Vermilion School of Agriculture - Yearbook (Vermilion, Alberta Canada)

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LUMBER SASH AND DOORS BUILDERS’ HARDWARE AND PAINT COAL Hayward Lumber Co. Ltd. For Quality and Service J. M. KLASSEN PHONE 23 (Manager) VERMILION Columbia Theatre VERMILION FAVORITE MEETING PLACE OF V.S.A. STUDENTS ONLY THE NEWEST AND BEST IN PICTURES SHOWN ALWAYS Page thirty-eight Vermilion’s Popular Furniture Store Everything to Furnish the Home at Lowest Prices Wonderful Values in CHESTERFIELDS, DINING ROOM SUITES, Etc. Pianos, Organs, Stoves, Linoleums, Beds, Pictures, Crockery J. Waring FUNERAL DIRECTOR PHONE 152 VERMILION MOTORS Dealers in CHEVROLET AND OLDSMOBILE DELCO LIGHT PRODUCTS Expert Repairs to All Makes of Cars No one appreciates your business more than we do VERMILION ALBERTA

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Values Worth While CRAIG BROTHERS, Vermilion The City Store in the Country. Individuality, Quality and Service is the Keynote at Craig’s Our carefully selected lines represent the best Merchandise procurable. Staple and Novelty Dry Goods, Millinery, Women’s Ready-to-Wear, Men ' s Wear, Slater and Williams’ Shoes, House Furnishings, Furniture, Crockeryware, Floor Coverings and Bedding F F F Fresh Meats and Groceries Stores at: VERMILION, NORTH BATTLEFORD, TURTLEFORD, PRINCE ALBERT 7 ? SS 6 [ Page thirty-seven Reliable Merchandise

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I he Winter of 34-35 Now it came to a pass in this wise, In the Autumn of four and thirty, When an order was sent forth declaring That the College again would be open; And thereafter there was a great stir In Central and Northern Alberta, As the girls and the boys were preparing To depart to the town of Vermilion. And so each of them brushed their teeth As they remembered their teachers had taught them; And the girls prepared their war paint And dreamed of the conquests of winter,- And the boys began grooming their hair In many a strange mode and contortion,- But alas, they forgot the one thing: In one thing they were found to be lacking. And anon they arrived at the College, And they looked upon it with much favour. Assembling to hear the rules read, They were filled with dismay and with grieving: To the girls, cigarettes were tabooed, And the boys might not enter a pool-room. Then the bell called them all to their classes, Where they found the real joys of the student: They enjoyed the acquaintance of profs., And the rich fellowship of companions. In due time they appeared for P.T. Before one of the teachers, named Cormack; And he ran each of them to exhaustion; And he discovered that thing which was lacking, For he sent.them to wash in the showers, To wash several times in the showers. And there appeared a moustache among them, Which inspired the Dean to do likewise. And the boys, being filled with jealousy, Determined that they also would grow ones. Faint shadows of hirsute appendages Were soon cast on the lips of the students— Mere shadows they continued to remain To the great humiliation of their growers. Then, Santa Claus, seeing their plight, Concocted certain Elephant Brand mixtures, And at Christmas these he brought down With sundry full-grown moustaches. When at home during the gay Christmas Season, Their attempts provoked uncalled for comments, And these our dear lads could nor take, In disgust, they shaved down off their faces. And one day there came to the College A certain very learned theologian, Who spoke to the students of great things, But one picture he drew forth that pleased them: A picture of a lane lined with trees, And down this still lane in the moonlight There came a gay lad and a maid. And he spoke of the nature of youth, And of this thing, which the preacher called ' twozing. Then there followed epidemics of twozing, And the highway down town was that lane, In the minds of imaginative twozers, And the bare telephone poles long the way Was the arch of the forest a bove them, And it became a great habit among them: Among Archie, and Ernie, and others. And so quickly the winter months passed, Enriching the lives of the students,- For many a new friendship was made, And many an old one cemented; And many an incident took place In the class, in the game, in the hallway, At the Lit., at the dance, at the frolic, Enhancing the life at the College. And they learned the principles of farming, Which increases the enjoyment of labor,- And they learned to value their fellows— The greatest and grandest of lessons. Soon the days at the College are over, Those rich, golden days of the student: Throughout life each one shall recall The happy days at our Alma Mater. —LESLIE GEAKE. i ' ' l Call and see M. WENER SON For the best values on a requirements 1 your THE BUSIEST STORE IN TOWN % 8 [ Page thirty-nine ]