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

Text from Pages 1 - 92 of the 1941 volume:

Money to Loan Phone 2282 Flannery 8: Valin Barristers, Solicitors, ana' Notaries Suite 5 McKeown Block NORTH BAY WM. FLANNERY, B.A. KENNETH VALIN, B.A. Collegiate 1916 H. J. REYNOLDS. K.C. GEO. WALLACE, B-A Collegiate 1930 REYNOLDS 6' WALLACE BH7'l'l.VfCI'.f, Solicifors and ,lY0fIU'l.65 Public 63 Main Street West North Bay, Ontario Office Phone 1490 Residence Phone 2034 ohn Mefoleman Barrister and Solicitor Notary Public Campbell Block North Bay, Ontario McMaster University HAMILTON, COURSES In liberal arts, experimental and social sciences are offered, preparing for busi- ness, commerce and industry, social service, law, industrial chemistry, teaching. 41 Tower Adrninistration Building 'll ONTARIO SCHOLARSHIPS Twelve scholarships of 5700. or 3650. each are offered for competition on Upper School examinations. Many scholarships are also offered in course. DEGREES Awarded at completion of certified courses are B.A., B.Sc., M.A., B.D. RESIDENCES Comfortable modern residence accom- modation is available for both men and women. For Full Information Write The Registrar, McMASTER UNIVERSITY HAMILTON, ONTARIO' iit , , S QUEEN S UNIVERSITY KINGSTON ONTARIO :FP '- ' Incorporated by Royal Charter 1841 situated in the oldest city in Ontario, 30 modern buildingsj annual registration about 4,700g health insurance provided during sessiong placement office helps students to find summer work and graduates to get jobs. ARTS-Courses leading to the degrees of B.A., M.A., done by Summer School and correspondence. SCIENCE-Courses leading to the degrees of B.Sc. Geology, Physics and in Mining, Chemical, Civil, MEDICINE-Courses leading to the degrees of Public Health. MATRICULATION PAMPHLET, sent on ol scholarships and prizes awarded on B.Com., M.Com. Part of the work may be and M.Sc. in Chemistry, Mineralogy and Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. M.D., C.M. and M.Sc., and the Diploma of request, includes complete list entrance and on University work. Write for a copy of QUEEN'S IN PICTURES Vittoria nlltgt in the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Founded by Royal Charter in 1836 for the general education of youth in the various branches of Literature and Science on Christian Principles. As one of the Federated Colleges in the Faculty of Arts of the University of Toronto, Victoria College enrols students in all courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce and preparatory to admission to the schools of Graduate Studies, Divinity, Education, Law and Medicine, In the Annesley Hall Womens Residences and Wymilwood, accommodation is available for women students of Victoria College, In the Victoria College Residences accommodation is available for men students in Arts, and for a limited number of men students enrolled in other colleges and faculties. For full information, including calendars and bulletins, apply to the Registrar, Victoria College, Toronto. niversity of Western Ontario LONDON, CANADA Canada is rapidly playing a larger and more important part in the war with Germany and Italy. She should pull her full weight not only now but in the years to come. How is this Dominion to render this service to the British Empire and to the civilized world when only three per cent of her young people, qualified by secondary school attendance, enroll for a college or university course-? How are leaders to be provided unless we train them? Where shall they be trained if not in college? A college or university course is the most valuable asset anyone may possess. It increases by about ten times one's opportunities for happiness and success in life. Have you investigated the opportunities offered at the University of Westem Ontario? Here is your chance. Write to DR. K. P. R. NEVILLE, the Registrar, for particulars. 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Educational Equipment and Supplies 270-274 King Street Wvest, TORONTO, ONTARIO Lefeoegs Ready-to-Wear Smart Collegiate Clothes 54 MAIN ST. W. NORTH BAY, ONT. Compliments of The North Bay Kinsmen Club O Sponsoring BOYS' GYMNASIUM CLASSES The North Bay Kinsmen Club, member of the Association of Kinsmen Clubs of Canada, th 1 ALL-CANADIAN ' lb ' e on y service c u in Canada, is sponsoring the above gym classes as its service work in North Bay. Help win the war! Buy War Savings Stamps Compliments of Garratfs Cigar Store Daily and Weekly Papers and Magazines Hunting and Fishing Licenses Smokers' Sundries Sporting Goods IF IT'S FISHING TACKLE., WE HAVE IT! NORTH BAY 32 Klock Avenue Phone 2655 IIWORTHLANDT ECHO DISCE VIMLXSJ UT VUL. XVIII NUFITH BAY li 19 41 14 TI-IE NORTI-ILAND ECHO TEACHING STAFF Miss D. Denyes. on, M E. A. McCann, LI amer, Miss A. C. Walker, Miss M. E. Glidd omson, Miss M. B. Walton, Miss L. E. H Th K. E. M Row nd Seco LI 4.1 M U 3 E 2 DD C -c: 5- G1 U 2 O sl 2 ri C5 E m 2 CU 3 KJ-I 2 sl -3 gm ED va .Et U 65 'T :S E E v1 ui A E sf o v1 L.. '-3 'cc '14 C3 ul V1 U3 E S. 0.2 o I 5-3 :ri K5 E 5- GJ a-4 DJ on L1 ru D- ni Q. S E o LK -ca .S .:: E-1 ci E THE NORTHUXND ECHO I5 Eehicatinn ln grateful appreciation for his services and devotion to our school, the Magazine Staff humbly dedicate this issue of the Northland Echo to our late Shop Director Mr. James L, Cleland. James Leiper Cleland was born at Carluke, Scotland, in the year l892. After receiving a sound Public and Secondary school training at Wishaw, Scotland, he attended the Glasgow Technical School where he distinguished himself as a scholar of high order. An indentured apprenticeship at Coltness Engineering Com- pany, Newmains, completed a broad and sound general education, ln l9l2 he left his native land for a position with the Ford-Smith Machine Company of Hamilton, Ontario. Promotions earned him the distinction of repre- sentative of the Firm in the British Isles from l9l4-l5. He accepted a position as head of the experimental depart- ment of Canadian Airplanes Limited in l9l6. During the first World War he resigned his position to serve as Tech- nical Officer in the Royal Air Force, at a time when his knowledge and skill were sorely needed. After the War he entered the teaching profession and continued as teacher until his untimely death. James Cleland was a sportsman, keenly interested in curling, fishing, hunting, bowling, and boating, Many will remember him as an active lodge member who never wearied of well-doing. And we of N. B. C. l. G V. S. pay tribute to his memory as a teacher, friend, and counsellor, -H. W. WILLIAMS -.I I6 THE NORTHLAND ECHO INSTITUTE 1 NORTH BAY COLLEGIATE AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOL ull THE NORTHLAND ECHO, Vol. 18, 1940-41 STAFF Enrron-IN-CHIEF ..-- Marion Alford EXCHANGE ........... Andy Repol SCHOOL News ...... JEAN MCBE1-H FORM Norss .... Eleanor Rennick, ASSOCIATE EDITORS - Wilma Cliff, Busmrss MANAGER---R McCambley Jessie Moore Oscar Boyer, joy Kennedy, Ro- ASSISSANTSTM0ffiS Herman Ronald ALUMNI ......,... Eunice Watling bert Bell, E. Cappadocia. Carmichael, Robert Bell W GIRLS' SPORTS ....... Isabel Cherry ART-Lorna Spratt, Betty Desjardins, Brown, B. McIntosh j Sayer BOYS' SPORTS .... George Cummings Carl Weegar, F. Baldrate. L. Beattie. THE STAFF OF THE SCHOOL F. D. Wallace, M.A., Principal D. Anderson Miss F. G. Ash, B.A. J. E. Baker, B.A. Miss G. A. Bennett, B.A. C. K. Carrington, B.A. J. B. Clipsham Miss D. Denyes, B.A. W. E. Dewar, B.A. T. R. Foster, B.Com. R. E. Franklin, B.A. Miss C. H. Gardner, B.A. Miss M. E. Gliddon, B.A. Miss L. E. Hamer, B.A. S. W. M. Hardwick, B.A. Mrs. B. T. Hoey, M.A. Miss I. V. Jackson, M.A. E. A. McCann, B.A. Miss E. McNamara T. Fifth, MA. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE BOARD ADVISORY D. Hamilton, Chainnan S. B. Clement J. Halliday W. M. Flannery W. M. Flannery H. W. Teskey D. Hamilton A. T. Smith E. J. Labreche J. C. Ross J. C. Ross .5'. MAGAZINE STAFF Miss P. L. Morgan, B.A. J. R. Pargeter F. R. Psutka, B.A. J. R. Thomson, B.A. K. E. Thomson Miss Miss Miss G. D. M. E. Wales, B.A. A. C. Walker M. B. Walton, B.A Wert, B.Sc. H. W. Williams, B.A. VOCATIONAL COMMITTEE J. Halliday, Chairman A. Gradwell J. McMillan H. A. McEwen W. Yarlasky A ' H 3-i , .4 Standing--Mr. Dewar, A. Rejol, J. McBeth, M. Herman, Mr. E. A. McCann, E. Cappadocia, J. Sayers I Cherry B. McIntosh, B. Brorum, E. Watling, L. Beatty, J. Kennedy, B. Bell, Fred Baldrate. Seated-Loma Spratt, George Cummings, Marian Alford, Reg. McCambley, Wilma Cliff, Carl Weegar Eleanor Rennick. THE NORTI-ILAND ECHO 17 EDITORIAL It seems significant, that in a world at war, the United States and Canada should be drawn closer than ever together-like old friends in time of need. There is none of the bitter and suspicious distrust, none of the unfriendly rival- ry, so common in Europe, existing between us and our great neighbour to the south. No greater evidence of our essential kinship may be found than the establishment of a Joint De- fence Committee at Ogdensburg, to ensure the effective defence and protection of our continent in the event of a hostile attack. This truly great step, on the part of our two nations, demonstrates to those who would sow disunity in our midst that we are, despite the vicissi- tudes of history, still one people, various in faiths and races, perhaps, but basically united. For this reason alone, it seemed to us eminently fitting that, for the first time in the history of our magazine, we should exchange copies of our yearbook with some of the schools south of the border. We hope that the pages of our book will help to communicate to you, our neigh- bours and friends, something of the life of an average student community in Canada. 'K K 41 Special mention must here be made in re- cognition of the invaluable services rendered by the various school organizations interested in contributing to the National War Effort. We congratulate particularly The Soldiers, Over- seas Committee for their work in sending boxes to ex-students now in the Canadian Army, the Junior and Senior Red Cross, for their assistance to the Local Red Cross Branch, the Marionette Club, the Camera Clubs, and all the students who are willing and able to invest in War Savings Stamps and Certificates. 'K-K-K We want everyone who contributed in any way to the success of this year's publication, to know that we sincerely appreciate their efforts . . . the Form Representatives, the Editorial, Business and Art Staffs, Miss Walker, Miss Macnamara, Mr. McCann, Mr. Dewar and all those who did special work for the magazine. And above all, remember that without the support of our advertisers, ninety-live in all, we could not publish this record of the yearis school activities . . . So please give them your patronage as much as possible. K+!-K We sincerely regret that two of our ex- students, Dick Milne and john Quinlan lost their lives in the service of their country. The school is proud of all those ex-students who are giving so unsellishly of their energies and talents to serve their country in whatever way they see fit And now, on with the magazine. We know that youire going to enjoy its pages. Marion Alford. VALEDICTO RY MARIAN ALFORD, GRADE 13 Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: When I was asked to voice the farewell of this yearls graduating class, I was doubtful whether I should recall some of the many humorous incidents which have interspersed our school life, or whether I should dwell for these few moments on the thoughts which lay dor- mant in our minds until we found ourselves on the verge of graduation. Now we realize more vividly that we have reached another milestone. Although, as we have approached the day of graduation, we have relived the past few years at times, tonight we are again looking forward. We know that this milestone does not mark the final stage in our quest for knowledge yet it marks an important stage. From now on we shall learn through personal experience what we have been taught through the related experiences of others. It is difficult to voice, in this hour of mingled feelings, the thoughts which crowd in upon the mind of the graduate, affecting his or heri atti- tude toward graduation, and to present in a few moments the sum of our meditations. The words Thank you are inadequate with which to express our indebtedness to Principal Wal- lace and his staff of teachers-let us call them our friends. They understand the sentiment which we are unable to express. To-night they are looking beyond those words of gratitude in thought, and in hope, that one day we will ul- timately win through, and establish for others in this .day of struggle a memorial of our grati- tude which would refiect honour upon our name and upon this school of which we form a part. We may have thought that in a short time we would have done with this school, but tonight we know that we are a part of this school for as long as we live. For in this In- stitute of learning we have been taught, from year to year, to rise to higher levels of thought, and .to build now so that we will be prepared to take our place in a progressive world, that one day we will arrive at the goal of all our labours -a good name. l8 THE NORTHLAND ECHO We review in thought, not without emotion the years we have spent here. They are a fact, and cannot be looked at through the coloured glasses with which we may view our future. Yes, the years we have spent here are what we ourselves have made them. True, we cannot plead for ourselves a nearly perfect response to our opportunities: but allow us, while admitting of imperfection. to dwell in grateful retrospect and grant us a little pride in having a diploma as evidence that we have aspired towards an ideal. We are emerging from a field of preparation in mind and in body in many phases of work and play, into a field of action, and we hope that the confidence which this school has placed in us will never be betrayed. We do not know what the future holds for us, but the world to- day tells us that the road winds uphill all the way. We wish to play our part as Canadians in an Empire, whose contribution to the wel- fare of mankind must be an inspiration and a challenge to us all. We hope that we will be worthy of the citizenship which is the heritage of every Canadian, Several of our fellow stu- dents have already shown their pride in this heritage by enlisting with the army, navy, or air-force, and have found their bodies better fitted and their minds keener for the part they have to play, because of their preparation here. Many of the boys have already distinguished themselves overseas, while a vast number are busily completing their training in Canada, an- ticipating the day when they may strike their blow for a democracy they have been taught to value. One of the careers we are following most closely is that of Major Troy who, as one of the most popular teachers in the North Bay Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, left his lengthy and loyal following in North Bay to serve us in an even greater capacity. We pause a moment, remembering yet another of our teachers, Mr. Cleland, who passed away this summer. We extend our deepest sym- pathies to his wife and daughter. And now, we say to you students who are entering this school-Be worthy of your privileges here as you Learn to Live . It will be your task, as it is ours, to remove from our world cruel wars between nations and to pro- mote a better understanding among all men. Tonight, we of the graduation class take leave of this school, but before we go, let us again re- fresh your memories with those grand words which our King quoted in his Christmas mes- sage of 1939 and which are a clarion call to us as we stand on the threshold of a New Year: I said to a man who stood at the gate of the year-Give me a light, that I may tread safely into the unknown. And he replied-Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God-That shall be to you better than light and safer than the known way . ARTICLES TCHAIKOWSKY J. RosBoRoUGH This is the story of a man whom it is said, no one understood, not even he himself. Yet in him, on the one hand, we find a great master of music, on the other, in his life story a tragic struggle, almost futile, against his own moral weaknesses and against poverty. Since all great music represents something of its composer's personality, we must know something about this manis life to understand his music. Peter Ilitch Tchaikowsky was born on the 7th May one hundred years ago, at Kamsko Votinsk, Province of Viatka, Russia. During his youth he received the customary piano training of middle-class children. Most of his time was, however, spent in the study of law. Do not make Peter's career music, said his teacher one day. Frankly, I have no faith in his gift for music. When Peter reached the age of twenty-three, the eminent Russian Pianist and Composer, Anton Rubinstein, remarked that in spite of the fact that Peter was careless, he did display certain talent in his exercises. From that day his course was set. Tchai- kowsky was to be a composer. After holding a government clerkship for four years, Peter re- solved to give this up and devote all his time to music, regardless of the poverty he might endure. In 1863 he became Professor of Harmony in the Moscow Conservatory. In spite of the title, his income was quite small. This post did, however, give him opportunities to meet the established musicians and to make friendships which later greatly helped him in promoting his works. Because of his duties at the conservatory, Tchaikowsky could spare little time for com- position. His First Symphony, as well as se- veral religious anthems, were written at night. The resultant physical and mental strain caused him to suffer a nervous breakdown which af- flicted him so seriously that he was unable to conduct an orchestra for ten years. Tchaikowsky, despite the grudging praise of doubting contemporaries, soon acquired a re- putation as a composer. His first opera, Eugene Oniegin, although disliked at first, later became well known and properly appreciated. Un- THE NORTHLAND ECHO I9 doubtedly Tchaikowsky had made an impres- sion that would remain. An account of what some call a romance, and what others refer to, simply as an intimate friendship, now consumed part of Tchaikow- sky's time. Although Nadedja Von Meck, a rich, cultured widow, never once spoke to Tchaikowsky, and saw him only once as a spec- tator at one of his concerts, she came to be an admirer of his works and persuaded him to ac- cept, as an act of friendship, an allowance of 52400.00 a year so that he might devote all his time to composition. She even allowed him the use of her usually unoccupied villa. So regular was their correspondence, that these records now serve as a biography of Tchaikowsky's life. During Tchaikowsky's period of friendship with Madam Von Meck, his life was relatively happy. He was then freer than he had ever been to travel and compose. In March, 1884 he was received and honoured by the Tsar on the completion of his Fiftieth Composition. Four years later he was granted a pension of 51500. a year for life. In 1891, on a tour of America, he conducted concerts in New York, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. Tchaikowsky finished his Sixth Symphony, called the Pathetique, shortly before he died on November 6, 1893. Many believe that this was intended to be a farewell to life. An attack of cholera, caused by infected water, killed him in three days. Many of his melodies, if not his symphonies are familiar to the average radio listener. Those who are familiar with the Waltz of the Flowers, or the Third Movement of the Fifth Symphony know that they are waltzes which equal any- thing from the pen of Strauss. The main themes of his justly famous Romeo and Juliet Overture , of the Fifth Symphony and of An- dante Cantabile are well known as the popular selections, Our Love,'7 Moon Love and the Isle of Mayf, ANSCHLUSS . . . Have you ever been in the woods at night, listening, while a dog howled far away, to the sound of a branch cracking somewhere in the pitch blackness around you? just think what those sounds might have meant to you if they could have been the deep bay of a blood-hound and the heavy step of an S.S. Man. Then you will have some idea of my feelings as I stood in the darkness one night trying to find my way to the frontier from Austria-now a province of the Greater Reichn. In front of me, some- where, was Switzerland, the symbol of freedom and light: behind me might have been an S.S. man, machine pistol in hand, and a blood- hound . . . But I reached the frontier unharmed. Unharmed, I say, but there are things engraved in my memory which I can never forget. Six months had passed since Austria had been peaceably occupied by the Germany Army: six months of terror and everlasting fright for those of my race regardless of their political beliefs, their educational attainments or their value to the world. There was no pos- sible legal way of escape from this living night- mare. We had to steal away if we intended to leave the country. Austrian passports were de- clared valueless without certain stamps and sig- natures which might take months to get-if they could be obtained at all. Press reports about the conditions do not even approximate the actual facts. Cold blooded murder is a daily fact in the country which Germany chose to liberate . Money, position, ideas, home, all lose their old values. One doesn't care any more. To save oneis life is the only thought. Even the living envy the dead in a country once reputed to hold the happiest of peoples. Body and mind are tortured in ways of which it is impossible to give account. No one should be surprised if hundreds, thou- sands flock to the frontier and possible freedom. Some make it safelyg others fail . . . Believe me, I was happy to make good my escape from a country that has become a prison to many: happy to be able to come to a coun- try, a city, a school where-at least-there is sanity and decency. Here in North Bay I have found almost everyone helpful and understand- ing. To adjust oneself to new customs and new ways of thinking is very hard. The great- est help can come only from those with whom one lives and works and laughs. I hope that all of those who have shown kindness towards me, will have the opportunity of preserving these qualities all their lives: kindness, con- sideration, understanding. I know what these can mean because I have seen with my own eyes the worst that human cruelty can do. Let no one take the things you have away from you. Remember that what happened over there must not happen anywhere, ever again. Liao. LAZAROWITSCH. 