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Stayner 9, Creemore 2. Brian Pounder of Stta:yner refereed the g2me.
On ·~-1:arch 13 at 2:45 p.m., the Stayner sqUJad arrived in Cree- more for a return game of }1nrk~v. ThLs was a good hard- fought game, ,and again Stayner tr''Tlmed us to the tune of 6-2. .T~hn 'T'hcmson of Creernore re- f•reed the game.
Pat Jordan.
THFi YFARS AHEAD
Mav ·te in the years ahead,
We'll look upon this day, Remomber all the fun we've had, All our work and play,
All our smiles and all our te1ars, PJl our hopes and all our fears; Some our leaders will surely be; Look to the future, then, with
me.
As students here we ha,ve no-
care,
We worry not, but have our fun; But think! will we be sati'sfied When battle's o'er and work Ls
done?
Hard honest work and good
'Clean play
'Will fit us for the ·corning d!a.y;
So eyes ahead, then, you and I
With knowledge for our b.attle cry.
Gayle Millsa"". Grade IX.
AN EVENING SCENE ON A FARM
It is d!usk. The sun has all but di~·apj::eared i n t o .a p i n k f r o t h of clouds which seem to grow out of a forest. This scene re- sembles a great cherry ou a
.cherrv-il1avoured sundae, and the forest touching the clouds is-the bla•ck stand. Now the sun
·~ ink'S ' c o m p l e t e l y i n t o t h e p i n k fiee•ce whi•ch suddenly becomes a brilliant V•ermillion.
A few •children romp on the lawn p-laying games, chattering -and laUillhinP" loudly. Two puns are continually hindering the Phildren'co ·froUc. Now and then the --collies scamper over to the
.verandah where the 11armer .and .C. .r;.,C. I. GLEANER
his neighbour review the wea- the-r, crop-s, farm machinery and o::Jlitics and current events. The pups clamour for attention, and, after some petting the pair bound off again.
The wives of the men are stt- ting- in rncking ch3irs, knittin~ and •chatting at the same time. Now they lay aside their knit-
ting and look at ·the countryside. Bet.ween them and the road is a field of gDain whose sprout-s are ruoproximately six inches tall. A .i.3lopy filled with teen-agers noisily ra.ces !by, followed by an- other. but -somewhat older mo- del. Now the elderly people en- gage in conversation again, pre- .~n:rnablv c o n :c e r n i n g - w h a t t h e y halVe ,ius.t seen. Then the farm- Pr's wife rises, ·calls to the chil- dren who lin,ger fior a while but fi.nallv return to the house with their elders. The door has closed behind •them ·and then three windows..::o~ll downst:airs,areil- luminated.
AJl is still. A f·ew bats swo~.-. throuqh the damp air. A slight hreez~ ·causes the new leaves on the elnu; and lilacs to stir ever so faintly. A nlea1sin:g scPnt gre~ts our noSI·rns. Ah! it is the perfu:rne of the early roses car- ripd th"OU!rh the air by t'- - drfi'T'nJ1e~c; a n d t h e b r e e z e .
Dusk now becomes d:arknes:::. ThP. :st-.~rs ·come out one by one nntil t.hP. sky S!"ems a e-reat can-
r;rv thi"'kly ~et. with diamonds A nie-hting-a}e's song breaks the "ilenro. ole<1santlv to the ear. The serenity of the oountrysi~~ P'irvPS rne •a feeling of oea,ce. anti wit.h t.hP reoly of another ~.igl1"'­ ingale the day ends.
Mildred McLeod.
VALEDICTORY
For :<l numlber of re.a.sons, it P."ives me great pleasure t" r the va.Jedidorian for the :class
e-raduating from Cree more H i e - h ~~chool t h i s y e a r . F • i r s t I ann haiPPY to be in the ~radu­ af.irnl!r d::>ss •bBicause I feel I :am nroe-ressing- in my studies. Sec- ondlv. I feel iJt is .an honour to re ~"hosen to rB!present the class and to have the opportunity of e)Cpressin:g a few ideas sustained
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