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As we really need protection for our bicycles and such a large number of students bring their bicycles to school. I have often wondered why someone hasn’t in the past, done something to obtain one. It is not un- common to hear a disgusted pupil say something like this: “Just look at my bicycle saddle! It is so hard and dried out by the sun that I find great difficulty in sitting down with-l out a nice soft cushion, after wheeling; home at night.” From other such com- ‘ plaints, I gather that the sun is blamq ed for bleaching and chipping the; paint and for burning and cracking: the tires of bicycles. The rain and the; snow are blamed for wearing off : paint, for rusting certain unprotected. metal parts, and for washing the oilf from the bicycle chain and saddle. ‘ On an especially rainy day. a young enthusiast is very likely to find that the seat of his breeches, has taken on It is true, however, that it has been suggested by certain bright students, that we should build our own bicycle rack. That was decided against how- ever, when we came to the conclusion that the expense would be too great for the benefit that any individual pu- pil would receive from the bicycle rack. As I search for a few convincing arguments, I recollect that each year of the three that I have spent attend- ing classes at this highly commendable institution, there has been consider- able discussion among the pupils, con- cerning the installation of a bicycle rack. However, nothing has ever come of it and we are still without protec- tion for our bicycles. I have been chosen as spokesman for those students of the Durham High School, who own bicycles. They have asked me to endeavour to give ex- pression to our obvious requirements of our iron steeds while parked at school. The High School turned in $10.15 to the Navy League. Grade X was the most liberal contributor. The Club meet every Tuesday from 4 to 4.30 in the Assembly Room at school. We think this Club will be greatly enjoyed by all and will also be a good training for the students. A sub-committee under the execu- tive of the Literary Society was for- med. The committee consists of: Chairman, Doreen Hagan; secretary- treasurer, Ken McCullough. Last week the High School formed a Glee Club under the supervision of This will be the last edition of the Voice of the Students until after Christmas, when it will be under the management 0! new officers. We are too busy perparing for exams to do anything else. Med fl-Weekly. PAGE 6 (be Uoice of the Student? â€"â€"Ruth Moffat i “It was on a cold, frosty, moonlight ‘ night and the snow was at its best for ,sleigh-riding. Dressed in our gay, win- ter togs, about eighteen of us in all, . set out for the old mountain. This par- ‘ticular mountain was our favourite . place for sleigh-riding. , “Do you remember when, as young :girls, we used to go sleigh-riding?” ysaid Aunt Jane to mother. “Yes,” replied Mother. “I remem- ber the good times we used to have riding down that old mountain. A DROP INTO THE DEPTHS BELO‘V Bob Ray This is the general desire of those of us owning bicycles: our need of a bicycle rack is urgent; winter is ra- pidly approaching and our bicycles are still shelterless. Under wartime condi- tions, bicycles are difficult to procure because so many students coming from the country, depend on their bicycles to get to school. And one means to- wards caring for them is to protect them from the ructions of the ele- :nents. ' By these points I hope to show you that Olll need of protection for our bi- lcycles is really genuine. We could .provide our own bicycle rack, but, as I said before, we would pay dearly for any benefit we received. However, if the school board provided it, hundreds of High School students would benefit from it in the future. Jim and Don thought they would I If our school was provided with a bicycle rack each student would have his own stall in which to place his bicycle. Under present conditions, bic- ycles are leaned against any conven- ient portion of the school wall, and are even left at the homes of people ’who live near the school. When we come out at noon, we are likely