5 1 Q ' :is p l j mlm' D , ll ' ' 5 : 5 .dj LLL : .1 2235 20 THE NORTHLAND ECHO CHRISTMAS EVE IN EAST END LONDON It was Christmas eve in London, but such a different London all scarred and torn by the German air-raiders, who come each night, in moonlight or darkness. The guns roar and the bombs fall but all this cannot dampen the spirit of the British people. In the east end of London in a small tene- mant house live the Miller family, Mother, Dad, Maggie, and George. The house is all in dark- ness but as we enter the front door merry laughter reaches our ears. The family is en- gaged in decorating a small scrawny tree set in one corner of the dimly lighted room. Suddenly Maggie very seriously turns to her Mother saying, Oh Mom what if those nasty Germans keep St. Nick from visiting us to-night? Tosh my child the R.A.F. will clear the way for him to-nightf, I'll say they will, says George indignantly as he hangs his stocking upon the mantel. At that moment the wailing cry of a siren is heard throughout the district giving its old familiar warning. Come children, says Mr. Miller very calmly. We'll finish this later on. Tearfully Maggie and George follow their parents to the shelter at the end of the block where people from the neighbouring houses gather. Pity they couldn't leave a body alone one nightf, says a fat man waddling down the steps with his load of blankets. Cheer up Buddy, replies another. By this time next year we'll have ,em wiped right off the mapf, In the centre of the low room is a small charcoal stove which provides heat for the shelter. Around this are bunks and benches, and the Miller family take their accustomed places. George hauls out a grimy comic strip and begins to read aloud to Maggie. Most of the women are knitting while the men discuss af- fairs of the war. The children can't seem to settle down as they wonder if Santa Claus will pay them a visit. A white-haired old lady says. Come everyone, sing Christmas carols while I prepare a pot 0' tea. This suggestion is accepted by everyone and soon the shelter is filled with the familiar strains of Silent Night. There goes the all clear, calls the A.R.P. warden. ' Mr. Miller rises saying, I'll toddle on ahead, F lossieg you bring the children. His voice sounds happy but his heart is heavy as he wonders if his house is the target to-night. No, there it stands unharmed. When the children burst in the door, they are over- joyed to find their stockings bulging with candy, fruit and nuts. Hoorah, St. Nick fooled Hitler's airmen. He must have magic reindeerf, says George. The parents smile happily at one another above the heads of their children. GWEN DARLING IN DEFENCE OF LAZINESS FRED WEST FoRM IVA I have finally taken on myself the duty of writing in defence of laziness and then I expect to relax and with my views in the hands of the world to spend the rest of my life being lazy. Yes, I am going to write a long, long story in its defence although to tell the truth I feel too lazy to defend it. No doubt you have sat in the woods on a Sunday and listened to the birds chirping and the leaves rustling. If so you understand how I feel, as though I were a part of all that, the rustling leaves, the swaying trees, the slow drowsy sun creeping across a feather bed sky, the slow drowsy, slow drowsy, drowsy Cyawnj ZZZZZZ. Ouch, darn that bee. Oh yes, my story. I must have dozed off. I was talking about the sun, was I not? and how I resembled it drifting across the sky. Now if you have my point of view I will give you some facts. Why do people hurry all the time? The business men are always hurrying to eat break- fast and catch the bus and consequently most of them die of acute indigestion. I want to ask you another question and please answer it truthfully. Have you ever seen an unhappy lazy person? Undoubtedly the answer is no, but you will find many unhappy hard-working people. Lazy people have very pleasant natures. They never want to argue and are usually very generous. They never have rings under their eyes from lack of sleep. If all people were lazy there wouldn't be any wars because no- body would want to fight. The trouble with some people is they have never really been lazy and don't know how it feels or I am sure they would never work again. Of course some have taken vacations but al- though their bodies rested, their minds were always busy figuring out how they could make more money. There will always be however, a majority of people who were just born to work and who like it. They will keep business and war going. But as for lazy people they should just leave us alone and then everyone would be happy. THE NORTHLAND ECHO 21 Maybe my point would be better illustrated if I referred to the animal, cats for instance. They never work, sleep whenever they feel like it, go where they please, and are most contented when they have a soft shady spot to lie in. VVhy can't everyone be as careful as the cat? By lazy people I do not refer to loafers who never work, but to people who do not go out of their way to do it and who sleep whenever possible. Now that I have finished my task I think I'll go to sleep. I'm exhausted. Good-night. ZZZZZZ. HITCHHIKING BY A HITCHHIKER- MALE J. RosBoRoUGH A cheerful How far are you going?-Well, Jump in, is not always the prelude to a long, comfortable ride in a new Dodge. Indeed, it is often difficult to find a car-driver who will pick up a hiker at all, cheerfully or otherwise. To be a hitchhiker, one must be a hustler. Finding one's self a convenient post at the side of a busy highway, beneath a tree that cares- singly shields him from a hot sun, will not as- sure a hiker success. I have always thought, that to refuse a ride is to invite bad luck, while to stand in one place is nothing short of shift- lessness. Although many think there is nothing to the art, I am convinced that all the luck or disappointment encountered by a hiker can be traced to some definite cause. Above all, a hiker must have his face clean and hair combed. Educated men, or at least friends of humanity, do not judge a man by his clothing, for while his pants may be ragged and his shoes hardly capable of bearing that name, yet in his face they may read his record. I-Iikers should always remember that their prospective chauffeur has only a moment in which to judge whether they are fit company or not. During the instant when a driver observes the hiker's face, the lat- ter should be sure that it discloses no sign of anxiety or envy. The rascal who waves his hand furiously and curses just as furiously when the car has passed, is the most undesirable of com- panions. If engaged in conversation, he is found to be just as unreasonable. Don't be afraid of spending a night on the road. It does no harm. Even a drizzling cold rain has certain aspects of beauty. It is a sad fact, however, that he who can appreciate the intrinsic value of such weather is usually an accomplished hitchhiker. On the other hand, if a hiker does fear the possibility of being left between towns--and I would sooner be left there than in a place where desirable sleeping- quarters are beyond my pocket-book, - he should not try persistently to get a ride. About one hour before the sun sets, a hiker should consider his surroundings. After locating a place to spend the night, he may return to the roadside and solicit a ride until dark. While hikers nearly always blame their misfortunes on bad luck, they should bear in mind that the fox condemns the trap rather than himself. To study fellow hikers is not the only in- teresting pastime in which a hiker may indulge. Few realize how many different personalities there are, until they meet people on the road. Very pleasant conversations can arise between hitchhikers and their benefactors. There is almost a 5096 chance of this occuring, for one who will share his car with another is generally the sociable type. If, therefore, the hiker is intelligent, there is little reason why a bright conversation should not ensue. The hiker must not, however, insist that his benefactor is wrong. It is always easy to judge whether a conversationalist agrees or not. The rest does not matter. I have ridden with a business executive who declared regretfully that Canada would never develop unless Hitler sent an envoy to show us how. I talked with farmers who simply had to confess t.hat they could not understand why I would not work on their farms from dawn until dusk for 510.00 or per- haps S15.00 a month, plus board and lodging. Among the best friends of hitchhikers are the travelling salesmen, who seldom refuse to pick up anyone, because they have learned the value of fellowship. There are rare occasions when a lady will allow her husband to give a ride. Under the circumstances the ladies probably feel it is a splendid opportunity to im- press their husbands with female defenceless- ness. I say this because I have frequently known two women to share their car with a hiker. So, dear reader, if you are young in mind and, have a yeaming for adventure, but lack the material benefits, try taking to the road, thumbs up . HITCHHIKING-THE DISTAFF SIDE EILEEN GALL When you are ten or eleven you haven't money to take you swimming every day. In our case it wouldn't have done any good if we had had it because there were no bus or street- car lines running to the place we went swim- ming. Because we were too young to drive a car ourselves, we had to depend on some kind stranger to give us a lift. Besides these reasons, my friends and I found it fun to hitchhike. I suppose we looked rather odd, three little girls standing on the highway with our thumbs out. Maybe that is why we had no difficulty in obtaining rides. People are kind to children we found, for we never had to stand on the highway for more than half an hour before a 22 THE NORTHLAND ECHO car would stop. We would hop in and away we would go to our favourite swimming-hole. One day a shiny new coupe drew up to the curb and an old man stuck his head out of the window and told us to hop in. We didn't wait to be asked a second time. The three of us piled into the seat with him. As soon as we were in the car the man said to us. Aren't you little girls afraid to be riding in a stranger's car? We hadn't thought of being frightened be- fore but he talked with an accent none of us were accustomed to and he watched us so solemnly through thick glasses that we felt tiny shivers darting up and down our backs. He talked to us all the way to the swimming-hole. It was the usual thing. How old were we? What class were we in at school? Could we swim?,' Everyone who picked us up asked those qusetions. But this old man's asking them with his odd accent frightened us. We were greatly relieved when we reached the lake. With a polite thank you we dashed away. It is often said that children are a good judge of older people but we were certainly wrong in this old manis case. The next day he came along again. He stopped and picked us up. He had a cottage near the place where we swam and he never failed to take us swimming whenever he was going to the cottage. There were other people whom we liked at once. There was the jolly American woman who made us sing all the way home and told us to help ourselves to her chocolates. Then there was the minister who made us feel self- conscious by lecturing us on hitchhiking all the way to our destination but when he reached it he told us with a twinkle in his eye he would take us out again the next day at the same time. That summer we had more fun hitchhiking than we did swimming. NOSES BETTY HOLMES IV A Nothing is more interesting than studying people's characters by examining their noses. There are red, white, and black noses, thin pinched noses, turned-up or pug noses, broad flattened noses, sharp pointed noses, hooked thin noses, and short straight noses. These are a few of the clearly defined types. There are many which are half in one class and half in another: thus we reason that the possessor's character is also composed of a mixture of traits. I'm sure everyone is acquainted with at least one red-nosed person. They are fun, aren't they? Of course, we all know that they imbibe too frequently but they are so friendly and jolly. They don't realize when they are trying to be witty that we are laughing at rather than with them. Certainly black noses have their own charac- teristics. Anyone who has ever seen a Negro has surely remarked, Look at his nose! They are so broad and flat and such a shiny black. Ugly as we think these noses are we sometimes almost envy their owners. They have such marvellous singing voices. This is a result of their wide flaring nostrils which allow for such vibration and produce the ringing resonant tones of the Negro spiritualist. Who has not known a vivacious, freckle- nosed youngster. He may be the paper-boy or perhaps one of your favourite cousins. At any rate you can't resist him. His presence livens your outlook and makes you more cheerful. He is so attractive, vagabondish, cheerful, and con- tented. Nothing can ruffle his happy exterior. What of the shapes of noses? VVhat charac- teristics do they imply? Any person is proud to own a Grecian nose. Their pleasure in its straight classical length is justified. You may be sure these people have a firm, steady character. They delight in the arts and all forms of culture yet at the same time they are practical and level-headed. You may not enjoy the companionship of a Roman or eagle-nosed person quite as much as you would that of a Grecian nosed one. You cannot be friendly and intimate with them. They are haughty and proud and quick to put you in your place if they think you are pre- suming on them. Yet in spite of this their feelings are very easily hurt but they never show their emotions. You cannot be sure of them as friends for you never know what they are thinking. Assuredly you do not like the thin pinched nose person. Why, he pinches every penny until it squeaksf' you say. And it is true. Economy carried to the furthest extreme is an inherent part of his make-up. To express it in modern dialect 'he gets in your hair!' Ah! but what of people with turned-up noses? Do you like them? Of course you do. You just can't help it. They are so happy-go- lucky and carefree. They are generally gay, impudent, captivating Irishmen. The owner of the broad, flat nose with flaring nostrils may not impress you so favour- ably. Oh no, it is not always Negroes who have this shape of nose. Many of our own race possess it. They anger you with their desire to lead. If they were capable of leadership it would be a different matter but usually they are stupid and lacking in personality. Once given the opportunity they exhibit their in- nate dominance and cruelty. The owners of the short, straight, patrician noses-well, we are indifferent to these people. There is nothing spectacular about them. Their 23 cms , -L-c.c, er- 5 Y x L. .Ar V, , 'lf A,fy'E5Qg 'Q ,me A 1 A f. X' 65.2 I MAL rl 1 f, Mfncu 'a wi x T l.- 'QQ' 'Y v , fr 4. , , ' 'ii ' X if ' jg , A 'I 2 O X 3. .. gn , OW. 'A H X A 5 IME H5717 , V ' A ,, , -. - J if - Comg HONS5 y ,J-'+ ,pi :Nh w Y l1 H'y4 grin. V, . ' 'A .Vx :Hg RFI 6 1 y 1 W 'AL' W n ,,,,, XA fx W I , I, , 1.1 X Qin! ll A, . f, Qifw 3 lwx 4 :gf 'M 'W . ' w '1L3'?iM5 ,s5' ' 1 Xg,a9.5is 5:3-5 w Wu , . ,f 1, X I 0 ' V ,, 1 X' I-'w q V 24 THE NORTHLAND ECHO code of morals is average and they fear ex- tremes of any kind. On the whole they are quiet, shy and harmless. We definitely don't like the owners of the short, sharp, pointed noses. Snobbishness in them is quite apparent. As close friends they are complete failures since they are selfish, in- considerate and spoiled. They get their des- serts however, in that they are not popular and are liked only by other people of their own type. Although we hate to admit it we rather fear the thin crooked-nosed people. They can be so sarcastic when they choose and yet they are to be pitied. Their outlook is so cynical and bitter. Once their hard outer shell is penetrated you find real companionship in them but then few people bother to crack their hard veneer. Yes, there are exceptions to all these dif- ferent classes but are there not always ex- ceptions? They do not detract from the truth of the rule in any way. OF OTH ER DAYS LAURIER Rmour The last rays of the setting sun linger on the Cairn, which the people of Mattawa erected in remembrance of the heroic voyageurs and explorers of the Ottawa, the Mattawa and the West. To the minds of many, I imagine, the four centuries which have passed since Cartier first came and named Canada, seem but a mere shadow fleeting on the dial of by- gone years, an epoch of little interest: but as I gaze on this simple memorial with its bronze plaque in French and English, I see once more a Champlain, skirting the waters of the beautiful Ottawa and Mattawa rivers with a band of primitive, wolf-eyed, and silent Indians in their light but strong canoes. I see the Jesuits preaching to and vainly attempting to civilize the savage Hurons. I see under the arches of the virgin forests, over miles of lakes, rivers, deserts and plains, the conflicts between France and England for the possession of America. I see again those explorers who left the comforts of Old France, crossed the perilous Atlantic, and founded Montreal, Quebec, Ottawa: I see, too, the hardy voyageurs and coureurs-de-bois pushing their explorations farther and farther westward, sowing the seeds of civilization on the banks of rivers as they went, in order to establish a commercial route between Montreal and the Great Lakes. On the spot where the Cairn is built I visualize Champlain stopping to rest. Here also I see the Missionaries wondering whether to turn back or keep on amidst the hardships and privations of the forest. Yet on they go, up the Mattawa River to Lake Nipissing, through the French River to Georgian Bay where the cruel fate of martyrdom awaits them. DESTROYERS FOR BASES A. REPOL, XI B VOC. The idea of sending U. S. destroyers to Britain was only a rumor until on September 3rd, with great suddenness, it became a reality, the most important factor in the vast U. S. rearmament program. The U. S. has acquired at one bold stroke, in exchange for fifty des- troyers, a ninety-nine year lease for U. S. naval and air bases on eight British-owned islands, or island groups from Newfoundland to British Guiana. So enormously will these bases strengthen America's Atlantic defences, so vast are the possibilities now opened up to America tio become dominant in both great oceans, that hardly anyone disputes the value of this transfer. To the U. S. Navy the loss of these overaged and outmodeled little warships was chiefly im- portant as diminishing by 50 the number of ships available for training its younger officers. To Britain these warships were godsent. Britain started with one hundred and eighty- five destroyers, lost 32 by torpedoes, shell fire and bombs and is frantically building new ones. Many have been completed and sent into action since the war began, but all these are by no means enough to run the war at sea. The fifty American destroyers may well turn the tide of battle and sink so many German boats, guns, tanks and soldiers that Hitler will call quits. These destroyers cut down the possibili- ties of any attack on the U. S. and they will do it far from the shores of the U. S. where wars are best won. The aquisition of new Atlantic bases in re- turn for destroyers was a brilliant bargain for the U. S. They put that country in a far stronger Atlantic position and create a whole new strategic picture. Since the U. S. have no advance bases such as they have in the Pacific they were forced to rely on shore bases in the Atlantic. Since the development of long range aviation, advance bases are needed to assure vital centres against attack and to prevent a hostile power from establishing itself near their shores. Essential qualities of a naval base as stated by Admiral Mahan are first, position, second, strength and third resources. These are also the qualities of an air base. How does each base planned, measure up to these standards? Newfoundland is an ideal base for patrol of the North Atlantic and is shrouded by heavy fog. An ideal arrangement would be an ad- vance fleet base on the south coast with Halifax as a main base. The best spot for an air base would be near Botwood where fog is light. A watch could also be kept on the French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon on the south shore of Newfoundland. TI-IE NORTHLAND ECHO 25 Bermuda is suited for an advance base for both fleet and aircraft. Heavy cruisers can enter Hamilton Harbour, although coral reefs and narrow channels make it impossible for a hostile fleet to beseige the harbour. Naval bases can be had in the north or south coasts of the island. The Bahamas cover the approaches of the Straits of Florida and the entrance to the Caribbean. They have no good harbours, but with 3077 small islands and rocks stretching 630 miles they offer countless safe anchorages where enemy seaplanes, tenders and submarines might lurk. To counteract this danger large bases are not needed, but a series of small airfields and storage depots and a continous patrol to protect this area from hostile forces. All bases in the Windward and Leeward islands are logically small bases with Trinidad as a main base. British Guiana has no good harbours and would be useful only as a small air base. jamaica has ample resources and could be used for any kind of a base and would be useful chiefly as a base for air patrol of the Caribbean. Trinidad has large resources of oil, food and labour, and has plenty of open territory and therefore would be suitable for an Army Bomber Base. Trinidad is logically the southern anchorage of the U. S. Defence plan, unless she also obtains a base in Brazil. