Montreal High School - Magazine Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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I4 THE HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE MISS DeWITT HEN Miss DeWitt leaves the High School in June, a connection of long standing between the DeVVitt family and the High School of Montreal will beinterruptedg her father, Caleb Strong DeWitt, being Dux of the School in 1858. Before coming to the High School, Miss DeWitt taught for four years in the Dufferin School of which Dr. Silver was then Principal. She came to the High School in 1900, where for the greater part of the time her work has been in the Seventh year. Through all these years, her kindness and quiet insistence on a high moral standard have won the esteem and respect of the hundreds of boys who have passed through her hands. Her colleagues in the High School of Montreal will miss her greatly. COMMENCEMENT, 1928 The date October the eighth marked the last combined assembly of the High School graduates of nineteen hundred and twenty- eight. That night, amongst parents, friends, and students, these boys and girls said good- bye to dear old High . The prizes and diplomas were presented by Miss Hendrie and Dr. Gammell. Gertrude Harbert, the valedictorian for G.H.S., expressed the graduation sentiment in a delightful poem in which she did not forget any of the year's activities. Melbourne Doig, a humourous and excellent speaker, said farewell for the boys. In simple yet forceful language, he conveyed clearly to the audience the deep sentiment and love these graduates have for their school. After the graduation exercises, refreshments were served in thc girls' gymnasium, which was very artistically decorated. The boys and girls then made their way to the boys' gymnasium, where they danced until midnight. It was a lovely evening 5 and years later, how many will look back on that happy night and not feel a tightening of the throat, or see dear old Highn through a mist of tears! DOREEN LEWIS, 11-2-A. THE SHAKESPEARE EVENING N SATURDAY, January 5th, the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh years of the Girls' High School put on a Shakespeare evening. The Fourth Forms presented scenes from Mid- summer Night's Dream, containing two delight- ful little dances, which the audience received with great enthusiasm. The Fifth Forms' contribution was the famous Trial scene from The Merchant of Venice. The costumes in this were very colourful and effective and quite historically correct, and it was observed that the minutest attention had been paid to details. The Sixth Form performance was scenes from As You Like It. in which the songs, sung with great gusto by the players, were much appreciated. The evening was proclaimed a great success by the audience, which was com- posed mainly of fond parents and friends, and many were heard to express the desire that the programme might become an annual affair. EVELYN DAVISON, 11-2-B.

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THE I-lxcu ScHooL MAGAZINE I3 r X. 3 - at 1 DR. GAMMELL HE High School of Montreal will sustain a loss when Dr. Gammell relinquishes the position of Rector at the close of the current session, after forty years service in the school. He is a man of varied interests 5 and while his duties as Rector of the High School of Montreal have been heavy, he has found time to identify himself with many outside activities. Quite characteristically, he was for some years a Director of the Montreal Boys' Home 5 in 1919 he was President of the Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers of Quebec 3 he is honorary President of the Quebec Society for the Protec- tion of Birds 5 a member of the Corporation of McGill University, and of the Senate of the Presbyterian College, Montreal-a quite diversi- fied list. All this, together with his administrative duties, naturally obscures to some enitent, earlier achievements. Boys and girls-and perhaps the younger members of the staff-ought to be reminded that Dr. Gammell had a distinguished academic career. He had his early training in Pictou Academy, whence he proceeded to Dalhousie University, Where he won the North British Bursary, and graduated with First Class honours in English and History, Winning the DeMille gold medal. But he is best known and will be best remembered as a great school- master and as a good friend of boys, and when Dalhousie University conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws upon him in 1922, it was felt by his colleagues, by the old boys of the school, and by the public generally that the honour was well earned. RESIGNATIONS Miss S. Louise Shaw, a valued Member of the Staff of the High School for Girls, was, for several years, also on the Staff of the High School of Montreal. Early and late Miss Shaw has been at School, ready to help her girls. This devotion has much endeared her to the pupils, many of Whom have greatly profited by the opportunity offered. Miss Elizabeth McPartlin, who is leaving to be married, has specialized in French. By her cheery disposition, and vigorous mentality, she has endeared herself to many. Both of these teachers Will, We believe, be in Montreal next year, and We shall hope to see them frequently at 3449 University Street. Miss Alice Laurin, B.A., graduated from McGill in 1923 With Honours in Biology and Chemistry. She has been in the High School for four years, and leaves us at the end of the present year. Her colleagues extend to her their heartiest good Wishes on the occasion of her approaching marriage. Mr. Gavin Graham, B.A., has been with us just a little more than a year. Mr. Graham is going into the Hudson's Bay Company, but will continue to reside in Montreal, so that we shall hope to see him from time to time. M. M. Chodat, ofiicier d'Academie, who has been on the Staff of the High School during the session, 1928-29, has resigned to become Minister in L'Oratoire, the French Baptist church. The French Department will miss this cultured and scholarly gentleman.

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THE HIGH SCHOOL MAc.Az1NE I5 CONGRATULATIONS HE staff and pupils of the High School for Girls wish to congratulate Eileen Collins Of 11-2-A on her success in the recent poetry competition, held by the Canadian Authors! Association. One of the contests under the auspices of that Society was open to high school students throughout Canada, and we are very proud that a member of our school should have won the first prize. IVQ regret that we are unable to publish the winning poem- The Highwaymanf' but that is against the rules of the Association , therefore we must content ourselves with wishing Eileen equal success in the future. THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER Weary and tired with fighting, Longing for peace and rest, Irked by feet above him Calling him honoured and blestl'. He who has fought hard battles Hoping to save his land, Covets no hero's glory, Wishes no clanging band. Give him the peace he's pleading, Long has it been denied. Long has he pleaded vainly Sleep that is sanctified. EILEEN COLLINS, 11-2-A. 0 by fx-ks egree tale N P A WORD OF APPRECIATION EFORE submitting this volume of the High School Magazine to the press, the members of the Editorial Board have expressed the wish that some mention be made of those who have laboured both directly and indirectly to the end that this edition of our school magazine may be a success' an ot merely from the scholar's stand- point but also from that of the layman. The man to whom we owe the deepest debt of gratitude is our Rector, Dr. Gammell. In past years he has always sponsored and encouraged the publication of the Magazine, and we, the editors of the present volume, feel that no words of eulogy can fully express the thanks we wish to convey to him for the many helpful suggestions he has placed at our disposal as well as for the active interest he has taken in the de- velopment of the seventeenth appearance of our school's official literary representative. It would be vain to attempt to express in words our gratitude to him. In her furtherance of the interests of the magazine, the Lady Principal has proved her- self to be a willing and interested co-worker with the Rector, and as such we wish to thank her warmly for the spirit of co-operation and helpful suggestiveness she has evinced during the period of pre-publication. Mr. McBain, the Chairman of the Advisory Board, has been the organizing force behind the publication of many previous volumes of the High School Magazine. This year he has con- tinued his good work, and has always been willing to supplement the limited and inexperi- enced scholarship of the Editorial Board with his own extensive and expert knowledge of magazine publication. We feel that we can only very inadequately express in words the debt of gratitude we owe to him. In conclusion we wish to thank the man who has guided us through the intricate maze of the actual mechanical development of the Magazine. This man is Mr. Kennedy Crone of the Woodward Press. Although a leading journalist and editor, he can always find time to minister to the needs of those whose education has not been altogether along journalistic lines, and from the very first he has had the welfare of the High School Magazine at heart. VVe cannot say too much in eulogy of his work on our behalf.