to‘ discover two or three other bicycles stacked on top of ours. As a result, bicycles are scattered hither and thi- ther, until the desired vehicle is ob- tained. Thus, when we hurry out after school hours, we never know whether. our bicycle will be standing where we ' left it, or lying in the mud. l dles! , Did I say that the girls are indig- nant about the effects of the elements on their means of transportation? Yes, indeed! They are as enthusiastic at ’the prospect of obtaining shelter for their bicycles as the boys are. In fact, they are more enthusiastic than the boys; for they are more concerned a- bout such details as rust, peeling paint, and uncomfortable bicycle sad- Ia very high moisture content. This is :always discovered after he has moun- {ted his two-wheeled conveyance, to de- part for dinner. The girls especially, are indignant at this inconvenience. LITERARY COLUMN Helen Halliday Lorna Brooklebank â€"-Edwin Farr DURHAM HIGH SCHOOL l4, The Middle School girls have been conscripted to attend P. '1‘. classes (meaning physical torture) in the basement. Ruth Mottat, Ruth Watson, On behalf of Middle School I wish to thank Mr. Taylor for coming early in the morning and scraping the ink spots from the floor with glass and al- so Mr. McCulloch, who so willingly gave his time to help hang up two new pictures, one of King George and the other of Queen Elizabeth. We are told that the inspector, Mr. Durrant, is visiting the school next week. Miss Gerrie told us he wrote our Geometry book and that sounds as if it behooves us to know something about it. we envy here, because the exams are coming on afore. We all hope she will be with us again soon. Irene Connplly has again deserted us because of her health. In one way Ray McQueen thinks that the more Trigonometry books he has in his desk the more Trigonometry he will absorb. Ruth Watson was not able to do a Trig. question because she' didn’t know how far it was between milestones; but we are very proud of Ruth be- cause she did know the date of the war of 1812 and the colour of a gray house. Vera Dewar says that she won‘t be able to stay after four any more be- cause she has to hurry home to hear Santa Claus on the radio. There in the cold, frezzing water of a small creek lay the toboggan and its occupants, turned upside down! -â€"â€"-Ilene Marshall we sloped down in the opposite direc- tion. What a grand ride! But in the midst of the final rush over the last bump and into the hollow beyond, came a rending. crackling sound. Oh--h-h-h! ' Feeling tired, we agreed to return to our homes after we had one more ride. Starting from the same point, Tramping for a long distance, we came to a very steep slope unknown to us with several series of bumps near the bottom. With great enthusi- asm we enjoyed several rides which sent sharp thrills through our active bodies. ! One snapping cold morning afteri Ch1istmas, when the snow on the hills was packed as ha1d as ice. we decided: ito t1y out Bills new seven-foot to-‘ .bog,_'gan. Since we had little expeiience ; in handling a toboggan, we began to;E practise on the lower hills. It was ex- citing to shoot down the steeper por- tion of a hill, coast [01 an instant, wait I 101 the sudden 1ush, then come to a slow stop. We. found ourselxes safe' but breathless. O\€'l and oxe1 againi “e repeated this experience until our couiage grew stiong. Then mailing the toboggan we set. off in seatch ofi greate1 thrills and l1ighe1 hills. 1 “Oh, yes I do." answered Bill. “But we don’t know about it,” said some- one laughing. “Oh, please tell us.” Thus the story began. “Try as we might we couldn't get gout and many hours later Dad found eighteen snow- covered youngsters at the bottom of the old quarry. “Bill, do you remember when we had our last toboggan ride?” I said. A sigh came from both the old 1- dies. “Aren’t old memories pleasant?” said Aunt Jane. “A few minutes later we were all in a heap in a fluffy pile of something. Later we found that somewhere above usâ€"it seemed many milesâ€"was the sky and we were at the bottom of an old quarry, jumbled together in the loose snow. We remembered it ex- istence but it was too late now to do anything about it. Oh! Suddenly we were floating or dropping or something. We just squealed and clung closely to each other and to the cutter. den turn and we headed south when we should have been going west. vehicle. Off we started! Faster and faster the old cutter gained speed! We had no way of steering it and we just closed our eyes and let it go. Some- how or other the cutter took a sud- ‘make some additional fun by bringing along an old cutter without shafts. “For the first part of the night we used 'our sleighs and toboggans. 