Paris District High School - Yearbook (Paris, Ontario Canada)

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PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK Armistice Day The annual commemoration service for those who gave their lives in the Great War was held in the Paris High School gymnasium on Friday, Nov. 9. After singing O Canada the chairman, Mr. Butcher, made a few appropriate remarks and then read the names of our Heroic Dead -graduates who, while fighting for freedom and liberty, fell for the great cause. The pupils of the school then rose and reverently joined in singing the hymn so frequently used during the period of strife, O God Our Help in Ages Past. Rev. J. S. Adamson very kindly consented to give us a brief address for the occasion, which proved most impressive. Mr. Adamson gave some personal reminiscences concerning some of his friends among the fallen, including an account of the death of Nursing Sister Dorothy Baldwin, who was killed in the bombing of a base hospital. He also expressed the feeling that the dead seemed to be very close to us during the two minute silence observed in their memory. Mr. Adamson closed his address by repeating a most appropriate poem, the last of which is as follows: The one I loved was marching In the ranks as they passed byg I spoke his name, I clasped his hand, Looked into his smiling eye. Keep faith in life in sacrifice, Keep faith with a million dead, Stand by the right, fail not the good, Were the simple words he said. Following the address Marguerite Bringloe very beautifully recited that war-famous poem, In Flanders Fieldsf' This was followed by the whole school rising and standing with bowed heads during the two minutes' silence. The meeting closed by singing the National Anthem. Mrs. Nouveaw-Riche: He's getting on so well at school, he learns French and Algebra. Now Ronnie say 'ow do you do to the lady in Algebra.' Hamilton aviator: Wanna fly? Dimps: O-o-oh yes! Aviator: Wait! I'll catch one for you. Betty B.: 4'The world is a stage. Fred: Yes, and all the speaking parts are given to women. Row.: See that girl over there ? Terry: Yes. Row.: Well she bought a dress on the instalment plan and she has the first instalment on. My love is like a red, red rose, Until she powders well her nose. 27

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Four THE MONDAY EVENING POST, APRIL 20, 1953 Home, all of the above mentioned being in Paris. Ed. Note - The organization of this knitting club re- flects much credit upon Miss McCam- mon and shows clearly her kindly heart and untiring efforts for the bettering of her fellow citizens' lives. Prominent Bachelor Pastor Arrested and Fined by Lady Cycle Officer. Miss Betty Burt after a long chase on Wednesday night last succeeded in stopping the Reverend Bernard Brown on the Paris highway, and arrested him. Miss Burt has done remarkable work in keeping down the speed on our highways, and this arrest illustrates her utter disregard for precedent and reflects much credit upon her. Ed. Note.-Those of us who knew those two personages in days gone by may enjoy a little joke all to ourselves over this affair. Miss Burt you will notice and Bachelor pastor. Of course being in a public position such as mine is, I cannot say, any- thing, but I chuckle to myself. Miss Burt wasn't running after him. Oh! No! Wait and see whether she really did catch him. A cycle officer is a good position for a spinster who does not wish to seem to be running after the opposite sex. CThis letter was written to the editor of this paper by Thomas Briggs.J Kalliste, which is translated Most Beautiful Corsica. : Dear Editor,-I write this letter in renewing my subscription to your valued paper. I want to thank you especially for having delivered it to me every day by air. They say, Read it in the morning while it is news, but your paper is news when I receive it. And now a few words concerning myself. Worn by the incessant de- mands of a large family I sought se- clusion among the sylvan solitudes of this sun-kissed and wind-caressed Isle of Corsica. The very thoughts of Napoleon. Colomba and Orso and others sooth my perplexed brain. Here I live among the simple pea- sants sleeping on hay, eating of olives, nuts, figs and vegetable soup. I am impressed by the quaint and colourful costumes of this passionate, hospitable people. I delight to sit on a hillside watching the sun set on the blue Mediterranean and to listen to the stories told by Hle grand-peref' Every winter I go to Paris and am employed by Jeanne Paton as the leading model in men's wear in that metropolis. But what I delight in most is the pleasant air and custom of Corsica. I can truly say with Napoleon, I would know my fair Corsica even though I were blind if I could get the perfume of its garden. Yours truly, Thomas .Alfonso Briggs. Ellen Wishart, Prophetess There was a sound of revelry by day, And Fifth Form had gathered about her then, Her flappers and her dumbells, and bright The sun shone o'er fair women and brave men. Eighteen hea1'ts beat happily: and when Ray arose with his voluptuous swell, Jean's eyes looked love to his, which spake again, And all went merry as a dinner bell. But hush! hark! a deep step strikes like a rising knell. Did ye not hear it! No, 'twas Fourth Form snoring, Or Bob's Ford rattling o'er the stoney street. On with the row, let noise be unconfined, No work at all, when youth and pleasure meet. Till teacher rushes in with flying feet. But hark! that heavy step breaks in once more, As if the halls its echoes would repeat, And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! To your seats! 'tis the principal at the door. 26

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PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK Afggifgf E2 -' ' - --1 n- . If 5,EEmxxS , nu 5 COHFRMN LEGION I rnphg fm' Gbratnrg Donated by the PARIS BRANCH, CANADIAN LEGION, B. E. S. L. Rules Governing Colnpetition for the Trophy 1. Any student in regular attendance at Paris High School is eligible to compete. 2. The speeches shall not exceed ten minutes. 3. Each contestant will choose his subject from a list compiled by the executive of the Paris branch of the Cana- dian Legion, B. E. S. L. and the principal of P. H. S. 4. Each contestant Will submit his manuscript to the principal on or before May 1, preceding the competition. 5. If more than five manuscripts are submitted, the principal will appoint a committee who will select the best tive manuscripts. The Writers of these will be allowed to compete. 6. The competition will be held on Empire Day. 7. The competition will be conducted by the principal. 8. The judges and the system of judging will be se- lected by the principal who will consult the officials of the Paris Branch of the Canadian Legion, B. E. S. L. 9. The name of the winner each year will be engraved upon the trophy which will remain the property of Paris High School. The donors will give the winner each year a medal or other suitable prize. 10. These rules may be changed by agreement of the executive of the Paris branch of the Canadian Legion, B. E. S. L. and the principal. Subjects for 1929 1. Canada's position in the British Empire. 2. How Canada helped to Win the War. 3. The future of Canada. 4. True Patriotism. 5. Canada's duty to the Indians. 28