Sunday, October 30, 2016

Headmasters and Principals of Jarvis Collegiate, 1807 to 2005

Headmasters and Principals (23 in total)

Jarvis Collegiate, 1807 to 2007

1807 - 1812

Rev. George O'Kill Stuart

• Anglican clergman
• Harvard graduate
• very poor teacher
• several disconcerting habits - spoke for a long time with eyes closed, then suddenly opened them - very peculiar way of using his voice
• drove students away until there were only 4 left in 1811
• retired in 1812 to become minister in Kingston

1812 - 1822

Rt. Rev. John Strachan

• Anglican clergman

• born in Scotland

• Key figure in early history of Upper Canada, a man of vision, as well as of driving ambition

• became General Superintendant of Education for Upper Canada – founded University of Toronto – appointed first Anglican Bishop of Toronto

1822 - 1825
Rev. Samuel Armour

• Anglican clergman

• born in Scotland

• promoted from assitant to John Strachan

• resigned in 1825

• became a schoolmaster in Cavan township until his death

1825 - 1830

Rev. Dr. Thomas Phillips

• Anglican clergyman

• born in England – educated at Cambridge

• excellent scholar – brought many Eton traditions to Home District Grammar School – emphasis on Greek and Latin – cricket became popular

• but by the end of his principalship, government declared all grammar schools in Upper Canada failures

1830 - 1834

• to solve education crisis, government creates Upper Canada College

• U.C.C. and Home District Grammar School amalgamated as "Upper Canada College and the Royal Grammar School"

• marriage lasts only a few years

1834 - 1836

Rev. Duncan MacAulay

portrait not available

• school re-opens with new name, "Royal Grammar School" – buildings and grounds in poor condition, neighbourhood had declined

• born in Scotland

• clergman of Church of Scotland

• 1836 moves to U.S., reason unknown

1836 - 1838

Charles Cosens

portrait not available

• first non-clergyman

• school became "partly a humble rival of and partly a preparatory school" for Upper Canada College

• resigned in 1838 to teach at U.C.C.

1839 - 1852

Marcellus Crombie

• previously taught in Montreal and eastern Upper Canada

• another difficult period for grammar school education in Upper Canada – economic depression strangled funding

1853 - 1863

Dr. Michael Howe

• graduated from Trinity College, Dublin – taught in Belfast – emigrated to Canada in 1851, taught in Cayuga, then Galt – hired from town of Galt

• 1859 forced to resign because of "rumours affecting his character" (probably code words for homosexuality or sexual impropriety)

• moved to Australia, became principal of Newington College in New South Wales

1863 - 1872

Rev. Arthur Wickson

• last clergyman as principal

• graduated from University of Toronto

• resigned in 1872 because of ill health – moved to England, where he worked for many years with the Christian Instruction Society

1872 - 1899

Dr. Archibald MacMurchy

• born in Scotland – graduated from University of Toronto

• won the school its high reputation for academics, especially math

• terrific male chauvinist – believed women should not teach or enter politics – not a single woman attended his retirement

• 1873 school renamed "Toronto Collegiate Institute"

• 1890 school renamed "Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute" – because Toronto got its second collegiate, Parkdale

• stayed too long as principal – discipline declined, leading to an official investigation which resulted in his resignation

1900 - 1906

Major Fred Manley

• a former student at Jarvis, later a Jarvis teacher

• while teacher, took leave of absence to help put down the Riel Rebellion, fought at Battle of Batoche, decorated

• was unable to maintain standards and discipline

• 1906 resigned due to ill health

1906 - 1914

Dr. Luther Embree

• "one of the most successful" principals of the school

• graduated from University of Toronto

• transferred from Parkdale Collegiate and, within a single term, restored efficiency, discipline, high standards

1914 - 1934

John Jeffries

• graduated from University of Toronto

• during his 20-year principalship the school enjoyed many successes, including construction of the present building

• after retiring in 1934 lived to age 99

1934 - 1939

Fred Clarke

• maintained high academic standards despite the retirement of several outstanding teachers

• retired in 1939

1939 - 1950

Arthur Allin

• well liked and successful – overcame shortages and other difficulties during World War II

• arrived at Jarvis in 1913 to teach science – appointed principal in 1930

• retired in 1950

1950 - 1952

Dr. James Jenkins

• popular math teacher at Jarvis for 28 years, devoted to students – appointed principal only 2 years before his retirement

• after retirement received an honorary LL.B. from the University of Toronto for his contribution to math and to education at Jarvis Collegiate – in granting the degree, university president described him as "truly a mathematical Mr. Chips"

1952 - 1969

Milton Jewell

• graduated in 1926 from University of Western Ontario with a B.A. in Business Administration

• football and hockey player at university – teacher of mathematics and physical education at Malvern Collegiate, Toronto, 1932-1942 – Physical Training and Drill Officer in R.C.A.F. during World War II – Principal of Malvern Collegiate, 1946-1952

