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

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THE HIGH Sci-roor. MAGAZINE 55 HINTS FOR EXAMINATIONS AM GIVING here some hints that I have picked up during my long and varied school career and which I think will be of use to those who have yet to pass through the school of hard knocks. They are as follows: 1-The Chiasmus.-This is a Latin figure of speech meaning a gap in thought. It is to be used only when the pupil is uncertain as to what follows g also, by means of it an answer may be quickly brought to a close if time is pressing. This figure of speech is specially suitable for Latin translations, Chemistry write-ups, and History questions. For example, if in a Latin examination you are asked to translate a cer- tain passage, this might be done: t'Although Caesar saw that Cxj he demanded hostages, or in Chemistry: 'LTO smelt iron, you take the ore Qxj this finished product is called steel , and again in History: HAt this time the Parlia- ment passed many laws such as Cxj, these laws were of great value to the countryf, The Chiasmus should be suitably designated, and a footnote running something like this should be put at the end: Please note the Chiasmus Cxjf' This may work with a certain type of master. Note the may and the certain,'. 2f-'-Referen.ces.-eefThis method is specially adapted to History, but may be used with some degree of success in other subjects. It is to be used when the pupil is doubtful whether his answer is complete enough, and he often is. QI speak with authority herel. For example, if his account of the rise of Prussia is rather incomplete, he may affix these words to the end of it: 'tFor further reference see Davis' Readings, page 279 et seq. 3.-Examples.-fAlways give light, amusing examples, as this will help to hearten the exam- iner. That is, if asked, say, for an example of a reducing-agent, give Hmules' hoofs as in La Mule du Pape . The pope's mule wished to reduce her tormentor to a wisp of smoke or flames, as the Greeks reduced Troy to ashes. S. WILLIAMS, 6-A. There was an old man named Whim, Who wanted to learn how to swim, He went to the river, And started to shiver, The vibration made him fall in! THELMA KYLE, 8-2-A. THE BOOKS OF BURDEN Take out the Books of Burden- Take out the worst you know- Go bind your brains to study, And donlt be quite so low 5 Go sit in moods of study, And try to concentrate- For all you have done lately Has brought you close to Fate. Take out the Books of Burden- In patience to abide, To escape the threat of terror, And make you have more pride, By open words and simple, And a hundred times made plain, To seek your own grave profit And see your hard-earned gain. Take out the Books of Burden! The teachers' wars of peace! They fill you with unknown knowledge, And bid your blankness cease, And when the time comes creeping, The end for which you're taught, Watch marks and lessons ending Bring all your hopes to naught. DONABELLE MARTI N, FRANCIS CASSIDY, -8-2-A. Note:--Apologies to Rudyard Kipling. .lf f Pg,KC'BgnnP5 6'b

