HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN
MR. STEEL'S TRANSCANADIAN TRIP
Mr. Steel, our biological sciences
teacher, took advantage of last summer's
vacation period to visit Canada. He
made the seventeen day trip during the
month of August, travelling via Canadian
National railways from Toronto westward
to Victoria on the Pacific Coast. This
was not Mr* Steel's first visit to
Canada, but it was the first one of
such an extensive nature*
Mr. Steel was delighted by the number of
steam locomotives still operating in
Toronto. From there he took the "Super
Continental Limited" to Edmonton, which
is 2,000 miles west. During this part
of the trip, Mr. Steel managed to
swindle for himself the privilege of
riding in the Engine. He rode the giant
diesel for about 130 miles, and he
said he felt like a baseball fan in the
best seat at the World Series.
From the booming oil capital of Edmonton
Mr. Steel continued his journey to
Jasper, and then to Blue River, British
Columbia. Both of these towns are in
the Canadian Rockies, and do a large
tourist business. In Jasper, he saw a
brown bear ambling down the street from
his hotel window*
Leaving Blue River, Mr. Steel traveled
to Vancouver, which is a large seaport
in the province of British Columbia*
He then took a boat to Victoria, and
another boat to Seattle and then
traveled from there back to Vancouver
by rail.
In Victoria, the capital of British
Columbia, Mr. Steel was intrigued by
the old English atmosphere, and as a
botanist, he was especially fascinated
by the beautiful Buchart's gardens. He
stayed in the Empress Hotel, which is
also permeated with late nineteenth
century atmosphere.
From Vancouver, Mr. Steel traveled by
Canadian Pacific Railway to the Bonff
and Lake Louise district where he stayed
for three days. The moutain scenery, was
so beautiful? Mr. Steel found it hard to
describe. Also, he was impressed by the
spiral tunnels of the Canadian Pacific
Railway - remarkable feats of en:;u
On his homeward journey, he tr-vc' 1
'•The Dominion" to Galgory, '''inr.i '
along the ragged North shore of L-
Saperian hack to Toronto,-.
During the trip, Mr. Steel e + a
teacher of two recent Nob 1 Pr-':.-
in physics, who was on his w «/>’ to
sics convention in Edmonton#
Throughout the trip Mr. Steel was impre
ssed by the friendliness of the Canadian
people, the beauty of the varied land
scape and the clean towns. Also, he was
captivated by the many beautiful gardens
and parks. However, he was slightly vexe
at having to pay five cents extra on
every dollar, due to the differences
between Canadian and American Currency.
In speaking £bout his trip, Mr. Steel
said he was surprised at how little Ame
ricans know about Canada. He thinks that
since we are such close neighbors, we
should study more about Canadian geograp
hy and history# He said this would help
u# -appreciate the Canadians pride in
country, their unwillingness to be over
whelmed by their southern neighbor and
their allegiance to the British Common
wealth and crown#
PHILOSPHY FOR A FAILING COLLEGE STUDENT
by K.Q,Bishop
While failing a chemistry exam a few
ago, I suddenly saw the futility of tv.P r
My tortured mind rebeled against the f nil
universe and all the stupid beings (inclu
myself) in it# My jumbled thoughts smack:.
organized themselves, and before my eyes
I saw an intire phllosphy outlined/- A few
of the clearer edicts are as followss
Edict one - Nothing means anything.
Edict two - Things are the way they are
because they are that way.
Edict three Don't worry if the world
exists outside of your mind or not becaus
it wouldn't make any difference if it di
or not but it probably doesn’t, but who
cares any way#
DECEMBER 13, 1957