1940 Magnet Yearbook

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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.
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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!.