0c- casionally someone would get up the courage to go down in the old cut- ter; but these rides were very few. GRADE XII NEWS GRADE XIII NEWS THE TOBOGGAN RIDE THE DURHAM, ONTARIO, CHRONICLE ’-ln-Chlcfâ€"Buth Mon“ Hazel Hopkins ~Sarah McMillian â€"â€"Annie Dixon The three-year-old boy had taken his mother's powder-puff and was fix- B. Ray: “No, how did she come to be a duchess?” K. Wilson: “Do you know that my sister is a duchess now ?" They are doing a big job for you. Surely you can do a little task for them. So how about it. girls? It is hoped that after Christmas each girl of the school will knit an article for the Red Cross. It would: mean about 75 knitted comforts for ' our services. | Mr. Robb presented Miss Gerrie with $1.15 for the purchase of wool, from his recent auction sale of the extra class pictures. Maybe you do this anyway but it’s worth a mention. When replacing what grandmother used to call dome fasteners, sew all the snaps on first, rub chalk on them and press against the side were the eyelet goes on. It’s a breezer from there, to get a good match. Are you having trouble housewives about picking things up after chil- dren. Well how about designing a spe- cial drawer in a special place, as a Lost and Found Department. This helps to teach children to be more careful about picking up their toys, if there is a kind of ceremony about getting lost articles out of the drawer. K. Wilson: “She married a Dutch- Out of the saucepan and down the drain, go half of the minerals and vitamins from home or commercially canned vegetables. Oh yes they do! That is unless you save the liquid in the can. Make up your mind to use it in gravies, sauces or in tomato juice cocktails. The sink can do with- out vitamins but you can’t. g . In most households there are draw- ;ers and cupboards that hold many :odds and ends, that one day may be juseful; goodness knows when; I fthink most housewives have old rub- ;ber jar rings in some of these draw- [ers, that have been kept for canning some years from now. Well, here is a useful way to get rid of them. Sew them along the sides, and corners of your scatter rugs for anchorage. A rug ‘ at the bottom or top of the stairs, is‘ not a subject to be slipped over lightly. gWe have a new boy in our class. His {name is Lorne Henry and Mr. Robb has embarassed him by making him sit at a lab. table with the girls. 01 ihas he embarassed him? What a blight when the kitchen oil- ,cloth gives out. Treat. the next piece with more kindness, and it won’t go so quickly. For the table top, ar- range several layers of newspaper, so there are no heavy ridges, and tack the new piece firmly in place. Wax it for dirt resistance and keep it lightly shining. If a knife happens to slip, untack the oilcloth, and mend on the under side with a piece of ordinary adhesive tape. Gretta Watson is going to cause the death of Mr. Sharpe because of the way in which she writes her French. It is reported that Grade XI was prominently represented at a social event held in Normanby on the even- ing of November 24. Pearl Wilson is to be commended on the enthusiasm with which she reads the love scenes in the play which we are studying this year. Mr. Sharpe has started teaching the boys Physical Training, which consists of military training. hands. Doris still doesn't understand why privates should carry sticks in their packs. We attribute Doris’s mis- take to the fact that she sits so far from the front of the room. we keep on labouring for five min- utes after the bell rings. In History class Mr. Sharpe asked Doris Smith what non-juring clergy were. She replied very soberly that , they were clergy who wouldn’t swear. 