Stratford Central Secondary School - Collegian Yearbook (Stratford, Ontario Canada)

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COLLEGIAN, I 930 Miss Helen Dorland is to be congratulated on Winning the Muriel Bothwell medal which is awarded every year to the most efficient student in the Household Science classes. This medal was first donated by Dr. J. Bothwell ten years ago in memory of his daughter Muriel, and it is indeed a great honour to be the girl to Win it. PUBLIC SPEAKING John Anderson has again distin- guished himself-this year by win- ning the gold medal in the Wossa Oratorical Contest held in St. Thom- as. The topic of John's address was The Air Filled with Commerce. Anderson was chosen in a contest at the school to represent the Col- legiate in the Wossa contest and we are very proud of John because he not only brought honour to himself but also to the school. His speech was exceedingly good and we are JOHN ANDERSON HELEN DORLAND certain that he deserved the reward he got. Anderson's name has been pro- minent in speaking and debating ever since he started to attend Col- legiate. ln first form he won the gold medal in the contest held in the first forms and he there showed promise of becoming a Fine speaker. ln de- bating John was always successful. Last spring he spoke in the Canadi- an International contest held at To- ronto. We are sure that as John goes on he will become a distinguished citizen of our country. Miss McGregor: Give me the past tense of jingle. Norman Scott: Jungle, Margaret: H50 the boy you were riding with has trouble with his Vision. Mary: Yes, he's always seeing parking spots before his eyes. Mr. Adamson: When were you born? Nig. Brenneman: June 23rd. Mr. Adamson: 'iI..ate again! ..2l..

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COLLEGIAN, I 930 ORATORY At a meeting of the Senior Lit- erary Society on February 14, the senior girls' and the senior boys' oratory contests were held. Four girls spoke - Christine Copus Whose subject Was Intolerance, Helen Dufton Who spoke on the subject Pauline Johnson, Phyl- lis Patterson Whose subject was What is Success ? and Marjorie Crerar who spoke on the subject The Stranger Within Our Gates. Phyllis Patterson was awarded first place and hence the honor of representing Stratford in the W. C'.S.S.A. contests. The four boys who spoke in the boys' contest were Kenneth Cash, Paul Jones, John Anderson and Harry Bowra. Their subjects were 'World Peace,' The Dangers of Reckless Driv- ing, The Heavens Filled with Commerce and The Saint Law- rence lWaterWays, respectively. John Anderson W-as adjudged the Winner. Mrs. Deacon, Mrs. Adam.- son, Mrs. Gray, Mr. Grant and Mr. Mayberry were judges of both contests. The W.OuS.S.A. contest of this district was held in our Collegiate on February 21. John Anderson who spoke on The Heavens Filled With Commerce, represented Stratford in the boys' contest. There were no other contestants. In the girls' contest there were three speakers, Helen Shantz of Kitchener, Nancy Eaglesham of Wloodstock, Phyllis Patterson of Stratford, Whose subjects were Who is a Patriot? Should The Quota Law be Aipplied to Canada and What is Success? respect- ively. The judges, Mr. E. J. Smith of Stratford, Rev. H. M. Lang- Ford of Kitchener and Mrs. Breck- enridge of Woodstock awarded the first place to Phyllis Patterson. The boys' W.O.S.S.A. oratory finals for Western Ontario were held in St. Thomas on March 7. John Anderson representing Strat- ford again Won honor by winning first place and the gold medal. There were six other speakers from all over Western Ontario. P h y l l i s Patterson represented Stratford in the girls' finals which were held in London on March 14. The Winner of this contest Was Virginia Clarke of Glencoe, On- tario. JUNIOR ORATORY Lower School displayed a lively interest in the Junior Oratorical Con- test which was held in the Assembly Hall in the afternoon of February 5, l930. The Junior Literary Sfoci- ety was in charge and Sydney John- son, vice-president, acted as chair- man. There had been only two com- petitors in the First Form contest, Alfred Bishop, who spoke on The Careless Driver, and Kenneth Cou- sins, Whose subject was uThe Life of Sir lsaac Brock. Kenneth's speech was especially fine and he was de- clared the Winner. Those competing in the Boy's Elimination Contest were: Arthur Lennox, who spoke on An lmport- ant Event in Canadian History, Kenneth Cousins, who told of the life of Sir Isaac Brockg Edward Eg- lington, who gave a thrilling speech on Heroes of the Polar Seas, and Morris l-lay, who gave an exceeding- ly interesting composition on, The Hudson Bay Company. The judges, Mr. Sprung, Mr. May- berry, Mrs. Deacon, Mrs. Adamson, and Miss Curegory decided in favour of Morris Hay. The Girl's Contest provided keen competition. Elsie Gillies and Clara Bell Nicholson were competitors in ...2 3..