3069 W.A. McColl’s – II Year – 1951: “…and they got me a bar of Cashmère Bouquet “with the aroma that men love!””
28 Jan 51 Church parade today was a farce—it was very cold and we were not allowed to pull our ear lugs down. The Brigadier carried out a full inspection and there was a continual stream being sent off with frozen ears. Freddy Gilbert has been out in the iceboat for the past day or…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – II Year – 1951: “Fritz was crazy coming here when he could have gone to Queen’s and eaten at home each day.”
21 Jan 51 Church parade today was quite good. The whole jist of it was that prayers are not worth a damn unless you work to bring about the desired result—a very commendable philosophy. Fritz invited me in for dinner and once again Mrs. McDougall surpassed herself and we had a wonderful chicken dinner. Fritz…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – II Year – 1951: ” I guess they thought I was heaven-sent.”
14 Jan 51 Church parade into Kingston today, and I went to the R.C. mass just for the fun of it. Besides I can’t stand the U.C. minister and I’ve never been in an R.C. church before. It was an interesting experience. Strangely enough the mass today was “to bring in new converts to the…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – II Year – 1951: “I hereby signify my resolve to refrain from shaving my upper lip until the final exams are all over on 26 Apr 51”
16 Dec 50 This afternoon we went out north of Kingston and brought in several loads of Christmas trees and brush for decorating the gym. It became very cold after a while but we had a good gang of fellows and enjoyed the outing. I was so tired and cold when I got back that…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – II Year – 1950: “The snow was ideal and there was a terrific snowball fight out in the fort, seniors vs. recruits.”
10 Dec 50 Yesterday we put on our first gym display at half time at the basketball game with Bishop’s College (which our boys won 66-45). It was just a short show of about ten minutes and just material but I think it went over very well and created quite a good impression. It snowed…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – II Year – 1950: “The axe finally fell on the hell-raisers in economics class…” & The controversy over pill-boxes is still raging.
29 Nov 50 This interval indicates that studying for exams has started in earnest… It is quite a bit colder now and we have snow on the ground…parades in the morning are indoors and they are putting storm windows on the Frigate now. The recruit boxing finals were held today and 1 squadron recruits showed…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – II Year – 1950: “It’s getting so we rattle through a ceremonial and inspection every time we parade for lunch.”
11 Nov 50 This morning, Don, Barry, Ross and I went down to High Park to see our track boys run the harriers race with Varsity, McGill, Queen’s, OAC and McMaster. RMC placed fifth, Tromanhauser placing thirteenth as our first man in. It was very cold and windy and as a result very hard on…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – II Year – 1950: “..I slept in for as long as I could. Got in quite a bit of studying.:
4 Nov 50 It has been raining all day… We saw Queen’s take Western in a very muddy game score 13:10. Our team beat Bishops by 14:1. Since Moon Hall is on weekend leave, I have been blowing retreat. Just learned it and I sound terrible as my lips are still soft and the bugle…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – II Year – 1950: “He.. wants us to buckle down more to create a better impression in Kingston.”
21 Oct 50 This afternoon the cadet wing marched into Richardson Stadium to see our team play the Queen’s intermediates. A trumpet band from Trenton came down and played for the parade and game. We kept up a large amount of cheering for the entire game and I think the fanfare attracted a lot of…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – II Year – 1950: “The obstacle course was certainly not as hard as last year’s…”
16 Oct 50 Yesterday was Sunday—I was in to Fritz’s place for dinner and it was certainly a real spread, strawberry shortcake and all… Afterwards we both ran the mile… Fritz romped around and won in five minutes ten seconds and I managed to finish in about six minutes. It was for our squadron eliminations…We…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – II Year – 1950: “Several of us on the bay side of the frigate got charged for dust on the floors.”
9 Oct 50 This past week has not been particularly eventful. After classes I have been turning out for the gym team. This new P.T.I., Sgt Major Grindley, takes us; he is an excellent man for the job and used to be an acrobat with Barnum and Bailey. On Saturday, we played Ottawa U. and…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – II Year – 1950: “The Minister was unable to be here for the parade so Lt. Gen Simmonds inspected us.”
Click here to read McColl’s previous entries. 25 Sept 50 Here I’ll catch up on events for Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, Barry Hercus and some other fellows and I went in and saw Queen’s play OAC. Queens won 16-5 but the OAC team played very well and Queens had to fight all the way…