Sunalta Junior High School - Vista Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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hours of labor we shall have time to enjoy the finer things of life: art, science and music. So that out of the Turmoil of Europe, shall arise a glorious Canadian Nation. With vision our nation shall be THE LAND OF PROMISE.” -—Wilda Oxley. (This was a prize winning essay). WE MUST LIVE We must fight and then go on! To uplift rights and bury the wrong. To keep this land we love, as free As our home’s land across the sea. To hold our hopes and cherish pride, So in our home love still abides. So hold the fight and love good cheer For right is might and God is here. Though armies tramp and men do die, There are these words, that lift to skies ‘‘We must fight, and then go on, To uplift right and bury wrong.” And as we watch our men go by. They cheer, they sing, and hold heads high. And now home friends do not fear. For right is might and God is here. —Raymond Pilkington, 8C. IT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED The day dawned brightly. The sun’s rays shone brightly into Tom’s room. It was Saturday. Tom jumped out of bed and ran to the top of the stairs. “Mom,” he yelled, “have you packed my lunch?” “Yes, Tom,” answered his mother. In a minute he was downstairs. Taking his lunch he rushed out the door without saying good-bye or even having his breakfast. It was a glorious morning. The sun was like a ball of fire in the sky. He ran along the road with his dog for some distance, and then turned down a shady lane. “It’s a good thing only you and I know about this fishing spot. Tippy,” he said. 56

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LITERARY CANADA’S DESTINY—AS YOUTH SEES IT Time turns his hour glass, and Canada s destiny is being formed. The youth of today is the adult of tomorrow. But the Bible states, “That without vision the people perish.’’ So if Canada is to fulfill her supreme destiny, it will be achieved by youth with broad visions. Our country has vast resources. Much of the mineral wealth is unknown. The Laurentian Plateau of Northern Canada has the gold, silver, nickle, copper, zinc and platinum that, to some extent, rescued Canada from the great depression of 1930. The pitchblend deposits of Great Bear Lake, have cut the price of radium in half. We have all the natural essentials for further great industries and vast development, except cheap coal. Our inexpensive water power can replace that. It is quite possible that huge plants will produce ammonia nitrates and other products from our natural gas. Canada has vast forests, about one and a quarter million square miles. This is the home of numbers of game and birds, and is the basis of many new industries—rayon, etc. Our arctic prairies “where the heather blooms and the valleys supply food for the caribou” is not a barren country. After the war thousands will come to us from bomb-shelled Europe. We have food for them and will welcome those believing in freedom and democracy. The destiny of Canada, the third largest country in the world, is not dark despite the war. Right must win if we all vitally do our part. When the war is won, the St. Lawrence project will be realized and ships of the world will dock in the heart of our country—Fort William and Port Arthur. Canada now carries more freight by air than any other country. This will be increased. The air route over Northern Canada, from London to Shanghai, is 4,000 miles less than by New York across the Pacific. John MacCormac, journalist, prodicts that this country will become the shipping centre of the United Kingdom, as her foreign investments are greatest on this hemisphere. United States, Canada and Australia are also her best customers. Canadian industries can not easily be bombed. Canada is beautiful. She has peaceful valleys, snow-capped mountains, and many safe harbors. Roads will be improved and com¬ merce extended. Canada will become the tourist mecca. Canada’s real destiny will be freedom. “Here all will have equal opportunity. Work for those able to work. Security for those who need it.” Free education, both academic and university, for those who show aptitude. Free medicine and hospitalization. Higher standards of living and shorter hours of labor due to efficient machin¬ ery.. Houses of moderate cost will be built and financed by the government; unemployment insurance established. With shorter 55

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Halfway down the lane he turned into a path which led to a blue lake. Running down the path he came to a boat hidden under the reeds. He jumped in and without pausing a second, cast off from shore. In the middle of the lake he let down his line and leaned back in the boat sighing happily. But his happiness was short lived. Soon dark clouds overcast the blue sky, and the rumbling of thunder and streaks of lightning was upon him. Soon the boat was rocking and the waves were lapping over it. Clinging to Tippy, Tom began to sob, “We’ll both be killed, I know we will,” he sobbed. The waves began to die down but then rain started in torrents. For hours it seemed, Tom sat in the rocking boat. He was cold and wet. Tippy began to bark. Tom looked at the shore. “There’s a light,” he cried. “Maybe some one is here to save us!” “Tom, Tom,” a voice cried. “Where are you?” In a minute Tom found his voice and answered, “Out here in a boat.” In less than five minutes Tom was in the arms of his father and on his way home with Tippy following wearily. “I wished I knew how someone besides me knew of that spot. Dad. It was certainly lucky, for otherwise I’d never have been found.” —Elaine Walker, 9D. SOUTH AMERICAN FACTS These facts have been compiled by Ernie Radcliffe and Jim White of 8C. Both boys lived in South America for 11 or 12 years. Jim White was born in Talara, Peru, and lived there until just two years ago. His father was with the International Petroleum Company. He speaks Spanish and is learning French. Jim hopes he will not have to live here the rest of his life but would like to return to his native haunts. He says the country is slightly up on that of ours for less clothing needs to be worn and things are freer, such as hunting, fishing. Everything is right at one’s back door. He came out through the Panama Canal and thence to Jamaica, from where he proceeded to New York, and on to Calgary. Ernie lived in Barranca, Columbia. It is down the Magdelena River from Bogota, the capitaj. He flew out as far as Panama from where he took the same route via steamer as Jim. He also speaks Spanish and likes South America too well to ever leave there for good. He says the flowers, birds, trees, are all much nicer than ours. The cost of living is very high. Prior to his coming to C anada, he had always gone to England for his vacation. One of the mysterious wonders of South American countries is that of the shrunken heads, unknown to the white man. The na¬ tives of Ecuador and Colombia are noted for these mysterious doings. A poncho is one of the most valuable pieces of clothing to the natives. It is worn in the mountains for warmth. They have a wide 57