1940 Magnet Yearbook

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.
There is a sprinkling of jitterbugs, but