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

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awake. This may be a more difficult matter next year, for without Mr. McLeod's mighty voice, the school will have an unusual stillness, conducive to sleep. Yes, Mr. McLeod is leaving also, but, as he is going to assume the principalship of the new Collegiate, the students do not feel that they are completely losing him. Mr. Hogarth, although only a member of the staff since September, has already found a prominent and useful place in the school life. Although the students feel that they could scarcely exist without Mr. Spencer, they also feel that in being a mere teacher he is wasting his talents. Undoubtedly, he should enter professional basketball. Not always do we think in terms of x and y, or other mathe- matical or scientific terms, but sometimes in the melodious language of France, or the classic tongue of ancient Rome. Miss Leech and Miss Steeves lead us over the stony paths of French grammar, to the delights of French authors, while Mr. McEachern and Mr. Sloan aid us in our struggles with the prescribed Latin. Miss Leech, who cherishes a secret fondness for coloured balloons tif she won't admit it, ask IV BD, shows an unfailing good humour, which makes her classes enjoyable ones. This good nature must be a fundamental characteristic of a French teacher, for Miss Steeves also shows it to a marked degree. Mr. Sloan leaves at the end of the session to continue his studies, and the students of the R,.C.I. unite in wishing him the best of luck and sincerely hope that he, too, will return soon. Mr. McEachern has a comprehensive knowledge of Latin and a Chevrolet-but why say more? Since the products of the R.C.I. laboratory are to be thinkers, it is evident that they must have an harmonious and extensive vocabulary in which to express their thoughts Cif any!D Hence our English Department. Here it is that Miss Cathro, who believes that all members of her English classes should memorize at least a thousand lines of poetry, Miss MacMillan, the boast of the staff's basketball team 5 Mr. Bothwell Cwho sometimes ex- presses strong opinions on society in general and snobocracy in particularj 5 and Mr. Sloan, show their special talents. The talent common to all is the ability to draw from unwilling students an essay a month. And such subjects! Wowv!! If anyone desires to know how the Near East, or indeed any other part of the word, is governed, was governed, or ought to be governed, let them ask Mr. McEwen. Mr. McEwen came from Glasgow last September to teach us such things, and we are quite enjoying the process. Another new member of the History Department is Mr. King, who is also making clear the 12

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'i D mu LTY In the Regina Collegiate Institute there is one great laboratory, where certain workers, known as the faculty, are carrying out tedious and often discouraging experiments. To inactive elements, known as students, they are adding a mixture consisting of Science, Mathematics, Languages, English, History, etc., hoping there- from to produce certain valuable compounds,-thinkers. The laboratory director, Mr. Dolan, is an expert. He can foretell correctly to two decimal places the marks which any given student will obtain on any given subject, the time to thc exact second when a member of 3A will skip, and other scientific forecasts. Mr. Dolan CG. RJ, having graduated from Queen's University, held the principalship of the Calgary High School and of the Calgary Technical Schools, as well as having held an inspector's position in Alberta, is fully qualified for his position. Mr. Scrimgeour, the Vice Principal, beside compiling time- tables and directing students to their proper studies, heads the Science Department. He is a famous naturalist, having con- ducted numerous expeditions to distant back lanes in search of rare specimens of the species cat, and to the ,shores of the Wascana for members of the finny family. In the R.C.I. laboratory he instructs the students concerning his specimens, and other scientific subjects. In dispensing scientific knowledge he is assisted by Mr. Holmes, who superintends the manufacture of chlorine and other noxious gases for the asphyxiation of too active students Csuccess to your studies this year, Mr. Holmes, but please come back to R.C.I.!D 5 by Mr. Andrews, who reveals the intricacies of butter-making and the proper way to run a farm, and by Mrs. Graham, who has ably replaced Mr. Andrews during his attend- ance at Normal since Christmas. The men of the Mathematics Department, namely: Mr. Campbell, Mr. McLeod, Mr. Hogarth and Mr. Spencer, have successfully decomposed mathematics into its elemental sub- stances, and are now endeavouring to unite them with the students' brains to form stable compounds. Recently Mr. Campbell has complained much of drowsiness, and loss of sleep, but he still insists that the members of his geometry classes keep very wide 11

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why's and whcrefore's of former days, and is assisting the ISF form along the tortuous road to departmental exams. The other teachers know that when, on Thursday after- noons, certain members of their classes are absent, those students are standing entranced outside the library door, listening to Sounds and sweet airs, which give delight and hurt not, which issue from said door. For there Miss Riddell is leading the splen- did school orchestra which she has organized and trained. At other hours other music, vocal this time, pours from the Audi- torium, where Miss Riddell once more is leading form singing or the Glee Club. The result of this splendid work is seen and appreciated at our school concerts. Miss Riddell also carries on the art work of the school. But a live Western town like Regina must produce students who are proficient, not only in subjects of study, but also in athletic work. Thus it is that we have instructors in physical culture, until Easter Mrs. W. J. Eadie led the girls of the school in athletic activities, always showing the vim and interest, which endeared her to the girls. After Easter, Mrs. Wilson came to replace her, and she is proving herself a fitting follower. Mr. J. G. Eadie, who in himself embodies all the attributes of a good physical training, is the instructor of the boys. His jolly smile and chuckle makes him the pal of every boy. . There is another laboratory in the collegiate which produces delicious and appetizing smells and dainty sewing in contrast to the odoriferous products of the chemistry laboratory. This department is presided over by two white-robed ladies, Miss Dickson and Miss Allan. Every student envies the girls in this class when they file out with cookies and candy, as well as dainty dresses and hats. Miss Dickson and Miss Allan are not only famed in the science of cooking and sewing, but also as basket- ball fans. Of course, the thinkers produced in this collegiate must have houses to live in, and cars to drive. Thus it is that Mr. Swan, with a magnificent Scotch burr, and many models, instructs the boys in Manual Training. His stage settings for our amateur theatrical productions are always a work of art, and add greatly to the proper enjoyment of the play. Mr. Bongard initiates the boys of the Vocational Department into the mysteries of many mechanical devices, including the intricacies of Fords and Rolls- Royce's. The last, but by no means the least, is our Principal's Secre- tary, Miss Sinclair. She runs the office, runs the typewriter, and runs our examination papers through the Mimeograph. 13