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Table of Contents
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Olrr(lr.":
Pllctry -
./fl/llll1i
'I'll,' .Ilct:"rt .5/,117 ­
'flu [)rdiroJi"lI
Ifr. Harnrs' .1Il'HO~l'
'fh~ Prillrirl1l's .I/('SSO:;I'
I·:(/itorl(ll
1,(lIId oJ till' .\I;dJli~h!
1:101'('1/«(' l"l('rludr
!'('sladay's Glory
.lloufl'zlIlIIu's ,'asr
(;('rIllUII (hhssl'\'
Titunia's C;tr",,;
Gui"l: Dffd.'1I
ThuSI' G",'"I OM Days
"'hl' Slory oJ Dill~ LUll
COl/cerning Our Murals
.lir NuM
I·;dilol"s oJ ]'('xlrl"d,,\'
Thr .rllminl! .
.5r11001 5011.(
F.,lThallgr
.51l1/
)I/,,';S ":lIlisls
Scholarships 1/1/11 Priz('s
I.a/l' Train
.1 I'olcc FrOI/( the I'asl
Srl'f'1I .1l;l'S oJ S(I/Oo/
1~('rs(JIw(ili('s 1$,'IIilld T"r Dilll
am! J/in ftlltir Thl/mos
Old 'ol"~'i$
Forlll .\'l""~'S -
I'AGE
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32
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TIn (,'ay Xi",:lirs
She S/..,is
1/(' Skis­
1~('-llIconJlltiol/
Boys' Sports
Dirls' Sports
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The Magnet Staff
\11\"ISORY
ST.\1-T
Co \\ . 1;'M,lh, 1\ \. T. J. \\"riJ.!h1.
.\Ij..., 11. C''lhr;ull'. H. \.
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1':lIITOI

C. L. 8ARNES, BA.
His lifr uJas genl/e. and the elements
So mix..d in him that Nature might stand up
Ami say to all the world. "This was a man!"

Dedication • • • •
TI,(' .Ilu/:lIc! is an expression of the life
of the school. It" primary function is the
prt'~r\'i1lioll of the acth'ities of each
gellel';tlioll that lin'S its lilllc hOIlf within
the walls of this in~littllioJl. It is nttingthell,
Ihal this number be {lcdic.l1cd to ,.
man whose name has. for stuc!enl;; of the
1)iISI tll"O decades. bt'Col1lc synonymous with
Iha\ of Jard:; C'ollcJ.,dalc. to a man who
hits enriched those students by th{' bril·
liancy of his scholar~hil}. anet the warmth
vf hi,. personality. ThC'rdore. in an attempt
to expre&i the :tratil\lcl{' wc feel fur his
effort!'. wc I!f"dicalc lhi~ number of The
.Ift/KI'('! to
• • • • "Barnes of Jarvis"

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Discessurus Vos Saluto
C. L. B.
Students of Janrjs, Till' J/aKJlc/ bids me
\\riIC you a 1ll1"5S;:Ij:!:e. in view of my 'lpproachin~
retiremenl in June. So I mllst
look back o\'er my years here. \\'hen I joined
the staff in September, 1913. Or. Embree
was Headmaster. ]{ctiring in 1914. he was
succeeded by .\IT. Jcffries. whose re.~irne
1,ISle(! from 1914 till 1934. Then came ~Ir.
Clarkf'. principal till 1939, when .\IT. Allin
was appointed.
It comes 10 me with something: of :t.
...hock. as I scall these dales. thal I am nolV
in my twenty-eij:!:hth year as Classics Head
here. That is a long: time. Clearly I should
be ~ettin~ re,ld}' to depiUl. It is a pity
that ,,!!e forces me to retire just when I
am oeginnillg 10 know a Hull" Greek an,1
Latin. but old Father Time, as Horate tells
us, is intolerable. r musl ~o, but I shall
take with me many pleasant memories.
-'"e\·er. [ think. wa.~ Jan·j.o. a l!rl';lI('r
school than durinA the la,;;l thirty year~.
:\Iy lir~t graduation d,ISS contained many
line boys. a laf.!:"t' numbf.r of whom went
\I\'er:-eas in 1915. Onc of them. Jack
Dymond. was l'rillCC of \\"ales Scholarshil)
m,iIl Ihill year. and bIer rlistil1J,:uished himself
by ~allantry in France..\ .o.plendi(l
c1as.;;;. that of 1915~
During- those yt'ilrs \\'(' carried Oil in the
din,!!y old buildinJ,: helow Carlton Street.
The school was much small('r then, and we
tauAht our classes frOJll Form I up, thus
J,(elling: 10 know our pupils well. and doinA
helt('r work in some wavs than noli'. Then
came Ihe J,:reat year. 1924. whl'n we left
Ihe ol{l buildinJ,: for our ,;;pll'lIdid {juart('rl<
here. We marched in proce~ion lip the
streel. and made triullll)hal entry.
\\"hen the w,lr was over we began 1I"0rk·
in,!! for the Jarl"is War~[elllorial. to hOllor
tho!'t' who went o\·erseas. Their names. alS(!
the names of those killed in action, Illay be
.'«:{-n on the bronze tablets in the Entrance
Hall. To pro\'i(le funds for this. Illany Toronto
artists donated painting:s. which were
sold at ;nlction. The proceeds of these ;;'1.1es.
supplementl"d by school concerts, pro\'idl"d
the money for the beautiful murals in the
.\ssembly Room. These war years showcd
Jan·is. 1 thouAht. al her ,greatest.
.\5 J look back in memory. and as J scan
the lists of our scholarship tablets in the
corridor. I recall many brilliant boys and
girls. and I confess to .. feeling of pride as
1 feel I can claim my share in the le;lchin~
of these students who added to the reput;lIioll
of our great old school.
I am proud of being one of the present
staff. proud of my association with such
former teachers as )Ir. Jl'nnin~s. Dr.
l'lardy, ~Ir. Tap:..cott. and )Iiss Smithson.
I al11 pfoud to have taught :\Iiss Helen
Bryans,:'Ilis5 lIelen SI. John. both formerly
of the staff: also )Iiss Kitty St. John.
)Iiss Cochrane. ~liss Stinson. )fr. Steinhauer,
all members of our staff now. And
J am proud of our scholarship boys and
J!irls. who kept up their brilliant records
aftt'r they left us..\nd it is pleasing to rencet
thal these S

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delightful to teach-courteous, pleasant,
straightforward.
As T review my work, the thought occurs
to me that 1 have been so busy teaching
Latin and Greek that perhaps I have
failed to stress other things equalJy important.
Let me tell you this now. Boys,
you cannot all take honors in your written
papers. But this is a very complex world,
and there is work waiting for each one of
you. Do your work as well as you can, for
the world makes no allowance for idlers
or failures. Try to develop character-to
be honest, industrious, courteous, manly.
Then, some day, you will find your place.
Some of the boys 1 like best, and respect
most, in Jarvis today are boys who take
poor marks in Latin. But they are wellmannered,
pleasant, clean, gentlemanly. I
would far sooner have my son such a boy,
even if a dunce at his Latin, than brilliant
but lacking these qualities.
And any boy can develop these assets.
Rich or poor, he can acquire these for himself.
And such a boy, if he gets a position
calling for industry, honesty, faithfulnessthat
boy will make himself invaluable to
his employer. You must realize, boys, that
your future lies in your own hands. And
these remarks, mutatis mutandis, apply of
course to the girls also. May you make the
best of yourselves. May you do your bit
to increase the reputation of Jarvis' May
you become real men and women! Valete.
BOARD OF EDUCATION, TORONTO
Late Absent ..
Date..J(Y).e..3.9..~l.f?1g ..
Room , Time .
ADMIT
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The Principal's Message • • •
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:\ \\"R1T[;'\"l: a 11le."'.~ag(' to the pllpib of Jarvis r .',holll

ICE MCCRAE BROWN. 4E

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JI~JIDJI[1IrIIOJtJIRJI[AJlLJ
REJOICE
REGRET
AND
APOPTTLAR 'lnd trusted leacher in our school for twenty years
has been appointed lo guide the future destinies of Jarvis. With
the retirement of Mr. Clarke last June, :\1r. Allin was the welcome
choiCf' as the new principal.
Since :\Ir. Allin believes that school should not be all academic,
he has supnorted to the utmost the activities. which, along with
academic subjects, help builcl a well-rounded character in the student.
His discinline throughout the whole school is excellent, and yet he
allows the pupil as much liberty as is proper. This is perhaps the
greatest comnliment that can be paid to any principa1.
All those who have come in contact with Thlr. Allin know that
he is a true friend and a ,gentleman of the highest degree. ~lay he
long direct the footsteps of Jarvis!
ACTIVITIES IN
JARVIS
Time has nassed on ever-fleeting winsrs and another Jarvis
teacher is about to retire. :\'Ir. C. L. Barnes, llead of the Classics
Deoartment and Vice-Principal for many years, is leaving us at the
end of this school year.
"We are deeply regretful at losing l\1r. Barnes. Besides being
an excellent teacher, he has always carried out his other tasks with
characteristic efficiency. 'Ve will miss his cheerful smile and nelpful
ways which are so well known to every student in the school.
'Ye sincerely wish him many years of happy retirement.
•
EXTRA .. CLTRRICULAR activities have reached a new high at
Jarvis. Clubs of all sorts are functioning actively. Dances
and other social i!atherings are being held regularly, giving every
pupil in the school the opportunity to meet and to become better
acquainted with his fellows.
The benefit derived from these activities is invaluable. Students
are enabled to exercise their particular talents which would otherwise
lie dormant. Better understanding and co-operation between
teachers and pupils is evolved, and the teacher is found to be a friend
instead of a mere exponent of facts which one must stuff into his
head in order to pass examinations. Although it is possible to spend
too much time on school activities, it is very doubtful if any student
will fail in his work because of them alone.
Tt is fittin,g that we should offer our sincerest thanks to all those
teachers who have given unselfishly of their time and efforts to make
our organizations a success. 'Ve are also very grateful to Mr. Allin
for his complete sympathy and assistance towards these attempts to
make school life more enjoyable.
One thing is certain, that long after we have left these halls of
learning we will often recall our enjoyable experiences at the Jaryis
clubs.

JARVIS COLLEGIATE 21
ANNIVERSARY
THE SHADOW
OF WAR
W
ITH this issue of The Magnet, we celebrate its twenty-first
anniversary. Yes, our yearly school magazine has become
of age! Pupils of Jarvis have come and gone but are not forgotten,
for they have left their pen-marks in The Magnet. Our magazine
served then, as it does now, as a means for expression of the spirit
of Jarvis, and as a record of the school activities of the year.
The fi rst Magnet was published in 1905 under the editorship
of W. Gilbert Robertson, now General Manager of the Ontario Motor
League. The following is an excerpt from our first publication, telling
how it got its name: "We wanted a name for the paper that
would be quite original. To please our friends, the great scientists
of the school, we desired a name that would sound scientific without
being suggestive of a scientific review. vVe wish our paper to be an
attractive one; so in the first place we must have an attractive and
original name. What could we have chosen more attractive and
scientific than The Magnet? We hope that the paper will be true
to its name, and attract numerous contributions from the pupils of
the school".
At that time The Magnet was published as a monthly magazine.
In 1911, it was discontinued until 1923, but as it was a definite
factor in the school life, popular demand brought it back and The
lVIaF;l1et has flourished ever since. Looking through our magazines
of other years, one soon finds that school spirit meant just as much
then as it does now. These Jl1agnets are full of humour, sports, fine
literary material, and, of course, form news in which many an ardent
Jarvisite found himself the subject of a joke or witty saying.
And now we give you the twenty-first edition of The Magnet.
May it be as worthy as its predecessors!
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FOR tile second time in the last twenty-five years our beloved
country is at war. vVe have become involved in this conflict
through no aggressive desires of our own, but to preserve that freedom
which to us is life, and to live without, would be worse than
death. If the British Empire, the stronghold of freedom for five
centuries, were to be crushed under this ruthless advance of tyranny,
what would be left of liberty but the name?
On September 1st, 1939, Hitler ordered the might of his totalitarian
domain to be unleashed against free and peaceful Poland.
By this attack on Poland, Hitler in reality declared war on aU free
peoples of the world. Austria and Czechoslovakia had already faUen
before his legions, and after this new conquest it would be only a
matter of weeks before some other state would be brought under the
crushing heel of Naziism. Britain and France had no alternative
but to declare war on Germany. They had given her every opportunity
to cease her reign of aggression, but without avail, and so,
for the second time in a few short years, democracy was fIghting
oppression.
Canada has also taken her place in this new fight. Men from
all walks of Jife are doing their part to win the war. Some Jarvis
pupils have already offered their services to their country in this
defence of freedom. To these we offer our most earnest wishes for
safety and success.

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THE MAG ET, 1940
THE GIRLS'
DEMONSTR ....TION
QO:\IE years ajZo the uirls pre"entf'd an annual demonstration of
Lj) phy~ical education under :\Iis;; Stin"on·... able direction. the results
being so g-ood that the e\,ent enjoyed 11 pro\'ince-wide repul:Hion.
This year, after a lapse of four years. the demon."tration is to he
altaill presented. The dale i~ ]\[ay 3, the place is rarsity ..\rena,
and The MagI/et urg-es Jarvisite..., past and presenl, to support;\lis~
Stinson and her well-trained girls. \\'e feel that this event is very
worthwhile and take this opportunity of thanking- _\Iis;; Stinson for
her willingness to undertake the vast amount of work irl\'/lhwl in
the pr('.-;('tltation.
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THE
M ....GNET, 1940
1
:\ THIS, the ]an'is year-book for 19..0, \\c han" endea\'oured to
pre"er\'e the characteristic hi,!!h quality nf Tlu .Ilagl/l'1 and also
introduce some innovation....
De...pite the effect of the war on business in general. business
fnr Th,' MagI/Cl has been the most successful in our history. )Iuch
credit is {hre to .\fary .\lacLean and 10 111(' rest of the business and
circulation staff for Ih!"ir tireless efforts ill making our magazine a
frrlOlncial [Xlssibility,
The humour section this year has bfton incoq)Orated ill "The
Gay :\"ineties"-pages ninety to ninety·nine. \re hope you like it.
\\-1' are grateful to the advisory :slilfi who ha\'e gi\'en so freely
of their time and {'ffort to help us make TIt(' .111'&1/('/, and 10 every
I)UI)il in the .school who co-operated with us in publbhing our m3!!;azine.
;\Ir. Stron~. of the .\d\·ertiser", Engril\'im: Company. and .\11'.
Greenway, of Ihe c,n.'t>nwily Pres:>. as..

24 THE MAGNET, 1940
JllJI 11L JI~JlliAJlliY
\
'.MA~
Land of the Midnight Sun
BEN DOMANDER~
4E
My native country, Finland, is the most
northern of the civilized countries of the
world. It is interesting to note that Finland
is situated in the same latitude as Alaska
and is farther north than Hudson
Bay. But its climate is milder than that
of the northern regions of America because
of the influence o[ the Gulf Stream, which
affects the climate of the whole of Scandinavia.
Its total area is 148,000 square
miles and, of this, nine per cent is inlaml
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of white S

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THE MAGNET, 1940
Florence Interlude
MARGARET GOULD,
5B
".1\0," said Niccolo, "1 do not like your
subject. It is painted well~yes; you are
a credit to your master; but the picture~
no. V/ho wants a portrait of a street-urchin
with disgustingly dirty clothes and
unkempt hair, no matter how realistic? No,
Michele, it will not do. Paint me a Madonna
and child, and 1 will find you a buyer.
But that~!"
The young artist looked at his picture.
It showed a ragged boy crouched against a
barrel, staring across a deserted river. Near
him a dog was slinking away, fangs bared
in a wolfish grin. The brushwork W,tf, excellent,
the light and shadow skilfully patterned,
and the expressions on the faces of
boy and dog admirable. But it would not
sell. The artist took it from the easel, covered
it, and put it against the wall with a
number of similarly draped canvasses.
"J\Iesser N icollo," he said fll1ally. "is
there no hope for me then? 1 do not want
to stop painting, but~"
"Why don't you enter the contest. If you
only draw the way everyone wants you to,
there is no reason why you should not win."
"I could paint nothing holy," muttered
the other, "the Madonna and child~every
fool has done them. Surely something else
would do."
"If it were a religious subject," prompted
],\iccolo.
::Hichele thought for several minutes,
walking around the narrow room impatiently.
Suddenly he stopped. " iccolo! 1
have it! 1 must go to Florence' If it is
only there yet! Niccolo, dear Messer Niccolo,
lend me a horse; only lend me your
Barbery! "
"You can have Dragon's Breath," said
the other slowly, "but the roan~"
"Dragon's Breath is Dragon's Death,"
snapped the artist, "a Niccolo, I'll treat.
the roan like a mother~a sister-a lover!"
His voice dropped pleadingly. "I have to
get. to Florence; the contest is judged in
two weeks. 1 must paint that pict.ure!"
"You should have thought of that before."
"1 couldn't, 1 hated the contest. ::\iccolo,
please!"
"V/ell ~ take t.he roan~but bring he!"
back safe as well as yoursel f. 1 t.rust you,
NIichele. Her~no...." for the younger
man had hurled himself at his friend, and
embrafed him, to his intense embarrassmen
t.
"Cold-blooded creat.ure," laughed Michele,
"have you no joy, no life? 0 Niccolo,
I'll leave to-morrow! I'll paint magnificently!
I'll~"
"Do you need money?" interposed the
other drily, for ~fichele was not.oriously
hard up. "1 see you have t.he grace to flush.
How much)"
"Lodging," murmured ~Iichele, momentarily
dampened, "but don't~l mean I'd
rather you didn't.~"
"One has t.o eat.," remarked 1 iccolo to
no one in particular, and tossed a purse to
the chair. ~Jichele stammered a few thanks,
then hearing a whistle outside the window
leaped to it with relief and began an animated
conversation. ::\iccolo left in silence,
and l\Iichele did not. hear his going.
The next morning he gaily bade good-bye
to Niccolo, and set off on the Barbery roan
at a slow trot; but once out of the city he
galloped across the open fields, his paints
and canvas slapping the horse's sides. In
Florence it was market day. He guided
the horse slowly through the streets crowded
with country farmers and stabled it at
the inn where he had planned to stay.
Then, leaving his paints, he set out on foot
for the lower town. He stopped by an old
church, and on eeing a carved angel's
head he let out a shout of joy, to the am·
azement of passers-by, and examined it.
lovingly. Still audibly gloating, he returned
to the inn to arrange for his dinner and
wine.
After a night of chance but pleasant
companionship with friends found at the
inn, Michele the next day was in no condition
to paint. His head ached, and his
hand was unsteady. To recover his skill
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recalling old memories. Then he returned
to the inn, where he again spent the evening
in company; the next day he was unf!t
ior work. This programme he kept up for
eight days without a change, except for one
trifling instance. He played cards one
night very late, staked the roan, and lo"t.
He was sorry, but it could not be helped.
Anyway, he would buy Kiccolo a fine new
horse when he had won the contest. Besides,
Niccolo still had Dragon's Breath.
It did not occur to him that Kiccolo loved
the horse. Still, his loss sobered him, and
the next day he settled down to paint.
In the three following days he worked
furiously. Swiftly he sketched in the outline
of his stone angel, and laid the first
colours. The figure came to life under his
brush, looking sardonically upward in a
sort of mocking derision of his pious fellows.
Those who saw the picture in progress
shook their heads and murmured
about blasphemy, but secretly they admired
it. At last it was finished. :\lfichele sat
staring at it with pride. It was not his
best, but some day when he had more time
he would do it again ... The sun slanted
behind him and lit the stone head so faithfully
transposed to canvas. Then in the
distance he heard the sound of clattering
hooves. A team had broken loose and W3:i
pounding down the street. As the sound
came nearer the people pressed to the walls.
Only a child stood in the centre, watching
the approaching horses. :\lichele suddenly
darted out and pulled the child to his side
so roughly that he staggered again t the
easel, and the picture tottered a moment
and fell as the wagon reached it ... The
picture lay face down on the ground torn
and unrecognizable. Michele stared at it
un believingly, then slowly began to curse.
Suddenly he let out a shout of rage, but
no one paid any heed. The child was gone,
and the incident forgotten. He stopped,
and, almost weeping, picked up the ragged
piece, only to let it fall to the ground, and
rushed away. He did not notice a stranger
stoop to pick up the canvas and carry it
away.
Without a horse it took him three days
to get home. He came into the market
rlace one morning just as the pictures were
being judged. The restless crowds called
and shouted about him; he knew no one,
and in his shabby clothes he was unnoticed.
He looked up wearily. Some portrayal
of the Queen of Heaven would
doubtless win the prize and glory, and perhaps
the patronage of some lenient man,
for the fortunate artist. Suddenly a silence
came over the square. The chief judge
was about to speak. Only fragments of
his address came down the light wind to
i\lichele. "We careful decision ....
long thought great responsibility."
"Why don't they get it over with;"
thought Michele with irritation, "why
must-" then a sentence caught his attention...
"unknown artist ... too modest to
sign his name ... please come forward to
receive ... congratulations . . ." and a
portrait was held up.
It could not be, and yet it was a laughing
sardonic angel's head in grey stone,
tall wings swooping up behind it ... it wa:i,
and yet-it was not. Some other brush had
touched his weaker lines, strengthening
them, darkening them, the background was
more distinct, less a shadowy shelter for
incomplete ideas. And still-it was the
head he had painted, and had seen in the
dirt of the Florence street, broken and filthsmeared
... It could not be; but who else
would have painted a disreputable angel?
Now the crowd was shouting for the unknown
artist. Uncertainly he stood up,
worked ~is way to the front ... spoke to
the judges ... was helped to the platform
(Continued on page 125.)
MAR.Y
TIMOSK,

28 THE MAGNET. 1940
Yesterday's Glory
JOHN ANDERSON. se
Editor's .role: This account is b.1.sed
on lh~ actual experience of a British
Flight COlllmander while fighting: the
('keds" in Russia in 1917. lIis bravery
and thal of his companion wa,~ rewarded
by the bestowing: of the D.5.0. 011 them
by the Duke of York. now Kin.e: of England-an
honour only SUfI)lane began 10 spin
toward earth. :\t the last moment, Pointer
skilfully pulled out and was forced to land
in an open field aboul a quarter of a mile
from the "Red" trOOps.
Andrews, seeing: his friend's danger, and
considering him too ~ood a pilot to be left
10 the tender mercies of the followers of
Lenin, shouted to his obsen'er that they
were goin~ down "her Pointer.
He quickly put his plane into a dive,
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Already a group of Russian soldiers
were rushing over the dusty plains toward
the British pilots. Staccato reports of riAes
echoed sharply, becoming louder every
minute. Pointer and his observer, still
bruised and shaken from their forced landing,
stumbled slowly from their plane to
Andrews'.
The "Reds" kept coming ever closer, and
were now within accurate shooting-range.
One bullet had already ripped through a
lower wing and passed on with a whistling
whine.
Pointer's observer reached the plane first
and crawled in the second cockpit with
Crowland. Pointer himself, when he had at
last reached comparative safety, pulled out
his revolver and fired three shots into his
damaged machine.
The gas-tank exploded and the whole
plane burst into a roaring inferno of flame.
Then, with the tri umphant shouts of the
advancing Russians in his ears, he climbed
up on the lower wing and yeJJed to Andrews
to take off.
With every part vibrating, the loaded
plane taxied slowly down the field. The
Ru sians had now reached almost point-
BROCELYANDE
MARGARET R. GOULD, SB
blank range and kept firing wildly. The
machine, with its dauntless cargo of
Englishmen, began at last to rise imperceptibly,
seemingly with an heroic last attempt
to leave the sullen earth and reach
once again
heavens.
•
the unbounded limits of the
Suddenly a great explosion took place in
the burning plane on the ground. A gasdrum,
taken along for emergency, had exploded,
showering the "Reds" with darts
of fl re. Uttering dejected yells and loud
curses, they shook their fists in vain at
the crew of triumphant Englishmen who
had escaped them.
Andrews, with his extra crew, soon joined
the other plane and headed for home.
By mutual consent, they decided to leave
the bombing attack to a more opportune
time.
\Vhen the story of their adventure reached
the ears of the "White" Russians,
:\ndrews and Crowland were quickly overwhelmed
with lavish praise and gifts. The
Russian commander rewarded them by
kissing them on either cheek and pinning
a medal of honour on their tunics.
LATIN
CONRAD GRAVE
OR, 3D
Brocelyande beneath the snow
Can not but hear the bleak. winds blow,
But Merlyn still enchanted cares
Not for the ice or cold he bears
But Yivien's pale and distant woe.
And yet there cannot help but grow
The knowledge he would fain forego:
That by her will she still ensnares
Brocelyande.
She made him subject to her low
Song-haunted voice, and still the glow
Clings to his soul, while cold he stares
As now his thin mind turns and fares
Quiet as is beneath the snow
BroceJyande.
\i\That subject is a youth's despair?
What do the students think un fair?
In what subject is an "eighty" rare?
\Vhy, Latin!
.~
What is it makes the scholars gray?
What do we have to take each day?
What neither gives us peace nor pay?
Why, Latin!
Why do we have to learn declensions?
How do we earn such long detentions?
:\nd face our tests with apprehensions.
Why, Latin!
\Vhat subject is like a lengthy race
\\There you haven't time to turn your face?
In what do we keep a steady pace?
Why, Latin!

