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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES COLLEGIATE AND VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE SOUVENIR EDITION--MAY 7, 1930 Collegiate Department Offers Variety of Academic Courses Academic Work of the Institution Offers Broad and Varied List Of Courses to Young Students By C. M. EWING Head of English Department, Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute The Practical Purpose HE Academic Department i§ the old- est part of our school, It dates back to the time when few sought higher education, save those intending to enter the universities, to train as teachers, or to become members of some profession. But as time went on, it was felt that a sound educational foundation was needed for those destined for business positions, Thus the Commercial Department came into be ing, In later years the demand for educated men in the industries and trades has led to the Technical Department, We of the Academic side welcome these develop ments, We feel that any Collegiate In- stitute which does not include all three courses fails to meet the demands of today, The practical purpose of the Academic Course is to train students for admission to the Universities and Normal Colleges. The Junior Matriculation course may be taken dn four years. The complete course, however leading to Honours Matriculation standing, requires five years. The im- portance of the five-year training is be- coming more and more apparent, Not only does it prepare students for Honour Courses at the University, but it gives a grasp of the subjects taken, that is almost essential for the permanent enrichment of the mind. The Academic course offers a broad, general education, It is to be commend- ed to pupils of fair intelligence who have no particular technical or commercial bent. While in itself it trains students for no specific vocation, it gives them a varied outlook, and an all-round equip- ment which will prove beneficial in what- ever carcer they ultimately select, Aim of Teaching An educational observer recently re marked : "The aim of the academic teach er should be to turn out thoughtful stu- dents, who have wide interests, a com- mand of good English, an eagerness to learn a love of noble literature, or the marvellous findings of science, and an ability to use well that most dangerous, yet most precious part of life, their spare time." Of course the disillusioned cynic who has lost faith in modern youth, will smile at this idealistic outlook. He will call us unpractical visionaries who are out of touch with the ways of this crude world, He will point to students who have passed their examinations with first-class honours and thereafter read nothing but the "fun- nies," and see no beauty in anything but shapely automobiles and. smart attire, Or, on the other hand, they will draw our Attention to certain winners of scholar- ships, with wan countenances and be- spectacled noses, who are lost unless im- mersed in some learned manual, and have no interest in humanity. But isolated in- stances of failure do not prove the futility of any institution, The Urgent Duty Perhaps the most urgent duty, and highest ambition of the academic teacher is to keep alive and stimulate the intel lect and imagination, while preparing / students for the inevitable examinations. Various efforts have been made towards this end. On different occasions teachers have conducted groups of students to the Royal Ontario Museum, to the Toronto Art Gallery, to German church services, and to French and German plays at Tor onto University, Students can readily he interested in intellectual pursuits, which have no direct bearing on examinations, One student has made substantial pro gress in an ancient language with exactly ten minutes tuition a day in the noon re cess. Another student who intends to de vote himself to practical science is read ing the Upper School assignment of Homer for the fun of the thing. One is reminded of a certain island far out in the ocean, Its very' existence is threatened by coastal erosion, Its in- habitants are kept busy building dikes to protect their fertile fields from the force of the waves, We instructors in the Aca- demic Department would fain liken our selves to those inhabitants battling to protect the fields of culture from the waves of materialism, A Liberal Education In conclusion, the Academic Depart ment endeavours to give a liberal educa tion; and by liberal education we mean : "Something which will broaden the inter ests and sympathies of people, which will lift men's thought out of the monotony and drudgery which are the common lot, which will free the mind from servitude and herd opinion, which will train habits of judgment and appreciation of value, which will dispel prejudice by better know ledge of self, which will enlist all men in the achievement of civilization,"* *E. D. Martin * 'Meaning of a Liberal Edu cation" (slightly altered), Magazines From Other Schools Kept in Library 0.C. & V.I. Magazine Exchanges The school papers and magazines from other schools are kept in the Reading Room for the benefit of students who are interested in reading them, They come from far and near. The librarian wishes to acknowledge receipt of exchanges from the following schools and colleges. He apologises for any omissoins : La Salle College, Manila, Philippine Is- lands; Bedford