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT QEz1o CAPPADOCIAD For the first time in the history of the United States a President has been re-elected for a third term. This shattering of an old American tradition is chiefly due 'to the per- sonality and leadership of President Roosevelt. Born of Dutch ancestry, near the city of New York, Mr. Roosevelt has been in the public eyes of the Americans since his youth. Both his father's family and his mother's are among the oldest in the colony of New York. He is therefore a member of the American landed aristocracy. For his education Mr. Roosevelt attended the distinguished American schools of Groton, Harvard and Columbia where he was an average student, not too brilliant. With the Rooseveltian family tradition and background, he began his political career. In 1912 he was elected to the New York Senateg in 1915 he was appointed Assistant-Secretary of the Navy by Woodrow Wilson: in 1920 he was the Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate. His party was defeated and he Temporarily re- tired from politics. It was during this brief in- terval that he suffered an attack of infantile paralysis. After many months of suffering he finally conquered the disease although even now he must have some one to lean on and must use a cane for support. He began to prepare for his political future during convalescence, by studying economics and political science. In 1928 he returned to politics and was elected for the governorship of New York during the notorious administration of jimmy Walker. The governorship of New York led him to the presidential nomination in 1932. During his first two terms of office the world witnessed the rise of a three-headed mili- tant dictatorship in Europe. The people throughout the world have been the helpless spectators of a feverish armament race which has culminated in the outbreak of a war, and the present-and we hope, temporary-over- lordship of Nazi Germany in Continental Europe. In the early l930's, while Europe was speculating and dreading the possibility of war, the new president was embarking upon a liberal domestic policy. It was his purpose to remove from the hearts of the people the fear of economic bankruptcy. At that time banks were closing and the citizens' investments were no longer secure. Unemployment was in- creasing, social unrest growing. The people cast meaningful glances towards Wall Street. To check this flight towards catastrophe, Mr. Roosevelt embarked upon the New Deal in order to overcome the great economic crisis which had occurred at the end of 1929. To safe- guard deposits he ordered a bank holiday and a gold embargo. To help the farmers the Agri- cultural Adjustment Act was passed. To remove the young unemployed off the highways and freight trains Mr. Roosevelt provided the Civilian Conservation Corps and Federal-State Tran- sient camps. The Public Works Administration, and the Works Progress Administration were created to employ the workers of the nation and stimulate economic activity. Overnight, 4,000,- 000 men were employed. Far from being perfect, those measures have been abused by irrespon- sible individuals. But no one can seriously ques- tion their necessity. Yet they have been bitterly attacked from many quarters. Most of the opposition to these measures came from Wall Street's financial interests. These persons did all in their power to prevent a leader like Roosevelt from rescuing a nation still bound to the rock of depression by the chains of economic serfdom which they them- selves had forged. They opposed him in 1932, 1936, and again in 1940-in vain. These Wall Street attempts to defeat Mr. Roosevelt were thwarted only by the unanimous support which the workers gave him. It is to these people to whom the President owes his re-election in 1936 and in 1940. They supported him because it was he who by means of the Wagner Act, the National Labour Relations Board and the Social Security Act allowed them to organize and form powerful Trade Unions. 26 THE NORTHIJXND ECHO The achievements of better standards of labour in Mr. Roosevelt's Administration are greater than those in any previous administration. This has been accomplished despite Henry Ford's baronial independence, and continuous bitter attacks against all labour organizations. In 1936 although many of the lower class realized that the New Deal was imperfect, and that it had not achieved what they had ex- pected, they felt that they had a friend in the White House and one who was at least trying to help them. They demonstrated their ap- preciation by supporting him for re-election. Throughout the democratic world Mr. Roosevelt is better known for his foreign policy than for his domestic one. To Canadians he is a friend. His Good Neighbourn policy with us, and the Pan Arnericanism directed towards Latin America, is one of the greatest achieve- ments of his career. It has always been his goal to have North and South American solidarity in the face of a hostile world. His assurance at Kingston that the American people would not stand idly by if Canadian soil is threatened by any other Empire was received with the greatest possible amount of enthusiasm by Canadians. The ties of friendship between Canada and the U.S. were cemented in the Ogdensburg De- claration by Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. King. The esteem with which Mr. Roosevelt is regarded in South America was demonstrated when these Republics declared a national holiday on the day of his re-election in November. His judgment of international events has always been superior to that of his opponents. In 1938 he shocked the isolationists by pro- posing at Chicago that the aggressors be quar- antinedf' This speech was the cause of many bitter attacks against Mr. Roosevelt by his op- ponents. They claimed that he was speaking of war in order to relieve his precarious political position in the U.S. When in 1939 he asked Congress to repeal the Arms Embargo in favour of the Cash and Carry basis, he was accused of war-mongering. Later, a special session of Congress was necessary to repeal the law since war had already broken out in Europe. When this terrible catastrophe struck Europe he took all the necessary precautions to prevent America from being involved in it. He declared a safety zone on both sides of this continent and prohibited American vessels from going into belligerent zones. However, when war broke out in all its fury, and many free countries, France included, were conquered, Mr. Roose- velt saw that America had to send more help to Britain, since Britain was the only remaining obstacle in Hitler's path. It was also evident that if Britain were defeated and the European economy were in Hitler's hands it would be a difficult task for the United States to compete in the world trade with Germany. And unless the United States would co-operate with Ger- many she would face economic ruin and a lowering of her standard of living. America, as Mr. Roosevelt said recently would be living at the point of a gun. Accordingly, despite opposition from some quarters-incidentally the opposition is not the same as that which opposed him in his domestic policy, because financial interests derive profit from rearmament-he decided to enlarge the American rearmament program and give more help to Britain. Recently he declared that the United States will become the arsenal of de- mocracy since there can be no appeasementi' between the democratic world and Hitler's world. He re-affirmed his belief that the Axis cannot win, and that with American help the democracies will be victorious. As far as one can see at present Mr. Roosevelt's new foreign policy is backed by the majority of the Ameri- can people. But many of the opposition especially among the lower class who have al- ways supported the President are alarmed by his blunt language and straight talk to the dictators. Will he, now that he has changed his foreign policy, be able to keep America out of war and keep his campaign promise and yet be the economically helpful ally of Britain? Or will he be forced by circumstances and events to become a second Woodrow Wilson? Both his supporters and opponents are anxiously watching Mr. Roosevelt steer the ship of State in these tortuous channels. How will he fare? To-day he has the greatest op- portunity to win personal triumph and be a real statesman, now that he is no longer bound to the party machine and has no longer to play the politics. What will happen during his third term no one is in a position to predict. That he will go down in history as a great democratic leader, there is no doubt, although no one can foretell how Mr. Roosevelt will be remember- ed. At all events, American life will never be what it was when he took over the leadership of the United States in that fateful morning of March 4, 1933. DECLINE IN CHURCH ATTENDANCE ISABEL CHERRY, V COLLEGIATE Nowadays, if there is nothing else to do, you go to church. All day Saturday you watch to see what kind of weather is in store for Sunday. In the winter, a good fall of snow will prompt you to wax your skis and start out for a good day of Sunday skiing. In the spring, a bright cloudless day will send you heading for some cool brook for a good day of Sunday trout-fishing. But if the weather man does not treat you so gen- erously, you go to church. In such a case of church attendance, you do not enjoy the ser- THE NORTI-ILAND ECHO 27 viceg you do not even hear it. Instead you are feeling the sting of the snow on your face, ex- periencing the thrill of your first leap on that new ski jump, or landing that beautiful speckled trout that you could have boasted about for weeks to your rivals. Then, not having heard two words of the service, you swear that you will never go back again. In this case, the minister cannot be blamed for an uninteresting service. The radio rightly bears some of the blame for poor church attendance. You are afforded the opportunity of receiving the church service to a better advantage at home, since you have the privilege of switching off the radio if the sermon does not suit your taste, or if the story you are trying to read while you listen, proves to be more entertaining than religion. Too, radio reception does not demand an early rising on your part, nor does it require Sunday clothes. Bathrobes and Romeos serve just as well, especially if you are going skiing later on and will later have to deck yourself out in ski clothes. On Sunday night comedy radio programs prove to be a greater attraction than church because you don't feel like dress- ing again after that strenuous day of skiing. Next Sunday, since the weather is bad, you, and a fair congregation, turn out to church and the topic of the sermon is, Poor Church Atten- dance and Lack of Fundsf, You are informed that if you are absent this Sunday, remember the Church expenses go on just the samef, This request annoys you and some of the congrega- tion, who had resolved, perhaps rather unmean- ingly, to reform and go to church more often, and you, now resolve to continue with your air reception where you are permitted to listen if you wish. Once again the church attendance declines. BEFORE THE CURTAIN RISES M. MACDONALD, FORM V The dressing room is crowded, the walls covered with what might be the loot from a mixture of pawn-shops and Bond Street cloth- ing stores. Overalls and stiff shirts, boots and dancing pumps, all are there, spread about in mad disarray. Here and there boys, trying to pull on their socks or shoes, are standing like storks or hopping about like dancing-dolls. What a sick-looking bunch they are-all white as a sheet: you look in the mirror to straighten your tie and-Shades of Sir Cedric Hardwicke! Can this ghost-like creature be you! Why, your face looks like the front of one of those shirts. Funny thing too because it's very warm in here. Loosen your collar: there, that,s better. Now youire ready for make-up, or are you? Letis see, have you forgotten anything? Got that scarf? Mustn't forget it again to- night. Remember what happened at the dress rehearsal. All set? The make-up room is on the next floor up. This way: say, what's your hurry? You took those stairs three at a time. Here you are. First the cream:'rub it in well then rub it all off, remember, its just to soften your skin, not bury it. Try to stand still, how do you expect the make-up man to get that lip-rouge straight? There, that's that! Eyeshadow: just a little. Hair okay? Fine. You might as well go upstairs to the stageg nothing to do now but wait. Wait-only liif- teen minutes more till the curtain. Wait-and your heart beating twice as quickly as your watch. Wait---wait ----- wait. There's a funny feeling in the bottom of your stomach. Come on, buck-up-only five more minutes. Pretend this is just another practice. What do you say when you go on first? What, you've forgotten? Never mind, it will come to you on the stage, if you ever get there. There's a big crowd to-night so do your best: you mustn't disappoint them. Only three more minutes-ah! there's the orchestra now. Three more minutes, one hun- dred and eighty seconds. You never knew be- fore how long a second really is. Thereis the prompter settling into her chair by the end of the stage. It won't be long now and you've a good audience: steady, brother. Say, you ac- tually look happy? Feel better now? Great! there goes your cue, the curtains' rising. So long. Keep your fingers crossed .... MORE ABOUT GRAPEFRUIT H. Nxcor. V To eat a grapefruit is a task in all parts of the educated world. Many breakfasters shun the round, oversized lemon, because it provided them with a shower of acidy juice expelled with considerable force from the large globules, which ruined both apparel and temper. Breakfasters descend from the bath-room and with a cheery morning salutation to the cook, seat themselves at the table and are in- stantly confronted by a large half of a grape- fruit, staring them in the face. With a shudder, the would-be consumer, hesitantly, picks up the culinary instrument customarily engaged for the purpose, and searches for an opening in the mel- low fruit. Cook has been careless to-day and has not sliced the adjoining walls of the fruit so the worst can be expected. Like a wary con- testant in a iistical engagement, the person circles the fruit with his eyes and prods ginger- ly, first at the sides then the centre. He eases the spoon gently down into the side and is re- warded for such an audacious act by a yellow streamer of juice full in the optic. Never daunted, the daring attacker grips the evasive victim in his left hand and with a sudden down- ward thrust of the spoon, jabs viciously at the fruit and receives another liquid torrent, ac- companied by a huge seed. 28 THE NORTHLAND ECHO At this point, the consumer usually throws down his spoon in utter disgust and calls for his waffles. But the more diligent and persevering of our retaliating grapefruit-eaters, stick to the task of carving up the fruit, which California so graciously donates to the continent. He usually succeeds. I, myself, one of the less persevering break- fasters. give up in disgust, after the first attempt. To you fellow-suffers, I have one piece of consoling advice, which will rid you of such a horrid and damp experience every morning. It is as follows: Take the fruit to the kitchen, draw out the grapefruit squeezer and squeeze unmercifully until the fruit is dry. Then discard the con- quered and base rind into the sink, place juice in a glass with a little sugar and down the tangy juice. In my mind, this is the only way to enjoy a grapefruit in a safe and joyous manner. Then you can say, There is more to grapefruit than meets the eye. THE DECLINE OF COURTESY TOWARDS WOMEN EDYTHE WHARRAM Without a doubt, courtesy towards women is not what it used to be. Every day in all kinds of ways, in the many walks of life this fact is evidenced. One has only to step onto a crowded bus, or get caught in a waiting theatre line to appreciate the fact that men no longer consider women as frail, delicate creatures, en- tirely dependent on their strong manly com- panions for protection against the rude ways of the harsh world. This decline of courtesy on the part of the men is, in my opinion, a result of woman's ad- vancement in the general affairs of the world. The men feel, and rightly so, that since women have shown themselves capable of contesting most fields with men, they should not receive special consideration. Today, choose whatever phase of activity you please, you will doubt- lessly find women in ever increasing numbers rivalling the men. In politics, business and sport, the position of women is steadily growing more important. Years ago a woman was edu- cated only in the frivolous arts such as music and sewing so that by her charming wiles she might bring some man to make her the grace- ful head of his household. Today, men and women receive equal opportunities of education, thus enabling women as well as men to have a career or enter into business. As a result, the modern woman is quite independent and not demanding of the same courteous deference shown her home-loving grandmother. I believe also that the modern way of life has a great deal to do with this decline of courtesy. The speed and our lack of confine- ment in our modern society make the stuffy courtliness of former days quite rediculous. Whereas the stalwart of former days swept a stately bow to a feminine acquaintance, the modern youth greets her with a nod and a nonchalant, Howdy, I fear that there are no Sir Walter Raleighsf' amongst our modern males. Today, if a girl is distressed by a puddle she does not look around for some gallant fellow to sacrifice his best coat for her but with a determined look she leaps the puddle and continues uncon- cernedly on her way, which action would have made her grandmother blush for shame. This decline of courtesy does not however mean that men have become rude and incon- siderate of women. The majority of men will give up their seat in a bus or theatre to a woman if she is standing. The man who doesn't, is deemed unmannerly and rude. It is still considered most cowardly and brutal for a man to strike a woman and the old act of dropping a hanky still enables the vamp to gain the at- tention of the men. For these reasons I do not consider that the decline of courtesy towards women is a serious development but rather a veiled tribute to the social advancement of our sex. ' THERE IS BEAUTY IN CANADA'S NORTHLAND ALICE RANEY There is beauty in Canada's northland. While I was driving from North Bay to Camp Lorraine on Lake Temiskaming this fact was impressed upon my mind. The great rocks of ruddy red, to be found almost anywhere in the great northland have a beauty all their own. The northland has many contrasts of beauty. For as suddenly as these majestic rocks had loomed up they gave way to a placid lake fringed with stately evergreens. The fra- grant scent of pine needles refreshed our nostrils. In the course of the afternoon we passed many such lakes. The one that stands out most in my memory was a narrow winding lake charac- teristic of lakes in the northland. High rocks on the left side crowded us almost to the mar- gin of the lake. It was wild country seemingly uninhabited. The jagged shoreline was covered with pine trees through which the setting sun cast rays of deep purples, glorious reds and oranges on the ripples of the lake. As we drove on, the great pine forests faded into forests of tall white poplars, standing like eerie ghosts in the dusk. The evening breeze touched the keys of some mighty organ and the air was filled with its faint soft music. The moon rose over the hill of Lorraine valley showing us a still different aspect of the northland. The dark hills stood out against the still darker sky, the moon cast a golden light on the road and the whippoorwill's mournful voice came to us from somewhere in the forest. There is beauty in the Canadian northland. THE NORTHLAND ECHO 29 QUEER NAMES BETTY MACINTYRE, FORM V Do you blush a deep scarlet and mutter mm-umph or some equally incoherent reply, when someone asks what your middle initial stands for? Well, perhaps the little tale I am going to relate will make you feel better about the whole matter. Last week, finding myself short of reading material, I turned in my hour of need to the city's best known book, the telephone directory. I had heard one can actually derive entertain- ment from its contents. With no definite plan in mind I struck out aimlessly, arriving first among the C's. In a short time my efforts were well rewarded, for I found names like the fol- lowing: Cann, Coones, Cork, Coo, Cow, Cottin and last but not least Cakebread. In compari- son with what I found later on, these few are exceedingly conservative. Listed under the Dis were two outstanding names, Death and shortly below it, Deadman. After that I didn't con- sider names like Dew, Dollar, Drinkwater and Dithers the least bit out of the ordinary. In fact I was almost prepared to accept even Pickles which leaped out at me when I skipped over to the P's. To make matters worse there were no fewer than eight people called Pickles. In the same pages I came across five called Pidgeon, four called Pusey, eight called Peeker and nine called Pye. The greatest enjoyment, however, was found among the T's. Here there were some excellent examples of queer names. On the first couple of pages were Tarbottle, Tax, Towell, Tunnah, Tufts, and Trump. In each case the number of people bearing these names exceeded six. At length I retraced my steps and stopped with interest under the His. Herd was the first I discovered then shortly after came Horseman and Hossies. Before I should end my peculiar trip I de- cided to pay a quick visit to the S's. With a swirl of paper I reached my destination and found that my effort was not a wasted one. Here was a veritable dumping ground for queer names since Swallows, Swails, Salads, Sequins, Sonnets, Sparks, Spoons, Shanks, and Specks were alphabetically arranged in the next two or three pages. This last encounter with queer names ended my trip. In closing the book I decided that we shouldnit feel so ill at ease over a peculiar middle name which can be cleverly concealed by an initial. We would really have just cause for complaint if we had to write down a sur- name, like some of these I have just mentioned, for the world in general to gaze at with merri- ment. VIEW FROM LOOKOUT ON THIBEAULT HILL BETTY BROWN GRADE XA Standing on the lookout at Thibeault Hill one can see in the far distance, both to the left and the right. From here there is a marvellous view of the city of North Bay, the surrounding country and the lakes and islands. Looking immediately in front of us we see the low, rolling hills and vales covered with the soft blanket of snow. As our vision turns