30 THE MAGNET, 1940
Montezuma's Vase
OMNIBUS
The Sierra l\fadres form a saw-toothed
wall that forever guards the plains around
Santa Ynez. Santa Ynez itself is one of
those lost villages that hide behind the
cacti on the arid plains of Chihuahua State
in l\lexico. Santa Ynez has one straggly
street flanked by sun-baked hovels, Padre
Francesco's little church, and a plenitude
of burros, goats, dogs, and dirty children.
Conquest has dealt lightly with the
simple people of Chihuahua's plains. Toltec,
Aztec, and Conquistadore came and went.
The country was too poor, too arid, to
excite their desire. So they left it to the
Tarahumara Indians and the vultures and
sought richer lands beyond the horizon.
The Tndios of Chihuahua stayed with their
sand and cactus, slumbering easily through
the marching centuries.
Now it was noon in Santa Ynez and the
village was still save for the silent passage
of a red-necked vulture and the droning
buzz of hungry insects. Then a form appeared
by the crumbling wall of Padre
Francesco's church and the sun caught the
colours of a serape. Tt was Chita who, once
again, stood and gazed at the far-off line
of the Sierra Madres. Dark-eyed Chita
dreamed of other worlds than those the
vultures guarded-worlds of whose wonder~
she had heard from Padre Francesco and
from Raman who had been a Picadore in
the great bull-ring in ~rexico City. When
they heard her sing-these old men who
knew the other world-they nodded and
told her of the triumphs that one day
would be hers. But how to reach this other
world-it would take many pesos, and
Chita, daughter of Pedro the goat-herder,
had none.
Raman and the good Father had told her
many things of the world outside. She had
heard of the magnificence of Mexico City
and its great Avenida Insurgentes. She had
heard too, of the fabulous Nord Americanos-the
Yanquis-who come from north
of the Rio Grande and possess enormous
wealth. Ramon had been sure that a
Yanq ui would be ,glad to give her gold for
the queer vase that she had found in the
dry arroyo near the black cliff.
Last week she had heard that there were
wealthy Yanquis on the plains. They had
a pack-train with many burros piled with
trade-goods and might even come to Santa
Ynez. So Chita waited with the vase that.
a warrior of Montezuma had lost on the
plains of Chihuahua in the long ago. Perhap
the Gringoes would buy t.he bit of
pottery and thereby open t.he doors to that
other world that she must conquer with a
golden voice.
Then one twilight t.he Yanquis came out
of t.he empty plains. Chita watched them
as they pit.ched t.heir camp and listened as
Padre Francesco bade them welcome. She
wat.ched t.hem eat.-watched as t.hey finished
and leaned back to smoke their pipes.
Then as t.he moon came up she began to
sing-to sing the songs of the Indios of
heat, hunger, disease-the haunting f01ksongs
of a slave people. The Yanquis

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li!-tclIl.-'t'm('nt than anythin~ else," he
,,;Iid, "but il did capture a treasure or two'"
The old gentleman on th(' chesterfield
took off his gla"ses, ,,;ped them. and looked
qu(,slionin::ly at his bronzed com!l..1nion,
"A \'oice that might g-race the :\Ictropolitan
in a sun-bleached desert of )Iexico
-and you\'(' got h('r vase?"
"Yes and it's the only valuable thing- T
gOI out of the benit:'hted spot. It's gOt me
rath('r intrigued, y'kno\\' Doctor. Did the
.\Zlecs hold a permanent rule O\'cr th('sc
Tarahumaras ~had they !>t'ltlements in the
(('I,don, what sort of. .. ,"
"Rubbish, my dear Conway," returllcd
the other, "you·rc forever fretling about the
pots and pans you gather ill 'lll the holes
,IIHl corUt'rs of the g:lobe, .\5 for myself, I
mUsl coufess 1 fllld the living- human a

32 THE MAGNET, 1940
German Odyssey
GAY ARMOUR, SA
The "GrcnZCI)(llizci" (Border Police)
with their heel-clicking cftidency. had been
leh behind. and. tnrou/.:h the windows of
our compartment we could see the cultivattfl
fi ...lds of the Rhindand. For we were
in Germany. and ahead lay ten days of
siJ:hl·seein~ in this land of Luther. of \\'a~ner.
of Goclhe. and now of the demagol?:ue
of many worrls-:\dolj)h Hitler.
We arrived in Colog:ne in mid-afternoon.
and :-ince time was short. bc,gan our sightseein,g
immediately. Right beside the railroad
station, twin spires etched against the
blue of a summer sky st,Ul(] above the Cologne
Calhc{lral, by far thl' city's most illl­
])()sing building. The Cathedral is an enornlOUS
structure filled with statues and
carvings. and softly lit by stainerl-!!:lass
windows of breath-taking- heauty_ ,re
walked, we exclaimed. we walked some
more. and when we left it was night in Cologne-ni,ght
in a city on the Rhine-our
first nil!;ht in Germany.
We had dinner at the hotel. and then
rushed excitedly outside to mingle with the
crowds in the strccts. admiring- brilliant
nower-boxes on window-sills, listening to
music coming from many cafeS. and looking-
over bridg-es that took twenty minutes'
fast lI'alkin!{ 10 cross. Suddenly we heard
voices sing-ing-singin).! bealHiful1y. We
ran to the sitle of the britlge on which we
were standin,g: a company of S. A. (storm
troopers) was passing beneath. singing
their regimental song. There was nothin~
ominous about them in their khaki shirls
and black fota~e caps: Ihey all seemed
happy and carefree. ,re mO"ed on. wanderinK
aimlessly. and so .s.::reat was our enthusiasm
to sce all we could of the city in
one night that we were soon hopelessly
lost in one of the dingiest and dirtiest of
streets, filled with the most horrible-lookinJ.(
l)C()ph.'-and neither of 115 !'poke a word
of German~ Howcnr. !'.ince I ,1111 either
the child of Providence or the Devil's prot1i).!y,
wc found our way hack to the hotel.
Here was the first note of interest that I
ST.\TION" ANI) CATlIEI)HAL ,\T
COLOGNI~
put into my diary about German boy.~.
They arc either outra~eous flirts. or so rude
that Ihey will allnost knock you ofi the
sidewalk sooner th;1I1 get OUl of your way.
The next morninK we motored to Cob·
lentl. On the way we saw at least twenty
trucks of German soldiers 1!oing to manoeuvres:
not like the lij:::hl-hearted storm
troopers of the previous day. but men in
field-grey uniforms and ~teel helmets. TIle
si,1:ht sent shi"ers up :llld down our :;pines.
but we soon forgot it as we drO"e through
the country and s..1W that the German
scenery was very much like that of our
own Canada. ::'\evertheless the uneasy feeling
returned when on our arrival at Coblenll
we ha(l to walk to our hotel between
t\\'o giant soldiers. each with his hand on
his sword hilt: and when the ftrst thin~
we S

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The leader of our toUT had 101£1 us that
if wc wanted to sre Germans as they are
we would h;l\'c In Set" their bcer,"ardens.
Thus it was that we walked a~ul the
:;trcels until we foulld onc with a good orchestra
playin~. but I am airaid it was a
bad choice after all.
Hy ten o'clock the next mornint:: we were
till OUT way to HeidellX'r~. where we lunched.
Our fir:.1 thrill there was th{' CniH~rsity,
in which there is a jail for students
who throw Ihemselws loo heartily into th~
~ay life of old Heidelbere. The walls were
con-red with initials and amusing pictures
drawn by the prisoners. The boys apparently
consider it a ,l!r(.;1t honour to be
put in solitary confinement. and each has
his pholo/!raph taken and pul on the door.
You can set>
filces there.
lll:IllV
-
familiar and famou~
Heidelberg lies in the \'allev of lhe ~eckar
River, On both 5-ilI couples, Part of th:l
buildilll{ is called the Eng:lish Castle, be·
('aUse Elizabeth of Bohemia (daughter of
Charles I) li\'ed there, Qnc of the arches
in this part was built ov('rni~ht as a tribute
to her by order of her adorill!£ husband.
Fre(lcrick..\ ye:lr later the killg- and qucell
were driven out of their castle by a revolu-
THE AL'STHIAX TYlWL
STATU'; TO GOETIlE AT .'IIU~lCn
tiun, but the arch still slands in the ~arden
as a memorial to the IO\'t~ly lady who
was once called the "Queen of Hearts",
That ni,l[hl, undiscouraged by our first
attempt to see Germans as they are, we
consulted the hotel manager and ma(le our
way to the Reel Ox Tavern. where youngstudents
al1(1 tourists g:ather, It was a small
rough stone building: with a stone floor and
\'ery small windows. and was filled with
rustic t

34
man pianist from his stool and somebody
in the crowd played American songs. The
Germans were very sympathetic to this
demonstration of joy, and joined heartily
in singing "Sweet Sue" and "Dinah," putting
in any words they could think of, but
when "Night and Day" and such slow
songs were played, they reclaimed the pianist
with the plaint that they were too feeble.
THE OPERA HOUSE AT VIENNA
Tirin?; of this cafe, we decided to find another,
and set out in the narrow streets
to find the Inn of the Three Golden Apples,
where the Student Prince of operatic fame
stayed. On the way we became suddenly
obsessed with the idea of giving vent to
the feelings that overwhelmed us; consequently
we got in a huddle and proceeded
to give the respective yells of Chicago ana
Toronto Universities in the middle of the
night. Just as we were reaching the height
of enthusiasm a burly policeman interrupted,
and we realized how students qualified
for solitary confinement in earlier days;
bu t since we couldn't understand the officer
of the law anyway, he could do nothin?;
but go off shaking his head over these
mad foreigners.
Our next stop was Rothenburg, the most
perfect example of a mediaeval city now
in existence. Rothenburg stands on a hill
overlooking the Taube River. The little
town is encircled by a wall from which its
citizens were wont, in the past, to hurl
defiance and even more tangible missiles
at attackers. There is a famous clock tower
at Rothenburg. Each day at one p.m. a
little door beneath the clock opens and the
carved figure of a Burgomeister emerges,
pauses, drinks a toast, and then vanishes
THE MAGNET, 1940
behind the closing door. However, we were
not fortunate enough to be in Rothenburg
at the proper hour, and so we did not see
the Burgomeister of Rothenburg.
There are many legends of Rothenburg;
of these the tale of the "Meistertrink" is,
in my opinion, the best. It seems that
many years ago the town was besieged by
the henchmen of a very wicked and powerful
baron. The city offered a sturdy defence,
but finally had to surrender. The
baron led his retainers into the captured
town, and weariness, coupled with hunger
and thirst, put him in no mood to deal
with these stubborn captives. He therefore
proclaimed that Rothenburg would
pay him a large ransom in gold, and that
the town council would parade before him
for immediate execution. This having been
duly announced, the baron proceeded to
eat and drink himself into a better humour.
Thus it was that he gazed on the
trembling councillors, whose immediate
liquidation had been ordered, with a more
kindly eye. Their leader prostrated himself
before the baron and asked for mercy.
:'\ow in the banquet hall there stood an
enormous flagon, and the baron's mellowing
gaze chanced to fall on it as the aged
councillor made his plea.
"If there be one among you," quoth he,
"who can empty yon flagon in one swallow,
the lives of all will be spared."
One councillor volunteered; the flagon
was ftlled to the brim with the brew of
Rothenburg, and the honest fellow clowned
its contents in one mighty swallow. That
is the story of the "Meistertrink", and they
will show you the flagon in the "Rathaus"
of Rothenburg to-day, and a mighty flagon
it is. And so every year a festival is held
in the city, and a councillor drinks the
Meistertrink in honour of his predecessor
of long ago.
At :Munich we saw monuments to Goethe
and 'Vagner, a picture gallery in memory
of Bach, a monument celebrating fifteen
years of peace between France and Prussia,
and the beautiful Opera House, all
in one day, which left us rather confused
and tired; however we soon recovered.
(Continued on page 126.)

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Titania's Crown
FRANCES ZIEMAN, 4A
It was nobody's fault, really! It all happened
when the grey goose flew southward.
You see, she left at dawn, and although I
admit that grey 'gooses' usually leave at
dawn, Penny had not thought of that!
But it was not really Penny's fault, either,
because after all, Penny was the youngest
fairy and a great favourite, and so really
could not be expected to think anyway.
It was at the Moonflower's ball. The
fairies were asked, but the Shadows, who
were particular friends of Penny, came too,
although they were not really invited, and
it was they who helped her to steal the
fairy queen's crown and tie it to the grey
goose's under-wing feather.
It was only a joke and Penny was the
queen's favourite, so that nobody expected
any trouble, but, you see, the crown was
hidden at midnight, the fairies vanished
just before the first red rose bloomed in
the sky, and the grey goose flew at dawn
and with her went the fairy queen's crown.
It was the time when the leaves were
falling and the berries were red on the hillsides,
but though Winter crept by with
crystal bangles, stillness and a great whiteness,
the grey goose did not return. For
when the Spring came laughing, the new
buds opening wide eyes and the pink
cheeks of the blossoms glowing, one of the
earthborn shot her down, and the grey
goose fell, with the fairy queen's crown tied
to her under-wing feather.
:Meanwhile, 'Great Sorrow' had strolled
into Fairyland. Penny, the youngest fairy,
was being led to trial, on a charge which
could be best translated into our tongue, as
'criminal negligence'. You see, in Fairyland,
since no one is ever wilfully bad, one
is not judged by one's actions, but by their
results. Therefore, since the queen's crown
wa undoubtedly lost, Penny must be
punished.
The queen was very sad, for she loved
Penny very much. Nevertheless, she was
also very stern when the frightened little
fay was brought before her, with the poor
wings soiled a.nd useless by El fi n Law and
the mischievous eyes drowned in elfin
misery.
All Fairyland had assembled, and all
Fairyland heard the dread decree that the
culprit fay was to be banished from Fairyland,
condemned to dwell among the earthborn,
a changeling, until such time as the
crown of Fairyland could be recovered.
While this was taking place in Fairyland,
far away in a southern country an old
granddam was making a quilt for her sick
grandchild, who lived in a more northern
land. It was really a wonderful quilt, as
many-coloured as Joseph's cloak and lined
and stuffed v"ith grey goose-feathers. Then,
when it was finished it was sent northward,
but unfortunately, the little grandchild had
moved away, and the wonderful quilt lay
unclaimed and useless in the customs office.
However, after some time, the customs authorities
auctioned it off and a poor old
woodcutter bought it.
A year went by, and the old woodcutter
lay dying; weak and feverish while shadows
surged and leapt about the room, and
strange lights flitted around him. His dry,
aching fingers convulsively clutched the
many-coloured quilt, felt a small round
hardness therein, and with blind, frenzied
haste ripped the thin satin and grasped
(Continued 01/. page 127.)

36
THE MAGNET. 1940
Going Down
MILDRED JEWllI, 3C
Amateur dlvin~ is one of the least expensive
;l1Hl most fascinating' of amusements.
Ambition and perseverance arc Ihl.'
cOlltribulillj! factors. Perhaps divin~ conjures
up in rour ima!;!illation sunken ship.~.
chests of gold, oc/opL sharks. and men in
frail canvas slIits and copper helmets. This
is 110\ entirely Iruc in the case of amateur
diving:. for onc is not likely 10 fllld a
sunken Spanish galleon in ten or twenty
feet of fresh water.
Last year my brother deci; the most work to do in
amateur diving. It i>; his duty to pump no
maller whal happens. ,,'e can always lell
when it di\'er is ;::etting- enull~h air by Ihe
steady stream of bubbles comin,!!." to the top
of the water.
I will lell you some or the di\'ing: experiences
we had laSI Slimmer. The diver
can lalk. lau,gh. $!rUnI or ,g:roan and Olher·
wise amuse himself beneath the surface
and be heartl by a swimmer. One day r
was hothering my brother by swimming:
down to him and knockin,g on the helmet.
I dislinclly heard a loud. "Come in. Oh.
it's you. well scram."' then a 1:lUgh. I
laughed too. bUI J!"ol a mouthful of water.

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Footprints can be easily seen as on a
muddy road. Shadows and sunlight are the
same as on land, and all objects are clearly
visible as though in air, except that
they have a greenish glow. Fish and weeds
are familiar sights. I have seen tiny sunfish
gliding in and out between long green
blades of an aquatic weed that looks like
cut-grass. Baby bass, striped perch and.
schools of minnows have passed within
hand's reach. One day, I felt something
touch me when I was perfectly sti]]-it was
a tiny bass. T moved a bit and it darted
away about a foot. The sma]] fish seem
to be very curious.
We have brought up objects of the fisherman's
paraphernalia-white and red plugs
with rusty hooks, tangled lines, reels and
spinners with brilliantly coloured feathers,
and even rods. I brought up one black rod
with reel, line, hook and sinker still intact
on it. It was very rusty in spots, but after
a little cleaning it worked perfectly.
I hope I have been able to give you an
idea of amateur diving, and the enjoyment
it brings. It is not a]] amusement, for one
is bound to learn something of aquatic life
from it. But above all, it is full of fun and
adventure.
•
Those Good Old Days
JAMES JENKINS, 5B
"Willy," called l\1rs. \Vatson one cool
September morning in 1900, "get up! It's
time for school."
"Aw, maw, what time is it?"
"Why, it's all of seven o'clock and your
porridge is getting cold."
Half an hour later Willy was ready to
leave. "\\'hat have I for lunch, maw?" he
asked.
"It's cold pork sandwiches."
"Great!" and Wil1y set out on the fifteenblock
walk to school, along streets deserted
except for an occasional horse and buggy.
When school
was over, Willy returned
home and spent the time before supper
playing baseball with his friends in the
vacant lot. After a nourishing supper, the
family retired to the living-room.
"Did you hear how l\1r. Brown was
robbed on the way home?" asked Willy's
father.
"Yes, wasn't it terrible?" came the reply.
"Oh say, maw," interrupted Wi1Iy, looking
up from his homework, "will it be
all right if I go for a hike to Uncle Dick's
farm with the boys this week-end?"
"Yes, dear," replied his mother, "but
don't forget that we're looking forward to
going to the church m usical Saturday
night."
After fwishing his homework, as the
clock struck nine Wil1y packed up his
books and went to beeL
* * *
"l\1aster Roger," said the Smythe's maid,
tapping gently on his door one cool September
morning lt1 1939, "it's eight
o'clock."
"Okay," yawned Roger, making no move
to rise until another fifteen minutes or so
had passed.
After snatching a hasty breakfast, Roge:
picked up his books, not touched since
school had closed the day before, and reached
for his lunch.
"What is it today)" he asked.
Hardly waiting for the reply, "Lobstersalad
sandwiches," Roger hurried down the
stairs and into his father's waiting car.
Through heavy traffIC, 1\1r. Smythe drove
his son to the school, where the latter put
in a listless day.
Home once more, he went to his mother,
"Say, mater, can I have the old man's car
tonight? I want to go to the floodlight
baseball game."
After a light supper, Roger strol1ed into
the living-room where his father was reading
the evening paper, "Anything new?"
he asked.
"Only the usual murders and accidents.
By the way, are you going with us to the
symphonic concert Friday evening?"
"Impossible, I'm booked for a dance at
the Swing Club," Roger replied, as he
headed for the garage. "Don't wait up for
me tonight, I'll be home about one o'clock."
Those good old days.

38 THE MAGNET, 1940
JOHN
BUCHAN
"A MAR! USQUE AD MARE"
His life was dean
A. T. WH,KIJ::
Like wind-swept Scottish moor;
With God he dwelt
In every busy hour:
And he who walks with God
'rust be soul-dean,
Sal'. rc~1 ye weel, John Buchall
Calm-serene.
THE HANDCLASP
Ham]s across the border,
Grasped so cheerfully,
For you a crOll'1l of stars anti SI ripes
:\ maplr. wreath ior mc.
Jo,\X CO\\"AN, 2.\
J am 1he snow-capped mountains.
T alll the woo{led hills.
r am the winding rivers.
r am the onc who fIlls
The hearts of lhese. my people.
\rith everlasting pride.
r am the onc who leads thelll,
r am their trust, their guide.
To me. alone. their voices rise
In praise, in nec

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MINERVA
}!ARION RUSSELL, 4B
Who is that familiar vision,
Seen in every Jarvis hall,
On rings and pins, and deeply blazoned
On the hearts of one and all.
Tall she stands, and very stately,
Much admired far and near,
\Vith her garments long and trailing,
With her shield and pointed spear.
Can she be the goddess, Wisdom,
Waiting in the hall of Fame
"Vhere in splendour, plainly written,
You may some day see your name?
There are boys of every shape and size
Looking on our pleasure,
Too bad they never have been taught
To tread a stately measure.
Tf they could find the courage
To attempt a dance or two,
(Tt really isn't hard to learn),
We'd try to help them through.
So hurry, boys, and learn to dance
In answer to our call,
Because the girls are getting ti red
Of blooming on the wall.
FAITH
DOROTHY l\IARTYN,
4B
Although to-day,
Your skie seem gray,
To-morrow they'll be blue:
Remember, when your luck runs out
It's bound to turn without a doubt,
And your dearest wish come true.
Just do your bit
And show your grit:
RefrainJrom vain repining.
When worries all around you loom
Remember somewhere through the gloom
God's star of hope i shining.
WALLFLOWERS
AN "n: BRADl~N
SA
Our tea dances are really swell,
As you will all agree,
\Ve have but one complaint to make
And hope you'll hear our plea.
Why don't the boys learn how to dance?
The girls all find it galling,
We will allow that ome know how,
But the stag line i appalling!
vVIND
l\IARION RUSSELL, 4D
Like the sound of breakers the white sands
meeting,
Like the sound of soft rain on windows
beating,
Like a swift flowing tream over rough
stones falling,
Like the sound of a wild bird calling and
calling,
The wind is sweet in the pine trees blowing,
.-\nd cool as the brook in the valley flowing;
The wind blows softer, but stronger, this
day
_-\ncl on it is borne the scent of mown hay.

