Midland Secondary School - Yearbook (Midland, Ontario Canada)

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M. H. S. REVIEW Page Ninc ftthiturial The Review as presented to you this year, illustrates an- other interesting epoch in the history of the Midland High School. During the past term the editorial staff have faithfully devoted themselves to the task of producing' a book which, we hope, will surpass all previous publications. We trust that our efforts will prove interesting 5 not only to the present students of the Midland High School but to those of after times. While the result may not be entitled to ring high in the scale of art, please be charitable in your criticisms and believe us when we say, We have endeavoured to make this book as representative as possible. The editorial staff have great satisfaction in being able with the kind co-operation of the faculty and fellow students, to present this book. May we also draw your attention to the advertisers Who, from a monetary point of view, have made this work possible. We urgently request our readers to help repay them for their kind assistance by patronizing those who have patronized us.

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M. H. s. REVIEW Page Eleven message jfrum the Rrtnnipal This is the fifth occasion on which I have been invited to take my pen in hand and make my contribution to the pages of the Midland High School Review. This publication, laden with interesting news of the High School on the hill, is now making the fifth voyage of its young life, and I. hearing a large share of the cares, worries, joys and pleasures of being princi- pal and accompanied by a crew of nine as- sistants, am attempting for my Hfth time to steer the old ship, carrying some three hundred students, safely into harbour by June, 1928. During these years, we have had a Varie- ty of experiences, have seen a number of changes and have enjoyed many successes. Among these changes we might notice the great increase in the number of pupils in attendance as it has steadily grown from one hundred and ten in 1920 to two hun- dred and forty-seven in 1923 and finally to three hundred in the present year. Along with this increase on the part of the students, the staff has doubled in num- bers from what it was in 1920. and now we are ten. In 15323, the school building itself was enlarged to about twice its former size and at the present time we are badly in need of another sub- stantial addition to our High School accommodations, if we are going to care for the steadily increasing numbers of pupils coming to us from the public schools of the town each year. Some of the successes that we might mention are: 119 The relative- ly high percentage of papers that have been passed by the pupils on the departmental examinations each year. 121 The success with which our Track Team has met as it has won the M. B. Tudhope Trophy four times in the last five years as well as having made a remarkably good show- ing at the Provincial Track Meets in Toronto. fill Each year,the school has been well represented by a good boys' hockey team and also a good girls' basket-ball team. This year the boys' basket-ball team has done quite well so far, as a Junior team was entered in the O.A.B.A. and it has won its own district already. These changes and successes are pleasant to look back upon, and they should be suficient to stimulate our actions to greater effort for the pre- sent and future in order that we may bring- our work to a successful termination. May I wish the Editorial Stati' uf the M. H.S. Review every success with this its fifth publication, and to the pupils as a whole may I exhort you to do the work that is at hand whether it be as leader, helper or what- ever you are, so that 1927-28 may he on a par with the successful years of the past. We can't all be captains, we-'ve got to be crew, There's something for all of us here. There's big work to do and there's lesser to do, And the task we must do is the near. If you can't be a highway, then just be a trailg If you can't be a sun be a star. It isn't by size that you win or you fail- Be the best of whatever you are. J. .I. ROBINS. J. J. ROBINS, Principal.