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so c).ose with copsewood bound".... Where weeping and birch and willow
round
With their long fibres swept the sround."
O n t h e f a r sho~e i s t h e S i l v e r Strand. High on the left is Roderick Dhu's watch tower, an elevated table lz11c from which doubtless, a view for miles may he obtained. Further up the lake the boat passes Strath Gartney and in the distance on8 may .see Glen Artney and the birth place of Rob Roy.
The boat docks at Stronachlacher. On the wharf coaches, which are 51,-~ it; :1.t, least from the gpound and which one ascends by me~ns Of a l::~dder, await the trav•eller. The ve- hicles contain five seats upholstet- ed in yellowish plush resembles, and a.re drawn by four horses. The coach- m :m dressed in blue trousers long sc1:1.rlet frock coats and a beige hat with hi~h crown sits in the centre of the front seat.
Off along a narrow road the coach jolts. High rugged hills rise on eith- er side. Scattered over them are brownish patches which in August will be a mass of purple bloom for it is real heather. (the bell heather of July is not considered by the Scotch as the real heather). "Blithe were it then to wander here."
The road skirts the .shore of Loch Arklet and one sees a low dwelling- the birth place of Helen McGregor, Rob Roy's wife. The remlains of an oid fort built on Rob Roy's property by his enemies are also Of interest because James Wolfe as a Lieuten- ant wa.s at one time in charg.e there. The coach descends 400 feet in the last mile to Inversnaid on Loch Lo- mond and the small boy who accom- panies the coach assiduously applies the brakes.
One leaves Inversnaid for Balloch at the other end of Loch Lomond. On the left Ben Lomond which is 3000 ft. high, rears its head, its summit is always topped by a cloud.
It is a 'verra' grand country and weli named bonny Scotland.
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The first open Lit of the school year was held in the auditorium on Friday, February 13th. In the dim limbo of the past, in company with pug dogs, whiskers, surreys and all the memorable array which fell by the wayside during the fifty years past, you will find that awe-inspir- ing hoo-doo Friday, the 13th. For it
is not so today. The Lit was billed to come off in the middle of Febru- ary and it came off on Friday, the 13th, without so much as a joke or a wise crack in reference to that old chestnut.
The program opened with the au- dience singing "0 Canada", led by the boys' chorus. The latter contin- ued with a chorus ''Maid of the Mountain" which led in turn to the girls' athletics, quite a gymnastic demonstration on the paralleled bars by Edith Chapman, Elsie Le Roy, Mary Arbuthnot, Jessie McLean, Agnes Beckett and Helen Carefoot.
A recitation by Winona Ellis "The Charge of the Light Brigade" in four variations was very clever in- deed and her stage poise and charm of manner put it over "big." Next came the softball drill by the girls
of the softball teams after which Mr. Ellis presented the trophies to the team captains, Edith Vickers and Dorothy Welsh, from the Tip Top Tailors and Dr. J. M. Mitchell. The spFcial feature of the evening was a drl:ate "Resolved that Moving Pic- ture Theatres Are a Benefit to any Community"; affirmative Bob Stor- ey and W alter Rice; negative Mary .McCall and Catherine McCabe: Quit~ extensive arguments were advanced, pro and con, and according to the judges the negative won, but many thnlHtht the decision was just nice nolitics. The sontrs. "You Can't Play in My Yard", "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose",
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