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

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WHEH THE SCHOOL BUS COMES With hark and whoop and wild halloo The kids march down the halls of school, It's four o'clock of Friday night And everyone is in a terrible fight, First on with the rlbbers and then the coat, Then there's an elbow in the eye and someone's lost a tie. Then books go sliding across the floor And everyone's being pushed out of the door. Then someone yells, Wlfve forgotten my book.W And tramps on your toes when going back to look Youfre not safe and sound till you are off the bu and home Then you can quietly read a book While bathing your poor squashed toes, CHARLOTTE BULLER THE SILLY COW The silly cow all white and red Thought it was time to go to bed. She went into the barn and lay down on the hay And she stayed there all the rest of the day. She woke up in a little while with a start, And found out with great surprise it was dark She said to herself Ely goodness it's night I must've gone to bed when it was light.n Uv .1 .ull-.J .Q THE E 3 1132.3 Over the hill and away we go To enjoy a sleigb ride in the snow Johnny has a sleigh and I do too, And we started to rid' when the cold wind blew We went down'the hill like a bullet from a gun And, oh! boyidid we ever have fun, But in a little while we grew very cold And went into the house to hear a story told. Mary Louise Pickard

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iJfiUiC,Q?Ql,,lil3 it ,ali-.zufitgli-5 WI would make all boys learn English, and then I would let the clever ones learn Latin as an honour and Greek as a treat. 7ut the only thinq I would whin them for is not knowinq Enrlish. I would whin them hard for that.W So said Winston Churchill in a book describing his early life. Ever since his beginnina, man has improved his methods of transfering thouaht to a fellow being. From Qrunts,'siahs, and other noises, he has slowly develooed a method of soeech or lanauaae. Our own oarticular tongue, English, reached its peak in the classic years of Shakesneare. Churchill would have all boys learn Enqlish and whip them hard for not knowina it. Before we can aaree or-disamree with this, we must consider whether it is best to nreserve the smooth flowinr majesty of Shakesnearean lanquaae, or to hermit the use of cont- ractions, slang, and other imperfections which form such a larae part of modern colloquial Enrlish.f Certainly the lanquave is not imoroving in beauty, but perhaps it is improvina in efficiency of its original purnose: to transfer men's thouahts. If this be the case, then boys will keen in contact with the changes in the language through everyday use. kr. Churchill mentions studying the classics as an honour and as a treat. Few people will agree that it is a particular honour, or a great treat to study Latin and Greek. But if he wishes to preserve the poetic beauty of the written word, and to instill this in the mind of boyhood, where could Dr. lf' Churchill find a better choice than in these stately and what is more important, unchangina lansuaqes. Gary Lawrence

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Q TRIP It is really difficult for me to realize that a whole year has passed since the coronation and my trip to England at that time. To be overseas seemed more of a dream than a reality and I hope that by this account you nay share some of my experiences as a member of the Garfield Heston Canadian Girls' Tour to the British Isles and France last summer. The fifty-two girls on our tour were from all parts of Canada, including the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. I myself was thrilled with the many beautiful and interesting sights we saw. Under the friendly leadership of two of Mr. Weston's daughters Miss Miriam and Liss Mendy Weston, we felt we were all part of one big happy family. We sailed from Montreal on the Empress of France on May 22nd. Life on the boat was fun, although we had a fairly rough crossing and at one evening meal only lb of our 52 girls were present. I found it was quite an accomplishment to be able to walk in a straight line on a rolling ship, an art which I did not acquire in two crossings. We landed in Liverpool on May 29th. Immediately we faced many cameras and then boarded a train to London. Passing through the beautiful countryside we saw many small fields, all with hedges around them. Our first glimpse of England told us that every Englishman takes pride in his garden. We stayed about forty miles from London at the Salvation Army Hostel in Caversham with the fifty British girls who were sent by Mr. Weston to Canada for a four-week tour after the Coronation. We thonoughly enjoyed the few wonderful days which we spent with them. Mr. Heston had a special stand built on Oxford Street. From there the fifty-two Canadians, viewed the Coronation procession. On Tuesday morning, June 2nd, Cshould I say bright and early? Well, early anywayl we crawled out of bed at h:3O a.m. We had breakfast, drove to London, and then walked sixteen blocks to our stand on Oxford Street. It was about eight o'clock when we arrived but many people had been along the route all night. Many of the spectators along the street were singing and we girls joined in the merriment. We sang songs while the others listened. ' Ne ate lunch in the dining rooms which hr. Jeston had especially constructed underneath our stand for this occasion We watched the ceremony in Nestminister Abbey on television sets which had been placed in the stand. Precisely at twelve thirty, when the crown was placed on the Queen's head, we heardr the great guns of the Tower of London fire a royal salute.