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

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COLLEGIAN, 1937 STRATFORD, ONT. Ques. Ans. Ques. Ans. Ques. Ans. Ques. Ans. Ques. Ans. Ques. Ans. however, that the birth of the Quin- tuplets was by far the most outstanding of all historical events. What year do you consider to have been your best and why? The fourth year is generally chosen as the best year. It is in the fourth year, the students say, that they begin to take a deeper interest in their work and dur- ing this year they first begin to learn how to study. What was the most outstanding day that you spent at school? The outstanding day with the majority of the students is the day of the visit of Lord and Lady Tweedsmuir, partly because Lord Tweedsmuir is a famous novelist. A number also made mention of the visit of Lord and Lady Bess- borough. What is your hobby, if any? The collegiate can boast that in the hobbies of its students it has everything from soup to nuts. Music is the out- standing one of them all, but there is with music, sewing, knitting, reading, designing, stamp-collecting, the keeping of poetry, scrap-books and even politics. What item in the Literary Society pro- gram do you remember most? Why? Her, the play The Monkey's Paw put on by the fifth forms in 1935 is an over- whelming favourite, partly because of the wonderful acting and partly because of the strange behaviour of the audi- ence. HTIIG Monkey's Paw certainly has left its mark. There are some who make favourable mention of the new Venture, the mock parliament. Do you think that the Bible should be studied in school? All the students are ready to admit that their knowledge of the Bible is is still a little foggy in spots. The Bible is considered to be one of the master- pieces of the English Language, refer- ences to it are numerous in Literature and these are reasons enough for it to be studied. There is a decided agree- ment that there should be some form of Bible Study. What, in your opinion, makes a teacher respected and admired by his pupils? This was the best answered of all the questions. It appears that the students have longed for an opportunity to ex- Page Sixty Ques. Ans. Ques. Ans. press their ideas of a good teacher and when they were given the opportunity they jumped at it. Rather than form- ulate a general answer Stewart Dixon's answer has been inserted. In his answer he has stated nearly everything that appeared in all the others. To gain the respect and admiration. of the pupils a teacher must have, above all, strength of character. Especially in the higher forms is this true, where the older students readily detect any weakness in the teacher. No teacher without his subject at his fingertips can retain the respect of his pupils. Aside from having a thorough knowledge of the work, however, a teacher must have a personality, be interesting and not be lacking in good humour. If he makes the student think that he is interested in him, that student will work twice as faithfully. If he ridicules a boy for misbehaving, fine!, but the admired teacher never makes capital of a slow thinker. In my opinion no one can judge a teacher's character better than the students. As soon as a new teacher comes into the room a class can sense whether or not he means business or whether he is a person with whom lib- erties can be taken. Do you think that radios in the school would be an advantage ? The students, on the whole, did not seem to think that radios would prove to be beneficial. They expressed the belief that radios might be a great bene- fit if there were programs supervised and arranged by Universities, but, as it is now, the English spoken over the radio is bad and many good broadcasts do not occur during the school hours. Would you favour school hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. without homework? This question is one which caused a de- cided split in the vote of the students. The pros almost balanced the cons, but after the smoke of battle had clear- ed the cons were in the lead. With longer school hours and no homework the student would not be troubled by the many distractions of the home, of which the radio appears to be the great- est, and a student would be able to get help from the teachers if he needed it.

