Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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16 VOX COLLEGil THE BEGINNING OF MAN and also WHY WE HAVE COLD WEATHER Once upon a time, long, long ago, the sun and moon us d to shine all the time and there was no cold weather. But there was no-one, either, to enjoy this lovely weather, so the Sun god said What ' s the use of me keeping the sun so hot when there is no body to enjoy it. 1 must speak to the Life-god. So the Sun-god went to the Life-god and asked him if, seeing that he had al- ready made trees and flowers, and plenty of animals and birds, who lived hy k.lling each other to his great dis- gust, if he could make another type of life who might rule over these other things to a certain extent. So the agreeable Life-god heaped a huge pile of flowers up (because they breath out oxygen), and poured on a great (juantity of water, and then he asked the Sun-god to shine on the heap for a period of tim3 that would equal about nine or ten months of our reck- oning. The Sun-god was rather mysti- fied by this request, but did so. At the end of this time, during the last week espec ally, the heap of flow- ers grew smaller and smaller until it eventually stood about six feet high; and then it started to contract and ex- pand rapidly. At this the Life-god be- came very excited, and jumped around a lot, and kept pouring more water over it ; and th n one day he repeated madly over and over again : With monkey ' s form, but beauteous still. Become the lord o ' er vale and hill; With the brains of all my beasts com- bined ; Have more than all their 1) rth and kind ; THE HONOUR CLUB EXECUTIVE

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V 0 X C 0 L L E G I 1 15 Go easy with tlie window, whis- pered Ola. Eve raised the window whicli made a shrill grating sound. Sh-h-h. A hand caught Eve and roughly pulled her to a crouching position be- low the window. Eve wanted to scream. Faltering footsteps were heard in the corridor and then they died away. Quickly and silently the girls crawled tlirough the window to the fire-escape. Oh-h-h said Ola in a whisper. There ' s a big stone down there and I ' ll fall on it sure — and — maybe I ' ll get hurt and then you ' ll have to tell the faculty and we ' ll be expelled. Don ' t be silly. Here, catch hold there, swing and then drop. Mid swung to the ground with the ease of a professional porch climber. There was a soft plump and the two girls picked themselves up from the long grass in the darkest part of the grounds near the back of the school. They chose the darker, less frequented streets and ran. WheitT they saw anyone approaching they slid into the shadows and waited until the passer-by was out of sight, fearing he might recognize them as wayward students. Thus, they reached downtown without meeting any of the faculty. They entered the ice-cream parlor, gave their order, four bricks of ice-cream, and the woman in charge, evidently recognizing them as school girls out of bounds, thoughtfully wrapped the bricks in dark paper. There was the sound of approaching footsteps and the -girls seized the par- cels and bolted through the back door and found themselves, laughing and breathless, in the back yard which seemed full of old cans and barrels over which they stumbled laughing, and fin- ally gained the street. Making slow progress because of the number of people on the street, they had proceeded about a block when sud- denly the sky became as black as ink, the few stars disappeared, a sudden gust of wind sent a cloud of dust roll- nig down the street which almost blind- ed them. There was a flash of light- ning, a roll of thunder and the lights went ofif. What would they not have •given to be safe and warm in the school as they clung together under the trees and shivered for fear. Tlie wind roar- ed louder and louder. They heard limbs crashing and the rain fell in tor- rents. Oh, what ' 11 we do, what ' 11 we do? wailed Eve. They were afraid of falling limbs and so they began to struggle in what they hoped was the direction of the school. Ola stumbled and fell from the curl) and then above the sound of wind and rain they heard the sound of a horse galloping on the pavement and then a woman screamed. It sounded uneartlily in the dark and storm. They lost all sense of direction and struggled on. Finally they were rewarded by seeing a faint flicker ahead and realized that it was a candle burning in the lower hall of the school. They never knew just how. they drag- ged themselves up the fire-escape and crept through the hall filled with stu- dents in wild confusion, to their own rooms. Just when Ola ' s thoug ' hts were becoming a litle more connected, the lights flashed on, from far away came a little tinkle and a moment later the nine o ' clock bell rang loiidly and clear- ly. Ola had just put on a warm kimona wdien there was a rap at the door and a teacher entered. I see that the roof is leaking again right beside the wardrobe. I shall speak to the matron about that she said as she saw a trail of water from the wardrobe. Was it exciting? asked Ola ' s room-mate when they were all snug in bed and lights out had rung. It was ' very, said Ola, and then added mentally Never again.

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V ox C () L L E G 1 I 17 Love all — plant, creature, land and sea; And bring a maid to live with thee. And lo ! and behold ! the pile of flow- ers one day disappeai ' ed and there stood two marvellously beautiful creat- ures, hand in hand. Like all other animal races, this lat- est species flourished and became num- erous. Being- much cleverer than the others they remained lords over them ; and also they put th?ir cleverness into making their lives and existence as comfortal)le and as happy as possible, which was not very difficult during this time of beautiful weather. But one day, it happened that two of these human beings beeam? angry with one another, and one killed the other. As soon as he did this he realized that he had done something terribly wrong and more wicked than anything else. He real zed also that this other man deserved life as much as he, and the result was that he brooded over his act and became vary cold in his ac- tions and feelings. Eventually he l)e- came so cold in thoughts and spirit that he began to think that it was not really him that was cold but the weather. Then the Sun-god said: That man has done a t?ri-ible deed of wrong and to pun ' .sh him and any like him, as he already thinks the weather is cold, I might as well make the weather cold. Of course some people are good and so he left half th weather nice and warm, but ever since that day there has been miserably cold weather part of the time, in remembrance of the first crime and a warning to future generations. — E. P. C. SCHOOL DAYS Mary Louise sat on the window-seat at the side door waiting for the Bus to come. She took a deep breath ; it hard- ly seemed possible that she had gradu- ated only yesterday. It was th? beginn ' ng of a new life. Yes! But the end of hei- school days. She had often heard the saying that school days are the happiest of all. She wonderrd vaguely if this were true. In her flrst school days had she found them so very happy? Her mind travelled back to the little school room in the country. How well she remembered the day she had been chawing gum and the exasperated young teacher had brought her up to the front of the room. As she faced the sea of faces before her Mary Louise Was conscious of giggles. She obeyed the teacher ([uietly and placed the offend- ing article on her little turned up nose amid a burst of laughter. When the teacher resumed her seat Mary Louise made faces and laughed for the b?nefit of the sympathetic audience before her. But when they were out during recess she resolved into tears. The repentant teacher had lent her a handkerchief to wipe away her tears. Ma ry Louise smiled as she thought of how she had washed teacher ' s hankie at the pump and ironed it with a cold doll ' s iron in the hope that mother wouldn ' t discover the disgrace which had befal- len her. Had that beon a happy time? And then, at h ' gh school when Mary Louise was in first form, and was at that sensitive age, she had been made to sit with a boy because she had been talking. She remembered how her cheeks had burned, and how near the tears had been. It had been a great Inuniliation and as she wended her way home Mary Louise had thought the world very cruel indeed. But oh ! Mary Louise sighed, what could possibly be nicer than Gradua- tion? All the joys and thrills that go with it ! It frightened her just a teeny weeny bit as she thought that soon, very soon, she must decide her future life. But it really was wonderful to b.» as happy as she was now. As the other girls gathered around I ' or the Bus Mary Louise decided lliat des])ite childish mishaps school days are the happiest ever. And, she addnl to her self as she kissed an accjuaintance good-bye, even mishans are funny — after they ' re over. — Shirley Leisiiman.