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

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COLLEGIAN, 1937 STRATFORD, ONT. I ba .,r '- 1 ills GLEE CLUB AND FIRST ROVV-VV. Aspinoff, O. Borthwick, R. Kappele, Wadington, W. Smith, L. Scorgie. SECOND ROW-A. Heagy, E. May, N. McConnell, R. age, R. Marshall, A. Buldoc, D. Dockrill, THIRD ROW-E. Ney, A. Baker, H. Schmidt, M. Erb Pinner, M. Finch, M. Sloan, J. Thompson, FOURTH ROW-D, Cunningham, M. Myers, M. Inglis, ly, J. Collins, A. Couch, J. Stewart, S. Smith, FIFTH ROW-J. O'Donoghue, S. Morris, L. Gilroy, Martyn, R. Frost, C. Montgomery, K. Curl ORCHESTRA D. MacDonald, M. Bart, J. T. Priest, I. Kirk, N Mackintosh, F. Vv'alker, L. Small, L. Plaskett, D. Sav- F. Heagy. M. Landers, S. Swartridge, S. Holmes, N. Harris, J 'J. Giabb. R. Klopp, A. Kidnew, R. Haus, M. Jasper, F. Spence- K. Pope. A. Schaus, K. Ward, H. Thomson, E. Holliday, J ningham. The Orchestra consists of 25 members. The string section is Well represented but there is a lack of brass and woodwind instruments. Three members of the orchestra took part in the annual O.E.A.. symphony in Toronto. The newly organized Glee Club consists of fifty members. The Glee Club and Orchestra gave many delightful selections at the Literary Societies and elsewhere in the city. The two organizations contributed to the success of the play. Page Twenty

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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

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COLLEGIAN, 1937 STRATFORD, ONT Vzzleaficioffy, 193 7 BY JOHN GERBY, 5.4. Time and Tide wait for no Mom. ' gl AQ? IVE or six fleeting years have sped past and now we are nearing the end of our Collegiate days. What a change these few short years have made in all of us! From shy, reticent and timorous freshmen, we have become, shall we say, C H lofty, dignified and learned seniors, proud members of the eighty- third graduating class of the Stratford Collegiate. All this effrontery is, however, only a covering-a very thin covering--which we have assumed to hide our real feeling-a tightening of the throat. All of us must experience this same feeling, when we realize that in a few short months our school days, which, we are told, are the happiest days of our lives, must come to an end. What we so eagerly imagined as children is not true! We are not glad to be leaving school! In time to come, we shall look back on these years and shall cherish their many pleasant memories. Perhaps, it will be the At Home that will stand out most clearly in our minds, or the Operetta, or more likely, the many rugby and basketball games! Foremost, too, in the minds of many of us will be that last hurried week of studying, the examinations, the successes and failures! What- ever it may be, we shall all remember that each succeeding year brought with it more pleasures, new friends, fresh difficulties which we struggled with and finally overcame. At the present time, being in our senior year, we are better able to realize our mistake in not using to the best of our advantage every opportunity which was offered to us to increase our knowledge. And so, if it is fitting to give advice to you who are just beginning your High School training, we would advise you not to make the same mistake which many of us have made, but rather to be real school citizens! Now, too, we realize more fully the debt which we owe to all of our teachers. In return for the knowledge which they have imparted to us, in return for the high examples which they have set and last but not least important, for the patience which they have shown with us, all we can do is thank them. With this in mind, the graduating class of '37 take this opportunity of thanking each member of the staff for his invaluable instruction and sound advice. The greatest desire of every graduating class is to achieve something worth while, which will be of importance to the school as a whole and by which their class may be remembered. For this reason, this year's graduating class point with pride to the successful inauguration of the Student Parliament. However, we have merely made a beginning and much of the success or failure of the parlia- ment depends on those students who are to follow. It is indeed during rather difficult times that we leave the protecting wing of the Collegiate to embark on the sea of life. Sorrie of the more fortunate will continue their studies in universities or in Normal schools. Others will go out to face the problems of life on their own resources. But whatever the future may hold for us, we are most fortunate in that we have received a splendid preparation Page Twenty one