North Toronto Collegiate Institute - Howler Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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11.1,,t-Fam.-t-ii THE HOWLER, 1934 In 1 B AT U xl ff o, n f' EDITURI o ,t , I3 if 5 , li promised in September to have the book out early, and here it isgthe 19:31 Hmulcrfaml we leave it to you to judge whether it is any the worse for its speedy journey from the pupils to the ruthless staffffrom there to the printer's, and, to complete the circle, back to you. This year has been rather out-of-the-ordinary, Things have been happening with such rapid- ity that it is almost impossible to keep up with them. Our Senior Rugby Team, coached by Mr. Reynolds, started the year off by winning the city cham- pionship for the first time. That alone, if nothing else had happened, would have caused enough excitement to last throughout the year. The old saying, Pride goeth before a fall, had us a little worried, even in the midst of our glory, but no-ours was the exception that proved the rule. North Toronto wasn't going to stop with winning the Senior title- Oh, no-our Bantams decided that! They heard that Mr. Thomas Church was donating a Bantam cup. They thought it would look extremely well in front of the auditorium, so they set out to get it, and they did! Our juniors put up a real fight, but didn't quite make the grade. Better luck next year. Then our track team got their heads together and thought they would prove that Rugby was not the only thing North Toronto excelled in, and as a result of the huddle, brought home MARION GREENSHIELDS Editor three Canadian titles. Mr. Bryce ably coached the boys along this line. Among the many other feat- ures in the magazine, you will notice our Anniversary Page. This year North Toronto is cele- brating its twenty-iirst birthday. Our school comes of age! If it has accomplished as much as it has in the past when it was only a mere child, what will it do now that it is an adult? We shall see! Nile hope you will get as much enjoyment out of the magazine as we have had in producing it! We have aimed to please in this, the thirteenth edition of the Howler and hope it meets with your hearty approval. This year, in spite of the fact that we hur- ried things along at a heretofore unheard of rate of speed, the material submitted was splendid. For the whole-hearted co-operation of our fellow students, the editorial staff expresses its appreciation. To Miss Menzies we extend a vote of thanks. VVhat we would have done without her we don't know and are afraid to think. Mr. Medcof and Miss Mahoney have been invaluable as staff advisors. Also Miss Fen- wick, Mr. Bryce and Mr. Page have done a great deal to make our sport's section bigger and better than ever. Mr. Sid. Reynolds has inspired the advertising staff to bigger and better efforts and has shouldered all our finan- cial burdens-who could be better fitted for

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THE HOIl I.liR, 193-I the position? Thanks, Mr. Reynolds. XVC take this opportunity to beg the pardon of and to sincerely thank those teachers whom we have pestered to death during and out of school hours, and who gave us their co-oper- ation so good-naturedly. Without Colonel VVood's influencial and whole-hearted support I'm afraid we would still be taking pictures, and so we thank him on behalf of the school and staff. Mr. Farmer and Lee Foster worked unceasingly and made possible the many won- derful pictures in the book. And lastly, but not least by any means, we thank the form reps. for their enthusiastic work in getting notes and in selling tickets-and the adver- tising staff which makes the magazine possible. 'The Teaching Staff VVe take advantage of this small space in the Howler to say a few words about those who have recently joined our staff, and also about those who have left to travel elsewhere. We welcome Miss Scanlon who, on her re- turn from Harbord, has resumed her work in Art. Mr. Medcof, a graduate of Queen's, comes to North Toronto from Humberside. He is now the head of our English Department. Mr. Baker, of the English Department, also a Queen's graduate, formerly taught in Kit- chener and is now in his first year at North Toronto. To these who have this year joined our staff we extend a hearty greeting and hope that their career here may be a most success- ful one. . THE PREFECTS Head PfCfEt'fS-E7'lIc'Xf Rollaston and Jean Francis. This year a new advancement in self-gov- ernment has developed at North Toronto, namely, the organization of a Prefect Body. Four were elected in each fifth form, two boys and two girls, and these twenty-eight elected from their numbers, two head prefects and two runners-up. The prefects represent the school and all complaints are brought to their notice. The girls have acted as school hostesses on sev- eral occasions. The most important of these Page Fifi.-ff, was the Commencement Tea, at which the girls served tea to over sixty prominent To- ronto personages. The boys are ushers, when- ever any are needed, and during the rugby games played on our field, they did splendid policing work. The Rugby Dance, staged after Commencement by the prefects, was a complete success. The duties of the prefects for this year have been rather indefinite, but they will be fully organized for next year's group if this experi- ment continues with the success with which it has begun. VVe hope you will have noticed the new initial pagesfthe first being the work of Bill Reid-Lewis, who also designed for us the very attractive cover. Bill has been the much- in-demand magazine artist and has many car- toons throughout the book. The sports initial page was done by Felix Green. THE LITERARY CONTESTS VVe ask you to join us in congratulating the winners of the Literary Contests. The prize for Short Stories was awarded to NVilliam lVood, who wrote Uneasy Lies the Headf, The winner of the Poetry prize was Nellie Coe, whose poem, Sky, was judged the best. Honourable Mention SHORT STORIES GIQNL'IssA's TRUCKLE BED, by Ardath Hud- dleston. LoRD BLI-ISSYS, by VVilliam Barringer. DERMONJS DI3sTRUcTIvIa IDISCOVERY, by Ted Heslop. POETRY LONIZLINESS, by Barbara Pritchard. I DARE NOT, by Margaret Forsythe. FRIENDSHIP, by John Newbold. VVINTER AND SUMMER, by Betty Kirk. VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS, by Bill Bar- ringer. These stories and poems were splendid, as were many others submitted. We regret that we could not print all of them, but this year, of necessity we have been forced to cut down the number of pages and consequently the space alloted to the Literary Section was limited. Thank you all again and good luck!