Vancouver College - Collegian Yearbook (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)

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IMMORTAL POEMS BRINGS SMILES TO ENG. CLASS S. CLAIR EXPLAINS TO T. SKUPA THE WELSH DIALECT IN ENG. 20 ' s BIRDS OF A FEATHER ENG. 30 CLASS FINDS IN GRAMMAR USAGE P. LECLAIR AND D. McCONACHIE QUIZ EACH OTHER ON ESSAYS FOR AN ENG. 91 TEST Reilly, the literature. English 40, the last year, is again taught by Brs. Cobb and Reilly, the same as in English 30, with slightly more literature. Also in Grade 12 is English 91, an advanced English course J consisting entirely of literature. This course must be taken for an English major and is an introduction to College English. DURING the last 3 years Br Reilly has managed to show his English 30 and 40 students Shakespeare’s immortal plays Julius Caesar,” Romeo and Juliet,” Hamlet,” Macbeth.” 29

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BR. BREEN ' S QUESTION ON VERB FORMATION IS QUICKLY ANSWERED BY ENG. 10 ' s J. DUMONT EXPRESSION ' S VARY FROM BRIGHT-EYED INTEREST TO LEARNED SLEEPINESS! BR. REILLY ' S QUOTE FROM ROBERT BURN ' S THOUGHTFUL FACES SUGGEST THE DIFFICULTY THE ENGLISH -THE ART OF We speak it, we write it, we read it, but how much do we know about it? Obviously not enough, because we are required to take four years of English. Br. Breen teaches English 10, or Grade 9 English, and handles both grade 9A and 9B. This English con- sists of spelling, grammer and literature. Grade 10 English, or English 20 drops spelling, and places the emphasis on gram- mer, though an increased portion of liter- ature is taken. Br. Walsh teaches both A and B classes. In Grade 11, there’s a little more literature than grammer. Br. Cobb teaches the English 30 grammer, and Br. 28

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There are only two things in history that are sure. The first one is that history be- gan when written records started. The other is that history constantly repeats itself. Virtually anything else in a history course is a relation of facts but in a biased manner. That is why history, or as it is correctly called, Socials, which is taught at College is taken from different books and different notes each succeeding year. This gives the student the many different sides of the picture. This is especially im- portant in a modern history course such as History 91. The events of the last half century have occurred so rapidly that their causes are often forgotten in light of their effects. It is only when the causes are brought to the surface so that the student can judge everything accurately that history courses are truly effective. So far we have mentioned only History 91 taught by Br. McEnroe. What of the other course? Socials 10, which is divided into two classes taught by Br. McEnroe and Br. Breen is more economics and geography than history. It illustrates how various cul- tures and civilizations were and are affected by their climate and geographic position. Socials 20, taught by Br. Walsh, and Mr. Owens is a summary of history since the beginning of recorded time up until the beginning of modern history. Br. Reilly’s course, Socials 30, is a History of Canada from year 1000 A.D. to the present day. BROTHER WALSH checks over Mike Grant’s Social Studies 10 written home- work on the world’s mineral resources. S. Church and R. Grantham look on. 30 SOOALS SOCIAL STUDIES . . . A LOOK AT THE WORLD’S PAST