Pelham Continuation School - Pelham Pnyx (Fenwick, Ontario Canada)
- Class of 1940
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THE PELHAM PNYX Dr. G. A. Sinclair Complizzzefzty of DENTIST D. McCaw 8z Son 18 E. Main St. Phone IO66 Opposite Court House Cooper Block Wellzmd Weuand Davis Stationery Co. A. MANY LIMITED TI-IE PURE FOOD STORE STATIQIEEIIEE-glfER?FFICE A'Good,r S.zfi.r-fncfafj' 01' Afwlqm' re- L -fllllnllftf ' ' Sporting Goods 3 'VL xxyilll i ls Cross St. Wellkmd Phone. 1,3 t mt For Drugs, Drug Sundries, Toilet PI'CPQl1'Llf1Ol'lS, Etc. at Collins Drug Store GEORGE N. COLLINS D2.rps11.f.i11xq Cfvmzjrt mUC'SVe1lHSfRYlG DOW NTOWNQLEANE RS If Pl-IONE9I3 in onvn..oN sr.-wtu.Auo 43 West Main St. Phone: 73 XYcll.md Colzipfmlwlty of C pf, I 0111 1111171 .Y I , . Mltchell s of ' 7 Ladles Wear Evelyn Beauty SHOPPC Stare of S11tZrff11ffio11 19 E' Nldin St. Phone 1573 63 E. Main St. Phone 1475 Weuand XVCllLlI'1Ci THE PELHAM PNYX Dr. L. R. Pattison Ector's Drug Store Pure Drugs Prescriptions DENTIST Sundries 9 East Main St. Phone 42.5 h SODA FOUNTAIN L1ght Lunches at all Hours We-:Iland . Phone 17 19 Mam St. East Welland Cazzzplimenn of , ft I S! Q! my VVELLAND H. HILDER Sc CO. FURNITURE St HOUSE FURNISHINGS STOVES - LINOLEUMS f CARPETS - ETC. MISS SIMPLICITY WASI-IERS 18 West Main Street Phone 496 Camplimezztf of Blaclcwelrs Beauty Parlor and Beauty School Phone 397. 135 East Main St. Carrie Mae TEA RGOM Good Food Courteously 117 East Main Phone 793 M. Millburn Prop. THE. PELHAM PNYX Complimezzti of Dr. R. F. Rogers A. P. BROWN JEWELER We solicit you Watch, Clock, and DENTIST Jewelry Repairs Alzvqyf Reliable Phone 93 WOOIWOHP Bldg- West Main St. Phone 777. Wellancl Wclland C I' mp z mm Tl1eal's Drug Store Robins AW'-' CAN. GREYHOUND LINES S1106 St0l'C CAN. coAcH LINES Phone 164 Welland 30 Niagara St' Phone 554 REID BROS. J. B. BRUCE GROCERY 68 Ontario St. S. Glenriclge QUALITY LEATHER GOODS St. Catharines 55 West Main St. Welland Phone 414 31 Niagara St' 137 Hellems Ave. Wellancl Welland S3 Kent St. Port Colborne S. W. Tennant Complimerm' of TOBACCONIST Reilly 8 Neilson's Chocolates D IV6, FH The Feet Papers Magazines BUS STOP SHOES WELLAND 133 E. Main St. Vllellancl THE PELHAM PNYX That comfortable feeling of being Well Informed . . . You have it when you read The Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune The Tribune brings you the news of your own district-Fonthill, Ridge- ville, Fenwick, Wellandport, Pelham Centre-together with complete cov- erage of all happenings in your County City, as well as the latest news from all corners of the world, supplied by Canadian Press leased teletype service. An interesting Sport page featuring Down the Sport Trail. The Tribune Eslablished i863 The R. Morwood Co. HARDWARE LOWE BROS. PAINTS CHINA CROCKERY Agents for Beatty Washers 31 West Main Street Phone 64 Wellrmd, Ontario Camplinzefztf of . SU RAYS BREAD CO. WELLAND, ONTARIO THE PELHAM PNYX STUDENTS WITH HIGH SCHOOL STANDING ARE HEARTILY INVITED TO ATTEND I The Robinson Business College WELLAND f ONTARIO COURSES: JUNIOR ACCOUNTANCY SECRETARIAL STENOGRAPI-IIC ADVANCED SECRETARIAL COMPLETE OFFICE TRAINING Telephone 445 or ggxwl W. A. ROBINSON Prizzripuf Directory of Advertisers Baley's Cleaners, Welland , , 64 Bissonnette, Joy and Co., Clothiers, St. Catharines.. . . , . ., . . ., 82 Bixby-Beattie, Stationery, St. Cathar- ines. . , . . , 80 Blackwell's Beauty Parlour, Welland . 91 Broughton's, St. Catharines 82 Brovn's jewellry, Welland , . . .. 92 Bruce Leather Goods, Welland 92 Buschlen, W. R., D.S.C., St. Catharines 82 Carl's Boot Shop, St. Catharines . 80 Carrie Mae Tea Room, Welland 9l Caven, Bob, Fonthill 82 Collins' Drug Store, Welland 90 Coughlan, R., Music Teacher, Fenwick 70 Craise, Arthur A., insurance, St. Cath- arines , 82 Damude, A. B., insurance, Fonthill 76 Darker, Geo. B.. Clothier, St. Cathar- ines. . ., , . . , .80 Davis Stationery Co., Welland , 90 Dick's Valet Service, Welland , 90 Drake and Barron, Funeral Directors, Fonthill ,.,,.. .. , , , 78 Ector's Drug Store. Welland. 91 Erie Coach Lines , 64 Evelyn Beauty Shoppe, Welland 90 Fashion Cloak and Fur Co., St. Cath- arines ,, . . 89 Fenwick Bakery. O. Hannigan, Fenwick 70 Fonger, Dr. l. E., Dentist, Fenwick 70 Fonthill Garage, A. R. Minor. Fonthill 78 Frame's Pharmacy, Well'and 89 Gay Bros., Bakery, Niagara Falls 89 General Films Limited, Toronto 86 Giles, A. L., Electrical Contractor, Fon t- hill , . . , 78 l Green Lantern, Fenwick Haist, Asa E., General Store, Fen wick 2 Haist, N. P., Drug Stores, Welland . 88 Haist's Feed Store. Fenwick , 70 Hamptons East End Store, Fenwick 70 Heinrich's Garage, Fenwick 62 Hendry, George M., and Co., School Supplies, Toronto . 84 Hilder's Furniture Store, Welland , . 9l Hoffman, J., Coal Dealer, Fenwick , 66 Howell, B. E., Grocery, Fonthill . 78 imperial Bank of Canada, Fonthill 76 Insurance, General, H. F. Ostrosser, Fenwick ., , . , 68 julian Nurseries, Fenwick.. .. , . 66 Kapplens Meat Market, Groceteria, Fenwick. , , .. ,. . .. 4 Lahey, G. R., Men's Store, Welland , 9l Lampman and Son, Funeral Service 68 Leon, A., Department Store, Welland. 88 Lindsay Lumber Co., Ridgeville , .74 Lorraine Floral Gardens, Fenwick , 62 Luellan Beauty Shoppe, Fenwick.. . . 72 W L Lyndon Scientific Co., Toronto . ,,.... .... . 84 Many, A., Welland .,. .. . H90 Maple Grove Dairy, Ridgeville ..,,,74 McCaw, D. 8: Son, Welland . .90 McClellan's General Store, Ridgeville.. .74 McCombs Ez Son, Nursery, Fonthill .. M70 McMaster Universi:y, Hamilton, . ,. .. 6 Midhurst, Dairy, Ridgeville .. , .72 Mitchell's Ladies' Wear, Welland . . . .90 Model Cloak and Suit Co., St. Cath?'6 mes , ., . .. ., Morwood Hardware Co., Welland.. . 93 National Fertilizers, M. A. Mansfield, Salesman, Fenwick .. . 62 Neilsozfs, Toronto Outside Back Cover Niagara Glen Products, Ridgeville, Ont. inside Back Cover Page's Confectionery, Fonthill , 78 Pattison, Dr. L, R., Dentist, Welland 91 Pelham Horticultural Society . . 72 Phillips, Dr. K. M., Dentist, Welland 88 Professional Directory, Nledicine 64 Queen's University, Kingston . . 2 Red and White Store. A. Benallick. Fen- wick , . , 6 Reid Bros., Grocery, Welland ..,. 92 Reilly 8: Reilly, Shoe Store, Welland 92 Robbins Flour and Feed, Fenwick 62 Robins Shoe Store, Welland . .92 Robinson Business College, Welland 94 Rogers, Dr. R. F., Dentist, Welland 92 Rosberg's Department Stores, Welland, Niagara Falls . . 86 Ross Co. Department Store, Welland 88 Royal Bank, Fenwick 68 Ryerson Press, Toronto ,..., ., , , .86 Shepherd. L., R.O., Optometrist, Wel- land , . .88 Sinclair, Dr. G. A., Welland 90 Snaith's Stationery, Welland 88 Stallwood's Garage, Fonthill 72 Sun Life, Jas. R. Thompson, St. Cath- arines 50 Sun Rays Bread C., Welland .. . 93 Sunset Gladiolus Garden, Fenwick ., . 70 Tait's Optometrist, St. Catharines . . 80 Tennant, S. W., Tobacconist, Welland 92 Theal's Drug Store, Welland , .... 92 Turner's Corners. Lunches, etc. 72 Underwood, Elliot Fisher, Ltd., Toronto 86 University of Western Ontario, London 4 Victor Fashion Shoppe, St. Catharines 89 Warren-Knit, St. Catharines, .... ...,,. 8 0 Watson, Jack, Sporting Goods, Toronto 84 Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tri- bune , . .. ..,., .. . , . 93 West Disinfectant Co., Toronto .... ,. , 80 Willey Studios, Welland and Fonthill 72 Zwierschke, Charlie, Decorator, Font- hill . . , .. .62 L 1 w wfXLw . fy ,4Y U QM I ' A 'gh cy Qvgx -1-1-vi' 'Q 1, K 7 -Qiqxvlxbx . 1 li, , , 1 5' ,,,--,aria A..m53,xY .Q SX X li-144174, I . Z 3 W 491 , IV 7 ' .PS MW M M' M Q WW 1 qw itx l of Mlm QW N' '40 Q of x KX ,W Jw do mul? 1 1 1 Q.,-iff 555' Wd! 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' 'V ' V PUBLISHED ANNUALLY BY THE STUDENTS OF TI-LE PELHAM CONTINIQATIOX SCHOOL FENWICK, ONTARIO VVELLAND PRINTING COBIP.-1L'Y THE PELHAM PNYX I . . lVlclVlaster University l HAMILTON, ONTARIO 3 Courses in l Arts Sciences and 1 Theology Q lending to MATRICULATION I B.A. SCHOLARSHIPS l B.Sc. of value I M.A. from B.D. 5610. to 5660. I Degrees each For Cnfezzfzlm' and Illf0l'll1z7ff0lI The Registrar, McMaster University, Hamilton. THE RED 8z WHITE STORE ARCHIE BENALLICK General Merchant GROCERIES FRESH AND SMOKED IVIEATS HARDWARE - CHINA - DRY GOODS -- WALLPAPER SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINTS BOOST FENWICK-SHOP AT HOME PHONE RIDGEVILLE 6 R 3 FENWICK . L .. 4. at I EDITORIAL STAFF-PELI-IAM PNYX Seated Cleft to rightl-Edgar Ker, Margaret Tuck, Gordon Beamer, Jean Holder. Standing-Eva Secord, Donald Metler, Joy Cuinn, Doris Daboll, Gwen Mitchell, Margaret Strawn, June Whan, Glenna Julian, Marion Mitchell, Kenneth THE PNYX STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF-Gordon Beamer Hampton. Assistant Editor ..,........................,............. Margaret Tuck Girl's Athletics ........... ..... .,.............. ,.... E v a Secord Boy's Athletics .... .,...,. P aul Tokar Alumni ........... .... ..,,...... M a tion Mitchell Literary Editor .... ...l.,......,....... D oris Daboll Humour ........ ............ J oy Guinn, Paul Bender Art .........., . . . Helen Walton, Kenneth Hampton Exchange . . . ...l............. Marion Johnson Secretary ...... .................................. A nne Todd Social Editor ....... ...,...................... . .. June Whan BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager ..........,................................, Edgar Ker Assistant Business Manager .......,.......................... Jean Holder Committee ............., Donald Metler, Marion Mitchell, Margaret Strawn MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARD Joseph M. Leppert, Chairman VVilliam Julian, Secretary-Treasurer William E. Boyes MEMBERS OF THE STAFF 1. Edward L. Crossley, B.A.-QEnglish and HistoryD, Queen's University, High School Principal, Specialist: Physical Culture, Agricultural Science, Farm Mechanics, Cadet Instructor. 1. Marion W. Blake, B.A.-Queen's University, High School Assistant, Spec- ialist: Commercial. 3. E. Magdalene De La Mater-UniversityofToronto, High School Assistant, Specialist: Physical Culture. 4. R. Bruce Laing, M.A.-Mathematics and Physicsl, University of Toronto, Specialist: Physical Culture, Manual Training, Cadet Instructor. 5. Christina B. McNulty, B.A.-High School Assistant, Toronto University, Special Certificates: Oral French, Elementary Physical Culture, Elementary Art. 6. William F. Tufford, L.T.C.L.-Specialist: Vocal and Instrumental Music. Q ofhfgf p I 552-5 . 4. 4 . , 1 9' gynk . QQ H-2 ' ' ' Y . 3 if 5, X H V, gui ,, Xqyfq, 5 3,3 1. gb 'a M -' X-fx X , ge , N' , . ,tf X Q h s :X gli . Aw g,.. THE PELHAM PNYX 9 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL IF ALL human wants could be sat- islied without any effort, there might be fewer problems to-day of production or of distribution. But while she has provided abundant opportunities for producing the means of satisfying human wants, Nature has de- creed that man must work. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, or to give Virgil's interpretation of the same law, The sire of all, great Jove himself, de- creed No work save those that task us shall succeed. And since it is by work that the wants of man are satisfied, it is of vital interest that this work shall be so directed as to yield the best possible return in human sat- isfaction. While it is desirable that the energy required for the satisfaction of human wants be used most economically, not that men may work less strenuously, it is of the utmost importance that they EDWARD L, CROSSLEY, Principal may learn to live more abundantly. Courage is a quality that greatly adds to the effectiveness of a man in any line of work. Ability to co-operate with others is essential to good relations with all others throughout life. Knowledge is essential to good iudgment. It is only the active-minded man who continually looks for new information and who will keep informed in all the branches of knowledge which form the basis of whatever task he is called upon to do in life. I hope that during school life, our graduates have attained that thirst for information, some ability to co-operate with others in all worthwhile enter- prises, and courage, which is defined by Webster as That quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness or without fear or fainting of heart. True courage presupposes a correct estimate of one's own ability, knowledge of the task to be performed, good judgment in under- taking or refusing to undertake the work, and resoluteness in carrying it out if undertaken. Courage will increase your usefulness in these difficult days in which we are now living. Canada is a North American nation with a jealously maintained European connection. She has therefore, many problems in common with the United , States, and certain others due to her membership in the British Empire. That is to say, she has afiiiliations with the world at large which differen- tiates her from other North American peoples . . . I like to think of her with her English and French peoples, as in a special degree the guardian of the great Mediterranean tradition which descends from Greece and Rome, and which she has to mould to the uses of a new world. -Lord Tweedsmuir. I0 THE PELHAM PNYX A MESSAGE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD AS we continue to carry on the work of this school, how happy we should be to know that we have facilities here by which the vouth of this district may so develop their intelligence as to become publicly useful and privately happy citi- zens of this fair landg for this is really the true aim of all education. lt mav be there are critical times ahead and we may see but dimly any ray of hope for a greater school here in Pelhamg but with a vision of our possibilities commensurate with circumstances, let us all do our bit to give X this school the high place it should have l in this community. So Students and Par- ents and Teachers, let us be optimistic for the future of this school and also for the future of all mankind. We live in a progressive ageg each year J. M. LEPPERT brings us nearer to a realization of the high ideals for which we all should aim, that ofa wider liberty, more just law, more practical science, and a more tolerant religiong for in these we have evi- dence of an advancing civilization. And while we have those in every age who cry, The Golden Age is Past, and that the world is growing worse, we cannot believe itg for when we look at nature, particularly at this season, there is manifest within it the element of hope, not despair, and history con- firms the verdict of natureg for by it we see in every realm of civilization the progress of humanity. Thus with the high ideals and efliciency of our pres- ent staff leading the way, may we look forward to a bright future for the pro- gress of this school. We anticipated in your last issue of the Pelham Pnyx the visit of their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and now we have realized their coming and do appreciate more than ever how great a force a crown can mean to co-ordinate and unify an already loyal and devoted people and our hearts were thrilled with the worthiness of that admiration and loyalty. We will again look forward with interest for the 1940 edition of the Pelham Pnyx and may its pages be worthy of the splendid students of P. C. S. for thus will its success be assured. JOSEPH M. LEPPERT, Chairman. ilu iliilemuriam ln Loving Memory of the late JOSEPH RIDD ELLIOT Born September 4, 1922 Died April I9, l940 He is not cleadethe child of our affection- But gone unto that school Where he no longer needs our poor protection And Christ himself doth rule. Day after day we think what he is doing In those bright realms of airg Year after year, his tender steps pursuing, Behold him grown more fair. F '-.1 1 1, L ll-' ,l5f'WW nv w-sol,-A L . vt ,.. 1 . .U 3 , -.J , 1 w , 1. rf . . fi .- ' fav, . '41 Q' w 2 J 1? Wi +.kJ I ' H. O 0 Inv. -I. 9 -K i . '. - 1 q' kr gy.-I v- L, . I i.,.n-, r T- 1- .lu .-' f Z -W nl , M AY, ' P ,ffm F L n S422 4' 7' I? F s if 'S lv- 5.7-. P15 r.-- E i '- X ,J 49' Q . 9 u 5 V, nu- -55111- ie? 5 NP? im - if , h X n ew ga-A Hu. ,S A . li :S -kv is-:Tv r - -I 1 -. , M A DESPERATE SITUATION Tl-IE SITUATION was desperate, to put it mildly. The business manager with his competent assistants had amassed a quantity of ads sufhcient to war- rant the publication of the eighth annual PELHAM PNYX. Hundreds of ads compiled with difiiculty, just waiting to be printed! And to what end? A few musty jokes, a stray pun, and an enigmatic paragraph were all the material that the editor had received. The editor hinted for, essayed for and finally demanded material. Better I should publish an almanacf' fumed the editor who could be seen tearing his hair. But all was not yet lost. Through the medium of auditorium assemblies, teachers and finally the radio, school-wide appeals were made for magazine material. Indolent English classes were exhorted. Teachers threatened to use extreme measures. Not even the lowly pun deemed it worth while to wend its way to the office. An ultimatum was reached, a special assembly called, the result . . . either . . . or else. Upper School determined to turn out some masterpieces. A barrel churn was set up in 3rd formg similes, metaphors, oxymorons, metonymys, hyper- boles, cute and quaint sayings, anything and everything was dumped in, The other forms followed upper school's lead and for one whole week short stories, essays, jokes and even the ubiquitous pun were churned up until it appeared that Ye Olde Pelham Pnyx would most assuredly be bigger and better than ever. What part is P. C. S. playing in this war? As soon as Canada declared war on Germany the boys of P. C. S. began to agitate for a Cadet Corps. After the authorities had granted permission to organize the corps almost every boy in the school voluntarily enrolled without hesitation. The students and the teachers have given generously to swell P. C. S.'s contribution to the Red Cross and the Salvation Army. This article could not be com lete without worthy mention of those graduates of P. C. S. who have enlisted in our armed forces. The students of this school are solidly behind the men who are carrying Can- ada's war effort to the Western Front, and this patriotic spirit helps rank the Niagara Peninsula among the most loyal districts of the Dominion. I 2 THE PELHAM PNYX IN MEMORIAM BY BTARGARET Tuck THE HAND that has penned many of the finer contributions to Canadian Literature was stilled on March 1oth, 1940, when Agnes Ethelwvn Wetherald, renowned authoress and poetess, passed a- '4 wav at her home in Fenwick, in A her Sgrd year. Miss Wetherald was born at Rockwood, Ontario, on April 16, 1857, one of a family of eleven children, of Irish and English parentage. Mr. Wetherald was the founder of Rockwood Acad- emv. The familv moved to Fen- wick after Mr. XYetherald resign- ed his position as superintendent of Havergal College. Philadel- phia, to become an ordained min- ister of the Society of Friends. Their home came to be known as A'The Tall Evergreens, ' because of the spruces and hrs around it. lt was under her fathers tutelage that Miss Wetherald received much of her earlv education. Later she attended the Friends' Board- ing School at Union Springs, N.Y. and Pickering College, Ontario. ETHELWYN WETHERALD -Courtesy M'cCleIIanc1 and Stewart During her school davs she excelled in English but she has confessed that she was a hopeless problem in Mathematics and spoke French with a marked British accent. Ethelxvvn Wetherald began to write verse in her early teens and at the age of seventeen received her first cheque to the open astonishment of her schoolmates who thought it absurd that anyone should receive money for writing a string of verses. She has written for a number of magazines and other publications during her long career. Readers of the old Globe will re- member her articles, written under the nom de plume of Bel Thistlethwaite. These contributions in 1387-SS led to her appointment in 1889 as womar1's ed- itor of that paper. In 1S9O,tIOl'l1'1 Cameron resigned his position as editor of the Globe and became the editor of the magazine Wives and Daughters, which was published in London, Ontario. Miss XVetherald became his assist- and and it was during these years in London that she started writing lyrics and sonnets. In 1895 she finished her first book of poetry, The House of the Trees and other poems. Since then she has written, Tangled in the Stars, The Radiant Road, and The Last Robin, Lyrics and Sonnets. Earl Grey, Governor General of Canada at the time, found the poems in this latter col- lection so appealing that he ordered twenty-five more copies for friends. In I9II, Canada's silver-tongued orator, Sir Wilfred Laurier, quoted a poem from this book entitled Orders in the House of Commons. Miss Wetherald also has the distinction of being the first Canadian writer to have a poem appear in a Canadian school reader. It was her beautiful descriptive poem Red-Winged THE PELHAM PNYX I 3 Blackbird, that Won her this honour. Tree Top Morning, which appear- ed in 1911 was wholly comprised of verses for young people to whom she was very devoted. Her letters to the Patty Perkins column in our local paper, the Welland Tribune, under the pen-name of Octo, will be treasured by its members. Among her acquaintances were numbered such outstanding literary Hgures as Wilfred Campbell, Marjorie Pickthall, Frances Bellamy. During the last fifteen years of her life, Miss Wetherald seldom left home, but she retained her keen interest in Literature and she was a gracious hostess to the hundreds of people who visited her. In 1931 a volume of three hundred and fifty poems which lNfIiss Wetherald wished to be preserved together with her interesting reminiscences was arranged byjohn Garvin. A copy of this book was presented to our school by Miss Wetherald in February, 1933, and is treasured by staff and students. In closing I should like to quote what I consider to be one of the most beautiful poems of this collection. AT WAKING When I shall go to sleep and wake again At dawning in another world than this, What will atone to me for all l miss? The light melodious footsteps of the rain, The press of leaves against my window-pane, The sunset wistfulness and morning bliss, The moon's enchantment, and the twilight kiss Of winds that wander with me through the lane. Will not my soul remember evermore The earthly winter's hunger for the spring, The wet sweet cheek of April and the rush Of roses through the summer's open door, The feelings that the scented woodlands bring At evening with the singing of the thrush? lf UL, JB Xfx wt -6 55 'gf fi ' 'g pf ' I4 THE PELHAM PNYX ... STORIES AND ESSAYS M. A MOTHER'S SACRIHCE by Myrtle Walker, GRADE XII AT THE striking of six o'clock, Ma Perry's feet came in