Sydney Academy - Record Yearbook (Sydney, Australia)

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THE XII-D CLASS OF '50 Lilly Edwards, XIID Tfhe XII-D Class, well, boy, oh boy! They 're Mr. Woodill's 'pride and joy, They all make- A's, yes, everyone, T-o whom are you referring, chum? Now, take the front seat, Gertieg See Here Ray, if you will only please Refrain from squeezing that ink bottle dry, So that you won't make poor Vera ery. Now, Alex, when you 'come through the door Kindly bend a few feet more, And, Mike, when you open that window back there Don't pile too highly the desks and the chairs. Now try to keep up with our Tena and you Will require an assistant 'or two, As for Betty C., when she starts talking, It 's worse than Bill MacQueen's jay-walking. Now Thelma, and Velma, from Coxheath you know And wee Hettie B., toward Westmount heigh-ho! While from Mira Road, where the buses dont' go Hails Louise Maclntyre, with a b-rain not so slow. Now Sonia and Blanclhe, they hail from the Pier, They're pals forever, near and dear, Also Stella and Melda, Mildred and Ott, The gals we could never do without. Joan MacLeod always catches a bus From way down South Bar Cbet he raises a fussl And Eiuiiee MacK., from out Sydney River, NVoul-:l gladly share that nice black flivver. Now let 's talk awhile about Aggie and June Who only hope they'll graduate soon, Vilhile Helen B., the girl from The Hill Small but mighty, we 're sure that sfhe will! Now Verna Gallant, Cwithout Helen she's lost,j Is determined to pass whatever the cost, While with Sally and Rosie, a different matter, If they could only stop that chatter. Camilla M., always sporting a grin Can always be seen around the Y gym XVhile with Louise B., the gal with the brain NVith the Nymark twins, a contrast we claim. Now there 's Marjorie H., and Evelyn MacR., We ,ve captured them all, I think, by far, . Well, one 's been left out, but enough has been said Itls just me, the author, whose poem youlve just read 48

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times as much as three hundred dollars is received in this way. Wlieii the bridal dance was over, the guests continued dancing for the remainder of the night. Sometimes the dancing is kept up for two or three days, all depending on the wealth of the bride 's parents. After the wedding it is customary to escort the bride to her new home from her II10t'llCI',S home. She is not allowed to go visiting or see her mother during the first week. At the end of the first week she pays her mother a call and then goes to call on others. However, the majority of these customs are dying out, and as time goes on we will have less and less of them. Even now, the majority of our wedd- ings are beginning to conform to the pattern set by other people. Penhaps the reason for this is that the young-er generation is lbeginning to forget some of the glorious customs brought over by their parents. and grandparents and be- ginning to accept the customs of their adopted country, Canada. In any event perhaps the important thing is that the marriage be a happy one! -et.o-ee- MY IDEA OF WHAT CONSTITUTES AN EDUCATED PERSON Donald Gillis, XIA Usually we think of an educated man as one who has completed the work of common schools very successfully, and overcome college courses by hard study. But knowledge alone is not education. After a man has finished school and forgotten most of what he learned, there remains with him a certain power which that knowledge gave him. Education consists mostly in what one is capable of doing rather than what he knows. Is he able to think and work out his problems for himself 'Z Education consists mostly of developing the mind properly rather than regarding it as a receptacle to be filled. But knowledge is very necessary to education. Its moral value should not be overlooked. Besides its value as a guide and as a means of discipline, knowledge 'opens up new sources of enjoyment and brings one a little higher than the ordinary man. An educated man should be very :broad-minded, that is, he should be able to see all sides of a subject. His knowledge and experience should be able to make him see the other ma.n's point of view and consider it as having its points too, so he should be able to lead and direct his fellow-men. Usually a man has more knowledge than of othe-rs, but he is always try- ing to learn as much about other things as time will permit him. He must know how to live in peace and enjoyment with his fellow-men above all, and try in a quiet way to make this world a better place in which to live. An educated man'.s mental growth depends on his mental activity, for the mind is developed into whatever it is capable of becoming only by the ex- ercise of its own powers. In fact, mental exercise is the one essential condi- tion of development. Education may be defined then, as the process by means of which the individual acquires experience that will function in rendering more efficient, his future actions. 47

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CURLWG I Foovenu. O i -fx Bnsxe 7. emu. 1L. mCK Hoc KEY Z '- For the last half decade, the 'Sydney Academy has virtually dominated the majority of hi-gh .school athletic activities in Cape Breton and Nova Scotia. No further proof of this is needed than a glance at the records. NVith the turn of the half-century Sydney Academy hoopsters will be aiming for their seventh consecutive Provincial basketball title, 'led by 'coach PAT PATTERSON and the genial managing of MR. JOE OHAISSON of the Academy teaching staff. Such a recvord is something to be applauded, and we know it never could have been established without the excellent guidance of MR. PAT PATTERSON, who is responsible for the development of some of the Maritimes best basketball players. Out on the diamond a power-packed Academy baseball nine walked off with the Cape B-reton High School championship with convincing wins over teams from the Northside and Glace Bay respectively. This was the first year in which Academy went all out to assemble a top-notch team and came up with the cream of the crop. The team was well looked after by Mr. John Johnstone and Mr. John Gillis, o-f the Academy teaching staff. In the first annual 'Curling Bo-ns-piel held at Truro, the Academy rep- resentatives were runners-up to a well-balanced quartet from Truro in a round robin series. As we go t-o- press, the Senior Interscholastic hockey team has been crowned Cape Breton champs and are ready to begin defence of the Provin- cial title which tlhey have held for the past two seasons. The Intermediates are not far behind. Having already eliminated Sydney Mines and New Wat- erford, they have clinched the Island title and are ready to be-gin defence of the Island title, and are ready to begin defence of the Nova Scotia champion- ship which they have won the last two years. T'he Academy Juvenile team, which won Nova Scotia honors last year, reached the Sydney Minor League finals, and bowed out to SHIPYARD after giving the undefeated Yarders a few very interesting games. MR. BOB OHAFE has been the mentor behind Academy hockey for the past few seasons and has done a very exceptional job of assembling the te-ams and giving them sound coaching. 49