Ottawa Technical High School - Tech Talk Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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able of Contents Page Dedication .... . 1 Principal's Message . . 2 The Editor Speaks . ...... . 4 The Teachers' and Students' Council . . 5 NUM ll Our Diary .......... . 6 Literature fE?? I xo Nr Remembrance 1949 . . 8 A Hunting Ballad . . . 9 Salute to a Small Town . , 9 Still As Death . . . . 9 A Day at Tech ...... . 10 The Ballad of the Lates Officer . . 10 Theatre of the Stars-Article . . 11 Jonah and the Ark-Short Story . . 12 Graduates ........ . 13 Activities School Clubs . . . . 30 Heaven Can Wait . . 32 The Annual Concert . . 32 Winners ..... . 34 Form News Grade XII . . . 36 Grade XI . . 40 Guidance . . . 43 Grade X . . . 45 Grade IX . . 48 Sports Football . . 52 Basketball . . . 54 Hockey . . . . 56 Good Sports . . 58 Miscellany Hall of Fame . - 60 Guess Who . . . 63 Autographs . - 63 1949 1950 ECII T LK MAGAZI

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Theatre of the Stars-coafwa from Page 11 heavenly bodies which may take days or weeks or years to complete can be clearly telescoped into view within a few minutes. Now let us consider some of the pos- sibilities of this theatre. First we shall joumey due north at 5000 miles a min' ute ffast enough to get around the earth in live minutesj. We tind the heavens rolling overhead from north to south and swiftly we arrive at the north pole. Now we lind the pole star directly over us in the centre of the sky. All the stars move around it, and we see the same stars all the time, and no new ones rise and none set. The sun simply rolls around the sky a short distance otf the horizon and is in sight all the time for six months. Next we travel down to the equator and here we notice the sun rises and sets straight up and straight down. Also there are always twelve hours of day time and the same for night time. On to the South pole, here we find no north star or any of the stars we saw up north . However, we find the great Southern Cross and the star called Al- pha Centauri. The important thing about this star is that it is the closest fixed star to the earth-twentyftlve trillion miles away. Also we find here the beautiful myriads of stars called the Clouds of Magellan. Now we return to New York and we see that only a few minutes have passed. One of the aids to the projector is in another room where scale models of all the planets are shown revolving around the sun. The planets and all their va' rious moons are modeled and every thing is to scale. The value of this is readily seen. In the planetarium, we are on the inside looking out, but on the scale model we are outside looking in on the entire system. Let us now return to the theatre of the Stars. Often it is necessary to install some fancy gadgets to supplement the work of the projector. Some really fantastic illusions can be produced by these extras. Let me tell you of some of them. The lecturer slowly turns a rheof stat and the visitors discover one of the stars coming slowly closer and getting brighter. He pushes a switch and a cos 66 mic ray counter begins to work. This is no illusion though, for at all hours of the day or night, no matter where we are and no matter what we do we are conf tinually bombarded by thousands of tiny particles called cosmic rays each minute. Other rheostats can produce the figures which the Greek and Roman astronomers imagined in the heavens- The Bear and other constellations. The lecturer can add to the sky a beautiful rainbow, the ring around the moon or the delicately coloured curtains of the northern lights. We can have colourful sunsets, realistic dawns, various cloud formations useful for studying weather. We observe a violent thunder storm complete with all sound effects includf ing wind, rain and thunder. The whole dome can be converted instantly into a huge hemispherical map of the earth to aid in navigation. The operator can produce as well all the necessary visual effects for a rocket trip to the moon. Arriving there we see a beautiful lunar landscape in complete colour with the earth spinning off in the distance which is now 240,000 miles. We may approach Saturn and see her rings or come up to the sun and see its sun spots. An interesting thing about the earth is its wobble which occurs every 26,000 years or so. This wobble has the effect of giving different stars the position of north star for a while. Since 26,000 years can here be condensed into a trifle over a minute, it is relatively easy to zip back through the ages and see the star Thuban occupying the po- sition now held by our north star. Similarly we can jump ahead into the remote future and see the brilliant star Vega attaining that esteemed position. lf you ever go to New York, the Hayden Planetarium should be on your must list. In itself, it is well worth the trip. Jnnah and Ark-Continued from Page 12 Hast thou not heard? We are going to open real soon a new zoo on Mount Arafat. Then why not take my whale along? It should prove to be a colossal attraction. lt grieveth me to sperm the idea, but 'tis no dice. And whyest not? H The smell of the whale would be offalf' Yea, and these animals you have here ain't exactly violets. At that precise moment Mr. and Mrs. Skunk went past followed by a train of little squirts. Mrs. Jonah shrieked and shouted : Takest thou me away from this place immediately! Compared with this, the whale smell- eth like a Spring Day ! Autliofs Note: Any similarity be' tween the animals in this story and people is purely coincidental. our l949'50-Conlinued from Page 6 The Sweetheart Dance with Bill Mc- Cauley's orchestra-a line effort by the Teachers' and Students' Council. Ma1cl1 17-St. Patricks Day Assembly -Miss Quinlan M. C'd an excellent program in which Mr. Monk spoke on the Irish patron saint, several masculine Irish colleensu entertained us with a jig, Marcel Query delighted us, as always, with an Irish song. Ma1ch 17'24-Basketball playfoffs at the Coliseum 3 extremely close and ex' citing series. juniors won- their champ' ionship by one point. Seniors lost by five points. March 31 April 1-Tech's Annual Exhibition 3 a wonderful success. April 21-St. Georges Day celebration with Professor A. M. Beattie as guest speaker. He spoke on Will Shakespeare. Science Clubis Spring Prom with Bill McCauley's orchestra. One of the best dances of the year. April 24-Last call to press. ln retro- spect, truly an excellent year.

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