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COLLEGIAN, 1937 Q ge Ji'-l.QlV-A-1 , STRATFORD, ONT. FORM 5A. FORM TEACHER-MISS R. J. MCQUEEN Kathleen Bell, Elsie Bradshaw, Nina Burrows, Irene Butson, Margaret Cornish, Alice Darling, Jean Dempsey, Gladys Hodge, Katherine Ingram, Marie Krug, Pauline Lemp, Mary Macpherson, Beth Markle, Joy Martyn, Rose Maurer, Edith Ney, Marion Nicholson, Ferne Nickel, Mary E. Pater- son, Marion Pawson, Grace Pitts, Jean Robertson, Pearl Stewart, Jean Sutter, Eva Verner, Floris Zulauf, Mabel Zurbrigg. Clarence Brogden, Wilson Brown, Ivan Coleman, Stuart Freeman, John Gerby, Horace Gladding, Edward Greenwood, Kenneth Groves, Allen Harris, Fred Heagy, Kenneth Ingham, William Kennedy, Clarence Montgomery, Stanley Morris, William Morris, VVilliam Nisbet, James O'Donoghue, Dun- can Stewart, Theodore Stewart, Terence Thomp- son, Hugh Thomson, Gordon Touzel, Robert Vern- er, Kenneth Ward, Lloyd Winhold, John Wood- ward, Stuart Young, Hibbert Bean. FORM 5B. FORM TEACHER-MR. D. S. FULLER Evelyn Bartlett, Ruth Cookson, Zelma, Dempsey, Muriel Douglas, Helen Holman, Margaret Inglis, Florence Lawson, -Gertrude Nethercott, Gwendolyn Parkinson. Henry Barker, Robert Coghill, Stewart Dixon, Jack Duff, Walter Dunbar, Gordon Farrow, Ray- mond Fleischauer, Moffitt Forster, Fred Fusee, William Gorsline, William Grainger, Lorne Hall, William Harris, Kenneth Heinbuch, Jack Hishon, Everton Holmes, Orval Holmes, Robert Homuth, Robert Jardine, Andrew Johnston, Karl Kalb- fleisch, Robert Killer, Murray Kilpatrick, Jack Kinkade, Jack Knechtel, Leon Lennon, Ross Mack- intosh, Jacque Merrill. James Neilson, Robert Neil- son, Keith Petterson, Norman Root, Arnold Schaus, William Stadelman, Harold Stubbs, Felix Walker. FIFTH YEAR PAGES General Editor-Jas. O'Do'noghue 5A Editor-Eva Verner The following are general answers to the questionnaire distributed among the students of the Upper School. It was surprising to notice that so many shared the same views on certain questions and that same ideas were ex- pressed over and over again. Ques. What was the most interesting book that you studied in Literature? Ans. With regard to the novels studied in Literature there is no doubt but that Lorna Doone, David Copperfield, Tale of Two Cities and the Golden Dog have been the most enjoyed of the novels, while of all the plays Macbeth takes the lead with an almost unanimous vote. Ques. What does it mean to you to be in the graduating class? Ans. Now that they have successfully strug- gled through four forms the students apparently are beginning to look at the more serious side of life. The shadow 5B Editor-Keimeth Mackintosh of their future life's work has already fallen upon them. There are a number who are preparing themselves for more advanced education which they wish to acquire. Ques. Are there any interesting historical events that have taken place during the five years that you have been attending the collegiate? Which one do you re- member best? Ans. The death of the beloved George V has most certainly had a greater effect on the students than the abdication of Ed- ward VIII. All showed that they had experienced deep regret with his pass- ing and some remarked how appropri- ate were the little talks given by the teachers on the mourned monarch. Some mentioned the Spanish Civil War and the tragedy of the Moose River Mine. One insistent person contended, Page Fifty-nine

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COLLEGIAN, 1937 However, those sharing the opposite opinion, said that the new hours would be too long for a student to keep con- centrating and that an Upper School student could not complete his home- work in the allotted time and would have homework anyway. Then too, some said, that without homework to keep inside at night, too many students would be roaming the streets at night. One bright fellow says, Leave school hours as they are, who cares about a little homework ? Ques. Have you perceived any change in your manners, ideas, habits or speech since you came to High School? Ans. There is the general opinion that there has been a gradual improvement in the manners of the students, but that the habits remain much the same as they were. English Literature and Com- position have had great effect on their speech. Ques. What is your advice to a First Former entering the collegiate? Ans. The old rhyme, Early to bed, Early to rise Make you healthy Wealthy and wise, is the best advice to the first formers according to some of the fifth form students. All impressed the one point, however, that students entering the school should get to work at the very beginning and not get behind in their Work. This would make their later school much easier. We regret to say that with regard to the question, What incident would you like best to forget ? there were very, very few answers. Apparently the students like to laugh at others, but when it comes down to a question of being laughed at, it is' not quite so agree- A MIDNIGHT FANTASY fContinued from Page 369 Japanese garden out of the direct rays of light so as to preserve its natural colours. For he was a careful man. But he was not alert enough to see that the handsome tin soldier held the porcelain ballet-dancer's red rose. Nor did he notice that the little black poodle had at last jumped through the hoop held by the tiny clown twho, by the way, was made of Walnut-Woody. STRATFORD, ONT. SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE AT THE CORONATION The Overseas Education League has ar- ranged that a number of Secondary School pupils of the Empire will have an opportunity to visit London during the Coronation cere- monies. They will see the great procession and will take part in a special religious service in Westminster Abbey on May 19. Forty stud- ents will go from Ontario. Stratford Collegi- ate has the honour of sending one representa- tive, and Miss Elizabeth Dempsey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Dempsey, of Cambria Street, has been chosen. Elizabeth has all the qualifications demanded by the League. She is an excellent student and has held executive positions in the Literary Society, the Girls' Athletic Association and the Students' Coun- cil. All join in wishing her health, happiness and fair weather. The Editor and his assistants wish to acknowledge with thanks the assistance of various teachers and pupils in the following departments: General supervision of the whole magazine -Miss McQueen. Moderns DepartmentfMiss Stuart. Commercial Department-Miss Easson. Second Form Pages-Miss McGregor. Advertising-Mr. Fuller. Sales Campaign-Mr. O'Leary. Art and arrangement of material in maga- zine-Mr. Root. Typing all manuscripts-Miss Easson and students of the Commercial Department. Photography-Ed. Greenwood, Duff John- ston, and Ivan Coleman. Mr. Burnett speaking to caddy at first golf game of the season: Notice any improvement since last year 7 Caddy: Well you've had your clubs clean- ed up, haven't you ? EPITAPH Here lies the body of Susan Jones, Lying beneath these polished stones, Her name was Brown instead of Jones, But Brown won't rhyme with polished stones And she won't know if it's Brown or Jones! Page Sixty-one