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

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78 THE I-licn SCHOOL MAGAZINE CAMPING N THE summer we go to camp. It is a long way from the nearest village. It is across a large lake. Sometimes we go to the village for supplies and we camp on the shore coming home. At night we sit around the camp-fire and tell stories, sing and other things. In the morning we get up early and have breakfast and then we play games. Sometimes some of our parents come to see us and bring us candy and other things. We go swimming in the afternoon and explore streams and rivers. We have swimming races, boat races, and other kinds of races with other camps and it is lots of fun, There once was a'life guard that could not swim, So he threw a boy a piece of soap to wash himself in. L. HALL, 5th Year. f up -X Q, ,f ' N M i in Th hx 1 Bl is ls-:jswvmf X 'jf Eshnifhc upqwgms Vx. I offYcknm8. X-.C:A-5-f,..x ,, V 00 1 US-nhum' SUMMER DAYS Summer days are nearer coming g Busy bees will soon be humming, Flowers are donning their beautiful gowns, And others are wearing their golden crowns. Daises wearing whitest frills, Birdies singing near the rills. Buttercups glowing in yellow hoods, Blue-bells are tinkling down in the woods. PHYLLIS DICK, age 10. Fifth Year. A SUMMER ADVENTURE One day as two little girls were sitting in the hot sun, they decided to take some candy, and go for a walk in the country. When they had gone a little way they saw an open stable, and one of them suddenly began to scream, for six horses ran out and started to chase them. That wasn't all, for after they had got rid of the horses, their candy got sticky, and they decided to wash it in a brook near by. As soon as they were near the brook, some cows came down for a drink, and the little girls got frightened and ran up a hill. Then they were afraid to come down again, so they took off their shoes and stockings and crossed the brook. On the way one dropped her shoe and couldn't find it. When finally they got out, their mother's voice was heard, and their hearts leaped for joy, but one of them had to go home with one shoe off and one shoe on. LEONORE STONE, age 10. Fifth year. A HUSKY DOG HUSKY DOG is a very tough animal. It is said that he can stand a harder blow on the head than a wolf. A husky is not a house dog. He likes to be out in the open with a fence around him about twenty-five yards wide and fifty yards long and built in the woods about twenty yards. A husky dog should be fed one and a half pounds of horse meat once a day. A husky is one of the hardest dogs to train in a sleigh or anything else. A good house for a husky is a thick barrel where no rain can get in. Then place blocks of wood on each side to keep it from rolling. It should be put on a platform about two feet from the ground. Over the hole of the barrel where the dog enters. you should nail a potato-bag to keep the heat in and keep out the snow or rain. One should not tease a husky because it is a very short tempered dog. Once in a rage, it is very hard to stop him from fighting. ALAIN ALMON, 5th Year.