contact with the coldness of the bedroom floor, she had a lot to do this morning. To-day Janie was marrying the young doctor from the other side of town. Though filled with many misgivings as to the outcome of her daughters marriage, she as- sumed an air of quiet assurance. At least outwardly, nobody knew that her heart was heavy within her, for though her girl had gone to high school, she was not of Dr. Jim's class. Now, ain't that fine! she had said on the night that Janie, coming in late from the dance, her eyes shining with a strange mixture of love and tears had told her. Jim has asked me to marry him, ma, but her heart was heavy within her. Making her way to the window she stole a few minutes, looking down on the squalid street-strewn with paper and bottles dragged from open ash cans in the night by prowling hungry dogs, to prepare herself for the day. She sighedgthe night had been so long, without a wink of sleep. From the house across the way, she saw a man come out, lunch pail under arm, and hurry up the street. He had to leave early with five hungry mouths waiting -and then the baby only a few weeks old, but already sick and ailing. If only he could have a draught-proof house and decent food, she thought. Then tumbling from the house next door she saw three tiny thin dirty boys begin to sprawl in the thick dust in front of their door. They were such noisy children and always up at the crack of dawn. By noon they should be as dirty as usual, their high voices, mingled with the whine of factory whistles and the ragman's cry, grating on the nerves. How she disliked this place-the children ill-clad, thin and listless, the adults gaunt, weary, and irritable. The low tumbling down houses seemed to be pushed out of shape by the tall frowning brown-faced, bleak-eyed tenements on either side. From window, to window strung across the narrow alley-ways, hanging from fences and widow sills were dirty torn undergarments, dresses-the clothes of these families. Hastily she donned her clothes. She had wasted too much time already. Thank goodness, the day would be too full of work and excitement to be able to give her worries more than a passing thought now and then. Coming down the stairs, she shivered. They couldn't afford to keep a fire in the house all night, and when the wind blew down the openings between the houses, it sent its icy breath up and through the cracks in the walls and floors of the ugly old house. At half past ten Ma Perry watched Janie, and while helping her bathe for the first titre in many years, she thought how far apart from her daughter she had been. As she dusted the slim body with faint-smelling powder and clothed her in the line garments, she realized that probably this would be her last chance to be intimate with Janie. She knew that after to-day Janie and she would be living in different worlds and with a sudden pang she resolved to keep as much out of Janie's life as possible. It would be better so. The wedding was at two in the afternoon in a fairly fashionable church, but to Ma Perry it was the finest place of worship into which she had ever passed. The sun fell softly on the wooden pews and faded carpets, it gleamed on the white lillies around the altar and organ. Gently, tenderly, the organist began to play the wedding march. Janie came up the aisle, looking neither right nor left, but straight ahead. She looked enchantingly lovely standing there beside Dr. Jim. Her hair curled demurely around the edges of her bridal veil, her skirt flowed to the ground in graceful lines, the white rose on her bosom rose and fell with the gentleness of her breathing. THE PELHAM PNYX I5 After the wedding, Janie was taken in a new car to Dr. Jim's house, sit- uated in a fashionable part of town-she had said good-bye forever to the be- draggled street on which she had been reared. Jim and she were not going on their honeymoon yet-maybe in a couple of months. Jim had a funny new experiment and he just had to stay and see it through. Two months later Janie was lying on the warm sands of Carry Beach. Jim had brought her here for their 'honeymoon and had rented a ring? cottage overlooking the quiet little lake. I-low different all this was from her former life. She had not seen her mother since she was married, hadn't bothered to find out if she were well or in need. As she lay there she thought of her life before her marriage. I-ler father had died when she was tiny. All she remembered of him was his deep gentle voice, his tenderness towards her mother. his doggedness to find work after a war which had left him all but useless, till finally in a long cold spell he was stricken with pneumonia. Janie remembered but slightly the tiny funeral procession consisting of three cars. All she remembered clear- ly was her mother's tears and her own lonely frightened heart. Things went from bad to worse after that, her mother moved to the tiny house on the other side of the tracks. Truly she had found vvork, but it was scrubbing floors in downtown offices and they didn't pay much in those days. Janie recalled how her mother had scraped to send her not only to public school but to high school afterwards. She certainly was a lucky girl, for no other child in the neighbour- hood had had that opportunity. Then she had ITICI Jim. It happened one night while she was at a tiny supper house in a better part of the cityetwo blocks from the hospital. She had a job there as hostess. She didn't enioy it nor did it pay her well, but it was something. All that evening they had danced and talked because he was lonely, she eager to listen. Here was some- body from that other world, her world, her parent's world. l-le told her of his work, his studies and how he enjoyed her company. At that she blushed, confused in the sudden overwhelming joy and reawakened interest in life. Would she meet him again the next Friday at the same place? Yes, she would be there. Four months passed, then came the night when she met him on the street and he had proposed going to her place and meeting her mother instead of eating at the club. She was terrified to think what he would say when he saw where she lived, but he insisted they go. He did not seem to notice the narrow filthy streets and ugly houses. He entertained them royally with his cheerful banter mingled with common sense and educated talk. Janie knew Ma Perry took to the young man and he to her mother. She was glad for them and a shy hope sprang in her heart for herself. Maybe-Then it all came at once. They were walking through the park along the side of the river. I'm leaving for Montreal to-morrow, Janie, only for a few weeks. At her sudden start and paleness it suddenly came to him that she was going to miss him more than he had realized. I shall miss you, she stumbled over the words, How long, really? Oh, about seven weeks, it's a new course . .Janie, . . I . . Look, Janie, if we were married . . I mean . . well, we wouldn't have to be sep- arated. Thus it was settled, but Ma Perry persuaded them to wait, to see if he were successful. That's what I did, Janie. I got married before your father was on his feet. Then the war came and you. I-Ie never could get a hold on life after. They waited for over ten months. One thing, they were sure of each other. Only Ma Perry had misgivings and these she locked in her heart. Now they were married and she was lying here in this glorious sunshine revelling in her new life. I6 THE PELHAM PNYX That night when Jim came home she asked him if, when they got back home, they couldn't go and see her mother right away. What's the matter? Tired of me? he asked. Jim had never spoken to her like this before. This was a new side of him. Timidly she pointed out that they hadn't even written to her mother- she'd like us to, you know. Well, write then. Good heavens! I bring you out of that mess and be- fore I know it you want to go back. I should have known it. They told me. Who told you what, Jim? All of them, the people I've known for years, they said it would be this. I couldn't see it, but they knew you'd love to go back. It's in your blood. You're a little slum orphan and you always will be. Jim, that's not true. My mother and father were both from good fam- ilies. It . . it was, well, hard times, and . . She went no further, Jim had slammed out of the house, leaving her tremb- ling, afraid and bewildered. Late that night she heard him come in and go to his roorn. He did not come in as usual to say good-night. She was hurt and a little angry. Next morning things were no better. Jim didn't speak all through breakfast and she was too afraid to say anything herself. That afternoon a new Jim came to her. We're going home, Janie, he said softly, A'we're going back to the city. Janie's spirits soared and suddenly the sun was shining. Immediately she forgave, though she could not forget, all of Jim's nasty reproaches. i They drove all afternoon, Jim silent, Janie excited and breathless. To- wards evening they stopped at an inn to have supper, at midnight they reach- ed the city. Things ran smoothly then for a week. On Monday Jane walked to her mother's, they embraced, both silent, overcome. Janie was only beginning to realize what het mother really meant to her. She told Jim about her visit at bedtime. She was in bed and Jim was just cleaning his shoes for the following day. I-Ie dropped the brush and shoes in a heap and coming over to the bed, he looked down at his wife, Listen, I told you I didn't want you going there. You know it. Now look here, you're not to go again. Understand? ButJim . . You're not going back and that's that. You're my wife and you're doing as I say. If I catch you again, I . . I . . I've told you. Was this then to be the end of her beautiful new friendship with her mother? She thought of the intimacy between herself and her mother that day. She wrote a note next morning and gave it to a little boy standing on the side- walk. That afternoon she took' a street car and met her mother in the park -here Jim had asked her to marry him. Without any preliminaries whatso- ever, she told her mother about the quarrels- I told you most of it in the note. What shall I do? ' In the next few moments, Ma Perry made the greatest sacrifice of her life. You just do as Dr. Jim wants. It won't be so bad after a while. You'll be having arties and new friends. I've got my work and at night I'm most always ready for bed right after supper. Anyway we'll see each other some- times in the stores. I'll be going now. As she stood up something fell to the ground, a book. Janie did not notice it till her mother was lost to view, She did not notice that her mother slipped quietly back behind a newsstand. All she saw was an open page on which a sentence was written which burned itself on her heart and made her promise to Jim easy to keep, and hard to break. I It was a page of a diary. She didn't know her mother kept one. She THE PELHAM PNYX I7 didn't know her mother had purposely dropped it. She thought it was an accident. Dazed, she read the words again. Now Janie is married a great load has gone. To think I shall have no more expenses, no more tales of woe to listen to. The house will be always quiet, that means rest for me! Poor Janie didn't realize why I gave her a good education. Now she is gone, I shall be free again . . . to do as I like, no ob- ligations, no cares. Gradually her sorrow gave place to anger. So this was her mother. Stormily she went home and toldJim she would do as he said. He did not hear the bitterness in her words, he only knew she was not like those other slum people at all. She was going to be a lady. Wearily that night Ma Perry walked to Marlborough Street. There was where Janie lived. There was Jim's name in gold and black letters over the doorway. It was just dusk, the street lights were not yet on. The trees were pale green in the soft light, the flowers in Janie's garden gave offa sweet tan- talizing perfume. Oh, to live here again, not just look. Now she would no longer see Janie. Had she done the right thing in writing the diary? She knew Janie would never forgive her. i A gentle rain began to fall. Ma Perry heeded it not. She looked around at the stylish houses with their stained glass windows, their ornamental roofs, their trim lawns, flowering bushes and bright lights within. She longed to ride in such a car as was standing by the curb. She glimpsed a table set with fine silver, dainty dishes and rare foods. Her feet trod the smooth sidewalk with a heavy step, she thought of the mud and cracks associated with the walk in front of her door. Here the houses were set well back, far apart. Here the cool night breeze would make the evening enjoyable, not stifling with heat and flies. She kept on walking unaware of the thickening traffic and busy corners. She was alone in all the seething crowd. She was tired. Not con- scious of what she was doing, she stepped from the curb into the path of a long shining car. Too late she saw its approach. The next moment she lay, a crumpled heap, in the middle of the road. She was taken to the morgue where they found no identification. Ma Perry was only one other of those people. Suicide, one said. Another grave for the pauper cemetery- flourishing well these days, Wonder where she came from, she looks dif- ferent from some that you see. What's it matter to you? You didn't know her. I guess nobody else will either. No use advertising her. Just bury her. That costs enough as it is. Sometimes Janie wished for a glimpse of her mother. She looked furtively around any store which she entered, but she never saw her mother. It was just as well perhaps, although the anger had somewhat gone. The only emo- tion she felt now towards her mother was indifference. Perhaps it was best so. She and Jim were happy now. There were no quarrels and she had a lovely home, always heated, always bright and cosy. There were no more cold walks in the early morn, no longer would she eat bread and jam and por- ridge and potatoes day after day. Now she had a cook who could make wonderful, different dishes. Life was so good to her! I do feel a little sorry for Ma, living in that hole, but she seems to like it all right. Maybe some day soon she will be out of it. I wonder . . An ex-Naval gunner's mate tlozed off in front of the kitchen stove and let his evening paper fall against the red-hot bars. Fire! exclaimed his startled wife, running into the room-as the paper blazed up. Waking up with a start, the gunner rammed the cat into the oven, slam- med the door, and roared, Ready, sir. l8 THE PELHAM PNYX ONE GLORIOUS HOUR By June Whan, GRADE XIII THE sUN shone forth clear and bright upon the little white cottage nest- led among the maple trees at the turn to Lynechdoche. In the kitchen Miss Susan Smiley hummed gaily as she prepared to place in the oven a second batch of ginger cookies. And why should Miss Susan not be gay? Was she not chosen Queen of the Kitchen at the local county fair the day before, and had she not received word that very day that her two-day-old niece was to be her namesake? And so this worthy lady did not object even when Dob- son, her pedigreed Persian cat, snuggled down in the best armchair. But now manly footsteps were heard approaching as down the walk came none other than Samuel O. Lawrence, the town's most eminent lawyer and bachelor-probably coming to return the umbrella he had borrowed four years before. Miss Smiley hastily wiped her sticky hands on her apron and admitted to her spacious living-room the said Mr. Lawrence, who immediately settled himself on the horsehair sofa. The lady of the house was by this time thor- oughly curious about the purpose of his errand which, indeed was a twofold one, first, to reveal to Miss Susan the fact that she was to receive from her father's estate a considerable sum of money and then to suggest that she, soon to be wealthy as well as a good cook, should abandon her lonely life and become Mrs. Samuel O. Lawrence. Lest Miss Susan's decision should be in- fluenced by her newly-acquired wealth, the lawyer thought best to reverse the order and make the proposal first. After passing several irrelevant remarks concerning the weather, Samuel cleared his throat vigorously and began his proposal. Now Miss Susan had never in her whole life received a marriage offer and at her age, Cshe was fifty-one in she did not expect one. To be sure, Mr. Lawrence had on one or two occasions accompanied her home from a Box-social but for protection only. The sudden proposal of marriage, then, was almost overwhelming and all she could do was to blush furiously behind her hand and stanimer something about a week cr so to decide. Elated by at least partial success, the lawyer plunged into the second news item. Miss Smiley . . l mean, Susan, . . it is my very pleasant duty as jun- ior partner in the firm of Lawrence and Lawrence to announce that you have been left a small fortune from the estate of your father. Miss Susan was fairly overcome, she gasped, clutched wildly at the near- est chair, and finally sank breathless into a nearby rocker. It was too much! And then the wonder of it all struck her. It was a glorious hour for her, S0 glorious indeed, that she invited Samuel to stay for tea which he graciously consented to do. Of course there were several minor items to be settled-there always are -but in just a few months the spinster was to come into her own. In order that there should be no doubt whatever about the matter, the lawyer drew from his vest pocket several important looking documents and proceeded to read aloud to Susan. . . . from the estate of Elkanah R. Smiley to his eldest daughter . . But Miss Susan heard no more. It was her elder sister, then, who was to receive the money-her sister who had left home at the age of nineteen and had lived in poverty ever since-and Susan was glad, so glad. The lawyer, however, on learning of his error, decided rather suddenly that he had a pressing business engagement and departed in great haste, ex- THE PELHAM PNYX I9 plaining that the whole affair, including the proposal, was just an unavoid- able mistake. In the living-room Miss Susan sat down for a moment to catch her breath and as she did so, her eyes fell on the page of a book she had been reading. Far down the page, near the bottom, she noticed the words: One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name. She thought for some minutes. Finally Miss Susan smiled strangely, bent down and patted Dobson gently, and then went slowly back to the kitchen to finish her ginger cookies. She had had her glorious hour and its memory would never leave her. s 4 UPPER sci-loot ' PN - An. a lk Seated Cleft to rightj-Joy Guinn, Elsie van Berkum, Julia Dilts, Margaret Tuck, June Wham, Gwendolyn Mitchell, Marion Mitchell, Victoria Ned. Standing-Eva Secord, Donald Metler, Edgar Ker, William Colcock, John Wiley, Gordon Beamer, Margaret Strawn. Absent-Paul Tokar, Paul Bender, Marion johnson. 20 THE PELHAM PNYX P. C. S. GOES TO PARLIAMENT I! By Glenna Julian, GRADE X111 I TURNED on the alarm, turned out the light and hit the proverbial hay. And then, before I was properly asleep, or so it seemed, I was getting up, rac- ing for clothes, looking at the clock, and searching with one sleepy, explor- atory toe beneath the bed for one elusive pair of number eights. Then I was eating breakfast, swallowing a weak cup of toast and munching a hard piece of coHee-No! No! That's wrong! Oh well, what's the difference? I was in a terrific hurry, and after a mad scramble I reached the school just as two sleek yellow buses pulled up, the pride and joy of a well known local bus company. And now, you're going to say, what is the meaning of all this bedlam, this sudden burst of early rising and hasty breakfasting? What are these stream- lined yellow monsters doing in front of our quiet old P. C. S. at 8:30 in the morning? Well, the truth of the matter is that we were going to Toronto, two busloads of us. In the school gym everyone was strutting about in his best suit or pulling her hat down a little more over one eye. The girls were surveying their make- up i11 small handbag mirrors and the boys had that scrubbed, pink and white look behind the ears which you notice only on occasions of state, such as their first date. Then We were all scrambling aboard, rushing to find a seat, and after a few shouts of Hey, scram! I vvant to sit there, we, in the first bus, were off, with Mr. Crossley, our principal, placed neatly up in front beside the bus driver. Right behind us was the second bus under the able supervision of our Miss De la Mater. Someone said in my ear, Take a look at the bus driver, which I did, and then I took another one. He didn't exactly look like Tyrone Power, nor quite like Errol Flynn,4no, but I was impressed. Then the girl in the red hat and freckles across the aisle said: 'AI think 'South of the Border' is just too . . too . . well, just too! So we all sang 'South of the Border' and 'Scatterbrain' and 'The Little Red Fox' and the school song, and had a very melodious trip as far as Stoney Creek where a halt was called for limbering up. just as we were about to go on the boy in the plaid scarf who had missed the bus drove up, and we took him aboard and away we went. The girl next to me made the startling statement that the driver's name Was jim, so we sang a serenade to jim and then, 'Lo and Beholdl' Across the backs of the seats in front of us we found some elastic bands. What their original use was I don't know, but we quickly removed them and using the wrappings of chocolate bars as ammunition we sent such a volley of shots up to the front of that bus as would make even Hitler die of envy. This, you may imagine, occupied most of our time until we got to Toronto and stopped for a lunch which we had carried with us. While we were eating this at Moore's Restaurant I look- ed around to see what dignitaries were honouring us with their presence, and right away I spied our editor, deeply engrossed in a little blonde number. Across the room I saw the president of our Literary Society, and our athletic presidents. Yes, it was a noteworthy aggregation. Having satisfied our appetites, temporarily at least, we all piled into the buses again and drove down to the main store of the T. Eaton Co., where we spent half an hour going through the toy department and riding the escalators. At 11:15, after collecting a few lost souls who had wandered too far afield, we drove on to the City Dairy and gave them all a pleasant surprise. We were taken through the ice cream plant and shown all the intricacies of that process although the workers were having lunch at the moment. Then we THE PELHAM PNYX ZI - 17 E i 'Q-- -1 a as ti as QIlf'f lII .lEQ 1 5 E 57 alrvlli , -if --.. f l, - 7' e- 'i- ' is ff --t -HF gg '- Z - Ill 2fE? ?t 'Zt HHH? lll i -,,.. A ' y ?ETi,iL.,lf , Zi f I i s. . - e 25 I I I ff ' f 4 2 Ml , te iff 5 Z 5' -:.jiTTTT' I CTW il fgwiffff F A T - ie ,ff u i ' Q NJ, H - ,V y i, dx? TQ4f . l 1.5 5 -- mw: it .,. ,T. x PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, TORONTO Watched them turn a can of milk, straight from ye old farm, into that bever- age which you find on your doorstep each morning. But time was fleeting and we hurried on our Way, this time to the Star Building. l'm sure we Walk- ed up and down several miles of steps in that building, but we were rewarded for every one we took. We waited around awhile and saw the Daily go through the presses until the noise got the better of us and we wandered out and on to the Parliament Buildings. A guide ushered us about, showing us all the points of interest. We went into the legislature where he declared that a Mr. Zwierschke of Grade IX should be our Speaker. We were escorted out once more, and, after a hur- ried consultation, we all got seats in the Visitors' Gallery to watch the open- ing exercises of parliament. We were all a little surprised at the way a debate in parliament is carried on. The member who was speaking seemed to be the only one who was interested in what the member who was speaking was say- ing Cwhich all sounds slightly complicatedl The other members were wand- dering about Chalf of them weren't even therel. Some of them were reading their newspapers, some were glancing over the current copy of Hunting and Fishing which page boys had placed on each desk. These same page boys were busy passing ice water to work-weary members and the sight of those floating ice cubes suddenly made me very thirsty for ice. Apparently it had a similar effect on the rest of the gang for the whisper went around that we were due for an appointment with a mummy. So we slipped noiselessly away, back through the parliament buildings and out onto the street where we sat- isfied our lust for ice by sliding on a piece we found on the sidewalk. 