By Land and By Air

class. In 1932 there were 540 students, but fourth year

was added which had a class of 20. There were 323 first year students and 126 second year. We all felt as though we were in one of the best colleges in the modern world, after our months in Queen Square school. In this new building were spacious class rooms; lots of room to stretch one’s feet; wide halls; and all the modern conveniences

of a junior college. Although second year was only

equal to grade 11 in Nova Scotia, we felt as proud as the undergraduates of Yale or Harvard. I do not recall much of the rest of the year, other than the Easter trip on the Murray Harbour train. Even now, when I pass through Vernon Bridge, I still remember going down the loop from Vernon River station, which took an hour to get back on the track to Charlottetown.

Even the faces have faded over the 64 years, as I find when I look over the names and even the position of the students in the class. No doubt many met their fate in the battle fields of France and Germany or have gone to the Great Beyond, due to the wear and tear of nature. That was before Wood Islands was on the map, and Little Sands was less prominent than it is today, with its main notoriety

being the wine factory.

For amusement the students would gather down town on a Saturday evening and line up in columns of three, two girls and a boy, and go for a march across Hillsborough bridge. Every time the whistle blew, the boys had to move one row ahead. The worst of this procedure was, when one met a very pleasant, as well as a good looking girl, just when you were getting to know her, the whistle would blow and the chance of meeting her again was very slim, as one seldom had the time, luck or courage to make a date to see her again.

On Sunday evenings after church, all the young

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