Jarvis Magnet - 1905 Volume 1 Number 1

T HE ;\IAG:\'E T.
F OR lII l C.
The reporters of this form have sent in an extra ct fro m a new g ra mma r which
is just about to go to press. It is an exercise in ana lysis and parsing .
" A white man trav eling to St. Thom as, stopped at the ivy-mantled barracks,
to see if th e new rec ru it had left his g un ' D ' in its proper place. The clerk, a
manly fellow, with a few gray hairs , opened the do or. When he sa w that it was
his enemy he said, . 0 psh a IV,' and gave chase. H e put a she ll in his rifle to
lay the man low, but it was a m i s ~sh eJl and th e tragedy was averted."
FORM
In lIIemoriam- Geo. Mid ford the poet . "Gone but not for gotten. "
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Has anyone seen a cow wa ndering a ro und our cloak-room ?
Puzzle : Who hit W right in the neck wit h a snowball? A handsom e prize
will be given for the correct ans we r.
., Pete " \Vinnifrith is a coming gymuast (so is Urquhart , but he has farther
to come).
What is th e matter with havin g an inter-form basket -ball league in the spring
instead of football ? Basket-ball is the game now.
"Szi- Semper T)'rllIIIlI/S, " erysipe las; eri n-go-bragh, fud ge ! 1 always was
J.(ood at Latin .
F ORM IE .
Is there anyone in our form who h as not had an inv itation to one
of our teachers' 4 0'clock " reception s " ?
or ot her
Form I E hopes that it is not too late to w ish t he school a happy and prosperous
New year. Exams. come on at Easter and at midsummer. Let 's get
busy and be ready for t hem . T hat doesn 't mean that we are to give up skating
and tobogganing , but it do es mean that we sho uld cut out the lu xury of "after·
noon teas," and get onr mon ey 's worth out of onr " h ome work " books.
Mathemat ical :\Iast cr to sc ho la rc--" Why! such a clumsy method of handling'
surds-is-is-' .
Sclwlar-" Absurd, sir. "
Co nce rn ing college footba ll teams,
T oo oft it co mes to pass ,
The man who's half-back in the fi eld
s full-back in his class.-E.• .