to the left of this great expanse of land, we see the frozen waters of Trout Lake together with a few of the buildings making up the village. Next in view comes the Home of the Aged and the jail with the Scollard Hall appearing not far distant from them. The T. N. O. Railway shops can plainly be seen amidst the numerous houses and buildings. Even the wide stretching Trans Canada Highway is a marked line in this glorious view. The spire of the French Church towers decidedly higher than other places men- tioned. The aerials at C. F. C. H. radio station seem to gently wave to and fro in the breeze. Still turning our gaze from the left to the right, we can see the top of the Empire Hotel. The great spire of the Cathedral reaches far into the sky with the Collegiate appearing in sight slightly to the north. Then to extreme right are the great waters of Lake Nipissing with the Girls' College located on its shores. As we gaze over these ice bound waters, they seem never ending. BARGAIN DAY GWEN PRICE IIIA CoLL. The out-of-town visitor was about to take in her first bargain sale in the large city. She arrived at the store fully fifteen minutes before the time of the opening but she found that al- ready by all four doors were long lines of women. Nearest to every door was the inevit- able group of short stout women in dark cloth- ing, chattering in a foreign language or in broken English. The visitor crowded into one of the lines and soon the group closed in behind her. They crowded closer and closer so that soon it be- came difficult to breathe. For a moment she had horrible fears of being knocked down and trampled when the doors opened. Time drag- ged on very slowly. Suddenly she felt the crowd surging forward and she was carried helplessly along with it. She soon reached the door. On entering she found to her surprise that the lines did not spread out but headed straight for the nearest flight of stairs leading to the bargains in the basement. She was terrified lest someone should stumble on the stairs but miraculously no one did. 30 TI-IE NORTI-ILAND ECI-IO The lines spread out. The large women who headed each of them ran directly to the tables where each seized as many articles as she could snatch from the others. Then each made oh' by herself to choose from her collection whatsoever she could wear. Usually there were not many garments that would lit these corpu- lent persons, but they fought valiantly among themselves for those that would. After choosing what they wished to keep, they threw the rest back onto the nearest table. Here the less experienced bargain-seekers look- ed over the discarded and often damaged gar- ments and secretly envied the veterans who obtained what they wanted by sheer force. Meanwhile the visitor stood bewildered by the rushing humanity around her. People bumped her time and time again but never stopped to apologize. The visitor, after wat- ching countless disputes over the articles for sale decided to get into the spirit of the thing and go in fighting if she wanted to buy any- thing. With her elbows she pushed aside some buyers at a counter and seized an arrnful of something soft. She ran off and set it down. It proved to be only straw packing from some china: and as she sheepishly brushed off her coat she saw some of the others laughing at her. This made her angry. Suddenly she hit upon a bold and daring plan. She barged to a counter with the pug- nacity of a football tackler. Then when no one was looking she poked the most heavily laden woman in the ribs. The woman squealed with forced laughter and dropped a few things from her arms. These things the visitor snatched up and made off with before anyone knew what had happened. Unfortunately none of the garments obtained fitted the Visitor. Disappointed, she looked for a new plan. Then, for the sake of curiosity she threw the articles that she had into the very thick of a group of women. Her luck turned. The women dropped their loads in order to clutch at the articles des- cending upon them from above. The Visitor, accompanied by four other luckless individuals began to grab up the garments dropped by the tugging, pulling, wrestling females behind her. She had found a sales girl and was having her purchases wrapped, watching meanwhile the angry, tricked women whom she had just out-witted. The sales girl said suddenly, Madam, youare very cleyer to out-smart those professionals over there. It's never been done before. The Visitor smiled self-consciously, Y'know, all's fair in love and war,-and bargain sales she replied. POETRY AND VERSE CHRISTMAS IN HIS MAJESTY'S CANADIAN NAVY BETTY ANN HORN IIA COLLEGIATE It was Christmas day, in the morning, And t.he sky was bright and clear, But the winds were blowing, and the sea was roaring, And a sailor shed a tear. For he missed the soft snow falling, And he missed his home, and wife, Though the navy was really ripping,'7 And he loved a sailor's life. But he longed for the warmth and comfort Of his little home, back there: And he longed for the rolling country, And Canada's bright, crisp air. And he thought of his little kiddies He'd had to leave behind, But he was building a future for them And others of their kind. A future strong and firm, dear, He said as he stood at the rail, F or our country's children and you, dear, For God's will cannot fail. And Hitler's army we'll crush, dear And t.he world will at last have peace, And there shall be no more fear, For all warring we shall cease. F or it was Christmas day, in the morning When Christ came to us And bells were ringing, and Angels, singing, Proclaimed that peace would come? ROAMING In summer, I delight to roam, Across the meadows far from home. The buttercups and daisies nod Their heads above the grassy sod. The song birds Hit among the trees: Their notes come faintly on the breeze. I follow close the winding brook Until I reach a shady nook. Silver trout in a rustic pool Glimmer amid the shadows cool. At last with dreams I fall asleep- A tryst among the fairies keep. MARGERY IRWIN. THE NORTHLAND ECHO 31 T0 A PUZZLE Bxsrriz DESJARDINS, IIIC jig-Saw puzzle, What right have you To hold my interest The way you do? VVhy do you lie On the table there And will me to sit In the opposite chair? Why do my fingers Toy with your parts Till my eyes grow weak And a headache starts? Why do I follow Your notches and curves Like a lover who hangs On his sweetheart's words? VVhy have you cast Your spell on me? Iill conquer you yet, Old Mystery! TINY TALL'S FATE ALICE MooN Once there lived a little man, Who was but eight feet tall, His blonde straight hair was curly black: His black eyes green as gall. When Tiny Tall, for t'was his name, Wanted or wished a thing And used his lungs to call aloud His weak voice made ear drums ring. One day our hero took a walk, While riding in a flying car, His beautiful hair blew round the wheels: Car's stopping jerk threw Tiny afar. He landed on a distant star. ,Way underneath the dry, dry sea, Where meeting a lovely mermaid fair, Married and lived, so happily. THE WORLD I LOVE I love this world when skies are blue, And when the birds sing all day through, Beside a brook I love to stand And watch the sparkling, golden sand. The waters rushing on for aye Are never still the livelong day. White clouds high in the sky above Look down on peace, and war, and love. In city homes or meadows green The joys of living may be seen. MIRIAM PRESTON. LONGlNG Sometimes I think when night does fall, Of distant woods where cuckoos- call. Of leafy coverts, where partridge hide, And from the tree-tops squirrels chide. In fancy wooded hills I pass, Where soft winds rustle in the grass. And oftimes long for some calm lake, Upon whose brink the aspens shake. THE NORTH ERN BLIZZARD Who can vent its fury more Than a blizzard, of the north? Who is it, who strikes with power of Thor When brave men journey forth? Who whistles round their frozen ears? Who buries them in the snow? Who adds to their evergrowing fears VVhile cruel winds blow? Those brave men that break the trail, Those men that never tire Are caught in a maelstrom of snow and hail, Ruled by a force that's higher. But dauntlessly they journey onward, The sons of the north are they, All these men press forward, forward, 'Tis a dangerous game they play. Some are frozen in banks of white Some are starved on the field of fame, But though They're dead, they've shed the light, On a venturous life-giving game. By E. M. MCDONALD STREET DRESS LORRAINE STEVENSON She primped before the mirror And smiled in self-conceit. Nothing pleased her dearer Than to have her hair look neat. She smoothed her fine silk hose And aligned its narrow seam: Then, pertly, she studied her nose For remnants of make-up cream. She glanced with a critical eye At the slender heels of her shoes. They had cost her a lot to buy, But what had she to lose? Proud she was of her long slim hands With their crimson pointed tipsg Her rings were slim gold bands, Their stones like tiny pips. When she descended the stairs, Her mother gazed in distress. Despite all her gay vain airs, She had forgotten to don her dress! 32 TI-IE NORTI-ILAND ECHO ITIIIIIIII ,M gPPd1t As usual, the Exchange EditOr's desk is littered with magazines-this time from almost every cor- ner Of the globe. Last year we exchanged with schools Of the Empire, obtaining a very enthusiastic response. This year we hoped to repeat the same success with schools of the U. S. A., but did not meet with quite as much response as in the case of the imperial exchange. Again we have exchanged with several Canadian schools. CANADIAN- VANTECH, VANCOUVER TECHNICAL SCHOOL, VANCOUVER, B.C. Excellent piece of work. EASTERN ECHOES, EASTERN I'IIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE, TORONTO, ONTARIO. Good Photos. BLUE and GOLD, EAST YORK C. I. TORONTO, ONTARIO. A credit to the school. THE VULCAN, CENTRAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL, TORONTO, ONTARIO. Our idea of the perfect magazine. WESTWARD HO., WESTERN TECHNICAL SCHOOL TORONTO, ONTARIO. Fine Work. THE ASHBURIAN, ASHBURY COLLEGE, OTTAWA, ONTARIO. Good, but too few photos. THE NEW ERA, BRANDON C. I. BRANDON, MAN. Very good. AMERICAN- THE NUTSHELL, MOORESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, MOORESTOWN N. J., U. S. A. Excellent newspaper. JAY SEER, SAN BENITO COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE, HOLLISTER, CALIFORNIA. Seems to take a lot of students, time. EMPIRE- RAFFLES INSTITUTE, SINGAPORE, B. E. I. Good, but why not more photos? ANNUAL MAGAZINE, BRISBANE STATE HIGH SCHOOL, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA. Good. No Photography club? No Magazine title? THE A. C. S. MAGAZINE, ANGLO CHINESE SCHOOL, SINGAPORE, B. E. I. N O scenic photos? REVIEW, WELLINGTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE, WELLINGTON, N.Z., Very conservative. ACADEMY HERALD, AMERICAN ACADEMY, LARNACA, CYPRUS. Very good for small number attending LET'S HEAR FROM YOU ALL AGAIN! L . I! 1 . f -x f THE NORTHLAND ECHO 33 ix 9: X- - L .ip j N ' ' lx Q mr IJ 1 Il 4 Gubn-aa. BOYS' SPORTS GEORGE CUM MINGS INTRODUCTION The School greatly regrets and feels the loss of its former coach, teacher and friend, Major M. L. Troy who has returned to the lighting forces. However, the school was very fortunate, indeed, in getting the services of Mr. Frank Psutka who admits he has large shoes to lilli' and so far he has conducted sports nobly. FIELD DAY Junior Events- Bill Frair with twenty-three points took the Junior Crown. He gained his points by firsts in the Broad Jump, High jump, Hop-Step-and- Jump and Shot Put and second in the Standing Broad. Runners up were George Cummings with eighteen points chiefly in sprinting and Harry Whitham with fifteen points. Intermediate Events- Ian Martyn with thirty-eight out of a pos- sible forty points led the intermediate with firsts in 100 yd. dash, 220 yd. dash, Broad jump, High Jump, Hop-Step-and-Jump, Pole Vault and Standing Broad and a second in the Shot Put. Runners-up were Mark Guppy with twenty points and Pryce Moorehouse with fifteen. Senior Events- Bob six foot and some Marshall ran away with the Senior Events with forty-one points from a possible forty-five. He took firsts in 220 yd. dash, Broad jump, High jump, Hop- Step-and-Jump, Pole Vault, Standing Broad, Discus, and Shot Put and third in the 100 yd. dash. Interform Events- XIA Collegiate with sixty-one points by two competitors were school champions and runner up was XIIA with fifty-six points also by two competitors. SENIOR RUGBY SQUAD Back Row CLeft to Right,-G. Whitham fManagerD, M. Guppy, F. Chirico, L. Mitchell, E. O'Donnell, Y. Guenette, A. Brousseau, K. Frair, V. Saunders, Pat Jennings CCaptainl, Mr. F. R. Psutka CCoachl. Front Row fLeft to Right,-H. Linsdell, F. DeMarco, H. Whitham, W. Blakely, R. Pelletier, P. Marceau, J. Durrell, A. Wigston. :Nh w Y l1 H'y4 grin. V, . ' 'A .Vx :Hg RFI 6 1 y 1 W 'AL' W n ,,,,, XA fx W I , I, , 1.1 X Qin! ll A, . f, Qifw 3 lwx 4 :gf 'M 'W . ' w '1L3'?iM5 ,s5' ' 1 Xg,a9.5is 5:3-5 w Wu , . ,f 1, X I 0 ' V ,, 1 X' I-'w q V 34 THE NORTHLAND ECHO Senior Rugby- With difficulty due to war conditions, prac- tices got under way for Senior Rugby but Coach Frank Psutka rallied ten players to die fight- ing under the standards of the Green and White. Reinforcements were sought from Junior ranks and the Juniors suffered. In pre-season training the team went down against the batterings of the Grads in two en- counters. On October S the battle started. Collegiate came home victorious-score Collegiate 10, Scollard 2. The touch-downs were scored by Guenette and Brousseau, a hard-hitting tackl- er. Pelletier was our plunger and showed excel- lent playing-power. Brousseau made a lovely tackle, picked up the loose ball and ran for his touch-down. Vic Boyer scored the 2 College points. The next game was played at Sturgeon Falls where the score was Sturgeon 6, Collegiate 6. The Collegiate were without the services of Rene Pelletier. The outstanding event was the lovely 40 yd. forward pass Guenette passed to Ken Frair who ran for a touch. Pestolis scored the 6 pts. for Sturgeon. Trick plays were employed for October 23's game and the Collegiate defeated Scollard Hall 29-7 with two touch-downs by Pelletier and one each by Guenette, Jennings and Mitchell. Chirico converted for four points. Pelletier was the main driving force of our team. In the final game with Sturgeon Falls for the Championship of the Southern Group of Northern Ontario the Collegians swamped Sturgeon 19-0. Pelletier again starred with a touch and 4 points and Saunders and Chirico each scored for the 19 points. Our team travelled north to Timmins where their trick plays were hampered by fifteen inches of snow and the team lost 8-0 and the Poupore Cup now leaves North Bay. Pelletier had to be carried off the field with a twisted ankle in the early stages of the game and Frair suffered a charley-horse, Jennings, a broken hand and Mitchell had a recurrence of broken rib trouble. Rene Snooks Pelletier must be given great credit for the Collegiate success as should Trainer Porky Whitham last year's quarter- back. JUVENILE HOCKEY TEAM W1 .f rv Me, lit. l 0. if Q :YN I in' ll ' as N mi- '92 aww. 'war . 11- 5 - A 5, -4 - V ' - Z3 Q.. , - ' Back Row C eft to Rightl-F. Psutka CCoachD, Ace Chambers, Fred West, Ruby Rubinovich, Mark Guppy Richard Valenti, jim Sayer, Ebby Cvigg. Pat Marceau Cfrainerl. Front Row-Arthur Crogham, E. Valenti, Art Perrin, George Cumming, Campbell King, Jack Durrell. TI-IE NORTH LAND ECI-IO 35 SENIOR BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM Back Row CLeft to Rightl- Mark Guppy, Dick Yeandle, Mr. Psutka QCoachD. Front Row fLeft to Rightl- Y. Guenette, Carl Weegar, Jack Durrel. 1 twa- , Q J hu .ff ti. --, 3. Q .f W' . ,u 3+ M. x 306 'sv If INTERMEDIATE BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM Back Row QLeft to Rightj-Mr. F. Psutka, R. Harris, I. Martyn, G. Cummings, H. West, and F. Cherico. Front Row - B. Blakely, G. Bed- ard and G. Tor- tance. 36 THE NORTHLAND ECHO The Team: Flying Wing: Pat Fleetfoot Jennings Cnow with R.C.A.F.J Halves: Rene Snook Pelle- tier, Jack Dyke Durrell, Floyd Mow Mit- chell, Elwood Scotty O'Donnel1, Mark Guppy. Quarter Back: Yvon Ginny Guenette: Snap: Pat Marceau: Middles: Vernon Sunny Saunders, Pete Brousseau: Insides: Frank Chirico, Frank De Marco: Ends: Ken Moon Frair, Wally Blakely: Alternates: Harry Whit- ham, Harry Linsdell, Arnold Wigston. The heavy-weights of the team were Chirico 206 lbs. Frair 204 lbs. and De Marco 204 lbs. Junior Rugby: A junior Rugby Team was organized but since they had no competitors they supplied al- ternates for the Seniors. Next year Coach Psut- ka is going to organize a league and perhaps a Peanut League. The Team: Backfield: Cam King, Harry Whitham, Bill Frair, Gordon Torrance, Bob Marshall, George Cummings: Snap: Fred West: Ends: Roy Har- ris, Ian Martyn, Ken Locke: Line: Harvey Nicholls, Gordy Kilgour, Arnold Wigseton, Murry Rubinovitch, Harry Linsdell. Interform Rugby: About 200 boys took part in the interform schedule and XB Vocational won the Junior Shield against 7 other teams and XIA Coll. won the Senior Shield against 4 other forms. BOYS' BADMINTON CLUB BILL BROWN, PRESIDENT The Boys' Badminton Club, during the years 1940 and 41, was very successful. The bad- minton season began in November, 1940 and the club was glad to invite some rookie badminton players into their midst. Besides these rookies the club also gained two experienced players who are newcomers to our school-Wiber and Stephenson. For the first time the school boasted a bad- minton team which took an active part in badminton tournaments. Several contests were held with a Sturgeon Falls club and other en- joyable evenings were spent in trying to defeat the teachers. We are pleased to say that all in all, the badminton team came out O.K. THE BADMINTON CLUB Front Row: Ruth Rankin, Esther Smith, jean Stewart, Frances Smith, Grace McGaughey. Centre Row: George Bedard, Basil Connell, Virginia Cobourn, Marion Loney, Russell Stephenson, Mr. Baker. Back Row: Bill Brown, Bill Lang, Carl Weegar, John Wiber, Jack Sherman. EI? , TI-IE NORTI-ILAND ECI-IO 37 ,I L4 5 II .. GIRLS' ATHLETICS ISABEL CHERRY V COLLEGIATE Girls' Athletic Society President ,.......... Frances Smith Vice-President ...... Thelma Durrell Secretary-Treasurer -- Dorothy Ferris Once again the Girls, Athletic Society is proud to be able to report another year of pro- gress. The Exhibition A splendid gymnastic exhibition was given during the last year's spring term on each of the two open nights, when many of the girls from all parts of the school put on a brilliant display of their training under the instructive guidance of Miss Ash and Miss Gardner. During each evening, classes of both Miss Gardner and Miss Ash displayed some of their regular class activities in their exhibition of folk dances and exercises. An exhibition game of basketball was played each evening, between IVA Collegiate, last year's champion school team, and V Collegiate, runner up, in which V Form carried off the honours the first night and IVA, the second night. The program was brought to a close with a Grand March and a school cheer. Inspection Day Last year for the tirst time, the girls took part in the Cadet Inspection program which was held at the North Bay Arena. The girls, arrayed in their freshly starched gym suits of green, the school colour, executed smartly the manoeuvres of a picturesque march and swung gaily through the various folk dances. The Badminton Club Executive: President --.. ...... Esther Smith, V Coll. Vice-President .... Frances Smith 4B Coll. Sec.-Treas. .... Doris Childerhose, V Coll. This year a keener interest has been shown in Badminton which has become one of the more popular sports of the winter season. The membership is about 30. A new scheme has been adopted in the Badminton Club this year. The girls, and boys' teams practice together Monday and Friday nights in the Girls' Gym. with Mr. Dewar or Mr. Baker presiding. In the early fall the members practised dili- gently for the oncoming tournaments which were held in October. About 26 members entered the singles and about 12 couples, the doubles. Winner of the singles: Grace McGaughey. Runner up: Frances Smith. The doubles were won by Grace McGau- ghey and Frances Smith. Runners up were Doris Childerhose and Esther Smith. The club has formed a Badminton Team this year, consisting of 8 boys and 8 girls. Their first game was held in North Bay in December, when the Sturgeon Falls' Badminton Team came down. The results were: North Bay 8, Sturgeon Falls 7. The second game took place in Sturgeon Falls on January 16. Sturgeon won 12 games against North Bays' 1. North Bay was the scene of the final game on February 10, when North Bay regained her lead with a score of 8 to 7 for North Bay. 38 THE NORTHLAND ECHO FIELD DAY CHAMPIONS QS! -923, Left to Right-Mr. Psutka, Clara Johnston, Bill Frair, Thelma Durrell, Ian Martyn, Grace McGaughey. Field Day The first fine day that the weatherman fa- voured us with last fall, was our Field Day. The enthusiasm with which the girls entered the events made this year's Field Day one of our most successful. Our events included run- ning and standing broad jumps, dashes, baseball and basketball throws, and novelty races. Our thanks are due to the members of the staff who so willingly assisted us in making such a suc- cess of our Field Day: The Senior winner was Clara Johnston. The intermediate winners were: Thelma Durrell and Ethel Fodor who tied. The junior winner was Grace Mc- Gaughey. Basketball This year the basketball schedule has been changed. V Collegiate, Special Commercial, IVA and IVB Collegiate played one schedule. All the third forms played another one. The winners of the two groups each played a se- parate schedule and the winners will play off for the junior Championship. There has also been a change in the time of our basketball games this year. On account of the Boys' Drill classes each day until 4:30, the Girls, Inter-form Basketball games are played on Saturday mornings, beginning at 9:30. The girls wish to thank Miss Ash and Miss Gardner who have made our girls' sports one of the main activities in the school, and who devoted a great deal of'their time after school to training two teams of ten girls each, who, on March 21, played exhibition games against the Normal School and the Girls, College. 