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LITERARY .SECTION
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COMMENCEMENT
Dear Friend:
On Thursday and Friday evening, February 27 and 28, the staff and stu- dents of the Collegiate presented their annual Commencement exercises. The feature event was, of course, the awarding of diplomas, certificates and awards to the various studentum. In- termediate Certificates, Junior, Senior, and Commercial diplomas were pre- sented to those of us who earned them.
of the principals, and after a very try- ing tnne finally got the cast to learn their lines. Credit must also be given to lVliss Hesson who made the scenery look so real with so little to work with; to Miss Gilmore who directed the dances; to Miss Beatty and Miss Mac- Ilvenna with costumes and properties, respectively.
I should like at this point to men- tion especially one of the most impor- Although she was not seen, I am sure tant teachers who aided in the pia~, she had one of the most responsible and hardest positions of the , whole play-I refer of course to the "ticket- lady," Mrs. Lemay. To those mention- ed and to those not mentioned goes the thanks, I know of the whole school.
The "characters" who appeared on the stage-! would now like to mention.
The Forest Prince Argument
Tatiana, a princess of Russia, is held :for ransom 1by the Cossacks. Al- though Dmitri, prmce of Russia and her riance, is general of Tsar Mikhails' · army, he is too cowardly either to rescue 'Tatiana or defend them against invading Tartars.
Vaslav, chief of the Cossacks, goes to the Tsar's court to get the ransom. He finds himself admiring the Tsar, and offers the help of the Cossack forces against theilr common enemy, the T artars.
The T artars are beaten, and the two victorious people pledge peace. Events show that Vaslav is the son of Tsar Mikhail, long ago captured by the Tatiana, who has fallen in love with Cossacks. Since he is of royal blood, him, may marry him.
"Tatiana" was played by Miss Catherine Heron who we know will go far in the world if her acting and sing- ing tell us anything. Louise Caron, our "Sonia" showed us that she posses- ses great ability, and we feel she "lived her part". "V aslav" a very difficult role was admirably played by Don Crosbie. This was Don's first appear- ance in a "ye olde collegiate presenta- tion" but as an actor he is old for his stage performances. Old reliable Charles Hudson played "Ivan" and as in his usual performance-Charles brought the house down. Julie V an Nest and Joyce Elphinstone played their parts admirably-we wait to see
A wards were given
Proficiency Shields
as follows:
Grade IX Elizabeth ~oyd; Grade X,
Esther Collins; Grade XI, Marjorie Lavers ; Grade XIC, Audrey Bedford; Grade XII, George Lawrence; Grade XIII, Marguerite James.
Admiral Collingwood I.O.D.E.
Art Grade IX, Yvonne Girdwood; His- tory XJ I, George Lawrence.
Major E. E. Knight I.O.D.E. Canadian History, Grade X, Esther Collins.
Dr. T. .J. Simpson Trophy Marian Mcintyre
Strathcona Medal Sheldon Redpath.
Collegiate Home and School Club Home Economics, Grade IX, Elizabeth Boyd; Grade X, Beatrice Neville; Shop, Grade IX, Paul Pursiainen; Grade X, Norman Taylor.
Stapleton Memorial . Scholarship (Deferred) Kenneth McDermid.
School Letters
Betsy McFaul, Marjorie Lavers, Jessie Crosbie, George Lawrence, Bertha Mor- ris, Helen Butler, James Belcher, Esther Collins.
The play which took up the major portion of the time was produced by the Literary Society. Music was under the able hand of )Boyd Wood, super- visor of school music, who did a very splendid job of a very difficult work. Miss M. L. Clark was the directress
C. C. I. GLEANER
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