40
THE MERMAID
To the sea·~irL isle. ~r Ihe stormy war.
I drove my craft Ihroll):h prismatic spray:
I nlln~ me down on the ribbed sea sand.
And I crW'hed a ~hell with a wanton hand.
I thought as J looked on the tortuous cell.
.\/1(1 the glimmering sheen of that Illilne:led
shell.
Of the joys and the ,l.!rief that youth must
feel.
\\"ith a dull re.l!:ret for :l lost ideal.
nut a presence came with an airy p.:race,
And it siren smile on her sea-nymph face:
She beckoned me with her brown ann bare,
.\;;; the wild wind played with her cllrlin~
hair.
Then I arose from thl' dark brown sand.
.\nd I followed the wan' of the \\;tching
hand.
I had lost my ~ul! What could morlal
do.
But become a thrall 10 those eyes of h1ue?
She showN! me the ocean with caves of
pearl:
.\nd she tau:..:hl me the note of the seawa\'e5
swirl:
Uut her lips laughed scorn as she bade
adieu,
AmI with earthly fears, II'hal COlllel mortal
do?
BEFORE DAWN
JOAN COW"'\', 2,\
There's a music in thl' stillness
Of the world before the dawn,
\\'hen wan moonliAht caSI~ a shadow
That is raKtl:{'{! and forlorn.
There's a fral!rance 11oalintl: li~h~ly
In the hea\'y.mistffi air,
And a subtle hint of something
That is \'ague, and faint and rare.
THE MAGNET, 1940
CARILIA
IKAKJAI.A)
Tran~lation by R, DO:lo'ANl>f.R
Where the W

R. F. D. W. MOORHOUSE. B.A.

42 THE MAGNET, 1940
The Story of Ding Lan
BEATRICE THOM, 4B
Here in Canada one often speaks rather
lightly, perhaps, about the family tree and
the family skeleton. Ancestors? Oh, yes,
they were the people who had handle-bar
mustaches and wore funny clothes. Does
one worship them? Don't be absurd!
We're in Canada, not in China.
Thus has ancestral worship always been
regarded. It is one of the peculiarities of
the East. To the western world it has assumed
a form of sacred worship like unto
a religion. There is nothing farther from
the truth. To understand this, one must go
back into the dim, dark past of China and
share the feelings of a certain Chinese lad
named Ding Lan.
The hero of this story was not, sad to
state, a young man with a spotless character.
On the contrary, he had a very disagreeable
temper. He was the only son of
a very loving mother who was forever trying
to please him. But, alas, try as she
might, she never did succeed. As a young
boy he had shown evidences of this terrible
temper and now that he had attained manhood,
he was worse than ever, for he now
gave vent to his anger not only orally but
phy ically. It was not a strange thing for
Ding Lan even to beat his mother if he
happened to lose control of himself.
Like the people of torlay, Ding Lan had
a pet peeve. He insisted upon being served
at a certain time and he demanded punctuality.
It was over this very thing, the
matter of serving him just at a certain
minute, that his mother suffered most. If
she served it on the dot, the food did not
satisfy him, or else it was some other little
matter; and so it was, from one meal to
another, the poor mother lived in constant
fear of what was to come.
In all fairnes to Ding Lan it must be
admitted that, in spite of his ill temper,
he did have a redeeming trait. He was a
diligent worker, often toiling in the fields
from morn till night in order to earn a
living for his mother and himself.
One flne afternoon, as was usual, he had
been working in the fields since early morning
and now, hungry and tired, he impatiently
awaited the arrival of his mother
with his dinner. :\Iinutes passed and still
there was no sign of her coming; finally
'he walked over to a tree and lay down
under the shade of its friendly foliage for
a rest. Gradually his tired muscles relaxed
and he began to notice his surroundings.
His roving eyes wandered upwards and
idly followed the actions of a mother bird
feeding its young in a nest above his head.
He noted with mild amusement the many
trips the parent bird took, always returning
with more food for the hungry little
mouths. She did not weary of feeding her
little ones; her motherly chirps indicated
her happiness.
Ding Lan lay musing on the wonders of
Nature. Suddenly, like a thunderbolt out
of a clear blue sky, it struck him that it
was also true in the case of human beings.
Did his mother not unfailingly bring him
his food? Was she not forever trying to
please him with special dishes? Had she
ever wearied of feeding him in spite of his
lack of appreciation? Sudden regret flooded
his soul, and he arose, determined to
atone for his pa.t behaviour.
Meanwhile, the poor mother, aware of
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was hurryin,g- in hot haSle down with the
food. She came into view and was ama7.ed
to see Ding Lan comin~ towards her
rapidly. Her instant thought was that be
was comin,g' to beat her for her lardines.;;.
Terror-stricken, she set the food down and
began to run..\fter some

44 THE MAGNET. 1940
Concerning Our Murals
ALEN MCCOMBIE. 3E
Recently it was my pleasure to \'isit ~Ir.
G..\. Reid, R.e ..\. :'I1r. Reid, who is
famous for his ponrayal of Canadian
pioneer-life, painted the murals in our
auditorium. Knowing this, IlCrh

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Air Raid
SHEILA RICHMOND, 2B
Southchurch is about a mile and a half
inland from Southend-an-Sea, which is on
the north coast of the estuary of the river
Thames. As the town is surrounded by
important military, naval and air garrisons,
it was only natural that we should feel the
war there first.
We had come out on the bus from Southend
to our playing-fields at Southchurch,
We were heavily laden, since we always
had to carry our gas-masks, and to-day we
had our field-hockey equipment as well as
flashlights and some type of handwork. As
the war had been declared only a few weeks
before, trenches and shelters were still being
dug.
After we had played hockey for about
half an hour, we heard the sirens making
the irregular sounds which can be heard all
over the town. As we had been constantly
drilled every day at school, we were able
to march without panic in single line down
into our unfinished trench.
Trenches are long underground alleys
about two and a half yards wide, cemented
at the sides, and covered with corrugated
iron, cement, and finally earth and grass.
In the Public shelters there are numerous
tunnels leading out from the main on-c, but
our trench was only one length. Also, in
the completed trenches electric light has
been installed, while in our unfinished shelter
the darkness was only dimly lit by an
occasional flashlight.
At first the two teachers who had accompanied
us asked that we keep strict
silence, but a short time after they said we
might whisper to one another. One of the
teachers called the register to make sure
we were all in the trench, while the other
came around to us all in turn, and, after
examining our gas-masks, fitted them correctly.
Soon we began to hear the drone of aero·
planes above us and the deep boom of the
anti-aircraft guns. Some of us, myself included,
were rather nervous, but as the
firing continued we became only cramped
and bored. As my friend, Christine, and I
were the farthest back in the trench, the
teachers asked us to see if the very end
were suitable to sit in; but after falling
into a deep puddle of water we decided
against it.
There were twenty-eight of us in this one
small tunnel. \V'e were sitting on benches
against either side with our feet slightly
raised from the wet floor and gas-masks
and cases open in our laps ready for use.
Some of us were very near the opening, and
as there was a possibility of splinters and
shrapnel, or even poison gas, it was rather
a. dangerous position.
\Ve - had now been in the trenches for
over three quarters of an hour, and as we
were very bored, someone suggested amusements,
but the teachers still wished silence
so that they could not fail to hear the
'hand-rattles' signifiying a gas attack from
the air. However, they began to tell us
stories which, although childish, I enjoyed
immensely, even though I was still somewhat
afraid. We soon tired of this, and
voted for some talking games such as, 'nnending
words,' 'film stars,' telling st.ories
until we mentioned 'and', and invent.ing
st.ories after being given a few det.ails.
When we had been in t.he trench for over
two and a half hours we were very thankful
to hear the 'all clear' sound, and a liWe
later the air-raid Warden's hand-bell rang
in our field. \Ve came out into the open,
and although we looked about to discover
if any damage had been done, there was
nothing to be seen. So we decided to go
home and find out how our people had got
on in the first German air-raid.

46 THE MAGNET, 1940
Editors of Yesterday
DICK GOODRICK. se
With this issue we celebrate the twentyfirst
edition of The Magnet; yes, twenty
editions have come and gone, but not forgotten.
For a number of years four issues appeared
during the school year and later
this was increased to a monthly issue. Today
The Magnet appears as a year-book,
the official publication of the students. As
a year-book, The NIagnet carries out the
purpose of its organizers, and in doing so
we can certainly say that it is indispensable
to the life of the school.
The last issue of The Magnet was one of
which the school should be more than justly
proud, for it was voted the best school
magazine in Ontario. Congratulations are
in order to Jimmy Smith and his hard-hitting
associates, and all those others (not
to mention certain teachers) who all pulled
together and put out a wonderful magazine.
It is very interesting to know what path
in life the past editors followed on leaving
school. Some became teacher, as did AI.
Staples, editor in 1934. Al. spent one year
in France and is now teaching French and
Latin at Ridley College. Others are now
doctor, lawyers or successful business men,
such as, Dr. Lou Canal, editor of 1925,
and Alec Edminson, editor of 1929.
There were indeed a number of editors
and after collecting phone numbers and addresses,
I ucceeded in talking with a few
of them.
In 1907 the editor was H. R. Alley, now
Col. Alley. On talking to Col. Alley, I soon
found out that he was greatly interested
in Jarvis, and talk soon turned to his
golden school days. Above all, he remembers
the fine Cadet Corps in which he
held practically every rank from Private
to Corporal inclusive. Col. Alley's favourite
sport was rugby and with keen enthusiasm
he recalled the good old games when he
played left-middle. Tn regard to mathematics,
Col. Alley did not say much-quole,
"It was incredible! Tt was incredible!"
Harry Hunt was the editor in 1924, and
today Mr. Hunt is minister of St. John's
Anglican Church. T met the Reverend Mr.
Hunt over the phone and he soon recalled
his happy days at Jarvis and laughingly
told me of the "oodles of homework" that
he did, or did not do. He proudly marched
in the Cadets and said he will never forget
a certain teacher with an "arm full of
triangles". He wished The Magnet lots of
success in years to come and more power
to all the Jarvisites.
Another telephone interview; this time
with the hope of talking to Dr. William
Feasby, editor in 1930. "Dr. Feasby is
overseas," said his father, "but I will be
.glad to help you." Mr. Feasby told me that
hi son, Bill, wa with the 15th Canadian
General Hospital Division, and it was not
long before I was busy writing down notes
on Bill's Jarvis days. He played rugby and
was keenly interested in all sports and
school activities. Hi best subject was
English, and as for some of lhe other
subjects, Mr. Feasby referred me to :Mr.
Jenkins.
We have not mentioned all the editors,
but do not think we have forgotten the fine
magazines they turned out. They all helped
to make The Magnet the oustanding success
that it is today.
Thus in its way The Nlagnet has covered
the various activities of the school, and
all will feel well rewarded if it has done
omething towards furthering that very
lively thing known as "school spirit".

Allmtral
hear the gUll!' a-hooming aloll~ the Spanish
.\Iain.
The Britl"" tar~ art

48 THE MAGNET, 1940
IA JILJ lll] l\\jl[ N Jl[ I
,...........
Throu,ghoUI the century and a quartet
Ilf hrt existence Jarvis has graduated mallY
thollSd 10
1943.
The last time he had anything to (10 with
Jarvis was ill 1922, when he proposc{1 the
to;ISI "Our School"' al the alllllmi banquet
after the laying of the corner-stont" of the
present building.
:"ow we would like vou 10 meet a man
YOII ha\'e met before. His name is J. Alex
E(lmison. !'erhal)S yOIl remt"muer him
beller as the mall with the handkerchief.
.\Ie"\ E{lmison came to Jan'is from Riverdale
in 1921. Immediately things heJ,::an to
happen. Within a month he was secretary
of the Lilerary Society and the .\Ihletic
.\s$ociatiull. Sefl:~e;lnt-:\lajor of the Cadet
Corps. Inanag-er of the Jarvis basketball
team and c

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that he g-ained while al Jarvis has hee!l
invaluable 10 him in his latcr lifc.
Among- his many fond memories of ]arvi._
arc the trill to \rimlsor with the basketball
team an

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Smythe is known in every part of Canada
that can be reached by radio or newspaper.
He was quite a sportsman himself. He
played 011 basketball and rugby teams in
1912. He left ]arvis in 1912 and entered
the University of Toronto.
Tn 1929 he look over the Toronto St.
Pats hockey franchise and built it up 10
the Toronto :\laple Leafs we know today.
:\Ir. SillYthe thinks we work too hard. In
his day you could play in all the sports
and still ~el your year. He feels that if we
excel in proportion la the amount of OUT
school work we will be practically a super
race.
He rememlx"rs onc rather interesting oc·
currence when one of the boys ba:ame
rather annoyed with a lad who had been
wearin~ the same clothes for some lime
and had not taken the trouble 10 wash. The
boy in question was hoisted from his seat
by his fellow-students and held before an
open window.
~[r.
:\fanufacturers' Agents
Rcade Davis, one of the bcst known
in the Dominion,
recalls the utter chagrin he experienced 011
one occasion when the late Colonel
)lichelJ. who was endeavouring to dri\'e
home some Latin declensions. asked him if
he thought his head was there for anythin~
else than to hold his collar on. So. buck
up fellows! \rho knows to what heights the
most berated of us may climb.
I.illian Payne, RA.. B.Paed., is appointed
by the Board of Educ.ttion as principal
at the Royal Ontario .\Iuscum. She gives a
series of lectures each year 10 the pupils
of the Toronto Public Schools in grades
eight and nine.
H. H. l\Jadill, B.A., to whom refercnce
is made so frequently as a captain of the
Cadet Corps by the graduates of his time,
is now a Professor of Architecture and head
of the School of Architecture at the University
of Toronto. He is also the com·
manding officer of the C.O.T.C. at the Dni­
\·ersity. )Iany of our boys who proceed to
coll~e will be proud to know and claim
him as a fellow-graduate.
Another group of brilliant students who
obtained their early training at Jarvis arc
the Fairly brothers an(l sisters. Trving, a
/{old medallist at the university, is a lawyer.
Josephine, Ruth and Howard havc also
THE MAGNET, 1940
distin~uished themselves. Elmer was for
years'the leading agent from coast to coo,:;l
for lhe Mutual J.ife Assurance Company.
He was a qualified member of the l\tillion
Dollar Club which comprises only those
who sell insurance during the year, close to
the million dollar mark.
As a pupil, he
matriculated at the age of fifteen and learning:
was as natural to him as swimming is
to a duck.
In these brief accounts of great Jarvisiles
we ha\'e uied to show you something of
what Jarvis has turned out in her many
years of existence. These are but a few, for
as Dr. Hardy once said. "The woods are
full of them and you meet them everywhere
you go".
•
SUMMER DREAM
]O.\N COWAN",
2A
I sniff at spices in the air,
And gale, cnchanted by the rare
Old ru~s. profusely scauered, gay
In myriad colourings. Up the way
t see a mosque rise high and hear
The cry of "Allah" faint but clear.
And then I see the Taj )Iahal!
I know you think this all will pall
And I will dis;:ll>pointed be.
But you are wrong" indeed! You see
:\Iy dream of travel ends as I
Close Ill> my travel folder. Sigh!
•
U/fllt Fostcr-"Why does the man in
the moon never ~el married?"
Bill TllOmQs-"He only ~ets a quarter
a week and needs that to get full on,"
• • •
Jlldgc-uyou are charged with running
down a policeman. What ha\'e you gOI to
Slty for yourself?"
Dorolhv lle-.l'Clsot/-"1 didn't know it
was an offlcer, your honour. I thoughl he
was a pedestrian."
• • •
AIr. Dycc-""'here do the bugs go in
lhe winter?"
Kcur)'--"Search me."

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JIEX '1[; JIBI[A\N tIG}Jl8·
The Magnet Staff has examined with
interest the magazines received from other
schools. Some of our exchanges have not
completed their publications before we go
to press, and in that case we have commented
on their 1939 editions.
Al'gosy Weekly:-Mount Allison University,
Sackville, N.B. An excellent and
amusing weekly.
The Hel'mes:-Humberside Collegiate,
Toronto. A well- balanced magazine
throughout, but there is a notable absence
of good humour.
The Echoes :-Peterborough Collegiate
and Vocational School, Peterborough,
Ol1'tario. A good all-round publication with
a very original cover design.
The College Times:-Upper Canada
College. Contains some splendid candid
camera shots.
The Magazine:-Adelaide High School,
Adelaide, Australia.
School News:-Royal Belfast Academical
Institute, Belfast, Ireland.
Blue and Gold:-Mount Humon School,
Darjeeling, India.
Queens' Quil'e: - Queens' College,
Queenstown, South Africa.
Astra-Milton High School. A good
magazine, perhaps one of the best of the
smaller schools.
We regret our inability to comment on
many other magazines which we have received.
Exchange is of great value to us
in reviewing the quality of journalism in
other schools, and also in providing us with
helpful suggestions. Copies of these magazines
may be found in the Magnet room.
The Twig:-U.T.S. Toronto. A finely
made - up magazine throughout. Your
standard cover lends much to your publication.
The Eastern Echo :-Eastern High
School of Commerce, Toronto. The makeup
of your publication could be greatly
improved. Apparently printing of pictures
of the entire school seems to be popular
with the students.
N 01'VOC:-Northern Vocational School,
Toronto. With all the talent in art and
photography you have, we feel that your
magazine could be made more aHractive.
Vulcan: - Central Technical School,
Toronto. The largest magazine in our exchanges
but we believe you 'have sacrificed
quality for quantity.

52
Jarvis Enlists
DICK GOODRICK. 5C
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Twenty years

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"FROM THE ARMY"
~Ir. l\Iuir has kindly passed on to The
Magnet a letter which he received from
our old friend, Frank Dowe. Here it is in
part.
Corunna Barracks,
Aldershot Command,
Saturday, Jan. 20, 1940.
Dear 1\11'. 1\1uir:-
Just a few lines to let you know at Jarvis
how T am doing. We are in Aldershot in
Corunna Barracks. These barracks were
built for the soldiers on their return from
Corunna battlefields. They are old but
very comfortable.
We lay in Halifax Basin four days before
we left. We left on Friday afternoon
at twelve noon the Friday before Xmas. T
think we were out twelve hours and I got
sick and that is the last time I was an able
seaman.
We had seven troop-ships in the convoythe
Revenge of the R.N. and the Dunkil'k
of the French Navy. We also had the
entire Canadian Kavy with us-six destroyers.
They were with us three and a
half days, then they turned back. Two
days later we met fourteen destroyers of
the British -orth Atlantic Reet and they
kept running around us in circles.
The buglers of the regiment, six of us,
were continually on duty, and so between
that and sea sickness you can imagine
what a trip I had.
How is everything at Jarvis? I used to
think when T was a pupil there how boring
it was, but let me tell you the days you
spend at school are the best days of your
life. T do not regret joining the army, as
I fully realized what T was going into, but
I would like to see home once for just a
day. This country is so different. The
manners, customs and speech of the people
here are quite a change from Toronto.
Please tell Mr. Brokenshire the old
Forty-eighth is carrying on as usual. Give
my regards to all the staff. You can show
them this letter, although it isn't a letter
that I would write if T were in 1\1r. Booth's
room or Mr. ?lcKerracher's, but I write
what T like here and put it in my own way
and that's that.
I hope you will answer this little letter,
and I wish you a Happy New Year.
Your ex-pupil on active service,
FRANK DOWE,
B. Co'y, 48th Highlanders.
"FROM
THE NAVY"
Excerpt from a letter by WaIter Hiscox
to Ed. Jardine of 4D. WaIter 1S serving in
the Merchant Marine and this letter came
from France.
Le Havre, France,
Jan. 10, 1940.
Dear Eel,
This letter is probably a surprise to you
but even though I am some three thousand
miles away I would still like to know what
is happening at Jarvis.
My ship is rather a slow old barge, most
of our voyages will be long, so I will write
to you of the ports I visit if for no other
reason than fming up time. The weather
in France is raither warm now but it has
been cold and I am not sorry that we are
sailing for South America soon.
There were enemy planes over Le Havre
the night before we arrived and an air
raid alarm on our first night in port but
T was asleep and didn't hear about it till
morning.
It's a far cry from the hallowed halls of
Jarvis to the deck of a dirty old tanker,
already overdue at the junk heap.
Yours sincerely,
WALTER HISCOX

54 THE MAGNET, 1940
Scholarships and Prizes
Scholarship is the hi,!!:hest aim and the finest achievement for any collegiate
student. "'hile it is impossible ior e\'eryone to excel. many can attain success by
applyin~ themselves diligently day by day in their school work. The followin~ is a
list of those who reached the heights of learninJ,!: in Jarvis durinl' the p..1St year. Their
pictures appear on the OJ>IXIrize in Sf'Cond Form History.
¥coPld RtroD:
:\IARGARET GOCLD-Chase Prize in :\Iiddle School EIljl:lish.
OE:'\15E T.-\ \ LOR-Chase Prize in '-'Iiddle School En,!!:lish .
.TEA:" 'OI~O.\:-:-larvis Priu in Second Form En,glish .
..\COREY CPTOX-Centenary Athletic )Iedal.
Third Row:
RO!'ALD T.'\VLOR-LO.D.E. (Lord Salisbury Chal)\cr) Scholarship.
EILEE:\' JEFFRIES-Edwards :\Iedal in Second Form En,g1ish and Canadian
DallQ'htf'rs Prize in Canadian Hi>:lory.
S!\~l LERSER-Centenarv Academic Award.
RORER'!' :\lcCOY-I.O.D.E. (Lord Strathcolla Chapter) Scholarship.
FOllrtl1 Row:
ED\\"!\RD SAWVER-Optimus Trophy.
DORFEN :\lcCAN:\'-Oplima Trophy.
i\IARION GRAV-Ccutcnary Academic l\ward.
JA'i\TES JE:'\KINS-Centenary Academic Scholarsllip.
Filtll Row:
JA:\IES S.'\:\'OERS-Awarded Ihe Ontario Hockey Association \\"ar Memorial
Scholarship.
:\IARIOX JE:\KISS-Tne Reuben Wells Lconard Proficiency Scholarship in
Classics, En,l!lish and History: The First Edward Blake Scholarship in Classics;
The Geor,l.!e R. R. Cockburn Scholarship in Greek: The First Carter Scholarship
for the City of Toronto. She also ranked for: The Secon

56
Late Train
BERT HYDE.
5C
THE MAGNET. 1940
He raised his head 510wly in response to
the hand that rested 011 his shoulder 3'lJ
the easy \'oice that .:;aid. ·'Hello. kid." Recovering:
slowly from his momentary trance
he ceased to gnaw at the ~reen apple
clutched in his hand and replied with
slight hesitation, "Hello".
"Travellin' T sce," said the elderly Jllall
shifting- his weiA'hl to a broom and caslinJ.;
a quick g'lancc throll/{h one side of his
glasses at the carpet· bag which lay between
the boy's feet.
"Yep," W,I$ the curl reply.
"To see relatin's, I s'pose," went on the
man, warmill/{ up 10 the com"ersation.
"Re!ati'"es? ... oh. sure, relati\"es."
The boy pondered this answer briefly.
Relatives. yes that was why he was funning:
away. He could stand it no longer,
they had made thin~s too unpleasant for
him since his mother had died. Thou~htfully
he returned to his apple.
"-'lighty cold tra\'ellin' weather. ..."
To this there was no answer. Rather reluctantly
the station·a~ent wellt back LO
sweeping the bare floor of th{' small depot.
"Yes sir, mighty cold," he suddenly blurted
out as if loath to leave his latest statement
hall~ing: in the chilly air of the waiting-room.
;'Pretty LOugh, now wasn't it,
about that tramp they found frozen in a
box-car jest up the line on the MactOOll
Junction sidin'."
"Tramp, frozen?" repealed the boy,
{'y{'ing: the station-mast{'r curiollsly.
··Yep. too bad. stiff when they found
him," the man went on somewhat encoura,ged
by the aroused interest of the boy.
,. -'Iany tramps around here?" he queried.
"Nape, not any more," answered the
station-master, examining: his watch as the
last sound of a distant whistle fa

58 THE MAGNET, 1940
A Voice from the Past
GLADYS COOPER, 4C
The party was over. The last youthful
guest had departed, and with him had gone
the sounds of laughter and glad voices,
dancing feet and music. The lights clicked
off, the doors closed, and the room was
left in darkness.
Gradually a faint glow filled the room,
proceeding from the heavy, gold-framed
portrait over the fireplace. It seeped
through the gloom until the objects in the
room became perceptible in the eerie halflight.
The figure of the woman in the picture
stirred, the dress fluttered, as she
stepped slowly down to the fireplace and
thence to the floor.
She sighed as she regarded the room and
then she spoke-
"Well, they have gone. The party is
over. At least, this affair they call a party
is over. Strange people! They stamp and
stumble, shout and shriek, and call the
maddening result a party. Yes, it is indeed
strange to one who has lived in the
age of courtly and gracious dances such as
those I remember seeing in the French
Court. Ah! to see again the brilliant array
of jewelled women and elegant gentlemen,
bowing and circling, swaying and gliding,
to the sweet melodious tunes of long ago!
To hear the gay, witty repartee, the swish
of silken skirts and the clink of glasses
raised in a loyal toast I Those were days
when a party meant a trial of one's wit
and poise and grace; when matters of state
and diplomatic missions were oftentimes
settled by the glance of a beautiful woman,
or the acceptance of an invitation to
waltz.
Those dances were lovely; yet, I wonder,
were they more pleasing than those I have
seen in the English countryside? I recall
so well the gay and colourful assemblies
of lads and maidens, dressed in homespun
garments, but with fragrant flowers in their
hair and gilded buckles in their shoes.
Their simple rustic dances compare favourably,
I believe, with the elegant figures of
the Court. And what was more musical to
the ear than the incessant chatter and
laughter mingled with the scraping notes
of the fiddles? The flying skirts as they
swung into the square-dances and Highland
Fling seemed as rich as the satins aml
lace. How my heart used to warm to their
innocent fun and mirth! And though no
glance of those bright, merry eyes ever
saved an empire, it meant more, perchance,
to some shy, rustic lad.
But alas! all this is changed. The beauty
and grace of those days is no more, and
what can the memories of an old lady do
to bring it back? Well, as it has changed
once, so it may change again. \Vho can
tell ?
The lady turned with a wistful glance
around the room and mounted to her
frame. The light subsided as gradually as
it had appeared, and the room was left in
darkness.

