Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School - Echoes Yearbook (Peterborough, Ontario Canada)

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l x Quality Street Front Row: School Children 4B. Seymour. R. Sa derson, B. Q ' J F -0- ' J L - 'e fr - xl L.. Doug'hty,Y,T..Killing4beck, I. Dayman, M. nlvletcalfe. L. uCliifilonili1'igls.i2-lmlill'Tu1'n?eI'lleHF'BlellfE1Xi'ibl -Ildfllt' PEQFW- If 111121111 SHN-Ill. a had boy 1H. Greenyg Dancers at the ball fB. Newman, J. Pitchford. H' Vllghflf P3-tty-,3lTlElldv to the Throssels, QR, Telfoi-dp: Miss Susan Throssel tl. Michaudjg Miss Pllogbe TIHOSFQI th' Mdfeelyli MISS 1l'la1'Y Wlllmlghby UL Gertleynz Harriet 4N. Gi-aw: Miss lilf-lips-gLta1JTu1nbu11 411. l-3595'II Miss Ifanny Xvilloughby IF. Gi:-shmanlz Charlotte Parratt, fC. Back Rowg Dancers atgthe ball 4B. Hamilton, J. Wray. A. Scotty, An Old S'ld'e' rf'. L t ' YQIEIIPIITIG AB1'own ik. Brownb: Lieutenant Spicer 1B. Carleypg Ensign Blade-sl lli. Iludsilriijclnl-ll Seigeant fB. Crockeril Directors fMiss M. White. Mr. H. L. Halejg Prompter IJ. We Saw the Playl When it was announced that the Dramatic Club had chos- en the well-known Quality Street for the annual school play, we simply raised our eyebrows, tucked our collec- tive tongue in our collec- tive cheek, and said: Hmmm . . . ! After all, we had seen the moving picture, and read the play. Could the Dramatic Club possibly live up to the movie? Well, 'tHmmm,', we said. But we saw the play, and were we surprised! We saw well chosen scenery fremem- ber the Blue and White Room?j, beautifully matched period furniture, pretty, col- ourful, and fplease notej well- iitting costumes, to say noth- ing of the acting! We heard every word of the play, and we marvelled at the superb acting turned in by the students we all know. We gasped with delight at petite Ruth McNeely in a sparkling white satin wedding dress, and we mentally award- ed orchids to Irene Michaud as dear Aunt Susan and Ruth Telford as the maid, who reaped their share of the laughs. Dashing Ken Brown made a doubly dashing Valen- tine Brownw. Roy Apple- cheeks Hudson and Bob Car- ley made worthy suitors for the hand of Miss Phoebe , while Margaret Gertley, Marie Casey and Fanny Gishman tip- toed nimbly on and off-stage as the three prying old maids. Altogether, the play was a whirlwind success! We saw it Thursday and heard it was even better Friday. Now we have our collective hat off to the Dramatic Club, and we have ordered three lusty cheers for Miss White and Mr. Hale who helped so well. Yes, we saw the play, and we feel sorry for anyone who didn't. Heard at the Play Phoebe: I should love. sir, to in- spire frenzy in the breast of the male. Susan: Oh that weary Latin! I wish I had the whipping of the man who invented it. Valentine Brown: Be off with you, apple cheeks. Patty: hIa'am, I ha' been looking out at windows waiting for him to oblige by turning the corner this Hfteen years. Ensign Blades: I - Charlotte, ex- plain! Lieut. Spicer: Blay I stand beside you, Miss Susan? Isabella: Please, rna'am father wishes me to acquire Algebra. Charlotte: My chest is weak, I shall sit among the dew. The Dramatic Club Last fall the P.C.V.S. Dra- matic Club was launched on its second year of existence, with over forty members. The of- iicers for the 1939-40 season are: President-Bob Crocker. Vice President-Betty Allen. Secretary-Bernice Greatrix. As during last year, regular meetings were restricted main- ly to the pre-Christmas season, the school play getting under way at the beginning of Janu- ary. The meetings were super- vised by Mr. Hale, who instruct- ed the clubs in dramatics. One meeting was given over to Miss Hicks for a very interesting demonstration in stage make- up. However, this year we also decided to proceed with the more practical business of pro- ducing shorter plays. The first of these, Refund by Fritz Karinthy, was presented at Commencement, being the first time the club has taken part in that event. Later, a short skit entitled Catharine Parr was produced for morning enter- tainment, using the loud-speak- er. It is hoped that in the near future we shall also present a one-act play Vacuum, writ- ten for us by Hugh Kenner. Page Thirty-nine

