University of Toronto Schools - Twig Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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THE TWIG Form Captain: Robert W. Davies Prefect: Ross Campbell Athletic Representative: Harry F. Smith Form Reporter: Alan N. Steiner During the past summer a form, familiar to its friends as Six , disappeared. No- body knows its fate although we once heard a rumour that it was downtown entrapped in a revolving door. ln any case, Six has gone. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes young and beautiful, practically smelling of new paint, Form VB with its sea of smiling faces and bristly beards has come into existence to replace it. With Room 209 and the headmaster's office as its head- quarters, VB has already distinguished itself in many fields. We hope the following epic naively composed by our form bard, Emer- son, may acquaint you with a few of its achievements. Gleanings Amidst the throes of revery l laud the growth of fair VB. The wonders lay exposed Which long in shadows have reposecl Unchanted and unsung. First we have the rugbv team, lt's mighty bruisers, fat and lean: Maynard, Taylor, Barnes, Hair and Hepburn, MacMillan, Keeley- The ulmmortal few, with guts. Newcomers we see at every turn: Taylor, Shand and uRick Hepburn. The latter stars on grid and ice. Maynard, too, We know of old, He now returns to the ancient fold. All welcome men who will suffice. Geoffrey Dewar comes here toog Hello, dear, just phone me if you're bluef Tennis, too, demands a call: The super-man: yes, our Bruce Hall. Campbell was the runner-up, McArthur, he was in there too But they sure all looked very blue When little Brucie was quite through. At field day we limber up our joints And gather in a few scarce points- Smith and Davies led the lot, Upholding the royal blue, white and blue We have some hockey players toog Hepburn, Maynard, Funston turns them all aside With bravado and manly pride, Others too. Then the boys in the study room Who with ribald laughter dispel the gloom Q

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THE TWIG told me to put in a word for his flower shop. Ward, Dick The iron man of the first rugby team. Can hand it out as well as take it. We hope he turns out for hockey, a strong defenseman is badly needed. Smokes American cigarettes, and hopes to be a Mechanical Engineer next year. Welch, Gordon Gord. hails from that mysterious laby- rinth known as Rosedale, from which he has emerged every clay for eight years, to come to dear old Alma Mater. He plays a hot game of tennis, and he and Bob Segsworth bear each other at golf. Gord. surprises himself and everybody else by his continual good marks. Wilson, Charles Charlie is the favourite in bets for first under the wire in Xmas Xams. l-le has raced through from 3A to VA in six years and bids fair to be a scholarship lad this year. Works hard as a member of the all-important stage crew. Wilson, Murray Nine long years of toil at U.T.S. says Murray. Murray spends his summers as counsellor-in-training at Camp, Ahmek, teaching the younger generation to follow in his footsteps. Woodley, William Bill is our popular Form Captain. He is an outstanding member of the swimming team, and does a lot we can't do with a Wooldridge, Robert Having known him for years, I shall take the liberty of saying that Stuff is a very fine fellow. We have run out of super- latives on the foregoing members of the class and shall finish by saying he plays rugby and golf, and boxes-none too well. Wrenshall, Arthur Regarded with awe and wonder as a very bright student. Starred on the 140 lb. team, and is a man to avoid with boxing gloves. Art plans to enter R.M.C. next year. ln a census of sport taken in the class it was proved that VA is certainly sport- minded. For all the sports there were 74 votes cast. A boy was not limited to one, but listed all sports in which he was pro- ficient. Tennis led by a nice margin. hockey coming second. Surprising in the list was ping-pong, with a large number of adherents. These strenuous indulgers should get together and form a club. l . Tennis .. I 3 2. Hockey ..... 9 3. Rugby ....... 8 4. Ping-Pong .... 8 5. Baseball 7 6 7. Boxing ..... 5 6. Golf ...... 8. Swimming 4 9. Field Day .... 4 l 0. Basketball .... 3 basketball. ln case you dicln't know, he l l. Others ....... .. 7 was the handsome drum major of that i- perfectly trained corps of musicians, the Total ..... .. 74 band. lx - . A , N - WQQNXN Q i , 1' A :iv J ' ff1'i:s ..?,f -c Vis. -S -:cf ir, ,K-A , P X' fr- Q- lg,il'?i:.fJf c' gl iff' is ?'f?f -x.ii -ix X ' 'f

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THE TWIG Who with their happy chat Discuss this joke and-that! The east corner, there. -Steiner, Simons, Cameron and Hall Add their laughter too. Well there's really nothing else to do. Then we have the nlntelli-gents-ee-ah. Who win the laurels Ye-ah on ye-ah. Maynard, Abbot, Clute and Shiresg To greater learning each aspires. Rance and Wilson come well up Campbell R. and Campbell A. do well almost any day: Dale C.M.C. and McElheran N.B. All are wise, 'tis plain to see. But really the whole form is quite bright For they do their home work every night. lE.ditor's note, Oh yes l ll BAN6f I M so Let-5 ,nie 'izkani of 'H-1, gr-aoltLa'l'ton fho'1',,'! LIFE Every' time we open a magazine nowa- days we are faced with somebody's inside story. What Wallace Beery says when he puts his socks on inside out, the family life of Mickey Mouse, or any number of other astounding things are brought to light. W'e are not in the habit of reading such trash, but since it is so popular we decided to give this form news the personal touch by includ- ing a very intimate revelation of the home life of one of our scholars. The casual sub- scriber to The Twig may form the impres- sion that a U.T.S. boy is a sprightly lad ot high academic ability, a fine athlete, and a born comedian who says those funny things which are a scream in class and yet fall quite Hat when told at the dinner table or put in black and white. How little is really known about him. Our predecessors of twenty-five years tell us unbelievable stories of their younger and palmier days. We give a splendid example below. When l went to U.T.S., l used to get up at two in the morning for if it was rain- ing l sometimes used to lay abed till threel, put the cows in the pasture, ploughed an acre of new land, painted the barn, and walked forty-eight miles to school through the snow. After lighting a fire in the cloak- room ffor there was a stove therel, l swept the floor, and waited an hour for school to begin. Did l ever tell you about the time we hung the teacher up on a meat hook . . Times have changed, and with the times, schoolboys. Let us peek coyIy in through the back window of the home of one of our modern students and see how things are done nowadays. lt is almost any week day morning, and the sleeping form in the fore- ground is our friend Jasper. At about ten to eight, Jasper begins to show signs of uneasiness in his rest. Perhaps he is dream- ing that he is tied to a railway track at 7.51 with the 7.52 train reported on time, or possibly he is surrounded by savage bar- barians who are on the point of braining him-in any case he has a strange premon- ition that some dastardly action is to be performed, and that he is to be the victim of this crime. His dream is interrupted by a sensation of being inside a washing- machine, but it turns out that a relative fwho seems to resent being awake while others slumberl is arousing him. Jasper has often had visions of this sleep brigand stand- ing over his prostrate body, stop-watch in hand, gloating with bulging eyes as the sound of disappearing seconds announce our hero's doom. At the appointed split- second he is pounced upon like a cat attack- ing a doped mouse. His beauty sleep is broken, Jasper has been awakened but they have not got him up yet.