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the Acta Ludi, the school maga- were appointed on Monday this week, and already the work been started towards forming and, in short, the best maga- i which has ever yet beeh pub- ~ lished by the school, 3 J LJ * The Acta Ludl is the school's 'magazine and to make it the sue- . cess which it should be,. every | single student from the first forms "up, should take its interests to , and contribute their share wards it, whether it be in the "form of a short story, some poetry, 'or even one of the many humorous peidents - which occur in class. I With the interest such as it has "at present, continuing, the maga- sine is absolutely certain of sue- 'cess, providing the contributions | are in proportion to the enthusiasm { which is in evidence, More de- tails about the contributions will be given later, probably by Mr, O'Neill, in assembly, LJ * Mi One more debate is yet to be heard in the preliminary series which is being conducted with Mr, Ewing in charge, from which the Colleziate's representatives will be 'chosen for the coming inter-school debates with Whitby, and possibly Bowmanville, Three have already | been heard, and in each case, the .- affirmative sides have been success- ful, although this does not neces- : sarily mean that O.C.l's repre- sentatives will be chosen from the The successful winning teams. i debators thus far have been, Miss . Merritt (5A) and Miss Gummow, (4A); Miss Johnston (5A) and Scott Hubbell (5A); and George Fletcher (5A) and Miss 'Mundy, (34), CE y One' thousand, eight hundred and seventy-elght people attended the school library last week, of which number, 267 availed them- solves of readable matter and 337 took out books from the circula- tion department, Of the 337 books, fiction headed the list with 90 being taken out In that sec- tion, The librarian this week, fea- tured a series of illustrated pic- ture slides on Sir Walter Scott's country, which were greatly ap- preciated by an ho saw them, A new record was established in the school this week when no less than. 208 boys signed up for the cadet corps in one single day, "It . is expected' that the corps will . number almost 250 this year, this being indeed quite a reversal from former years when the total rang- ed somewhere between 125 and 180 students, . A new stock of uniforms, it is "whispered, is the cause of the large entry list in the cadets this year, . . and it is further whispered that d * they. (the uniforms) will all be something for sore eyes to gaze up- on. The formation of a crack regiment is also attracting some, according to Jude who know, The officers' training corps, In connection with the cadets, will probably begin next week and-a ' good turn out Is expected. The {shooting competitions are also likely to- begin soon snd as was HT {git | il oF g 34 Ai H I | biggest, brightest, most com- | hg terday afternoon to see the opem- ing basketball league games of the season between O. C. I's junior and senior teams and those from Vaughan Road, was indeed en- com ; and everyone was Te- paid coming out by seeing the Collegiate win botl ends of the double bill in a highly satisfactory. and in the case of the junior game, greatly exciting fashion. Lj - The seniors won by a score of 40 to 10 and the juniors were. suc- cessful to the extent of 28 to 14, both being greater scores in favor of O0.C.I., than the play, indicates, although it was plainly evident in h cases and especidlly in the senior game, that the green, gold and red players were much super- for to Vaughan Road. The juniors caused a delightful surprise when they won their game, they being an unknown quantity as. a team until they stepped on the floor Against the Vaughan Road artists, The junior basketball team has a pair of the famous cough drop twins on its roster this year in the persons of Herb and Art Smith only instead of "Trade" and "Mark" Smith. Both play regular on the defence, Herb at left guard and Art at right guard. They are not related. but certainly have enough in common in a basketball sense to warrant them their little nickname, LJ \d * Prior to the junior game, this being the first of the season, Merr- lyn Corrin was elected captain of this year's junior basketball team by a popular and almost unani- mous vote, Scott Hubbell was elected captain of the senior team prior to the game played before the holidays with McMaster Uni- versity, CI Next Friday the junior and sen- for teams journey to Scarborough Collegiate where such exciting games were played last year in both senior and Junior depart- ments, A win for both aggrega- tions here will put the school in a rather favorable position for the league title, "although they will still have to play four more games before the schedule closes, LJ LE Curious as it may seem, as long as the writer can remember there has only been one boy from the Commercial forme, not counting Secretarial, ever to take part in any major school activity, and he fis Donald Cornish, who has made a place as first string substitute, for the junior basketball team. The question maturally follows--what can be the cause of this? Can it be that the Commercial people take a less amount of interest in the school activities than the Academic folk upstairs, that only one of their number is thus distinguish- ed? If so, perhaps Donald Corn- ish has led the way for the Com- mercial students in