The Gavelyte, January 1913

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE 3 been snatched from her forever. aciEnt city of HalHax. "Anci ent" did That Xmas day was a joyful one to I say? TL is not such an ancient city Bobby and his mother for their lives as Boston or New York or Phi1adel– were to be changed from this time phia, for H wa.s founded as late as forward. The Rosemores received 1749, but the number of ancient land– Bobby into their home to give him all marks, the spirit of "ye olden times" the advantages which they would whi h stHl prevails especially in mili– have given their son, and Mrs. Riley tary affairs and the rather •tardy de– was to stay as his nurse and mother. v lopmf nt of tl1'e economic resour·ces FINIS. of the city, give one the impresslion that it is very ancient. A TRIP TO HALIFAX. Halifax is a v ry English oi'ly- Rev. C. A. Young, '00, Pastor Rox- English in its manners, in its spirit and in tits very appearance. It has always been a cent r for Loyalists bury Church, Boston, Mass. When I studied "Gogerphy" it and dur ing the Revolutionary war a seemed to me that the city of Hali- grrnt many Tories from the American fax was as far off as some Icelandic coloni es settled here. These facts or other outlandish point and about comL,: ned wil·h its importance as a as inaccess,ible as the North Pole. garrLon city have given it a distinct– There seemed about as much likeli- ly English atmosphere. Old St. Paul's church, the ViTestminister Abbey of hood of ever being there as there now seems to be of my ever seeing the polar protuberance. But from Boston one can reach the famous city within the limits of a twenty-four hour day. I chose to go by the famous "Evan– geline Route." I wish that I could tell you of the beauties of the Annapo– lis Basin, of the wonderful tidal phe– nomena of the Bay of Fundy and the Basin of Minas, and of the actual scenes whfoh Longfellow describes in the story of Evangeline. To have drawn water from the we'11 out of which Evangeline drank, to have walk– ed on the dikes and over the mead– ows over which she led her heifer, to have looked on the very shores from which lhe unhappy Acadians looked hack upon lhe smoldering ruins of their homes as they sailed out they kn w not whith r, was a rare privi– lPge. But I starlPd oul to write about th Canada 1has helped to cultivate this splrit. Ha!Eax is rather noted for its fine parks and recreation faoilities. The public ga rdens are not la•rge, being only fourteen acres in extent, but they are famous for their fine flower beds, the vari 2ty and luxuniance of their plants and th e good taste with which all is laid out. Point Pleasant park is beautifulily situated at the end of the point of land on whic1h the city is built and from it one ge ts a splendid view of the mighty Atlantlic. T,hi s park is owned by the Canadian gove rnment, but is 1 ased to the city for a long period at an annual rental of a shilling a year. Onre a year the park is closed to the public and soldiers are station– ed at the gates as a reminder to the city lhat the park belongs not to the citizens of !Ialifax, but to the people of Canada.