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SEVEN AGES OF SCHOOL
ELVERA BRICKER, 5A
All the school's a jest,
And all the pupils in it merely puppets:
They have their good times and they have
their bad;
And each one in his time has mostly bad,
The trouble being work. At first a greenhorn,
Blissfully ignorant of it all, with hopes,
And homework beautifully done, running
like rabbit
Eagerly to school. And then to Second,
Sighing like furnace, 'cause it's mostly woe
And ever getting worse. Then a third
former,
Full of strange symbols of Algebra and
Greek,
Jealous in contest? Sudden and quick to
answer?
Not so you'd notice; but seeking out some
fun
Even among C

60 THE MAGNET, 1940
Personalities Behind the Dial
VIOLA FARR AND ELEANOR STEINHART, 4A
They have always been just voices insinuating
themselves through the loud
speaker, but now they're real people because
we've met them. \Ye thought you'd
like to hear about these folks of radioland:
the editor-surprisingly-agreed with
us, so here goes.
vVe couldn't meet all Toronto's radio
lights, so we settled on Rai Purdy, Jim
Hunter, and "Doe" Lindsay. \\'e've talked
to them "in person" and found them very
interesting and likeable people.
Rai Purdy was first on our list. He is
the Master of Ceremoni'es on the popular
Tuesday evening programme, "Treasure
Trail", sponsored by the William Wrigley
Jr. Co. Ltd. We went to the CFRB studios
to see Mr. Purdy, found ourselves marooned
in a sea of people talking of such things
as acoustics, Orson \Velles, Treasure Island,
and the war, and particularly the extent
of their appetites. The object of our visit
rescued us from the swirling throng, rushed
us down a hall, informed us that he
couldn't spare much time as he was in th~
midst of moving, ushered us into an office,
and demanded details of our visit.
First of all, we wanted to look at Mr.
Purdy. After all, he'd just been a voice up
to now, and we wanted to see the man behind
the voice. 1\1r. Purdy is a young man
about five feet eight inches in height, with
fair hair, and the personality and eloquence
of a Leslie Howard.
Physical appearance having been well
noted, Mr. Purdy was kind enough to tell
us something about himself. He met AI.
Savage on Jim Hunter's programme. Between
broadcasts AI. and Rai used to "wisecrack"
each other and studio officials were
impressed. They put AI. and Jim on a
programme which commercialized this funmaking.
The inspiration for "Treasure
Trail" was copied from a similar show, but
the telephone is an original idea contributed
by Jack :\1 urray, the producer. Jack
l\1urray, Rai Purdy and AI. Savage frame
the questions asked on the programme.
Three hundred and twenty-four dollars is
the largest amount ever won on "Treasurt'
Trail" 'over the telephone. Last summer
successful "Treasure Trail" revues were
given at Ban'ie, OriIlia, Owen Sound, and
l\lidland.
Our genial host informed us that he is
also associated with three other programmes,
but "Treasure Trail" is the best
known. On Wednesday night he and
\ViIliam Strange are featured in "Drama
of Stamps" in which the two men act all
the pa rts. He also produces and supervises
the exciting children's programme, "Circle
K", which goes over the air on Saturday
morning.
From Rai Purdy we'll switch you to Jim
Hunter and his "Good Thursday evening
everybody J" l\1r. Hunter made us feel great
right away when he said, "You girls are
from Jarvis, are you? That il1agnet certainly
is a fJlle magazine." \Ve agreed.
!\Ir. Hunter told us that he had worked
as a reporter in Chicago, Hamilton, London,
and Buffalo, before coming to Toronto to
begin his present career in 1929. He has
been a radio announcer for the Toronto
Evening Telegl'am for eight years.
From all over the world comes the information
for Jim Hunter's radio chats.
He spends three and a half hours to prepare
eight minutes of news. He speaks at
the rate of two hundred and twenty words
per minute, and, to do this, he must breathe
through his mouth. For this reason not
more than four people can be in the room
at the same time, as the air would become
stuffy and hamper his breathing. He
broadcasts directly from his office in the
Telegram building. The microphone usecl
is connected by wire with the CFRB
studios. AI. Savage is the announcer on Mr.
Hunter's programme, but he speaks from
an office more than a mile from Jim's office.
As we were told this, the phone rang to
announce AI. Savage's nightly two-minute
warning before going on the air. As we
left we heard, "Good Thursday evening
everybody".
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people when he spoke here 011 "Diction"
10 the Public Spe:lking: Club. ,re mct him
at his office in the :\Ielropolitan Studios
at the corneT of \"iclori.. and Dundas
Streets 011 the sixteenth Iloor of the HcrmanI
Buildin,g'.
\re almost bt"Camc radio stars ourselves
when the reception clerk mistook liS for
members of the Grace Street Choir. BUl
"Doc" I.indsay rescued 115. a):}()logized for
beill!.(' lale. and asked us what we wanted.
\re wanled. of COUTst'. 10 kllow something
of how he had bttome a radio l>ersonalily
and here"s his story.
At Western l"nin'rsity he had ideas of
Jx>comillg a High School teacher. But lack
of prcpmation convinced him that his
academic career was in imminent dall~er
of ship-wreck. SO he decided 10 take to the
lifeboats alld gel a job..\t first he tried
sellin).( insurance and met with indiff('renl
success. Then, four years 'Igo this February.
he al>plied for ill1d :;::ot a job in radio
at I'itchener. During' this l>eriod he had
the privilege of annollllcing prop:rammes
for Vincent Lopc7. alld Ben Bcmie. Toronto
and CI'CL came Ilext, and "Doc" now is
the anllouncer for about twel\'e programmes
per week and these include "Silver Dollar",
"Hidden City". "1'('11 Sobt-I's Amateurs",
and "Quiz of Two Cities".
Thanks then to Rai Purdy, Jim Hunter,
and ';Doc" Lincbay for a look backstage
al radio.
•
LANGUAGES
NIGHT FALL
}IARCMU:.T GOUI.D, SB
I-Ia\'e yOIl rcllcctl'(] on the fact
YOUT mother lon~lIe will only act
In sillll>le. homely talk?
In Public or in Low('r School
Where lan~ua~(' is a lIS('l('ss tool
You scarce ~i\'e it a thou~ht:
The action to the word you suit
,\l1d if the action bears 110 fruit
.\ battle Illust be foug-hL
But when in classes morc sedate
\'ou higher 1l00r~ perambulate
You find the thoughts nece~sitate
:'Ilorelen,gth Ihan strl'ngth of word.
Onc does not ~imply "blow OIl("S nosc",
Or "e1tan ont's teeth", or ..takt a doze",
These words arc n('\"tr used, one knows
Except by rates third.
One "\·cntilale.~ onc's Ila';';ll tract",
Or "cleanses dentures",
Or "collll'ly .\maryllis courts".
.\t "Che7. Paree" (absurd).
So mind your Latin. French and Greek
If lofty lall!::ua~e you would speak,
Or else humiliation seck-
.\nd call 11 spade a spade.
Sno\\',
Like the petals
Of some strall,L!:e pointed llower.
Spins from the dark:
Frail as a white,winged mOlh
Flutterin,lt
In Ihe silken mesh of nigh!.

62 THE MAGNET. 1940
OLd Jarvis and Miss Janie Thomas
DAVID GILMER, 2F
Undoubtedly nearly every Jarvis pupil
has noticed alone time or another the
IXlrlrail of an elderly smilinj.! lady. hanging
in the ]ar\·js library. But T wonder how
much most of us know about the lady who
forms such an invaluable link between
Jarvis past and Jan,js present. SUPiXl5t we
settle down for a moment and learn a little
more about Old ]arvis through :\li55
Thomas.
Tn 1874 and until 1880 )[iss Thomas attended
Old Jarvis. as a pupil. The school
was then on the site of the present Vocational
School below Carlton on Jarvis
Street. Passin1:: through all the six forms of
the Collegiate she graduated wilh high
honours.
fn 1882 :'Iliss Thomas ~an her leachin,!.!
at Jarvis and soon received the fm;tclass
certificate. In those days a teacher
was not required to take a ~niversity
course as today, but in 1893 owing to conditions
to be later e~plained, ),Iiss Thomas
deemed it advisable to trY for an honour
B.A. degree. Since she ~vas teaching at
]arvis and did not desire to /{ive up teaching,
this was .. difficult thing: to achieve.
But neverthcless in 1899, with co-operation
from friends, she managed to secure an
honour B.A. degree. Then, until 1924 she
taught at Jarvis, old and ne\\'. Thus, after
fifty years' service, ~Iiss Thomas retired
10 a wcll-earncd rest. Even now, if one
walks into her residence onc may find :Miss
Thomas helping some young visitor to solvc
a problem he has brought to her.
When asked as to her favourite subjects,
),Iiss Thomas merely said, "I was a good
all-round pupil". However, further interrogation
revealed that mathematics was
closest to her he:lrt. Later. as a teacher, she
taught mathematics and "';rench.
Prior to the opening of the present
century, there were six forms. The first in
those days was apparenlly equal to our
Senior FOllrth of Public School today, not
having recei\'ed their Entrance. The second
to the sixth were the same as the first to
the fifth. In 1893 there were so few boys
and .e:irls in the sixth form that the old
custom of separating boys and girls was
not adhered to and Jan·is had its first mixed
form. Gradually others were formed and so
the practice grew of having mixed classes.
As we nearly all have heard, boys and girls
were kept strictly apart at school. So far
was this carried at Old Jan'is, that the
large plaYf,l:round was dh'ided in two by a
tall board fence--one part for the boys and
the other for the girls. The school pump
had t wo handles and t wo spouts. Each
handle worked both spouts. So. with the
usual craftiness of women, the /{irls would
wait still the boys got the pump ,l!."oing. then
they would get their drink. This served
a dual purpose: they could sret the wat

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JARVIS GIRLS'
ASSOCIATION BANQUET
The fan'is Girls' Association sponsored
a delig"htful banquet in the girls' lunch-room
on Thursday, March 14. There were 180
girls present. At the head table sat 1\[r. and
i\Irs. AlEn; :\Jiss Janie Thomas, guest of
honour: r.Tiss i\IcRobcrt and Miss Elliott,
staff advisors, and the Association Ex­
&lltive.
The toast to the King was proposed by
the president, Ruth Janney. lane Corcoran
proposed the toast to the school, and 1\lr.
Allin replied in the best "after-dinner"
style. The president then called upon ::'.fiss
Janie Thomas, beloved friend of Jarvis,
for a talk on "'j'he Jarvis girl of 65 years
ago". Her talk was most entertaining and
inspiring. She referred to interesting experiences
in her Jarvis school days, 18i4­
1880, and told of the Jarvis in which she
taught from 1882 to 1924. Her message
was fdled with the Jarvis spirit so dear to
her heart. In offering a vote of thanks,
Bevcr!ey Bradshaw referred warmly to our
deep affection for !\liss Thomas. The
president then called on l\lrs. Allin, who
graciously presented First-Aid Awards to
several of the girls.
For the outstanding success of this, the
tirst girls' banquet in some years, orchids
are due to l\Iiss l\lcRobert and Miss
Elliott, to the capable and genial president,
Ruth Janney, to i\liss Beach and her
helpers, to the efficient executive of the
association, and to everyone who contributed
to the happiness of the occasion by
coming out and having a good time.
AT THI~ T.EA DANC!::
Cole-"Who's going to be the lucky woman?"
Coulter-"\Vell, here I am, girls!"
Jlleir-"Gee! Wimin!
HommOlld-"There's something psychic
about you."
lane Carcoral1-"'l'ah, well there's something
psychiatric about you."
Alln Silvcrstcin-""May I have this
dance?"
PARENTS' NIGHT
On Friday, -:\farch the fIrst, the doors of
the sch?ol were opened to our parents, who
passed III large numbers through the Jarvis
halls.
Entertainment was provided in the gym,
the pool and the auditorium. There the
parents saw their young hopefuls perform
in games, swimming, music, and drama. Interesting
pictures were also shown with the
new projector secured by the Camera Club.
As the evening drew to a close, everybody
proceeded to the lunch-room for refreshments
and a general get-together. Several
parents and teachers were heard to remark
over a cup of tea that the evening offered
a pleasant and welcome opportunity for
closer acquaintance and a belter understanding
of such mutual problems as
Willie's Illark in algebra or .\Iary's difficulties
in Latin.
A
SNOWFLAKE
JACK i\J,WI;R, le
The crisp, frosty winter morning stirred
the cold blood in my heart to a merry
tin,2'le. The sky was leaden gray and the
brisk winter wind ruffled the fallen dormant
leaves, lifted them gently and lazily puffed
them along. My brothers, the other little
snowflakes, were falling, gently, oh, so
gently-and, as they fell tlley formed a
long silver carpet, sown with tiny silver
crystals.

•

JARVIS
Vera's the girl who makes
When she says demurely ,
that there".
Eleanor's a good sport and is loved very ­
much,
But her wise-cracks are apt to get her
in dutch.
we just
Madeline's the girl who is always late
Taking trips to the office is surely her fate.
Rita Peckett is quiet, dainty, and slight,
But when she gets angry she's dynamite.
Ruth Janney's the girl that has good looks,
But let's the boys scribble all over her
books.
l\1ary l\Iilligan's favorite reply
Is "I'm sorry sir. I don't know why".
Evaline Spring, we're quite well informed
Will only keep quiet when chloroformed.
Eldred Norwich is slow in motion
As if she'd taken a sleeping potion.
Dear Dorothy Dix:-
Why is Peters called "Patches"? Why
does k Brown sleep so much, especially
in French and Zoology? Why does Wultz
use perfume? (We wish Fran. Creer would
leave hers at home.) Was it because Baker
arrived that Bernice Doherty started to
use lipstick? Why did 2D's Errol Flynn
(Harding) suddenly go Carbo? Could
Wultz play Schubert's immortal "Bee" at
the age of ten? (Can he play it now?)
Where and how did Beth. lVIcEwan get the
blond.hair? Is D. Brown's theme song "Co

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Ire WlllI! to 1.'lIlT.JJ-
lA
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Here and There
Ed. Mastrunardi must have taken a
course from Emily Post-"Sir".
"Rings on her fingers and bells on her
toes"-Isobel.
1. Eachren and Yvonne ~IcLaughlin
seem to have taken ~Iiss Nesbitt's eye with
the bells on their shoes.
Currie, the athletic boy, plays on rugby
and hockey teams-also a gad-about.
Segal-the 150 Ibs of buckling poetsome
of them are really good.
One person who took advantage of leap
year is Miss Lorimer-especially at the
skating party.
"Squeaky" Webber-the choir boy with
an excuse in French.
Records
Hunter, the beautiful sleeper, has it
down to thirty-nine and a half minutes out
of the forty.
Forty words a minute is the average for
Struthers-"In China I spent most of my
afternoons in a shady spot in the country."
McCracken-"I didn't think those places
opened until night."
Katherine Kanas. * *
*
Oh why do we come?
Oh why do we stay?
How do we last throughout the clay?
This is a question which baffles me,
A brain-racked student of form lC.
It can't be the boys,
Tt can't be the airls
Tt can't be the flag 'Miss Cochrane unfurls.
So if no one will answer
My woeful plea,
It must be the teachers of form lC.
ID
Alfrecl Skene with always a smile,
Bothers the girls across the aisle.
Algebra has Rainthorp clown,
But his sister Elsie holds her ground.
Miss McCamus looks quite glum
When Porter chews his bubble gum.
*
Miss Nesbitt-"What is the feminine of
bachelor ?"
Stancer-"Lady-in-waiting."
*
------- _.. _-- --._----,
SHIRLEY AS\-4MORE lA
Earl Gracie, late of North Toronto, says
he made a change for the better. .. Eddie
Rucld is going to work his way up-starting
as a caddy on "Pop's" golf course...
Jane Richmond, despite her ormal School
beginning, is doing well. .. Pitshi and Miss
Ring get the call for music and brainpower.
lE
*
AVIATION NOTES
"This is Plane lE calling Jarvis-Plane
lE calling. We are still waiting for Hayes
to come in on time."
In the front seat Van der Flier and
Eleanor Schmidt. What's the world coming
to I Stratas in the next seat, is still trying
to forget Mr. Wilkie's last lecture. J.
Wilson, the broadcaster, ancl Venn, the
geographer, are still trying to figure out
just what part of the country they are flying
over. E. Wilson is reading as hard as
he can to keep his mind off that queer feelin
a in his stomach. Thornton, the farmer,
is "'trying to figure out just where he will
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68 THE MAGNET. 1940
having a rowdy time with :\fiss "Goldilocks"
Sluart. "Miss Trudeau, our island
friend, is looking oui of the window to see
if she Ciln pick out home sweet home---or
the Royal York. Webster is trying- to keep
his mind off that sinking feeling by staring
at M. Shepherd. Konhcott, the songster
(?), and \ri5$ Shields, the clarionettist,
have teamed up on a number. )f. Tomlinson,
cheerfully disregarding" icy looks, is at
her usual practice again. Farther back a
pretty hostess is gently cooling" the ruddy
complexion of \Vallace. While, neaT at
hand, Dyer and Shup;g are arguing over
the lost hockey game. Schachtcr, over in
the corner, is plugging up on his languages
in case we make a forced landing in a
foreign country. There, surveying everything:
wilh 11 serene eye, is Smith, who deci(led
to lake the day off too.
2A
Oh give us a home
"-hcre frcnch is unknown,
Where Geometry does not prevail,
Where Geography's dead, and Science has
fled
And exams don't pour on us like hail.
• • •
Ask Us Another
We havc found out what happens to
Joan without Rosemary, but what would
happen to l\liss l\fcCamus without her
canary?
Stclla Tomaski is starting to wear lipstick.
What's the reason, Stella?
Anna Purvis has captured a "treuc Liebe"
in 3r.-as GlIlIiver said, "My, my!"
• • •
The Ilit Parade
-:'IT. Ashlllore and G. Bohon-"We've come
a long way together."
J. Cowan-":\[y heart belongs to Kenny."
D. World-"One look at you."
Molly Schniffcr-"I've gol your future aU
planned."
After bein,g scolded by ]\[r. Staples,
Phyllis Rowley was SO touched that she
composed this little poem to him:
Please forgct and for~ive
And let me start anew,
For every stu(lent has a right to live
And 1 will try to please you.
• • •
Awards
The Aca(lemy Award of the year ,goes to
Beverly l\lerdith and her marionettes for
the German play they put on... The Silver
Shield goes to l\Ir. .Tcnkins for geUin,g Syl
Apps for 2A, and for his remark, "Well
girls, what lion shall 1 catch now?" ....
2B
The J1Ierry-Co-Rolll/{!-Tsn't it strange
that the girls of 2B look forward to the
exams-could it be 3E? We wonder why
:\Jiss Addy is always in a hurry at noon?
Some wonder what Betty has to 5..1y to
Elia in the halls bet \\"een periods-rest as~
sured it's only another of Betty's clever
jokes.
Target Pracfi;;e-l\liss Eagleson is so
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ha,·c a longer day 10 loaf. .. Our walking
dictionary, Joyee Rac. doesn"t seem SO
bri,!!:ht in :\Ialhs. )!aybe if she nlO\-ed to
the back of the room she would han~ less
10 lalk about. Just between the 26 of
us, we ought 10 do some homework at
home.
Pills and .Yrl'(f1t'J-Lois and :'\adine
couldn't 100'c school !'O much that they are
always here early! What could be the attraction?
.. Say! who is the handsome
'ombrey in 3F: that looks like James
Stewart and who has ":\liss Faircloll~h,
among others, going, going ... gone?
2e
THE )IQVIE REYlE\r
The Cat Jumped or The llIouse Said .\To
The scene or~ns on a desolate waterfront.
as Pamela Davidson (the villain)
smiles at a passin~ male (poor boy). Xot
getting- any response. she ,goes into the
Oonaldson beauty parlour for a remodellin~
job. Here she meets the fairy queen.
Xancy DransField, with shell-like ears and
twinklin.lf toes. :\"orma and Sybil-lhe stars
of the u:\lonkey's Paw"-stroll in for their
eyebrow massag:e. "Ah. ah: the plot
thickens:' So much so that Dot Ellis, who
is studyin~ for a new play. for,::-ets her lines
and has to be prompted by )far,lr. Patterson.
Pamela. while under the driers. falls
off into dreamland (where she meets Joyce
G;mliner), but she is rudely awakened by
)Iary Kolodnick and )Iay Gears who are
discussjn~ last night's date. On her way
oul, poor Pamela runs afolll the cashier,
~\la(leline Gears, who by mathematical
computation. figures that lhe store should
pay Pam. As she steps forth, ll'is i\lac­
Oonald flils by doing a "Paul Revere".
Jumpill,lr 10 safety, Pam flllds herself in a
Parisian hat shop. where t\nnie Thouvent
pours out the French accent with each ha1.
In new battle dress Pamela "eutures forth
only to behold Dorthea Poulton and Ray
Leo in affectionate embrace, Tn the next
block she meets Helen Dudniczenka--comb
and all. Climax! The male returns! But
odds bodkinsl Anne Shillon and Helen
:\Iowat ha"e him in tow. "'hat will be the
Olllcome?
2D
.\'omc
Hanley
Dc Guere
Davis
Fivian
1\'eil
Roper
Case
Birds in the belfry
Pink teeth
Vocahulosis
:-. [oonsl ruck
Brain Trust
Teething
HEAI.TH CH,\KT
Condition
Still twitterin,l!
Chewing: his ,l.:ums
Advanced
Oblivious
Hopeless
Advanced stage
Reil/arks
""'here are my shorts?"
Bubble and stick,
".\Iesdames et messieurs"
"Can 1 borrow your Lalin?"
Oh :\lillie!
Loves 10 show 1hem off.
The folloll'in~ were ,l!:athered from pupils'
examination results, Guess who.
I. What do French call the instrument
used for beheading}
The Gillelte,
2. \rhat's a pole \'ault?
:\ place where they keep election returns,
J, What's a parasite?
One who ,Il;OCS through a revolving door
on another's push.
4. Why does a stork stand on one foot?
If he lifts the other foot he'll fall.
5. Define abstract and concrete.
When a dentist pulls a tooth that's abstract.
\rhen he fills a tooth that's concrete.
* * *
.\Ir. Boolh-""-hat is a person called
who kills his father?"
Retter-",\n orphan,"
.\fr. Booth-hA person who kills his
mother?"
Retter-"A matricide."
.\lr, Booth------.-··\rho kills his sister?"
Retter-"A soeurcide,"

