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

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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..

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COLLEGIAN, l930 the Ciirlis First Form Contest which was held on February 4, and the winner, Elsie Gillies, speaking on The Marvellous Story of Hydro, competed against the Second Form girls. The other speakers were also very good. Gertrude Theodore held her audience's attention with her tales of Heroes of the Polar Seas. Dorothy Smith gave an excellent ac- count of the life of Sir Leonard Til- ley. Doris Myers gave a delightful description of Our National Play- grounds. Margery Lashbrook gave an interesting essay on Ideals ln Sport, and Lois Tout handled her subjcct. 0ur National Playgrounds in a splendid manner. Margery Lash- brook was chosen as winner. During the various intervals the audience engaged in a sing-song and the se- cond edition of the 'Literary paper, The C-as Bag, was read. The speakers in both contests showed great promise and it is hoped that in the near future they may excel themselves in the art of public-speaking. VISITORS AT OUR SCHOOL ln October, Mrs. Edith Groves, the Chairman of the Toronto Board of Education in l929, favoured the students of the Upper School by a short visit. Mrs. Groves gave us a delightful talk on children and re- cited for us some of her poems which we all enjoyed very much, es- pecially Tum-Tumn and Blue- berry Pie. Dr. Charles E. Barker who came to Stratford under the auspices of the Rotary Club also paid us a visit in October. Dr. Barker was health advisor to William H. Taft during his four years in the White House. For se- veral years, up to the time he de- cided to work under the auspices of the Rotary, Dr. Barker devoted his winters to lecturing to the public on health for the International Com- mittee of the Y. M. C. A.'s and in the summer months he was on the Redpath Chautauqua platform and became their leading health lec- turer. ROYAL TODD On September l8, l929, Royal Todd was killed in an automobile accident near Atwood while work- ing for the Department of Highways. The news greatly shocked the people of Stratford, as well as his many friends throughout the pro- vince. Royal was, during his attendance at the S. C. l., most popular with all. His athletic prowess and his literary ability made him unusually well-known to his fellow-students. Much could be written of his rugby, soccer and hockey ability as he play- ed on all these teams. After graduating from the S. C. l. Royal worked for a year in the Por- cupine Goldfields of Northern On- tario. Here his wonderful disposi- tion and courage won for him many friends. As one mining engineer re- marked, Royal surely is a prince. His year in the North, while very hard, well prepared him for study at university, for which all his plans were laid. ln his first year in Medicine at Queen's University Royal passed with honours and also distinguished himself by playing with Queen's junior Rugby team which won the lntercollegiate title. While Royal's life was cut off all too soon, he already had, by his splendid example and influence done much for his many friends. We are all thankful that for even such a short time we had the privilege of being friends of Royal Todd, a prince of fellows. ..2 4...