United College Collegiate - Tric Tics Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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GLENNIE McNEILL. In the fall of 1893 Manitoba was blessed with a bumper crop. The same fall saw the advent of Mr. McNeill. Although Glennie was even smaller then than he is now, he has since that time been a prominent member of society. Glennie spent the first few years of his life roaming the pastoral haunts of the Boisse- vain country. Later his mind was turned to things higher and, accordingly, he suffered himself to be urged along the flowery path of knowledge by the various teachers in the town school. On obtaining his second-class certificate, Glennie, like Caesar, sought new worlds to conquer. Thus, at a tender age he found himself in Brandon, puzzling out the intricacies of languages long deceased. Glennie added his mental and physical capacities to the already swollen talents of the ’14 class, in the fall of TO. He has figured on our Senior football and hockey teams, and has always played the game. As captain of our class hockey team he led us to victory last year. Like his fellow classmen, Glennie is now considering his life work, vascillating between the ministry, the legal profession, and a career in the Major League. It is useless to wish him the success which must inevitably be his. ‘ ‘ Lives of great men all remind us. ’ ’ OSCAR MECKLING. “1 was ever a fighter, so—one fight more.” That little town of Plum Coulee, always on the lookout for fame, played one of its trump cards when it sent Oscar Meekling to Manitoba College. As you see by the picture, Oscar is one of our rugged Germans. He came from the Western part of Austria when six years old, and has lived in M ' anitoba ever since. So he is almost an old-timer. He did not come to college expecting or desiring to bedazzle the world. He came in¬ tending to make himself fit for the best work he knew of. However, there are times when he is literally dazzling, for example, when rushing the pigskin into the enemy’s territories, or when, by way of recreation, running up a 6-0 score in a game of singles. If all Germans can fight the way Oscar Meekling plays football and tennis, then let England tremble! Oscar has the distinction of bringing to the Fourth Year their only victory in debating this past term. In exams he has always managed to satisfy the most exacting examiners. Of course he got a supp. in Second Year Latin Grammar, but that was just because of his sociable nature. Oscar is going into the Presbyterian ministry, and we predict that his Satanic Majesty will find a pretty big score piled up against him before our sturdy little German is through with him. H. R. C. Page 85

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The scholar—the athlete—the man—what more could a student wish for? Modesty, combined with scholastic and athletic ability, have gained for P. J. McKay a reputation of which anyone ought justly to be proud. As an Athlete Perc. has, by his presence been largely instrumental in raising the standard of athletics in the College to where it now stands. He is well known in the circles of football, hockey, baseball, tennis and in fact in all branches of sport worth mentioning. Not enough credit can be given Perc. for his achievement in sport and everyone who knows him will vouch for his being a finished athlete. Just ask the ladies’ parlor. Not so shy as he looks either, is he girls! Not only is he an athlete but he is also rated very highly in scholastic feats. P. J. ’s marks throughout his course have been high and he was credited with a scholarship in both his second and third years. The wonderful memory and the stick-to-it-iveness possessed by him have been greatly responsible for his success and we are looking forward to his greater success in the future. As a man Perc. has modesty written all over him. He is generous, forgiving, peaceful, and loving; a favorite with the ladies. May your future record be even better than the past, Perc. W. B. Id. JAS. O. McLENAGHEN. Have you ever met Jimmie O? If not, then you have missed meeting one of the biggest- hearted, best-natured, and most popular boys that ever entered Manitoba College. He was initiated into the 1 ways of the ’14 class in his second year, having received his earlier erudition in Perth and Portage la Prairie, the latter town being responsible for his pseudonym ‘ ‘ Sloughtown Artist. ’ ’ Jim, despite his size, gained “some celebrity” in athletics In curling circles he was always considered a formidable opponent, and in filling the goal he was largely responsible for his class winning the inter-class football championship. In his studies Jim showed his ability, for owing to his many social duties he had to leave his work till the end of the term, and yet he always gained a good average on his examinations. Jim’s capacity as a debater has been ably demonstrated, his pet subject was “Besolved, that the Hudson Bay Bailway should be operated by the government.” As president of the class in his final year, Jim excelled himself as a leader. His diplomacy was displayed in many instances, and his persuasive manner was responsible for the success of the various class functions. We are assured that the many admirable qualities which Jim has shown during his col¬ lege career will win for him success in his chosen profession—law, for in him we found one whose nature it was, ‘ ‘ To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield. ’ ’ Page 84

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George Mitchell Miller has had a very eventful career for a boy so young in years. He was born in Ningkeuh Hu, China, in the fall of ’91 and at a very tender age entered a boarding school at Chefu, where he received his primary education. In 1905 George went to Kilsyth, Scotland, where, at Lenzie Academy, he added to his already large store of knowledge. It was during this period that George acquired the marked accent peculiar to the men of the Highlands. After receiving his collegiate education at Toronto, like all enterprising young men, unable to withstand the call of the west, he came to Manitoba in 1909 and entered college with a determination to ‘ ‘ drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.’ ’ George has realized his dreams, first, by making a name for himself on the athletic field, and also by carrying off the Rubelle Telford scholarship, in his first year. Socially, George has shown a marked development during his college course and has mounted high in the esteem of his classmates and all who know him. As “Rep” of the class in his third year he piloted the notorious Pourteens through a very successful term, while as manager of the college rink, he has demonstrated his ability as a “shrewd” and alert business man. On entering college it was thought by many that George was Theologically bent, and although he has never wavered from his Puritanical principles, he has finally decided to enter on a business career. Whatever calling George may finally choose, his fellow class-mates wish him success. “Where a blue sky and glowing clime extends, He had the passion and the power to roam.” J. O. M. MINNIE NASON. Winnipeg is the birthplace of the heroine of this tale. Here she attended public school and collegiate. It is interesting to note that she was in attendance at six different schools, and she claims that she was not expelled from any, either. In the fall of 1910, Minnie began her Arts course in Wesley, where she was received with open arms. She, like the majority of college girls, chose the moderns course. Although until this year the girls have not taken a very prominent part in athletics, thej r have always been enthusiastic supporters, and Minnie has a hundred per cent, record in attendance at football and hockey matches. In her third year, besides being Sports’ Convener, she was the efficient captain of the Ladies’ Hockey Team. Minnie proved that physical greatness is not essential to courage, when in the spring of 1913 she overcame her natural timidity and went 600 miles west to teach. She made an ideal school ma’am. Always willing to help, Minnie’s bright smile has captured all comers. She has formed many lasting friendships and all predict for her success in her life vocation, be it teaching, domestic science, or healing the sick, for— ‘ ‘ To know her is to love her. ’ ’ Page 86