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THE HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE 77 ABOUT MY FARM AND THE SCHOOL- BOYS' SUMMER SPORTS In the summer all the boys and girls have somewhere to go. Their sports are fishing, swimming, canoeing, and other things. Haying is another good thing where one can jump in the hay,and have lots of fun by milking cows and feeding the animals. My father has a farm. We keep sheep, cows, two horses, fourteen pigs, ninety-eight hens. We have two hundred acres on our farm: we have lots of hay, oats, wheat, barley, clover, alfalfa, turnips, and four hundred bushels of potatoes. Alfalfa is a very interesting clover. Its roots are sometimes eight or nine feet long, and it is impossible to pull it up by the roots. It is very good feed for cows. DOUGLAS GORDON, 5th Year. THE WISH THAT CAME TRUE ss DEAR! O, dear! what shall I do?' came a voice outside a little cottage in Fairyland, and again came the same UO, dear!'l It was Buttercup, a little fairy, who was crying. She was sitting on a toadstool in the centre of the cottage with a butterfly on the floor beside her. HO, Buttercup, what are you crying about '? said the butterfly. NO, Butterfly, what shall I do ? I have lost my wand, and no fairy can go to the ball to-night without her wand. Why, Buttercup, where did you lose it ? UI don't knowf' said Buttercup, HI was out late last night, and must have lost it coming home in the dark, because it was very dark last night. Yes, maybe you did, said the butterfly, but you should have been more careful, however, I shall go and look for it. O, you dear,'l said Buttercup, I would be ever so glad if you found it. So the butterfly flew off. First he came to a little boy sitting in a little chair crying. f'What is the matter, little boy '?'l said the butterfly. I can not find any- thing to eat, and Ifm very hungryf' said the little boy, bursting into tears again. 'AI-Ierc is a silver coin, said the butterfly, and you can buy some bread with it. O, thank you! said the boy with a smile, what do you wish most ? HI wish that I could find fairy Buttercup's wand. At once the boy was changed into a beautiful fairy, You shall have your wish, she said, Ubecause you have been kind to the poorf' The butterfly was amazed, for he was looking straight at the fairy Queen. He bowed before her and said, MO, Queen of Fairyland, I thank you for helping me to find the wand of fairy Buttercup for she is my dearest friend. Can I do anything for you ?l' 'fNothing she replied, but just keep on being kind to the poor, and she waved her wand and told him to go and to keep on the straight road. He went along and soon he came to a little hut. He flew in through the window and was astonished to see a large box and on the cover he read, HLost fairy wands. He saw that the lid was open enough for him to fly in. He soon found the fairy's lost wand and was glad to see it was not damaged. He took it back to the fairy, and she was very glad and thanked him. And so the fairy did go to the ball. LENA MOREHEAD, age 11, Sixth Year. STARS Stars that are so high Up inthe deep blue sky! Stars that are so far away, Where do you hide yourselves by day? BETTY SKINNER, age 9. Fourth Year. THE HARP Once upon a time there was a Baron, who lived in a castle he had built in Germany. He was very fond of music, but he had no instru- ment to play upon. Every night he sat by his log fire listening to the wind, which howled around the castle walls. One night, as he was sitting, an idea came into his mind, he went up to the top of his castle, and stretched wire from turret to turret, and then came down and listened for some music, but there wasn't any wind outside to make any on the wires. He waited night after night, until one night a great wind rose up and made some lovely music on the wires, and so the Baron had some music for himself and he called the wires a harp. JEAN VALE, age 13. Sixth Year

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THE HIGH SCHOOL lVlAcAz1NE 79 THE ROBIN I once saw a robin a-sitting on a tree, And he seemed to say to me, Cheer up! Cheer up! and come and be happy, With me! with mel tee dec! G. M. S. STAIRS, 2nd year. A SURPRISE BY A POND NE day I came across a pretty pond, by the edge of a wood, and I saw some little water-fairies playing. They were having such a good time, I longed-f - oh! so muchf' to join them, but I was afraid to spoil my clothes in the Water. Presently one little fairy came and said, HDo come and join us, and we will crown you with water-liliesf' We played and splashed ourselves ,till I began to feel hungry, so I said good-bye to those dear little fairies. I went home, and I think they must have touched me with their magic wand, for I was just as clean and tidy as any little girl could be. So never be afraid if a fairy asks you to join them in their fun, for they will never let you come to any harm. ALICE REYNOLDS, age 11, Fourth Year. BUNNY , Bunny steals out, caresses his nose, Combs out his ears with his ten little toes. Blinks at the sun And commences to run, With a skip and a hop And a flippety-flop, Nibbling the clover wherever he goes, But only when he is quite easy in mind, Does he button his little white tail up behind. WILLIAM SCOTT, 2nd Year. Cand fatherj ROSES There are roses red and roses pink, And lots of white ones too, But no matter Where in the World I look, I never can find any blue. BETTY SKINNER, age 9. Fourth Year SCHOOL I like to go to school each day To learn awhile, and then to play. The swimming tank is quite the best, But still I really love the rest. SHIRLEY INNS, age 7, First Year. 9- 31 . X, C D Pyltie S' Qi HOLLAND OLLAND is a very flat country, in some places below the level of the sea. Dykes are used to make it safe, and wind-mills pump the water. Much farming is done in Holland, and ,we get our Dutch cheese from there. Many of the beau- tiful flower-bulbs which we plant in our gardens come from a place named Haarlem. The people of Holland are called Dutch and they Wear clogs instead of boots, the children wear pretty little bonnets which make them look old-fashioned. The chief town is called Amsterdam. The Hague is an important city. In the middle of it there is an artificial lake called the Vijver. Around it there are beautiful buildings, one is the Royal residence. Then there are the Houses of Parliament, the law courts, the museum, and the picture-gallery. The Dutch are very proud of this gallery, because there are so many beau- tiful and valuable pictures in it. The Zuider Zee, which means Southern Sea, is a body of water called a gulf in Holland. . MURIICL REYNOLDS, age 10, Fourth Year.