 1-liuiigx-, :intl so wt- introtlnf-v this lzirgvi' Must: Should it provt- popiilan' tln- now sizt- will lilim-ly lu-1-onw stznidzirtl for t'utnrt- 1-mlitions. A th-1-itlt-tl llN'l'l'ilSt' in tht- lllllllllvl' ot' Il1lQ'l'S also has lm-n nlznlc. In coinpiling :intl wliting oin' lluso this your, wo lizlvs- hml for our slogan HI3l2'2'1'l' :intl Bt-ttn-1'. lt's lllQ'Ql'l' wt- linowi NVQ- hopt- you think it's ht-th-1'. lt is gn-altly to ho 1'vg'i'ottoml that tho wlitors of ax high st-hool niagrziziin- only holtl oliivt- for ono yt-air. owing to tht' fm-t that tit'tl1-t'o1'nn-1's am- usnailly st-lt-vtt-ml for tht- post. l'inlouhtn-tlly tht- nmgaziln- wonltl bv an Illllvll filllll' Il1'Ullll4'f :intl wonhl lu- ont vzlrlivi' if tht- 1-tlitoi-s haul si yt-ans t-xr Il0I'lt'lll'l' hy whivh To ht- uilitlt-tl. .Xs it is. t-zn'h 1-tlitoi' Innst lozlrn what to tlo :intl what to avoid tloing' for hiinst-lf' sit :i vost of at grvat th-ul of tinn- thzit ho might lw putting' to ln-ttn-1' ziwlvziiiteigt-. 'l'ln-rv is 1-1-ally no l'l'Ill1'llf' for tht- situation, llowt-wr. lllll for thosv In-rsons who ft-1-l that possibly on thvm will t'zill tht- tlutit-s of wlitorsliip in tht- following' yt-an' may wt- list Tlll'l't' tlon'ts, l ii'st, tlon't st-t :in iinlt-tinitv tinnl wht-n asking' fol' ai l'Ullll'lllllilUll nnh-ss you tlon't want tho ill'tll'lt' ln'-t'o1'v tht- Sllllllllvl' holi- days. lDon't Oxpt-ct thc iiiagnziln- to aipywaii- wln-n you think it will, hnt try to lniw it out as soon uftt-1' :is possilwh-, Lastly, tlon't :isk tht- ll'2lt'lll'l'S for pictnrt-s ot' tln-nisvlvt-s wlivn tlnty xwiw- young: Tln-5' t-itln-1' in-vt-r haul snap-shots tukvn tht-n or thvy lmvt- lost tht-ni. -X wolwl to thv wist- is sllflivit-lit. XYIIH IS TH l:3l,.XBll'I? l'il'l'IX'l'l.Y in Vliivzlgo il nt-W svhool was opt-nf-sl. This fzlvt ulonv is not startling' lnit it ln-c'onn-s so wlivn wt- am' tolml that thc stinlt-nts are allow,-tl to work wlnin :intl how tln-5' plvzlsv, illltil to 4-hoosv XVlllf'lll'Vl'1' snhjn-vt that nnay linppm-11 to zipln-ul to tht-in at tht- tinn-. .Xt first glzinct- Wu Illilf' not sm- any :nlw1i1tzng'v in snvh ai tliso1'1lv1'ly pursuit of wlnm-ation, oth:-1' than that it might instill 2'l'l'2ll'l'l' solt'-tlt-lwinlm-in-o in tht- pupils. This nn-thotl llowt-vt-1' wonltl prolmlvly ovvi't'onn- :nt lvzlst ont- grm-ut elm-tl-vt in oni' own t-tliivsxtioiisil systt-in.

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THE MUSE VTUPIA AVE you in your mind ever created a perfect school? tloodwin XVatson. professor of educational psychology at Teachers' Vollege, Columbia l'niversity, has conceived what he considers an educa- tional l'topia. He claims that our High Schools are modern in architec- ture but old-fashioned in the subjects taught. His perfect High School would have six departments. Departments of Health, Leisure, Home Participation, t'itizenship, Philosophy and Voca- tions. XVithin each department would be several hundred units to be car- ried on inside and outside the sehoolroom, for example, in the lilepartment of Health there would be such units as muscle building. complexion im- proving. choice of diet. tirst aid, relaxation and rest, getting over the blues, and avoiding the inferiority complex. Each department would consist of many such units. He describes his envisioned High School as a sort of cafeteria of de- sirable experiences. Every pupil would be guided in his choice of units and encouraged to take some from each department. 1-'ive of the six departments of this school include units which would be suitable for a pupil no matter what his plans for the future might be. Anybody would be well to study health, citizenship, home participation, philosophy. and how to spend his leisure time. But I do not see how a pupil could take these and at the same time take enough subjects in the Department of Vocations to prepare for a profession. In order to enter any profession it is necessary to learn many subjects as a wider and deeper range of knowledge is more demanded than ever. If a boy has not decided what he is going to do. the subjects in the first departments of this school would be suitable for him as they would give him a good general education. These subjects are also useful for those pupils who have no intention of going into any business or pro- fession. Such students are usually girls and there are never many. XVe cannot disregard the opinion of Goodwin NYatson who is a pro- fessor of educational psychology. Still it seems to me that for the greater number of pupils this school would not be practical and when we leave is High School like Malvern we would be better prepared for life. Phyllis Kimber. RVTH XVACI ITHH AST year was a very successful year for Malvern not only in the athletic but also in the academic field. The most outstanding pupil of the year was Ruth NYaehter who won the Harris Proficiency Award. Although only fifteen years of age she won this scholarship in competition with the entire province. Hn account of her age it was necessary to secure special consent from the l'niversity Senate in order that she might enter l'niversity. Congratulations Ruth Y