Pelham Continuation School - Pelham Pnyx (Fenwick, Ontario Canada)

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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.

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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.

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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