70 THE MAGNET, 1940
2E
"ll."""
Cupid's Cor1/er
"Gi,'e them plenty of soft words,"-Cal·
\·f'rh'.
""f't'p o~ tryinlr,"-:\fcCanney.
"Just kiss them and run:'-\rilcox.
"I simply adore blondes."-Red \rood.
"Give them the old caveman style."-
Pusitz.
l/rrd' to SII((t'cd
"Learn to sleep with your eyf's open." ­
Johnslon.
"Grab a back seat unci phly possum." ­
\rorral.
"Just sleep and think of last night's
picturc."-Wcbber.
Sit and look bri).!;ht. They never ask the
brij!ht ones."-Hobbs.
"Ci\'e them the Clark Gable smile."-Tomking.
• •
Flites!
•
Thf' bov with the so-called weak-hf'art.
Elieff \,;ho is looking for the one in a million.
The ~Tf'at liUle !';tamp collector, Grey.
Littlf' Ed, for the number of girls he
knows.
Gracie. for his unique accent,
:\lowat. on account of his 100'ely sister.
Bob Lon', because his name should be Bob
Cupid. "1V.t....( ~ ....O(.....
2F
If you want a brainy boy
You'lI fllld it's Rods Stoi:
Who's looked upon with j!lee
.\s much as Raymond Lee?
For the one who's stuck on bossin'
You're ri~ht, it's Duncan Lawson .
.\ne! then there is that ~reat hustler,
Of COtlrse I mean S. Trussler,
Say who's that guy with a mile-long neck?
"Ie's a brainstorm. they call him Speck,
Thc one who's cut oul for a Stcward?
T think without a doubt Bob lIuard.
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3A
Better l.ale rhan Xe~ter
The girls are reforming in the 3A classes,
All have promised to De good lassies,
AmI do all their homework ,md be obedient
too;
ThaI Iheir hif!:h school e

72
and :\!:Ir,garcl Cordon and ::'\Iary Whitesidc
dash to their seats, ~prbed for the outdoors.
Betty Campbell is seen seJlin!! )fagnets by
fair means or foul and half way through
the period Joy :\Ioffatt comes in late.
9.45 ;l.m,-Will Joyce Perry (our part
lime member) c\'cr remember to do her
History homework? Does Jessie Lee know
east irom west yet?
10.25 a.m.-The study period discovers
3C discussing styles, boys. teachers or
what ha\'c you? Helly Cook, Doreen Grey
and :'Ilarl: Bowman ,go into a huddle while
Pal l.on!! discuo;ses Eleanor Grant's singin~
ability. :'Ilildred jewen and )'fary
Copeland continue their fued o\'cr a boy,
a mark in camp.. a misunderstanding?
\rho knows?
11.05 3.01.-The Algebra period begins
with ~dr. Jenkins telling us that 3C are
nice little people 10 work wilh. but 3
divided by len is not 3. Our .\Igebra star
Shirley Day should know-tell us Shirley,
what is the answer?
11.45 a.m.-We retire in favour of RUlh
Richmond and I-:sther I.ittman - who
knoll' what chemistry is all ahoUl.
- l.C'CH -
"'c wonder if there is any special reason
for Ol,lt:a \rilsoll being- on the top floor at
1.10 sharp?
1.20 p.m.-J..on.l{ before the period begins
Room 47 is crowded with studious
pupils at their (?) homework.
1.55 p.m.-3C's favourite period. We
wish 10 inform 1\lary Baird the custom is
to dry a handkerchief-not 11 pen. Helen
Ch,Hllbers has asked 1,001 questions-hut
then somebody has to take" Baby Snooks' "
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3E
Cone But Not Forgotten
To begin the yearly review of the conditions
existin,g in the form we find:
"Billcox" sacrificing his desert at lunch
time.
Bob Smith and Farlow giving up the
luxury of seats in Room 43-as a result
of losing their time tables.
In Room 35 at noon we find Lennox
studying with a fellow Spaniard.
Stewart and l\lah drawing clever cartoons
on the board-and Johnston drawing
grotesque ones.
Dewar, the child of the form, after valiant
effort has finally reached the da-da
stage.
Campbell, professor of dancing, is ready
to give lessons with Nowers as his official
demonstrator.
We wonder how long Letros and Fenton
will be members of Mr. Dyce's physics
club-and how long the Kachuk Bros. and
Komisar can stay out of it.
Vire recommend that Hagan change his
name to Hogan and thus keep everything
going smoothly. Also that Thomas learn
some of the answers therefore taking the
weight off Wilkins and McCombie who
know them all.
The form has plenty of internal co-operation,
examples of which are, Smith, Atkinson,
Pendrith, Northmore and Mc­
Kague. A good remedy might be to elect
Gordon and give him a soap box to orate
us out of it.
V.I"\",'4
"Oh Mr. Lorimer, I feel as if I were walldllg
on air!"
3F
SCENE I
Teale swaggers in with a new suit on.
Weir-(feeling cloth) "Really, Teale,
that's good material. You should have a
suit made out of it.
Ashton-(doing his homework) "Bee, I
wish you would obey your natural instinct."
Bee-(copying Ashton's homework)
"\\rhat do you mean?"
Ashton-"Buzz off!"
Chong-"vVhat is a bigamist?"
Mark - "Confucius say - Bigamist is
~h'h_"'man who make same mistake twice."
SCENE II
Scaevola Blackstone, our basketball player
Is always tormenting the thoughtful Mayer.
For Rabjohns, our budding young aeroplane
maker,
Aluminum's too dear; so he has to use
paper.
Strickland who knows all the rocks (so
we've heard)
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SCENE III
This year 3F has a generous share of
notables:
-Geleff and Durant-academic heads of
3F.
-Silverstein-a future violin soloist.
-Graham--our six-tongue liquist.
-Safarian-Herodotus' rival.
-Ashton, Bee, \Veir, \Vilson are the allround
athletes of the form.
THE MAGNET. 1940
a scholarship next year in Algebra-lots
of luck. The whole room might have a
bit of quietness if ellie Kuchar was moved
from amidst Sylvia Wagman, Sylvia
Wults, Pearl Mudrick and Betty Treloardon't
get us wrong girls.
Spotts-4A's basketball player - Dol'
othy Johnson; orchids to her for a star
performance. Millicent Fraser certainly
likes "Jim Periods" now ...
RepOtted Missing - Marg Wright and
Leona Faulkner appear to have left us in
the lurch. Last seen in Room 44. Audrey
Anderson our budding orator is off again
and so are we, Adieu.
4A
Radio News
Flash! Air force raid on 4A!-first
casualty is Hope Bowater-wish her luck
girls. "Oh Johnny" is certainly the curj:ent
song of Viola Farr and Eleanor Steinhart-We
are positive Geometry is the favourite
period of Joan Husband and Marion
Quinn-n'est-ce pas??
Mystery! - Does anyone know if the
Gardiner case has been solved yet? Maybe
we should put May Y1cKinney on it?­
Will Edith Smith get a higher mark than
1\1uriel Davies this term? Who knows?­
Any news about orma Perry, Connie
Duff, or .:V1abel Tng should be reported to
4A headquarters.
Note-Isabel Struthers will be trying for
4B
Hal Banas-"I am very sorry to hear
of your friend's death. Would you like
me to take his place?"
Marg Balfour-"Very much, if you can
get the undertaker to agree?"
* * *
In/m'mation Please-Why did Macleline
ioin one of the "Y" clubs? Does BeaU-ice
1'hom sit at the back of the room so she
can go to sleep? How can Evelyn Eadie
keep up her school work and her shows
too? \Vhy has Betty Rogers such a Aare
for Geometry? "Vho is the blond "Demander"
in Dorothy's life? "Ve wonder which
is Jim's choice for the Frolic, lV1arg or
Mary? Why does Elaine hide her light
under a bushel? \Vhy does Marg Gillard
have such a subtle smile on her face after
she has answered a question? How did
Eleanor Hammond get such a wide knowledge
of beards?
I like an exam
I think they're fun
I never cram
And I won't flunk one
I'm Miss St. John.
Tid Bits
The "Y" should supply phones for Ruth
and Mae at the class parties-Jean Nettle
claims she is a descendant of Alexander
the Great. Ask her. Evidently Betty Mc­
Cartney doesn't like her air-cadets' picture
in Tv!r. Wright's waste basket-We all wish
we could have seen Elizabeth at home with
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history book is the only reason for going
out after first period Thursday? Sylvia
Rashman certainly gets around. She met
Archimedes in Syracuse. We like the way
Norma, lVIarion, and June spend the fifth
period Thursday. Gloria enjoys going to
the show alone-"The Cat Creeps". The
Ambulance Corps holds an interest for
"'ilma.
*
*
1\1r. 1\luir-"Is heat always generated
when two bodies in motion come together?"
lVIarjorie Bee-"No sir."
lVIr. lVIuir-"Why not?"
lVIarjorie-"I bumped into a man the
other day and he knocked me cold."
4C
Ink Stains-From somewhere in Jarvis,
we have learned that two 4C mystics are
working on the crystal ball or the "Foreseer".
D. O. L. begins to get a few cracks
at "gas station" \Vade. Editor D'Arcy deserves
a lot of credit for his work on making
this issue. Past Editor, Bob lVIcCoy
intends to beat Gladys "red" Cooper this
term; but "Tuis" Postel and "Advice to the
lovelorn" Tobin will give them a run.
Stop-When lVIr. Booth asked Erlick to
repeat Thomas' answer, he could only say:
"Yes sir, I heard it. Ko sir, I can't repeat
it, yes sir, no sir." 1\1r. Booth is said to
have blushed the other day when Thomas
whispered sweet nothings in his ear. Kenneth
"the angle between the tangent" Johnstone
seems to be quite acclimatized to the
4C rambles now.
Look-Because Beryl \Vratten sent so
many questions to the lovelorn editor it is
felt she is covering up for the girl with the
perpetual smile. Kay shouldn't be "switzing"
with any problems. The censors prevent
us from mentioning the "late" activities
of Ken Wilkins and Bob "I'll sleep at
your house tonight and I'll give you an
orange" \Vilson. Ned, "This is the greatest
invention of my career". Shoot is reported
to have completed a working 1110dd
of ::\ijinsky for Mary "Tamara" Timoski.
Listen-We hear Howie "I wish I were
a jitterbug" Lacey and George "oh for a
room at the 'Y'" Stephen are getting together
on homework problems. That's not
cricket boys, it's classic. Cousins thinks
"Funny Jingles" Cowan makes too much
noise about censorship. 1\1aybe he is tuning
up for a job with the "people's government".
Nancy "Cupid with the bow"
Robinson is up in the air these days-no it
couldn't be that!
PRE-GRADUATION
4D
Honourable NIention-\Ve are, on no
less an authority than lVIr. \~Tright, the
largest collection of non-thinking mammals
ever assembled in one place. In Fox Revett
we have a candidate for the C.N.E. swim.
He lives at the Island and since the ferry
service ceased for the winter, he swims
across every morning, getting here about
9.20 a.m. Two fine forensic orators in the
making - Sid "Vel'bose" Steinberg and
Leslie "Garrulous" Jones. Cohen, the most
magnetic figure in the form.
Hightlights-The "gone again" boys,
Shilton, Ingram and lVIowat have a "part
time" lease on three seats in the back of
the room. Our interform hockey team­
Jack "default" Shearer. Bill Howell, the
most affectionate boy in the class. He's
always taking his sister (?) out. Our track
team features-Vie. Paskaloff, Vic Urqhart,
Hesson "I come from 1\larmora" Gale, and
Lionel "He's always puzzled" Ginsler.
Things not likely to happen-Dave "He
can take a knock" Berenstein gets above 49
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76
Ed. "YOII know why yOll are in fourth,
don't you" ]ardine-finding out why llC is
in fOllrth.
Ignorant Ques/ioll, No ooof-Ginsler-­
"\fas the Crimean War in Spain?"
Do You Know? ]\fr. \Vrig:ht wants to
knoll' why certain intelligent-looking people,
.such as Brocklcbank and other occupants
of seats ill 40, know SO little about GCQIll.
What happened to the monthly issue of
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THESE BE YOUR FIFTHS
Norlll(l Killg-Even P.T. periods can be
fun-eh what?
Noberta jlJ(lI:;Dona!d~"Drown your sorrows
in poetry," says Roberla.
Alice Marsltall-We refer you gently 10 the
hUlllour "Quiz".
Barbara Pike-The only place blondes are
at a discount is in Africa.
Sadie Rosent/wl-Chief weakness is chemistry
and disecting class.
Elea/lOt Shaw-Runner-up in Ihe average
girl contest.
Tlte/ma I-Iarl"is-"'\oll' \l'e know how
Shusterman studies.
A/fdr('.\' UptO/I-.\S a badminton girl,
:\udrey has developed quite a hefty
stroke-beware you fellows.
Marg. Belll/ctt-Rumour that she signs
Barker's report is groundless. She only
does his homework.
jlJ(Jrioll St(Jples-Besides tcaching Goodrich
how to dance, 1larion takes up
swimming in her spare time.
Marg. COlfld-11[[r~. doesn't need Vocational
Guidance. She has it all planned
out. Even has her pen-name chosen.
Jean Slight-Remember Jean's battle with
the "mike" in thc auditorium? Stick to
it, Jcan.
8elly Bel/llillg-A fcmine edition of Ciccro
-and she is from Rivcrdale!
.Innie Brodw-"Buck up Annie, "Miss 11c­
Robert isn't going to take up those Trig
questions today."
Julia Dickillsoll-"'\[umps arc a pain in
the neck."
Vc/ma Coold-Shc wouldn't kill a fiy ­
much less a frog.
Bet/.y Xi(klill-"His sideburns must make
him blind."
Mal"ioJl Ricltards-Hope she's here to see
this.
Barbara S/cwarl-Camc to jarvis from
New Brunswick - the blackouts must
havc got her down.
:\"oydcllc SuttoJl-\\"e always did like those
English cars.
Frallccs Swccl/cy-lt can't 1a s t long,
Frances.
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Enid Morris-These track stars are shifty
things, Enid.
Marg. ]iIullinger-A certain silver-tongued
orator who talks too much, is beginning
to wake up.
Dorothy Rymal-Mr. Sheppard rea 11 y
doesn't pick on you, Dorothy. It's just
imagination.
Pat Huard-Jarvis canary. She will set
your heart a-twitter. But we're still
worried about that ring.
Ruth lanney-As the President of the
Girls' Club, she "naturally" ha:s to dance
with "the members" of the Boys' Clubdoesn't
she?
Sylvia Levitt-What we would like in our
next comp. class is a debate between
Sylvia and Jane Corcoran on "Swing
Music".
Dorothy H ewetson-Car or no car­
Dorothy can have her pick, but please
don't hold us in suspense much longer.
Clam and Isabel Hatton-When they start
their daily gossip even Keachie wakes up
for a few seconds.
Anne Silve1'stein-Bells are useful things
aren't they, Anne? Especially if you know
how to wear them like Anne does.
lane C01"Comn-Who's this bloke from
Riverdale, and what's he got that Paul
Hammond et alia haven't? After all Jane,
it's up to you to encourage home talent.
Kay McCormick-Kay is carrying on a
worthy family tradition.
lean ~McLarty-Those hockey games were
great, weren't they Jean?
Beverly Bradshaw--Beverly deserves the
"Oscar" for her History Club efforts.
Mm'ion Gmy-Marion couldn't resist telling
"Dad" that The Magnet beat everything-even
Eastern.
]iIary 111acLean-Mary's a real career girl
and we haven't a doubt about the outcome.
Rose Williams-The debating team of Rose
and Williams is a true product of old
Jarvis.
Evelyn ThO'lnpson-Evelyn is one girl who
doesn't have to worry about detentions.
NIary Folk-I\Iary's above us common folk.
She can do Trig.
lane Spence-Back to Jarvis again from
~Ioulton to renew and m a k e acquaintances.
Eh, Wyckoff.
loy Winte1'S-Can swim the fins off the
fish she has on the hook.
Fmnces Silverberg-Vlhen we say Frances
takes German, we mean just that.
Al. Arnold-In spite of floor-hockey, etc.,
AI. still retains a handsome profile.
Martin Britain-He really does enjoy dear
old Jarvis, history or no history - eh
Martin?
Ge01'ge Chapman-We still don't think that
the castle was "fused with the rock". But
then we may be wrong.
lohn Gale-What good will physics do you
anyway, John?
Bernard Glazier-Mr. Bowman has your
number, Glazier old man. Take care.
Dixon Goodrick-Touchstone hasn't got a
thing on our Dick. Don't miss his next
launching of the "sea-flea".
fames Greer-A helpful addition to our
public speaking classes is James.
Bert Hyde-That red hair must mean
something, but we haven't found out
what-not yet anyway.
G. H. Loosemore-A gent who is really interested
in J arvis.
Ronald Matheson-He may not get the
right accent-but outside of that he does
a swell job.
Wm. Mitchell-"Bugs" plays a valiant
game in goal.
Lou Parker-Strong, silent type-a mean
hand with a basketball.
Chas. Rimmer-We noticed Rimmer kept
his parents hidden on "Te3;chers' Night".
Dan Ruffle-We don't think Dan could
move any slower and still be in motion.
Gerald Tmvers-Latin isn't his love; but
then can you blame him?
l. Ackennan-Poor old Johnny! "vVhy,"
he groaned, as he stood up to make the
first speech on 'The Cultivation of the
CauliOower', "did my name have to start
with 'A'?"
Fritz "Speak Up" Anderson-Heaven help
the Germans if Fritz is a typical Englishman!
He's a dead-eye with a rifle and
plenty tough without one.
Hal. Banas-Of course he does talk a little,
but darn it all "It's a free country" as
they say in Germany.
N onn Bennett-If you find a group of
half-starved jitterbugs lolling around a
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80
Alec Chris-What with exams and things,
Alec is having quite a time fitting a
school day into his weekly time-table.
Ro')' Waisberg-Remember that fifteenminute
talk on "Vitamins" and the look
on Roy's face as he sat down?
Don l-Vyckoff-"L'amour, l'amour, toujours,
l'amour," as Freddy Harris would
say. But really Don, isn't it becoming
just a "little" too much?
Doug. Keary-Believes school is just as
comfortable to sleep as anywhere. Besides-there's
more company.
William Hill-Bill gets the rubber doughnut
for his crack, "Don't feed the
animals", as Lewis was engaged in giving
a piece of candy to--(name on request)
.
Hu{?h Melville-Hl'gh is a firm believer
that if all the students who slept in
classes were placed end to end, they'd be
more comfortable.
Lloyd Skeaff-Lloyd is always capable of
taking the bull by the horns-and throwing
it.
Ernie "Flash" Birmann-Ernie handles a
good line in rugby and is equally talented
in public speaking classes.
Robert Bell-6 feet 2 and into everything
-only weaknesses are blue (or should
we say black) eyes and red-heads.
A,·t "Soup" Campbell-He just can't bear
to leave the old school. Noted for his
vicious backhand at ping-pong and "hang
'em up".
Ch,'istie Christoff-Chris can sink a basketball
at twenty paces without a qualm,
doesn't give a darn about the opposite
sex, and he's happy. Wotta man!
James Jenkins-James was the runner-up
in "the average boy contest".
Peter Johnston-vVe still can't see why
Pete needs three racquets.
Sam Lerner-We still think Sam should try
Ken Soble's programme.
A,·t McAsh-Miss St. John is still puzzled.
McAsh or McPhee? I give up.
Elbridge Phair-Phair hasn't lost any of
his old talen t.
Bob Servos-Divides his time between
shooting pictures and dodging a certain
person with Marg. M.
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Benny "S 0 a p Box" Grossman - Jarvis
Cicero-What with debates and magnetic
speeches on circulation, Benny just slays
'em.
Don McPhee-A capable arm of H. M.
Navy.
Roy A1cCord-Besides his sports supremacy,
"Lefty" can draw a mean cartoon.
bonel Rule-Don't let it get you down,
Lionel old man.
Hugh Joyce-We still think Hugh had the
pad on the wrong knee.
Sam Fronstein-Keep plugging Sam, and
don't let those teachers worry you.
John McCrory-John just hates to miss his
Latin, but such things as games and tea
dances do crop lip.
Irving Acenberg-The Trigonometry flash.
Harold Ball-"Mercy killing" really isn't
a very nice subject is it, Ball?
Alex Brodie-He walks home alternate
nights with Jane and Ruth. Mixtures are
fatal, Broclie old man.
John Del Gmnde-John is thinking of going
where someone appreciates him-3B.
Ken Ha1'1'non-Ken woke up long enough
one day to worm out of a debate-that's
what the nick in his desk is for.
Doug. Hyde-The water in the tank really
is fme, Doug., you should try it some
day.
John Jacob-John is a very ardent member
of our public speaking periods.
Don Lewis-"iiVith a smile like that even
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Har-r)' LiRhtslonc-Harry is the official
leader of our gum-chewing desperadoes_
Joe QUi1111-Joe makes a cheerful addition
to any class-esoecially so in French_
Larr)' Re~l11olds-If we had Larry's ability
we would start our own radio programme.
M orris Shustermo11-\"lhat with problems
and extra Latin, Morris needs a new
time-table.
Jack Teichma11-As "snooker king", Jack
can do everything but make -them jump
through a hoop.
Jack Siddons-Jack has filled out the ranks
of the Canadian navy.
Ed. Matthews-Track man. Ed. looked
pretty lonely at the Commencement
Dance.
Mac Ke1111ed)'-In competition with Duncan
for "the tallest boy in Jarvis".
Albert Morfitt-:'lanages senior hockey
team and school work well.
Don 1I1cMiUon-For some obscure reason
"the powers that be" don't think along
the same lines as Don.
"l{ol"Oce" MiUar-His Latin translations
would cheer the heart of a classics
scholar.
Dove Quon-Dave lets his work talk for
him-and that isn't a bad idea either.
Len Jal'vis-Can that man handle a sax!
Just try him some day.
BiU Keachie-Don't you love Bill's little
indignant grunts of protest when the
teachers seem to be paying him a little
too much attention?
Ra)'17l011d Ko Khan-He and Dave Quan
have struck up an alliance to keep each
other posted in French.
Han)' A ppleby-"A half an apple is better
than none"-eh Harry?
Roy Brigha11l-\\'ell an way he did start
school.
Jack Cole-The anthracite variety is not
to be confused with the parasite type.
Ken Coulter-As Ken says, "A car is a big
help".
Atec DU11co11-Long, lean, and almost COI1-
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vincing.
Bill "J,f/iU)'-.Yilt),,, Holford-Bill is going to
write a new Modern History, so that
even he can't argue over it.
Jack Fort01v-Puck-chaser deluxe. At the
tea dances Jack just jumps for "Joy".
Pen)1 Spe11cer-With Percy's looks amI
soeechifying, is it any wonder the History
Cluu is such a huge success?
Jack Brow11-Jack may be slow but he
doesn't miss very often.
.cl nriy Gardncr-Andy deserves a medal for
his valiant effort this year.
John Cleaso11--Tall, dark and Cluiet--a
real northerner.
Nick Ilorick-Kick puts -the rest of us to
shame with his bright plumage.
Duncan Sinclair-School doesn't bother
"Rerr'-not when he can play hockey.
TVm. Solomo11-A Harbord import.
Rossc11 Roueff-Betcha Clark Gable can't
play the violin like Rossen can.
Armour Weir-Bulwark of defence on the
senior hockey team. Armour still thinks
"scorner" is a French verb.
Fred l{arris-One of the permanent fixtures
of Jarvis-stage stooge extraordinary,
and has everything down "Pat".
Bill McLcan-As a class editor, Bill knows
what we're up against!
Jack Dodds-Don't look now, but we think
the horder in the Humour Section is cute.
Fat Donovan-Outside of hockey there
doesn't seem to be much to keep Pat
awake in school.
Doug. Fi11lay-\Ve enjoyed the meeting of
those two old friends, Finlay and Hennesy.
Tom Celcff--We think the stage lost great
talent when Tom decided -to be a
"Coroner".
lac Haffey-Besides upholding Jarvi'
honour in athletics, Joe tries his hand at
physics.
Faul H a11lmond - Aft e r his editorial
achievement, we think he deserves at
least one ride in a pink Buick.

