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Agriculture
This year the agriculture class attended the International Ploughing Match held at Owen Sound, the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, and the College Royal at Guelph. The latter is the student counterpart of the Winter Fair. An unexpected feature of this trip was an over-night stay in Orangeville, because of road conditions.
These trips are part of the curriculum in agriculture and are of great interest to the students who engage in them.
Commercial
DISTRICT TYPING CONTEST
Each year on the first Saturday in March, the District 11 Tying Contest is held at one of the schools in the area. This year the competition was at Meaford on March 2. It is held by the Ontario Commercial Teachers' Association who contribute some of the awards. Competitors for the contest came from Stayner, Meaford, Owen Sound, Mount Forest, Hanover and Collingwood.
Collingwood made a good showing in the Senior Contest with Karen Prentice taking the individual typing award for high speed. Karen Prentice and Evelyn Fawcett also took the Senior Team Award. The Junior awards went to the Owen Sound competitors, however, with Joan Rainbird of C. C. I. a close runner-up.
GRADUATING COMMERCIAL CLASS TOURS TORONTO BUSINESS
The Commercial Graduating Class of 1962 enjoyed their trip to Toronto to the extent that the Commercial Graduating Class ef 1963 has also planned such a trip, and anticipates an enjoyable and in- structive trip on April 2.
Rising early, we willleavetheschoolat6:45 a.m., to arrive at the Toronto Stock Exchange at 9:45a.m. We will be taken on a guided tour, seeing the operadons on the floor, the machihes and lines which con-
tribute to the efficient operation of the Exchange.
We then leave by bus, to arrive at the Canada Life Assurance Company Building at 10:45 a.m., where we will be conducted through the offices and sit in on a lecture. We will then have lunch as guests of the company and complete the tour after dinner.
At 1:30 p.m. we will leave for the Metropolitan Police Headquarters. Here we will see their filing systems, the line-up room, and the general operation. We will then go to Station #1, College Street, to see the management of a station. This tour has been arranged by Police Chief Mackey and will take approximately 3 hours.
We hope to leave for home about 4:30 p.m. These companies have definitely shown great interest in our education by their gracious and co-operative manner in the planning of our trip.