22 THE PELHAM PNYX To the museum! was the command, and to the museum we went, land- ing in the Indian department around the totem pole. A couple of little boys were gazing longingly at a tomahawk, so we were all hustled off to view Egyp- tian pottery. From here it was only natural to wander into the Egyptian inner sanctum, the mummy room. I, for one, suddenly felt very queer, and, after casting one chattering eye into a dark corner, I beat a hasty retreat and went to see some little red fishes, and a lot of other fishes too, marching across a wall. Of course they were stuffed, but they all looked very happy and I began to feel better. Then-Oh, but we mustn't forget the dinosaur! Poor fellow! I-le looked as though he might have seen better days and no doubt he had. We saw so many things in the museum-the guns and spears, the coats of mail, the dresses and shoes, the Chinese room+but it was getting late, so we drove back to Moore's for supper for should I say dinner?D. After what seemed to me to be a half hour wait we had a very good meal and I had an argument with a waitress. With half a dish of ice cream still cooling my tonsils I made the bus and relaxed. We were homeward bound and as the bright lights faded away everyone reached for those elastic bands and a new round of ammunition. This held out until we got back to Stoney Creek wherea kind-hearted waitress gave us a fresh supply. Cn the last lap of our trip someone yelled Turn out the lights, but nothing happened, so we threw more paper. Our editor was still talking to the little blonde, the boy with the green polka dot tie was tak- ing off his shoe, Mr. Crossley looked very happy because we hadn't left any- one in Toronto. Then we were coming down the home stretch and the bus was passing a car, honking madly. No, it wasn't the bus that was honking -or was it? Or was it honking at all? VVhy it . . it was ringing. Suddenly I gave a snort, rolled over, and opened one eye. Wait a minute! Say, I must have been dreaming! It's only morning. We haven't gone yet. I've dreamed the whole thing. An idea struck me. XVouldn't it be funny if that's what actually did happen? And strange as it may seem, it was. A GLORIOUS ADVENTURE BV Edgar Ker, GRADE XIII TWENTY years come this June since Ace had made history in that madden- ing, glorious sixty minutes of real living. Aurora had rolled back the gates of dawn and had started Apollo on his trip across the heavens and Ace on his history-making trip across the enemy line, which was to prove to Ace's satisfaction that one crowded hour of glor- ious life is worth an age without a name. Strange premonitions had awakened Ace while heavy darkness clung to the earth and not until almost dawn were his intuitions realized. The Squad- ron leader opened the flap of Ace's tent, poked his head in and shouted in a hushed sort of way. Ace! Ace Cross! You're wanted at headquarters! The outcome was that he, he alone from a hundred expert air-men, had been detailed for special work-an hour's work that would bring him glory or death or even both. Nor was Ace found wanting-in him burned the joy of adventure-that insatiable something that wanted to do things solely for the sake of doing them. Two cu s of coffee, a cigarette, and he was off into the graying darkness with a stur y ship, six bombs, and the boundless confidence of youth. His objective was a munition factory. His' job was to bomb it. Fifteen minutes MIDDLE SCHOOL Seated Cleft to rightl-Myrtle Walker, Helen Walton, ,lean Holder, Delora john- son, Cherefa Abdallah, Elsie Smith, Marjorie Page. First Row Standing-Ray Collver, Geraldine Rogers, Eleanor lVlcC-lashan, Mar- garet Leppert, Marjorie Morris, Mabel Fletcher, Harold Hodglcins. Second Row Standing-Douglas Lymburner, John Savigny, William Alsop, Harold Kinsman, Joseph Filip, Lloyd King. of flying took him into territory as poisonous and dangerous as a rattlesnakes nest and from which darted death-dealing bullets. Ace pressed on, for ahead lay his objective scarcely visible in such imperfect light. He headed the plane down in a dive which threatened to fold the wings and tear off the braces. Anti-aircraft guns, searchlights, machine guns, cannons-like some in- human monster down and down he swept to bomb that factory off of the earth. He dropped his cargo of bombs, banked, started for home and safety, followed by a squadron of planes. As he neared home, friendly planes took off to drive back the pursuers. Ace landed-emerged from the cockpit-took one step and fell. Breathing his last, he was heard to murmur, So long boys, it was Worth it! The Minister of War is the clergyman who preaches to the soldiers in the barracks. Guerilla warfare means that they're up to monkey tricks. Mr. Laing: I don't think you have studied your geography to-day, Ray. Ray Caven: No, sir, Dad says the world is changing every day, so I did- not think it was worth the trouble. 24 THE PELHAM PNYX HAPPENINGS IN THE NIGHT By Elsie Smith, GRADE XII WHEN Mr. and Mrs. Webster left after having put the children to bed, I settled down for an enjoyable evening of listening to the radio and of reading. While I was thus absorbed-one ear cocked for noises upstairs-I heard a strange scraping, then a tapping sound-or at least so I thought. Turning down the radio, I sat still for about three minutes, the strangeness of the house and the dark settling in around me. I shivered, and deciding it was my imagination, turned up the radio. Having delved into my book again, I was lost to my sur- roundings when suddenly a terrific crash resounded and broken glass tinkled. That, I exclaimed, is the last straw! It sounded as though it came from the cellar. I stood looking at the cellar door, undecided and shaking at the knees. A cellar at its best isn't inviting -a strange cellar in the dark is terrifying. Flinging the door open suddenly, I called out in a quavering voice: Who-who's d-down t-th-there? No answer! Gaining a trifle more courage, I descended about three steps when something started making a funny screeching noise. I flew back up the stairs and sat down on the nearest chair,-shaking and in a cold sweat. What- ever it was could just stay down there! After awhile my curiosity got the better of me. Switching on all the cellar lights and taking a flash-light in my hand, I crept down-step by step. Tread- ing lightly, I stealthily poked my flash-light into all the nooks and crannies. Then, to my horrowfsomething in the far corner moved. It came towards me slowly and relentlessly. It was a walking cardboard box! I was rivetted to the floor. Suddenly it stopped moving forwards, and went around in circles until I became fairly dizzy watching it. Then it stopped, and a yipping whine issued from its depths. I lifted the box and there sat Tod, the pup, looking woebegone but relieved! UPPER SCHOOL FROLICS OF 1945 By Marion Mitchell, GRADE XIII EXACTLY one month ago to-day the telephone rang on a drowsy afternoon in late August and a low voice asked if I would like to attend the reunion of P. C. S. Upper School Class of the year '4o. His name Gordon Beamer, place, his home, 182.3 East York Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, and date, Sept. 2.8. This was Sept. 18, 1945, and I ,comfortably seated in a train watching field after field dizzily swoop by. Suddenly I became a gypsy, seated before a crystal and one by one the fortunes of fellow students were revealed. Turning my crystal ball a swanky New York Costume Shoppe took form and a saleslady saying, This little model is simply superb, just what you were thinking of, an iceberg blue satin gown and ermine wrap, a design straight from Paris. The petite girl turned this way and that. Even with her hair now quite long, no one could mistake her to be any other than Marion John- son, and now with a few light floating steps she had disappeared. Another turn of the ball and the curtainin a San Francisco theatre rose once again for the actors and actresses to answer its call. The play was a tre- mendous success. The leading man came' forward to take his final bow amidst shouts and thundering applause. The spotlight followed him to the front of THE PELHAM PNYX 25 the stage and the director introduced him with the words: 'lLadies and Gentle- men, I give you Mr. Paul Bender. With a slight flickering of the crystal I was carried away to a newspaper oihce and before my eyes I read the column headed: ADVICE To THE LovELoRN Dear Miss Heartbrokenz- You say your boyfriend has left you for another, Try to forget. Turn your thoughts to work. Yours very faithfully, Elsie Van. Dear Bob: By all means ask her to marry you. If she loves you as much as you say I'm sure she will accept. Yours very faithfully, Elsie Van. I was then taken to a pretty beauty salon and an equally pretty young miss was saying, Now, madam, would you like a curl swirled on top of your head with the hair high at the back or a softer effect with several smaller curls around the face. These words were spoken by Miss Julia Dilts as she brushed and combed and patted and puffed each curl into place. The lady to whom she was speaking was none other than Mrs. John Middleston, form- erly Miss Margaret Strawn, wife of the richest man in town and a prominent socialite. The next picture revealed to me was one of great solemnity. The beams of glorious sunlight shone through the crystal windows of a great cathedral. The audience seemed scarcely to breathe as they listened to the concluding words of their pastor. The closing hymn was announced and the final anthem filled the church. The members slowly tiled past their minister, the Rev. W. E. Colcock, and each in turn received a few comforting words. A cosy little tea room with tiny tables and dotted Swiss curtains was in- deed an inviting picture. The crystal confessed the secret that it was owned and operated by Miss June Whan. The following scene was however, not quite so happy, for a voice was pitifully moaning, Ch nurse, nurse, get the doctor! Quick! Oh my head! Now, sir, you will be all right, just take this medicine. These words were spoken by none other than Miss Victoria Ned, who, clad in a white uniform, held the hand and stroked the fevered brow of many a patient. A scene of great speed and excitement followed this and a familiar voice saying, Yes sir, we will be glad to take a contract for a million dollars worth of your latest tires. The man speaking was Mr. Donald Metler, head manager of the firm Metler and Company, Limited, manufacturers of the famous won- der Puncture Proof Tires. Once again I saw a great stage before me and a thrilling soprano voice singing Hendeilsteinie Mesintalto in Bb. Amidst shouts of joy and great applauding Miss Eva Secord was showered with flowers for the greatest per- formance she had ever given. A flickering and then, Now ladies and gentleman, you are about to see the greatest act ever to be performed, John Wiley, known to everyone as johnny the Mightyfis going to rope the most dangerous bull in all Texas and he is going to do it with one hand tied. He's getting ready and there he goes! ! ! We sure wish him lots of luck. This scene is one of great learning so we are carried away to a school room. Teacher is saying: Children, we are going to learn a pretty new poem, now all listen carefully while I repeat it. Yes, Johnny, what is the matter? Please, Miss Guinn, I know a poem too. A faint sigh seemed to tell us that joy was quite at a loss as to what to do with problem children. 26 THE PELHAM PNYX Music came faintly to my ears and, Si Senorita, Si, melodiously filled the silent night air as Paul Tokar, strummed his guitar and sang to the fair lady silhouetted in the moonlight. Room 313 of the National Broadcasting Company sounded the signal for the commencing of the program for Tiny Tots, With a familiar voice and an also familiar nursery rhyme, 'Old Mother I-Iubbardf the children were called to fifteen minutes of entertainment. The songstress was Miss Gwen Mitchell and the program sponsored by Welcome Breakfast Food. A room entirely different from the former was of pure white, Your diet, Mrs. Ceterlsburg, will consist of one glass of milk, 7.50 caloriesg one slice of rye bread, ISO calories, and some plain fruit. This expert advice was given by Miss Margaret Tuck, head dietician of the West Street Hospital. A spacious newspaper oFfice, in fact the head ofiice of the World Times, edited by Gordon Beamer, was indeed an entirely different place. Glancing through the columns my eyes rested on one in particular, the one headed En- gagements, and I read: Mr. and Mrs. William Julian wish to announce the engagement of their only daughter, Glenna, to Sir Cedric Alexander Rinehart. The wedding will take place at the Rinehart castle in Scotland in late June. With a few dots, dashes and the customary time signal, Mr. Edgar Ker, announced, The time is now exactly II :go p.m., courtesy of Wincox Watch Time. Your station, CWXZ, and now we are signing off for our daily broad- cast is completed. I woke up with a start and discovered I was still seated in the very same seat, in the very same train, the only exception being the porter shouting: Next stop, Ottawa! Next stop, Ottawa! I had arrived. K at 2 a ! Q 1-:- un- -,::.- ' ',,...1-a- I-25,4 J-- - 2 egtvrepg 1 r-.-T g , f qfi' j?jlflGle.aEI nenemeerd THE PELHAM PNYX Z7 LITTLE WILLIE BEFORE COMPANY BJ' Betty Daw, GRADE xi MOTHER had been worked up all day and everyone wondered why. Why? she would say when we asked. Why. I'll tell you why. We are having the new minister and his wife for dinner to-night. Well, that's nothing to worry about. They are friendly, common people. But girls, you know little Willie. I've entertained other guests but I've never attempted a minister simply because of Willie. He always shows off so and it makes me so ashamed! just then the doorbell rang. Oh, here they are, she cried, and Willie hasn't come from school so that I could clean him up. Oh dear! The young minister and his wife, both very young, were ushered into the living room. And, by the way, this room was only used on special occasions. Mother had calmly ordered us to start dinner and sat down to chat with the charming couple before her. Ma, Ma, was heard from the hall, Where are you, Ma? Here I am, dear, in the living room. Little Willie then came noisily into the living room. He flung his books carelessly on the table, upsetting a beautiful bouquet of artificial flowers. His hair was uncombed, his face was dirty, his pants tornfin short, he was a typical Canadian child. Willie, mother gasped, where have you been? No place, was the usual answer. Mother, then going up to him and gathering her wits about her, made excuses for her wee son and dragged him out of the room. In a few minutes voices could be heard from the bathroom. I don't want my ears washed, I don't want to take a bath, I don't want to put on clean clothes. I never did before when company came and now . . now . . just because the old min . , I The end of that word was cut off short by something or another. Per- haps Mother's hand happened to come in contact with Willie's mouth at that particular point. At any rate we heard no more of him until dinner. In half an hour poor little Willie was ushered carefully into the living room and into a big waiting chair that seemed to be waiting with open jaws to devour him. No doubt he wished it would because, though mother did not speak, she sent warning glances his way and, like a good little boy, he he did not move. TEMPERAMENTAL SUSIE By Doris Daboll, GRADE xi AMBLING up the flag-stone walk came Susie. After the book which she had thrown came to rest in the corner of the sun porch, she thrust her hands into the patch-pockets of her slacks, tossed her head and slumped down into a huge wicker chair. She tucked her feet under her and looked at the ceiling. Mrs. Marmering came to the door of the porch, smiled down at her fifteen year old daughter and asked, Was the book interesting, Susan dear? I didn't like it a bit, answered Susie, and please don't call me Susan, Mother, and oh, Mother, I wish you wouldn't wear that dress. f Well, you are certainly in a queer mood, said her mother, laughing so tlv. 28 THE PELHAM PNYX Susie didn't laugh, she entered the hall and slowly climbed the stairs. Inside her room she sat down before her dressing-table. She decided she was far from pretty, her skin was too white, her hair too washed-out, her eyes too green. I-ler father called to her, Phone call for you, Susie. She made a face at herself in the mirror, got up and went down to the hall to answer the tele- phone. She answered the telephone with a casual I-Iello. A movie! Of course I'll go Peg . . Tyrone Power. Oh swell! I'll see you later. Bye. Mother, she cried, I'm going to the show with Peg . . . is that all right? O.K., well, I'll have to rush. She ran upstairs, taking two steps at a time. On her way out she kissed her mother, swiftly ran down the walk. I-ler mother thought she looked much like a fairy as she skipped along. She met Peg at the corner and they proceeded to the show. The picture was lengthy, but she arrived home quite early. The movie was a complete disappointmentfthe ending wasn't right. Susie entered the sun porch, sat down on the couch, picked up the book from the corner, turned on the lamp, and read two chapters. She turned to her mother. This is a grand book, Mother, and oh, Mother, I wish you would call me Susang it sounds much more refined. You know, that dress looks lovely on you, Mother. Her mother laughed heartily Susie said, Good-night, and once again ascended the familiar stairs. She sat down on the bed and thought, I wonder what made Mother laugh? She decided it must have been worth laughing at, and she laughed too. l THE JACK PINE.-Tom Thomson -Courlesy Nalional Gallery of Canada, Ollawa THE PELHAM PNYX 29 GRADE X Seated fleft to rightjfjean Daboll, Mary Mccombs, Barbara Armbrust, Nancy Armbrust, Eleanor Morris, Margaret Traver, Donna Lampman, Phyllis Law, june Watts, Jean l-leaslip, Marjorie Haist. Standing CFirst rowi-Douglas Cameron, Robbert van Berlcum, Donald Alsop, Marjorie Holder, Betty Aldrey, Agnes Kelly, Gerald Freure, Stanley Reilly, john Swartz. Third Row-Frank Biro, Tommy Smith, Kenneth Hampton, Raymond Caven, Garnet Eller, George lftody, Cordon Elliott, Cecil Haist, Donald Bow- man. PITY AND THE LIFE-SAVER By Barbara Armbrust, GRADE x REGINALD ORGEN-LIFE GUARD THE sMALL placard bearing his name was hung predominately from the highest nail above the cabin door. This small, waving placard impressed the passerby, who if at all familiar to the beach section, knew that Reg was also a life saver. When little Betty Anne Linne took a sudden attack of cramps, it was Reg who worked over her two hours and got her small heart beating like any girl's should when Reg was around. The rescue hadn't been hard, merely pulling a tiny, twisted body from the maple bushes to the shore, but, two hours of artihcial respiration-and work for another two, exhausting hours, that tested a man's will-power. To any other person, it might be two hours of watching the waves with a contented feeling snuggled deep in your heart. But not to Reg. To Reg, this rescueewell, anyone could have done it, but why he? It was just something else he was doing that somebody else might hnd pleasure ing something that he couldn't find pleasure in, something that took him far- 5 W , 1 . 55 'f' .N 4 M L. V f , ' ' 5 4 'Il , A nk Jr If R . ' I Min+ 1 Ml. Q If .M A M., ,114 M, 1 ak, J 111 , M 4,1 ,ll- L, s , . ,wa ,f Y ,.. I . M A, ,gh f.1'a'!' .141 Vi ' -pn 1 Fl .,1' 4. 