Road Collegiate, Saska- toon; North Bay Collegiate Institute; Peterborough Normal School; Peter- barough Collegiate and Vocational In- stitute ; Sescent Heights Collegiate In- stitute, Calgary, Alberta; Central High School, Washington, D.C.; Trinity Col- lege School, Port Hope; Fort illiam Collegiate and Technical School; Trinity College, Toronto; Sir Adam Beck Col- legiate Institute, London, Ontario; Oak- wood. Collegiate Institute, Toronto; Col- legiate and Technical School, Sarnia; The Collegiate Institute, Sarnia; Kitch- ener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute; Central Technical School, Toronto; Ren- frew Collegiate Institute; Victoria Col- a large class of LEADERS IN STUDENT GOVERNMENT THE STUDENT COUNCIL EXECUTIVE Above are the six dents elected as the tive of the Students' C the students' governing body of the Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute. i ihe are as follows:--Back row, left to right--B. Halleran, marshal; J. Bell, treasurer, J. McAdam, vice-president; secretary, Midland High Ont, ; Institute, lege, Toronto, School; Riverdale Collegiate Toronto; Moulton College, Toronto, Ont,; North Toronto Collegiate; Malvern Collegiate, Toronto; Windsor-Walkerville I'echnical School, Windsor; McMaster University, Toronto, Ont,; Botvmanville High school; Technical School, Vancou ver, B.C,; Technical School, Sault Ste Marie; Lisgar Collegiate Institute, Ott awa; Humberside Collegiate, Toronto; Parkdale Collegiate, Toronto; Brantford Collegiate; Kingston Collegiate; Jarvis Collegiate, Toronto; Hamilton Central Col legiate; Paris High School, Paris, Ont.; Delta Collegiate, Hamilton; Central High School. of Commerce, Toronto; Porter High School, Kezar Falls, Maine; London Central Collegiate, London, Ont,; Guelph Collegiate Institute; Woodstock Colle- giate; Owen Sound Collegiate Institute; Port Arthur Collegiate Institute; Lindsay Collegiate Institute; Hamilton Technical School; South Collegiate Institute, Lon don, Ont; Central and Ross Collegiate Institute, Moosejaw, Sask,; Central Col legiate Institute, Regina Sask. , John C, Fremont High School, Los Angeles; Cambridge (Mass.) Medical School; Vaughan Road High School, Toronto; Cobourg Collegiate Institute; Stratford Collegiate Institute; Bishop Bethune Col lege, Oshawa, Ont,; Stamford High and Vocational School, Niagara Falls, Ont.; Sudbury High and Technical School; Upper Darby High School, Upper Dar- by, Pa; Dunedin Boys' High School, Dunedin, New Zealand; Doylestown High School, Doylestown, Pa.; Emerson In- stitute, Washington, D.C.; University of Toronto Schools, Toronto; Sunset High School, Dallas, Texas; Scarboro High School, Scarboro Bluffs, Ont; Nutana Collegiate Institute, Saskatoon, Sask; Victoria High School, Victoria, B.C.; Brockville Collegiate; Wycliffe College, Toronto; Nepean High School, Westboro; Timmins High School, Timmins; Simcoe High School, Simcoe; Napanee Collegiate Institute, Napanee; 'Auckland Grammar School, Auckland, N.Z.; Galt Collegiate Institute, Galt,~Arthur Slyfield, Librar- ian and Adviser to Exchange Editor of "Acta Ludi" THE COLLEGIATE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1930 completing their str sourens at the close of the present term, and will be going out to of students is prdustal from the Oshawa Collegiate M. Maxwell, proctor; D, Crothers, president and B. Lovell, U.S. High School Libraries Help School Library On learning of the opening of the new library a number of American High School Libraries sent gifts to form an ex- hibit of international friendship, A variety of articles including photographs, port- polios, letters, reading lists, school news- papers, student publications, school hand books, outlines of library lessons, pamph- lets on local scenery and history, and books were reccived from the following schools: C, E. Byrd High School, Shreve- port, Louisiana, Manual Training High School, Kansas City, Missouri, Wichita High School and Wichita High School East, Wichita, Kansas, Western High School, Baltimore, Maryland, Wilmington High School, Wilmington, Delaware, High School Library, University of Illin- ois, Urbana, Illinois, Barringer High School, Newark, New Jersey, Central High School Library, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Girls' Polytechnic School, Port- land, Oregon, Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, High School Library, Greenville, S.C., Central High School Library, Minneapolis Minn, Granite High School, Salt Lake City, Utah, Central Senior High School, South Bend, Indiana, Manual Training High School, Denver, Colorado, English High School, Boston, Mass, John's Aca- demy, Jamestown, N. Dakota. Other material has been promised to form a part of a permanent exhibit while some scrap books will be lent for temporary display. Some of this: material is now on display in the library, The object is to give every student who enters the doors something that enriches life and makes for more abundant living, The student who has lived in the right educational atmosphere takes away some- thing valuable whether he been suc- cessful in obtaining a certificate or not. = SRE universities, normal schools and into the ranks of b and ce, r Institute. The above group of the Collegiate graduating class of 1930 fitted for their tasks by the training received in the collegiate institute the history of the school and is composed of 91 students who will be