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For many years the Gleaner has been at once a source of amusement and terror to the students and staff of the C. C. I. It has created many imaginary romances, to the great embar- rassment of bashful youths and maidens and with its withering scorn has nipped in the bud other promising affairs of the heart among the more sophisticated students. With its laughter- provoking comments and tales of interesting happenings, it has
·for many decades entertained the meetings of the Literary So- ciety and has been awaited with keenest interest at every such entertainment.
With the passing of time, though the personnel of the edit- orial staff has changed each year, the general character of the Gleaner has remained the same. So, to show their appreciation of the splendid character of the work of former students, and to put before the public the efforts of the present talent in the school, the editors have prepared this edition of the Gleaner. By it they hope to bring a happy memory of former school days to ex-students and a laugh and an hour's good reading to all. ·
The New Collegiate
The year nineteen twenty-five has been one of exceptional interest to the town of Collingwood and particularly to the stu- dents of the Collegiate. Early in the spring the ruins of the old school were removed and work on the new one was begun.
On May the fifteenth, in the presence of a great number of citizens, and students of all the schools, the corner stone was laid l:y a distinguished principal of former years, the late Mr. William Williams. Throughout the summer and autumn the construction of the building went forward rapidly and, finally, on January the sixth tl>e scl>·f'ol '''as formally opened.
This is a splendid l:uilding of which the town is · justly proud. It occupies a very central posiF:m and. though it lacks the high tower which made the old building a land-mark visible for many miles, it is just as imposing in another style of archi- tecture.
In the interior every means of procuring perfect living con- Page Seventeen