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

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Ijtlflt' .S'l.t'lUC11 THE HOIVLER, 193-i AUDITORIUM EVENTS A Few Brief Notes On Events Which Have Called Us to Our Auditorium During 1933. Remembrance Day l'lify .slmll nn? grvfzc nhl. as we Nm! i1reI0ftyro:cr1l1l.' .lgfz .slmll not zceury flzfnz. nur the years t'1lIltll'llllI.' .-ll the gniizy ilurfn nf 11111 A1111 and in H16 Ill0Flllllfl. IV1' will remenzller tlirnif' At a time when there was so much discus- sion as to the meaning of Germany's militar- istic attitude, it was particularly fitting that Remembrance was the keynote of the ser- vices held on November 10th to commemorate the Peace Treaty of the XYorld XYar. The students took their places in the As- sembly Hall shortly after nine o'clock. to the subdued strains of the orchestra. That familiar hymn, O God, Our Help in Ages Past, was sung, and followed by the Bible Reading and Prayer. Magistrate jones, the special speaker, in- troduced himself as a former pupil of North Toronto. The visitor noted that Armistice Day had been changed to Remembrance Day. After all, Magistrate jones stated, 'arrnis- tice' means merely a cessation of hostilities. while 'remembrance' stands for something larger and fuller. He appealed to the pupils to remember only the sweeter side of life, forgetting the bitter and rancorous thoughts that war breeds, in order that we may have roses in Decemberf' Maxine 'Wilson spoke brieHy on the League of Nations. The Futility of XYar was the subject chosen by Felix Green. O Valiant Hearts followed next on the programme. The students were then addressed by Mr. Shaw, who exhorted us to remember the courage, truth and honour that character- ized those who had demonstrated the greater love. All stood and paid respectful tribute while Mr. Shaw read the names of the boys who had paid the supreme sacrifice. Two minutes of silence was observed, to be broken by the poignant notes of the Last Post, played by Arthur Scriven. Another hymn and the singing of the Na- tional Anthem concluded the Remembrance Day service. The Reverend Mr. XV. J. Johnston, of Eg- linton United Church, addressed the junior Assembly. MR. JOHN ELSON li November -lthj On the occasion of Canadian Book XVeek, the .lunior Assembly was fortunate in having Mr. john Rlson speak to them on Canadian Authors. Mr. lilson, himself a prominent author, historian and lecturer, gave some in- teresting verbal sketches of our most promi- nent Canadian writers. In his own fascinat- ing: manner, he told of the occasion of his first meeting with Bliss Carmen, the famous and eccentric Canadian poet, and something of the life of Stephen Leacock and L. M. Montgomery, the creator of the beloved Anne of Green Gables. Many of the pupils were suiprised to know that Marshall Saunders, author of Beautiful joe and other books, lives in a little house in Lawrence Park, and lzeeps a small bird and animal sanctuary as a hobby. These and other interesting facts rounded out a very entertaining informal talk, and we are sure that the school as a whole will welcome Mr. Elson heartily on the occa- sion of his next visit. MR. THOMAS CHURCH l'Tucsday, November lilthj Cn the morning of November the twelfth, the school was honoured by a visit from Mr. Thomas Church, many times Mayor of the City of Toronto. He came for the purpose of presenting the Gooderham Cup, which is awarded to the Toronto High School Rugby Champions, and won by our Seniors in their valiant campaign for honours. Mr. Bryce, Mr. Reynolds and members of the team filed on to the platform to the tune of For He's a jolly Good Fellow. Mr. Church, introduced by Col. XVood, gave a short address on sportsmanship in which he alluded especially to the fine sportsman- like deportment of the teams of North To- ronto Collegiate. He then presented the cup to Mr. Reynolds, who modestly accepted it on behalf of the team. The individual mem- bers of the team were then introduced by Mr. Reynolds, and each was acknowledged by enthusiastic applause.

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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!

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THE HOIVLER, 1934 Page Seventeen 0 THE EDITORS' CQNVENTION 0 Where criticisms-constructive and otherwise-were gathered by your delegates. Ik lk Dk Dk D15Lrii:.x1'iss-Mai'ioii Greenshields, .lohanne Klein, liliner Doan, Arthur Dunbar. PF Pls PK Pls EN KICLOCK on the morning of Fri- day, November Nth, marked the occa- sion of the opening of the eighth annual High School lfditors' Convention, sponsored by Sigma Phi, the lYomen's Honourary and Professional journalistic Fraternity of the University of Toronto. As the opening hour approached, representatives of high schools all over Ontario gathered in the rotunda of Convocation Hall in the Cniversity of To- ronto, and after enrolment took their places for the opening. The delegatesgfour of them from North Torontogwere welcomed by Miss Helen Mc- Kee, President of Sigma Phi. The freedom of the Cniversity buildings and grounds was extended by the President, Dr. H. gl. Cody. Mr. Dunlop, of the Department of University Extension, humourously outlined the purpose of the Convention. He explained this to be mainly an effort toward the betterment of the quality of high school magazines, through the medium of discussion of the various problems encountered by the students in the publica- tion of their journals. There followed an interesting discussion of Modern Advertising. by Mr. Elton Johnston, of the Clarke E. Locke Advertising Agency. The Convention then broke up into groups, under the leadership of experienced men. Each group discussed some one phase of magazine edition, the rudi- ments, essentials, and problems of each. This concluded a busy morning, and the gathering adjourned for luncheon. Two o'clock saw us again gathered in Con- vocation Hall, where Professor Louis A. Mac- Kay, of University College, lectured on Short Story VVriting. Mr. Lou Marsh, of Pick and Shovel fame, gave, in his inimitable man- ner, a half-hour talk on Sports VVriting. We then dispersed for a little educational diver- sion, and were given our choice of being con- ducted through one of three large Toronto printing establishments. The North Toronto delegzxtrs chose to view the inner workings of the MacLean Publishing Company. Soon after six, with the roar of machinery still in our ears. we arrived in the lounge of l'aton's College Street Store for the big ban- quet. lt consisted of literally everything from soup to nuts, including turkey with the ap- proprizrte trimmings. After the dinner were tendercd the usual toasts, among them, Cnr Guests, ably responded to by our esteemed editor, Marion tireenshields. Later, the prizes for the best magazine cover design, short story and magazine make-up were presented. XVhile the Ilo-ruin' failed to qualify, it received hon- ourable mention from Mr. Augustus Bridle, of the llaily Star. whose criticism of the school magazines was generally favourable. This concluded a highly enjoyable evening. The next morning, we assembled once again in Convocation llall, despite all the Santa Claus l'arade could do to keep us away. Mr. Stuart Thompson, of Brigden's Limited, gave a lengthy discussion on Magazine Make-up, followed by a short talk on Feature XVriting hy Miss Mona Clarke, the editor of Gossip. Reports on the group discussions of the pre- ceding morning, succeeded a talk by Mr. Napier Moore, of MacLean's, on Magazine liditing. Mr. Charles Goldhammer gave an illustrated lecture on Magazine Art, the last of the series of discussions. Dr. J. H. Alt- house, Headmaster of the University Schools, tendered the closing address, which ofhcially ended the Convention for 1933. Though the Convention was over, we saw Tony Sarg's Marionettes at the Eaton Auditorium to round out the afternoon. XVe wish to convey our thanks to Sigma Phi for an intensely interesting, instructive and enjoyable session, and hope that all their suc- ceeding efforts will be crowned with equal success.