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THE MAGNET, 1940
l'r~sidelll
Ruth Janney
\'ice-Pre~id('l1t June Cumberland
?~Cf(:lary
Shirlcy Griffiths
I rcaSllrcr
i\lilliccnt Fraser
Social Convener
i\lac Schwarlz
Deportment Convener Re\'crly Bradshaw
Athletic Rep.
11argaret Bennelt
2nd Form Rep. Rosemary Buckham
1st Form Rei>.
Bett)' Robin501l
A(h'isor~ :\Iiss :\IcRoberl, ;\Iiss ElIiol
The (;irls' .\ssociation was re-organized
this yellT after an absence of four years.
The exrcluh'c look charge of the Christmas
bash'..,. jor the :\'f'ighoourhood Workers'
.\ssocialion and all Ihe girls responded
lI'illinj,(ly to the appeal. The club has been
a helpful addition 10 the school, and we
hope it will carry on.
Girls' Club
Boys'
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Public Speaking Club
History Club. Debate: "Resolved that
w i l h
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Oct. 3-:\lr. :\lcKerracher SI} 0 k c on
nee. J3-.\[ecting in ;luditoriulll 1.awrellce l'ark, 181 for j;II'vis.
"Abroad for the Summer",
a system of socialized medicine bt'
0JO\'. 16-11 was (lecided 10 buy a movie
projecLOr: there was a (liscussion of
the Treaty oi "ersailles and Treaty oi
.\Iunich.
:\ov. 25 & Dec. 27-lt wa;; decided tu writ('
History Club
Ihl' school are being gh'en a series of
lectures by college and business lIlen tn
help them make their futures a succe;;,.,.
This project is being carried on in c,,·
operation with the staff of the school,
namely, :\Ir. AlIin al1(1 :\[r. Steinhautr.
while at Ihe ';V" Roy Harrigan all(l jack
Brinly are indispensable to the success of
the Hi-\", The members thcmselv('s ar('
not to be fOr,l.(Ollen. They have been 011('
hundred per cent. behind every undf'rlakin.'t
of the club and h:l\'e made sure of
its sucees..",.
to former pupils of J,trvis who enlisted
and ilrc ovcrsea~.
Dec. 2I-Christmas meetin,l.(: student enler·
tainment: School :\ews.
Jan. 11 .\Ir. jenkins spoke on mines and
mine·layin~ in the last war: decision
made to purchase a radio for scho...l;
discussion 011 modern w:lrfare.
Fer). 7-.\lu,.,ical pro:.:ranune: pl:ty: Schonl
Sew~.
Feb. 29--overseas CorresrxlIldence Commitlee
organized.
The tll"O main projects of the History
Club this year are the purchase of a radio
for the school :Illd the writin~ of letters III
enlisted ex·pupils of jan·is. Hesides these,
its rneelinJ.{:> have been a ~r('at sllccess.

JARVIS COLLEGIATE Si
PUBLIC SI'E:\I\Il\'G
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Ila(k How-Larrr Ilt,~ n..lds (Es.). nl'rnard (,,"'an (S..cTetarr). ICubeT! lkll (I'r('sidelll).
I(ossen I(ouen (Ex.).
f'ronl ICo ...·-Uosemar" Huckham (E:-:.). J"an C,,\\an (Ex.). .'!ar)' -'le Lean (Vief:"
I'resident). -'IT. Buolh.
III·Y CLUB
-'Ir. Stcillhauer. Bison Good rick (I're,.id.,IlI). John :\lcCrorr (Sf'crt'lar~·). I)..u~las KeaT)"
(TrI'3SuTt'r). Ed. Mattht'n" (\"j"e-I'rl.'sident).
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CLUB
Hack now_Ed. 1\Iallh",,',;; (Treasurer), Mr. Shepllard, Pert}' Spencer (President), Frt'd
llarris (5th Furm Hel).).
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The Camera Club has had a very success
ful year. In addition to its regular acti\"ities.
it has sponsored the purchase of a j 50 wait
Bell Bowel! sound-movie projector and has
contributed nearly onc hundred dollars from
its own funds 10 ht'1p meet the cost. By
\'o]untary contributions. the pupils have
raised o\"cr scventy dollars more. It is
The cause of "good music" is champion­
('d at Jarvis by the Recor

JAR VIS COLLEGIATE 89
CA;\l ERA
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.'IlcCrae Hrown (S--retar~). Bob S('rn)s (I'residenl). Rill Thomas (\'ice-President),
O"n I)',\rq' (Treasur..r).
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Hos,;:..n Hvuelf O're..irl"llt). Mr. Stl'inhaut'T. Hoh Sen'o>; (Secretar,..Treasurer),
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The Promel\3de .\Iu~ic Shop at Bay and Bloor ha- bel'n most kind to the R~ord
Club and Jan-jsite3 :He a."cd 10 rrmrmber this "o..n buyino;: mu:ic, rttOrds. etc.

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First \'iulin8-I{ussl'lI noudf (ConCl.'rlmaSll.'r). Jllcli Siln·r8h·in, JUSt-ph "la)'. 1131.'0111
Sit'~KI, Jeau Slightt'. IIdt'1I Daruzali, S~'h'ia Wuh8.
S~und Violins-Andre... (;ardner, EdwlIrd SlIrarian. Jameil I'alaki, ";dward 0(' (;uerr('.
Normau Jess.
Drums and Effecls-Ih,\'ard .\lcKague. Jacli !illal)ll. I'err)' '1',,:1011'.
l'ill.nisls-l\m)' I(II!!:"ers, B~·It.)' Jan·is.

92
THE GAY NINETIES
Pages ninety to ninety - nine-­
being ten good leaves of absence
from sanity and all forms of mental
alertness.
Bringing Jarvis to Its
Census
A startling expose of some of
the problems which beset modern
youth and a helpful resume of the
way in which some of our own
spunky Juveniles are meeting their
problems.
Your confidence men (and women), have
looked over the questionnaires issued by
The JYJagnet and we submit our report.
All attempts at blackmailing have been
frustrated and we give you cl picture of
Jarvis.
The Jarvis girl is something to behold
or be held; five feet four of palpitating
pulchritude and lightly tipping the scales
at 118 pounds. She is sweet sixteen and in
the neighbourhood of third form. With
brown hair and blue eyes, she busies herself
with school activities and knocks off
an average mark of 65 per cent.
On the other hand we have those big
handsome males, five feet six and 136
pounds of hard bone and muscle. The
average male is in the third form too, and
as for academic achievement, gosh! we
hate to admit it, but only 64.99 per cent.
But as 1\1r. Jenkins says, "There is more
joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth
than over one hundred who have
not gone astray". The boy has brown hair
and blue eyes, in some cases black, but we
fear this is due to external causes.
IT Outside of P.T., studies, lunch and women,
the favoured subjects run in the
following order-History, Science, English,
Mathematics, and Languages. By following
this we see that the History Club seems
to be quite popular and is followed by the
Girls' and Boys' Associations, the Girls'
Association being the most popular among
the boys. The Record Club is another topnotcher,
while those who are going in for
criminal law practise in the Public Speaking
Club.
IT Now come the movies--that friend indeed
when in need; just call up the office
and tell them you want to be on time for
the first show. They'll understand. The m03t
popular shows are Wuthering Heights and
V-Boat 29. Large numbers are undecided
in this respect and believe that the last
one they saw is the best. The memories of
some extend back to the Sign oj the Cross
and Lives oj a Bengal Lancer. With the
exception of animated cartoons, the boys
stick to James Cagney, Spencer Tracey,
and Cary Grant as their favourite stars,
while the girls just adore Errol Flynn and
Mickey Rooney. On the female side of the
screen Hedy Lamarr has a host of admiring
men, and so have Bette Davis and
Judy Garland, but we were never quite sure
till now that Ruth Janney was Ralph
Shilton's ideal. The girls? Ah! they just
can't definitely decide; so we ring down the
curtain with a slight, ":l\1eow!"
IT There is no choice, but to admire the
literary tastes of the students. Gone TVith
the Wind by Margaret Mitchell and Goodbye
Mr. Chips by James Hilton vied with
each other for top honours. A number of
fme classics were supported, but as the
supplementary reading deadline approaches,
the first-former is still merging from
the pulp editions of Tom Swijt or loe
Strong on the High Wire, etc.
IT Almost everyone in Jarvis dances; in
fact such a large percentage that it warrants
a larger turnout to our tea dances.
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these rug-cutters are largely among the
gals, or could it be that the boys are backward
in coming forward? Rubber-legs
Goodrick is still wondering what a jitterbug
is and all because his :Momma won't
tell him. Glen l\Iiller has the most popular
orchestra. Kay Kayser and Ex-king of
Swing Artie Shaw compete for second place.
The advocates of sweet and slow cling to
Guy Lombardo.
THE CaFETERIa
We quote GeOl'ge Loosemore:
We may live without poetry, music and art,
We may live without cars (or even a cart),
We may live without friends, we may live
without books,
But civilized man cannot live without
cooks.
Honest! good wholesome food, reasonably
priced.
11 Judging from statistics,
the average Jarvisite has
reached the utopia of
achieving the maximum
results with the minimum
of effort. The
number of hours of
homework varies directly
as the number of radio
programmes and inversely
as their quality. To
determine the homework
done, write in a straight line the words
"lineage" and "hie". Number the letters
from left to right, from zero to nine
(the '1' being the zero and the 'e' the
nine). Now choose any three consecutive
digits and reverse their order. Beneath
these reverse their order again and subtract.
Take this result, reverse its order
and add. Multiply the latter by twenty and
substitute the letters for numbers. According
to an ancient prejudice, two and two
make four, but by following these simple
rules the problem is solvable.
LOVE
The first-former is strikingly naive for
more of them are in love or have hopes for
the immediate future than any other forms.
As we ascend the rungs of learning cynicism
runs riot but many have resorted to
Confucius, for it appears that they have
had some hard knocks at the hands of
Venus. Iarian Staples says that her dreamman
hasn't come along yet (likewise Goodrick).
This sentiment is echoed by hordes
of love-sick individuals. Alice Marshall's
heart belongs to daddy-what sugar-daddy
is that Alice? Since this is Leap Year, all
girls should look before they leap. John
D. Barker is a staunch self-supporteraha!
we know'd it all the time! Mick Phair
hasn't found a girl worthy of him, whicn
leaves some wondering what even the girls
will stay away from. Pat Huard is the only
one who is engaged, yet many would like
to be. (Names furnished on receipt of an
autographed blank cheque.)
HOBBIES
The hobbies of students are numerous
and varied. They include
photography,
philateIy, aero n a uti c,
woodwork, and music;
some of which are included
in school clubs.
l\Ir. Ferguson's favourite
pastime is gathering gum
from seat-bottoms. Enid
:'Iorris goes in for addanced
chemistry-why
Enid! we thought you
were an S.P.S. gal. Sylvia
Levitt's is playing the maiden in distress,
"Heh! heh! m'little hot-house blossom!"
(Remember the History Club play.) Ruth
Janney spends her time flirting, while
Marg. Bennett is a playground and play­
,boy supervisor. Ernie Birman likes walking
Sing Sing style along the halls to warm
the cockles of a certain literature teacher's
heart. The one universal hobby is hoarding
energy and sleeping.
__ OPPOSITE OPINIONS
The boys think the girls are highly
ornamental, detrimental and experimental.
They are perhaps a trifle too talkative and
giggley, but pretty, vivacious and interesting.
"They are all right in their places, but
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94 THE GflY NINETIES
Some airls say the boys are too conceited
and thouahtless but come in handy for
dates. 'Yhil: the r'est think they are considerate
shy lots of fun and interestinp;
partner~. B~rbara Pike has a. glorified
notion of the T.T.C., for she believes men
are like street-cars, there']] be another one
alon a in a minute. ::\Iadeline l\IcGilvery
says~ "1 think they are a magnetic. power
with a surplus of electrons to whlch we
positively charged females are attached."
.\Teed we say more?
OUR
SCHOOL
Tarvis is ranked best among all schools
anel especially by those who have. come
from other collegiates. Incidentally, It has
reached us from several sources that
students of other schools consider our gir!s
to be the smartest things that ever wear
gym-suits.
~ Bubble gum is a menace to society, b~lt
Dixon still likes blowing. l\Iost people wIll
chew all handouts but evidcnce a slight
preference for chiclets. 'Ye are still trying
to find the guy that chews his in 'sticklet
form'.
FUTURE
Thc future vocations of the students are
multicoloured. There will be doctors,
nurses, teachers, business men, etc.; rich
men, poor men, and who knows? somebody
might wind up in the 'clink'. A few wish
to be professional bums and judging from
their marks they are we]] on their way.
Mary ~lacLean will undoubtedly become a
successful business woman and make a
dandy partner for someone whose affairs
need resucitation. Glen Day wants to be a
politician and guarantees to kiss every
eligible baby over the age of sixteen. Cliff
Biclding aspires to be a gigolo and take
after his big brother (poor boy). Boys
want to be aviators ilnd the girls dress-designers,
air-stewardesses, and wives.
MIXED CLflSSES
There are several schools of thought in
this line; one being that they arouse the
competitive spirit and make for better boy
and girl relationships; another that they
are distracting, decrease work, and cause
too much showing off; still another is that
they are just plain fun. But whatever the
outcome may be, as "Confucius" Goodrick
says, "::\[ixed classes, like mixed candy:
mostly nuts."
__ fl THING OF BEflUTY
Tt sets one wondering just what the
human race is coming to when ::\Iary
Robinson says, "Just enough makeup to
take away that ghastly look". For ages
womcn have had no cosmetics except
perhaps, a little iron oxide, and yet they
have been loved, cherished and obeyed.
What horrible thinas they must be without
makeup ! No wond~r men are afraid to get
married and no wonder there are so many
divorces when the bridegrooll1. discovers
what a spectre his loved one is.
A few condemn cosmetics altogether.
"In moderation," appears to be the general
expression, but no one has defined moderation.
Oddly enough more girls condemn
makeup than boys, or stipulate, "Just a
little bit". "Enough to emphasize the good
points and su bd ue the bad," is another
phrase, but before we get involved in moral
philosophy or a feud, let's-skipit!
SMOKING
A number of students smoke, but we
suspect more of wanting to appear big bad
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smoking that chewing tobacco. 'Tain't
healthy! The girls run to pipes and seegars,
and the boys to Pittsburg Stogies.
__ ROMaNCE
Kissing is of course a very ticklish subject
(especially if the candidate has~'t
shaved for several days) and we admIre
the 'esprit de spree' with which this problem
was handled. We'll just quote. Edward
Safarian, "Silly unless courting". Mari?n
Quinn, "Kissing breeds germs". Al1Ita
Lehtonen, "I am disgusted by people who
neck to extremes". l\1ary Baird, "Cheep
(Oh yeah). Nice work if you can get it".
Sam;llY Lerner, "Best fun I've ever had!"
Paul Hammond - Censored by censor.
Voice of experience Jack Turner, "The
girls nowdays don't like it enough; but not
mine". l\!1arion Stamples, "\Voo \,,"OO!"
~1argaret Mitchell, "Never in public, in
priva.te optional". Others, "Never in
private". :'1ost people adhere to the
Greek philosophy of "Know thyself" and
"~othing in excess". Other factors depend
on time, place, who, etc. It is our duty to
remind you that since the war the government
authorities are censoring Post Office!
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REFORMS
Keary didn't know this was a reform
school, but here goes. There is a landslide
in favour of a Wurlitzer in the auditorium
for dancing at n0011. Tt is felt that this
would be a pleasant diversion and would
also boost cafeteria sales. \Vho knows? Tt
might include dancing lessons. Boys and
airls want a mixed lunch-room and equal
b .
rights to use all doors. J\l11 vVoodhouse
demands that the postman remove his hat
on entering the school. \Ve have to. Student
government was well up in the polls.
__ PROBLEMS
Because of the numerous problems of the
"Great Unwashed" some will be answered
here.
Question-Mr. B. (Beta) wants to know
how to keep his girl-friend from the clutches
of Birman.
Answer-Get married!
Question-Miss Theta wishes to know if
boys kiss and tell.
Answer-If properly kissed they don't
dare tell!
Question-How do you kiss a girl goodnight?
Solution-The first step after securing
a date with the lit:t:le lady is to purloin the
family chariot, or failing this, obtain the
indulgence of a more fortunate friend who
is better equipped. Great care should be
taken in a case of this kind to get both of
you so involved that neither will breathe a
word.
Having paid the last instalment on the
tickets to the Jarvis dance, you are well on
the road to success. As for the dance itself,
we leave that to you. However, it is
advisable to pore over the Book of Knowledge
for some days beforehand (Dr.
Elliot's five-foot shelf is also recommended)
to provide yourself with suitable
topics - conversational 'hors-d'oeuvres' so
to speak. These should be withheld until
the small talk has died its unnatural death,
and after a pause of some minutes you propound
some amazing facts of the universe.
Your partner will be so captivated and
enthralled that she will be yours forever!
On the way home the conversation should
be of a sad romantic turn. Beethovan or
Schubert's romances are inspiring for their
pathos and touching harmony. Just as you
are saying good-night, ask her if she can
whistle the first three bars of the J arvis
song. There's your chance! Seize it! (if
she can't whistle, kiss her anyway).
REMARKS
The average age might be affected by the
fact that John Fraser Anderson wouldn't
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96
CHOWDER
Jean McKinney, SD
We had been having a lovely time in
biology with Mr. Dyce's purpose and conclusion
experiments. Goodrick's pIa n t
psychology, and Hammond's worm that
wormed its way through the ground.
T knew there would be something fishy
about that lesson, since the night before
when I fought my way through swirling
fumes of formaldehyde and found Mr. Dyce
performing a post-mortem on a pickled
clam.
?lIy first thought was to skip the period,
but that sort of thing is against my
scruples (ask Mr. Dyce). Of course I
could be sick that afternoon and recuperate
at Loewes. but there is the chance of being
apprehended.
I swear I could smell those clams at the
other end of the hall.
Outside Room 27 T met Barker hastily
distributing a bottle of ketchup and numerous
slices of bread about his person. With
a deep breath and a feeling of martydom,
I took the plunge.
There was a clam, a knife and one of
Coulter's old razor-blades on each desk. I
persuaded one of the stronger sex to perform
the autopsy while I watched from a
respectable distance.
How did that clam's family feel about
the treatment of its loved one? Oh well!
it was a defective specimen, anyway; we
couldn't find some of its vital organs. Mr.
Dyce assured us that a detailed study of
the clam's entrails was much more entertaining
under a microscope than on the
blackboard. Meanwhile, I began to get
that feathery feeling in my stomach.
\\'hoever said great decisions are not
made in a minute didn't know me. I had
planned on becoming a doctor, but visions
of male patients recovering rapidly dimmed
and vanished.
'Ve got down as far as the liver, when
Pat triumphantly marched over displaying
a horribly mangled fragment and said,
"Look! I've found its kidneys. Why!
what's the matter, Jean? You look green'"
Mr. Dyce relieved the situation by excusing
me.
That evening the rest of the family had
clam chowder for supper.
The measured beat of footsteps drew
closer and with sudden fear we huddled in
the protecting shadows with stilled breathing.
As the zero hour approached, the angry
roar of the mob over the wall rose to a
wild crescendo. With shrieking voices they
thirsted for blood and set up a fearful din
with stamping feet and clapping hands.
We shivered and huddled together to
take council among ourselves. Should we
throw ourselves upon the mercy of the
crowd or meet our certain fate at the hand
of the law? As the guard turned his back
to us, we divided into two groups. One
faded to the side and flung themselves in
COLE 5B
A Pen Portrait
desperation at the grim gray wall before
them, s c r a m b 1 i n g on one another's
shoulders, being dragged up by groping
hands. With a bellow the guard whirled
and charged. The second division streaked
from cover and scrambled for foothold,
clawing at each other's backs with grunts
of terror. Again John Law wheeled. He
whistled shrilly for assistance. He hesitated.
He who hesitates is lost. He was lost.
With a contented sigh known only to
gate-crashers, I mingled with the crowd to
find a seat ... happily extracting the
twenty-five cent entrance fee from one
pocket to deposit it in another.

97
AN EARTHWORM EPIC
Louise Ring,
sa
In the rich black earth of a respectable
back yard there once lived a not-sa-respectable
young earthworm named Stephen A.
Wrigglepuss. What the 'A' stood for, nobody
knew; it was a deep, dark secret. I
might as well admit it in the beginning,
Stephen was definitely a tough egg. His
ambition was to become Earthworm Enemy
Kumber 1, and as the story opens he was
doing all right. He had but recently K.O.'d
a robin by ecuring himself firmly in the
ground, and then, while the unfortunate
bird was pulling with all his might, Stephen
let go suddenly, thus braining the robin
with a terrific blow. It was little acts like
this that made Stephen
A. Wrigglepuss
an outcast from polite
society.
Besides being a
pugnacious sort of
chap, Steve (he preferred
this sterner
cognomen) was definitely
uncouth. He
was fond of spitting
and swearing, and
frequently said 'aint't'
and 'oh, yeah?'-expressions
that no well-behaved worm would
dream of using. Several times he had tried
to break through the upper crust of earthworm
society 'but because of little acts like
these they always gave him the cold segment,
whispering among themselves that
he was not "Comme il faut". But Steve
didn't care; he just went on building up a
reputation for toughness.
But, dear reader, Steve had, beneath that
tough epidermis of his, a heart; a rough
sort of structure it is true, (5 pair of aortic
arches conneoted to 5 main blood vessels)
but still a heart; and it beat fervently whenever
he saw the beautiful young Brenda,
gliding with superlative gracefulness
through the moist earth. Brenda, the
Xumber One Glamour \Vorm of the season,
was very lovely, her skin was exquisitely
slimy and iridescent, and Charm, with a
capital C, stood out all over her. She of
course ignored the lonely Steve; but sometimes
she admired him secretly in her innocent
heart. She thought him oh so different
from the namby-pamby playboys who
surrounded her, lured by her wealth anrl
beauty. Steve was a He-man!
Alas I

98 THE Gay NINETIES
"Brenda! Do you mean?"
"Yes s,teve, I do. If you can become a
respectable earthworm within a month, I
will be yours." \Vith this she glided away,
leaving Steve breathless and happy. Things
happen fast among the earthworms, but
this was amazing. .
Gentle readers, is there anything quite
so touching as a hardened criminal trying
to reform? Itt is no easy thing to learn to
say 'aren't' instead of 'ain't' after using
the latter for years; nor is it easy to learn
to use the right fork for fish at a dinnerparty.
Steve did a good job of turning over
a new leaf. Within three weeks (quite a
space in ea"thworm time) he had stopped
expectorating and his strongest expletive
was "Ye robins!", or in moments of greater
anxiety, perhaps a gentle, "Darn!" You
will believe in his change of character when
you learn that one moonlit night he actually
confessed to Brenda what the "A" in
his name stood for. It was Algernon.
"Algernon! how too, too divine!" gurgled
Brenda.
"Promise that you won't breathe that
horrible name to anyone, dearest. I
shouldn't be able to hold up my anterior
if anyone knew it."
"Of course, Steve; I won't breath it to
a soul!"
Another week passed. One evening Steve
set out to attend a party given by Brenda's
parents to formally announce the engagement
of the happy young couple. Steve
was prepared for an ordeal when he reached
the palatial dug-out of Brenda's family.
He must be extremely careful to make no
"faux pas" that might shock the wealthy
guests. However, everything ran smoothly
and he talked happily to his betrothed, who
was leaning against a blade of grass whose
fresh green accentuated the exquisite reddish-brown
shade of her complexion.
Suddenly, through the warm clear air
came a sound that made Steve's blood
freeze in his sinews.
"Algernon, dear Algernon," call e d
Brenda's portly and radiant mother, "won't
you have just an itty-bitty piece of this
delicious dirt?"
He gulped; but the extensive training of
the past month enabled him to get a grip
on himself instead of Brenda's mother, and
act as if nothing had happened.
His doom was sealed. His love for
Brenda was not strong enough to overcome
the loathing of that frightful name. The
next hour was torture. The rest of the
guests accepted their hostess' lead and
switched from 'Steve' to 'Algernon', too.
It was horrible. Algernon this and Algernon
that, until he was ready to curl up in
a ball like a little millipede, from sheer
agony.
"Brenda," he begged, "make them stop!"
"But why, dear? Steve is such a vulgar
name. I'm always going to call you Algernon
after this ... Algernon."
Steve was thunderstruck. After all his
efforts-this! For this, he had stopped
swearing and beaning robins-for this, to
be called Algernon! Visions of his future
rose before him; like the time he had
nearly been drowned by the rains flooding
his home, only that was his past.
"Yeah," he snarled, "so you're gonna
call me Algernon, huh! Well, you ain't
gonna, see! You ain't gonna! An' the same
goes for youse guys. Good-bye!" He had
reverted to type.
"You horrid monster!" shrieked Brenda.
"Go! and never return."
Steve, his heart hard and icy-cold, bounded
off, his longitudinal muscles fairly leaping
in his mad rush. Back he went to ways
of crime and soon became Earthworm
Enemy Number 1 for the simple reason
that he annihilated every crook in the place,
because they tried, derisively, to call him
Algernon.
He was a changed man. Gone were his
dreams of a happy home and a cluster of
inch-long wormlets to make happy his old
age. He it was who wrote that famous saying,
"The worm may turn to women but
they always get him down."