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Glimpse Through A Camera lC'mzfir111cflfrom Page -ITD be in Toronto. Don't forget your lunch. must fortify the inner woman when we arrive. Well, here it is! Oh look, the station is decorated! Here stand beside me and we can march together. Look, we are enter- ing the Exhibition Grounds! There is the lake front. I guess we're supposed to stand here. Wonder how long we will have to wait. Of course we can al- ways look at the scenery, though very little to see to-day it's so misty. Thrills! There's a Mounty. Wait now, hold still till I get your physiog. Oh it's spoiled. I never could take pictures. He'll likely be stand- All the school activities step- ped into a back seat on Thurs- day, November 23rd, and the upper and middle school turn- ed out in full to the first Liter- ary Meeting of the school term given by Forms V A, IV B, and Xl A. Academic. The pro- gramme presented was one of varied and humorous musical n u m b e r s a n d recitations. Rheumatiz portraying our aged relatives was most outstanding. The second Lit on Wednes- day, January 10th, was present- ed by Forms V B, IV A ing on his head with the Com- munications Building in the palm of his hand when it is developed. Say, we've been standing here for two hours. When do you think they are going to appear? Wait! there's a com- motion. HERE THEY COME! Dot, stop pushing, I'm in the gutter as it is. Know you can't help it, but neither can I look my best up to my ankles in water. They won't even see me, but I can dream, can't I? Hold still, want to get a picture. Can't seem to get their car in focus. Oh, how beautiful her colouring, how gracious her smile! Isn't she exquisite? And he is so kingly! Dear! they've passed and I only got a glimpse of them through my camera. They truly exemplify t h e The Lits Goebbels and Goering enter the scene when a plot to burn t h e Reichstag is planned. When it hatches, they lay the blame on the Communists. A half-witted Dutchman, like Mortimer Snurcl, is brought before the court, and the ques- tion is fired, Where were you on the night of the fire? Un- prepared for what is to follow, he answers I was-um-I was asleep. Asleep! Look at him. He hasn't slept for days! So he is led away and huge black old saying 'Worth waiting for! Well, now we can have our lunch and get back to the train. Here we a r e homeward bound. Goodness I'm tired. Are you going to sleep? Don't think I will yet-Hey, Dot, you were snoring. So help me, you were, and by the look of the others we are all a little on the weary side. I rather feel like the last rose of summer along with the proverbial bug, myself. Ho- hum, I certainly am sleepy. Wait, guess we are getting in. Two o'clock and Iim practically dead on my feet. Suppose we won't be required to go to school tomorrow as some of the other trains have not come in yet. Well, good-night, or better, good morning a n d pleasant dreamsf'-C.N. shadows reveal the horrible fate of this innocent victim. Hitler divides up Poland with Stalin in an ingenious manner -by carving up the map of Poland with O's and X's. Next we have the Munich Beer Garden explosion with the villain planting a bomb, in full view of the audience, beneath the Fuehrer's chair and then borrowing from the victim a match wherewith to light it. Unluckily Hitler goes off in Search of a slow waiter. And now Hitler roars and XI B Academic. In forth his last speech fthe nineteen hilarious scenes only one he has used it told the. complete story A! fx f throughout the p l a yj of The Rise and Fall of , ,,., ..- v While his supporters drift One Adolf Hitler. Among !' i , lazily Out, leaving the the most memorable pf gictator babbling about were those that follow: ' , 1 ' g is masterpiece, his Adolf, dashing young Z -,E , ' , Sguily mhwhlte ' artist, peddles his post- age- h ll 91' 'E 9 R6dC0ats, CFO to - f l--fa ...X 2.51.5222 V2i..Efrsta A ' ki ' f ' xi -.f E' y at the Stfage doo? 57 ll X Mr. Chamberlain com- l'lltlQl' S maglff POWGI' T' !-14,4 ag- plete with coat-tails and over his people is repre- 1-If ' ' ' F umbrella. sented in a scene where he appears as a turbaned snake-charmer with his snakes. Page Tlzirty-eiglzt GESTAPD Last scene of all, Herr Hitler high on a steplad- der, swabbing the back wall of the stage. Ere:

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'K 'YQ 3 l 'X an 'G in , .. .1 4 fs 1' X , ,X K 1 sl .Q - . I ff' 'ff rxt I Q V 1. f Q' ff . V xi : 'A . ' x , I' , Scholarship and Prize Winners as ROBERT GRAHAM-First Nicholls Scholar- 7 3 ship. Form V Ac. 'l 1. ai'--.K EILEEN SELLON-Second Nicholls Scholar- I ' ship, Form V Ac. M Upper School French Prose Prize. 1 . Upper School Latin Prize. ' WILLIAM HENRY-First Nicholls Scholar- ship, Form IV Ac. DONALD WARNE-Second Nicholls Scholar- ' 4 . F 6 ship, Form IV Ac. ' S' fl, HUGH KENNER-First Nicholls Scholarship. . jr, 4, f ' ' Form III Ac. Q, y Ax - W NORMA TIMLIN-Second Nicholls Scholar- X' f ' X , ship, Form III Ac. f Peter Robinson Chapter I.O.D.E. Canadian . 6, History Prize. ' i775-'TT' NORMA ELCOMBE-First Nicholls Scholar- ship, Grade X Ac. MARGARET LANGLEY - Second Nicholls ' Q Q 31 -6 Q 'v H Scholarship, Grade X Ac. L , , ALVIN BOYD-F11-Sr Nicholls Scholarship, .Y x Grade IX A, B, C, D. JOHN DINSDALE-Second Nicholls Scholar- ship, Grade IX, A, B, C, D. JAMES DAVIDSON-Middle School French Prose Prize. ROBERT FERGUSON-Upper School Greek Prize.