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

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COLLEGIAN, 1937 STRATFORD, ONT ciifomzlf A BETTER OBSERVANCE OF REMEMBRANCE DAY Q T is becoming more and more evident that we, the youth of this land, are forgetting those who fell in the Great War. We regard the deeds of .. . those who died as mere incidents in history and except for those who lost their father or some close relative, we are growing careless in our s. , 1 . This disrespect is being fostered by the haphazard way in which Remembrance respect for the memory of the dead and for their bereaved relatives Day is being observed. ' The ceremony at our own Cenotaph is a very fitting one, but I believe that there is room for much improvement. To begin with, Remembrance Day is set aside as a statutory holiday by the Dominion government and there should be no bickerings about whether stores and schools should remain open or close on that day. The merchants should forget for one day their greedy competition and this child-like spirit of I will shut down if you will, which shows us such a bad example. How can they blame us for indifference while they themselves set us a poor example ? The schools should open at nine o'clock as usual, and for an hour the teachers should explain the reasons for, and the history of the ceremony. At ten-thirty, all the schools should send their pupils to the War Memorial to participate in the public service there. The service that generally takes place at the Cenotaph can not be improved upon in my estimation, although an adequate system of amplifiers should be set up to enable the people farthest from the Memorial to hear even the weakest voice. The crowd should be ranged around the Memorial in regular rows with the smaller children in front, from which vantage point they would be influenced more by the service. Dogs, whether on a leash or not, should not be allowed in or near the crowd, as their barking and growling annoys the on-lookers and distracts their attention from the ceremony. While honouring the war heroes, we should not forget to honour those who died while serving their country in time of peace. Such men as scientists, police- men killed when on duty, and missionaries should not be forgotten. For this reason, I think we should hold in Canada a National Remembrance Day similar to the French Jour des lVEorts when not only are the war dead honoured, but the graves of civilians are decorated with flowers. Another point of difference between Canadians and Frenchmen is the way the French respect a funeral procession. In Ca.nada, when a youth raises his hat when the procession passes, he is laughed at by older men and women who stare only out of curiosity or else pay no attention at all. This attitude is not right on the part of the adults, and if they expect us to show reverence for the dead, they will first have to change their own attitude, be- cause we do not like to be mocked. BY H. THOMSON, 5A. Page Eighteen

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COLLEGIAN, 1937 BREAKFAST OR NO BREAKFAST? CAs several Collegiate students are known to come to school without breakfast, Ruth Col- clough and Betty Challenger, 3A, have inter- viewed several local doctors on the effect of this practice.D Upon investigation We find that the medi- cal men are unanimous in deciding that it is unwise for a student to go to school in the morning Without his or her breakfast. A high school student must eat food not only to provide for the worn out tissue occas- ioned by the daily activity of his body, but he must also provide for material necessary to physical growth. If the morning meal is skipped, we find that the time from the last meal the night before is so long that it causes a complete disorganization of the digestive tract. We are also advised that even though there was no apparent injury, nature creates a false symptom so that when dinner time arrives the student does not feel normally hungry. If this is not the case when dinner time comes the student is abnormally hungry and will over eat or eat too fast with distressing results. In addition to this the student cannot give his best attention to his work unless he en- joys perfect health with no unusual physical or mental condition. A hungry student natur- ally cannot give his best attention to the work before him. Hunger alone would be the least of the phys- ical discomforts, for a student missing his breakfast is apt to feel nauseated or even weak. If he is in this condition, it is very evi- dent he will not be in a position to carry on his studies satisfactorily. Breakfast should be a well ordered, not a hurried meal. It ought to be of a light nature and eaten slowly. If too much is eaten and the stomach is overburdened, attention cannot be given to regular studies. It would be wise to eat one hour before studies commence. All hurry, fuss, and worry about exams and stud- ies ought to be carefully avoided. Therefore, pathologically, normal routine in all affairs is much to be desired. STRATFORD, ONT. HOPES FOR THE FUTURE. Conditions to-day in Spain, Italy, Germany, Russia, England and United States lead the average High School student to believe that there is little hope for his future. Spain, with her civil war constantly stealing the front pages of every newspaper on the continent, presents a very black picture. In that country, brothers are fighting against brothers in a seemingly futile attempt to establish a differ- ent form of government. On the other hand in Italy the government is set but there is still strife amongst her people. She is striving for more territory in order to have a place to send her surplus popu- lation and also a source of raw materials which are necessary in war-time. Conditions in Germany are somewhat sim- ilar. Mussolini and Hitler have established themselves at the heads of these two respect- ive countries and by striking fear into the hearts of their own people have been success- ful in building up strong armies, navies and air forces. It has been said that the people of Germany do not approve of Hitler's tactics but they are so afraid of punishment that they do not dare object. By establishing communism, Russia has be- come more or less detached from the other nations. Conditions in that country are most depressing although credit must be given to her in her attempt to better conditions within. Turning now to United States, we find an entirely different situation. Her greatest diffi- culty lies in her large industries. Strikes have occurred in almost all of her large corp- orations. The men, dissatisfied with work- ing conditions and generally sick of the de- pressing times, have become very tempera- mental. They are constantly on the look-out for an opportunity to stop work and to cause a general tie-up in the-country. All this is most depressing to the average High School student. His outlook on life is naturally one of despair. He believes that his chances of being successful in such a world are very small. The growth of communism, socialism, fascism leads him to believe that there is no place for democracy in this world. tContinued on Page 665 Page Nineteen