39 SENIOR BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS Back Row CLeft to Rightl- Isabelle ChexTy, Norma Her- man, Marion Alford, Edith Wharem. Front Row: Helen MacGil- livray, Marie Connell, jean Stewart. . mamma I I JUNIOR BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS Back Row: Jean Thompson Jean Connelly, Doretta Mac- Gillivray. Front Row: Marion Ferguson Betty Baxter, Ruth McLeod. THE NORTHLAND ECHO QQ -sf?- NORTHERN LAN DSCAPES Inf' i ivan Q V X -1-in Q W' gy ,kr ff 5 ., lf ' f 3 5 , A U. 1 A ip' f E '- 'f ' - ' ' , ?1 ' - J ' ' LF. 1 -015 1 ' E ,QQ ,, ' -I f E 53 , 3 R . , 4 , Q Y' 1 A liz. 5 -.s ,Kg X . A ., 2. 1 X' J -v uv- 3 THE NORTHLAND ECHO 41 A SCENIC SPOT 24 X zf 'NWS ki.: .qbf 'I aww., ., 1 ' if. Anza ' - .....l in 42 THE NORTHLAND ECHO SCHOOL JEAN MCBETH I-Iasn't it been a busy year in a social way? It all began with the Hullabaloo on Oct. 27 when Laura Secord and Lil Abner with all their old-fashioned and poor-house friends had their annual jamboree. Yes, it was a hard-time party in the Vocational School gym with a number of old-timers in lavender and lace attending, too. Patches and rags were the order of the evening and even newspaper de- corations contributed to the poverty-stricken scene. One glimpse of the refreshments served on the third floor, however, dispelled any thought of poverty. Needless to say, they were thoroughly enjoyed. Miss Hamer and Mr. and Mrs. Hardwick looked quite concerned when they tried to pick winners for the costume prizes but finally the decision was given to Ian Martyn and Jean Richardson, as the most original boy and girl respectively. Prizes were carried off in red bandanas, too, by Lynne Bothwell and Bill Burrows, who were judged the most original couple. Faye Mulligan and Garnet Barlow as well as Lorna Brown and J. Hastings captured prizes for novelty dances. Not to be out-done by this splendid project of the Senior Literary Society, the Students' Administrative Council chose Feb. 7th as the date of their Valentine Ball, the second big dance of the school year. Red and white hearts transformed the boys' gym for the evening into a miniature kingdom of students and ex- students, presided over by the chosen King and Queen of the ball-Howard McDonald and Marie Raineville. Onieda Gauthier and Alvin Johnston were the lucky couple who won the prize for the Spot Dance. Two tea dances were held during the winter, one by the Red Cross Society, the other by Form Special Commercial, as its special project for raising funds toward the schoolis war effort. Both events proved very successful. Everybody danced to the Rockola and had a wonderful time. The school has been especially fortunate in its guest speakers this year. The first to address the students at morning assembly was Mr. Ellsworth Toll who gave a spirited preview of his travelogue on South America. Many curios and souvenirs from the south provided great interest and amusement. The Rev. Lt. Col. Sharing delivered a most impressive message on Armistice Day. He gave a very real picture of the first Armistice day from the view point of one who shared it in France. Another memorable occasion was the presentation to Capt. Cnow Majorj M. L. Troy with a sleeping bag. Miss Hamer made the N EWS V Com.. presentation for the teaching staff and Reg. McCambley represented the student body. Mr. Troy had long been one of the most popular and efficient members of the staff until he left us last year, to serve with the Algonquin Regiment-C.A.S.F. Rev. P. Webster spoke to the school at the Christmas service. His subject was the won- derful Christmas gift that God gave to the world in His son. After this address Sylvia and Arthur Gabor entertained with a number of fine selections. Misses Agnes and Ruth McCubbin ana Miss Irene Simkin also contributed to the delightful musical program prepared by Mr. Hardwick. One other speaker came to the students as they gathered at morning assembly. This was Miss McKim who aided by Mr. Beatty, inspect- ed the Vocational department of the school. She told of the war effort of different schools throughout the province. Some even collected old newspapers in order to make money. She strongly advocated giving all that could pos- sibly be spared towards this great cause. We are happy to state that since Miss McKin's visit, the war effort of our school has progressed very rapidly and with renewed vigour. GRADUATION The annual commencement exercises, held on Dec. 6, this year, was an event of major im- portance to many of the students of both the Collegiate and Vocational departments of the school. This year approximately one hundred and twenty-five students received their diplomas before an auditorium closely crowded with friends and relatives. Mr. J. C. Ross was chairman for the occa- sion. Very inspiring addresses were given by His Worship Mayor Beattie and by Rev. A. A. Lowther, M.A. The latter address, directed especially to the graduates was supplemented very ably by Miss Marion Alford, valedictorian, in her address which expressed perfectly the thoughts in the minds of all those who were leaving their school-days behind them. Field-day medals and also scholarship medals were presented by Miss F. G. Ash, B.A., Mr. F. P. Psutka, B.A. and Mr. F. D. Wallace, M.A. The second part of the program was in light- er vein and took the form of a musical enter- tainment. The School Orchestra and Double Octette as well as several top numbers made it a complete success. Lunch was served to the graduates and their guests on the third floor of the Vocational School and later on dancing was enjoyed in the gymnasium. THE NORTHLAND ECHO 43 STUDENTS' COUNCIL ..1- fQs wwf. 4 ,-l 4' A . .ml AVL ling' 1 Back Row: Mark Guppy, Mr. F. D. Wallace, Frank Cherico, Bill Allen. Front Row: Ruth Stevens, B. McGonigal, Shirley Caley, Thelma Durrell. SENIOR LITERARY soclerv P1 u V ig, FA 311 5 i ,wits ,Q Q Y 1 1 Back Row CLeft to Rightl-Miss Gardner, Mr. Firth, George Justice, Morris Herman, George Cummings, Jack Hamilton. Front Row CLeft to Right?-Irene Simkins, Jessie Skellem, Shirley Permock, Ena Saunders, Beverley Gunn, Velma Martin. 44 THE NORTHLAND ECHO THE STUDENTS' COUNCIL FRANK Ci-rsnxco V-Com.. The Students' Council started the year with the books revealing a small sum left by last year's council. It was hoped that the council fees would swell our bank account but we found that they were not coming in as well as they might have. With the students actively engag- ed in suppling overseas boxes to ex-students now on active service in England: woollens and other necessities to the Red Cross societies: and other very valuable war-work, we found some reason for the neglect of the fees. Still, there are several months left in which more fees may be paid. On February 7, the annual school dance was held in the boy's gymnasium. It took the form of a Valentine Ball Csomething new as far as the school is concernedj and proved to be a very great success. This was the first year, for some long time that a large profit was realized. This year the council found it necessary to buy new equipment for the rugby team. It seems that no new equipment had been pur- chased for quite a few years so that we were in very sore need of it. What we now have on hand should do for several seasons. For the first time, the school is minus a junior hockey team. It was a hard blow for a school like ours that has produced such good teams in the past, to take. It is to be under- stood that it was through no fault of the coun- cil that no effort was made to produce a team. The basketball team, another organization financed as far as possible by the council is, at present, doing exceedingly well. At present, work is well under way to pre- sent our annual school play. It is entitled The Gingham Girl and is a three-act musical comedy, to be produced under the joint direc- tion of Miss M. E. Wales, Miss P. L. Morgan and Mr. S. W. M. Hardwick. This year we are staging the play for three successive nights with one-third of the proceeds to go to very worthy war-work. Thus far we have had a somewhat success- ful year, with everything pointing to a greater success in the few remaining months. The executive as elected for 1941 is as follows: Frank Cherico ........ President Shirley Caley ...... Vice-President Emma Gareau .... Secretary-Treasurer After doing very good work for the Council Emma Gareau left school and was succeeded by Marjorie Anderson. SENIOR LITERARY SOCIETY The first activity of the 1940-41 Senior Literary Society was the Annual Hullabaloo. This year, due to a great number of activities, it was held later than usual and took place on November 15th, in the form of .a Hard Time and Old Fashioned Party. The proceeds from the dance, which a- mounted to Sl6.54, were given to Miss Wales to buy wool for the Overseas Boxes. Our second meeting took the form of a Quiz Programme between Fifth and Special. Earl Byrnes acted as a master of ceremonies and George Justice as time and score keeper. Those representing Special were: Barbara McGonegal, Shirley Caley, Jean Waddington, Ed. Murphy, Bill Gigg, Joyce Young, R. Laviolette, Reg. McCambley, Allen Skellern. Fifthis team was composed of :- Fred Duquette, Ruth McCubbin, Norma Herman, Wallace Blakely, G. Gaughan, Mable Gigg, Frank Chirico, Malcolm McDonald. There was good competition between both sides which finally ended in a victory for Fifth Form. Score was 22-17. The third meeting of the year was the Senior Oratorical Contest, held Feb. 13. Wal- ford Reeves placed first and Jack Rosborough second. These two represented N. B. C. I. and V. S. in the final Oratorical Contest. THE EXECUTIVE Honorary Presidents, .......... Mr. T. Firth, Miss H. Gardner President ........ -W George Justice Vice President --- --- Beverly Gunn Sect.-Treas. --- --- Velma Martin Pianist ...... .... I rene Simkin Reporters .... ..... F rances Jenkins George Cummings THE JUNIOR LITERARY SOCIETY The 1940-41 season opened with a Variety Programme in December consisting mostly of well prepared Christmas numbers by Grades X, Collegiate. Early in February, Grades X, Commercial, arranged a meeting with songs, a dance number, recitations and a quiz. About the middle of March, the four boys' forms of Grade IX gave an excellent play, several puppet numbers, a boxing match along with several musical numbers. The society is looking forward to a pro- gramme from Grades X Technical, ir1 April and another from the three girls, forms of Grade IX, in May. The Junior Oratorical Con- test will be held on Friday, May 2. The officers for the Junior Literary Society this year are: President ............ Reg. Peverley Vice-President ...... Margaret McKinnon Secretary-Treasurer .... Bob Rankin Pianist ................ Betty Brown Reporters ..... .... D on Moyer Ken Sinclair TI-IE NORTI-ILAND ECI-IO 45 THE MARIONETTE CLUB Hon, President .............. C. K. CarI'ingt01'1 President ...... ..... J ack Church Vice President --- .... Shirley Ruddy Treasurer .................... Donald Scott There are puppets and puppets, of course. Any ...... knows that! But, whereas in Europe the puppets' strings are pulled by their dictator masters, in North Bay our puppets put on a variety show Cand a darn good one, toolj and raised 5130.65 for the Red Cross. We're all very proud of that sum. It repre- sents, of course the total from two performances, Friday evening, Nov. 29 and the following mrs J 31 ,ha T '-'saw ,J I i Saturday morning matinee when 500 Public and Separate school pupils formed a noisy but enthusiastic audience. As one puppeteer said, And did they ever hiss the dictators! Thanks must be given to all our many friendly helpers, but especially to the Arts and Letters Club, who assisted us in sponsoring the performance and supplied the excellent music, vocal and instrumental. The Marionette Club has presented skits at the Lit and has twice accepted invitations to appear in outside charitable performances. If you care to peek inside Room 105 of a Tues- day afternoon you'll see our grandiose spectacle of Pinocchio taking shape. Altogether it's been a good year. JUNIOR LITERARY SOCIETY fb TC 'sex ati X 4 tsl. 1 'lv- Back Row fLeft to Right,-Bob Rankin, Jimmy Matera, Grant Darling, Reg Peverley, Mayer, jimmy Eady Cuthbert Gunning. Front Row QLeft to Rightl-Alice Raney, Margaret McKinnon, Caroline Groulx, Jean McLaren, Christina Zoubaules 46 THE NORTHLAND ECHO SCHOOL PLAY - THE GINGHAM GIRL MALCOLM MACDONALD Because of the success of the past two musicals presented by the School, Miss M. E. Wales, Miss P. Morgan, and Mr. S. W. Hard- wick wisely chose another sparkling musical for this year's presentation. The action of the musical comedy centred around Mary, Cjessie Moorej who was trying to establish a market for her Bluebird Cookies. Mary lived in a small town. Every day she baked cookies to be sold in Silas O'Day's Cjack Rosboroughj grocery store. But it seems that, as this particular village didn't like cookies Mary, egged on by a high-pressure salesman from New York CI-Ioward Clarkej, decided to leave for the Big City and sell her cookies there. She was further influenced by the attention paid her by one Harrison Bartlett CReg. McCambleyJ whose father owned a cookie factory and who didnit mind a flirtation with Mary, in spite of the fact that he was al- ready engaged to Mildred Ripley CAgnes Mc- Cubbinj. Perhaps, too, Mary was eager to go to New York because her boy-friend from Crossville Corners Cjohnny Cousinsb had al- ready gone to The City to make a name for himself . In the meantime, Johnny CMalcolm Mac- Donaldj had forgotten Mary and was spending his time taking out show-girls like Mazie Lelewer CGrace McGaugheyj. He was engaged as a model by an artist, Sonia Mason CKay Henryj and incidentally got himself entangled in an affair with a wealthy old maid, Sophia Trask, CMarian Alfordj who tried desperately to snare him, and to whom he was attracted for her money. However, true love finally made him turn to Mary who had made a success of her Cookie Business in New York and still retained her sweet unaffected disposition. Libby O,Day, CEna Saundersj Silas' daughter, had come to New York too and eventually married the high-pressure salesman to whom she had been attracted ever since she met him in Crossville Corners at her father's store. The story ends happily as Mary and johnny sing just as long as you have me and I have youf, The curtain was rung down on one of the most entertaining and financially successful plays presented by the School. We were able to turn over one third of the proceeds to three local war funds. LUNCHEON IS SERVED WILMA CLIFF XI A Voc. Time: 7.30 P.M. September 3, 1940. Place, C. P. R. station, North Bay. Sceneg Three girls leaving for Toronto and the Canadian National Exhibition as entrants in a contest to be held in the Electrical Building, Friday September 5, 1940. The three girls were Iris Jennings, Con- stance Spencer and Wilma Cliff. They were accompanied by Miss Grace Bennett. They arrived at the Union Station, Toronto, early Thursday morning. After breakfast they iourneyed forth to find their lodging place, Pembroke House, at 73 Pembroke Street. This proved to be a very friendly and pleasant branch of the Y. W. C. A. Friday afternoon came quickly and the girls soon found themselves entering the gates of the exhibition grounds and wending their way to- ward the Electrical Building. They entered the cooking room and took their places beside the work table, electric stove and refrigerator as- signed to them. The menu chosen consisted of: Cantaloupe Vegetable Plate CBaked Potatoes, Baked Tomatoes, Cabbage Salad, Spinach Nest with Poached Eggj Baked Chocolate Custard Tea Bread and Butter The luncheon could not cost more than S150 and it was to be cooked and ready to serve to four members of the R. C. A. F. within seventy minutes. There were three prizes offered, first prize being SSO. Constance Spencer and Wilma Cliff cooked the meal while Iris set the table, prepared the centre table decoration composed of fresh zinnias, and served the meal to the R. C. A. F. men. Everything turned out splen- didly and at the end of the contest, while the girls were disappointed at not winning one of the prizes, they were proud to be placed among those honorably mentioned. First prize was won by three Ottawa girls who did very splen- did work. At the contest Friday the three representa- tives of N. B. C. I. and V. S. received invita- tions to a Good Will Luncheon in the Women's Building at the Exhibition the next day. This event proved to be a very delightful and exciting afternoon. At the entrance to the room the girls were received by Mrs. Aitken, Director of Women's Activities at the Exhibi- tion and by two gentlemen, The luncheon was served buffet stylei' on the balcony. During the luncheon, the teacher from each of the schools stood up and introduced the pupils re- presenting their school and told what school they came from. North Bay was the farthest away of any of the places represented. After lunch, Horace Lapp entertained the guests by playing the piano. Later the guests joined in a sing-song. The thing that impressed the girls most at this luncheon was a young boy from one of the schools, who, seeing Mrs. Aitken was very tired, took complete command of the situation, leading the sing-song like a profes- sional Master of Ceremonies. Later, in the Fall, Mr. Wallace presented each girl with a charming gold and blue pin sent from the Exhibition. There is no need to say that these three girls were very proud indeed. THE NORTHLAND ECHO 47 THE GIRLS' CAMERA CLUB The Girls, Division of the Coltek Camera Club is rapidly becoming one of the most popular organizations in the school. And why shouldn't it? Under the supervision of Miss Jackson, with Frances Smith as President, Ruby Parr as Vice-President and Margaret Stitt as Secretary-Treasurer, the girls have been striv- ing to make the club's third year in existence, the best. They have certainly succeeded: the sixteen new members have increased the mem- bership to twenty-five. All these girls have been taught how to develop, to print, to enlarge and to tint. The girls have turned over the profits of their Christmas card sale to the junior Red Cross Funds of the school. Last Autumn the girls hiked out to Duchesne Falls. They took many pictures: some of which were displayed in a photography contest that was held in the school. In this contest the judges declared Helen Aceti the winner of the prize for the group of water pictures. Frances Smith for indoor por- traits and outdoor portraits, Marian Alford for enlarging, animal pictures and landscapes. We, of the club, are sincerely hoping that the club will continue to increase its member- ship with each new year and that it will some day rank first and foremost among all the school 3C'f1V1f1CS- MARGARET Srlrr GUEST POET The North Bay Collegiate Institute and Vo- cational School is honoured to have had as its guest the distinguished Canadian poet, Wilson MacDonald. Mr. MacDonald read to the students a number of his own poems, among them the well known Song of the Skif' and the one which he claims to be his best Old Things. Several clever French Canadian selections won special applause from the students. ORATORICAL CONTEST One project of the school which is not given the credit it deserves is the annual oratorical contest. It provides a means of learning to speak in public without self-consciousness or hesitancy. The school contest took place on Feb. 14, 1941, and though all the contestants did re- markably well, W. Reeves and J. Rosborough were chosen as winners. In the district Contest, on Feb. 26th, this school was not so fortunate however and lost the honours to Michael Fouriezos of Sturgeon Falls High School and to John McCreavy of Scollard Hall. ARCHERY CLUB .....-1. E iam' -- Back Row fLeft to Right,-Andy Repol, Erbel Carmicheal, G. Apostle, Fred Baldrate, Richard Valenti. Second Row-Ester Smith, Helen MacGillivray, Jean Stewart, Bemice Banbridge, Doris Axler, Helen Duff, Dawn Graham, Eileen Gall. Front Row-Allan Nicoll, jack Hill, George Fiemay, Dick Scott, Kenny Elston. 48 THE NORTHLAND ECHO MODEL AEROPLANE CLUB an Ll IO 41? Standing CLeft to Rightb-O. Brigden, J. Sherman, J. Bradfield, D. Demena, F. Baldrate, G. Smith, P. Celentino, E. Graham, E. Lowery. Sitting fLeft to Rightj-E. Hayes, C. Scott, H. W. Williams, A. Nicoll, R. Diegel. THE SOLDIERS' OVERSEAS COMMITTEE MARIAN ALFORD GRADE XIII This committee was formed early in the fall for the purpose of sending boxes to boys serving overseas who at one time attended this school. The organization was first suggested by Miss M. E. Wales of the Teaching Staff and is being enthusiastically endorsed by the entire school. A committee of six was elected: Miss Wales, Miss Bennett and Mr. Franklin of the Staff and Marian Alford CCollegiate representativej Betty Harris fComm. Rep.j and Homer Grainger CVocational Representativej. Each week under their supervision, ably assisted by volunteer workers, boxes have been packed by various forms in the school, By February 20, thirty- three boxes had been sent, each containing a wide variety of articles-everything from razor blades and woollen goods to cigarettes and chocolate bars. Students and teachers are busily knitting up the wool they get from the Committee and to date 46 pairs socks, 16 scarves, 3 sweaters, 4 helmets, 3 pairs mitts, 14 pairs wristlets and 1 pair of gloves, among other articles have been turned in. This wool is paid for by donations from the Staff and Students of the school. Each form contributes in addition to its own box which is sent to any ex-student Overseas whom they choose. The enthusiastic and grateful response of the recipients has been a source of satisfaction to the committee and has provided them with the incentive to carry on their good work. YVe hope this Committee will be a fixture in the school for the duration of the War. SKETCH CLUB This year, for the first time, a Sketch Club was organized in the school. With the able assistance of Miss Walker, the club progressed very successfully. In the fall the group sketch- ed out-of-doors, and every member is looking forward to the same opportunity this spring. During the year the club was favoured with addresses, given by two well-known local artists -Miss Dorothea Sweezey and Mr. T. C. Cum- mings. Both offered many helpful suggestions to the students, and created a really enthusiastic interest in art. For many years the students have expressed the desire for such an organization. The Sketch Club's initial year was such a success that there is no doubt but that it will be continued in the future. THE NORTHLAND ECHO 49 N. 1' Aw!!! 1 Q4 Y i 3 '-1, X N . f .Y rf My 01'-' IAN ,CH F' ' . . MAWJ: V ' ' 'moron Yi! ' V' x 934 Ay' f , Q t ff ' W I V .Y1. , S , wt . , , 7.7- - if I . ,nv Q .fbx -s'. Y ll X X x 1 .LK xQQwQ,eg??b: -, 1 f' Ji!! .ffl L-is A i euywf . ,, L f . f A i 'f ' FLEET TliAlNfl'i an A Iii!! N3 M . SW -. 