North Bay Collegiate Institute and Vocational School - Northland Echo Yearbook (North Bay, Ontario Canada)

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30 THEY NORTHLAND ECHO t .a .lane . - Ruth Haggart This year we have tried to make our- selves more British-conscious, and so we have attempted a Canada-wide exchange as well as an Empire Exchange. Our British Empire feature has been extraordinarily fascinating. From it we have learned many little tidbits about our peoples. XVQ hope they will continue to exchange with us and that they enjoy our Northland Echo as well as we do their books. Calgary. AlbertaeCrescent Heights High School-f 'The Bugle. More litera- ture would improve your publication. Cobourg Collegiate Institute- The Collegiate Review. The candid camera would add to your fine book. Fenwick----The Pelham Continuation School--- The Pelham Pnyxf' The famous paintings greatly enhance your maga- zine. Fredericton. N.B.--Fredericton High School- The High School Gazette. Small issues like yours in newspaper form are really interesting, but why not add a few pictures? Paris High School - 'Year Book --A fine little book with good photography and well-arrangrd material. Brantford Collegiate Institute and Vocational School- Ht-llc. Chatham Collegiate Institute-- Acta Collegiif' Charlottetown, P.E.I.- Prince of Wales College-- College Times. Hamilton Central Collvgiate Institute- Vox Lycei. Central High School of Commr-rcee- The Argosyf' Kingston Collegiate Institute and Vocational Schoolv Times. Kirkland Lake High School Conglo- mr-ratf-. Montreal Lower Canada College- Magazine-. North Bay- Scollard Hall Green and Gold. Ottawa The G14-be Coll'-Lgi:ile Insti- tute Lux Glebenaf' l'1-tc-:lion-oiixzh Collegiate- and Voca- tional School -f Thc Echoes. Quebec--Commissioners' High School- Year Book. Scarboro Collegiate Institute- The Scarboro Bluff. Sudbury High School- Wolf Howl. Toronto-Humberside Collegiate Insti- tute- Hermes. Northern Vocationalw Noi-voc. The Central Technical School - The Vulcan. Western Technical Commercial School- Westward Ho. VVest0n Collegiate and Vocational School- The Conning Tower. EMPIRE EXCHANGE The Academy Herald, Larnace, Cyiprus. The Anglo-Chinese School Magazine, Singapore, Federated Malay States. Crawley. Sussex, England-Milton Mount College- The Miltonianf' Your editorial was very interesting. Romance was amusing. The Ellerslie Magazine, Sea Point, Capetown, South Africa. Georgetown, Brit is h Guiana4The Queen's College School Magazine-A little magazine that is different and interesting to read. , Greymouth, New Zealand-The Grey- mouth Technical High School- The Mawhera Gazette. Your poetry is good. Hong Kong-The Kings College Maga- zine was very different. Port-of-Spain, Trinidad-St. Mary's College Annual-A very distinctive maga- zine, but may we suggest more candid pictures and humour? Your literature was very good. St. Josephs Conventf Centenary Record- It tells much about Trinidad. The Queen's Royal College Chronicle, Trinidad, B.W.I. The Rafflesian of Raffles Institute, Singapore. Stewarttown, Jamaica -- Westwood High School Magazine A very good book, but lacks snaps. Wellington, New Zealand---Technical Colle-ge Rvvirw The only large maga- zine with no advertisements! This fine hook would be much improved by a humour section.

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THE NORTHLAND ECHO 31 STIIBIES AT A DANCE Frank Cherico, Form V Many stories have been written about dances from the viewpoint of the dancers, but seldom do you hear the viewpoint of the members of the orchestra. To the dancers the life of the musicians seems gay and effortless, but if they were to listen to the conversation that goes on, on the orchestra stand during the inter- mission and after the dances, they would soon change their minds. True, the orchestras that play at the dances in this city are small, but they have their troubles. Playing for dances is not all fun. When you think that all the musicians in this city have other jobs to work at during the day, you will agree that play- ing all night can be very tiresome. The average dances start at nine and finish at about two or three o'clock the next morning, Five or six hours of steady playing is hard, especially with an eight- hour day behind you and another ahead But let's sit in with the orchestra for one dance. This dance is a formal affair. The orchestra has been ordered to wear tuxedos. Tuxedos? Hmm. At the last rehearsal the leader men- tioned this clause in the contract tyes, it's only a verbal contracti and is imme- diately besieged with excuses for not wearing them. After a check-up it was found that only four of the members had tuxes. Finally, it was arranged that those that did not have them were to wear blue suits, white shirts and black bow-ties. It is the night of the dance. One by one the musicians walk in. Finally the drummer appears. He wears a brown suit, green shirt and blue polka-dot tie. The tie is a borrowed one, and is the only thing that resembles any part of a tuxedo. Oh well, the dance has to go on, even though the club dance committee glares at the orchestra with narrowed eyes. After tuning up the instruments, the orchestra is ready to start. There are only a few couples present. These are a few of the younger set. This is the crowd that is easy to play for. Give them fast jitter-bug music and they are satisfied. There is no need for read- ing music when playing for them. Some old standard numbers are revived and dressed up according to each indivi- dual member's taste. In this city an effort of this kind usually ends in a hideous jumble, but as long as there is a steady rhythm on the part of the drums and piano everyone is satisfied. The music that takes the most out of an orchestra is that of the slow waltzes, Per- haps this is only my viewpoint, but after playing for a whole dance and then being called on to play with already tired lips. a long drawn-out waltz is torture. In this day of swing, the requests for waltzes are few and far between. Of requests by the dancers, it is only right to say that they are a helpful practice to the orchestra. They give the orchestra an idea of what kinds of music to play for different crowds. There are two types of people who request num- bers. The first type is the person who really likes a certain number and who actually wants to hear it. The second type is the person who makes a request and doesn't even recognize the piece after it is played. This type is usually under the influence of the rather strong punch in the corner, or perhaps some special brand kept in the cloak-room. The most enjoyable part of the dance is the lunch served to the orchestra in a back room. Here anything goes, and the orchestra really shines in this depart- ment. After lunch there is another hour of dancing which seems to be the dullest part of the dance. The crowd begins to thin out until finally only the couples that were there at first are left. THE ARRIVAL OF THE TRAIN ON CHRJSTMAS EVE tJunior Prize Essay? E. Firth, Form IB It was Christmas Eve. The snow fell in large, exquisitely shaped flakes. In the window of every home was a holly- wreath, candle or some other symbol of the happy time. Few people were on the streetg they were all at home enjoy- ing the blessings of peace. At the newly established railway sta- tion the ticket agent's mournful face was certainly no advertisement for the joys of travel. He thought of the brilliantly light- ed trees, a platter on which reposed a mam- moth turkey, sprigs of mistletoe adorn- ing convenient doorways, but mostly of a certain pink-cheeked maiden who would even now be leading the Grand Waltz. Through the snow dimly could be seen a gay poster setting forth the merits of Florida. Spend this winter in F'lorida! it said. Enjoy a southern Christmas! A policeman paced iback and forth