Tillsonburg District High School - Tatler Yearbook (Tillsonburg, Ontario Canada)

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TRANSCENDENCE CHonourable Mention Serious Poemj Stark against the fading blush of summer's day, Etched in lacy black upon the evening sky, Leafage ,softly soughing in the twilight breeze, Lithesome birches toss their branches high. Shimmering moonlight creeping o'er the earth, liathes each silvery branch in mystery, 'Turns to shining filigree each leaf, Lending truth to birches' ghostly history. Dawning light's hrst flush of bronze-like hue, Gilds each trembling trunk to brightest gold: , Sunlight forms a nimbus round each crown, Hirches glorified as knights of old. Jean Scrimgeour, XHC. 1..,0T,.. CATCH THAT INK The history teacher was about to say, Now Caesar was killed on that sad day, When, Catch that ink! was roared from the back. Came a bellowing shout, and a loud ker- smack, And blue-black ink oozed over the floor, As bedlam reignedg there was shouting galore. Get jerry! Dicks yelled, 'tHurry up, and run. Aw shucks ! said the boys, VVe were just having fun. , The girls were angry as they laboriously toiled To clean the dresses which the ink had soiled. XYho dunnit?,' Dicks roared, and his face turned red, As the room fell silent with terror and dread. Me, squealed a wavering voice from the rear, As Hob stood up, knees shaking with fear. See here, said Dicks, '!VVe'll have no more 5 E And the room fell silent as it was before. Maurice Deliindt, XIA. 44 W BURIED TREASURE Many hundred years ago, Ships that knew not ice or snow, Stately galleons, burley men, Sailed the seas, plundered then, The southern world. Ships, with rustic guns aboard, Guarding jewels of pirate hoard, Stacking all their worldly stores, Sailed to verdant, palm-grove shores Unknown to others. Here they marked secluded spots On their treasure maps as dots. Swiftly with their course begun, Sought bullion ships or gems or gum To make life merry. Usually they died, by fate, Murdered by the mate's best mate, He too died by a pirate's hand, And likewise vanished from this band Forever with his secret. Robert lVlacLennan, XIA .-.-.. 0 T..-1 SCHOOL DAZE I crawl out each morning An hour before seven And, oh! how l wish I could wait till eleven. To the bathtub I rush For an icy cold shower, That, somehow, helps me To forget the hour. My breakfast devoured In a wild sort of flurry, I, then, for my hat Begin a mad scurry. It's not in the hall! lt's not on the chairs! Oh! now l remember, I left it upstairs! Here comes the bus! You should see me run: At least for this day- The beginning is done. Gwen Kneller, XD THE TATLFR

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THE TRAVELLING SALESMAN CSecond Prize Humorous PoemD Of all the people you chance to meet, On a country road or a city street, 'l'here's none you'd rather see more less, Than a travelling salesman, I would guess! Though he isn't wanted, has nothing to say, That man will come any time of the day. His welcome he knows without any doubt, If he ever gets in, you'll not get him out! VVith polite little knock, he stands at your door, Piled to the head with gadgets galore. The part of the face that at first you see, ls the broadest smile that ever could be. Good morning, ma'am, and how do you do? I've something here that'll interest you. Now l'll just be a minute, if you'll let me in, I tell you this bargain just won't come agin ! No thanks , say you, with a quick reply, But the infernal man has now slipped by. All over your table, your chairs and your floor, He's piled his stuff and is unloading more. To his story there comes no earthly end, For such a fiend will never mend. He insists, he argues, he sells if he can, Always the way of a travelling salesman! Josephine Knautz, XIA. O LIFE ON A TRAVERS' BUS fSecond Prize School Life Poemi Morning and night we gather together, On a Travers' bus, in all kinds of weather. Vile greet the driver with the usual eye, To the rest of the kids, we just holler Hi ! Everyone runs for his favourite nook, To discuss the exams or the thrilling new book, A boy with a girl, the usual sight, To secure a date for a show that night. THE TATLER The air is full of humour and wit. We could be old-fashioned and solemnly sit, But myriad are the tricks that we play, Lunch pails are hidden, and gloves stowed away. So goes our life, day after day, VVith the jolts, the bumps, and the terrible sway. Although our pranks are often quite daring, The bus driver says he's really past caring. Eleanor Lee, Xli. ..l0 . THE STATUE fHonourable Mention School Life Poem, All day on the window-sill he rests, W'ith bony knee and sunken chest, His head bowed low, his hand on knee But who is this? VVhat a mystery! His skin is plaster, his hair is, too. He's not at all like me or you. He doesn't breathe and he doesn't eat, And l've never seen him stand on his feet. He just sits there in the nice warm sun, VVhile down below the kiddies run. He soaks in the heat from the radiator, Who? Our Dying Gladiator . He is Miss Grieve's own pride and joy. She handles him as a child a toy. She dusts him, cleans him, keeps him trim, But not a whisper of thanks from him! He just sits there and takes on dust. He must be old, I'm sure he must, But he just sits there all day, at rest, VVith bony knee and sunken chest. Bond Truefitt, XIIB. Q. , . ,,f 0, . 5 r Si 43

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Fdited bv Joyce lllBBERT,XllC ATHLETIC SOCIETY EXECUTIVE A. Dean fSec.D, M. Howey QV.-Presj, S. Tait fPrea.J, P. Grey CT:-eas.D. ' Field Day At the T.D.H.S. Field Meet, the Red Team under Captain Angela Nichols was victorious with the highest total of points. Runner-up was the Blue Team, while the XN'hite and Black Teams were third and fourth respectively. Individual Champions were: Senior-Nancy XVarren, 24 U2 points, runner-up, Sharon Doyle, 16 points. Intermediate-Mary Elizabeth McLeod, 17 1X3 points, runner-up, Laurel Agur, ll points. Junior-Sheila Rokeby, 15 points, run- ners-up, Shirley Jones, 10 points, Margaret Ann Glover, 10 points. Juvenile-Chere Dreyer, 23 points: run- ner-up, Linda Lounsbury, ll 1f2 points. Tl.N.D.A. Meet at Aylmer This year as before, Tillsonburg got the ribbons-another school got the Champion- ship. This year it was Norwich who won the meet. Because of the heavy enrollment at our school, it was decided to divide our total number of points by eleven. As a result, we did lose the meet, but succeeded THE TATLER TRACK AND FIELD WINNERS Standing: S, Rokeby, C. Dreyer. Seated: N. Warren, M. E. McLeod. in capturing a few of the trophies, despite having to wade through the mushy mud and muddy water! lVinner of the coveted Senior Cup was our own Nancy XVarren and Mary Eliza- beth McLeod won the Intermediate Crown. Congratulations girls! Volleyball This year for the first time, Tillsonburg entered a Volleyball team in XV.O.S.S.A. competition. There were also exhibition games with Aylmer and Simcoe. To enter the XV.O.S.S.A. games, the girls first had to oust Simcoe. This they did quite handily, in a two-out-of-three game series, taking the first two games by the scores of 35-9 and 40-6. At London, they met Kitchener and Stratford, in a two-game elimination ar- rangement. By this method each school played two games, with a different school each time, and had to lose both games in order to be eliminated. Tillsonburg lost both games, being de- feated by Kitchener by the close score of 21-17, and by Stratford by 20-16. 45