Port Perry High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Port Perry, Ontario Canada)

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SOPG OT TEE TFDZTTOH fican Chapin! Tone of the Undertow by Wilson 3hcDcnald'is a book of poems iaxvhich the main one is the title poem. 'This is the story of a poet's wanderings about the year l900. At those times money was hard to earn. Wilson lhcDonald left his job of scrubbing bar-room floors for a trip of hardships mingled with joy. after being signed to the crew of a horse-boat, he travelled from Tontreal to St. John by freight train, haviry very little to eat. Three days later they were sailingi This horse-boat was horribleg one cannot realize how bad it was. Ihny of the men were sickg food was very poor, 'living Quarters were worse than for the horses'. -We would waken when some rat along our limbs would crawl.N HOld vomit, hard with time, was caked upon the walls and floor.W These not very pleasant quotations show under what conditions the men stayedgz The endurance of this was made a little less horrible by the friendship of Bill McCord. After arriving in England the author relates his wanderings through the country, this being the more pleasant part of the poem. Here is the description of one little town--- A 'T have not found a shyer place Than this cathedral town, She sometimes dares the hills aroundg And then comes quickly down. ind you must euess har lively form Through her ancestral sown.H Predominatine throughout is the hardship of a poet to get work and money. The other poems in the book are descriptive, such as HWoe Born 3eauty.' This is a lovely poem telling of the beauty of nature. 'Silver birches flamed across this wood.W In his writing Wilson Macdonald shows his belief in God. He has a faith which, though wonderful, sometimes falters. He is not a man of quick temper. He is one who loves the country and country towns over the rush and business of a large city. I think anyone intere:tcd in poetry would like this book. Although the first poem is a little gruesome, it shows the hardships a poet must endure. One cannot believe men would be forced to live under such conditions. It makes us thank- ful for what we have to-day.

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1 , , Uni LITTLE PRINGLSSES bv Jean Samells ' For this book review I have chosen a biography entitled The Little Princess bv the Parion Crawford. The biography book was written bv the governess of the Princesses for seventeen years. Unon her arrival at their residence the two young girls nicked named her fCrawfiel and she retains that name to this dav. A The Princesses have always lived in London. It was first while they were living on Piccadilly Avenue that CCrawfiel came be associated with the present Royal Family. At that time they had no thought, whatever, that they would come to live in Buckingham Palace. One day they met Mrsg Simpson, wife- to-be of the Duke of Windsor, and realize' tif? thelf UBPPY home life at one hundred and fortv-five Piccadilly would be soon at an end. David, Duke of Windsor abdicated and nlbert, Duke of York became King George Tl. After Buckingham with their coronation learned to the Coronation in December of lQ37 they moved to Palace. The Kina and Queen used to play frequently children while living at Piccadilly, but after the this was not as usual nor as fretuent, The children swim and at an early are t'ev toth earned fheir life saving certificates. When Princess Elizabeth waf thirteen years old. ihe King, Queen, Margaret and Elizahe'h paid a visit to Dartmouth Naval College Prince Phili was at that time receiving his training there. He was very polite to Elizabeth but Wshowed offw a greet deal When the Royal Family was cruising out of the harbour the boys from tie school were allowed to follow a little way in their yachts, Prince Philip did not hear the call to return but still followed the Royal yacht, He finally turned back d YlL'l'b tif Then in l939 came the war years Margaret an 1 1 e CElizabeth's nick-namel joined the local girl guides at Birkhull in Scotland near Aberdeen, The princesses spent much time at Windsor Castle, The dungeons in the fortress provided shelter from air raids, At the fge of sixteen Elizabeth joined the V,A,D, fVoluntary Aid Detachmentl working against her father's wishes, in the poorest parts of London where she did a wonderfull job, She learned to drive a Red Cross Wagon, , X. The girls also spent considerable time during the war years at Birkhull where they prepared numerous plays, 'Crawfie' helped the two girls to prepare a pantomine, Just before the first performance 'Lilibet' looking rather pink, came to 'Crawfie' and said, nwho do you think is coming to see us act, Crawfie? Philip,N The pantomine went off very well, From then on the two young people began to correspond, even when he was abroad she continued to write, Rumours in the paper started, About then 'Lilibet' was getting her first grown up clothes, Prince Philip and Elizabeth went to social functions, but were seldom seen together, In July IQA7, shortly after t