Wolfe Junior High School - Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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22 General Wolfe Junior High School HOW I HATE A-GOING TO SCHOOL Oh! How I hate a-going to school And sitting on that wooden stool! I haven’t got my homework done; I stayed out late to have some fun. Now, if I had my homework done— Stayed in and studied in place of fun, I would find school a different place, And be glad to see the teacher’s face. —John Ross, 9C ODE TO THE SILVER CUP Oh, listen, listen, classmates all, Of the silver goblet I wish to tell, Our class received in Assembly Hall, For conduct good and work done well. This cup of silver we have won; Now we fnust strive to keep it! Our lessons learned and homework done, Each day we have completed. Thus perseverance brings success; And if this cup we would retain, Comrades all, there’s nothing less Than high endeavor—’twill not be vain! We have a spirit of “esprit de corps”; Together we’ll work for our renown. We’ll con our lesson o’er and o’er, This valued cup, our efforts to crown. Hail, Silver Goblet! To thee we sing! With praises let the welkins ring! Our ambition high we sing in rhyme, And hope to hold thee all th e time! —Audrey Davie, 9A.

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Year Book— 1929-1930 21 “THE TEMPEST” IN ROOM 10 {Modelled on the Original ) Dramatis Personae Mr. Beveridge, King of Room 10 Newman, usurping King of Room 10. King’s Retainers—Sam, honest old counsellor; Dewar, court jester; Mary Young, an airy spirit; Errol. And members of class. Scene — A room at sea (PA in Science period). Mr. Beveridge and Newman have the floor. Newman: Say, Mr. Beveridge, how many apples did Adam and Eve eat ? Mr. Beveridge: Says which? ( Newman repeats question.) Mr. Beveridge: Well, some say Eve 8 and Adam 2—a total of 10. Newman: But I learned that Eve 8 and Adam 8 also. That makes— (ponders). ( Enter Sam.) Sam: Sixteen! Mr. Beveridge: Whazzat, Sam ? Sam: I said sixteen, but if Eve 8 and Adam 82, wouldn’t that be 90? (Enter Mary.) Mr. Beveridge: “Well, Mary, how about it? Mary: Oh, but they’re wrong, Mr. Beveridge. What could be plainer than if Eeve 81 and Adam 812, the total would be 893? Newman: Why, Mary, if Eve 811st and then Adam 812, they would have eaten—(another pause). Sam: 1,623. (Enter Dewar and Errol) Dewar: Good example of “Selkirk Science.”(Burthen—Crash! Bang!) Mr. Beveridge: Shut up—this is going to be good. Errol: Mr. Beveridge, I— Mr. Beveridge: Oh, we know you know it, but— (Door opens and head appears.) Mr. Longley: Is it getting warm in here ? Class: And how, brother! Newman: I have it! Eve, when she 81, 812 many, and probably felt sorry for it, but her companian, in order to relieve her grief, 812. There¬ for, when Adam 81, 814, 240fy Eve’s depressed spirits, hence both ate 81,896,864 apples. Rightful King abdicates with retainers, and Newman gloatingly assumes remains of royal ruler.) Class: The King is dead ! Long live the King! Epilogue, spoken by the ex-King Now my rulers all are ruined And my rule is polarized, Sadly I desert my test tubes And my beakers, highly prized. Now, my enemies all forgiven, I do abdicate my stand, Leaving here to teach you, Newman, Second Einstein of the land. —Keith Davison, 9A, Room 8.

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Year Book— 1929-1930 23 WHO IS IT? Who is it looks so horrified At us, until we’re petrified ? And then explodes, As she unloads, “Just laziness personified.” And who is she we dare not tease, Not even laugh, nor cough, nor sneeze? For if we dare, She’ll at us stare And then exclaim, “Keep quiet, please.” And then there’s one, alas! alas! That says, “Exams we will not pass”; In deep despair We tear our hair— A disappointing idle class. —Betty Henry, 9CA MAN Man once lived in mounds and caves, He earned his meat with sticks and staves; Then later stone he learned to carve, He had to work so’s not to starve. He now began to live near friends; He better dressed and ends met ends. These friends in time began to see In crowds there is more safety. In tribes they then began to live; They learned to work, to love, to give. In government now they wanted a share, For kings and nobles they couldn’t bear. Empires, states, came on the scene; Generals fought and ceased to dream. When feudalism had declined, The commoner trimmed his feeble mind; The Renaissance much knowledge gave, And ship was built instead of cave. Man now wrote and painted well; 4 He made a press his news to tell. In religion then we wanted change, So Luther that did well arrange. The Pope grew angry, the emp’ror was crossed, r M vifrj :■ Luther was firm, he wouldn’t be bossed. So man went on till he got his way, He worked and learned, till you see him today. —Earl Sopp, 9CB.