Oakwood Collegiate Institute - Oracle Yearbook (Toronto Ontario, Canada)

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REFLECTIONS FROM A HOSPITAL WINDOW T-JL ' MULE SKINNER John Angel BIRKS Designers and Suppliers of School Insignia PINS — RINGS MEDALS — TROPHIES BLAZER CRESTS CRESTED CHRISTMAS CARDS TWO TORONTO STORES BIRKS JEWELLERS 135 YONGE ST. • 33 BLOOR ST. W. Oshawa and Don Mills Shopping Centres I wonder what he is thinking of . . . sitting there, content, wise-looking, at peace with the world. Comfortably seated on an old time-honoured stool, he breathes rhythmically and smokes his pipe. With each puff, the white smoke curls creatively, fading into the summer quiescence. One long brown arm leans heavily, the hand proudly arched, the fingers stiffly curled about his cane. The other hand caresses his familiar companion, the Pipe, with whom he has conversed many a time in thought. There he squats, watching. The pigeons, greedy fellows, fly when not pur- sued by the neighbour ' s dog, and settle with ruf- fled wing on the lawn, hungrily pursuing tidbits. All the while, each beady eye shines with cautious wariness. The garden is small. Just a patchwork of slow effort; nevertheless, a Lilliputian paradise. Now he rises. The pigeons, of which one is beautifully white, fly, startled. With slow, deliber- ative steps he paces to the screen-door, a frown furrowing deeper upon his ancient features. The screen-door slams with a sharp annoying protest. Seconds later, the pigeons return, continuing their patient persistent search. But the white one has not come back . . . Natalia Cherniak THE STORM It lashes from the sky. It spatters to the ground; It sweeps across the lake Till all is lost in sound. It makes the trees bow down Unto the earth and up; It frolics over mounds Just like a little pup. When all its fury thus is spent. It then goes back to sleep Till it regains its strength To come again and weep. Ross E. Hayhoe 106

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Martha Fazekas 11G Martha Fazekas 11G Anne David 13 105

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Gus Syndusky 13 Indian Portrait 107