Jarvis Magnet - 1906 Volume 2 Number 2

THE
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subject, " Resol ved, that th e horse is a more useful anim al than th e cow. The
affirma tive was taken by Form I C, the speakers being: Form I C, Messrs. Brown,
Barry and J ohnston; Form ID, Messrs . Cosgrave, Elliott and Johnson. The
debat e was handled in good s ty le by the first year pupils, many splendid arguments
beillg g iven. Mr. Sh aw, as s pokesma n for th e judg es, declared in favor of th e
nega tivc. ,\ vo cal solo by Mis» Lugsdin, a piano so lo by Mi ss W intcrs , a readillg
by Mis s J enkins, and a vo cal solo by Mr. H . Sel f, a lso co nt rib uted to make up
a most inter esting a nd e njoyable program.
At the regular meeting o f th e S oc ie ty on F ebruary 9th , th e members listened to
a lectu re on "Political Economy," by Mr. J. Z . White, Although it was not to be
expected th a t a ll present would entirel y agree with Mr. Whites vie ws on th e subjcct,
it was nevertheless a trea t to listen to such an instru ctive a nd e nte rta ining
speaker. After th e lecture, a scene from " Babes in Toyland" was p resented by
~I i , s e s Ca rte r, Mart in, K ey es, Barry, Starr, Neilson , Bryans and Mills. At this
meeting , th e C hairma n o f th e Executive a nnou nced th e d ecisi on whi ch had been
reached regarding the membe rship fee- th at pupils of th e first fo rms s ho u ld recei
ve membership ca rds o n payment of th e s u m o f fiftce u cen ts. Mr. Robertson
hell spoke bri efly of the IH;;W appoint men ts to th e E xecutive from the lower schoo l,
and of the gl ea t interest which th e juniors were showing in th e societ y. H e s ta ted
that in previou s ycars the first fo rms had co n t ribu ted at th e most a half a dozen
members to the society, while m embership ha s, no twithstanding, a lways be en
' P ~11 to any pupil in the s chool. H e had found that t he o n ly reas on for this poor
' h,'wing" was t he fact th a t th e juniors seeme d to kn ow little 0 1- nothing a bo ut
t it societ v. Throu gh th e columns o f Tun i\LU;:l:ET, a nd by some personal work
111 the part o f th e vic e-president, th e juniors had been made familiar wi th th e
nature of the Literary and S cientific So ciety. The res ult was most as tonis hing :
ver twc-thirds o f t he number of pupils \n th e firs t lorms had ex presse d their
d~,i r ~ I n becom e membe rs . M r. R obertson '-ead t he names whi ch he had re ceived,
n.l f,lflllerly propos ed th em all fLH- membershi p. There we re twenty-three from
I rill I .\ , twenty- four from F Orl11 I 13, t went y-si x from Form I C , thirty-four
')' from Form I D-the e nt ire class-and twenty-three o f th e girls of I E, a
Lilli total of one hundred and thi rty firs t- fo rm er s, as co mpare d to a bo ut se ven
" year. .\ later report shows practically all th e fees to be in.
T h ~ Society ha s now a ltogethe r a larg-cr membership th an ever before in it s
torv, TH E M.\ G~ ET takes great pl easure in publishing- thi s re cord.
l)1l Feb ruary 16th a meeting' o f the Socie ty was held, with Mr. Lehmann in
chair. Th e members proposed a t th e last me eting were re ce ive d into the
·jety. after which Zvl r. Me. N augh t, th e Editor-in-Ch ief of TIlE MAGNET, brietly
d rc,, ~ d the meeting. The p rogram included a piano solo by Mis s Payn e, a
life ,,\I the .. Amoeba ' by Mr. S . .1. Hirubaurn , and a n interesting and instructuldress
on Iron by Mr. R. A. Sara. Mr. N . B. Pearson a lso delivered a
re, taking" as his subject, "The Possibiliti es of t he Transmission of Po we r
hout the LIse of 'Vires ," and performed some very interesting ex periments
n trating· th e wonders of wireless telegraphy. A vo cal sol o by Miss
I br" lIg'ht the program t o a close.