taking a great- er interest in the school activities, LIBRARY NEWS "High Winds," by Arthur Train, contracts the character' of two sisters against a realistic background of smart life in New York, Paris and Long Island, Po- lo and social climbing add piqu- ancy to the story. "The Quest of the Sea Otter," by Sabra Conner, will be placed among the great sea stories hy its characterization and atmosphere, "Felicity Trever- byn," by Joseph Hocking, is a loye story placed in England. "Moon Lady," by Upton Close, is a tale of China, based on an act- ual historic background, 'Moon Lady";is a love story which reveals the spirit motivating the young Chinese in their attempt to remake their country, "Shadow River," by H. W, Smith, is a tale of Af- rica, The author has hunted ele- phants in the Congo and knows the jungle and its inhabitants, man, beast and insect from person- al experience. His book is not only a story of hardihood and strange adventure but an authentic and vi- vid picture of darkest Africa. "World's End," by Jacob Wsaser- man, is 8 book of five stories portraying five men at the most crueial moments of their lives. Here is one of them, Adam Urba was loved and respected wherever he was known, He was the head of a family of farmers who had lived on the same sofl for a thousand years, One day he turned up at the police station in Gupzenhsusen and offered himself up to thie police as the murderer of his own son, The examining magistrate found his case too clear, too simple to be humanly true. The story of the dead degen- erate son and the tragedy of old Adam's life is unfolded pathetical- ly before the reader. "The Nup- tials .of Corbal," by Rafael stini, is a tale of the French revo- lution. The guillotine was not the greatest dread of those wives the Black twenty-six foot boat, is by the author and his wife, Such informal advenmtur- ing through Europe is neighborly visi to chat upon th world, gatherin, Sea. The craft, a The author stops doorsteps of the more informa- tion than guide-books or conducted tours could give him. "Castles in "the w," like a vided -- to present noted briefly stated, and enough bio- graphical details have been pro- an adequate ry WY trated in colour and in blac white. "D. L. Moody, a Worker in ¢| est in the glimpses they afford of great year, keen par-|and pistol was forced to confront [Ment fii 'arts and letters. Estab- Ji ound author's 'work. "between t 8 Vico Be de Corbal and ul ed 3 have hoch placed in 0) of Ultima Thule," is h in © saster. Eurépe. Bie) ne stetiap, a 2 ats a book that is rig the ro- wis . 5: 3 ~ | Ache "by q ea of eac er"s tho! mantic atmosphere histor» : CE bs the chronicle of po «style as well as his ore ic spots of Nova Scotia. "Here and The crowd which turned out yes- olland down the Danube to achievements have been | there im Montréal" by C. W. of over thirty Canadian authors, painters and sculptors, It is not a history of Canadian art or lit- erature but rather of. achieve ments, There are: numerous conventional portraits in woodcut arranged in groups according to personality of Moody, who not only survives as the. most outstanding preachers of his gemeration = but also as the founder of enduring educational institutions. ple's Best," by 0. J. Stevenson, is a book of appreciative sketches "A Peo (ME OSHAWA DAILY [IMES, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1928 3 gre. "Arabella's Letters," hy A. , Stuart, are letters written by Arabella hile on her vels just about a andesd years , to her people at home in Quebec, and which are now made public by her granddaughter. The majority are from Malta, where she stayed with her brother; those frem London are of special inter- contemporary life in social eir- cles, There is a fascination and |. charm about these old letters, and with the touch of romance that runs through them, they make most entertaining reading. "Friendly Acres," by Peter McAr- thur, is a new volume of charm- ing essays in which the late Mr. McArthur describes in intimate de- tail all that he himself delighted in, in the "friendly acres," that surrounded his home. As in "Around Home," the essays are 'whole Canadian Home," which it continues country-side seem | taneous humor, the four seasons and like "Around | through a personality of mellow. , is aed philosophy and wholesome spon Spain," by John Galsworthy, is a p d one: of hook uf Sal. Most of these are Al RDEEN concerned w literature or men i of letters. "An Outline of Cana- HOTEL ey dian Literature," by L, Plerce, is ty 320d od the first attempt at a history of Canadian Hahyrare piaeing nh French and Eng authors e AWWAYS by side, It traces the tiation: yo available al development of Canada an . links it up with a parallel move- Joba I. Downer. Menaping Dire ELLA CINDERS--Just a Premonition | MINE THE GeeATEST NG OF IT 8 KIND IN ) THE WORLD! Je ® 1928, by Int'l Festure Service, Greet Britain rights reserved. FATHER- DO COME | HERE 4 WANT 'YOU 170 LOOK OUT THE WINDOW - = 7 Taal a (RE) 4 19N'T THAT MR-CLANCY THAT WE KNEW YEARS WAS EMPLONAD IN THE GAS SEE- HE 19 ON CRUTCHES- POOR MAN- WORKS ? AGO - THAT POOR MAN: NOTHIN'. | WUZ TALKIN' TO HIM YESTERDAY: HES HE WUZ CARRYIN A BIG QUITTIN WHIT AN' IT FELL ON HI RON PIPE WHEN THE BLEW FOOT: TELLING TOMMY ill WHO SAID, GREAT HASTE BEN FRANKLIN 15 CREDITED WITH | THAT MAXIM, POPE, EMERSON AND LESSER . 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