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C. C. I. GLEANER
OUR CLASS ROOM-9B l ' e t e l ' u r s i a i n e n
Uur class-the sec011d of the grade l ! J . n e s w u e cno::,~::n-Is a r a t 1 1 e r d l l ! l - """'u."' vJ!d L.O Ut..LUH:::. .1. vU WlU W1llel'Stand ,.uac ... !utaH wneu ,yuu read on.
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IO.'"L"' "'" L"" ""b""!Jlllg- ur u1e 111·st tern1 .., >:>c,PLc•uuer we wen~ all tlUlte naLur- auy J.lucu w1th m1xea eHwt.wns of ex- CJct:menc ana rear: excitement-because ur 111e suaueu realizatwn that we were uo 1011ger puu11c scnool c11i1dren o u t yuw.g 1arues and gentlemen close to wolaanllood ana ma1tl1ood, and with a cLOSer v1ew of the future and its pros- !JtCL:s; good and uad that were m store J.Or us; although we were sometimes tempLcU to 1orget about etiquette with •~s "please" and ''thank you's'' and 1.u1·n to wtlat we imagined to be less uotnersome.
And then there was fear: afraid that we nugnt do something wrong the lll'St day, and so 10se t11e confidence and 1·espect of our teache1·s; afraid that we would audress the wrong teachers and so embarrass both ourselves and them. You must remember that this was our first year at the C:ollegiate and many of us were unacquainted with the teachers. lt was not long after this 11oweve1·, that these perplexities left us and we were well on the way to feeling at home in our new surroundings.
For the first few days the chang- ing from one period to another proved to be a panic for both students and teache1·s. Since we did not know which room was which we would wander piti- tully (and 1 emphasize that) up and down the halls, until Mr. MacRae would come to the rescue and guide us-hours later-to the room we were supposed to be in two periods ago. It was really a sight to see everyone else working feverishly while 9A, B and C wandered
up and down the halls as if we had nothing else to do and were merely looking the place over.
Now, I must tell you of the pupils in our form, since it is the pupils who make the reputation-be it good or bad-(our's was bad) and keep up its merits-be they good or bad-(again I must repettt-our's were bad).
Although most of us were from Collingwood there were several from out of town. One of our school-mates had come as far as from Montreal while others were from Hamilton.
What would a room be without the "jokers" and what room hasn't at least one or two of these so-called "bird-
!>rams'!" To add to the hilarity of it <l.H we navt! vanous pupus nicK-named I v 1 · e.<~..acdy w n a t t n e y a r e . ' l ' o g i v " ' ~vu. a H ~::~amplt!, .t:Set~.y 1 - . e 1 d i s " ' ! ' h e Han·," .c..Iuu var1ey, "'.Lhe Laugh'' and "'~an ,yn u 1 r d w o o a " ' l ' h e L o o k . ' '
...,egaruless or th1s, we are not an a.wl>"""""J.' J.l'J.VOJOUS c1ass l o r tne1·e a r e ,.."'".>" 01 us wno a1·e ta1enteu. We nave "'" '""'"1 1.uu1· lHaniscs, two aance1·s, ana Luose O.l us wuo are 110t talented in tniS ,,ay, usua11y Have good marKS on our e~aHIS, so you see It worKs ooth ways.
;:,ports are a "must" in our class aud ::11.> boys are Lhampions of Grade 1~me in \1 olley-Ball, while the girls top place in .l:lasKetl>all. We are hop- mg soon to play the Junior Cossa boys awl girls teams and although we do not e..pect to wm we will have tried at auy rate•
You will notice that up to this point, 1 have failed to mention our wrm teacher, but, since it is usually a custom to save the best until the last that's what I did.
Mr. Gooday-(H.ichard)-is not just another teacher to us, but a friend and advisor when we need him. He is al- ways ready for a joke but he is heeded willingly when he prefers work. A t I,n·esent, however, we have not seen much of Mr. Gooday, since, due to a s11ght illness, he has been confined to bed, but we expect him back soon.
Well, that's 9B: may ·be a little tliJferent than other forms but we all agree, that we like it the way it is!
FORM IXA ACTIVITIES
Grade IXA, with executive com- posed of president Major, vice-presi- uem Meek, Yvonne Lalonde as social convenor and Graham Crosbie as ath- letic representative, is the form that has had four different teachers during the 1946-47 school year. No other form in the school can equal that record!
::3ocially, the highlight of our ac- tivities was a sleighing party followed by refreshments and dancing. We also extended and enjoyed another dance as the guests of grade IXB.
In sports we have acquitted our- selves nobly: our girls were the grade IX volleyball champions, while our boys were declared basketball "all stars". In other sports too several of our class members have done well: Marcella Plater won the intermediate girls' 50 yard dash, Geraldine McKean the jun- ior girls' 50 yard dash, and G. Crosbie