Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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NOCTURNE Night comes . . . With all her still grandeur and Stately quiet speed. Her shadows float from corners — Daylight havens — and Fold about the city Melting into nothingness of black and purple. Peace comes . . . The sleepy lamplit city, Tranquil at last, yawns Her final yellow windows And slumbers. Serenity . . . silence comes . . . The crescent moon peeks soundlessly Upon the shining, snow-clad streets. And then Continues her passage. Weaving between the flashing stars. Swimming in a stream of molten gold Towards her port, the far-etched horizon. There to rest — Until another day is passed And once more She surveys her world — her empire — Brimming with an Empress ' pride And hope and tenderness. Carolyn Grossmann, Form Vb, Cumming House. [26]

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While standing there and gazing long Upon this rare delight, You know that He alone has planned This tranquil, wondrous sight. Maralyn Leask, Form Science VI, Fairley House. THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF RADIO AS YOU know, radios are very handy things to have around the house. You can set the clock by them, for they always have the right time. The radio also helps you decide what to wear, for if the announcer says that it is going to rain you know that it isn ' t going to rain and so you don ' t wear a raincoat. No one would know where to buy anything or what to buy if it weren ' t for the radio. If you have a headache you can turn on the radio, and nine times out of ten you hear a man ' s voice which tells you to run right down to the corner drugstore and get a package of Bromo-Seltzer, and so you do, and of course in ten minutes your headache is all better. This proves that radio is a benefit to health! What a boon radio is to all poor tired housewives as they go about their daily tasks of drudgery! They can hear the loveliest singing commercials which always help to make the household brighter. Think of all the fat ladies who become beautiful and slim again by exercising to the music and the smooth voice of the announcer. And think of all the soap operas which bring such pleasure to the average home: for example, Mary arrives home from school and sees her Mother weeping in front of the radio. Mary asks the reason and Mother wails that John ' s Newfoundland dog doesn ' t love Sue ' s toy poodle any more. Mother says she is too upset to make dinner, so poor Mary goes hungry. These are a few of the pleasures radio brings to the average housewife! Think of all the jobs that have been left unfinished or undone because of the radio, and think of all the dinners which have been burnt because someone was too engrossed in listening to the radio to attend to them. Pity the people with colds and wet feet because they faithfully followed the weather reports which said Sunny , and it rained. Think of all the envy that is caused by listening to a radio quiz program where the prize is a nineteen-fifty-three Cadillac, a few houses and two or thre e mink coats. Pity the people who have to eat that horrible breakfast food in order to collect five hundred box-tops so that Junior can send away for his Junior G-Man Badge. Lastly, pity poor Father who had to spend his hard earned money to pay for the radio and has to spend his spare time listening to daughter ' s screeching jazz, junior ' s murderous thrillers, and wife ' s wishy-washy soap operas. I ' ll bet that poor Father wishes he had never even bought a radio. Kathleen Barr, Form Arts VI, Ross House. [25]

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MA VISITE A OTTAWA OUR MON anniversaire mon pere m ' a dit que je pouvais inviter quelques- unes de mes amies pour aller visiter Ottawa. Apres diner je suis allee au telephone et j ' ai appele cinq jeunes filles et j ' ai dit, Samedi prochain pouvez-vous venir avec mon pere et moi visiter Ottawa? Nous quitterons la maison a neuf heures moins le quart et si vous etes a votre porte nous irons vous chercher. Toutes mes amies ont dit, Oh! C ' est une bonne idee. Oui, Oui! Le matin est bientot arrive, et pour mon anniversaire ma mere m ' a donne une jupe et deux chandails, une paire de souliers et un manteau que je porte avec fierte pour aller a Ottawa. A neuf heures moins le quart mon pere et moi allons a I ' automobile et nous commengons notre voyage. Toutes mes amies sont a leurs portes et apres quinze minutes nous sommes toutes dans I ' automobile: Elizabeth, Lynne, Patricia, Lucile et Valerie, mon pere et moi. Nous allons a Ottawa par la cote Nord et mon pere a dit que nous reviendrons a Montreal par la cote Sud. II fait beau et quand nous sommes en route nous chantons. Mon pere raconte des histoires droles, et apres deux heures nous arrivons au Club de la Seigneurie. Nous avons mange et apres diner nous avons marche dans la propriete et mon pere a pris des photos. A deux heures nous repartons vers Ottawa oil nous regardons les edifices du Parlement et nous avons regarde un film. Apres le cinema mon pere a achete des sandwiches et de la limonade, et nous commengons notre retour vers Montreal. Le ciel n ' est plus bleu, mais noir et mysterieux avec trois ou quatre etoiles et un quartier de lune. Quatre de mes amies dorment mais mon amie Elizabeth et moi ne dormons pas. A onze heures nous sommes arrives a Montreal et mon anniversaire est fini, mais il ne finit pas dans mon coeur parce que je me rapellerai tons les jours la belle journee que mes amies et moi avons passee a Ottawa avec mon pere. Sandra Keymer, Form IIIa, Gumming House. [27]