99
WALLFLOWERS'
Bill & Coo-Short for William and his
Jersey cow.
Blush-A sort of fabric of which dresses
and couch covers are made.
Cuddles-Slices of meat, especially veal,
that taste very good when wrapped
in cracker crumbs and eggs, and served
fried.
Enamoured-Having a smooth glossy
surface, like bathtubs and pots and
pans used for cooking.
Erotic-Persons prone to making errors:
stammering, etc.
Glamour-Study of the principles which
govern a language.
Heart-That part of a room on the floor
(generally made of stone) in front of
GLOSSARY
the fireplace. There is a novel called
the "Grigged on the Heart".
Languish-WhaJ you speak, like English,
French, German, etc.
Lover-A lazy good-far-nothing who idles
on the street-corners and in poolrooms.
A fellow who just hangs around and
does not like to work.
~ecks-What the barber says when he is
through with one man and ready to
start on another.
K estle-Anything pertaining to the nose.
Osculator-A moving stairway.
Snuggle-To sneak something from one
country into another, without paying
duty.
DOG WASH
H. Segal, le
The first problem of the master is to
secure the dog. This usually costs a nickel's
worth of hamburger or part of the T-bone
steak that your mother was saving for
supper.
The tub of warm water, towel and soap
are all ready, so dump him in. Kow for the
struggle. He doesn't want to be washed
and it is impossible to stifle his yips. Soap
him over and then gently slunge him in
the warm water, but· do be careful not to
dunk too deeply. Lift him out of the tub
and before he has a chance to shake himself,
swathe him in a big bath-towel and
pat him dry. Before this last operation is
completed there comes a knock at the door,
but don't be alarmed, it's only the S.P.C.A.
coming to find the cause of the ruckus.
As you open the door the poach gleefully
leaps to freedom, only to return in the
evening, covered with dirt, but readily recognizable
and willing to curl up on the
chesterfield for a nap.
Judge-"Were you in charge of the car?"
Accllsed-No! My wife was behind me.

100
She Skis
EII.EEN jHt"Ra:S, J.\
At last! after months of intense waiting
I was to go skiing. One of my desires had
always been 10 don the wooden runners
and speed lightly across the snow like a
tleetinj.! shadow. ?\'alUrally, then, it was with
Weal excitement that I awoke onc crisp
December morning: two years ago. Oh! r
thought, as I swallowed my hot coffee, today
I am to rise and swoop down from hill
10 hill. But what a difference exists between
dreams and reality! It nc\"er entered my
head that it might lake lime to learn to ski.
The hill began at the back of my friend's
home. It was long and steep, and it ended
on :\Iain StreeL I be$::31l slowly: theil
quickened my pace. \\"here were these supposed
diflicuhies of skiin~? Pooh! There
was nothin/o: to it! J fairly raced into the
road, then turned to watch the boys come.
Turned is not the exact word, for, in truth,
I turned my head but I had not learned to
turn my skis. I slipped but r didn't fall.
Btll OH! how did one stop skis? Far below
me lay the street with specks of people
ffoinff ffaily about their business. It was
almost irn-isible for the trees which lined
the Ilarrow road.
Faster and faster I went. 1 could not
stop myself now, but now I wished I could
fall. That was the only way I knew of ending
the race, but fall T could not! On and
on I rushed and the wind whistled in my
ears, tearinff my proud cap from my head
and blowing my hair about as a storm
blows long- g-rass. The st reet loomed up before
me. Whether or not cars were near T
did not know, but all my past sins paraded
before my eyes. I~uckily there were no
cars, for without a second's hesitation I
crashed across the street and into a woman,
and [ was showered with parcels, bundles,
strings, and Christmas seals.
As I had not fallen even then, [ discreelly
withdrew a few feet and mutlered with
what breath I had left. "I ... T beg your
p

JARVIS COLLEGIATE 101
He Skis
KEN COUI:rER, 5B
l"lltil two years ago, skis and skiing were
just the thin~s my brother ra\"ed about.
Then he was ~i\'en a new llair of skis. and
accordill,l( to an old family custom, I inherited
the old pair.
r had Httle opportunity to try oul my
skis until IwO years ago last Xe\\' Year's
day. I strapped them on wilh a professional
air which was somewhat spoiled when T
lost onc of them in the deep 5no\,\·. Howe\"er,
after repeated gropings I found it.
I then stepped out gaily, only remembering
100 late that my feet were now longer by
some Ii\'e feet. The skis crossed, my feet
slOpped and my body kept on going. The
result was mortifying. It is well known that
you should not eat snow when you are hot,
but I didn't let that SlOp me. T managed
to ,{fet ulllan,l!:led linally, and feh my way
c'lrefully to the top of the first hill. This
hill was neither steep nor long. but there
were a few bushes at the bottom which
could be easily avoided by a slight turn.
'rith a ,gentle push I started off on this,
my maiden voyag:e. It was easy, it was
thrilling, it was disastrous! To my dismay
I realized, once again too late, that you
c.mnot turn skis as you (10 a bicycle. 1l is
amazin/; how leafless branches can sting
a col(1 face! But undaunted and wiser in
many ways, I once more essayed a run
on another hill this time and without
bushes at the bottom. This was much
easier, nothing to worry about except keeping
right side up. It was too good to last.
A black bullet in the form of another skier
was approaching mc. [ quickly calculated
that our lines of action were at right angles.
l:sing much the same method for measuring
the angle of depression as the aeronaut in
the trij!onometry text, J found that the
angle formed by the line of force along
which I was acting. and a line joining mY4
self lO the other enthusiast, was forty-five
degrees. Howe\'er, because 1 was not the
enlightened youth I am loday, these forces
were resolved before I was ready and I saw
a quick review of the universe.
Stilt undaunted, I tried again as soon as
I was able, last Xew Year's. This time my
skis were my own, but that didn't seem
to make much difference. The seat of my
pants appeared la be of as much use as
the skis. .\Iy pants wcre certainly used
more.
A
NIGHTMARE
A. ~IAcOONAI.J), se
travelled in my dreams one night
To Trigonometry,
Where I was trying hard 10 fmd
The log of sine of C.
I wandered through the tableland
To logarithm's shore,
:\nd boldly walked to sine C's house
And knocked upon the door.
His mother sine of (A+B)
Was squaring roots of three,
For she was \'ery anxious
To make a quilt, you see.
She could llOl tell me whether
Should go upstairs or down,
Because l had to find the mean
Before the sine I found.
I thought and thought of which la do
To get the rightful sine,
And then 1 hurried down the stairs
To see he was JUSl nine.
r walked right back to answerland
And looked up sine of e.
And gosh, despite my carefulness
Inslead of nine, 'twas three.

102 THE MAGNET. 1940
WI/;ler-"Di

JARVIS
COLLEGIATE
105
BOYS' SPORTS
Prologue
When you play, play hard and fair
With spirit true and strong;
For JARVIS fans will all be there
To cheer their team along.
The enthusiasm of the student body and
of the players themselves shows the true
Jarvis spi ri t. After a Iull in sports a few
years back, we can truthfully say that we
are functioning as never before.
Jarvis supporters have again shown their
unexcelled spirit over any other school. The
rugby squads were cheered by a larger
number of voices this year. Probably an
ill-drawn schedule prevented us from getting
a record crowd at the hockey games.
Attendance indicates that basketball is a
popular sport. Incidentally, interform playoffs
attract very good crowds.
There seems to be a yearly increase of
boys turning out for our sports activities.
This is a very good sign for the future.
Our rugby squads are taking shape and
starting to show results. The hockey teams
are still chief contenders for the title. Track
shows very good promise. In addition, we
now have two basketball teams to fight for
.Iarvis and for you to cheer.
~ow, a word of thanks to the men that
make these sports possible. Mr. Hill is responsible
for all our sports directly or indirectly.
He turns out a smart hockey team
each year, besides aiding unceasingly in
our interform sports activities. Mr. Wright,
an enthusiastic and hard-working coach,
has turned out a splendid Bantam rugby
team as well as coaching the first basketball
teams that Jarvis has had for four years.
The energetic and able .!VIr. Gerald Allen
coached the Junior rugby squad and our
starry Junior hockey team. Mr. Webb
Bowman, our rugby wizard, has again turned
a bunch of green-horns into a hardfighting
senior team.
Interform sports are the chief activity of
the school as a whole. Every possible sport
is played-rugby, basketball, floor-hockey,
ice-hockey, volleyball, track, swimming,
and baseball. Mr. Cook organized the
teachers to supervise these sports. These
helpful teachers are Mr. Blatchford, Mr.
Brokenshire, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Staples, Mr.
Nelson, Mr. 1VIcKerracher, .:\1r. Muir, Mr.
Sheppard,and Mr. Ferguson. We thank all
these teachers, for without them our afterschool
sports would not have been possible.
A few ·energetic boys draw the schedules
and referee the different games. A word or
two will be said about these boys later.
Thanks to Mr. A. E. AlIin, our thoughtful
and untiring principal, who has cooperated
whole heartedly with our sports
directors. Without his aid we would have
no sports.
"*
Senior Rugby
We had some hopes for a winning, hardfighting
team this year, but fate decreed
otherwise. Fate forgot to send us experienced
players and she also played a few
dirty tricks-like minor injuries that keep
a player out of the game for a week or two.
Our outstanding coach, Mr. Webb Bowman,
tried very hard to teach rugby to our
very green squad. The team as a whole
worked very hard but, fortunately for the
other teams, our key men always seemed
to be unable to play in the games.
Thus weakened, our Seniors lost to North
Toronto and Malvern. Fighting desperately,
but always hopefully, they were edged
out by Danforth Tech. 1-0. Incidentally,
our only kicker was injured before that
point was scored. Riverdale beat our
stalwarts in a "believe it or not" fashion by
14-0. Actually 12 points were scored after
time was officially over. After losing every
game our battle-scarred Seniors emerged
with two points to their credit-Eastern
Commerce didn't put a senior team in the
league.
Many of the senior lads were playing for
their first year. I'm sure everyone of them
learned a lot. Looking back to those games,
we can still remember Keary's long, high

106
kicks, and Goodrick running- Lack kicks.
\rhcncvcr a Jarvis player ploughed lhrou~h
the opposition you could ue SUfe it was
"Doe" Weir or Dan Ruffle as it was
Birman that p\llIC(1 (lown the bullet passes
from Captain Bob i\loore. Chris and
Arnold fought outstandingly well on our
hard-pressed line. Sutlon and Sinclair
han(lled the olltside positions well. Although
kept out of action by injuries, Ed. l\lat·
thews turned in speedy performances whenever
he could play. Raper and Coulter did
yeoman service, but so did lhey all-Finlay,
:\IcCrorY,!\[owat, l\lelville, Danas, Jacobs
and the rest, and wc honour them.
*
Junior Rugby
The Juniors seellled to be just about the
most promising agl!:rcgation of young" rugby
enthusiasts that this old school has evcr
seen, as nearly all of last year's Bantam
City Champions were on the team. They
started out extremely well, but in midseason
they fell into an inexplicable slump.
\Ir. Alien certainly made a noble effort
to create a winnill~ team out of spiritless
players, They showed their true stuff by
cleaning: up 011 !\"orth Toronto by 9-5.
Ag:ain they went back to Llster to whip
Malvern &-6. The slump began when Danforth
Tech. whitewashed our aces 14-0.
Then l~astcrn Commerce, not having won
a game all season, met our husky lads and
bf'at them in a story-book linish by a score
of 5-3, Finally our boys seemed to fnHI
themselves and were really unfortunate to
lose to the present champions, Riverda[e,
by 8-1. They found out what was wrong
too late,
Let me introduce the team to yOll.
They're a good bunch but simply got lhe
wrong: idea in the middle of the season.
Captain Joe Haffey was outstanding in
his tacklin.l.( alHI plunging. Ralph LaRue
and RuS.$ Upper really made the pigskin
sore both in passing and kicking. Sandy
Gall playe

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108
ed they could really play the flanking
positions. West, Masters, and Bob Russell
were forever smashing up the opposition's
plays. In fact all the boys were outstanding-the
Silcox brothers, Ken Wilkins,
PeU-ie, D'Arcy, Newman, et a1.
*
Bantams
Once again our Bantams turned in a
splendid performance. Under the skilled
guidance and untiring work of Mr. Wright
they almost came out on top. Things looked
bad at first when Malvern edged them
out by a score of 10-8. But that defeat
made them grimmer and they turned
around and trounced Northern Vocational,
Riverdale, and Danforth Tech. by scores of
11-6,7-0, and 11-7 respectively_ They were
then tied for the leadership of their group
and were ordered to play off with Central
Commerce of the v\Testern group. In the
first minutes of the game Central scored a
placement. Our boys, spurred on by their
losing position, battled Central's fine team
to the last whistle, but it was just one of
those days. The boys could only notch two
singles and lost 3-2.
The Bantams, one of the most powerful
squads to dress in the Jarvis red, will be
our future champions. There's Captain
Zurbrigg who kicked, passed, and ran the
ball back through every other team. Gordon
and Rousom took care of the snapping very
well. Stevenson and Currie threw many
beauti ful passes, with either Neil or Lotto
always ready to receive them. Weir and
v.e,
THE MAGNET, 1940
Dales, at middle, and TurnbuD and Simbrow,
two huge insides, were the backbone
of the line. Wilson, at middle, is a future
great in this position. Nevin, Fenton, and
Hendra played the outside positions well.
Brien, Kostachuck, and Far low were
always good on the back field.
Good luck to our Bantams!
*
Senior Hockey
The majority of last year's fast squad
had graduated and prospects looked black.
But Mr. Hill did a grand job with scanty
and green material. The first game was a
revelation, as the boys held the powerful
Northern '"ocational team to 2-2. They
faded against North Toronto and Malvern
to lose 4-0 and 6-2 respectively. The
Harbord game went to Harbord 3-2 in a
tussle that had everything. The team
wound up the season by losing 3-0 against
Lawrence Park. All credit to a team that
never stopped trying.
Masters and McCracken guarded the
twine; Roy McCord, "Doc"- Weir and
"Tron Man" Johnson played well on defense;
Sutton, Gilbert, Sinclair, Donovan,
Farlow, 'Veitzlllan, Glover, and Keary were
the boys "up front".
*
Junior Hockey
Jarvis has really been proud of her
Junior teams in these last years. This year's
Junior team has kept up that high
standard. I can truthfully say that our
Jarvis "youngsters" played three-quarter"
of their games on the other teams' blue
line.
Most of the squad was made up of last
year's Junior players. Good as they may
be, :'1r. Gerald ADen deserves a lot of
credit. He worked like a Trojan to organize
and manage the team.
The Tuniors started the season rather
poorly i;l losing to Northern 3-1. They defeated
North Toronto 1-0. Then along
came Malvern to catch our boys asleep
and tie them 2-2. Things looked a little
bad just then, but the boys put the reel

JARVIS COLLEGIATE 109
SEXlon HOCKEY
Hack Itnw-J\lorfiH. Wei\zmall. Patlow, JOhllSOIl. Weir, Ke"r".
Front Hnw_i\lcCraehel1. I)onovan. SikHs, Gilbert, McCord. S;ltlOIl. illalStl'rs. Mr. Hill
(Cuach).
JU:\"Ion HOCKEY
Hack How-:l1orfitt (i\lana,l!l'r), Gall. Upller. Russel. Wade. lIalTt'r. ZurbriJ.:"!:".
Front Ho"'-Bce. D)'er. Ilawes. JdTries. Cra"furd. "'..ir, Mr. ,\llel1 (Cuach), Wilkins.
J UN Ion HASI' ETBA 1.1.
Hack Ilo,,'-I)('I Grande. Campbell. Silcox. Col(', Simbro"', (:ibsun. l. ill ark.
Front Itu,,-.\Ir. Wti,l:'ht (Coach). Bill Sikox. 1~lackstol1e. Lee. O'lIal1oran. Johnstolw.
A. Mark. -
SEXlOn BASK ,,::rn,\ LL
Back Ho ....--

110
lil!ht on six times against Haroord 10 win
6-0. They were then in a three-place tie
for first 1)lace with ;\orth Toronto and
::\Iah'crn. The Juniors played both these
teams, winninl! one I!ame and getting a
draw in the olher. ::\lakern did likewise.
}arvis and ;'IJalvern tossed and we lost. We
had 10 play J-1umbt>rside, the first place
team of the western group. Tn a torrid
,l.!ame at Ravina the redmen losl 2-1, and
;;0 ("nded hockey for this year.
Lloyd Zurbriglt starred at goal throug-h­
Qui the season. That lad is ~oin!! places.
Captain joe Haffey headed a wand group
of defense stars.
His companions on the
blue line wefe Bill Wade and Ken Wilkins.
Russ l'pper. Cord Bee, Frilzie Oyer. Sandy
Gall. Crawford, Currie, Bob Jerreries-th~
front-line men to whom go OUT thanks and
admiration.
*
Bantam Hockey
l\cil or~anil.ed this tcarn who practised
in the shivery early mornin~ hours around
dayli)lhl. Only exhibition ~ames were indulged
in. but the boys showed enough to
justify hi~h hopes for future Jarvis senior
learns.
*
Basketball
The red jerseys of a JaTvis basketball
team have been seen on Toronto's courts
after a four-yc,H absence. The Boys' Club
backed the teams, which lVefe ably coacher!
by the e"cr helpful )lr. Wrig"ht. With the
busy intcrform schedule tying up the gym
after school, all practices were held in the
morning. It was a tribute 10 J'olr. Wright
and the boys that they lurne

JARVIS COLLEGIATE 111
Track
speedy Ginsler just nosed long Martin,
called Britain, out of second place.
Track means work. Yes! lots of hard
work. The track team practise faithfully
all year round and their efforts are rewarded
by the excellent results they obtain.
Eventually, I hope we may have an outstanding
track team so that it may become
a major sport of our school as are rugby
and basketball. Mr. Dyce has kept the
sport alive here and we appreciate his help
tremendously. The Boys' Club has been
aiding the team very well financially. Track
equipment is now in first-class condition.
Last summer, in the annual intercollegiate
city meet at the Exhibition, Jarvis
placed third. George Daniels was the outstanding
runner of the meet. He won both
the hop, step and jump and the 440, and
placed second in the lOO-yard dash. Ed.
Matthews won the broad jump and placed
second in the 100 yards. Both these boys
won the opportunity of going to Lake
Couchiching for two weeks' special training
in the summer.
The line-up for this year's meet looks
very promising. Before the final meet we
hope to have several races with other
schools, as we had on .March 8, 1939, with
Northern. Ed. :Matthews is back at school
this year to push our track team along.
With boys like Ed. Jardine, Ginsler, and
Shackleton on the team we expect to see
some excellen t results. Our annual crosscountry
run was won by that smooth, easy
runner, Shackleton. The small, short but
*
Badminton
Through the kind co-operation of our
principal and Mr. Oldfield badminton is
now widely played. The auditorium is
marked off for badminton and is used every
night of the week for that purpose.
Our badminton team have brought more
honours to Jat'vis this year than ever before.
Pete Johnson featured in three of our
wins in the Toronto and District meet. He
won the men's singles and with Chandler
was victorious in the men's doubles. Fete
and his partner, Audrey Upton, won the
mixed doubles.
*
Ski Club
This is a rather exclusive club for the
fortunate boys who have skis and are able
to attend meets.
The intercollegiate meet was held at
Caledon this year. In the downhill we had
Breithaupt, Fete and Bill Burgess, and
Dave Gordon. In the slalom, Breithaupt,
Bob Moore, Bill Burgess and Dave Gordon
turned in good efforts. Dave Gordon was
our only entry for the cross-country.
Here's hoping that in the near future the
girls and boys of Jarvis will combine to
give us an outstanding club.
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Thc~ ,ICllvltles are designerl to afford
athletic opportunities to every boy in tile
school. .\bility is not a primary rtoluisile
for p"1Iion. Here the stress is on
enthusiasm. That the inlerform games ha'"c
the whole-heartcd support of the school is
e\'idenced by Ihe numbers crowding pool,
gym. and track whene\'er these are available.
TOUCH
RUGBY
The ~ames were played on the Ri\'crdale
l1ats. Sandy ~lcKillop. Switl.er, and Colc
were in char~e of organizing and runnirg
thc ~al1lf'S. The Lower School Championship
wellt 10 2E. who beat IC in the final
by I-D. The Cpper School Championship
was won by 3F. who conquered 4E, the
runners-up, by a score of 10-0.
BASKETBALL
Basketball is cert;linly onc of the school's
most popular ~ames. The lea~ue was composed
or about twenty teams divided into
tOpper and Lower School groups. The latter
group was won by 2D in a classic twogame
series with 2E. Ropcr, Simbrow, and
Rel1er starred for the winners. while Sutton.
Yewlllan. an(1 Catherine were lE's
best. The Upper School crown went to 50
after ,I rousin,l! struggle with SC. Campbell,
Finlav. and Chriswff scintillated on 50's
lVinnin,J.: combination and laurel wreaths go
tQ ~[cCord. Parker, and Goodrick for their
efforts 011 5C's behalf.
Interform Sports
FLOOR HOCKEY
Emie Uirrnann and Ken Coulter drew up
the schedule for this sport. In a three-Kame
series for the championship, 58 f'dgcd oul
se to the cheers of 11 bis.: crowd. and 2E
added a .second championshil) by triumphin~
o'"er lB.
The hockey cushion back of the school
has been a busy place all winter. Jack
Fadow was in char,e:c and did a swell job.
But the most remarkable thinf,: about Ihi;;
sport was that L\ won the school championship.
Cheers for th{'se hard-workinJ;
gamesters and all the best in their future
endea\"ours.
SWIMMING
Charlie Rimrner rates credit for the
smoolhness of the swimminfl: schedule. _\1
the moment of writin~ the championshill
has not been settled.
The Lower School
will be WOIl by either 1.\ or 21), while 5e
and 4£ are the Cllper School finaliSIS.
VOLLEYBALL
The schedule in this sport has just got
well underway. so no report can be included.
Sandy Gall is responsiule for the al"­
ran~ements.
ICE
MAT WORK and
TRACK
The (Ie\"elopment of a Illat team is a
possibility for the future, as a horde of
enthusiastic tumblers turn Ollt for each
practice, and the interform track activities
are gaining grolllHJ.
SWIMMING
HOCKEY
TEAM
Though the swimming- team has not had
much competitive activity this year, they
have becn practising- faithful1y and are
probably just saving lip for the Hart House
finals. Jarvis has had a good general team
the last few years with few outstanding
stars. There arc good signs for lhe future,
too. with a good crop of hard-working
Juniors and Intermediatcs coming up. \re
think Alex CampOeIl and Dixon Goodrick
should be complimenled here as tireless
organizers. ~Ir. Bowman coaches and arranges
meets for our boys. \re're looking
forward to some good results this year.
Where lhe going is toughesl, Jarvis will be
there fighting hardest.

