Peterborough Teachers College - PTC Yearbook (Peterborough, Ontario Canada)

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The O.T's. HE STAGE is set. We mean, the music room is ready, because most of the actors are here. Time - 1.00 p.m. of any Tuesday or Friday at P.N.S. Everyone's ready. Ready for what? Why, of course, the agonizing half-hour of O.T. practice. A typical half-hour with the O. T.'s goes something like this. It starts with grousing, such as wishing Mr. McKinney would get here. Someone else moans about all the music theory we've taken, 'and I don't understand a note of it.' One of the boys remarks, 'You know, Mr. McKinney would never believe this, but I used to be able to play a tunef If he doesn't soon get here, l'm leaving, and not coming to classes againl' growls someone else. But Mr. McKinney isn't the only person not nere - Lou is still at Literary executive meeting. Finally, in comes Mr. McKinney. Sorry to be late, folks, but I had to carry out the ashes. Who's first? It is now 1:15 p.m. The fun starts. To reach a high note, we must go through this: Stand on your tiptoes, shut your eyes, and call Ma--ry down from upstairs! At about 1:25 we are all around the piano singing happily when the door opens just a crack, disclosing Form III very anxious to enter. At last- dismissal. But who knows to what undreamed of heights this group is going to reach? When everyone else is wearing out their voice singing Of an afternoon in the month of Junen, we are happily engaged in putting build- in g paper on flats to make operetta scenery. More astonishing, one of our young men kindly volunteers to become a tenor in The Maid and the Middy . Finally, We are a very select group - you can't join us if you sing in tune. -MARION SEDGWICK. THE SCHOOL CLOCK I once had a pretty white face, My numbers were ever so black! My arms moved around with such grace! And richly brown oak was my back. Many times were my hands hurried on When lessons all seemed quite a bore, Teacher marvelled how quickly I'd gone While youngsters were glad it was four ! I've smiled at the answers a bit By teacher and pupils and all. My life - how I've loved every bit! I would not exchange it at all. But my face is now yellow and gray For I've served in the school many score My arms are too weak to move quickly to-day So pupils must stay until four . -SISTER BORGIA. Page Twenty-nine 1

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Form III CA Delayed Trcmscriptionl TATION 1-'.N.S. CALLING! ln its roundup of the year's news the most sensational item centres around the Assize Court proceedings which found Fred Allore charged with willfully, wistfully, and wunishly whistling at lady students attired in gym costumen. Just prior to the preparation of this transcription, Defense Attorney John Lewis and Crown Attorney Jack Gordon had perorated the jury for several hours. The long-suffering jury, no doubt numbed by the tire of the oratory, had spent over three hours in serious deliberation only to return to the court room asking for further direction. His Honour. Judge G. L. Woodruff complied with the request. An hour later the jury went out again-this time completely baffled and thoroughly confused. When a verdict may be expected-if ever-cannot be safely predicted. Through the entire week this trial has dragged along. All day Monday was spent as the jockeying attorneys quarrelled in the selection of a jury. During the forenoon these were sworn in with the hope that the proceedings would begin in the afternoon. But His Honour, Justice Woodruff. was obliged to adjourn the hearing in order that he himself might appear before the Magistrate in the Traffic Court to answer a charge of having. in the company of a member of the Peterborough teaching staff, driven through a stop sign. It seems to be a habit of his. On Wednesday morning preliminary questioning of several witnesses began. In the afternoon sensational developments added interest to the case. Under the rapid fire cross examination of Defence Counsel John Lewis, the Crown witness, Jackie Gordon, admitted that he, too. had whistled at the ladies on the same occasion for which Allore was being tried. Sternly, the presiding judge ordered Gordon's immediate arrest. Not until Thursday afternoon were the defense witnesses called. Both of these, Orval Reynolds and Lloyd Sills swore that they had been with Allore at the time of the alleged offense. Both swore that at that moment Allore was masticating fifteen cents worth of bubble gum and when the ladies were in sight he was in the act of inflating a two-foot bubble. making it impossible to whistle at anyone. Despite their evidence, Greg Knox and Frank Wilkinson testified that they, too, were just behind Allore and while they failed to see that immense bubble they distinctly heard him emit a long, low, lingering whistle. At this point Crown Attorney Carswell turned to the Bench and requested Justice Woodruff to reprimand the jury, whom, he claimed. were very inattentive to the evidence. Glancing at the jury for the first time since he paid his Traffic Court fine, His Honour observed: Jurors Galbraith, McKenny, Votary and Howes playing euchreg Russ Weir was cleaning his euphoniumg Hubbard and Peister were obviously asleepg Morton was con- sulting a pocket size address and telephone directoryg McCaw, Wallace and Moloney were reading comic books, and the foreman, Clare Johnston. was missing. That was all for Thursday. This morning the defense introduced an expert - Bert Whitfield. who is a recognized authority on whistling. Bert explained that he had gained his training by long practice in whistling at girls while serving in His Majesty's forces. He claimed that in all his experience he had never once found a girl who resented being whistled at, and that he failed to see why any feminine Normalite would resent this obvious display of masculine approval. As he left the witness box he required police protection from the enraged members of Forms I and II. A minor riot broke out and continued until Justice Woodruff ordered that courtroom be cleared. Page Tnirty-one