1 ,. , ' .4 4? .Q S' 72A . I ,Q y 7 'N Afcj I - ,S 6 , -ll 5 A ,Fig Zvfn, A Q , 1 V ., E , .,,......,., , ,. Ek M Nikki? SO TI-IE NORTHLAND ECI-IO THE SENIOR BRANCH OF THE EX-STUDENTS SERVING CANADA RED CROSS SOCIETY QVERSEAS The Senior Branch of the Red Cross Society organized early in the school year with the following executive: President ....... -- Norma Herman Vice-President .... --- Esther Smith Secretary ...... .... V elma Martin Treasurer ............. Jean Stewart Supervisor ........ Miss L. E. Hamer The activities of the Red Cross Society got under way with the sale of candy at the Annual Hullabaloo and a considerable sum of money was realized. In December the Red Cross So- ciety held a most successful tea dance with members of the orchestra providing the music gratis. Penny Day has been inaugurated throughout the school and the proceeds of this weekly collection are to go to the Red Cross Society, The Overseas Box Fund, and the British War Victim Fund. The girls have been busy knitting and a large number of knitted goods have been hand- ed over to the Local Branch in North Bay. Two money contributions have also been made, and further activities are also being planned. The Senior Branch of the Red Cross Society would like to thank Miss Hamer for the time and help she has given in supervising our meet- ings. Cpl. I. J. Beatty ...... 2nd Canadian Pioneer Battalion Sapper Chas. H. Brown- LfCpl. S. C. Clement -- Pte. Sgt. Dick Colyer ...... Harry Colyer ..... Sapper Robert Colyer--- Pte. Pte. Lieu Pte. Pte. Pte. Sgt. Spr. Spr. Pte. Pte. Earl K. Davidson-- Frank Forster ---- t. Wm. L. G. Gibson Robt. Hall -----.- J. R. Hammond--- R. G. Holmes --.--- P. W. A. Keech ---- James K. McAuslan Len Mallenson--- David S. Mann--- J. Allan Mann--- Spr. Gerald MacPherson C. Q. M. Sgt. Lloyd G. McDonald-- LfCpl. Edward McKay Pte. Pte. Cecil McParla.nd- -- Raymond Osbome- - Spr. Don Pennell ------ Spr. M. Pennell -.------ LfCpl. A. P. Regimbal-- Spr. Ray Rodier .----.. S pr. I. W. Smith ---.-- Spr. E. Wall .-.-------- Spr. Frank West ------- Pte. Jos. Whittingham- - Sapper Lloyd Williams-- No. 1 Canadian G. H. Unit No. 2 Road Construction Co. No. 2 Road Construction Co. No. 2 Road Construction Co. No. 2 Road Construction Co. lst Canadian Pioneer Battalion Royal Regiment of Canada Canadian Military Head- quarters Royal Regiment of Canada 40 Sq'd'n R. A. F. H.M.C.S. St. Laurent R.C.A.F. No. 1 Training Co. R.C.E. No. 2 Road Construction Co. Royal Regiment of Canada Royal Regiment of Canada No. 2 Road Construction Co. No. 2 Road Construction Co. Royal Regiment of Canada Royal Hamilton Light Infantry 2nd Canadian Division Head- quarters. No. 2 Road Construction Co. No. 2 Road Construction Co. No. 2 Road Construction Co. 2nd Battalion R.C.E. No. 2 Road Construction Co. lst Canadian Pioneer Battalion No. 1 Canadian General Hold- ing Unit Royal Regiment of Canada 2nd Road Construction Co. JUNIOR AND SENIOR RED CROSS SOCIETIES M Front Row-R. Sarri, M. Beatty, N. Herman, J. Young, B. Holmes, M. Gifford, M. Kuehl, S. Caley. Second Row-G. Munroe, B. Devonshire, I. Goldthorpe, H. Beirs, D. Ferris, M. Ferris, B. Enborg, M. Stitt. Back Row: B. Brown, S. Byrnes, S. Hockman, M. Dorschner, E. Smith, R. Parr, J. Stewart, V. Martin, E. Moore. THE NORTHLAND ECHO '51 WHO'S NEW? Greetings From Newcomers to N. B. C. l..6' V. S PETER L. B. BoR'r1-rwlcx XIB Com.. Last July I was evacuated from Glasgow in Scotland. All I knew was that I was com- ing to Canada, but had no idea just where I would be sent. We had an uneventful crossing and when I arrived here I was sent to Toronto for two weeks. Then I received the welcome news that I would be sent to North Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Hansman met me at the station and put me at ease at once. I was glad to hear that they had two daughters, who eventually interested me in skiing. As the family are all ardent members of the Ski Club, I in my turn, became a member and liked going out to the Laurentian Club so well that I spent all my spare time out there during the winter. I arrived in North Bay just in time to start school at the N.B.C.I. and V.S. and soon became a member of the Boys' Camera Club Cwhich by the way is the club in which I am most inter- ested.J I found that the school had fine equip- ment for the boys, sports too, and students have an exceptionally wide choice of Societies which they may join. It seems that every student is interested in some kind of war effort for which I am particularly thankful. So you see I have nfany reasons to be glad that I came to the North Bay Collegiate. EDGAR DIONNE, XIB CoLL. Last year I attended the North Bay Scollard Hall but at New Year's I decided to attend the N.B.C.I. and V.S. I soon learned that I would not regret making this decision for my class- mates were very friendly, and eager to suggest that I join some of the Societies in the School in which they were active. The Literary meet- ings appeal to me particularly for here you can enjoy seeing your class-mates take part in de- bates or variety programs, and further it is here that you can widen your circle of acquaintances in the Collegiate. The fine teachers and the high standard of education contribute too in making me feel proud to be a pupil in this school. HELEN DUFF-XIB COLL. I am from South River, and am attending N.B.C.I. in order to obtain my Honour Ma- triculation. My hobby is collecting and taking pictures of famous places I have seen. Since I am in North Bay for the purpose of attending school, naturally the thing that is uppermost in my mind is my school activities. Besides the actual hours spent in academic work in school, I pass many pleasant hours with Miss jackson and the Camera Club Members. North Bay provides ample means of enter- tainment and diversion. The arena, the theatres, the various church clubs, and the city library keep one from being idle. I feel quite certain that when june arrives I will have many sincere regrets as I leave this friendly and beautiful city. THE DOUBLE OCTETTE Back Row: Ethel Foder, Ruby Parr, Virginia Cobum, Mr. Hardwick, Kay Henry, Agnes McCubbin, Corrine Runnals. Front Row: Mary Forsyth, Olive Gardner, Margaret McKinnon, Iris Neilly, Doris Beatty, Ruth McCubbin, Marie- Claire Morceau. Absent-Shirley Willoughby, Poppy Apostle, Dorothy Baker. 52 THE NORTHLAND ECI-IO Mfwo HH.LIER, XIB COLL. At the beginning of the New Year it be- came necessary for me to attend N.B.C.I. and V.S. because my father was transferred to North Bay. Prior to this I attended Malvern C.I. in Toronto. I Find the schools entirely different. At Malvern we had a shorter lunch period which necessitated our staying at school. After lunch we were entertained by either dancing or movies in the auditorium. This shorter lunch period allowed us to go home sometimes as early as 2:40 in the afternoon. The social ac- tivities in the auditorium made for a more so- ciable school spirit. GRACE STRACHAN, XIB COLL. I came from Barrie where I attended the Barrie Collegiate. We moved here on the lst of July. Since this school is twice the size of the Barrie Collegiate, for the first few days I wandered around, lost my way and had to ask directions. On my Hrst day at school in the assembly hall, I was disappointed to hear so many pupils sing so feebly. I have attended N.B.C.I. and V.S. since September, and I haven't heard one school song or yell. When I heard that the school had a Camera Club I immediately resolved to join. There was nothing like that in Barrie. I like photo- graphy and have always wanted to develope and print my own films. I was asked where I spent most of my spare time. I have spent some time at the Ski Club, only not as much as I would like. The Capitol theatre has collected some of my allowance. As I like N.B.C.I. and V.S. very much, I hope it likes me. FORM REPRESENTATIVES Back Row-Richardson Jacqueline La France, K. Fennell, Ruth Coombes, Betty Desjardins, Jean Waddington, Kenneth Locke, Theresa Grassi, Clive Runnalls, Francis Frair. First Row-C. Gunning, Joy Kennedy, Bob Wales, Eleanor Rennick, Andrew Repol, Pearl Longe. THE NORTHLAND ECHO 53 ALUMNI EUNICE WATLING The year 1940 has passed and we find ourselves living in a country at War. In this past year, boys and girls have passed out of our Alma Mater tio take their place as young men and women in a country at War. What are they doing to help? Assisted by the knowledge gained at N.B.C.I. E V.S., many have taken their place in business, helping to keep the wheels of indus- try turning. Some are seeking higher fields of knowledge, in order to be well equipped to take their place. Others have answered the call of service to our Empire in her hour of need. All in their own way, are doing their part for King and Country. COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT Angus, Mary ....... Avery, Kathleen ..... Bainbridge, Florence Barret, George ...... Beattie, Edgar ...... Becks, Douglas ...... Bedard, Paul -, ,-,- Biggs, Bill --- ---- Bothwell, Lillian .... Brown, Roberta ..... Castagne, Noella ..... Charlton, Ross ...... Cherry, Harold ...... Duff, Jim ......... de Pencier, Muriel --- Duquette, Fred ...... Elliott, Clayton ...... Grassick, Nancy ...... Haggart, Grace ...... Hall, Donald ..-- ---- Herman, Ralph ...... Hughes, Howard ..... Hunt, Harry ......... Jenkins, Francis ..... Jennings, Eleanor .... Jennings, Pat ........ Johnston, George .... Jones, Lloyd ........ Kannegiesser, Dorothy Keech, Bill ......... Kennedy, Robert .... Kirk, Gordon ....... Lydford, Jack ...... Major, Bertha ....... McGibbon, Lois ..... McKenney, Harvey McKenzie, Jean .... McKinnon, Doris .... Morgan, Catharan --- Morgan, Jack ........ Moore, Geraldine ..... Toronto East General Hospital Nurse-in-training, Ottawa Civic Hospital Normal School Toronto R. C. A. F. Timmins Kiosk Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph Nurse-in-training, Ottawa Civic Hospital At Home Nurse-in-training, Ottawa Civic R. C. A. F. Toronto University Toronto University Cummings, Bill ...... -Toronto University Nurse-in-training, Hamilton General R. C. A. F. Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Queen's University, Kingston At Home Toronto University European Linens, Toronto R. C. A. F. Bell Telephone Co. At Home St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto R. C. A. F. City Hall R. C. A. F. Sally Ann Bake Shop R. C. A. F. Blue Sunoco Service Station Tayler's Grocery -Bank of Nova Scotia Normal School Normal School At Home -Shaw's Business College, Toronto Normal School Westem Hospital, Toronto, Nurse-in-training Bank of Commerce Normal School Moyer, Bill - ....... --Toronto University Nichols, Doreen ...... Ostrom, Pauline ...... Bell Telephone Co. Nurse-in-training, Sick Children's Hospital, Toronto Otto, Lloyd .......... Imperial Bank Percival, Charles ..... Preece, Gordon ------ Rankin, Betty ...... Reddaway, Gordon Robertson, Ellen ..... Rivet, Mark ..... Ross, Charlotte ...... Rothwell, Marion .... Rowed, Lesley .... Smith, Rena ...... Stewart, Clare .... Thacker, Douglas - Thoms, Olive ..... Thompson, Ruth ..... Thomson, Iras ....... Watson, Allan -- Whitham, Lyle .... Willoughby, Bert -- Wyatt, Jim ....... Yeates, Margaret ..... McLean, Ronnie ..... Normal School Capitol Theatre, Treasurer Shaw's Business College, Toronto T. Ba N. O., Call Boy Normal School St. Michael's College, Toronto MacDonald. Hall, Guelph Normal School Business College, Edmonton Guelph Agricultural College Toronto Ottawa North Bay Business College North Bay Business College At Home Toronto University Toburn Mine, Kirkland Lake T. 85 N. O. R. C. A. F. Normal School R. C. A. F. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Belanger, Laurette .... Buckley, Clifford, ..... Conroy, Robert ...... Dowdall, Dorothy .... Finnegan, Gladys .... Fraser, Thelma .... Gigg, Edmund -- Gittins, Elva ........ Hammel, Verdella .... Huff, Lome ...... Hull, Florence -- Johnston, Edna --- Labreche, Gerald -- Letts, Pearl ...... Meecham, Gladys .... Parfit, Dorothy ...... Preece, James -- Prior, Mary --- Quirt, Mervyn .... Russel, Beatrice --- Saari, Oswald --.. Sauvie, Jennie ....... Seguin, Irene ..... Stewart, Jean --- Thorpe, Berta -- Tiemay, Robert ...... Trounsell, Kathleen Wright, Genevieve Dr. Guest's Office Canadian National Railways Bell Telephone Co. Lineman Tilley Law Office Stenographer Richardson's Hardware Stenographer R. C. A. F. Recruiting Office Stenographer War Classes Secretary Walker's Store Stenographer City Hall Typist C. P. R. Stenographer At Home John Kennedy Stenographer Bannon Bros. Dominion Civil Service Stenographer At Home At Home Canadian National Railways Milady Salon Operator T. Bs N. O. National Grocers, Stenographer T. 85 N. O. Englehart At Home A. 85 P. Cashier Sol Waiser's White's Sport Shop Stenographer Canadian National Railway Station --Silverwoods Stenographer Canadian Department Stores . .1 Nj' If I 1 -,a N' ,. .,41ffI1 -11e1 1 ,I L C . L '1 'Iii' '-Hn, 1 -. 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' - ,1 xfvlf r ,. il-'.1,1 ' -W lf 1' ,. - .,.1 7' wg 'NM 1 3 U 'fl fi 'nf -S I fb' 212.15 l.'l'1ilx' 571 J Y, 'ul' -'dll-.ILMWYH 'N 'i1l!N- Q'-1 'VilHIf1h.llllD A.- Mr. Dewar: Gallardi pick up your heels. 54 THE NORTHLAND ECHO SPECIAL COMMERCIAL Ashford, Alvin ...... Barker, Jack ........ Beatty, Christina ..... Charron, Joseph ...... Fisher, Dorothy ...... Friar, Thomas -- --- Gareau, Emma ...... Grassi, Patrick ....... Haggart, Ruth ...... Labreche, Anita ...... Locke, Ethel ......... McBurney, Dwight --- Martin, james ....... Moreau, Gertrude .... Roynon, Edith ....... Robertson, Margaret Rubinovitch, Sylvia Smith, Edna ......... Tattlebaum, Sara .... Watson, Muriel ...... Wyatt, Bob .... --- Hydro-commission Billing Clerk Normal School Dr. Hambley, Dentist Carload Grocery Bookkeeper D. J. Morland, Real Estate Consolidated Optical Co. R. C. A. F. Recruiting Office At Home Gamble-Robinson Stenographer R. C. A. F. Recruiting Office Brewer's Warehouse Cashier Crawley Arthur 85 Co. Normal School Provincial Laboratory T. Eaton Co., Toronto Richardson's Hardware Goldstein's Dress Factory, Montreal Dominion District Office Stenographer Tattlebaum's, Sturgeon Falls Visco Petroleum Products North Bay Garage, Salesman VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT Bidwell, Jean ....... johns, Eileen --- --.. Snowdy, Helen ....... Stevens, Eva ........ Sweezey, Helen ...... Beattie, Fred --- --- Fava, Michael -- --- Hall, Herbert ....... Iackson. James ....... Jeneroux, Cameron --- Jennings, Reginald --- Johnston, Melvell .... Kenny, Delbert ...... Leach, Arthur ....... Leboeuf, Rudolphe --- McCauley, Wilfrid .... McGregor, Leslie ..... Mellis, Bert ......... Munroe, William ..... Ringler, john ........ Quirt, Ronald --- --- Secor, Albert --- --- Sibbit, Ross ......... Smith, Cecil ......... Spencer, Bemard .... Stewart, John ....... Stewart, Harold ..... Thoms, Ellis ........ Waller, Stephen ..... White, Arthur ....... Wittingham, joseph At Home Bell Telephone Co. North Bay Business College At Home Singer Sewing Machine Co. Roval Canadian Air Force Frankford Bata Shoe Factory North Bay Garage New Golden Rose Mine At Home Algonquin Regiment C. A. S. F. Ottawa At Home At Home At Home Keyes Su At Home pply Co. Fort Erie, Fleet Air Craft Co. Park Hill, Bell Telephone Malton Frankford, Bata Shoe Factory Imperial Oil Service Station Nobel Palangio's Garage G. W. Willis, Plumber Canadian Longyear Canadian Longyear, Machinist Northem Sound Radio Repair Canadian Longyear St. Catharines Roval Regiment of Canada C. A. S. F. FEIRM NIJTE5 MR. F. PSUTKA GRADE IXD Teacher: Gallardi turn around. Gallardi: In a minute. Teacher: Now or never. Gallardi: I guess it will be never. Gallardi: Cwho didn't quite hear him turned around, looked down at the floor and said,J I don't see them. The Cream of the Jest Commander: Squad halt. Uones keeps on goingj. Commander: Jones what were you before you joined the army? Jones: A milk wagon driver, Sir. CNext day on paradeb Commander: Squad halt. Jones whoa . Education Mother: Bill now that you're 15 I have to tell you something but I havenit the heart to tell you. Go see your father. Father: I haven't the heart either. Go see your Grandmother. Grandmother: I haven't the heart so go to Grandpaw he'1l tell you. Grandpaw: Well Bill now that you're 15 you will have to know that there is no Santa Claus! Twitter Smart Alex: What do you get when you put a canary in a meat chopper? Dunce: I don't know. Smart Alex: Shredded tweet. THE NORTHLAND ECHO 55 On Time George T.: How does that watch go you bought from me? Jerry M.: Absolutely fine. It does an hour in 50 minutesf, Mr. Pargeber: What is the unit of electric power, Davis? R. Davis: Cnot paying attentionj The what, sir? Mr. Pargeter: Exactly, the wattg very good. Things We'd Like to Know What happened to the corner of the cup- board next to Kitchen's desk? And why was Mr. Psutka nursing a sore left hand? Why teachers canit distinguish between Art and Eugene Fournier? Who is the most popular lad in this class- can it be Cangiano, Dwyer, or Gallardi? Will R. Davis ever keep quiet? Will Maxwell ever be on time? Will Perna ever leave Cangiano alone? Will Dwyer ever learn to play basketball? MR. C. K. CARRINGTON ROBERT FOISY, Repre. GRADE IXF IXF in 20 Years Otto-65 Shields-professional debator. Thomson-a snoopy reporter. Z. Brown-a Zulu warrior. B. Brown and W. Mackey-still in IXF M. Weisman-reached page 82 in Prester john . Nadon-an aeroplane designer. Sinclair and Kennedy-a reducing gym. Moyerwpeedy dressing invention. Rubinovitch-writing Ist form exams. Stockdale-forgetting what day it is. Teacher's Favourites Miss Walker- That boy down in the third row, turn around in your seat. Mr. Wert- Now boys. Mr. F irth- We were dealing with .... Voltage Mr. Carrington: What makes Francis Brown sick on Friday? Sunny Boy Mison: Electricity. Mr. Carrington Smirks. MISS WALES JOAN MACGREGOR, Representative GRADE XA COLLEGIATE When collegiate's hardy boys fall into line, We're going to win again this time. It's for the dear old school we love so well, It's for t.he dear old school we yell, yell, yell, We're going to fight, fight, fight, with all our might, Till this old game is won for the green and white. -S. Jackson- Jokes Miss Walton was gently criticizing Olive C.'s composition on the Hawaian Islands. It was very good Olive, only you started off in the field of pineapples, and got lost in the moonlight. Miss MORGAN GEORGE RICHARDSON. Rep. GRADE XB COLLEGIATE What The Teachers Soy To Us 1. Mr. Psutka, Teams one and two will now play basketball. 2. Miss Wales, I wish I could get all of your attention at oncef' 3. Mr. Carrington, Shall we stay after four. 4. Mr. Hardwick, Quiet pleasef, FLASH: Bert Greg uses Lux. While discussing the trade between United States and Canada he asked Miss Morgan if he could still get Lux. Who We Have in XB l. Harry Whitham and John Hrutka, mem- bers of Senior Rugby Team. 2. E. Hayes and K. Henderson belong to the Boy's Camera Club. 3. jack Church QPres.J Walford Reeves and Max Reid make marionettes for the Marionette Club. 4. Lyall Beattie is a member of the school orchestra. 5. J. Church, G. Otto and E. Hayes belong to the Airplane Club. 56 THE NORTHLAND ECHO How hollow it sounds, said James L. to the doctor sounding his chest. Oh, that's nothingf' said the doctor, Wait till we get to the headf' john H. Did you hear about George T.'s economy? Bill F. No, let's hear it. John H. Well he fries his bacon in Lux so it Won't shrink. When macaroni grows on ice-cream trees, When Sahara sands are muddy, When cats and dogs wear over shoes- That's when I'd like to study. L. Wmurn, XB COLLEGIATE Camouflage Mackey: Are these socks all wool? Clerk: Yes sir. Mackey: Then why does that card you took off of them say, 'Cotton Mixture'? Clerk: Oh, we have to do that in order to deceive the moths. Where to Find Them Miss Morgan: Can anyone tell me where to find mangoes? Bud White: Yes, Miss Morgan--where woman goes! Making Sure Jack Chuch: I see you have two pair of glasses, Professor. Glenn Ward: Three. One for distant sight, one for reading, and one to look for the other twof, Young Troy There is a young fellow named Troy, Who got a bright new toy, Through lack of attention He got a detention That poor little fellow, named Troy. Native Doyle Frank Doyle was pounding his desk in French period. B. Whittingham, That's the native in Doyle. Frenchman to His Fiance Henri: Je t'adore! Je t'adore! Grace: Heck I didn't know it was open. Mr. Baker after returning an old coin to a student which he had borrowed to show other classes. Mr. Baker: You are lucky you are getting this back son. Someone went through my pockets last night and all they left was this old coin. Lindsay: Sir: are you married? A rumour has been going around that little Ernie Kennedy has taken an 8-day Atlas course and can now lift every wrench in Mr. Thom- son's room. Reassurance The water was somewhat rough as a ferry- man piloted a party across a river. A nervous traveller asked whether any persons had ever been lost in that river. No, replied the ferry- man, you see we allus finds 'em again the next day. Under Cover Miss Wales to Carr during examination: Cover up your work Carr. I only want one edition of the same paperf' Cheers Pupil to Mr. Hardwick: When are we going to have our French exam?,, Mr. Hardwick: When you are ready for it. Pupil: Hurray! No more examsf, Grammar Mr. Hardwick to student: Did you throw that book? Student: It wasn't me. Mr. Hardwick correcting: It wasn't I. Student: It may not have been you, but it wasn't me either. Boy: Say, Church, lend me the answers to those questions we had. Church: If you knew who I was out with last night you'd know I haven't them done. . Teacher: Hayes, give me a definition of a fishing net. Hayes: A what sir? Teacher: A fishing net, sleepy. Hayes: Oh--oh--A fishing net is a bunch of holes tied together with pieces of string. THE NORTHLAND ECHO 57 Mr. Psutka: What are those little white things in your head that bite? Warren: Sir, I don't know. Mr. Psutka: Why, Warren, they're your teeth! MR. W. E. DEWAR K. FENNELL, Representative. GRADE XC COLLEGIATE The Truth I'm saying to you Adolphy I'm saying to you to-day Why is it that the British They are so awfully gay?'i What's that you say Benito? What's that you say to me? Could this be the answer? 