Regina Collegiate Institute - Souvenir Yearbook (Regina, Saskatchewan Canada)

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REGINA COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE SOUVENIR 15 good-will and co-operation of the parents of the students and of the community as a whole. The parents must accord every assistance possible to the staff who are ever anxious to come in closer contact with the parents of the students with whom they are associated from day to day. In closing, we wish to thank the Regina public for their very generous attitude toward our school and its many phases of development. We have never made an appeal for assistance- and we have made a great many such calls this year-without meeting with a very cordial response. The prizes and medals which act as an incentive to academic pursuits, the laurels for our field day, and the support in publishing this souvenir number to our many friends, are all respectfully acknowledged and duly appreciated. 'NORINIAN MAcMURc'HY. The following answers to examination questions will com pare favorably with anything of the kind that has lately- found its Way into print. 1. The Crusades were wild and savage people until Peter the Hermit preached to them. 2. The modern name for Gaul is vinegar. 3. A volcano is a hole in the earth,s crust which emits lavender and ashes. 41. The Complete Angleru is another name for Euclid, because he wrote all about angles. 5. The two races living in the north of Europe are Es- quimoux and Archangels. 6. The King carried his sepulchre in his hand. 7. Chaucer lived in the year 1300 to 1100. He was one of the greatest English poets after the Moriiions came to England. 8. An unknown hand threw a harrow at Rufus and killed him dead on the spot. 9. The Battle of Trafalgar was fought on the seas, therefore it is sometimes called the battle of VVaterloo. 10. The eldest son of the King of France fs sometimes called the Dolphin. 11. About this time Columbus was cursing around amongst the VVest Indies. 12. Jackson's work in the valley was about the finest piece of millinery work ever known. A 13. The way to kill a fly effectively and quickly is to pinch it's borax. Selected.-M. ESTLIN.

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14 REGINA COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE SOUVENIR Normal School at Regina, Sask., at the beginning of the year, and although we all regretted to have Dr. Wilson leave us still we were pleased with his success. At the opening of the present school year, Mr. R. VVeir, BA., of lVingham, Ontario, joined the staff as teacher of mathematics and cadet corps instructor. About the first of December, 1912, hir. J. E. Campbell, B.A., of Fergus, Ont., was appointed to teach mathematics and science, and hir. B. B. Kersey, IVLA., of Galt, succeeded Dr. R. A. Wilsoll in English and History. Besides the regular courses as prescribed by the regulations of the Department of Education, there are special courses provided in Physical Training, Drawing and Commerce. The Cadet Corps has been well organised this year and consists of two companies each about seventy strong. We are pleased with the Cadet Corps and feel that it is doing exceptionally good work in training the students both physically and morally. lVhile the boys have their training in Cadet work and physical drill, the girls are given a course in calisthenics, and this is especially appreciated by the girls, who enterintothese exercises in good spirit. The erection of the gymnasium will be a great help in this part of our school work. The course in drawing is considerably more comprehen- sive than that provided by the regulations, and the evidence of its success may be easily asceitained by a careful study of the work in this souvenir number. lVe are of the opinion that a good course in drawing both as a fine art and as a science, is of great value as an educational factor in the development of a student's faculties. The commercial department has been handicapped a little for Want of space during the past year, but, with the new building a complete commercial course will be given to include a training in the subjects of Bookkeeping, Penmanship, Business Arith- metic, Composition, Spelling, Business Correspondence, Steno- graphy, T ypewriting and Commercial Law. VVe have three Literary Societies in the school, one for the first year students, another for those of the second year and a third for the third and fourth year students. VVe find by this division a better opportunity is given to the students to take part in the various literary meetings and that the meet- ings are more easily adapted to the needs of the students of the different grades of the school. The Balfour Oratory Contest, described later in this publication, results in great good to our Literary Societies. The boys and girls have their separate athletic organizations, and a fairly detailed account of their various sports may be seen further on in the book. Not a little of the success of these organizations is due to the sympathetic and enthusiastic manner in which the teaching staff join the students in the sports of the schools. Our Collegiate is being equipped as a first class collegiate should be. Each year appropriations are made by the Board for science equipment and supplies in Art both for teaching purposes in the Art Room and for the decoration of the school, for fitting up the Collegiate grounds, which are rapid- ly becoming one of the beauty spots of the city, and for library purposes. It is very difficult to estimate the value of a well equipped school in the educational development of students. The school building and its equipment cannot be too good for the children because of the paramount importance of en- vironment in education. But even when we have a broad-minded and sympathetic Board of Trustees, a capable and thoroughly efficient staH of teachers, a well equipped school building, we cannot have a thoroughly successful school nor can We accomplish the aim of a modern school if we do not have the hearty

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VV, HALL, Saskatchewan University I Sr-holurship Tuition Scholarship Lat G. Iiioovr, M :ithcmutics L. L. DAVIDSON, in, Frcfnvli and Gorman M. RI. ANDERSON, QiPIll'l'lil Proficiency Prize for Matriculatlion L. HENRY English and History A. J. LOEPPKY, Saskatchewan University Scholarship King Edward Scholarship - R' ,gf D. LEHANE, General Proficiency Medal for First Class and Science SENIOR SCHOOL PRIZE WINNERS AND MEDALLISTS-1911-12.