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

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COLLEGIAN, I9 30 SCHOOL NOTES The Stratford Collegiate Biological Society Of course everybody realizes that the fifth formers are the social elite of the school. But l fear that on account of the exclusiveness of the society some of the lower school students might not be aware of the most important social function of the day. l refer to the meetings of The Stratford Collegiate Biological Society. This society consists of the school's Upper Ten. At its meetings questions of the utmost biological importance are discussed. The decision is always awaited by the great scientific world with the keenest suspense. A difference of opinion occurred the other clay which might have been disastrous but for the liberality of a member, Mr. L. Scobbie, who maintained in opposition to everyone else that the top of a frog's egg is light. A loud altercation ensued. Finally, when he saw the weight of opinion was against him, Mr. Scobbie graciously surrendered his position. lt might also be mentioned that the auth- oritative voice of Mr. Bissonnette is raised in these meetings. There are several research work- ers and specialists in this select group. Miss Elspie Halnan is try- ing the effects of ninety-eight per cent. on parents. Her results are encouraging and she hopes soon to increase the dose to one hundred per cent. Then there is Mr. B. Neilson. He specialized in keeping a neat record of the meetings. We are sure his manuscript will be very valuable. It looks like an antique already. Ella l-lanke has decided that she is too lady-like to cut up animalsg she, therefore, devotes her- self exclusively to flowers. Miss Wit- tig, on the other hand, determined not to bother with soft useless flow- ers but to tackle the problem from the animal's point of view. Lorna Lupton has proved to be a very im- portant member of the society inas- much as she gives us very valuable information on the cleaning of grain and on the eradication of farm weeds. We mustn't forget Joe Caw- thorpeg Joe, being a doctor's son, is very efficient in skinning little harm- less creatures. We sincerely hope Joe will follow his father's line of work. Our most capable research worker, Madeline Westman, dis- covered the other day that a great deal of wind is necessary to blow up a cat's lung. Madeline assures us that she will spread the news throughout Granton and the sur- rounding district. Of course, the most prominent member of our so- ciety is Edward R. Barret. E.dward's discoveries are so profound that it would be impossible to describe them. FIFTH FORM NOVELS The Beauties of Woodstock, by Drever Robertson. Late, Too Late, by B. Neil- son. Red Hair, by Gladys Jickling. How to be Nifty, by George Doxey. m A certain clergyman was officiat- ing at the funeral of a Wealthy pa- rishioner and was particularly anx- ious to show his good will and sym- pathy. So at a critical moment dur- ing the funeral services, he turned to the congregation and said: Dear- ly beloved, many a time, l have dandled this corpse on my knee. Wright: Why did you stop sing- ing in the choir? Baker: Because one day l didn't sing and somebody asked me when the organ was fixed. Mr. Bryan: What's the differ- ence between nectar and Elixir? Bill Campbell: Before marriage he nectar and now Elixir. 137.-

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COLLEGIAN, l930 Wi. at AT HOME, 1929 Although the snow lay in should- er-high drifts and the thermometer kept falling alarmingly, the annual At-Home, held on December I9, was a bigger success than ever be- fore, in the students' minds, at least. At the entrance to the Assembly Hall, amid red and green draperies, Mi. and Mrs. Sprung, Mr. and Mrs. Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. Cameron, Miss McQueen, Miss Stuart, Miss Ross, Joe Cawthorpe, Helen Leonard, Morris Hay and Doris Myers, the re- ception committee, waited to wel- come the arriving guests. Lively music was furnished both in the Au- ditorium and in the gymnasium by two competent orchestras, and games and even moving-pictures supplied in the classrooms for those who didn't dance. ln the intermission, a very attract- ive Dutch dance was put on by some students under the direction of Miss Vvest. For the benefit of those in the gymnasium, it was repeated there. Miss West should be congrat- ulated on her ability. Her dance went over big. Towards the close of the evening, much to the delight of the students and staff, Margaret Waugh arrived. Immediately, dancing was stopped and Miss Waugh received the recog- nition she so richly deserves. In Winning the first Mary Mulock Scholarship in Classics she merited praise, but when to that triumph she added the Flavelle Scholarship in Classics and the first Carter Scholar- ship-well! Margaret knows how proud Stratford and the Collegiate are of her. These were presented to her before the assembled guests by Mayor Andrew. John DeMille, an- other distinguished Stratfordite who won the third Carter Scholarship re- ceived his honours from lVlr. Easson. Miss McQueen presented Helen Dor- land with the Muriel Bothwell Medal for the highest efficiency in House- hold Science. Shortly after midnight, the dance came to a smashing close, and the guests left, assured that they had never attended such an At Home. Editor's Note Special mention should be made of and thanks offered to the Kroeh- ler Manufacturing Company for their great kindness and considera- tion in lending us lamps and chester- fields and in their treatment of our representatives at their factory. May we express our thanks to Mr. Trebell and his able assistants. Thanks should also be etended to Mr. Fleming for lending us rugs. -T55 . 1 v gums. 'Q!!!!i!i puny wi .. D U lb - , Q .-361

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