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

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T0 THE NORTHLAND ECHO Mr. Firth: McIntosh, what is the formula of water? Mac: Don't know. Mr. Firth: What do you know? Mac: Oh, I don't know. Mr. Firth: VVell. you're not hopeless. At least you know that you don't know. Mr. Simpson tduring noisy classl: Just listen to the quietness! Mr. Firth: How do you tell which salt you have in a bottle? Bedard: Look at the label. Ambitions of IVB: Mr. Firth-To get as good a class next year as this year's IVB. Nicol-To drive his dog team down Yonge Street in Toronto. Picard-None. he'll always be last in the class anyway! Skellern-To find a desk which fits his feet. Herman-To blow up the school with his hydrogenated trinitro carbonate explo- sive. McMillin-To find someone else with red hair like his. Jean Alcatraz Carmichael Ayles- worth-To get a new nick name. WE WONDER YVhat Nicol did in Toronto to get such a write-up in the Toronto Star. XVhat would happen to Brown and Nicol if Roberta B. was moved to the front of the class in History period. IVB 15 YEARS I-IENCE McIntosh receives Senior Matricula- tion in 1955. B. Brown, trying to teach his class' the rules of Mathematics. Moody, champion weight lifter of North Bay-runner-up, Charles Atlas Herman. J. McKenzie, still waiting for Bill to win a hockey game for her. S. Caley still hasn't grown an inch. B. Gunn gets her first point during a basketball game. N. Lefty Johnston still has her double chin. Biff Gigg receives pension on retire- ment from school basketball team. Mr. Firth: Picard, will you report at 4 o'clock? Picard: I didn't do anything. Mr. Firth: Well, you can do it at 4 o'clock. IVB Collegiate Roberta Brown CAMP-FIRE SOLITUDE Dusky shadows on the The call of the loon at A twinkling light from The scent of the pine distant hills, the evening hour, the quiet mills, and the sleeping What would happen if McIntosh or Gigg answered What would smart remarks a question in Chemistry. happen if there were no during one of Mr. Firt,h's experiments. Miss Hamer tion 7 Did you hear my ques- McMil1in: Sure. Miss Hamer: Can't you say 'yes'? McMillin: Sure. Miss Hamer: Have you ever pumped a pump? Preece: No, we have taps in OUI' house. flower. The solitude is broken by the flickering light Of the bonfire flinging its warmth to the sky, As the flames leap into the arms of the night, And the sparks soar upward, only to die. Here, on the shore by the silent lake, I see, above, a twinkling gleam: Then through the clouds, the moonlight breaks Silvering the ripples of a near-by stream. The embers are fading to a sleepy glow: My thoughts, drowsy from the evening air, Drift f1'om everyday worry and woe As I close my eyes in evening prayer. Then by calm waters, relaxing in sleep, Leaving the thoughts of the busy day My camp-fire solitude I keep Drifting and dreaming-far away.

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T2 THE NORTHLAND ECHO Form V Collegiate Miss Gliddon Velma Martin JOKES Mr. Firth tin Botany period discussing the liverworti: Now in these green ge-mma cups which look like bird nests, what are we going to find? tmeaning of course gemmal. Daisy: In a loud voice, 'Little green birds.' Mr. Firth tdiscussing the food habits of a fishl: Now, Miss Rankin in your own case of swallowing yourself -but quickly correcting it- leaving out the yourself. Evidently he thought it would be too cannibalistic. Mr. Firth tdiscussing the fish againlz Now, you spell these ducts in connec- tion with fish, 'd-u-c-t-s,' not 'd-u-c-k-s,' as some of you think. Mr. Simpson in Trig.: Now, we are coming to the section in Trig where we will soon be able to measure the height of mountains without first having to climb them. Mr. Simpson again: Now suppose this is the little a that wasn't there. HAIL HISTORY tSeptemberJ XVe know not what thou art, If friend we greet thee heart to heart, If stranger such no longer be, If foe, our marks shall conquer thee. tJ1meJ All are dead who lived it, All are dead who wrote it, All will,die,who learn it. Blessed dead, they earned it. Anon. lmm WE ASK YOU VVhat's in that old saying, Don't tell tales out of school ? We Fifth formers are beginning to think it would be a good idea if it were changed to. Don't tell tales in school. For example, the recently founded order of Babblers incorporated in a certain room by two twe believe? certain teachers. When will Mr. Firth realize he embarrasses us by asking, VVhat do you do with all your time anyway? He should know by now how earnestly and patiently we do our homework. For the first time in the history of school year 1939-40, and it Leap Year too, a boy's smile didn't convince Miss Gliddon that she should reconsider. What's wrong, Cummings? Is there really something after all in that song, O Johnny ? At least one teacher thinks so according to many references which'inspire his jokes. Is Rosie really as shy as he claimed to be one day when Miss Gliddon took it upon herself to introduce some of our girls to him? What order of Insecta does a jitterbug belong to? Also how many horsepower has a horse fly got? STATION B.U.N.K. 8.30 a.m.- Muscular Munches that famous breakfast food, features the Vth form hockey team with Advice for the Amateurs. 8.57 a.m.-S.O.S. How.to reach school in three fleeting moments by Superman Rivet. .' ' , , 9.00 a.m.-Vocal selectiolns Joy Vth with a special request for one teacher of O Johnny. ' ' 9.30-10.30 a.m.-Heather Bird ,Seed Hour with the warblings' of our Scotch lassies the McCubbin Sisters. 10.30-12.00 noon-An open debate. Pupils vs. the Teachers. To take or not to take your detentions. The pupils of course take the negative side. I 1.30 p.m.-The art of slipping in late tthat is without being seenl by Mary Kenny. - 2.00-3.00 p.m.-Mystery play with Miss Gliddon as detective tracking down that fugitive from classfs, Eleanor J. 3.00-4.00 p.m.-Readings from Shake- speare by Orson Welles Vinette. 4.00-4.45 p.m.-The new pastime. Deten- tions with an added attraction. Miss Gliddon will render Careless dedicated to those who failed to keep their appoint- ments with her. HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR LITERATURE PERIODS Miss Hamer certainly puts across her ideas to one certain pupil at least. She had been vainly stressing the idea of seeing th- pictures in the poetry we were reciting without much success until she called upon Monsieur Vinette. Our Orson Welles Vinette had taken this teachei-'s words to heart with the follow- ing result: A lover sighing like a furnace with woeful BALLAD, became a lover sighing like a furnace with woeful BLASTS. Apparently he was picturing it too well.