014 1 fl I' I 30 THE PELHAM PNYX ther away from his law studies. Why was the world like this? Why did he receive a beautiful sun-tan each summer to be made fun of in his law study? No sun-tan could ever be becoming to a lawyer-at least Reggie thought so. Reginald Orgen, Life Guard, meant he was just a nobody, not able to take a full-year law course because he had to take a four-month job. This job gave him what he ate the whole year, but to Reggie it meant watching over those people who could afford to spend their leisurely days lolling at the sea-shore. And he noticed the nearest thing to a lawyer, that is a successful lawyer, were the clubhouse janitor's whiskers which at times formed a clean- clipped moustache above the upper lip, and which on occasions looked a full face moustache, not that any lawyers had them. And so his thoughts wandered as he charged with glaring eyes the friend- ly smiles of passers-by, He was atop a life-guard station and over the waves came a screaming, hysterical voice. With one leap he was in the water! lf only these, timid, petite, dieting girls with modern curls and curves would know even the tiniest bit about swimming, it would save him a great deal of remorse and suddenly-but he must get to the girl. What intuition or feminine thought could have possibly made a woman churn the water, beat the waves and endanger both the lives of her and of her most wonderful rescuer, Reginald Orgen, Life Guard! With what seemed like his last ounce of energy, Reggie drew the now ex- hausted body up on the beach. Without a moments hesitation he began pre- parations for artificial respiration. A look of familiarity came to him as he saw the strained nerves of the beautiful face before him. Uninindful of those round him he suddenly thought again that thought he had on his plunge into the water. He was-got to keep steady- O.K., just keep away and let fresh air get in -and back to his thoughts. He was selflsh! He had more self-pity for himself, after all, he had come from a newsboy to life-guard in five long, hard but happy years. The moaning of the girl brought him back to thoughts around him. But there's something awfully familiar about her. Does any one here know her? Why, don't you know? She's Kathy Orgen, a girl from the States work- ing here at a summer cottage. Kathy . . Kathy Orgen, my sister. The circus of thoughts whirling around in Reg's head . . he'd found his sister. He had a family . . he Was not alone . . he'd saved her. Thinking it all over as he slept in his new bed in Kathy's flat, Reggie said aloud, Nothing but being a life-guard could have brought her to me. No lawyer, not anything, not anyone, just a life-guard on the seashore. Who wants to be a lawyer all his life without being able to swim? NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS By Jean Daboll, GRADE x NEW YEAR resolutions are something almost everyone has made and al- most no one has kept. I remember a neighbour of mine called George, who was badly in need of a change of ways, especially regarding his school work. I suggested New Year Resolutions might help. He took pad and pencil and wrote enthusiastically: I resolve: THE PELHAM PNYX 31 1. To borrow no books. 1. To do no unnecessary talking during school hours. 3. To do my homework every night. 4. To miss school only for very good reasons. He put the pad back into his pocket looking as pleased as though he'd put away all his trouble . There, that's that! he said happily. January and came and with it time for George to keep his resolutions. They were in his pocket. Latin was on the time-table for first period. He'd left his text book at home. He dashed into the next room and borrowed his chum's before nine o'clock. Resolution one was broken! It was ten o'clock when he noticed that the boy across from him was wearing a new sweater. Did Santa bring you that? he whispered, indicating the sweater. Resolution two was broken! He had Geography, English and French homework that night. He did his Geography, started his English, and then he yawned and said, Mother, call me early and l'll finish my homework in the morning. When he was called the next morning, however, he turned over in bed and yawned twice. I think I'll sleep a little longer and forget about my homework, he murmured. Resolution three was broken! I Time to get up or you'll miss the bus, son, his mother called an hour ater. George sneezed. I believe I'm catching cold, l'll stay home to-day, he said, snuggling under the covers. When he arose at eleven, he felt fine. ln fact he never sneezed the rest of the day! Resolution four was broken! Some time later I asked, How are the resolutions coming along? He scratched his head for a second and then, looking very wise, he re- plied: Oh, yes! Those things don't seem to be a bit of good. I'm going to destroy them and make better ones next year. THE GRAF SPEE By Donald Alsop, GRADE x THE GRAF SPEE was one of the three German pocket battleships. She was supposed to be injured by the raid on Heligoland which the R. A. F. staged earlier in the war. Besides the Graf Spee are the Deutchland and Ad- miral Scheer. They are called ocket battleships because they carry battle- ship guns but are not the size ofla battleship. The Graf Spee had been raid- ing on Allied shipping but had not been heard of for over a week when she was steaming along and saw an Allied ship, accompanied by the convoy ship Exeter. The Graf Spec attacked, when suddenly out over the horizon came the two destroyers Ajax and Achilles. By the time the two destroyers came up the Exeter had been much damaged and was forced to withdraw from the light but the Ajax and Achilles went right on With their superior speed but inferior guns they chased the Graf Spee up the Argentinian coast and forced her to put into Montevideo harbour, much damaged by the running battle, which lasted fourteen hours. 32 THE PELHAM PNYX THE END OF WINTER, james Henderson-Courtesy of Nal- ional Gallery, Ollawa. The whole world waited with tense hearts as to what would be the out- come when the Uraguayan government announced that the Graf Spee would have to leave Montevideo harbour by 6:30 p.m., Sunday, December 17, 1939, or be interned for the duration of the war. On Saturday, the sixty dead and thirty-two wounded were taken ashore. About 4:30 p.m., Sunday afternoon, the Graf Spec steamed slowly out of Montevideo harbour. Outside the har- bour she was scuttled and set alire by her crew on orders issued by the madman of Europe, Adolf Hitler. The crew and oflicers were taken to Argentina where, on Tuesday, December 18th, the Commander of the Graf Spee ended his life by putting a bullet through his brain with a revolver. Thus ended a German pocket battleship and her commander. GRADE X By Grade XA WELL, another year has passed and the brilliant Grade Nine of last year is now an even more brilliant Grade X! By the time we get to Fifth Form, we will be almost perfect-we hope. This year we seem to have a more active part in sports, Literary, and other various activities. To show this we may use as an example the sad defeat of Grade IX boys' hockey team ofjanuary 13th, when they played against Grade X boys' hockey team, which 'naturally' won. ' We still have with us in our class the ever humorous Stanley, and when everything seems dull and dreary and we cannot get that Geometry 'question right, Stan thinks of something funny and everyone is in good humour again. THE PELHAM PNYX 33 We all had quite a bit of fun when Stan had to go to the board and draw a parallelograin with just a set square and ruler, and a piece of chalk. The ruler slipped and the set-square wouldn't stay on the line and which side was the hypotoneuse of the set-square? Well, it was a difficult job to get it drawn but it hnally came out all right. As we turn our attention to the girls, we note Margaret Traver as the leading girls' athlete in Grade X. She plays on the junior Basketball team and we are proud to have such a girl to represent Grade X in the athletic field. Marjorie Haist is another girl who is also good in sports and she is a very good student in the Commercial class. Jean Daboll, our youngest member, is just naturally smart, and one who is very good in Latin. Everything humorous seems to happen to the boys and this time it was over chewing gum. It was during History period. The teacher stopped and said, Douglas, bring your gum up and put it in the basket. Now Douglas Haist sits right in front of Douglas Cameron. Consequently when both arose and started toward the basket to put their gum, or was it gums, into it, you can see why the class burst into a lit of laughter. That is an example of killing two birds with one stone. The boys' representative for Literary is Donald Alsop, who is worthy of his position, is popular amongst the boys and who is also responsible for the forming of the winning boys' hockey team. The girls' representative for Literary is Mary McCombs, who is a very good orator, who tries to do her best in her school work, and who is trying to fulfill her position to the best of her ability. These are just a few in Grade X and, as it is impossible to write about everyone here, we don't want you to have any doubts about it, that the rest of Grade X is equally as smart, and we make together an ambitious and happy Class. ANOTHER TOMORROW By Margaret Traver, GRADE X THE BOY stood by the gate gazing unseeingly at the flowers and the stream that wandered slowly over the pebbles under the cool shady trees as though dreading the departure from their comforting coolness. The future and his to-morrow were before him. He was no longer a boy nor yet a man, but at that serious stage of life when he must choose between the right and wrong road of life. His dreams and ambitions lay before him so near and yet just out of reach. If he chose the hard road of struggle and failures, he would at length reach these ambitions but if he chose the other path, the path that was well-trodden and smooth, it could only lead to failure. Behind him in the garden the men were placing the sod on the freshly made grave and on the hill just a little farther on was an older grave. The boy was alone! He must choose the right path for himself. As he stood there the profound quiet was broken by the piercing whistle of a train travelling to some distant city. As he thought of this city he chose his path and began to plan eagerly. He would go to the city and there find work. He would take the rough, untrodden way to success. He had chosen, he had proven to himself that he was a man and must live the life of a man, leaving all childish things behind. 'll Pk if Pk Pl! if PF ik Pk PF The girl, too, had reached womanhood but the change had been more gradual. Each day she became quieter, kinder and more gentle, but she too I 34 THE PELHAM PNYX had her dreams. I-ler childhood friend was married and happy with her child who was the girl's namesake. As the girl watched the sun sinking slowly behind the mountains she thought of this. She had had her dreams of being a mother and of her child being her friend's namesake. This was the first of her dreams to be shattered, but through it she had shown to herself that she could lind happiness in that of her friend. She was at last a woman. As she stood there wrapped in her thoughts, she too was startled by the shriek of the train whistle and she decided to go to the city and work and then success. Then her dreams and ambitions would at last be within her reach. Still they had their dreams, even though the lirst were shattered, they could plan anew. That is the glory of youth, the glory of another day to liye and dream for? Another to-morrow! A PECULIAR PET By Gordon Elliot, GRADE x ONE UNL: Saturday morning in late spring my friend and I were walk- ing in the woods back of our place. It was spring, a grand morning and we had stepped out to do some hunting with our rifles. Suddenly, as we swung along the path, jack stopped, raised his rifle to his shoulder, and a shot rang out on the morning air. Life seemed to stop for a few seconds after the noise, and then continued, the birds and crickets stopped chirping and there was quietness as the echo died away. As in the motto, Apref moi le deluge, came the terrible smell -we ran. I just shot a skunk, he gasped as we held our noses and raced back the path. So I smell, I answered as we sank by the trunk of an old spreading beech tree. There was a young one with the old one, he said, let's go back and get it later, after the breeze has blown this smell away. UO. K., said I, and so back we went. The little kitten was running around its mother as we arriyed and it spat at us as we approached. I went oyer and picked it up as I knew it was too small to hurt anybody. I took it home, made a strong pen and decided to keep it awhile. It became very tame and I could handle it easily. But it could not put up with the eats. I had a lot of fun with it and it would play like a kitten. It had smooth silky black hair and a little white stripe down its back. The girls were very much afraid of it for some reason or other. One very hot day in late August when the skunk kitten was about three months old, we had our bathing suits on and were just going down for a swim. I happened to glance over towards the pen which was set up by the end of the barn, to see an enormous gray tom cat prowling around and sniffing at jimmy's pen. Jimmy was up at the wire spitting and hissing at him. The cat sprang at Jimmy, hit the wire and dropped to the ground but was up again in an instant, head, paws and chest up against the wire. Long before I was half-way to them there was a cat's screech, a terrible smell and a gray streak heading toward the foot of the garden. Bathing-suit on, I carried Jimmy and his pen far down into the swamp, set him down, opened the door of the pen, left him, and ran to the creek. I went back a few days later and found the pen still there, and there it will stay. I suppose jimmy is still happily roaming the woods, and I hope, keep- ing out of harm's way. THE PELHAM PNYX 35 GRADE IX . . . .1 g et .5'1':E,v.:4.-gtk. ,V V D .,,. A I , .A . I , . . V .Mi .-2 .eiigwggh Seated fleft to rightl-Jacqueline Lampman, Joyce Cordon, Marion McNiven, Nancy Abdallah, Martha Heinrichs, Marion Hill, Frances Ulman, Audrey Weller, Mildred Hague, June Misener, Shirley Bradley. Second Row-Arnold Heinrichs, Colon Burnham, Marguerite Shaughnessy, Ruth Brown, Mary Kowalski, Jean Dell, Lilly Kinach, Eileen Bissell, Birgit Dahl, junior Mosley, Wm. Bauer. Third Row-Peter Tokar, Robert Brooks, James W'han, Lloyd Stirtzinger, Ross Staley. Murland Foss, Keith Zavitz, .lack Morton, Wilfrid Minor. Frazer Zwierschke. My Adventure with a Peasant Woman as told by King Alfred By Arnold I-Ieinrichs, GRADE ix xX7HEN the Danish invaders were victorious against mv arinv I had to flee and hide. In the woods I met a peasant who proved to be loyal to nie and who took nie to his hut. Gf course I was in disguise and he didn't tell his wife who I was. She didn't think anything of me but went on with her baking. The woodsman went out to spv on the Danes. Soon after the woman went out to gather tireivood and asked me to mind the cakes while she was out. I consented to do this because I was hungry. I soon became so absorbed in making arrows for my bow and thinking about my scattered army that I completely forgot the cakes. All at once I smelled something burning and before I knew what had happened the woman was at me and was boxing my ears. Then she commenced scolding me and calling me all sorts of names. I doubt if she would have been so hasty about scolding nie if she had known my real identity. However I took my scolding, gathered my bow and arrows and left, resolved to beat the Danes at any cost. 36 Tl-IE. PELHAM PNYX ON GRADE IX NAMES By Lilly Kinach, GRADE IX MINOR Brown rode over the Hill into the Dell. He soon came to some Brooks where the bridge was caved in over a small branch ofthe Fraser River. He thought that he could cross as the water was not deep, but as this was the thirteenth day ofjune, an unlucky day, he got stuck. Let's hire a Hague and she will pull us out, said Junior Brown. The Hague was procured but she was too weak to pull, but she gave some good advice, A Tokar can eas- ily be obtained! Minor Brown phoned HeinriCh's Garage from Staley's home. The Tokar soon arrived but with much diHiculty the car could not be pulled out. The Leppert driver began to cuss, Mosley me, this car weighs a Morton, I cannot pull her out. Junior Brown began to cry, But you'll have to for I Whan a go home. As it was getting dark a Lampman was fetched to light the way and soon pulled the car to dry land. Brown paid the full sum CFulsomD and said, You are a Weller and not an Ulman by helping me out so much. And the Leppert replied, And you, my good man, are not a Misener but a Goss by being so generous as to give me a tip. Minor Brown and Junior thanked the Leppert and went on their way. They neared the village where they lived and soon rode beneath the Bauer, which was the entrance to the estate. As soon as they stepped down from the mud covered Car they made ll dash for the pantry. They were very hungry and quickly ate some Burnham, Crowe Pie and other Bradley Specials. Minor Brown cleaned the mess up with a Bissell sweeper and Junior began to play with a Shaughnessy Dahl which he called Gordon. ,fl-7,7 aifmf f,r .gs .ii pm L 'Qs Qu fenfaefr X, 'hell -'7 A W R TJ . X Z 4 5 ' iq. 5 KEJEIVIB LAIWEIP THE PELHAM PNYX 37 BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF AEROPLANES By Joyce Gordon, GRADE IX ONE SUNNY summer morning, if you had been paying any particular at- tention at all to the bird activities in the old orchard, you would have seen Mr. Carrier Pigeon, the rural mailman, reluctantly stopping at every single nest on the route to deliver an important looking blue envelope. Well, seeing you apparently weren't looking at that particular moment, I will let you in on what those important looking blue envelopes contained. First of all there was an important looking blue card on which was neat- ly printed: ALL MEMBERS OF THE ORCHARD LADIES' AID ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COME AND BRING THEIR FAMILIES TO A SPECIAL MEETING RoR THE DISCUSSION or AERGPLANES, AT THE NEST OF MRS. JUDGE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, AT 1:50 P.M. Well, that alone was enough to bring scores of bird folk, but another little notice below which read: HREFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVEDH seemed to settle the matter, and everyone planned to come. Jenny Wren took a bath in Eau de Feather, and Sally Swallow, another gay belle, smothered herself in Cherry Blossom Powder. Grandmother Sparrow and all the English Sparrow Clan piled into the old flock formation and sailed over to the old apple tree, the home of Mrs. Robin. When the sparrows go any place they chatter so much that the noise tells everyone when to come. As a result the birds soon arrived by the tens and dozens. ' Mrs. Robin opened the meeting, and after a few minor details, moved that the rest of the meeting be set aside for the discussion of aeroplanes. Sat- ah Martin seconded it, and at once the juniors all broke out into a wave of conversation but were soon pounced on by their elders, and the tree was quiet once more. judge Christopher Tobias Robin, began Chrysanthemum Canary, I would like you to state your opinion on the various collections of flying ap- paratus known to the human race as aeroplanes. The Judge wiped his spectacles thoughtfully and tried to hide a smile, for Mrs. Canary greatly amused him by het flowery phrases. Finally he spoke, Well, Mrs. Canary, I think that it is just another of those foolish human inventions to try and copy some other creatures' original ideas. Well, gasped Jenny Wren, jumping up with such violence that it knock- ed her bonnet off, It seems to me that those men-things are always copying every peaceful, law-abiding creatures' notions. How would they like it if we carried their homes off for science classes, and put nests on wheels and went crashing all over the place? After that violent speech, Jenny fell back exhausted into the appreciative arms of Ned Kildeer who fanned her understandingly. Then up spoke Grandmother Sparrow, The things those men make are only some fool's conception. Those aeroplanes are great, big bulky affairs with a lot of useless gadgets that make a great noise. The whole outfit is the most clumsy affair I've seen in a long time, and believe you me, I've seen a lot of things in my time. All of a sudden Sammyjay broke loose from parental moorings and screech- ed When do we eat? Then all the minors asserted themselves in that respect and confusion reigned. Mrs. Robin wisely said, I think we had better follow Sammy's sug- gestion, as we are all tired of the discussion, so if you'll all just go over to the stone wall, you will find a picnic supper all ready for you. 38 THE PELI-IAM PNYX Strangely enough, everybody heard her in spite of the noise, and began a mad dash to see who would get there first. I think that to omit the following events would be of better taste, and I will close by quoting some of Judge Robin's remarks at the feast. As long as these aeroplanes are not as good fliers as we are, why worry, they are cer- tainly not giving us any competition. This speech was followed by unanimous cheers from young and old alike as they dispersed to their nests. EARLY SCHOOLS OF ONTARIO Ev Bob Brooks, GRADE ix WHO XVERE the founders of these 'Early Schools? Little do we realize as we sit in our comfortable school-room that one hundred years ago child- ren had to walk many miles to get to school. They would kiss their parents good-bye and wander off, not returning home till evening. After the War of Independence, many people from Pennsylvania and New York State wanted to remain loyal to the British crown. Little did they realize the hardships ahead. They left money, beautiful homes, and wander- ed off, with a few belongings to a new country. Many settled in Ontario, along the St. Lawrence River and the Maritime Provinces. These loyalists were not the only new people in our land. There were many from Ireland, Scotland and Wales and they wanted some schooling for their children. For schoolmasters many men from the Napoleonic Vylars came over. They were very cruel and for every little thing they would whip the children. The parents didn't like these men, but many of our famous Canadian men were educated in these schools. At first there were only the private schools attended by the richer child- ren. There were all sizes and it was very noisy. The Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church wanted to help the people receive education, so many attended these Church Schools. While in the villages, private schools were established, sometimes by a crippled soldier unable to do the heavy work of chopping, sometimes by a widow or spinster needing the shilling a week for each pupil, sometimes and very often, in the remote farmsteads, especially if the parents were not serious-minded, the children had little chance of being other than illiterate little savages. In 1804 five magistrates of the County of Glengarry, together with John Bethune, a Presbyterian minister, and five of the elders of his congregation, sent a petition to parliament urging that the government should establish common schools. This petition was denied by a majority of two, but the popular demand became so great that soon after the War of 1817. was ended, it became too strong to resist. In IS16 the government approved the principle and provided f6ooo to be paid as grants in aid of primary schools. By this law the residents of any community might build a school if there were twenty children of school age in the neighbourhood, and might elect three trustees with power to engage a teacher and manage the business of the school. The first schools were made of logs hewn on two sides. The cracks were chinked and filled with plaster. There were few text books and every child had a slate and pencil. Paper was very scarce. The common school system as first set up was not a success, either in point of architecture or