'Cause I cannot cross the sea'. Right you are Adolphy. Right you are my dear. Why is it that the Air Force To your land they come so near?,' You ask that Benito? You ask that of a man? I guess cause for my country that I have no defence plan. Right you are Adolphy, Adolphy that is right But Adolphy why don't you invade That isle with all your might? You dare ask that Benito? You dare ask that you goat? You know I can't invade that isle With just one single boat. Miss Walton in a loud voice: Coburn! Don: Crather meeklyj Y-Y-Yes Miss Wal- ton. Miss Walton: What have you in your mouth? Don: N-Nothing just now. Miss Walton: Well I saw you chewing something. V Don: Yes you did, but you scared me so much I swallowed it. S9 Favourite Sayings Mr. Hardwick - Tais Toii' CQuiet!J Mr. Dewar-Have you this work done? Miss Gardner - Shoulders back, chests out, stomach in. Miss Wales - You don't know anything about the work now, and you won't when I'm finished. Mrs. Hoey - 4S minutes .... P Mr. Hardwick to Freda: Cincidentally she is copying from Diane's paper during a French Testj Freda! I hope I didn't see you looking at Diane's paper. Freda: I hope you didn't either. Miss Walton to Don Cobourn: Don! Use I in a sentence. Don: I is ...... Miss Walton: No Don, you should say I am . Don: I am the ninth letter in the alphabet. As You All Know XIC Coll. has another outstanding poem writer in the person of Marjorie Unger. She has just completed two sensational new poems which she has agreed to let the Northland Echo publish for your benefit. The first poem A Cabin in the Pines was written by Miss Unger after she had been stroll- ing with a certain young man, and as they were walking they passed a cabin surrounded by pines. The second poem Haunting Shadows was written under different circumstances. Miss Unger with her note book was watching a fashion show when the shadows of the models stirred her mind and prompted her to write this poem. The First Poem A Cabin in the Pines Up on the hills topping the sky A bluebird is singing a lullaby: And in these hills standing all alone Is a one story cabin built of stone: And oh! The sweet smell of birch and pine With silver tipped leaves that twist and shine. And down by the path is a winding creek, A rendezvous shelter such as all lovers seek: And oh! In the evening when the moon is sub- lime, There comes to your nostrils, the smell of sweet pine. Here the dawn has its magic too, When the sun appears in a bed of blue: And the morning-glory spreads its lovely fan, And sits in the sun to get all the heat it can. So if you are tired, and need some quick Stop at Pine Cabin,-don't pass by it! 58 THE NORTHLAND ECHO Haunting Shadows Sometimes when a shadow crosses my path, As shadows sometimes do, I think back to the good old days When I strolled this path with you: And oft times when I close my eyes, I see your sweet dear face, Then you're gone again into the skies, And I sit and stare into space. Ah yes! When a shadow crosses my path, As you know they often do, My heart leaps back to those happy days, When I strolled this path with you. MR. S. HARDWICK The Scots Return 'Twas a bonnie Highlander came home, Sick leave we've heard it said, And a bonnie lass at the Junction Was the ailment that he had For as he lay with fevered brow He pined and pined until The orderly was forced to allow him leave, He was so ill! And then he came this Highlander, To see his bonnie lass Well, he could 'nae wait to see her, So he called her from the class. Then she grew pale, 'twas her bonnie lad Of Regiment forty-eight. And next he asked her if,- Weel-with him she'd make a date! And she answered in the affirmative With deepest of concern And she floated back with dreamy looks No time for thought for us or books, Her laddie had returned! XIA GAZETTE Editors Weather Forecast: Marion Constant Week Days Stormy Clyve Runnalls Week Ends Pleasant Fifth Columnists Radio Guide l96l 8 a.m. S.O.S.-Dot Lewis on proper posture. 8.01 a.m. C.B.L.-Dagwood Laing on how to keep fit. 9 a.m. CFCH-Doreenis Kooking Klass star- ring Bob Marshall's Pea Soup. 10 a.m. NBC- Nelly Orton at the console. 12 Noon X. Y. Z.-Instruction on Demeza's laugh by Pinky Demeza. 5 p.m. W. O. W.-Don Beaumont's Gooey Gum Drop Hour. 6 p.m. W. T. R.-News by Jinny and Gracie. 7 p.m. S. O. K. - Chilly Childerhose's dinner music. 8 p.m. C. A. T.-The Pool Room by Miss Cue. 9 p.m. A. B. C.-Goo Smith on how to avoid detentions. 10 p.m. N. U. T. S.-Gerry Hill and his North Range Harmonicas. Sport Static IIIA CARRIES OFF BOY'S AND GIRL,S PENNANTS In a sensational finish IIIA seized both field day pennants in the annual competition held at Amelia Park. The boys won a total of eighty points or better. Led by Bob Marshall who captured the Senior Championship with eight firsts, our form gave a very creditable showing. Mark Guppy and Pryce Moorehouse placed second and third respectively in the intermediate class. Wonders of the World 1. If Torrance had the right book. 2. If Mac had any book. Wiles If I serve him T-bone steak, And a luscious peach shortcake, If I invitingly prepare Slippers, pipe and easy chair, If I nestle at his knee And look at him adoringly, Do you suppose my man will guess The scene is set for a new dress? Oh Johnny, It's Been So Long but Could I Forget You? I Thought About You ever since I was a Girl with the Pigtails in My Hair. There I Go, thinking of Blueberry Hill Where Two Dreams Met. I know Iill Never Smile Again till the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano. THE NORTHLAND ECHO 59 Thanks a Million for sending me Orchids for Remembrance. When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain, I will sit in my Solitude looking at the Blue Moon, and listening to t.he Chapel Bells. When I see You Again, I'll think It's a Wonderful World. The First Time We Met With the Wind and the Rain in my Hair, I saw Lilacs in the Rain. Good-bye my Lover. Won't You Hurry Home. Faithful Forever, Sierra Sue. Jokes Diner: What on earth is this broth made from, water? Surely it isn't chicken broth? Waiter: Well, sir, it's chicken broth in its infancy. It's made out of the water the eggs were boiled in. Three proprietors of chicken farms were be- ing questioned by an S. A. man. What do you feed your hens? he asked the first. Corn. You're under arrest! We use corn to feed peoplelw The second overheard this conversation and replied to the same question: Corn husks. You're under arrest! We use the husks to make cloth. And you?,' he said, turning to the third. The latter replied, I give my hens the money and tell t.hem to go and buy their own foodli' Limericks Annabelle had a face like a dream Her voice never raised to a scream But retiring at night Her face was a sight For her skin was all blemished with cream. A fat man just hasn't much chance To impress the fair sex at a dance When they played the Paul Jones The air fills with groans And he always ends up in short pants. There was a young girl up the river Whose parents once sent her for liver She went to the show And spent all her dough Now her parents will never forgive her. There was a yoimg Miss from Decatah Who thought she,d sing in the theatah. The poor little thing When she got up to sing Got hit with a rotten tomatah! XII A FORM NOTES MRS. B. Hosv J, MOORE Jokes Torrance: I hear Wigston's playing for the rugby team. What position does he play? Cappadocia: I think he's one of the draw- backs. Colonel: And, my man, how many children have you? Private: 4 boys and 5 girls, sir. Colonel: Ah, 9 altogether. Private: Oh, no sir, just one at a time. Mr. Hardwick: The four of you can come to-night for a detention. A Voice: Ah, a foursome for bridge. Clark Cfrom Callanderj: May I have this dance? Girl: No thanks, I don't square dance. Mr. Hardwick Ctranslatingj: When I hold her in my arms she is like a beautiful statue. Cand maybe as cold tool. Quiz: What did the bartender say to the ghost?- Rumboogie . What did one ink drop say to the other?- My father's up in the pen. For how long?', Oh, just a short sentencef, What's the similarity between a dress and a composition? It must be brief, concise and cover the sub- ject. So! Miss Hamer: What causes nervous break- downs? Mary Kelly: Giving oral compositions. Favorite Expressions of 4A Martyn when he gets an exam back - Gulp',. Cappadocia- I coulda got more. Betty Holmes- I wasn't doing nothing. Rosborough- Now in my opinion-- Lost yesterday Somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever. 60 THE NORTHLAND ECHO SCHOOL DAZE XII B COLL. MR. T. Fnzri-I RUTH COOMBES Peeved Peever The little dark-eyed gal you often see gaz- ing dreamily at a certain curly-headed laddie is Irene Peever, who, wants to be a nurse. Does he find rugby that rough, Irene? Dey ain't no moe now! Moe Mitchell is the tall dark fella who dis- agrees with Mr. Firth, when he says diamonds can't be picked up on the streetf' The Boy I left behind me! That sweet auburn-haired gal from Hailey- bury is M. Fleming whose spare time is almost all spent writing letters to a friend CPD in Quebec. Weegar the Eager Weegar is our star basketball player and plays his best games when a cute dark girl from Special is present to cheer him on. Sees only Red Bob Dickey is the guy who prefers red-heads to any other heads. We canit say we blame him- For Pete's Sake M. Mitchell is the girl you'll find over at the Arena Lunchi' every night. Is it the food that's so good or is it Pete? Romeo Rooms That tall dark and dimpled romeo is Hamil- ton who thinks Toronto is wonderful. Can it be the big stores that attract him?-or .... PP? Where have you heard this before? Miss Hamer: I'm not going on with this talking! Miss Walton: Come after four for continual, persistent and incessant talking! Miss Gliddon: Do you want to go down to the office Weegar? Mr. Dewar: Because it is a side issue, we'll put it on the side board. Mr. Firth: Put it in the basket, Hamilton! Mr. Psutka: Where are O'Donnell, Frair and Mitchell? Mrs, Hoey: Think with your head and not with your feet! Mr. Williams: Girls dismiss !-CTen minutes laterj-Oh, pardon me, all right, lads! Mrs. Scott: Well, now, you look like an in- telligent lot-CGuess she didn't know IVB Coll.j The Nuts First Member of a Mental Institution: Have you got a firm hold on that paint brush? Second Member of M.I.: Yes. First Member: Well, hang on because I'm going to take the ladder away. A Coward-One who in a perilous emer- gency, thinks with his legs. The End It would soon be over: he looked at the pistol, lingered the trigger and sighed. Why must it all end? Why did not time stop in its eternal flight? He looked about him-a sea of faces-hilarious-hardly realizing that within a few moments he would end it all. Why did they stare at him so? He'd show them-the pistol. That was it. He raised it toward his head, took a last deep breath and fired: a woman screamedg the play was over! Eternity Miss Gliddon Cvery cross 'cause nobody knew their Frenchj At this rate we wonit be finished this book for five years. Mitchell Cperplexedjz Please, Miss Gliddon I can't wait that long. Just Wait Miss Walton-Ceasar was the strongest man on earth. Csupposedlyl He could lift two men in armor at the same time. Voice in the wilderness-He's got nothing on Demarco. Look at the weight he carries around! Con tagion Thelma Durrell is the little skier who always seems to feel ill Wednesday afternoons. Odd how Smittye gets the same feeling. A Note on Hill Why does B. Hill make so many trips to the pencil Sharpener. Is it to sharpen his pencil or drop notes on a certain desk nearby-which is it Hill? The Same Old Story German class-Roll call for continued classes 4 to 4:45 p.m. THE NORTHUXND ECI-IO ull fmfln uiallhp- v-may 0 x Ffh QP 5.217 -'.' . QS: 'x 2'1 'Fug , A 1 I x SfUk0i0N Fug .. JW' 4 A 'F-?f'i43'4 - 1, . , '.J ' i mf'i.,. , I Fwd aj A D fl 1' .... 'T 2 ., 1 img 'ig a Sfufqggpno Y V 1 N UING-,JT 'fr GW 'K N 8.l5,,.,5 -- ., ', ' vA . Ti V K in 9 4- , , if , 'f,, ! 'Z V . .Q if 'i A5 1 Ai HMG.. I i ' Z f' ,qw I A , 9? L 6 . ?i1Ly?c DG, 'A on ff 1 x f.,w.i. 1 N ' M555 M155 I 1 . MHS IS- A I' V 1 ea f w .AA up +- ' V sy, ' 1:W,m. ,T . . mfg , 1 K , fl ' ,1 'fu' Sm Huff v :inf-'CQ' 62 THE NORTHLAND ECHO Miss Gliddon Comments Armstrong: I didn't do a thing! Beaumont: What's the big idea? Lowry: Hey, just a minute. Sherman: What did I do now? Laing: I wuz workin' all the time. Maclntyrez I wuz workin' ...... Gross: Can't stay. Gotta work to-night. Grace: I, uh, have to go to play practice. Torrance: I've an apointment with the den- tist. Marshall: Hey, did she call my name? Hill: She missed me. june: Oh! She got me CButchJ Smith: Again .... aw, what th' .... GRADE XIII MISS M. GLIDDON BILL BROWN, Repre. Dumb? Mr. Firth CTO V Form Chem. Classjz This class reminds me of Koffee Hag-90W of the active element has been removed from the bean. Easy, Next Time Miss Jackson: What's this line? Justice: Oh, that's a perpendicular I drop- ped.'7 Miss Jackson: Well donit let it fall so heavily next time, it's all bent. Intelligence A budding First Former desiring to show off her new found knowledge in Algebra asked: what does IB and 1B make? Wel1,,' answered the Fifth Form Biology student after due deliberation, Off-hand I'd say they made honey. It Can't Be Love Cherico For the last three nights I've been dreaming of Marceauf' Duquette, Oh! So you've been having nightmaresf' Not so good Miss Hamer CAfter Brovim finishes reading his compositionj According to your style, Brown, our age is later than the middle age. In fact one might call it the 'muddle' age. Could Be Mr. Firth: Now we will name the relative of a buttercup. Herman: Er-I guess he means Toots and Casper. Weather Along the Halls Mrs. Hoey: Cool to-day and for the rest of the term. Miss Hamer: Cool to-day with scattered thunder storms. Miss Gliddonz Fair to-day, to-morrow who knows? Miss Jackson: Fair to-day and to-morrow. Mr. Dewar: A steady cool breeze. Mr. Firth: Fair to-day and to-morrow with unexpected outbursts. Mr. Wallace: Fair with unexpected changes to either extreme. Simple? Marceau asked Mr. Wallace for a day off. A day off,', said Mr. Wallace. Don't you know that every day is a holiday. There are 365 days in a year. You sleep 8 hours a day or 122 days a year, that leaves 243 days. Your summer holidays are 3 months or 90 days, that leaves 153 days. Your Xmas and Easter holi- days take in 20 days there are now only 133 days left. There are about 6 other Civic holi- days, leaving 127 days. You have lk hours off for dinner, that is 23 days which leaves 104 days. You have Saturday and Sunday off mak- ing the remaining 104 days. So since all you do is loaf you can do it here as well as any- other place. Special Boners I will live on like the tide. So hereis our line up for the year, Our Fifth Form personnel, From the student in the highest gear To the lowest ne'rdowell. Ruby Parr has quite a brain, And Barlow has one too, But the teacher's heart is filled with pain, When Chirico is through. Yours truly is the biggest pain Hels worse than Chirico And right behind him like a train Came Nicol and Marceau. In science class we are a blight: If it weren't for a guy named Moe THE NORTHLAND ECHO 63 Mr. Firth would die of fright .Our answers scare him so. But through it all we stand intact, United in a group. Our fame is an established fact In the intellectual loop. When our successors read this poem In a thirtieth century storm They will compare with Caesar's Rome The fame of our Fifth Form. Miss Duff: Does this train stop at South River, conductor? Conductor: Well, if it doesn't there'll be quite a splash. Parashat: Miss Hamer: How do they make the silk of a parachute strong enough to support the weight of a jumper. Russ. Stephenson Cundertonel They feed the silkworms spinach! XA COMM. MISS A. WALKER MARION FERGUSON, Rep. Two girls standing in the corridor having a little chat. Miss Gardner has a special crush on I. O'Hare. How come? She wanted her to stay after four so they can walk arm in arm around the corridors. Miss Walker, talking to Iris Stevenson: What happened to your arm, Iris? I fell and sprained it yesterday. I think that's just as bad as a break, don't you.', I don't knowg I haven't tried that yet. IIA CommerciaI's Overseas Box During the month of October and Novem- ber the pupils of IIA Comm. have experienced the joy of preparing an overseas box. They put forth every effort to assist the issue. There is one point which I wish and must emphasize and that is IIA's knitting. It is lovely. Scarves, wristlets, and socks have literally been pouring in. The knitting shows pains-taking care. They have done and I am sure that they are still doing marvellously with their war work. Into our box went food, knitted articles, to- bacco and shaving articles. We fully intend to send out another box later on and it will be even better than the first. We only hope that Sapper Robert Colyer, to whom it was sent, en- joys receiving it as much as we have enjoyed collecting and packing t.he material. BY ERIN L1-:E Between you and me Going into Mr. Baker's room one day, found broken-hearted written in extra large letters on the board. Mr. Baker, in his dramatic way: Now girls, I donit mean youf, - XB COMM. MR. R. E. FRANKLIN KEN LOCKE, Repre. Ten Years Hence H9155 That will be the day Tony Celentino becomes a grad. Louie Nunner grows two inches. Cecil Cole starts to shave. Moe Otto comes to school on time. Rodney McAuley's hair turns white. Beryl Enborg does her homework. Lorne Smiley is either the Outdoor Boy or Fresh Air Fiend . He likes the windows open. Robert Gillies wants to know if the flight of time is speeded by the spur of the moment. Why do all the female teachers call Grant Darling by his first name? XI COMM. MR. J. E. BAKER Eleanor Rennick, Representative. 1940-41 Wanted: Wanted by Jack White Some one to love, Some one to kiss and caress, Some one who'll keep all my buttons sewed on, And see that my clothes are in press. Wanted by D. Baldassaro Some one to love, Some one to boss and guide, Who can cook, and scrub, and use the wash tub, And lug all the coal in besides. Wanted by A. Rivet Some one to love, Some one to hug and to squeeze, Some one to blame and never complain. BEST WISHES for Happy Motoring 'A' 'A' 'A' IMPERIA vnooucrs M. J. CRISP Main and Klock-NORTH BAY ll ll C.D.S. THRIFT HOSE FIRST QUALITY FULL FASHIONED 11,. . Snwff Economy fo' the Womfm Good-looking Stockings at a thrifty price. Popular weights' d ' So' f 4 ess 'rd business mf- A 'io' P 'f'iCU' d '4 'f 'P ' oo 'We' 'eo' bf ming 'he W' ' iiv AND UGHT SERWCE WFIGHTS In the Season's Newest Shades -' in . 4' gygesfo IQV1 74' pAlR THE CANADIAN DEPARTMENT STORES LIMITED 64 THE NORTHLAND ECHO Why: XI COMM. Why Does Audrey Buchanan go around Parsing ShtthShbtt ?Ir5ggt?,, ao hasrst anesftlgng so T52 Mr. Baker:,::Parse the sentence, 'George with Herbie Anderson has it Audrey? mal-ned Shirley ' . Grant: George is a noun because he's the Why Does Beatrice Simm's face turn red name of something: married is a conjunction every time George Howard strolls by? because it joins George to Shirley: and Shirley Why Does Donalda McLeod come to school is a verb because She governs the noun' so cheerfully some mornings? Would M it have anything to do with those let- Glad To Meter ters from Jackie i . ' Dear,,' said Audre, the poet, I think we'd Why: Does Dora Carmichael Trip the Light make a good coupletf' Fantastic every time she gets on 2nd Uweiif sighed Vivian, ffdonft think fm floor? averse. Why: Does Beryl like getting letters from lm'- Grenville N. C. What's Grenville got that North Bay hasn't? Brother Never Owned One Why Doesnit Mr. Foster teach IIIA that Campbell: You ought to buy an encyclo- lesson he promised to so long ago- Apples are getting scarce now you know. News of the Day l. Helen Tyers wasn't late. 2. Beatrice stopped looking at Howard. 3. Baldassaro didnit have a detention. 4. Helen Schell didn't chew gum. 5. Marjorie Lovell forgot jerry. 6. Jack White wasn't so bashful. 7. A. Rivet didn't argue. 8. Campbell didn't have something to say. A Story It was a Black night and the snow was very White. I went to the Baker to get some dough, but he said he was all Tyers out and didn't McKenny. So I went into the Cole and dreamed of Summerhayes. It was useless be- cause it was Howard to imagine on a Knight like this, so I Rennick all the way. I met a salesman who said: t'Use Schell motor oil, it Maxwell hearf, So his car McLeod noise Anderson of the Baker came with some Dwyer to tie on the loose Rivet in the car door. Teacher's Sayings: Mr. Franklin: You're getting dumber every day. Mr. Foster: This is an extra special class. Mr. Baker: I wonder if we could go through a day without a late. Miss McNamara: This class is just hopeless. Now what will you do when you go out into the business world and you .......... pedia, now that your brother is going to school. White: Not on your life. Let him walk, the same as I did. If During Mathematics period: Shirley: What would you have to-day if woman had not been created?,' Howard: One more rib. How To Tell Clarette Granger: Dutchy how can you tell an old chicken from a young one? Dutchy: By the teeth. Clarette: How silly! A chicken has no teeth. Dutchy: No, but I have. Florence McKenny: Did you see my photo in the paper yesterday? Eula Summerhayes: No, what were you cured of? SPECIAL COMMERCIAL MISS E. MACNAMARA JEAN WADDINGTON, Rep. Ouch! Ida: I've changed my mind. Molly: Does it work any better? M-1. SPECIAL IS STILL WONDERING who got the best of the feud, Skellern and Vinette were scheduled to have way 'back in November. We didn't notice any black eyes the next days. Did you ever get your books back, Leo? THE NORTHLAND ECHO 55 Anita: If a bomb fell in a field and a bull ate it, what is an adjective to describe it? Barbara C: I'll bite. What? Anita: Abominable. And if the bomb ex- ploded? Barbara: Okay. Spill it. Anita: Noble. School Daze Is Right Did anyone notice the dazed expression Betty Harris was wearing before Christmas? That was because she was dying to be Whitham. Did it seem long, Betty? Oh, Doris! As Doris Beattie says after 3 years of A1- gebra in the Collegiate Department: Algebraic symbols are used when you don't know what you're talking about. WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT MURPH? He carries a lot of weight with the teachers as well as in his shoes. Remember The Day? When Vel Martin had all the girls dying to read a leaflet about Eleven Ways to Win Your Man. But were they let down when they found out it was eleven cheese recipes! When Miss Walker asked jenkins to run up the blind for her. When Mr. Foster blamed the moon for the fact we didn't have our homework done. We have come to the conclusion that Mr. Foster knows Special pretty well. When the gramophone broke down and Special typed the same line about ten times before they woke up. When Miss Walker told us she ran across a friend one day. Miss Walker, how could you be so heartless! ISN'T IT QUEER how Barbara McGonega1 absolutely insists on getting a front seat in As- sembly? Maybe the exquisite colours of that jeep sweater in 4B attract her. Purple and orange are a perfect combination, aren't they Barb? SPECIALS STILL LAUGHING about the story of how one of our dashing colleagues was called down to the office only to find an invita- tion to a Christmas dance awaiting him. Won- der if it's been done before? Trust Special to be original, eh Reg? Ain't It The Truth? We hear Dawn Overholt's been doing quite a bit moonlight skiing lately. Is it the moon? the skiing or what? that get's her. Special Boners A skeleton is a man with his inside out and his outside off. Rhubarb is a kind of celery gone bloodshot. A sinister is an old maid. A Soviet is a cloth used by waiters in hotels. Average means something hens lay on. Magnet is a thing you find in a bad apple. An octopus is a person who hopes for the best. A toreador is a really bad storm. A spinster is a bachelor's wife. l You Said lt! Why don't angels in heaven have mous- taches? Because men only get to heaven with a close shave. i Hold Tight! Of course, everyone in Special has at least one of those what-did-the-something-say-to- the-something-else'i up his sleeve. Here's some of them: What did the big fire-cracker sav to the little fire-cracker?