Inter·Form Champions
:iU-HASI\ ETnA LL
Bad. H'm_(;,mpbell. Fillla~' T.';chrnall.
Fronl B"w_.\I('ldlle. ChriSlorr. 1)1'1 (;rantl",
Farlo...,
1C-1l0CKEY
Batk How_Stepl1('n. Wilson. Gardincr.
Fron~ Uo.. _Chllndler. Lace~. -'lcCo~·.
2E-f'1.00n 1I0CKEY
Hack H"w-Cah'frle~. f'ldcher. Fair. Ye,,­
man, Calhedne.
Fronl /(O"-I'u,,;I1., Flt'ischcr. ElicIT. Purd".
11\-ICE
1I0CKEr
Ilack H"w-Hutchart. I.liuks.
Fnmt Il"w-Crllickshank. Fcwcell. IJd.a­
1ll1l1t'r. Oidiiu""Il. Call1lloell.
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114
THE MAGNET, 1940
Dixol1 Goodrirk-Jarvis jitterbug. He is
an able full-back on the rugby team, best
clown diver in town, and our speediest
breast - stroker. Goody even played
basketball for the Senior team.
Douglas Finlay-Shows a great future in
rugby as a passeI' and ball-carrier. He is
the flashiest basketball player we have.
SD cherish him as an interform player.
P.S. He's also in love.
"Soup" CampbeU-The gym fiend. Unable
to play in intercollegiate games, he aided
the other boys as much as possible.
He has as many P.T.'s as Mr. Bowman.
Is president of the Boys' Club, and an
orator of no mean ability.
Joe HaiJcy-His power was shown on our
Junior rugby squad, whose captain he
was. His defense position on the hockey
team made our blue line an impassable
object to all and sundry. He is also a
starry tennis and badminton player.
Ro)' M cCO1'd-Classed as the best athlete
in the school. He plays rugby, basketball,
hockey, baseball, and everything
else worth playing. He is the driving
power of our Senior rugby team and as
a swimmer is tops. Roy is also the
treasurer of the Boys' Club.
Ralph Shilton-The all-roundman. A faithful
rugby player who always gave all he
had. Ralph took over the organization of
badminton this year in the school. He
played a good game of basketball and
participated in all the house leagues.
Hall of Fame
El'11ic Bir111an-The SB playboy. He played
an outstanding game of rugby-was
forever making yards-organized and
ran floor-hockey and played a bouncing
good game of it with his form.
Jark Fm'low-One of the hardest workers
in the school who played a good game of
rugby, was a star on the Senior hockey
team and has few equals as an organizer
and participant in interform sports.
Pete Johnston-A quiet unassuming fellow
"Ve never knew Pete as a starry athlete,
but when the badminton tourney was
over Pete emerged as the "Men's Singles
Champion. Audrey Upton and Pete won
the Mixed Doubles Championship-Pete
and Lloyd Chandler won the Men's
Doubles Championship. Orchids to Pete,
as this is the first time these Toronto
championships have come to Jarvis.
Weir-Commonly called "Doe". He was
our ace backfielder in rugby, played remarkably
well at defence in hockey, and
is usually cheerfully willing to take on
any chore.
Space prevents me giving a deserving
word for all the boys. I leave it to future
editors to give due credit to such lads as
Zurbrigg, Wade, Upper, Gall, and all the
others who still have future years at Jarvis.
•
Editor's LVote
John Del Grande, the hard-working
chronicler of this section, has modestly
left himself out of the "Hall of Fame".
Johnny's contribution to Jarvis sports has
been so considerable that we cannot do
justice in any limited space to it. The
elusive Johnny was a standout on the backfield
0 f Jarvis' Junior rugby squad, he
captained and ably led the Junior basketball
squad, he is a tireless leader in all the
most worth-while activities around the
school. Thanks Johnny-for everything.

JARVIS
COLLEGIATE
GIRLS' SPORTS
115
GmLS' ,\THLETIC COUNCIL
Back Bow-Eln'm llricker, "olleyo,dl; Marr Sarjeant. ping·pong; Marg. BcnneU.
archery; 1\1 >I rl('. Yorick. baseball.
Front How-lIudrer UlltOI1, badmintun; l\[ari"n Staples. ,,;wimming; ~'orma King.
basketball.
Ahs('lIl.-Hl'I,m Head. tennis.
The school ~piritthis year is affecting all
the girls in Jarvis ,111(1 lhey arc pllttinl!; all
their energy ami enthusiasm in sports.
More girls are taking pan in after~school
activities than ever hefore, 'IlHl each form
has at least one team in the interform
tournaments. The fifth formers have turned
out (lnd nobly hclpe(l the sport le(l(!ers
referee the I!ames.
Some of 01lT girls flew the Jarvis colours
at interschool tournaments and I!ame;;. and
they all played like true Jarvisites.
The Athletic Councl[ deserve our hest
bouquets for e:"cellent organization and
IeMlership.
:\Iiss Stinson tame back to us this year
after taking a course at Columbia Uni­
\'crsity, and she is giving liS (In altogether
different cOlITse in gymnastics and dancing.
She is working for perfect llluscle coordination
in every girl. The girls are find·
ill!; this course very fascinating and new.
\re are looking forward to a Demonstration
onJ\lay the 3rd, and already wc
are working strenuously in c:"tra classes of
tumbling am! gymnastics, and we are
practising the art of salesmanship.
~V
OLLEYB.\LL held the attention
of the sport fans in
,\'ovel11ber. The games were
played off in two tournaments
on Thursday nights
I~
after school. Both schedules
ran off sllloo1hly, thanks to Elvera Bricker.
J11 L' pper School SA won after a hard
strllgl!le and in Lower School lC came out
victorious. fn the final championship game,
even though the scconds lacked e:"perience
they had all the lifths alarmed and on their
toes. The game was very close all(! a great
many spectators cheered and booed from
thc si(!elilles. But SA won the gallle with
a score of 13-9. Yea SA! In Upper School,
a few of the l!ir15 who know the ups and
downs of volleyball arc Betty l'\icklin,
!\onna King all(1 ~\rargaret '1'orick; in
Lower School ~\lay Gears, J\[ary I-:olodnick
a11([ Anne Shilton can follow a volleyball
pretty well.
58 challenged the school champs, who
i)lush to S

116
~ l
Jar\'is
T ":.\:'-1 of archers from
compeled in a meet
at .\rmOUf Heif.:hts for '1'0­
TonlO Secondary Schools in
:'\ovember. Each ~irl shot
twenty - fouT arrows from
distances of forty. thiny and twenly yards.
The Jar\'is Jl:irls lacked experience in outdoor
shootin~ and did not come Qui on top:
hut they all did their best. and what mOTe
Gin we ('xlX'(:t. ~Iar~arel (;ould. lsabel
Hallon and BellY Xicklin seem 10 be tryin~
to put CUI>id OUI of business.
Back ill jar\'is. archery is a \"('ry popular
"pOri amnnf!: lhe fourths and fifths. Ewry
Tuesday :tooul forty ardent Robin Hood
follower!' perfect their style and aim. Th~
holes in the t

118
?llixed badminton is ~atherinj:{ a large
number of satellites who play on Fridays.
Ralph Shiltoll is in charg-e and has made a
beautiful job of organizing the games. Each
couple has at least two games a night. Some
of the outstanding COUI}les are Pete ]ohn­
.son ami Audrey L'pton. who won the mixed
doubles at the interschool tournament,
Helen Read and L10yd Chandler. and Joy
\rinlers and Ralph Shilton.
~Iay we (llIole: '"The early couple gets
the court", If you w;1ll1 (0 play firs!, don't
get a detention.
warm days of Spring:
bring out the tennis players
and once more the long-suf-
HE
~Ir
• '- ferillg truck drivers han"
~ competition for the possession
of the jaT\,js tennis
eotlns.
The doubles' tournament was played in
the Fall and the official singles' tourney
will bcj!in after East('r. Joy Winters and
Audrey upton won the doubles. but
.\Iarjorie Smith and Ruth L'pshall j!ave
them a ~ood stiff li;.:hl. As for our leader,
Helen Read knows the j!ame well, and she
is willin.lt: to leach all newcomers and those
ambitionles." fence-sillers who perch and
walch.
i\larjorie Smith. our third form star, h,l~
flowered Ollt into a beautiful player, and
wc're expeclinJ.,: great lhin~s from her.
JIB
ASKI':TBALL easily ranks
first amonJ..: Jarvis g:irl. 011
'\[arch 7th .\liss 5li11son took
1.-=J1 Ill' Ihe 111'0 fifth form leams
rw to Branksollle Hall 10 play
their two teams. \Ye weTo,;
literally and fig"uratively whitewashed.
Branksome girls certainly have some pretty
THE MAGNET. 1940
team-work. They are playin~ a return
j!ame al Jarvi-" on .\Iarch 14. Play hard,
]arvisites!
Back at ]an,is Ihe lournament is still
!!oin,!! stron~. :'\orma "inl:: has arrang:e

JARVIS
COLLEGIATE
119
Naomi Trudeau and Elsie Leaworthy are
some of our Lower School minnows, and in
Upper School, Alice :Ylarshall, Clara Ratton
and l\Iay l\IcKinney rank among fastest
whales.
draws the more
ardent table-tennis fans on
Tuesdays and Thursdays
~1l:'.1 JIPING-PO~G
after school to the lunch-
~ room. The Upper Schoolers
sent in a petition begging that
ping-pong be abolished during noon hour,
and now we notice that more girls are eating
at school. Is it possible that a few balls
flying around could have frightened them?
On Tuesdays the Lower School girls and
on Thursdays the Upper School girls slam
the balls around between badminton games.
Mary Sarjeant, who is in charge of all
ping-pongers, is arranging a tournament to
be run off very soon. Watch your bulletin
boards, you table-tennis enthusiasts, for
further details, and also watch Norma
Brisden, Clara Hatton and Jean Ross, some
real ping-pongers. But all the girls who
play table-tennis here are rapidly becoming
expert.
]IBA T S and balls will be
brought out very soon and
baseball will be again in the
~ 11 spotlight. The tournaments
~"\. are scheduled to start after
'. Easter. ~i[arg. Yorick, who is
running the show, expects all the forms to
enter at least one team in the battle. We
know that neither she will be disappointed
nor will we be disappointed in her
schedule.
The home runs will be frequent this year,
thanks to such all-stars as Roberta Mac­
Donald, Norma King and Sylvia Levitt.
GYM BOUQUETS
Orchids to Audrey Upton and her pals
who played some super games at the interschool
badminton tournament.
'Ye send our regrets to Riverdale, who
lost an all-star athlete and a good sport,
but we congratulate ourselves for having
gained Betty Benning.
We present corsages of gardenias to
Dorothy Hewetson, Elvera Bricker, Ruth
Janney and Gay Armour for superlative
dancing in the fifth form dancing class. We
can't describe Marion Staples' jitterbugging.
Extra special orchids to Miss Stinson,
who is putting a lot of time and energy into
training the girls for the Demonstration.
Jean Ross and Mary Mazaris 'boast that
they are the fastest forwards on the basketball
floor this year. We can believe it. We
had to guard them once.
The Lower School has given us Naomi
Trudeau, Bernice Jardine, Pamela Davidson,
Lillian Gibson, Ruth Holmes and
Juanita Wolward, who will bear watching
in a few years.
Daffodils to all the girls who played
in the Branksome - Jarvis games. They
played well! A car-load of roses to Branksome
for a super-swell tea after the games.
The girls entertained us royally.
A carnation to every Jarvis girl for her
neat uniform and shoes!
MARGARET BENNETT
So far no mention has been made of
Marg. She is an outstanding athlete in
practically all sports. She is chairman of
the Athletic Council, and leader of archery.
She played on the SA team in volleyball,
and was one of the girls who represented
Jarvis at the Interschool Badminton
Tournaments. She is a good guard and a
good forward in basketball games. Most of
all, she is a good sport.

120 THE MAG ET. 1940

JARVIS COLLEGIATE 121
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is "Sadie
Hawkins
Day" for the young
chap who wears an
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The 1\ ,---11 ..hap!;'d ..hrmldt'r,.;, ,the full chest, .. the snug
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JARVlS
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(Contilllled from page 127.)
... dimly he heard applause, admiring remarks
... far below he saw Niccolo's face
glowing with surprise and delight and
something else . . . almost pride . . . now
perhaps Niccolo would not mind about the
horse, he thought vaguely ... and suddenly
it burst on him what had happened:
he had the prize, no matter how ... His
mind wandered for a moment on the subject
of his unknown benefactor, then, as
again a cheer rose, he turned and smiled
and bowed to the people ... it was his
triumph .... he looked at his picture
how could he have ever painted that) ...
He felt the sway and excitement of the
crowd, the laughter and congratulations of
his friends ... far away in the distance he
saw the green hills dark behind the gaily
dressed peasants ....
The only thing he failed to notice was
two men who quietly walked away, one
hurrying -the other who had stopped to look
back at :'1ichele being borne away by his
companions.
"Look," he said, "his first success
He will go far if he keeps to iL" He
sighed. "I remember ...."
"\Ve are late," said the other, touching
his sleeve, "come, Leonardo."
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who would qualify for leadership must be well
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or in public life is a Bachelor's degree.
"Then the present hostilities cease thousand..
of trained men will he required for reCOnstruction
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The leader in any group, the man who would
serve his country efficien.tly must be a trained
student. tr.ained to observe. to read and to
think. A college or university offers this training
in the quickest way and at the smallest
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The University of We:stern Ontario was
established in 1878. is a first grade insti'tution
devoted to highe,' education. Average enrolment
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:\'0 Ernie, the l\Iannerheim Line isn't a
navigation company.
* * *
lvII'. Dyce-"Where did you get those
physics notes, m'lad?"
ll1cKague-"Inheritance."
* * *
Then there was the engraver who had
the seven years' etch.

126
(CON/;Nurd from JlGI' .'4.)
That night we a~ain met some friends by
singing "Clementine" on the steps of a
cafe; a whole group J!athcred, consislin~
mostly of Americans. with a few Danish
students mixed in who could speak a litlIe
Enl{lish and were Oul lookin,!!: for fun.
,re had a riotous evcnin,l!:. and it was very
late when we finally J.:ot back to the hotel.
From there OUT jourrwy took us to Salzburg,
where mountains 'Illd music combine
in a nc\"cr-lO-be-fofJ.:0ttcn charm. Die
\ricllcr Philharmoniker Orchestra gave us
the lovelY mllSic of Beethoven and Brahms
with such artistry Ihat we weTe cnchantc(l.
Salzburg and Illusic and maybe the mountains
and the clean fresh Tyrolean air do
strange thin,l!:s ('\'en to mundane Canadians.
After a ni,2:hl in the mountains of SQmmerin~
we were on our way to \'ienna.
Strauss waltzes. mool1li~ht on the blue
Danube. snatches of SOIl~ in the open-air
cafes of the Rin"strasse. lau~hter in the
Prater - did \"ienna still mean all these
thin~s? Franz Joseph was ~one from
Schoen Brunn: had the old \'ienna gone
with him? We wanted the comic-opera
rienna, but would we fllld it?
First of all we found that there is no
place called \"ienna" Its nati,"es call it
",,"ien;' but I am sure I will always think
of it as \"ienna. It is still a place compounded
of dreams and I;H1Ahter and waltzes,
\"ienna danced and laughed in spite
of tragedy and heart-break, in spite of
IXl"('Tly and death and the co11allse of the
g-reat Austrian empire. There is something
in the hearts and $01115 of these
Viennese, s011lethin~ that war ;111(1 tragedy
and the heavy boots of Hitler's marchin~
columns GUHlot kill. Vienna laughs and
dances, and presently those IXluter pigeons,
who are Hitler's officers, forget the harsh
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discipline of Potsdal1l's parade ~rounds.
and swin~ into a \"iennese waltz. A \'iclIncSt'
waltz. I may add· is practically a
continuous pivot so Ion,!? as thc mllSic lasts.
Try it some time!
They ~ly the English are reservcd,
~Iaybc they are. but riellna's ench;llltment
makes them forget Ihat. :\t least a man
is not especially rescn'ed who will tear
around to four or ti\'e cafes in a ni,l.:hl. sit
on the steps of a ~t;lIue to a famous general
and talk rot for half an hOIlT. christen
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street to escapc lhe omnipresent German
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(Con/.inued from Page 35.)
something round and small. But he never
saw it! The lights danced before him, the
shadows closed in, closed the already overtired
eyes, and something greater silenced
the overburdened heart.
H was Jerelle, one of the Moth family,
who had discovered the fairy crown, and
the fairies, with the aid of the earthborn's
God, had recovered it; for the small round
thing in the old man's quilt was the fairy
crown, tied to the under-wing feather of a
grey goose.
So, once again the fairest queen of all
wore her golden crown. Once again the
fairies danced with the ll1oonflowers, and
once again a certain little banished fay was
happy, home in Fairyland.
How did I learn all this? ,Vell, you see,
Penny was my cousin and I knew her very
well. But she was not like me! I was earthborn
and T laughed and romped, while she
lay with her 'wide brown stare', and watched
me. She never laughed. She lay on her
back to hide the poor soiled wings, and
cried all the time, until one clay the fairies
came and took her away.
Everything in-
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Books, Stationery, Greeting Cards,
Lending Library
Magazines and Newspapers
from all over the World.
ROHERS
BOOK SHOP
15 Rloor St. West
GUILD
Eye Glass DisjJensers
88 Rloor W.
Special Rates to Students.
Dominion
SPECIALIZE!
RA. 3534
Your high school education has given you
a splendid foundation upon which to build a
successful business career. But specialization
is necessary.
A thorough Stenog"raphic. Accounting or
Secretarial course at the uDominion" will
enable you to get and hold a g'ood position.
Phone ME. 1:321 for fr.ee catalog·ue.
Business College
LIMITED
525 BLOOR ST. WEST
GEO. REID
BARBER and HAIRDRESSER
Propriet.or of
REIO'S BARBER SHOP
WHERE
HAIRCUTTING IS AN ART
Your satisfaction is our ambition and
your patl'onage will be appreciated
417 Bloor St. E. MI. 0053
At Sherbourne St.
m~e
Collegiate Printing a Specialty
1Jmpertal 'ress
Business and Society Printing
JOHN T. SHILTON, Manager Phone: ELgin 9757
202 DALHOUSIE STREET, TORONTO 2

128
THE MAGNET. 1940
Wellesley Variety
Shoppe
P. $HNIFFER, Prop.
Anything you nettl in
SCHOOL SUPPLiES
Wr H;l\'r h.
The JAMES TEXTS
We have on hand all their t: ...amination
Reprints. Model ans"'enJ to examination
papeNl. T."anslation and
KC)'lI for Latin, French and Gel"m:tn,
Outlines of lIislol'Y.
Science Outline!! arl(] lIelll~.
Teachers' ;\Ild Students' Notes HIlIl
Helps on the J}rcscl"jhcd
Uteratul'l~ for ]!)40.
224 WclJesJey St. Toronto
0634-Mldway-9657
RA. 2303
WinC)na f1C)wen
413 BLOOR ST. EAST
At Shcl'boul'lle
11'1': SI':X/) "'/.OII'1':R.') .1.\Tll'lfl':/a: !.V
TlIl~
II'OHU>
WadI' "Is there :111\' :pert guidance as to )'ou\'
ehoice or a career. ~o obligation,
12 SCHOOLS IK TORO~TO
SDAW
BUSINESS
SCHOOLS
DAY - NIGHT and
HOME STUDY COURSES

JARVIS COLLEGIATE 129
Are You Looki'lIg - - -
FOR HEALTH AND FUN
PLAY \VITH EQUIPMENT
bv
Jack Watson ~~~;I~g. 201 TC:,::~~ St.
(COlltinN,d J~o", ~r.' 03.)
cOll~h Ill). We tried countin~ his teeth. but
gal nipped. What could we do?
Generally sl>eaking. the questions were
handled very well, but a few should gel
rid of those overworked phrases like "Conrldcnlially
.. :' \rallace l.otlo is outstanding
in that he was the only one who mentioned
Ihat 'questionnaire' was spelled
wrOll1: on the circular. It should ha,-c had
I wo '·n's".
Dixon Goodrick J.:ets the brass ring for
the best questionnaire, but why did he tear
ofi the remarks? As one fish said to the
other l>efore the whale's mouth, "We won't
,go inlo that jusl now".
P.S. So many students put down their
telephone numbers Ihal it has been deemed
advisable to relea-sc Ihem at a nominal per
capita fee. Addilional information is at an
additional charge. See us now!
Compliments of the Lewis Drug Store
Canada Bread Co.
Limited
*
Manufacturers of
BUTTER-NUT BREAD
"Rich as BUfler - SWI'I'l as ;] Nut"
200 Wellesley Street
COt'.
B1CCkCl'
RA. 4333
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PRESCRIPTIONS
Toilflries - Cosmetics - Sundries
Film Developing and Printing
•
Tasty SJndwiches.
Pastries. Lunches
Hot or Cold BeverJ.ges
Ifi1livered Promptly
EAT AT OUR SANDWICH BAR

130 THE MAGNET, 1940
fjr-()wn~~
DISCOUNTS TO STUDENTS
Athletic ~quipment
Complete stock of Sports Equipment for every game at all times.
Cleveland and C.C.M. Bicycles.
BROWN'S SPORTS & CYCLE CO., LIMITED
Open Evenings. W A. 2337
343-345 Yonge St., Toronto
MARSHALL'S DRUG
STORES
DISPENSING CHEMISTS
Serving Toronto for over Fifty Years.
310 Queen Street East
Branches:
532 Queen Street West
15 Manitou Rd., Centre Island
412 SummerhiIl Ave.
East of MacLennan Hill
Will Telegraph Orders for all parts of the
World on Short Notice.
FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS
FLORAL DESIGNS
OUR SPECIALTY
Artistically Arranged and
on Short Notice.
5-7 Yonge St. Arcade
13 BIoor St. W.
Delivered
EL. 5211
KI. 3374
Ntcturia Olullrgr
10 the
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Founded by Royal Charter in 1836 "for the general education of youth
in the various branches of Literature and Science on Christian Principles".
As one of the Federated Colleges in the Faculty of Arts of the
University of Toronto, Victoria College enrols students in all
courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor
of Commerce and preparatory to admission to the schools of
Graduate Studies. Divinity. Education. Law and Medicine.
In the i\nnesley Hall \Vomen's Residences and \Vymilvvood, accommodation
is available for women students of Victoria College. In
the Victoria CoJlege Residences accommodation is available for
men students in Arts. and for a limited number of men students
enrolled in other colleges and facl;lties.
For full information, including calendars and bulletins,
apply to the Registrar, Victoria College, Toronto.

JARVIS COLLEGIATE 131
For the best of
Health drink
Milk
For the best of
Milk drink
Gibb's
•
Gibb's Woodbine Dairy
162 BROADVIEW AVE.
GL. 1510
Compliments of
VIGNEUX BROS.
990 Bay St. Toronto, Ont.
AUTOMATIC PHONOGRAPH
We sell:
Used records 7 for $1.00
Dorais Stationery
Bleeker and WeIIesley Sts•
REGENT WOOLS
SILK STOCKINGS
COUTTS GREETING CARDS
and
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Come in and look around.
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EVERYTHING
IN
ATHLETIC SUPPLIES
GUNS
RUGBY
HOCKEY
FISHING
TACKLE
HARRY B. KENNEDY LIMITED
113 KING ST. WEST ~~Eflt'vJ~J~t~Yf'l
Where
CHARLIES
YEAST
DONUTS
are made.
Always say
"Charlies"

132 THE MAGNET, 1940
You can safely put "all your apples in one basket" when
it comes to Advertisers' service. Our skilled craftsmen are
motivated by one desire only-to satisfy the "teacher"
with fast and dependable service in ART-WORK, ENGRAV­
ING, PHOTOGRAPHY and STEREOTYPES.
Top quality at a fair price is our "Apple for the Teacher".
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Phone WAverley 4071

FREEMAN'S
FORMAL
CLOTHES
Toronto Typist
wms
W arid)s Fair
Title
Weller grad uate wins International
Title competing with typists from
all the United States and Canada.
Three Stores to Serve You
371 YongeSt.
256 College St.
59 Queen St. E. -
KI. 3270
KI. 0991
EL. 2027
HOOPER'S DRUG STORE
Bloor and Sherbourne Sts.
RAndolph 4165
8 Branches in Toronto
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HOOPER'S BABY POINT
PHARMACY
389 Jane St. JU. 0868
Prompt Delivery Service
The Welcome Tea Room
202 Wellesley Street
FULL COURSE DINNER
DELICIOUS
SANDWICHES
SODA FOUNTAIN SERVICE
MIdway 0142
We Deliver
At the New York World's Fair.
Charlie White, a student from
\Veller College. Toronto. competing
with typists from all parts of the
Continent. won an International
Championship for Speed and Ac·
curacy at record-breakin,l! speed
of 101 words per minute.
Again in open competition the supremacy
of our graduates is maintained.
Though YOU may not obtain championship
honours, a Weller College
diploma is an "open sesame" to a
lucrative position and is proof that
you are an expert.
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WELLER f;OLLEGE
Phone KI. 3171
25 Bloor St. W. Toronto

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