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54 THE HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE lenges me to jump it. I risk it, land safely on solid ground, and just as I congratulate myself on my athletic prowess, a motor lorry rumbles up, splashing me from head to foot. Then, my vanity all spotted with the dirty liquid, I start my upward and last lap of the journey, from St. Catherine Street to the Alma Mater. Guarding against any further catas- trophe, I choose my footing with the greatest of precision. But, alas! Life's pathway is full of slippery places, and so is University Street. My high-blown pride at last breaks under me,', and down I fall, but not like Lucifer, for I manage to rise again. Weary and sore I pursue my way. I suddenly step back to avoid the crazy manoeuvrings of a car and sink ankle- deep in mud, mud again, and still more mud. Yet the presence of it does not make Spring the less desirable. Spring is Spring in spite of slushy snow, slippery places, and even muddy water. And when poets start to describe the beauties of Spring, thatls just the way they feel, and all those pastoral scenes are pictures of their inward joy. As for me, splashing along in the gutter is just as thrilling as watching a birdie build his nest. But oh! how I yearn to hear a rebellious outburst from some young poetess against her bespattered silk hose, and from some young poet against his bespattered spats. JUANITA DESHIELD, 9-2-B. WHY MY PARENTS ARE PROUD OF ME T SEEMS too bad to ask a modest kid to tell why his parents are 'proud of him, but to please the master,-here goes. I think their pride started, when I first made my appearance on the scene, and the proud it,s a boy feeling gave me a start in the right direction. This pride is not so great with the second and third editions, I know, because of my rabbit and guinea-pig families. The first arrivals get it all. Of my school success, I hardly like to speak. But don't you think that any boy who knows so much Latin that at the end of the year he needn't go on, is one to be proud of? As one master says, most of my work in Latin is just Hasinine piHie. I am sure that they must be proud of my keen, inquiring mind. It must be good fOr dad to feel, that in order to satisfy my thirst for knowledge, that he is supposed to know about everything under the sun-on a dull day. Even the latest definitions and ways of working algebra must be known, and that, of course, is where I am in a position to teach him. My parents are kept so busy answering my questions, that they haven't time to ask me any, and thus find out how little I know myself. Then too, I don't see why they shou1dn't be proud of my orderly habits. I clean my father's workshop so that he might be proud to show it to anybody. I-Ie waxes mad, however, when he can't find that darned tool anywhere. I know that they are proud of the noble example I set my young brothers, and of the way I bring them up. It's not every oldest son, who will find work for his brothers on Saturdays to keep them out of mischief. You can imagine their pride when I brought in my first pay check, which was fifteen sous an hour as electrician's chief assistant in a power house construction job. They might be less proud if they learned that I was mistaken for form-work and had concrete poured over me. Nor if they were told the answer to this question on a history test paper-- Who was the Black Prince ? -my answer- The son of Old King Coal. I really can't go on any further because no real fellow likes to talk so much about himself. N.B.'-The only fly in the ointment is an occasional school report-which goes off with a bang! EDWARD WAYMOUTH REID, III-2E. TO- CWith humble apologies to Wordsworthj My heart leaps up when I behold Exams are drawing nigh: So was it when in Public School, So is it now I am in High, So shall it be through all my course, I heave a sigh! Exams are Fathers of Dismay, And I could wish exams to be Bound each to each and ne'er set free. ADA MAYERS, 11-1.

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56 THE HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE A WEEKLY SORROW It was about the lovely close of a dreadful dreary day, There came a gentle hustle as all books were put away 5 Their owners had been working 'till they all felt stiff and sore, And now they all were just opposed to working any more. And as they sang about the task of gathering up their books, Each saw the others turn around, and cast disdainful looks, And thus it was on looking up that each became quite pale, To hear the teacher calmly quote her usual Weekly tale. Why, what is all the fuss about? the lesson is not through, Will you two girls please close your desks 5 this nonsense will not do, You do not seem to realize-although you will quite soon, That 'though it is just two o'clock, itls Wednes- day afternoon! SONNETTE ROSS, 9-2-B. IMAGINATION MAGINATION is that creative power which enables us to take parts of our conceptions and combine them so as to form images. These images are more select, more striking, more delightful, and altogether more expressive and emotional, than those which we behold with our eyes in nature. Imagination aims at results of a definite character. All the great works of Hction are founded on imagination. The exquisite scenes of Milton's Paradise Lost, as well as the writings of many other famous men and women, are all products of imagination Over twenty years ago, Jules Verne, a famous author of the time, wrote about ships sailing under the ocean. These stories were products of his imagination, and were at the time considered fiction, but to-day they are realities. Certainly Verne was not the inventor of submarines, but it may be that the idea was taken from his stories, who knows ? From early times, highly educated people have been trying to analyze life, as did Addison in his 'fVision of Mirzahf' This vision is a Wond- erful piece of contemplation, and is purely imaginative. Many of the luxuries which wc enjoy to-day, such as automobiles, tramcars, and electric lights, are due to the fact that certain men imagined these things, which at the time appeared impossible, just think of a vehicle running on wheels without a horse to pull it, or light being produced by merely turning a switch! Impossible! Nevertheless these men set to work and invented things which have proved not only a luxury, but a benefit to mankind. Without imagination the world could not have progressed as it has done. Many poor people are happy just imagining the pleasures and happiness which the future holds for them. Just think how dreary would be the life of many of these poor wretches if imagination did not exist to carry them into a dreamland of bliss. MARGARET MORRICE, 8-1-E.