'This proves that shortcuts are not al- ways profitable. She should have said they were French clergy who would not swear to an oath. A literal explanation of how Pri- officers is, quoting Mr. Sharpe “every private carries a Marshal's baton in his pack. “Doris Smith thinks that privates should carry cotton batting in their pack. In trying to explain Mr. Sharpe said that a baton is a stick which Officers carry in their ones too. We Doreen Ham and Betty Taylor are HOME FRONT BULLETIN BUG HOUSE GRADE X NEWS GRADE XI NEWS â€"â€"Jean McQueen â€"â€"Patsy Kress â€"-Ken MacDonald Isabel Hastie. â€"Jean Daniels Ellen Roberts ’1‘. so well that Mrs. Cecil Berber entertained the nurses of Durham Red Cross Hospital to a fowl dinner on Wednesday even-i3 ing. | Mr. George Diebel, who is employed ‘ with Mr. Cecil Barber, met with a! lRev. J. M. Ward of Durham, the guest speaker of the evening, gave a _' very inteesting address on Tubercul- ;osis. A good programme was enjoyed . by all. Lunch was served at the close. (Intended for Last Week) The Farm Forum met for their first meeting on Monday night at the home I Iof_ Mr. and Mrs. Harold Barber. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Atkinson, Dur- ham, visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bogle. We are pleased to report that Mr. Wilbert Blythe, who had been a pa- tient in Durham Red Cross Hospital is able to be home again and is re- cuperating favourably after his recent operation for appendicitis. The Victory Institute held a social evening Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Barber with a good at- tendance of members and visitors. Mr. and Mrs. R. Catton and Bruce of Durham visited Friday evening wi_th M_r._ and Mrs. W. Eagle. Our teacher, Mrs. Wilton and pu- pils, also others of the community are busy practicing for a Christmas en- tertainment. The Farm Forum met Monday night‘ at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Bar-l Mr. and Mrs. John Petty visited] with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Blythe on! Sunday. I “This is going too far" said 'one. “Now they are dehydrating women. Whether it’s on the road or in an argument, when you see red STOP! Two American soldiers in Egypt lived for months on dehydrated beef, dehydrated milk, dehydrated butter and vegetables. Visiting a Cairo museum they saw their first mummy. “You mustn't do that." she said. On- ly ladies use powder. Gentlemen wash themselves. ICEBERG - ing his face as he had seen her do : pdnful ecicdent when his five-year-old sister grabbed turning from the it from him. A? ...'.ti‘,°.££‘.".°2 FRESH DRY 80 A P 3 Bars 17c LARGE - SEEDLESS CRANBERRIES FRESH EMPEROR Concentrated Super SUBS 23;?" W0 tour" the tight to limit gunmen ot a: m... LIMITED SUPPLY Aylmer Carrots or BEETS 15:1” Bm Rabbit Allen's Fortified STAR“ NUTS in shell Walnut: rile...“ Carroll’s Bald n9 Monarch Pastry FLOU 7-lb. Bag Varney â€"â€"Norman Lawrence 16-02. tln m _CUIIC 2-lb. m. 1” For a Whiter Wash K-9 Meal or Dr. Ballard’s ' Messrs. Bruce Marshall and Jackie Atchlson. Misses Evelyn Atchison and l !Myrtle Marshall spent the week-end at their home here. Congratulations to Pte. Clayton Wise of Camp Borden and Miss Jean Henderson of Toronto. who were mar- ried Saturday in Hanover. A miscel- laneous shower was held for them on Monday night at the home of Mr, and Mrs. George C. Torry. The even- ing was spent in games and dancing to music supplied by Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Brigham. tea Sunday with Mr. and Mrs w S Atchison. Mulock and Mr. and its. Btuâ€"cg-Clazt: 0! Owen Sound visited Saturday even- ing with Kr. and Mrs. Archie Render. son. Mrs. W. Marsha" and family had A.. 8--.. ‘-__ _-_.‘-- _. I -- will necessitate his remaining {bx}; tor a few days. a . tlent in Durham Red Cross H pa for a few days with a throat condition is able to be home again. at the Mn tongue. the result being that George was thrown to the pave. meat. He was taken to Durham Hos. pm! where {t ya: learned he had 294a. North Enemont 59c lb 27c lb Filbert: 17¢ ,, Torry of Whicfi Two-Rooms!) APARTMEN' ‘ply William Gushowitz. 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