management, so that ways and means were sought for improvement. THE PELHAM PNYX 39 The man responsible for the setting up of the system which prevails even today as free schools, was Egerton Ryerson. He was named in 1844 as the man who was to find a way of providing better common schools. After spending some time abroad, he picked out the best features of the school systems of New York, Massachusetts and Prussia and combined them in a plan for Ontario. Owing to opposition the system was not written into the laws of Ontario until 1850. From that time on Ryerson was a very busy man. In the organization of higher education in Ontario, john Strachan took a leading part. High or Grammar Schools were established by the govern- ment before the common schools. Where were some of these schools? John Strachan's private school at Cornwall was one of the first best known schools in Ontario, lt later became the Eastern District School. Kingston was the seat of the Midland District school. Another great school was situated at York. lt was the Home Dis- trict School. There were District schools at Cobourg, at Niagara, at Vit- toria, at Brockville, at Hamilton and Windsor. Grantham Academy became later the St. Catharines Collegiate. There was a Grammar School of some distinction at Fonthill. Ryerson retired from oliice in 1876. Since that time the Department of Education has been in charge of a responsible member of the government, the Minister of Education. Ryerson died in 1881, having seen the desire of his eyes-an equal chance of education for every boy and girl in the province. What do we, the pupils of 1940, owe to the early schools, schoolmasters and trustees? The pioneers gave us a free land where we can think and express ourselves. They gave us the traditions of the past, a high respect for Canada and the Empire. They gave us our excellent school system which they them- selves did not have. They didn't have the books, and line buildings and well qualified teachers that we now have. But they learned to be good citizens in their day just as we are trying to be good citizens today and we owe them a debt of gratitude. Al. OLD SQUARE LOG SCHOOLHOUSE ON SCUGOG ISLAND From F. C. Weir's Scugog and its Environsu -Courtesy Ontario Publishing Co., Ltd. mg-49f'x.AAa! PElf'i'i 1940 40 THE. PELHAM PNYX TRAVEL AS A MEANS OF EDUCATION By Mary McCombs, GRADE X TRAVEL is such a vast subject that only a small portion of it may be con- sidered in one essay. Some people travel because business demands it, others for pleasure and some for education. I am going to consider travel as a means of education. At school we study the subject of Geography, learn about new lands, and peoples and their customs. We have an idea that we understand it, but we do not really get a first class knowledge of them till vve make a visit to those lands. Let us imagine we are going to Japan, that land of strange customs, that land of dazzling blossoms and fairy landscapes. We sailed from New York harbour and in the course of two weeks we arrived at the northern island of Japan, Hokkaido. XVe were welcomed heartily by the Japanese in their sort of hissing lang- uage. In ceremony and in politeness the people of japan can hardly be out- done. Their greetings and salutations, their apologies and requests, breathe extreme humility on the part of the speaker and unbounded admiration of the one addressed. Perhaps Japanese children have a happier time than any other children in the world. Their fathers and mothers are devoted to them, and train them from babyhoocl to be self-controlled and polite to everyone, to be gentle in their ways and to be fond of work. And all this lays the foundation of life- long happiness. Spoiled, selfish, idle, cross and miserable children are rarely met with in Japan. The country in appearance is somewhat like that of the New England States. There were mountains and rich forests of oak, maple and alder in the lower foothills. Rich fertile fields were planted with crops such as wheat, peas, potatoes and flax. There were also vast orchards of plum trees, apples, pears and peaches. We wanted to see Sapporo, the capital of this island, so we used the rail- way for transportation. This allowed us to see acres of rice which is Japan's most important crop. Sapporo appeared like most of our North American cities, because it had just been built in recent years. It was in the cities and towns that we saw japan's millions of inhabitants. Many too were engaged in the fields, for agriculture is certainly actively car- ried on in Japan. as in China. We saw thousands employed in the fishing industry, for fish is very plentiful and is one of the chief articles of food. But we could see that tall, smoky chimneys were rapidly rising in many industrial centres in Japan. The houses in Japan were built of wood with tough paper for windows and the partitions simply sliding doors. Paper served as umbrellas and water- proofs, and often a farmer or fisherman was observed wearing a cloak of thatch. Beds in the houses were made of thick quilts laid on the floor, with wood- en pillows, all removed in the daytime. It was seen that everything in ajap- anese home was tastefully arranged so as to give pleasure to the eye, and all was spotlessly clean. Many travellers go to Japan for these islands are a central station in a tour around the world, and all admire their scenery and flowers, and their temples, tombs and festivals, which recall an interesting past. And so we have learned a great deal about Japan already by travelling through a small part of it, and as a result we now know about its customs at first hand. And therefore you will see what I mean when I say that travel is an important means of education. THE. PEL!-IAM PNYX 4l THE HISTORY OF RIDGEVILLE By john L. Savigny, GRADE xi WHEN one motors through any part of our country he will see nestled here and there small villages such as Ridgeville. Most people take these for granted, as if they had 1ust happened, without any sweat or toil on the part of our fathers. They do not realize that where a dozen houses stand to-day possibly only one stood seventy years ago. Ridgeville is no exce tion to this. Before 1879 it was known as Steele's Corners, and consisted ofja general store, built and operated by Mr. Jonah Steele. Mr. Steele lived on what is now the property of Mr. XV. Herbert. A grocery store and post orhce was owned and operated by Mr. John Thompson where the Bell Telephone Ollice stands to-day. Two hotels were also in existence, the one operated by Mr. George Hold- itch, on the present property of Mr. George Berg. The other hotel was op- erated by a Mr. Tunnacliffe, the father of Mr. Frank Tunnacliffe, the present postmaster of Fenwick. This hotel was on the White property across the road. Although it was in the days of horses, one might be surprised to find that four blacksmith shops were once to be found in the village. One was con- ducted by a Mr. Clark Ward on the present property of Mr. Peter Hoover. Peter and Bob Brown, brothers, also ran a blacksmithing and wagon-making business just across the lane from Mr. Ward, on the corner now vacant. Mr. A. Nelson had a blacksmith shop on the Isaac Erion property. As well, a blacksmithing business was carried on by a Mr. Anderson in the old garage of Mr. Eli Weller, which was destroyed by fire a few years ago. The general store was destroyed by fire twice. It was rebuilt by George Townsend, Jr., who planned another store. He sold it, however, to his bro- ther, Sanford Townsend, who converted it into a gristmill. It was later sold to Mr. Frank XVilliams, who left his grocery store, situated where Mr. Hallet now lives, to operate it as a general store until his death, when our present merchant and postmaster, Mr. McClellan, took over. The place now owned by Mr. George Robinson was first owned by a Cohoe family. The daughter of Mr. Cohoe married Mr. George Townsend Sr., who purchased the property now owned by Mr. Frank Misener. Some two hundred acres of land now owned by the Fonthill Nurseries, and operated by Mr. C. M. Haist, was allegedly bought by Samuel Neckett for a pair of boots and an old grey mare. During its history, Ridgeville has had four sawmills. One was operated by John Goodwillie, the remains of which, a couple of broken down shacks, can still be found in the lower part of the nursery property mentioned above. Another was operated by Mr. John Crow on the present property of Mr. Lewis Morgan. The third was maintained by Mr. E. E. Morse on the present property of Mr. John Metler. This he moved to the place formerly operated as a canning factory by Mr. W. Crow. The present sawmill is now owned and operated by the Lindsay Lumber Company. Ridgeville's telephone system was installed about 1900. It was first man- aged in the house now owned by Mr. S. B. Brush, by Mr. George Arnold. At one time there was an abservatory on Mr. J. L. Haist's place, one of the highest parts of Ontario. Ridgeville appears to be a peaceful and contented community, which in- deed it is, but nevertheless, it has experienced four suicides and a murder. In 1912. the Bishop Vault and Memorial Works was established. This along with the sawmill, several nurseries and the farms now comprises Ridge- ville's industry. Probably the first industry was a brewery, later changed into an earthenware establishment. This was located to the east of the vil- lage. 42 THE. PELHAM PNYX It might be interesting to note that the Fall Fair was held at one time at the Township Hall in Pelham Centre. There was also a post oflice in this building at one time. Although Ridgeville's industries are less numerous than of old, its pop- ulation has increased. Most of the houses have been built in comparatively late years. Ridgeville is to-day by no means large, but, owing to its suitable situation, a very delightful and beautiful village. Time has made no vast difference in it in the past and probably will not in the future. MODEL SAIL BOAT-Designed and built by Capt. John Thurston, photographed in Leppert's Pond. The Influence of Radio on Public Opinion B11 June Whan, GRADE XIII TWO HUNDRED years ago, the idea that man would one day catch sound and music from the air would have been scoffed at as utterly foolish and rid- iculous. And vet to-day there are thousands, yes millions, whose lives are affected by this marvellous inventionfthe radio. Reaching vast audiences, the radio challenges even the press as one of the most effective instruments for moulding public opinion and creating buying habits. . . . And so you see, ladies, you just can't afford to let your big op- portunity slip by. Get the new Sure-Mis Crisco from your grocer . . . And so it goes. Through the means of commercial advertising by radio, the large manufacturer makes his wav into the homeAand perhaps the purse-of the average housewife. It would be futile to suggest that programs supported thus by advertising do not influence the listener's opinion. They do, indeed, and what better way is there to introduce their products than by dramatic serials? THE PELHAM PNYX 43 Serials heard daily in many homes are but one of the many types of drama which radio has to offer. By the turning of the dial we are able to hear any- thing from the great Shakespearean Hamlet to a Gracie Allen murder mys- tery. ln this way public opinion in the dramatic world is formulated to a very large extent by means of radio. Drama of a rather different type was displayed quite recently during the visit of our gracious sovereign and his queen. National sentiment through- out the country was intensified by the varied broadcasts and commentaries, particularly those in which their majesties took part. Surely no one would foolishly deny that public opinion was influenced, as the hearts of all were stirred. N Regardless of what other programs may hold his interest, the average man derives much benefit from news broadcasts. Into the home the newscaster brings his commentaries, at the same time, by means of his personality, exert- ing an influence upon the listener. There occurs an earthquake in Japan, a flood in China, war breaks out. In the flash of an eye the world can be advised of any catastrophy by radio. War is truly a much-dreaded state, and yet it is made somewhat more tolerable by the widespread influence of radio, which keeps us up-tc-the-minute on all angles of the situation. ln the realm of politics, the opinions of the man in the street may be swayed by political broadcasts and this means of campaigning exerts perhaps as great an influence as any other. Politicians must educate the people to agree with their views, else their labour is in vain. Our education is never complete, and the educational features afforded by radio must not be lightly overlooked. Radio classes in spelling and English are one example of the many ways we are influenced by the air-waves. And so, by means of radio, the opinion of the general public is affected perhaps more than anyone realizes. We can listen to our greatest statesmen- or pick up a new recipe for noodle soup. However, the radio is knitting people closer together, giving us common viewpoints on both local and international affairs, creating common interests in our everyday life. The fullest develop- ments of radio have not been reached and what its future possibilities are, nobody can rightly say. OLD FORT ERIE ,, By Betty Aldrey, GRADE x ONE SUNDAY this summer we visited the Old Fort. After first seeing other points of interest we arrived at the Old Fort and bought our tickets. The Old Fort is situated south-west of the Peace Bridge and is now being reconstructed as it was in 1811 by the Niagara Parks Commission, The Fort is surrounded by a moat and in order to cross we had to go over a drawbridgeg it was here that we met a guard. We then passed from the Ravelin to the Sal- ie'nt by way of a wooden door studded by iron bolts to make it strong. The door is in a stone wall which is connected to the two barracks. Up on both the north-east and south-east bastions there are three can- nons-one of iron and two of brass. The barracks were then shown to us. Vwfe entered first the powder mag- azine in which the handpikes and powder were stored. There is a window in this room which is protected by copper wire. As we entered the door of the recreation room, we noticed a large bed about twelve feet long and six feet wide all made of wood. In a corner there is a fire-place and hanging on a crance is a large iron pot, which was used to cook the soldiers' victuals. In the Officers' quarters there was an old rope bed with a few old quilts on it. In this room was also an old oak table, a rocking chair and a fire-place. 44 THE PELI-IAM PNYX We were then taken into a room which had a large maplike affair on the table showing Fort Erie and the vicinity as it was in 1811. In this room, the guard told us how Colonel Bradstreet had selected a certain site on which to build Old Fort Erie so that the men could be taken in a ship to relieve Fort Detroit where there was fierce fighting with the fierce Indians. One noted visitor at Old Fort Erie was Pontiac, an Indian chief, and he was well received for he was on his way to Oswego to a council meeting. In 1811 war was declared between Canada and the United States. The States thought that Canada would easily be conquered and on july 3rd, 1814, forty-five hundred Americans under Major-General Jacob Brown attacked Fort Erie, which had a garrison of one hundred and seventy men, so General Buck, the British commander, surrendered. The British, on August Isth, attacked Fort Erie. There were three columns of soldiers-two failed, but the third, under Colonel Drummond with 7oo men, led his force against the north-west demi-bastion with scaling ladders. They swarmed over the parapets and turned the guns against the Fort. The powder magazine under the bastion suddenly exploded blowing men to tre- mendous heights. The rest of the attackers were hurled from the parapets and as best they could, returned to the British lines. From here the Americans marched on Lundy's Lane, where they were met by the Canadians, who fought so valiantly that the Americans retreated. This was called a drawn battle. The Americans had now found that there was no use in keeping Old Fort Erie so they deserted it and returned to their own country. The museum was the next place that was shown to us. In one room there was a collection of Sir Henry Pellatt's photos of Regiments. In other rooms there were relics of all kinds-buttons of different regiments taken from the soldier's coats, a sword handle of Colonel Drummond which had a head of a lion engraved on it. On the upper floor there were swords, pikes, spears and guns of all kinds, armour, old hats, arrow heads, and metals of different makes. The floors of the Fort have no nails in them but are all pegged down and most of the relics that are in the museum are the ones found when rebuild- ing the fort. To leave the grounds of the Fort we passed through the Sally-porte and crossed the trestle bridge to the south-west bastion. In this place there are small holes for the sharp shooters to fire from. When we passed out of the gates of Old Fort Erie we thought that we had spent a very memorable day. PLATINUM By June Misener, GRADE ix PLATINUM was probably known in its impure state from early times, but because of its physical properties and especially its high melting point it was impossible to work it by any of the arts then known, and it therefore remained as an unnamed substance. About the middle of the eighteenth century it was introduced into Europe in small quantities and attracted the notice of various chemists. The chemists found that it was infusible in the highest temperature of the furnace. Plat- inum was melted in 1758 in the focus of a powerful burning glass. Platinum in the massive form is a greyish-white metal. When pure it is a white metal and is very soft, therefore for certain purposes it must be alloyed. It alloys very easily with metals of its own kind which are palladium, rhod- ium, ruthenium, osmium and iridium, and likewise with gold, silver and lead. Platinum is used in the laboratory. It is the best catalyst for the man- THE PELHAM PNYX 45 ufacture of sulphuric acid by the contact process. Platinum or, better, iridium- platinum alloy is the most suitable anode material for electrolysis of all kinds. It is used extensively for some surgical instruments, such as needles, for it can be sterilized easily. Canada is the leading country to-day in the production of platinum. It was first found in Russia but its supply is not as great as Canada's now. Colombia in South America also produces some platinum. COMMERCIAL XI N E-15 -f Seated Cleft to rightl -Annie Dalybozyk, Dorothy Martyn, Evelyn Kelly, Doris Dalybozyk, Annabel Hicks, Marjorie Berg. Standing-George Misener, William Peacock, Edward Guinn. OUR NEW COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT By Doris Dalybozyk Qurre A change has taken place in our Commercial Department. Pre- viously, as you may remember, the balcony was open with a railing along the side which kept the students from falling over with a typewriter. This year an addition has been built out over the gymnasium, and a wall with three windows has been erected making it a proper room. What a relief! Now we can have all the space we want. Last year's classes were so cramped for room they could hardly move. Nobody has to worry about the typewriters falling over the ledge and as a result killing some- body below. The members of the School Board have had cupboards built in which to place them. The lighting system has been improved a great deal. If you can recall your public school days, you can probably remember that we are supposed to read with the light over our left shoulders, Well, we have that system up in the Commercial Department now. May we extend our warm thanks to the members of the School Board for their efforts in having the improvements made. 46 THE PELHAIVI PNYX ESSENTIALS FOR COMMERCIAL STUDENTS 1111 Annie Dalybozyk Miss Edwards, who was a' student of the Northern Vocational School in Toronto, is the winner of a contest sponsored by the Underwood Typewriter Company. This contest was to take the form of an essay, giving a descrip- tion of the attainments of an efficient secretary. She has given us a very good account of what a thorough and efiicient secretary should be. As students of the Commercial class, it should be our aim, if we wish to become of value to a business oflice, to strive for all those essentials which Miss Edwards gives us in her essay. We print the essay that it may be a guid- ing light for every past, present, and future commercial student: Neat, accurate work, quickly and efiiciently completed, is undoubtedly essential in the making of a good secretary, but aniemployer looks for more than this when selecting an assistant. A young man or woman neatly and tastefully attired, with clothes brushed and pressed, shoes shined and hair tidily arranged, will: attract the attention and admiration of an employer and his clients and is an asset to any office. In choosing a secretary, the prospective employer looks for one who is not content merely to carry out his duties in a machine-like manner, but who endeavours to make each piece of work an improvement over the last-al- ways striving to get ahead. The secretary who has a definite interest in her work, who is anxious to please her employer and assist him to the best of her ability in all matters pertaining to the business, who uses initiative in the execution of her duties and is self-confident and tactful when dealing with clients and ofiice assoc- iates, has accomplished a great deal towards making a success of her position. The conscientious worker who does every assignment, no matter how small or unimportant it may seem, with the same thoroughness and care she would give to work of the greatest importance, has achieved one of the chief requisites of the model tecretary. Trustworthiness is appreciated highly by any employer. The secretary who can intelligently discuss the business of the firm with her superiors and yet who will not carry confidences out of the office to her friends and relatives, will win tl'e -greatest esteem and is always eligible for promotion ' By no nieans the least important item in the make-up of the good sec- retary is a sense of humour and a pleasant disposition. THE RISE OF BANKING By Edward Guinn .Q , n , K The bank as we know it to-day is a fairly new institution, but that prin- ciple of business for which it stands, that is, the taking of interest for money loaned, can be traced back to antiquity. About gooo B. c. the temple served as the bank of a community and it was not until about Goo ra. c. that private individuals began to set up in op- position to the temple. It is interesting to note the origin