-My pop is bigger than your POP- What did the beach say to the tide?-Well, come on in. What did one owl say to the other in the rain?-It's not too-wet-to-woo. What did the rug say to the floor?-Stick- em-up! I've got you covered. What did the grass seed say to the sod?- I wanta be a-lawn. What did the calf say to the silo?-Is my fodder in there? Overheard In Special Mr. Foster: This'1l kill you, if those other 160 exercises don't. CSay it with a smilej Biff Gigg: Ain7t lost yet! Mr. Franklin: Got that? Miss MacNamara: UTIME! ! l Miss Gardner: Now SPECIAL---and etc. Scotty Skellern: Going skating to-night? Betty McGonegal: Everything happens to me! Mr. Psutka: CWhen the class is marching in single filej By the left, smartly now, quick march. 66 THE NORTI-ILAND ECHO Special Commercial S is for Sorry we entered this room, P is for Pupils who foresee their doom. E is for Elderlies still on this course, C is for Commerce, we learn of full force. I is for Idiots who don't even mind, A is for Answers they can't seem to find. L is for Laggards, we always come late. C is for Corpses, that'll be our fate. O is for Orders. letters and bills. M is for Money spent on our pills. M is for Millions of letters we type, E is for Errors we make in them-Yipe ! l R is for Ready to get out at five, C is for Cheers that we are still alive. I is for Irritating-all of our work, A is for Attitude-done with a smirk. L is for Love we send to you all- Hoping to see you again here next Fall. By-Molly M. Caught! Reg, even if your girlfriend is sentimental, it is still no excuse for advertising it the way you did one Monday. And don't tell us it was red ink, either. Was it cherry? raspberry? or did you notice? FORM IXG MR. J. R. THOMSON DAVE JOHNSTON, Repre. Indecisive Visitor: And how old are you, Bobbie?i' Bobbie D.: I'm just at the awkward age. Visitor: l'Really? And what do you call the awkward age? Bobbie D.: I'm too old to cry and too young to swear. HOME JAMES Drunk: Cto a splendidly uniformed by-stander.J Shay, call me a cab will you? Uniformed by-stander: My good man, I am not a doorman, I am a naval officerfi Drunk: Aw right, then call me a boat. I gotta get home. THE STOOGE A friend talking to a badly wounded comrade. Say friend, why are you so shot up? Well, I was zig-zagging bulletsn. How come you got hit? Well, I zigged when I should have zaggedf' KNEW HIS FATHER Mother: So, son, you are going to marry a chorus girl. Is she the kind of a girl you can bring home and in- troduce to your mother and sister? Son: Sure, Mom, but I'd hate to trust her with the old man. PLAY SAFE The barber was dark and swarthy, and his eyes were black and spark- ling. It was evident that he was descended from Latin stock. What do you think of the Italian situation?,' he inquired of the customer. What is your opinion of Mussolini? The same as yours, replied the man in the chair. But how do you know my opinionf, inquired the startled barber. I don't , admitted the man, but you have the razor. CLASS ACTIVITIES Detentions. The pre- vious year MacParland held the leading num- ber of detentions, but this year, two new leaders have shown themselves to be very popular among the teachers. Devine and La- fontaine are running neck and neck. f'Who will win? Which one will receive the detention medal for l940? It is just a matter of waiting. XC VOCATIONAL MR. K. E. THOMSON, C. A. Brown, Repre. What We Should Like To Know 1. Why has Turner such a solemn expres- sion, it wouldn't be love? Or would it? 2. Why has Mr. McCann gone around with a smile on his face the last few days. 3. Why Mr. McCann is so amused by cer- tain writings in S. Dalyls books. 4. Who Kernel Turner refers to by C.D.F.A. S. Mr. McCann-Turner do you wear a hat to school? Turner-Yes Sir. Mr. McCann-It's a good thing you use your head for something. 6. If Mr. McCann ever really played the Harmonica? - XC VOCATIONAL BILL WARNER Domestic Incident During housecleaning time Raycraft's wife informed him that he would have to dispose of the remaining whiskey bottles in his basement and this is his story as related to me. I had twelve bottles of whiskey in my cellar and I was ordered to empty the contents of each down the sink, so I started to work. THE NORTHLAND ECHO 67 I withdrew the cork from the first bottle, poured the contents down the sink with the ex- ception of one glass, which I drank. I then withdrew the cork from the second bottle and did likewise, with the exception of one glass which I drank. I extracted the cork from the third bottle, emptied the good old booze down the sink, ex- cept a glass, which I devoured. I pulled the cork from the fourth sink and poured the bottle down the glass, which I drank some. I pulled the bottle from the cork of the next and drank one sink out of it, then threw the rest down the sink. I pulled the sink out of the next cork and poured the bottle down my neck. I pulled the next bottle out of my neck and poured the cork down the sink, all except the sink, which I drank. I pulled the next cork from my throat and poured the sink down the bottle and drank the cork. Well. I had them all emptied and I steadied the house with one hand and counted the bot- tles, which were twenty-four, so I counted them again when they came around again and I had seventy-four, and as the houses came around again I counted them and finally I had all the houses and the bottles counted, and I pro- ceeded to wash the bottles, but I couldn't get the brush in the bottles, so I turned them inside out and washed and wiped them all, and went upstairs and told my other half all about what I did. Oh, Boy! I've got the wifest little nice in the whole world! Bill Warner Song of The Industrials Dedicated to XC Vocational Chorus: The form 2C as told to me, Consists of boys, Who hope to be, The leading men of Industry. Solo: Mr. K. E. T. Mechanics as they ought to be! Repair the cars like A, B, C, But if the job was left to me, The cars would run fit to a T. CChorusJ Solo: Mr. H. W. W. We now bring forth our specialities, Our drafting boys of 2C-E, Whose excess work when piled on me, Would be the best of form 2C. CChorusJ Solo: Mr. R. P. The biggest shock that's yet to be, Is the electrical boys of 2C-D, Whose completed work when checked by me, Is never what it ought to be. CChorusJ Trio: FOR I'M THE HEAD OF INDUSTRY! CChorusj W. Warner and E. C. Wells XIB VOCATIONAL MISS D. DENYES JOY KENNEDY, MR. E. MCCANN ANDY REPOL, Representatives. Tech-Tattler During class Mr. McCann removes his coat, shoves off his trusty canoe and paddles fifteen miles Cwith his shoes offj to prove to G. Cock- burn that it is possible to go fifteen and not fifty miles per day in a canoe. For further par- ticulars on the art of paddling apply to Mr. McCann or your local newspaper. We wish to extend to the boys who left school before Christmas, to take jobs in Quebec and Southern Ontario, the best of luck. May you all advance in position and experience in your chosen trade. To you all from 3A and 3B Vocational. Mr. McCann: What was P. G. Wodehouse noted for? E. Valenti in stage whisper: UP. 85 G. Soapfi Mr. McCann Cmisunderstandingj That's correct, stand up and tell it to the class. Why was Barbara M. W. so anxious to sit next to Grainger in a detention? Why does B. Fraser continually get in Mr. Thomson's hair? Does he do it just to be a nuisance or maybe he likes to hear Mr. T. talk? He has a wonderful voice as we too well know. An Eyefull A gentleman in the optical business was in- structing his apprentice, McGirr in the tech- nique of chiseling a fair and honest price out of a customer. He said, McGirr, after you have fitted the glasses to a customer and the cus- tomer asks, What's the charge? you should say: The charge is ten dollars . 68 THE NORTHLAND ECHO Then pause and watch for the flinch. If the customer does not flinch you say: That's for the frames, the lenses will be another ten dollars. Then you pause again, but this time just slightly, and again you watch for the flinch. If the customer doesn't flinch, you say, Each l Mr. Psutka: Jennings, how are your spirits! Jennings: They're broken. Mr. Psutka: Broken! Jennings: Yes sir, they were in my hip pocket. IIIB Vocational has a certain individual who goes shopping after school hours with a Col- legiate girl. Two pool wizards are not afraid to challenge anyone to a game. We're afraid McClean is getting short sighted, he hugs Mr. Psutka in basketball, or is it a force of habit. The Reason: A naturalist says in this book that fish have no means of communicationv. Hugh! so that's why they never respond to the lines I drop them! Just Good Manners Mr. McCann: The horse and the cow is in the fieldf, Andy, will you tell us what is wrong with that sentence? Andy: I'm not sure Sir, but I think you shoulda mentioned the lady first. No Trouble at All Ever heard this one?,' asked Kelly. A dog was tied to a rope 14 feet long. Twenty feet away was a fat, juicy bone. How did the dog get to the bone? Oh, that old one, answered Ribout, you want me to say 'I give up,' and then you'll say. Thatls what the dog did. No, your wrong, Mort, because the dog got the bone. Well, how did he get it? The other end of the rope wasn't tied. Crushie A female of our group confesses that she is very frightened of crushes in case she should fall for the wrong one, therefore, she evades heart interests. Wisdom among the fairer sex is a rare virtue. To-Morrow We were going to be all that a class could be To-morrow No class would be better or smarter than we To-Morrow The teachers were tired and weary we knew They'd be glad of some help and deserve it too On them we would call and see what we could do To-morrow. Each day we stacked up the homework we'd write To-morrow And thought of the teachers we'd fill with de- light To-morrow It was too bad indeed we were busy to-day And had time only to go out and play More time we will give to homework we'd say To-morrow. Now the greatest of classes we would have been To-morrow. We would have been great had we ever seen To-morrow But the truth is we quit school and faded from view And all that we left there when school days were thru Was a mountain of things we'd intended to do To-morrow. Teacher: Are Cranberries healthy? Pupil: I don't know. I've never heard them complain. A Clean Sweep Street Cleaner Cjumping from a forty story buildingjz Dis'll be a swell joke on me buddies! How True! 'Tis hard to part with those we love When our hearts are full of hope, But 'tis harder still to find a towel When our eyes are full of soap. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS without their assistance this Publication would not be possible. THE NORTHLAND ECI-IO Compliments of MEPAL IEE OF CANADA Established zsaa NORTH BAY AGENCY CAPITOL THEATRE BUILDING L. M. SHETLER, Branch Manager J ACKMAN EEIOWER SHOP Dorothy J. Empey 54 McIntyre St.. W. Manageress North Bay, Ont. WEDDING BOUQUETS, FUNERAL DESIGNS, CUT FLOWERS Phone 505 QDa.y or Night! Member of the Florists Telegraph Delivery Association Compliments of THE LOUIS K. LIGGETT CO. THE REXALL DRUG STORE Phone 310 JEFFREY and STEVENS BUILDING CONTRACTORS 9 23 McIntyre st. East North Bay, Ont. J. T. Jeffrey D. G. Stevens Main at Ferguson Phone 500 Dacl's Billiard Parlour Billiards provides pleasant nerve strength- ening, eye training recreation. Come up and enjoy a few hours of this healthful game. O I DAD'S BILLIARDS Compliments of C Veraldfs 174 Main Street East 2:3 J- F' '. '. ' ' ' f -. X' 1 Yi JL'34 E3XP'fiI'WYQL' A KW ' we ' O IS Year Book made complete B7 kr :J QL I.lO I REPRO I M ,. l Without the use of Cuts. iles' o fa' 5' We invite Your inquiries. I w 4 RICHARDSON, BOND 81 WRIGHT, LIMITED p I, OWEN souNo, om. V Above Dewy's Store I I T h' . fi ' .. I - ' we 'W2ls.ln .ll ll 2,21 Di 4? rkiafz t 33 5- ' -Q, Cong atulatiom . . . The proprietors and staff of Harris Drug Store offer sincere congratulations to the graduating class of 1941 Our best wishes are extended to one and all for success and happiness in the years to come. Both graduates and undergraduates may rest assured that Harris Drug Store will continue to give them a prompt, accurate and courteous service in their drug requirements. Harris Drug Store 46 MAIN STREET w. Phone 110 for Prompt Delivery Compliments of Bannon Bros. COMPLIMENTS OF CARANCI 'S Limited RAPID SHOE REPAIR The Home of Better Furniture Material Workmanship Se ' A Where You Will Eventually Buy nice Why Not NOW? 36 Klock Ave, Phone 441 Phone 383 24 Main St. East North Bay, Ont. Beauty Service Par Excellence DE B BEAUTY PARLOR ALICE LA RIVIERE Distinguished Permanents W Ferguson St. Phone 1101 NORTH BAY Tourists Are Cordiully Invited Flowers by Wire Hunt if Pealerley FLORISTS Corner Klock and Main Phone 1284 We Specialize in: Wedding Bouquets Corsages and Funeral Designs Cochrane - Dunlop Hardware Limited NORTH BAY The Largest and Finest Hardware and Sporting Goods Stores in Ontario GOLFING - BADMINTON - TENNIS - BASEBALL - SKIING - SKATING FISHING - HUNTING - BOATING SUPPLIES TELEPHON ES 2341-2342--2343 ?oAdiclz 14 Kool: Store School Supplies - TEXT BOOKS - Fountain Pens ALL THE NEW BOOKS Greeting Cards Gift Suggestions 42 MAIN STREET WEST - PHONE 1734 STUDENTS ALL WOOL SWEATERS 2 95 to 5 95 LIMITED E --mg .L 'The Mans Store Compliments of North Bay Auto Electric CBEN L. PARRP Northern 0nta.rio's Leading Battery Shop Specializing in Generator. Starter and Ignition Repairs o Firestone Tires Compliments of North Bay Garage ESTABLISHED 1914 GENERAL MOTORS DEALERS T The Best Place in the North to Buy a Car Compliments of RAHN 'METALS LIMITED North Bay, Ont. o Mfg. of Babbit Metals, Brass and Bronze Castings o REGINA STREET Phone 619 Cleaners - Dyers - Furriers For Those Who Care Tel. 2233 146 Third Ave. W. North Bay, Ontario ROOMS VVITH BATH DINING ROOM C'allangder Ho tel Fishing i Hunting TWO MILES FROM THE FAMOUS FIVE BABIES G. H. WINDSOR, PROP. PHONE 825-wx :-: CALLANDER, ONTARIO Compliments of the Chicago Restaurant The Cafe with the Modernistic Front Main Street West Meet me in the Old Chicago Come to Your Favorite Store AND SEE THE NEWEST IN APPAREL AND SPORTSWEAR FOR THE SMART COLLEGIATE MISS Walker Stores, Limited Compliments of Northern Ontario and Quebec Branch Sun fi e of Canada Offices McMurchy Bldg., North Bay, Ont. H. P. CHARLTON, C.L.U., R. E. ARCHER, Bfalwh Manager Actg. Secretary HEADQUARTERS FOR SCHOOL AND GYM SHOES I9 MAIN ST. W. PHONE 2172 NV w I P U R' I 9 brow 'fl is XNELUUFAV 2 Ig VQRFLUUQAV 2 Q -A v,.55.A f 0 3 +g,.,3., 1 Pglw rcullll BEST FOR Pow FIZIIIJR -.... ALL YOUR BAKING -...,. Nm aiu- urn aku' u-0 f Q no-u f R Z WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS Z MCINTOSH GRAIN G' FEED CO., LTD. NORTH BAY, ONTARIO Phone 1733 Collegiate-1931 ARTHUR G. ANGUS, R.O. Eyesight Specialist Cor. Main and Ferguson St. Entrance 25 Ferguson St. Lambertus Building. We lea e a laundry Aer-vice or e ery FAMILY BUDGET DRY CLEANING AND PRESSING 4Clorex Method? AT IDEAL LAUNDRY 184 Cassells St. Phone 2336 We Lead - Others Follow GRAND UNION STORES Groceries, Provisions. Flour and Feed Sole Agents for Ful-0-pep Feeds and Quaker Flour NORTH BAY AND CALLANDER Flour and Feed Department Comer of Oak and Foran Streets Phone 40 BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER TO SERVE YOU DELUXE TRANSPORTATION JOHN PALANGIO, Prop. TAXIS AND BUSES, FURNITURE VANS, TRANSPORT VANS, TRUCKS AND CONTRACT WORK DELUXE COACH LINES Operating Between NORTH BAY-CALLANDER DAFOE HOSPITAL HUNTSVILLE TEMISKAMING, Que. DAILY TRANSPORT SERVICE TORONTO-NORTH BAY HEAD OFFICE: ll Main Street East - - - NWN' BUY Phones lOl-102-103 Freight Terminal 265 Wellington West - - - Tvron fo Waverley 6103 Compliments of THE CITY LAUNDRY OF NORTH BAY, LHVIITED 0 DRY CLEANING AND PRESSING ODORLESS SYSTEM 0 245 McIntyre E. - North Bay For Dependable Service Call SPEE - DEE Messengers PHUNE-131-Puunf 0 LIGHT TRUCKING Hours 8 a.m. to ll p.m. 0 10c PER CALL o J. C. CosGRovE, Prop. Con ederativn fife 14AAociativn A Small Policy May Someday Be Your Best Asset. McKeown Block, North Bay Phone 295 S W Brouse A. H. Kilgour H. F. Graham Representatives W. A. THOMPSON, Divisional Manager Nipissing Electric Supply Co., Ltd. ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AND CONTRACTING Radios, Refrigerators, Washers Appliances and Supplies Radio Service If It's Electrical We Have It 1 . 12 Main Street East Phone 609 Cambridge and Berwick Made-to-Measure Suits as Low as 24.75 N. J. MeCUBBIN COMPLIMENTS or McDivitt's Drug Store Limited Prescription Specialists Tobaccos, Stationery, Candy FOR YOUR HEALTH,S SAKE Phone 1700 67 Main West I said to a man who stood at the gate of the year, 'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the un- known', and he replied 'Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than the known way'. Quoted by His Majesty King George VI, during his broadcast to the British Empire, Christmas Day, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Nine. The Empire Hotel D. J. CASWELL, Manager, NORTH BAY, ONTARIO Compliments of Pal-Alow 14 MESSENGER SERVICE 14 Messengers - 2 Trucks PHONES 2173-2174 J. S. HAWKINS BARBER SHOP 113MAINST.W. We need your head in our business! Why go elsewhere to get trimmed! EVERYTHING SANITARY STAR GROCERY THE STORE OP 0UAI.I'I.'Y G. B. Moyer. Prop. O Agents for Jap-a,-Lac Paints, etc. Everything in Hizh-Class G-ROCERIES - PBUITS - BEATS Compliments of Sudbury Brewing and Malting Co. Limited NORTH BAY Authorized Bottlers of PEPSI-COLA, STUBBY, 7-UP, VEGETABLES BIG 4 LINE, HIRES ' ALSO Por Prompt Delivery Phones 'I4 '75 Delicious Grilled HOT DOGS, HAMBURGERS AND SANDWICHES The WHITE KITCHEN ll8 KLOCK AVE. Compliments of 14nguA af Taylor COMPLIMENTS OF WHITE BRIJS. and WHlTE'S TIRE SHUP llll. VS teh, Clock and lv R I! Promptly and Properly Done Fcliijoi EUHR Sporting Goods Bicycles vn Goodyear Tires Hart Batteries WATC xnn E ENG B Silverwans., Rings, Initialled. Emblems vacuum' Sut or Recut, Names on Casket Plates Phone 860-870 9332, lgg::e5t1,fE' Postage Paid on Repairs by Mail Mclntyre and Wyld 100 Main W. North Bay NORTH BAY Northern llil Company Limited SERVICE STATION KLOCK, MCINTYRE AND CASSELLS sfrs. Blue Sunoco Gasoline and Oils Veedol Motor Oil Castrol Motor Oil NORTH BAY, ONT. Owned, Controlled and Operated by North Bay Citizens - CLEAN DEALS IN DIRT - Yes, that's a slogan, but we do assure you it applies to any well established Real Estate business. This business of Real Estate and Insurance was established away back in 191. On April lst next it will have been a going concern for exactly 29 years. That's quite a spell is it not ?- So we say we are still selling the earth and insuring its Contents. Location-ground floor McMurchy Bldg., Fraser St. No. 24 Patton and Kennedy Ltd. Phone 701-702 FOR YCUR CONVENIENCE THE CREAM -TOP Bottle shown at the , ..... - left is one of the greatest conveniences It enables you to pour off the cream 4 .,-' entirely, leaving the milk in the bottle. .a ' ing this exclusive Silverwood feature. - 1 ooo I MILK Sa..ffMilk. JzrszgMiUt - Milk 1' Q. ,nw-:DN l V E ' to housewives. l, f Un' Thousands of Ontario homes are enjoy- '- Q . I l TROPHY CRAFT LTD. 102 LOMBARD STREET TORONTO ELGIN 0605 Class Pins - Crests - Medals Trophies - Ribbons MONEY CANNOT BUY A BETTER DIAMOND VALUE! 'Mf' 1 iff J J XX XX X s 0 0 ss t Magnificent-that's the word most descriptive of this Bluebird criscmble . . . 7 perfect diamonds in each ring, as illustrated. The THOMAS CO. Compliments of TIP TOP TAILORS LHVIITED 6753 Main Street West NORTH BAY 0 Chas. R. Powell Rene Vrebosch 50 Main St. West North Bay Compliments of ZELLER'S LIMITED Retailers to Thrifty Canadians 4-1' 4 ,AI 4' ix. Y K' V, , . ' ' M4514 .f,4f -f' 1. 44 . R w 4 P -. 4 . lr' xl- '7,1 I 4 44 .44 a rx -Q' gg - ' '4 ' ' Q. x4'fQ,!1lf h I ' I, ' . 2: 4- . ,, 4 .N y - '4 . .4-.4.l.,,, Q -.NIM .x Y' ,V s I'gf4 cw'f - 33 4,'Et',nf?' 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CROWE PHYSICIAN and SURGEON 71 McIntyre St. West Phone 107 REDINGTON'S PHARMACY The Careful Chemist o TRY HUNT'S CANDIES THE BETTER KIND COMPLIMENTS OF' BILL BRADY ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS General Wiring and Repairs Appliances and Fixtures 329 CASSELLS PHONE 803 Compliments of Sayalf brag Store 4 , v f M U D 4, E, ' HT , I V up W. ll, nl. . ..,g. . 1.1 'x x1 1 '-1-ww. 5, M. - ,wr X 5' n. 4 , v f M U D 4, E, ' HT , I V up W. ll, nl. . ..,g. . 1.1 'x x1 1 '-1-ww. 5, M. - ,wr X 5' n.