of the money chang- ers of ancient Athens. Many and varied systems of coinage existed in the old barbarian world. It is needless to say that great confusion arose when a man of one country tried to transact a business deal with a man of another. They had no way of knowing when they had arrived at a fair adjustment. Thus, men set up in the business of selling foreign coins to travellers. The money changers charged a commission in order to make a living. This was only THE PELHAM PNYX 47 the beginning of the Athenian banking system. This banker became in time a master of credit and capital. He soon found that the making of loans was a more profitable occupation. Rates of interest charged we.e outrageously high. Bankers of Rome, before the death of Caesar, followed all lines of banking. They conducted auctions, changed foreign money, accepted deposits, loaned money on security, made loans for customers and bought and sold real estate for customers. When the Roman civilization was wiped out, all branches of business degenerated throughout vvestern Europe for several centuries. From 1157 until 1979, the Bank of Venice, which is the oldest public bank in Europe, carried on a thriving business. Much of the money that was de- posited in the bank was used to carry on wars, and the owners vve.'e paid a certain rate of interest. ln the later middle ages, povserful financial firms ruled in the held of banking. Some of the most famous names include the Per- uzzi, the Medici, and the Fuggers. Banking in London was instituted by the goldsmiths, who were persons dealing in precious nietals. The e men kept strong boxes and soon people came to ask permission to leave their surplus money in his keeping. Then cheques vs ere introduced and used very much as they are to-day, though per- haps for diHierent purposes. Often people used cheques to avoid being robbed of their money in the streets. Soon it came about that actual cash was seldom withdrawn from tlie goldsmiths strong box, and tlie goldsmith found it necessary to devote all cf his time to this new business. ln order to secure more deposits he began to pay interest to those who left their money with him, rather than to charge a fee for his services. In 1694 the Bank of England was founded by William Paterson. He wanted to obtain for the government a better method of raising money, and therefore instituted a company having a Governor, a Deputy-Governor, and tvventy-four Directors. They were to receive eight per cent on their money and the right to start the business of banking. The Bank of England was the cnly joint stock bank in England and their notes soon became used as money. ECHOES FROM THE BALCONY Can you imagine: Marjorie Shantry at school every day? George not winking at the girls? Bill not saying sarcastic things? Annabel not being late? Ted having his spelling correct? Glenna attending all shorthand classes? Evelyn not laughing at something not funny? Doris and Annie not quatrelling? Marjorie Berg liking Agriculture? Bill, Bud and John not telling stores? CConfucius sayD June not chewing gum? Anne not combing her hair? Dorothy and Anne not together? Business Practice Question: You married Mr. James Smith. A cheque came to you made to Mrs. James Smythe. Show the proper endorsement. Ken H.: What do we boys do? Miss Blake: The same thing. Good practice for you. THE PELHAM PN YX POETRY SECTION MY HOUSE ON THE HILL By Marguerite Shaughnessy, GRADE ix. A quaint little house on the brow of a hill, Vklhere everythings quiet, and peaceful, and still, With nothing around me but flowers and bees, And birds nesting high on the boughs of tall trees A little grey house with shutters of blue, And everything shining, and everything new, A gay little porch where roses entwineg The sweet scent of flowers, and odour of pine. A little blue door that is always ajar For old friends to enter from near and from far, A path winding far to the valley below Where often I wander to banish my woei Far oil in the distance there bubbles a brook Where fish swim and play in a shady green nook Now, oft times I wonder ifI ever will Own a quaint little house on the brow ofa hill A BLACKBOARD Hy Marguerite Shaughnessy, GRADE ix. I am hard, and black, and cold, I'm not young, nor am I old, Such a life as I must lead, Pains and sorrows I must heed. I-lere's the story of my life, Filled with laughter, ioy and strife: In the morning I arise, Wipe the chalk-dust from my eyes. Patiently I stand and wait For the day, when comes my fate. In come all the girls and boys, Bringing gladness, cares, and joys. Then they look at me and frown, I-low they wish that I'd burn down! Teacher writes upon my face Of all peoples, names and race, And the children at me stare, Oh, what tortures I must bear. Though I may seem grufl' and bold, I possess a heart of gold, When the children 'round me stand, I give them a helping hand. THE. PELHAM PNYX SPRING, SUMMER AND AUTUMN FLOWERS Ev Marguertie Shaughnessy, GRADE IX. The crocus is a pretty thing, It comes in very early spring, Its eyes are closed when it appears But open when the skies are cleared. It wears a gown of snowy white, And makes a very lovely sight. The columbines come one by one Lifting their eyes up to the sun, Dressed in robes of purple state, And hoping that they're not too late. They peek above the garden wall To greet their spring friends one and all. What scent is that that fills the air? Ah! there's the maiden over there! To-day she's dressed in brightest red A band of dewdrops 'round her head. She's nodding to us, see, she knows That we all love the summer rose. Dressed in brightest gold attire Appears a lovely ball of fireg It holds its head so high and bold, You guessed it, it's the marigold. Its stem is sturdy, fresh and green, No gayer flower may be seen. Then to greet the happy day Come the mums so bright and gay, They grow in sizes large and small I think we love them best of all, Because we know they are the last Until the winter's snow has passed. 1 I-IOW-D' YE-SA Y-IT? By Joyce Gordon, GRADE IX. Since Jr. So-and-so and Mrs. What's her-name, Have been to see the Thing-m'jig, they've never been the same. Was it the What-chem'ea11-it, a Thing-m'bob, or two, That caused them to become this way? I wou1dn't know, would you? PELHAM CONTlNUATl0N SCHOOL Ojery Complete Courses in the LOWER SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL UPPER SCHOOL AND COMMERCIAL Prepare: Stzedentr for THE UNIVERSITIES, NORMAL SCHOOLS NURSES' TRAINING SCHOOLS PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE AND ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE With a Science Laboratory well-equipped-up-to-date Equip- ment for courses in Agricultural Science-A School Garden-Spao ious and Beautiful Grounds-Large Athletic Field-Gymnasium with Physical Health Equipment-An Extensive Library and Com- mercial Department. Tbif School meetf the requirement: for The Intermediate Certificate-at the end of two years Secondary School Diploma-at the end of four years Honour Matriculation Certificates and Scholarships VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC INSTRUCTION In order that students may learn about the new certificates is- sued by the Department of Education they are invited, with their parents, to consult the Principal. Either write or phone for an appointment. JOSEPH M. LEPPERT, WILLIAM JULIAN, Chairman. Serretmj'-Treasurer. THE PELHAM PNYX TO A ROSE By Mable Fletcher Oh, lovely Rose! Thou art indeed most fair Of all the lovely, fragrant flow'rs that bless This weary world, and bring great happiness Unto we mortal nten. A perfume rare Thou hast, a subtle scent, which fills the air With pleasing fragrance sweet. The loveliness Of thy soft velvet petals l now press Unto my heart and breathe a fervent pray'r: Dear Father, grant that this sweet-scented flow'r, May teach unto Thy people here below A needful lesson. Through each earthly hour May we o'ercoxre each piercing thornfeach woe! For only when we conquer pain and strife Do we reveal the beauty of this life. A FORGOTTEN RIVER Hy Harold I-lodgkins It nestles in a foreign land A land that holds no name, Though girt with forest or with sand lt travels on the same. lt narrows through some stoney pass With mountains glowing down, Or winds about through flowing grass l-lemnied in by natures gown. Dark clouds may wander in the sky Above its sparkling waves, It cares not for it hurries byg Yes! one of Ocean's slaves. lt runs through wild untravelled land, It travels on the same Where girt with forest or with sand It gces without a name. THE OLD LEAVES By l-larold Hodgkins l can see the old leaves falling down Falling down on the cold clamp ground They, only left to lie and rot Their beauty soon will be forgot. Beneath the winte1 s frozefi snow. QWhy is it they are treated SOPD The time has not slipped far away When in the trees we saw them play, Their wondrous colours caught our eye Fluttering and waving in the sky And now they tumble back to earth Back to the place cf their early birth. THE PELI-IAM PNYX DREAMING Qv Harold l-lodgkins Far up beyond the ridge He sees the raven fly, The pheasant in some hillside haunt The bee upon some honeyed iaunt, A lark against the sky. And there beside the crystal stream, With rod in hand, he sits to dream. His contemplating eye Has lost its watchful force, The opportunity has slipped The greedy fish just now has flipped And there, far out, upon th: stream, The rod goes gliding with his dream IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ROYAL X lbl T By Nlyrtle XVall4er To-day as l sat listening Before our radio, There came to me, across the wires, The Queen's voice, soft and low. Although she made no effort, Her voice rang sweet and clear, For all the crowd in silence stood ' Their dear Queens voice to hear. At the trooping of new colours The sky was dull and gray, Yet to all those quietly watchful It was a glorious day. And to all the many people In homes or on the stand, 'Twas a ne'er forgotten happ'ning, The first one in the land. v 52 THE PELHAM PNYX VALEDICTORY ADDRESS Mr. Chairman, Members of the Staff and Student Body, Friends and Fellow Graduates:- I deem it a great privilege to have been chosen to give you this, the fare- well address from the graduating class of 1939. For five years now we have been working toward this end, toward this night when we might receive our high school graduation diplomas. And now this night has arrived and we are all just a little bewildered and frightened. But you must not get the idea that we have been plodding along these years with one thought uppermost in our minds: Maybe we'll get out of here alive. On the contrary, these have been happy years, probably the happiest of our lives, for they have been the years in which we have grown up, the years in which we have enjoyed the pleasures and good times of youth without ac- cepting any of the world's responsibilities. Of our twelve members, five have taken positions in the business world, four are attending Normal School, one has entered the nursing profession, and two are taking post graduate work. And so, five short months since last June we are already scattered far across the country. These are troubled times into which we are graduating. The world is in a state of war. There is a feeling of tension, of uncertainty. We who have received our diplomas here to-night do not remember the last war. We do not know the true meaning of the word as do some of you who served over- seas ot sacrificed in some other way that democracy might not perish. Oh, we've read about it, vve've heard about it-but it's not the same. Thus' we are stepping forth into a world of chaos, and because of this our high school training is very important. And so we must not forget our teachers, that noble body of B.A.'s and M.A.'s who have pounded Geometry theorems and Caesarian speeches into our heads. They have been very patient with us when we failed to do our homework, they have helped us through difficult subjects, they have even reprimanded us when we needed it, and taken us down the occasional peg. I think we have been very fortunate in having such a fine group of teachers. We have always known Mr. Crossley and Miss De La Mater for they have been here longer than we have. Mr. Laing joined the staff at the beginning of our third year, and Miss Dixon a year ago. We, in the general course, did not have the pleasure of taking any classes from Miss Blake, but she was of invaluable help as co-director of our school plays with Miss De La Mater. Nor must we forget our parents who have stood by us during these years, that we might acquire an education and so be better equipped to face the world. When we were greenhorns about to enter high school we all felt very smug and conceited and grown up. We had a sort of To-day I am a man complex. We were high school students now. Then we saw our upiperclass- men, and our egotism vanished. They looked so big, so old, so learne . They regarded us with an amused tolerance that made us feel very small and insig- nificant. But our first year passed very quickly, and our second, and before we knew it we were those same bored fifth formers, watching the freshmen to see that they didn't swallow their gum. And now, just a word to the undergraduates. Carry on the traditions of the school, traditions of fair play and honesty. Uphold the honour of the Grey and Maroon in sports Cbasketball, baseball, field dayb, in your Liter- ary Society and your music, in the mouthpiece of P. C. S., THE PELHAM PNYX. We did our best, while we were here, to make the social, as well as the ac- fconlinued on page 773 I n 'Q DORIS BAUSLAUGH-ls in training at Brantford General Hospital and hav- ing a good time, they say. EVELYN BECKETT-ls spending her days working for Mr. Harrison in Wel- land and her nights at various places. NETTIE BECKETT-ls taking a course in Domestic Science at Hamilton. How about an invitation to dinner some time soon, Nettie? JACQUELINE BENALLICK-Jackie is spending her time during the week at Hamilton Normal School, and her weekends at home. SHIRLEY BERRYfThe art of being an excellent housewife seems to have in- terested Shirley so she is taking a course in Domestic Science at Hamilton. BYARD BOYES-ls at home helping Dad keep the bees under control. EDITH BRADLEY-Formerly employed by Canadian Canners of Fonthill, is spending her time cutting up the ice of said city and doing housework somewhere in Wainfleet. ROBERT BRADLEY-Bob is at present employed by Clemen's fruit farm. Good luck, Bobby, old boy! EDGAR BROWN-As near as we can find out from his sister, is doing a little bit of everything-at home. BRUCE CARPENTER-Has taken up the valuable position of being man about town. He says his job is hunting. JEAN CHAMBERS-Anything from gc up is Jeans motto, so call in at Kas- sirer's in Welland. DOROTHY COOK-ls reported to be having a good time not doing much of anything. KATHLEEN EBERT-Is working at Zanes in Welland. HAROLD ELLER-We hear that Harold has been working at St. Catharines General Hospital but is at home just now. JOE ELLlOTTASorry to hear you've been ill, Joe. Here's wishing you the best of everything. VERA ERION-ls whiling away the moments helping mother do the house- work. MARIE FORDHAM-Is attending Welland High School. DONALD HAIST-Somewhere far out in the north-east Donald is helping dad turn up the good old soil and plant the potatoes and beans. EVELYN HENDERSON-Is working in the Sales Audit Department of the Mail Order Building, T. Eaton Co., Toronto. MURRAY HILL-Is working at home, for further information call Murray- hill S 1 . BETH EEAYISAIS employed at W. K. Balfour's stationery store in Fenwick. LEO LYMBURNER-Has hooked himself a job in the oflice of Canada Forge and Foundries. MARIE MAWHINNEY-ls somewhere in the City of Toronto. ROBERT MCINTOSH-Bob is attending Hamilton Normal School learning the art of embroidery and also the art of teaching little girls and boys the world is round or is it? FERN PARFITT-Has been working in an office in Welland just to keep in practice, but right now she is at home. BETTY PEACOCK-Has high anticipations for the future but at present is quite the lady of leisure. BERTRAM POTH-Seems to have liked the saying Home Sweet Home, There's No Place Like Home. So home he is staying. 54 THE PELHAM PNYX JANE PRATTEN-The young miss of whcm we saw very little last year is in training at Wellesley Hospital in Toronto. CELAINE RANDALLfIs in Oregon, Illinois, studying the technique cf how to be a minister. FLOYD RITTENHOL'SEfKnown to all as Rusty, is collecting T Models and testing their will-power. FRANCES RCSS-Fanny is helping to make the women of Toronto more beautiful at the cosmetic counter of Simpsons Department Store. RUTH SAVIGNYA-Is attending Hamilton Normal industriously singing her cares away to little children and studying the ins and outs of how Problem Children ought or ought not to be treated. EDWARD STICKLES-Has donned overalls and cap, picked up hamirer and wrench, and is plugging away at Minor's Garage in Fonthill to find out just what makes these things known as automobiles stop. EDSAL STIRTZINGER-ls attending Robinson Business College. EDGAR TEBBlTfIs at home on the farm. MARION TRAVER-Is attending Hamilton Normal School accomplishing two and two are four and four and four are . . . EDWIN WALTON-Ted is not doing much of anything but looking hope- fully for a job. NORMA WILEY-just Walk right into Wiley's Studio anytime when you are in the vicinity of Welland and Norma will snap your picture, if you please. LITERARY SCCIETY Seated Qleft to right 'J-Gordon Beamer fTreas.l, June Whan CSec.D, William Col- cock fPres.l, Margaret Tuck. Standing-Jacqueline Lampman, Joy Guinn, William Bauer, Eleanor Mccnlashan, joseph Filip, Mabel Fletcher, Donald Alsop, Dorothy Martyn. THE PELHAM PNYX 55 SCHCOL NOTES LITERARY SOCIETY President, William Colcock, Vice-President, Margaret Tuck, Secretary June Whang Treasurer, Gordon Beamer. Form Representatives: Grade IX-Jacqueline Lampman, William Bauer, Grade X-Mary McCombs, Donald Alsop, Grade XI-Eleanor McGlashan, joseph Filip, Grade XII-Mabel Fletcher, Form Vwjoy Guinn, Gordon Beam- er, Commercial Department-Dorothy Martyn. 3 Early in the school term nominations for Literary Society officers were made and a vigorous pre-election campaign got under way. A general election- complete with ballot box and voter's list-climaxed the struggle. The first meeting of the society for the term was held on November IO and took the form of a Remembrance Day programme. The guest speaker, Rev. Mr. Hampson, pastor of Fenwick United Church, gave an instructive and inspiring address. On December 2.11. the Christmas meeting of the Literary Society was held in the assembly hall. The main feature was an auction sale of articles don- ated by teachers and students. From the mystery packages everything from scrap paper to a . . a temperamental mule appeared. A tidy sum was real- ized which was sent to the Star Santa Claus Fund. The Literary programme for February II was in the capable hands of Grade X. It consisted of musical numbers and summaries of the visit to Tor- onto given by various students of the form. HALLC5VE'l5lT3ARTY The Annual Halloween Party and Masquerade this year came well up to the high standard of former years. Gay streamers of orange and black transformed the gymnasium into a veritable home for hobgoblins. George Washington, the scarecrovv from The Wizard of Oz, a little cowgirl and a chubby milkmaid all turned out to assist the witches in making the occasion a memorable one. During the earlier part of the evening, moving pictures were shown and later dancing to the music of the Bontonian orchestra was enjoyed. Delicious refreshments were served by julia Dilts and her committee and in surprisingly short time the Home YValtz was played. P. C. S. had put behind her another long-to-be-remembered school party. VALENTINE PARTY Students of P. C. S. paid their due respects to St. Valentine by a dance held in his honour. Moving pictures of the sinking of the Graf Spee occupied the early part of the evening and were followed bydancing to the rhythm of the Bontonians. During the lunch hour two former students of the school favoured with vocal solos: Jacqueline Benallick, who sang South ofthe Bor- der, and Joe Guinn, whore solo was entitled Sweetheart. There were various novelty dances among them a Leap Year Dance, and another special dance which was won by Marion Mitchell and her partner, John Wiley. A shower of gay red balloons from the balcony added greatly to the enjoyment and amusement of everyone, and all too soon another delightful evening was brought to a close. CAST OF 'THE ENCHANTED ISLE THE PELI-IAM PNYX 57 SCHOC L ORCHESTRA , x .-an -.,.., First RowvSeatecl Qleft to rightll-Annie Dalybozyk,lVlartha Heinrichs, Frances Ulman, Eilleen Bissell. Second Row-Doris Dalyhozylc, Marjorie Page, Gordon Beamer. Douglas Bowman, William Alsop, Cecil Haist, john Savigny, Robbert van Berkurn, Donald Alsop, John Wiley, Donald Nletler, Keith Zavitz, Frank Biro. Standing-W. F. Tufforcl, L.T.C.l.., Edgar Ker. COMMENCEMENT Friday evening, December ISF, was the eventful night of the Annual Commencement. The usual capacity audience greeted the P. C. S. players and those who were to receive diplomas and medals. William F. Tufford, L.T.C.L., and his school orcheztta provided the music for the gathering prior to the programme proper, and from that point on the numbers proceeded as on the programme list which follows: PROGRAMME 1NTRoDUcTo1zY Seven-thirty p.m. The School Orchestra- Cab Class Colours .... ...,.......,..... .,... B e rger Chl Air de Ballet ,.... von Glutk CCD Twinkling Stars .... ,. . Hawthorne ' CdD Canadian Boy ........ .. .. . Zametnick National Anthem-7:45 p.m. 1. Chairman's Address ............,............. . . . Joseph M. Leppert 1. Presentation of Field Day Cups and Medals- Cal The A. B. Damude Challenge Cup. . . CVD The E. Anderson Challenge Cup ......,. E. Anderson, M.P.P. CCD The James Thompson Challenge Cup ....., james Thompson, C.L.U. CdD The School Cups and Medals ........ ........,...., W . E. Boyes B. Damude, M.P 58 THE PELI-IAM PNYX 3 4 Presentation of Agricultural Prizes to QQ Garden Club Winners-Mr. Albert Nelson, President Welland County Board of Agriculture CbD Potato Club Winners-Mr. CliEord Brown, Chairman, Urban-Rural Relations Committee, Welland Rotary Club Presentation of Principal's Prize in Science, Intermediate Certificates, Com- mercial Graduation Diplomas, and Honour Awards ..... ,E. L. Crossley 5 Presentation of Graduation Diplomas and Address .... , . . .Rev. E. Whan 6 Valedictory Address ....,,.....,....,.........,... Miss Glenna Julian 7 Dances- Qaf Sur le Pont d'Avignon .. . French Folk Dance Chl The Chestnut Tree .,... ..,,.. E nglish Dance S 9 QCD The Skaters' Waltz. Physical Culture Demonstration-Pyramids ,..,...... Boys of the School The Enchanted Islefean operetta based on the themes of Frederic Chopin. Lyrics arranged by Marion Wakeman and music arranged by Ira B. Wil- son and presented by the students of the Pelham Continuation School Linder the direction of William F. Tulford, L.T.C.L., Specialist in Vocal and Instrumental Music. Art by Arnold B. Hodgkins, Campdeti. GRADUATES-1939 Graduation Diplomas-General Doris G. Bauslaugh Glenna H, Julian jacquelinej. Benallick Nick W. Kinach Evelyn E. Henderson M. Elizabeth Lewis David A. Horton Leo M. Lymburner Evelyn Beckett Elma Cavers Dorothy Cook William Alsop Marjorie Berg Shirley Berry Doris Daboll Elizabeth Daw Joseph Filip Barbara Armbrust Nancy Armbrust Gordon Beamer Doris Daboll Joseph Filip General Proficiency-Cl Commercial Graduation Harold Eller Rhoda Goss Albert Keenan Intermediate Certilicates David Johnson Evelyn Kelly Harold Kinsman Douglas Lymburner Dorothy Martyn Eleanor McGlashan Helen Walton Mabel Fletcher Eugene Gale Marjorie Haist Douglas Lvmburner Mary McCombs Robert A. Mclntosh Frances J. Ross Marion R. Traver 'june L. Whan Diplomas Fern Parlitt Betty Peacock Anne Todd XVilliam McKeachie George Misener Marjorie Page Geraldine Rogers John Savigny Marjorie Shantry ass Honours Marjorie Shantry Roland Tebbit Margaret Traver Elsie van Berkum Robbert van Berkuni THE PELHAM PNYX 59 THE ENCHANTED ISLE THE ENCHANTED ISLE -OPERETTA Frederic Chopin in the year 1836 made a visit to the Island cf Mallorca, in the Mediterranean Sea. I'-le was only tvventy-six years of age at the time and while on the Island he wrote some of his finest compositions. Aside from these facts, the events of this libretto are fictitious. TIME: The fall of the year 1836. PLACE: A fishing village on the Island of Mallorca. C lnz11zfte1',r.' CPrologue by Mary McCombsD Frederic Chopin, the famous pianist and composer, a delicate and sensitive young man, in ill health ,...... .......,,.. , . . William Colcock Elena-a young girl of the village ..........,.,,,,..........,. Joy Guinn Mamma Gomez-the far, voluble, energetic wife of the village innlceeper, mother of Elena ..,..........,.....,....., .I Margaret Tuck Papa Gomez-the village innkeeper, father of Elena, a kindly, pipe-smoking ex-fisherman .........,................,.. ..., . , , Edgar Ker Ramon-a young fisherman, childhood sewetheart of Elena ..., Keith Swayze Rosite, Shirley Berryg Conchita, Mabel Fletcher, and Maria, Marjorie Shanrry -friends of Elena. Miguel, Paul Bender, Beniot, Paul Tokaig and Juan, Garnet Ellerfyoung fishermen, friends of Ramon. Four Smugglers-Arnold Heinrichs, Douglas I-laist, Kenneth Hampton and Harold I-lodgkins. Choruses of Village Youths and Maidens ,..,,. Girls and Boys of the School PRIZE WINNERS Principals Prize for Proficiency in Middle School Agricultural Science, value SI0.00 ..,,........,......................, Miss Myrtle Walker BOYS' GARDEN CLUB CID Robbert van Berkum, QLD Cecil I-Iaistg QD Eugene Gale QQ John Swartz THE PELHAM PNYX The Green Lantern FENWICK 'iv' I Confectionery Ice Cream Stationery Hmdq1m1'te1'f for scHooL SUPPLIES Nona BOOKS SCRIBBLERS LOOSE LEAF NOTE BOOKS REFILLS FOR LOOSE LEAF NOTE BOOKS All other supplies required in Public and High Schools, including TEXT BOOKS AND BLACKBOARD REQUIREMENTS For the Bert in .fpartifzgg Gaudi, mul .fclwoof Supplier ffif THE GREEN LANTERN, FENXVICK k Iflfefelfl, Neilson'salce Cream ancl Chocolates FIRST AID REMEDIES , CIGARS AND TOBACCO TEA SPECIAL W. K. BALFOUR, Manager 60 THE PELHAM PNYX POTATO CLUB 1. Ray Collver William Aldrey John Savigny 7.. Robbert van Berkum Harold l-lodgkins Tommy Smith 3. Lloyd King Edwin Walton Gordon Elliott 4. George Misener Arthur Creamer FIELD DAY Senior Boys' Championship ,,.......,.,,..... ........,....... P aul Tokar -Winner of the A. B. Damude Challenge Cup Intermediate Boys' Championship ..,.,................... William Alsop -Winner of the E. J. Anderson Challenge Cup Junior Boys' Championship ..,....,............,....... Lloyd Stirtzinger -Winner of the Junior School Cup Senior Girls' Championship ...........,....................., Eva Secord -Winner of the James Thompson Challenge Cup Intermediate Girls' Championship ...............,.......... Evelyn Kelly -Winner of the School Challenge Cup Junior Girls' Championship .......................... Jacqueline Lampman -Winner of the Junior School Cup EXECUTIVES OF SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS-193 9-.io Literary Society ,.................. William Colcock Girls' Athletic Society ...,..,.. ....... E va Secord Boys' Athletic Society .................... Paul Tokar Editor-in-Chief, School Magazine ...... Gordon Beamer Business Manager .....,......,... ...... E dgar Ker School Pianist ..,......................, Elsie Smith Special Repeat Performance of Enchanted Isle Dec. 7th, 1939 The big feature of the programire was the Operetta, The Enchanted Isle, and it proved so popular with the audience that it was repeated by request on the evening of Dec. 7th, and once again the auditorium was filled to capacity. This tinte P. C. S. was honoured by the presence of Mr. G. Roy Fenwick, Provincial Supervisor of Music. Mr. Fenwick spoke in glowing terms of the edorts of P. C. S. in fostering good music. He congratulated two graduates, Miss Jacqueline Benallick and Mr. Joseph Guinn on their line selections and hoped that many more P. C. S. students would continue their musical studies. The background for the Operetta was an expecially line piece of art, the work of Arnold Hodgkins of Campden, and it added greatly to the success of the undertaking. THE ENCHANTED ISLE An Operetta by the Students of Pelham Continuation School, given on the evening of Dec. 7th, 1939, in the School Auditorium. PROGRAMME Introductory 7:43 The School Orcheatra- QQ Class Colours , ............ .... ..... B e zger Chl Air de Ballet ..., ..,. 1 'mz Gluck CCD Tvvinklinn Stars , .... Hfzwtbarne Cdl CanadianOBoy . . . ..., Zamecknirk THE. PELHAM PNYX 6l MR. G. ROY FENWICK Supervisor of Music for Province of Ontario National Anthem at 8:00 p.m. 1. Chairman's Remarks 2.. Vocal Selection-Bass!The Trumpeter CJ. Airlie Dixj .Mr. Joseph Guinn Accompanist+Miss joy Guinn 3. Dances-Caj Sur le Pont d'Avignon .,..,..4..,....,.. French Folk Dance Club The Chestnut Tree ..4.....,,.....,..,,..., English Dance QCD The Skaters' Waltz. 4. Vocal Selection-mezzo-soprano-Selected ....... Miss Jacqueline Benallick AccempanisteMiss Margaret Boyes . Physical Culture Demonstration ....,,....,,...,.... Boys of the School . Address ..,.....,,.. Mr. G. Roy Fenwick, Provincial Music Supervisor 7. l'The Enchanted Isle'-'an operetta based on the themes of Frederic Chopin fBy the Students of the School 5 6 POTATO CLUB ORGANIZED AT P. C. S. FOR 1940 Welland Rotary Club, the Federal Government, and the Provincial Gov- ernment are all collaborating in sponsoring the cost of prizes to be given the winners in the county contest for potato growing again this year. Some twenty-five boys have qualified for the club this year and it is expected the competition will be keener than ever. The boys will be directed by Agricul- tural Representative joseph Wilson again and the potato selected for grow- ing is the Chippawa, a comparatively new variety. ' TREE PLANTING Students of the school are continuing the programme of tree planting again this year in co-operation with the Pelham Horticultural Society. Al- ready some 37,000 trees have been ordered and these will be planted just as soon as the spring weather arrives. Tree planting and a Flower Show or Dis- play of Tulips, Hyacinths, etc., grown in classes are the major projects of the Agricultural and Horticultural Classes for 1940. THE PELHAM PNYX National Fertilizers Limited INGERSOLL Everything in Fertilizers Lora! Ageuty: HAGAR I-IORTON ----- - Fenwick WILLIAM WEED ----- - Fenwick N. E. BARTLETT - - - Welliind N. Cl-IADWICK - - - - - - - - Wellandport BYERS FEED X SEEDS ------- St, Catharines M. A. MANSFIELD, Di.rfrjtf Stzlcfzmzzz Phone 1 i 1, Ridgeville Exchange LORRAINE FLORAL GARDENS Roy G. Ewan, Praprjivoz' Gil'0It't'l'J' dm! lzzzportery of PERENNIALS BULBS ETC. Bedding Plants - Cut Flowers f Bouquets Funeral Designs Lawn Designing Planting Fenwick - Ontario W. T. ROBBINS Fl-UUR S FEED Charlie Zwiersclwlce Czzftom Clioppjzztg All kinds of grain bought and sold lVICCO1'1IliCli-DCCI'if1g Interigr Decgrator Sales and Service Frost and Lundy Fence Paper Hanger Roofing - Fertilizers - Salt , , Phone 67 R 3 Fmwick Fonthlll Ontario IVe Deliver HEI RICHS' GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION ACETYLENE WELDING The Bm' Eq1ripm' flvop in Term Phone Ritlgeville 15 R 3 THE PELHAM PNYX 63 POTATO CLUB Seated Cleft to right!-Robbert van Berkum, Ross Staley 1.Treas.l, john Wiley flares. D, Lloyd King lSec. 1, Don Alsop fVice-Pres. J, George Misener. First Row Standing-Cecil Haist, Bill Alsop, Joe Filip, Murland Foss, Harold Hodg- kins, Keith Zavitz, john Savigny. Second Row Standing-Peter Tokar, john Swartz, Douglas Cameron, Bruce Lep- pert, Gerald Freure, Junior Mosley, Frazer Zwierschlte. THE D, C. R. A. CONTEST The P. C. S. Cadet Corps entered the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Competition for shooting. The team consisted of nine boys and while there was 1 e c ance or rac ice is vear, e resu s were ver avoura e an lttl h f t th 1 th lt yf bl d are shown as follows: OFFICIAL RESULTS The Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Name of Competitor Jan. Score Feb. Score March Score Paul Tokar S8 93 79 Edgar Ker 75 86 87 Donald Alsop 90 94 97 Keith Zavitz 95 S4 97 Donald Metler 90 90 97. Ross Staley 79 89 97. Robbert van Berkum 79 89 89 Murland Foss 87 91 95 Kenneth Hampton 96 98 95 Team Score 779 815 82.3 The School is looking forward to the first Cadet Inspection Day which will take place on May 31, 1940, at 10:00 o'cl0ck. Special drills and sig- nalling exercises are being prepared as well as the regular Ceremonial Drill. THE PELHAM PNYX PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY MEDICINE QTlve follazvizzg are not cltfl't'I'ff.l't7l'.f, but Zulu' g11zL'Zo11.af1' umzfe 11 rwztribzzfiorz to the .1'l!CL't'J'.F of fluff zzzfzxguqizzcp DR. E. Down . . . Fenwick, Phone 79 DR. F. C. MH'ERS . Fonthill, Phone SS DR. G. A. JORDAN . Fonthill, Phone 60 DR. P. S. CARSON . Wellandport, Phone I7 DR. ALLAN RICE . Welland, Phone S55 Colzlpfjzzlvllir of ERIE COACH LINES LIMITED Compliment! of BALEY' ODORLESS DRY CLEANERS AND DYERS Phone 7.91 Wclland Ferzzvifk Reprexentatizw RITCI-IIE CAMPBELL BARBER SHOP Fenwick Ontario Your patronage appreciated . 1 I 1 1 Z l vlsffoqx C , WEI - G Cf fi i i C 'i I --I i F iff' 1 1 , i f X f e -mtiggi-f-4 i,,. sr., fi 9 . T-J -lmagogg-,1ms,,' AW' eexsefgl'-' if-P' '4f.J I'--1-P :i -Zv- BOYS' ATHLETIC SOCIETY In the early fall an athletic meeting was held in which all the students participated to elect the ofhcers for the ensuing year. Under the supervision of Mr. R. B. Laing, the following were appointed: I-Ionorary President ....,,.i,.,.,,,.,..... ,.... , ., Mr. R. B. Laing President ...,....,.. .,,....,, P aul Tokar Vice-President ,...,......,. . , ..,,..... Gordon Beamer Secretary-Treasurer ..,...,.,.. ,..,.....,,.. D oug Lymburner Sport Activities and Assistant ..,.....,, ,..,, P aul TokarAWilliam Colcock Track Captain ...,.,..,..,..,..,..............,.....,....,.. Billy Alsop Form Representatives - Bill Bauer, Stan. Reilly, David Johnson, Donald Metler ANNUAL FIELD DAY Finally the anxiously awaited day for the annual event was approaching. On October 11, 1939, the pupils adjourned to the playgrounds to capture laurels and to win for themselves the title of being the outstanding athlete of P. C. S. The weather was perfect and several records were established. Following were winners: Senior boys, Paul Tokar, winner of A. B. Dam- ude Challenge Cup, Intermediate boys, Bill Alsolp, winner of E. Anderson Trophygjunior Boys, Lloyd Stirtzinger, winner o P. C. S. Cup. Records established: In the Senior class, Paul Tokar was the outstanding athlete by breaking tive records namely, running broad jump, hop-skip and jump, running high jump, pole vault and shot put. Indeed, Paul made such a splendid showing that we expect to see him win new laurels at the St. Cath- arines track meet in the spring, and perhaps some day he might . . . ? who knows? In the Intermediate class Bill Alsop and Ken Hampton were the record- breakers. Bill broke the running broad jump and running high jump records and Ken broke the record for the standing broad jump. In thejunior class, although there were no new records, there was however, a good showing and more competition. Lloyd made a clean sweep of all the events. THE PELI-IAM PNYX JACOB HOFF MA FAMOUS READING ANTHRACITE COAL HAMILTON BY-PRODUCT COKE-DONNER HANNA COKE Order To-zip' AGENT POR RUBEROID INSUL BRIC SIDING Phone Ridgcvillc LS R 5 Church Street Fenwick B10 TRUE T0 NAIVIEH FRUIT TREES EROINI J LIAN NURSERIES G1'0zz'vrf of GENERAL LINE OF NURSERY STOCK Spefmvl Przvex to Horfifzzltzmzf Safjetivf, CZ71'll'L'Z7t'.l' and Sclwolx Phone Ridgcville 52. R 1 P. O. Fenwick THE PELHAM PNYX 67 SOCCER As the fall days began to get colder, our thoughts turned to Smithville, who were the bitter rivals of the P. C. S. clan. After a few practices, our coach, quite confident that we were in shape, decided we should tackle these laddies. With the splendid foot-work of Gordon Beamer who accounted for two goals, we fortunately won by a score of 3-7.. A return game was held the following week at Smithville and Gordon again became the hero by scoring the only goal to tie up the score. Thus the final result of the series was P. C. S. 4, Smithville 3. HOCKEY With the fine co-operation of Mr. Crossley and the students, we managed to have the rink in shape for the coming hockey season. The Athletic Society wishes. to thank the Literary, who have made it possible for us to secure hock- ey equipment. Since the weather turned out line, hockey and ice skating were enjoyed for weeks. V The P. C. S. did not have any team this year, but we hope that the boys will get together next year and have a line hockey club. INTER-FORM HOCKEY This was the first year that the classes decided to have form competition. Several games were played, with Form Il coming out on top by winning most games. Stan CPeglegD Reilly, the dynamic youngster from Fonthill, was the star of the team. Keep it up, Stan! A great season was enjoyed under the capable handling of Mr. Crossley. Our only hope is that the time will come when P. C. S. can put out a champ- ionship hockey team. , A BASKETBALL Basketball practices began early in the fall and a group of new members ventured to learn how to play basketball. There was a great scarcity of Senior boys, and the Athletic staff under Mr. Laing decided to enter only a Junior team. The Junior boys got away to a good start by defeating Port Colborne, but they didn't do as well as was anticipated, since opposition was keener than usual in the Junior Division this year. The team members gained much val- uable experience from their games and practices, and as the season progressed showed improvement in shooting and passing. The boys should be compli- mented on the way they turned out for practices and their perseverence in the face of heavy opposition. Scores were high against them in various cases, but win or lose, the team showed a good reputation for clean sportsmanship. The team wishes to thank Mr. Laing for his line coaching and for devot- ing much of his time to try and establish healthy lads for the future. SENIOR BOYS' BASKETBALL The Seniors accompanied by the Grads, played a few exhibition games with various schools. Thanks to the help of R. Secord, L. Lymburner, D. Horton Qstars of former yearsl we were successful in winning a few games. Merritton Seniors nearly gave P. C. S. quite a heart failure in one game, but the local quint. came forth with a 1417.3 victory. ., , THE PELHAM PNYX Goal for Savings A University education is an advantage which most parents would like their children to en- joy. Even with Ll small income, this is often accomplished by keeping a special Savings Account. Regular Deposits, at compound in- terest, soon accumulate. G. D. HANNAH, Marzagef' Fenwick, Ontario HARRY F. OSTROSSER GENERAL INSURANCE Repreferztative of Camzdimz-Britifb Campaign' LIFE AUTO FIRE CASUALTY Phone Ridgeville 7.5 R I3 Fenwick JOHN LAMPMAN 8a SON FURNITURE S FUNERAL SERVICE Motor Equipment Funeral Directors and Licensed Embalmers Phone 19 Wellandport P. O. Box 110 j. GLEN LAMPMAN Phone 2.9w Riclgeville Phone 19 Wellandport THE PELHAM PNYX 69 BANTAM BOYS' BASKETBALL It was decided that a Bantam team should be formed to play exhibition games with other schools. The boys were small and they provided plenty of laughs for the spectators as they bounced around the floor. They were unsuc- cessful with all their games, but we give them credit for at least trying, as we know they did their best. INTER-FORM BASKETBALL Under the supervision of Mr. Laing, inter-form basketball was very suc- cessful. Most of the responsibility was held by the students alone. All the scheduled games were refereed by the pupils. The final game was refereed by John Swartz. Six teams entered the competition and teams 4 and 6 were tied. In the playoffs team 6 CG. Beamerb was successful in eliminating team 4 QP. Tokarj Special mention: It has been decided that in the following years Field Day will be changed to Sports Day, and we hope that it will be a success. GIRLS' ATHLETIC SOCIETY President .......... .,.,....,,....,,.......,,..... .,.... E v a Secord Vice-President .....,......,.....,.................,......, Gelnna julian Secretary-Treasurer ..,,..,..,...,............,..,...,,...,.... julia Dilts Form Representatives. .Elsie Smith, Evelyn Kelly, Margaret Traver, Evelyn Crowe. FIELD DAY With Field Day being held on the early date of Oct 11, practicing com- menced as soon a re-acquaintance with old P. C. S. was made. With short but persistent practice the winners were provided with keen competition and the spectators with many thrills. The programme of high jumping, broad jumping, hop, skip and jumping, dashes and baseball and basketball throwets was concluded with no rain or snow which was most unusual. The close of a strenuous day heralded the following as victors: Senior Girls-Eva Secordg Intermediate Girls-Evelyn Kelly, Junior Girls -Jacqueline Lampman. BASEBALL Last spring the baseball enthusiasts were numerous, hardly one noon hour slipped by without two teams frantically trying to outswing one another at the bat. There were two games played with Smithville, but Pelham would prefer to keep the results hidden. When this spring rolls around, Our girls will do their best to obtain a more evenly balanced score. BASKETBALL Basketball practice started with large numbers turning out. It was very encouraging to find so many newcomers anxious to learn to play our mid- winter sport. To Miss M. Dixon we offer our thanks for helping us organize all our athletic organizations and begin the basketball season. To Mrs. Mc- Nulty we render thanks for the magnificent way in which she slid into the harness of our basketball responsibilities. As the girls' basketball coach, she gladly offered her time and admirably carried on from where Miss Dixon left off THE. PELHAM PNYX ,fl-I J .5 :I l , - . ,iifsggisiig f 03112211 5 Hnruermtg KINGSTON ONTARIO I l l - -- Incorporated by Royal Charter l84l situated in the oldest city in Ontariog 30 modern buildings: annual regis- trationvabout 4,7003 health insurance provided during session: placement ofhce gives free service to graduates. ARTS-Courses leading to the degrees of B.A., M.A., B.Com., M.Com., Correspondence work is available. SCIENCE-Courses leading to the degrees of B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chem- istry, Mineralogy, and Geology, Physics and in Mining, Chemical, Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. MEDICINE-Courses leading to the degrees of M.D., C.M. and M.Sc., and to the Diploma of Public Health. Matriculation Pamplhet, obtainable on request, includes list of scholarships and prizes at Pass and Honour Matriculation levels. Write for a copy of Queen's in Pictures Complimentx Uf Asa E. Haist General Store FENWICK PHONE go R 1 THE PELHAM PNYX J. E. McCOMBS 8' SON Grazverf of ORNAMENTAL TREES SHRUBS EVERGREENS ROSES FRUIT TREES ETC. Phone 47. R 3 Ridgeville R. R. No. 5, Fenwick Fenwick Bakery For Quality Baked Goods Call- Bretzd Jliced expecially for partief L E. HAIST Dealer in Flour, Feed, Garden Seeds in Bulk, Plymouth Binder Twine and Salt, Poultry Supplies, Implements, Baskets, Fertilizer All kinds of grain bought and sold O. HANNIGAN Phone I7 R 1 Phone 30 R 5 Fenwick Sunset Gladiolus Gardens The Home of Better Gladioli Complmmltj Perennials and Rock Plants af S. A. l-IAIST Cunboro St. East Fenwick Phone Ridgeville 72. R 4 R. COUGHLAN HAMPTON'S School Supplies Dunnville Dairy Ice Cream Candy Tobaccos l-lot Dogs I-lamburgs FENWICICS EAST END STORE DR. I. E. FONGER DENTIST Fenwick Ontario THE PELHAM PNYX 7l The following record of the basketball games are written from rumours which the officials confirm: December 14th, 1939-Niagara Falls 40, Pelham I4 With many alterations and additions our team went to Niagara Falls in- tent on keeping the score more balanced then the game played three years ago. They did very well, too. Our Juniors playing their tirst game away from home did admirably well. They were beaten by only 36 points. January 5th, 1940-POFII Colborne 3o, Pelham 31 This game, played at Pelham, was really encouraging to a now organized and anxious Senior team. Using the Junior girls for substitutes, P. C. S. won by 31-30 in overtime. We don't always play so rough, !Port! January 19th-Merritton zo, Pelham L7 Pelham started the league games with a bang! In spite of stiff opposition it was not very hard for our girls to defeat last year's League NVinners. The Junior girls did their best but they had made alterations in their lines and two of their best players were missing. Therefore we do not wonder at the score of 51-4. January 16th-Beamsville 11, Pelham I7 It was an easy victory for the Senior girls with their superior passing and excellent forward line. The gymnasium proved no handicap this time, or maybe it was the thoughts and dreams of the end of a perfect evening. That end was the invitation to a snack at the home of Mr. Tufford, our music teach- er. What a glorious time was had by all! I almost forgot the Junior girls. With chins up and smiling faces they bravely bore a 7.7-14 defeat. February 9th-Merritton 13, Pelham ll Do I really have to say anything about this game? With fouls a-plenty for both teams, Merritton had wormed its way to the fore. Our first defeat. The Junior girls were sorely troubled with the gigantic Hoot, but again they were good loosers to the tune of 58-16. An explanatory note regarding our Junior girls might be enlightening. They were really inexperienced- most of the team being grade-ninersf' February 16th A return game scheduled with Beamsville to be played at Pelham. P. C. S. held a Valentine Dance on that night so the game was indefinitely postponed. After many unsuccessful efforts to arrange the game, Beamsville defaulted. This left the Senior girls of Merritton and Pelham tied for first place in the league. February List-Merritton 46, Pelham- All that need be said is that Pelham lost. Yet they had played the game as Pelham always plays the game. Afterwards many hearty shouts of con- gratulations, together with best wishes for the future victories of Merritton were heard floating from the dressing rooms. The Senior team will be gone by next season, but P. C. S. has much hope in its Junior girls' team. NVe are warning you to watch their budding basket- ball possibilities. They Will shoot forth undoubtedly in the near future- next year, I wonder. Good luck to you Juniors, we are rooting for you. Senior Girls' Basketball Team: Forwards-Glenna Julian Qcaptainl, Jean Secord, jean Holder, Marion Mitchell, Guards-Julia Dilts, Doris Daboll. Eva Secord, junior Girls' Basketball Team: Forwards-Myrtle Walker, Mary Ko- walski, Ruth Brown, Margaret Traver, Marjorie Morris, Guards-Marjorie Holder, Anne Todd Qcaptainj, Victoria Vkfalker, Lilly Kinach. THE PELHAM PNYX MIDHURST DAIRY PASTEURIZED AYRSHIRE MILK l from one of Caiiudgfs oldest tuberculin free herds P. w, GULLETT sons l Phone L1 R I Riclgeville The Original Couzpfizzzenfr of Turner's Corners i Fred Turner - Elton Hutchinson W Proprietors Y Jct. 20 and 3A Highways Bea'-WY SIWOPPC CABINS MEALS . 24 h . S ' V101-A COON You are invitelel tfnrvxiisit our new , A Rendezvous room to dine and dance. PllOl'1C 7 R 4 Rldgevlllc We caler lo privale parties , Phone Riclgeville 34j and 95 r 2 l Stallwood Garage Chas. W. Wiley Q L. STALLWOOD, Prop. Commercial and Portrait x , Photographer FIRESTONE TIRES K TUBE5 Plvotograplnf taken z7lU'll'Z7t'l'6, dig' or ' Accessoriesffias-Oil-Greases mfgbt I Studio: Fonthill, Ont.-Box 903 l l Repoirf to all zmzker of uzry phone I, Ridgeville and at Wellancl over Woolworth l Phone Ridgeville 33w- Fonthill Bldg., Plione 333, Wellancl I Be a partner in making your county more beautiful by planting I trees, shrubs, roses and other plants. Pelham Township Horticultural Society For memberflaip in the Sofiety ami rz copy of our attrzzctirc option lirtr, i apply to I MRS. E. CLEMENS, Serretazjy Fenwick Phone Ridgeville 90 R 4 5 l THE PELHAM PNYX 73 SKATING PARTIES With the ice in the height of skating condition, the Athletic Society sponsored two skating parties on the evenings ofjanuary 9 and 1.9. After two hours of skimming over the glossy surface both with steel runners and with- out them, the hilarious crowd assembled in the gvmn where scrumptious re- freshmentsyhot-dogs and coffee-were devoured. On the latter night Mrs. Hannah, playing the piano, provided music for a period of dancing. We hope to have more of this next vear. 1 B ' f 'Q ' V' , , 'XA'-V.f , 1 gf N 4' 235: 'fggsti P! 4 f 41- ' 'i ' AWQQA ' , N 5' ' ' . ,, si Il. -1 ' ,A .i , -1.5 f - ' 'xx , N' .- 4 ' -1 wwwgms N ' ' is ., it i , E Q wwf ,-,psf Inf? f H 'K -, V 9- IWW? l sn' ffl? ig. mu, 44'g. ' 6 Q FAMILIAR SCENES 74 THE PELHAM PNYX E E TE is Cg:Ul 'f Im'- 5552 O 565 I UQ 295 E3 ju-u 4 5? 52 ff-4 E HARDWOOD FLOORING Glass and Small Hardware Custom Sawing I CANADA PAINT LUXOR FINISHES I Consul! zz.: about your Izzxnfurion or Bzzildifzcg PI'b!t'7lIJ' I Phone 40 4 Ridgeville Q FOR PASTEURIZED MILK OR CREAM i CHU A MAPLE GROVE DAIRY 1 Phone 76.1 A. O. HAIST R SONS T.B. Tested Herd , Om' Mofr0.' -Qlnzfizjf and ,Yvrz'ice COI7IP!jl7Z67ZfJ' of I J. M. B. MCCLELLAN GENERAL MERCHANT Ridgeville, Ontario Phone Iow I THE PELHAM PNYX 75 EXCHANGE By Marion johnson In the past year many excellent magazines have reached us through our Exchange. These magazines keep us in touch with other schools, both near and distant, and help to interest and inspire not only the student body but also the editorial staff in the compilation of the PELHAM PNYx. We wish to extend our hearty thanks to the staff of each of the following magazines: WESTWARD HO!4Western Technical Commercial School, Toronto. The cover is a smart idea. The sketches in colour and many photographs add distinction and interest to your magazine. THE BUGLE-Crescent Heights High School, Calgary, Alberta. A well il- lustrated year book. May we suggest more poetry for an improvement. KELVIN-Kelvin High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Poetry and Photo- graphy sections are excellent. A very neat and well arranged magazine. COMMISSIONERS HIGH SCHOOL+Quebec, Quebec. Very good poetry section, we like the account of your school activities. EASTERN ECHO!Eastern High School of Commerce, Toronto. Clever Writeup of the Alumni. Your magazine indicates an active student body. NORVOC-Northern Vocational School, Toronto. The sketches in your magazine are an excellent idea for section heads. How about a larger Humour Section. VOX COLLEGIENSIS-St. Catharines Collegiate Institute and Vocational School. Your Literary section is very good. ARGOSYeHigh School of Commerce, Ottawa. Material could be better grouped. Photographic section is excellent. PLUMTREE SCHOOL MAGAZINEfBulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. Very glad to have you on our Exchange List. THE OWL-Belfast Royal Academy. One of our very interesting magazines from overseas. We hope to have you again. LUX GLEBANA-The Glebe Collegiate Institute, Ottawa. Literary section is good, but an Exchange section seems to have been overlooked. THE ECHOES-Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School. Congrat- ulations on your line magazine. Art is especially good. OAKWOOD ORACLE-Oakwood Collegiate Institute, Toronto. Sports de- partment indicates that you are an active school.. THE ELEVATOR-Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School. The double page of picture is a very good idea and also amusing. We sug- gest a more condensed arrangement of material. VANTECHYVancouver Technical School, Vancouver, B. C. Your coloured section heads are new. Some poetry would help. CONNING TOWERfNVeston High School. The form notes are well written. Glad to have you on OUI' Exchange List again. THE YEAR BOOK-Paris High School. Your book is an excellent record of school activities. The space allotted does not permit us to comment on all the magazines we have received. Our list is growing each year and we thank all those who have exchanged. We shall hope to comment on the others another year and we wish to acknowledge receipt of the following: NEXUS-Pembroke Collegiate Institute, Pembroke. THE STUDENT-Welland High and Vocational School, Welland, Ont. LAMPADION-Delta Collegiate, Hamilton, Ont. THE PURPLE AND GOLD-Princeton Public and Continuation School, Princeton, Ont. . THE PELI-IAM PNYX Complimentx of Imperial Bank nf Qlanaim G. L. GORDON Afldilflgfl' FONTH I LL BRANCH A. B. DAMUDE Representative for 30 strong CANADIAN AND BRITISH COMPANIES FIRE - THEFT Y AUTO - CASUALTY Phone Ridgeville 7.00 FONTHILL ONTARIO THE PELHAM PNYX 77 THE ORACLE-Woodstock Collegiate and Vocational School, Woodstock, THE SPOTLIGHT-Trenton High School, Trenton, Ont. THE HERMES-Humberside Collegiate, Toronto, Ont. THE NORTHLAND ECHOeNorth Bay High School, North Bay, Ont. THE TWIG-University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, Ont. THE REFLEX-College of Optometry, Toronto, Ont. THE VULCAN-Central Technical School, Toronto, Ont. THE PURPLE QUILL-Ball High School, Galveston, Texas. VALEDICTORY--Contid from page 52 ademic side of the school a success. Take up our efforts where we have drop- ped them, surpass them, strive ever toward perfection. You know, when we stepped into this school for the hrst time a feeling of awe swept over us. During our five years here this feeling has been over- shadowed by a stronger one of familiarity. But now that we are leaving it, awe again fills our hearts. Oh, it's not the building, though we are proud to have such had a line one. No, it's not the building, but it's the spirit with- in the building. It's a spirit of co-operation, of friendliness, a spirit of good- fellowship. And now we're leaving it. But we're not leaving it forever. We will be back. It may be many years before our class is gathered here together again as it is to-night, but some day we hope it will be. And so, until then, on behalf of the graduating class of 1939, may I wish the school, and the teachers, and the students every success. Thank you. IN MEMORIAM OF MISS WETHERALD By Joyce Gordon, GRADE rx. One day just as the maiden spring was entering the year, There fell asleep a gentle friend, a friend so loved and dear, That in the hearts of all who knew her sweet and smiling face, Will leave the fragrant memories of simple charm and grace. Her soul was like a garden where there was wont to grow The sweetest thyme and lavender, beloved of long ago. And with her loving hands she lucked the weeds from out the soil, And kindest thoughts and worcfg and deeds were products of her toil. And many other souls like hers did flourish in her care, And every day in some poor heart she planted lavender. 'Tis not by boisterous, brazen things, nor feats of brawn and dare, But by the sweet and simple things that we remember her. 78 THE PELHAM PNYX ' L 5 Font 1ll an age l h ' G l A. R. MINOR, P1-gp, ACETYLENE WELDING AUTO ACCESSORIES Willard Batteries Goodyear Tires I Phone Sgw Fonthill 1 9 . . ' M B E HOWELL PAGE Q I -lg' I ICE CREAM CANDY Quality Groceries, Cured Meats TOBACCOS LUNCHES , Fresh Fruits and Vegetables T .S . LLVZ L'l'l'lL'L' Phone IGLKI Fonrhill .Phone 10311 Fonthill ll ClIl1,7P!1llIt'l?f.li of G L Drake 8: Barron I BUTCHER FURNITURE AND Quality Fresh and Cured INIeats FUNERAL DIRECTORS W, D,jm,,- PIIOHCSO1 Fomhill ll Phone Ridgeville ww, Pomhiii l . L. GILES l ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR l Eleftrif Soil Hmfizzg tl Spemzlg Frigidaire Refrigerators Beach Ranges Appliances Fixtures I Phone Ridgeville 16Sw Fonthill l i , ,L THE PELHAM PNYX 79 HUMOUR The woman who fired 5 times at her husband wants him to return home -she misses him so. We wonder: If our English teacher is a book-worm, is our Geometry teacher an angle-worm? The English class was asked to write an account of a ball game. The following composition was handed in by Ray Collyer- Rain, No Game. FOR SALE-Two tame, well-educated mice Cthey have been through our high schoolD. Apply 3rd Form. As the ink said to the pen: Oh, you dip. Don: Why did the little mouse leave home? Donna: Because his father was a rat. A Scotsman from the remote Highlands paid his hrst visit to London. On arriving at Euston a voice said, Taxi, sir? The fellow shook his head. After exploring London our Scots friend went on to Bristol. On emerg- ing from the station he heard the familiar hail: Taxi, sir? No, thank ye, he bawled. I said 'Nol' in London and l meant it. Now stop following me about. Father: Johnny, what is this '6o' on your report card? Johnny: I-I-Ith-think that's the temperature of the schoolroomf' Father: Well, Willie, what did you learn at school to-day? Willie CproudlyD: I learned to say Yes, sir, and No, sir, and Yes Ma'am, and NO, Ma'am . Father: You did! Willie: Yeah ' 1 As one hole in the ground said to the other hole in the ground: Gee, l feel empty inside! One mouse said to another mouse: Oh , you squealer! A small boy at school for the first time began to sob bitterly. What's the matter, sonny? asked the teacher. Please, Miss, l don't like school, and I've to be here till I'm 14. Oh, don't worry about that, said the teacher, l've to be here till I'm 65! ' Ted: Teacher says I have an inventive genius.' Mrs. Guinn Cbeamingy Splendid! And what did she say you could in- vent? Ted: New ways of spelling words. Diagrams are delicate things just below the ribs, and above the stomach. T-E ELHAN NYX QQ WEZWEZ VOLUME VIH ADRIL 1940 No. S Page Editorial Committee ..... .,......,. 7 Message from the Principal ,....i 9 Message from the School Board ,.,, Editorials ...,..,......,,....,.... ln Memoriam... . . Literary Section- A Mother's Sacrifice ..,...., One Glorious Hour ,... ,....., P. C. S. Goes to Parliament .... A Glorious Adventure ....... Happenings in the Night ...,.. Upper School Prolics of 1945 ..... Little Willie Before Company 4... Temperamental Susie .......... Pity and the Life-Saver ..,... New Year Resolutions.. . , The Graf Spee ,........ Grade X ,........... Another To-Morrow ..... .... A Peculiar Pet .....,...,........,...... My Adventures with a Peasant Woman .,.. On Grade IX Names ...... .........,... Bird's Eye View of Aeroplanes ..... Early Schools of Ontario ......... Travel as a Means of Education ,.,,,.,..... The History ofR1dgev1lle .......,............ . . The Influence of the Radio on Public Opinion .... , . Old Fort Erie ..........................,.... . . Platinum ..i...,..........,..........,.... Commercial Section .... Poetry Section ........ Valedictory Address .... Alumni ........i...,. School Notes .,... Sports ......... Exchange ....., Humour .......,. ........ Directory of Advertisers .... Autographs ........... IS IO I1 I-I w LO ll -l -l 7 9 go 31 33 3-l 33 36 37 38 40 41 41 43 44 45 48 51 53 55 65 75 79 95 96 THE PELHAM PNYX Geo. B. 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Kenneth Hampton: Great Scott, who wrote Ivanhoe? ' Sonny I-laist: I'll tell you, if you tell me who the Dickens wrote Oliver Twist. Bud: I want to shave but I can't tind my mug. Toni: It's under your whiskers. Teacher: Can anyone tell me what happened after Caesar mustered his army? Bill A.: I-Ie peppered the enemy and took the citadel by assault. Ikey: Your overcoat is rather loud. Bill P.: It's all right when I put on a muffler. Wong: You savvy that piano stool you sell me? Shopkeeper: Yes, what about it? Wong: No good! Me twisty, me twirly, again me twisty, but he make no music! There was a young man called Paul, Who grew so tremendously tall, That, when in bed He could stretch out his leg, And turn out the light in the hall. The subject Water had been given as an essay topic. Keith Swayze wrote: Water is a white, wet liquid, which turns black when you wash in it. Gordon Beamer at the P. C. S. Tuck Shop: I-low long is my hot-dog go- ing to be? Waitress: Oh, about four and a half inches. Miss D.: What do you consider the greatest accomplishment of the Romans? Stan Reilly: Learning Latin. Bill Colcock, 'after contributing his story to the editor of the Pnyx: I got through that story in an hour and thought nothing of it. Gordon Beamer CEditorj: I got through your story in half that time and thought the same thing. Farmer: Where do you wash? Camping Boy Scout: In the spring, of course. Farmer: I said where, not when. .rp l THE PELHAM PNYX Bob Caven Arthur A. Craise G'I'OCS1'1i?ggi1Li13eI!1Sh .md INSKRANCE All kinds of Cooked Melts under In all its branches i proper refrigeration L v 19 James St. St, Catharines Phone 'Jw If f Dffizfr 1 EXAWNED HTTED q Diseafes K Deformiries ofthe feet Otiice Hours: 9.33 ro 11.00 ' 1.30 ro ym 4 4 Evenings by Appointment LL9 br. Pgul br. Phone L56 Q w A 131 bt. Paul br. Opp. James N' Clthm-mcg Phone .ilgf St. Catharines B' J Sc C lssonnette, oy o. ST. CATHARIXES Crater! Store For L Men and Boys ! I THE PELHAM PNYX 83 V V You look at an expression like alxl plus b1y1 plus labxy-C1 and say var- ious things Ccourtesy of Mr. Laingj. Gordon Beamer Qtranslating Frenchj: UI offered my arm to a little girl of short stature. Harold H.: Let's skip classes and take in a show. john W.: Can't do it, old man. I need the sleep. Harold H.: Is it right that Mr. Laing should punish me for something I didn't do? Mr. Crossley: Why no, what did he punish you for? Harold: For not doing my homework. In History, we learn that the early settlers used to take back tales of animals to France. The modern girl is fond of clothes. but not entirely wrapped up in them. Customer: Waiter, did you say these eggs were fresh laid? Waiter: Yes, sir. fresh laid on toast. Anabel, after driving into a garage: Would you tell me what is the mat- ter with my car? Mechanic: Oh, your engine is missing. madamf' Anabel: That's funny, it was there when I started out. Miss Dixon: XYe know from our texts we should have birch bark. re- sinous dead limbs and a dead pine stump for building a tire. What else do we need, Gordon? Gordon B.: A match. hir. Crossley: Given: Chas. G. D. Roberts' father was a cannon. Con- clusion: Chas G. D. Roberts was a son of a gun . There was a young man from the city Who saw what he thought was a kitty He gave it a pat Said, XVhat a pretty cat! They buried his clothes out of pity. - The professor was putting the tinishing touches to his new concrete path- 'way. Tommy, aged six, had been watching the proceedings with great in- terest, and at length, deeming the time right for trial, started' to cross before the mixture was dry. I When the professor displayed his annoyance a passer-by observed: Why, professor, I thought you liked children. ' I like them all right in the abstract, the professor replied, but not in the concrete. Bob: Dad, can you sign your name with your eyes shut? Mr. Goss: Certa1nly. Bob: Well, then, shut your eyes and sign my report card. THE. PELHAM PNYX STUDENTS We carry a full line of apparatus, supplies. and chemicals for re- plenishing your chemistry sets, We also have a list of TO experiments which we will be glad to send you. post paid. for IOC cash. Write today' as the supply is limited. Lyndon Scientific Co. II9 Pearl Street Toronto, Ontario PRODUCTS EOR THE PROMOTION CF SANITATION West Disinfecting Co. TORONTO ONTARIO SCHOOL FURNITURE BLACKBOARDS AND ACCESSORIES MAPS, GLOBES, .axo CHARTS KINDERGARTEN Axis JUNIOR GRADE MATERIALS FINE ART ART HANDICRAFT MATERIALS BARNES BOOKS Educational Equipment and Supplies The Geo. M. Hendry Co. Limited ToRoNTo ONTARIO WRITE US and SAVE MONEY JACK WATSON SPORTING GOODS CO. LOI Church Street Toronto THE PEL!-IAM PN YX 85 The worst case of absent-mindedness I've ever come across, began the story-teller, was a college professor I met in London last year. He was on his way to the lecture room. Half wav to the building, he suddenly remember- ed something. Hang it! he said. I've forgotten my watch. Then he put his hand in his pocket, and pulled the watch out to see what the time was. Hurrah! he said, it's only ten past nine. I've got time to go home and get it! Custom Othcer fcollecting feef: I hate to do this but it's mv duty. Confucius say: He who leads with right, will get left. He who is fat is owner of large corporation. He who calls up Dorothy Lamour gets sarong number. He who sits on number of tacks is tactful. There is no doubt about it, Hitler is a Nazi man. Brian hide in closet in suit but hide in bureau in drawers. Woman does not have to be blonde to be light headed. Girl can run for Literary President if president does not run for girl. Miss De La Mater. picking up the dictionary, remarked emphatically, I see the dictionary has a nu-back Qnewbackff' In P. C. S. we have az King but no Queen Daboll but no Highball hlarrvn but no Swallow Holders but no Candles Haist but no Speed Page but no Book HicCkD but no Beer Lvmbumer but no Cheese M.ckev but no Finn Smith but no Jones Rogers but no Radio Brown but no Black Dell but no Farmer Berg but no Ice Peacock but no Feather Frazer but no River Hill but no Plain Ker but no Kennel Watts but no Lights We also have freeze-outs instead of black-outs in P. C. S.-bfir. Laing sponsors the freeze-outs! A John Qon bus tour, reaching back of another personD: My, those are nice buttons on your coat! Annabel: That's a round-about way to look at buttons! john Wiley would like the P. C. S. carpenters to make stair steps so his feet won't slip off. John fell twice in one day, We heard. THE. PELHAM PNYX BUSY LIBRARIANS WRITE ONLY ONE LETTER.f Write only one letter with your whole order for books from different publishers. 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It will pay you to shop at Rosberg's Ltd., where you can save on New Quality Merchandise. FIFTH FORM NOTES THE PEL!-IAM PNYX 87 Tired Schoolboy: Confederation used to be a date, now its half a book of history and two-thirds of the questions on our exams. Teacher: What is the difference between an optimist and a pessimist? Promising Scholar: A pessimist wears a pair of garters and an optimist wears a pair of socks. Jean Secord Qon bus thinking we were on our way to the museumj: We're going to see the mummies now. Bill Alsop Cwho knew we were going to the City Dairyj: Where is the City Dairy? Lloyd King Cas we passed a large buildinglz There's the Rennie Seed Building. Doug Lymburner: Where they manufacture seeds? Name Gordon Beamer Paul Bender William Colcock Julia Dilts Joy Guinn Marion johnson Edgar Ker Donald Metler Marion Mitchell Victoria Ned Eva Secord Margaret Strawn Paul Tokar Margaret Tuck Glenna julian Elsie van Berkum June Whan John Wiley Gwen Mitchell Ambition train midgets another Richard Greene politician the opposite sex charming first formers to be sweet and lovable hockey player to be a crooner normal all movie stars belle of the ball ask her? a second Syl Apps numerous things skipping school a model housewife college bus driver to be a reporter Pastime learning to drive a Dodge pass time knit two, purl two making telephone calls shocking people doing good deeds school setting his hair basketball 81881108 measles talking Modern History pictures of hockey players knitting reading murder stories chewing gum catching a few winks reading love stories Mr. Bender: Did you have the car out last night, son? Paul: Yes, dad, I took some of the boys for a run. Mr. Bender: Well, tell the boys I found one of their little lace handker- chiefs. Mrs. McNulty: Gordon, turn around. I'm sure Myrtle isn't so enamoured with you. Love: the quest, Marriage: the conquest, Divorce: the inquest. , Someone observed this roadside sign somewhere in Main: Eggs-An- tiques Examination boners: a passive verb is one in which the subject is the suf- ferer, such as, He married her. Mr. Crossley, discussing a fire in a large high school: It burned down the skating rink, ice and all. THE PELHAM PNYX l I You are invited to visit one of our . . . N. P. HAIST I RE XALI. DRUG STORES conveniently located to serve YOu I RADIOS: R. C. A. VICTOR Pl-IILCO CAN. GEN. ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS 591 King Street 19o King Street 139 East Main Street Phone 103 Phone 65 Phone LOS Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted Cafzzplizzzemtr vf J. L. Shepherd, R. O. 1 7 Q Smiths Sat: n r h OPTOBIETRIST t 0 e y S op i Phone WOO 31 E. Main sf. Phone eo T LS E. 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