• a great lover of sports and believer in the importance of physical education

1969 - 1974

Eric McCann

• graduated in 1936 from University of Toronto, B.A., English and History—attended Riverdale Collegiate, Toronto—taught in North Bay and Toronto, then served in Europe during World War II—taught at Central Technical Institute, Toronto, 1946-1963, Head of English Department, 1958-1963—Vice-Principal at Jarvis Collegiate, 1964—Vice-Principal at Danforth Technical School, 1964-1969

• co-author of Style and Structure; editor of Longman's Falcon Edition of King Lear

1974 - 1983

Ann Shilton

• first female principal of Jarvis Collegiate (after 167 years and 18 male principals)

• a former Jarvis student

• teacher of English and Physical Education at Central Technical School, then at Humberside Collegiate—Vice-Principal, Heydon Park Collegiate—Principal, Greenwood School

1983 -

Janet Ray

David Wells

- 1995

David MacDonald

George Reid Murals in the Auditorium of Jarvis Collegiate

Historical Murals by George Reid
in the Auditorium of Jarvis Collegiate

After World War I, Jarvis commissioned a war memorial, consisting of four parts: a bronze tablet with the names of Jarvis students killed in the war, a Chalice of Undying LIght to burn beneath the tablet, Panels Commemorating the Services of Those Who Came Back with the names of Jarvis students who returned from the war, and a series of eleven murals for the auditorium.

The artist George Reid began work in May of 1928 and finished by July of 1929. Reid was assisted by Lorna Claire, a former student at Jarvis. His theme was Canadian history, with an emphasis on the early years of European discovery, culminating in a tribute to those who fought in World War I. The murals are on a very large scale and are painted on all the walls of the auditorium. In addition to the eleven murals, Reid also painted various decorations, "of heraldic and emblematic character."

The school possesses a number of copies of a pamphlet, probably written by the artist, providing detailed descriptions of the eleven panels, entitled Descriptive Notes of Mural Decorations Designed and Painted by G.A. Reid, R.C.A., O.S.A, Assisted by Lorna Claire, A.O.C.A., in Jarvis Collegiate Auditorium. The descriptions here are copied from that pamphlet.

Jarvis alumni returning to the school frequently ask to view the murals.

The reproductions below and those you see when clicking on a thumbnail, are small and black-and-white, and they give only a rough sense of the scale and impact of the originals.

Auditorium of Jarvis Collegiate

April, 2001

Six of the George Reid murals are visible

Ericson Discovering North America, 1000 A.D.

The discovery of Greenland in 986 by Eric the Red and that of the northern coast of North America in 1000 by his son, Lief Ericson, are generally conceded to be historical facts, and Panel No. 1 depicts Ericson landsighting the coast at the lifting of a fog bank. The vessel shown is based on actual remains of early Norwegian vessels which have been found buried in the sand on the coast and which it was the custom to use as the burial tombs of the Vikings.

The Discoverers, 987-1497

Connecting the East and West walls at the back of the gallery is a frieze panel interrupted by the projection room. This frieze covers the period of the discoveries of the new world from Eric the Red, who discovered Greenland in 986 to Hudson, who discovered Hudson Bay and James Bay in 1610. The Discoverers are shown in consecutive groupings, having indications in costume, gesture, and other appropriate characterizations.

The ... groups [in this panel], which form the first phase of the discovery of the new world, occupy the part of the frieze on the left.
Group 1, Panel -- Eric the Red is represented with his young son, Ericson, as Greenland is discovered in 986. Fourteen years later Ericson discovered the North American Coast and the record of the Norwegian Sagas show that a colony was planted there in a place they named Vineland.

Group 2, Panel -- The stories of various travellers to China and India, but particularly the chronicle of Marco Polo's travels from Venice to China in 1298, fired the imagination of the navigators, who sought passage by water to Cathay, or India, then thought to be a land of untold wealth. Marco Polo is shown in a group of Venetians as he tells, on his return, his story to his compatriots, some of whom are incredulous.

Group 3, Panel -- Prince Henry of Portugal, the great Patron of the navigators in the absorbing search, is represented with his chronicler, who records the tale of a navigator.

Groups 4 and 5, Panel -- Diaz and Da Gama follow, the former with his companions showing surprise as, after having been driven south on the Coast of Africa, they find the land on their left, and realize that they have rounded the Cape of Good Hope. Eleven years later, in 1498, Da Gama sailed to India by way of the Cape and the Indian Ocean, and, after taking Calcutta, became its Governor.

Group 6, Panel -- In the meantime Columbus, in 1492, had sailed west on the same search and had discovered the Islands of the American Continent, now named the West I ndies. Columbus is represented holding the flag of Spain and looking towards the West.

Group 7, Panel -- Cabot in 1497 had discovered the Northern mainland. He is represented with his three sons as they study a chart after they have received the commission of King Henry VII to go in search of the new lands.

The Discoverers, 1500-1610

Connecting the East and West walls at the back of the gallery is a frieze panel interrupted by the projection room. This frieze covers the period of the discoveries of the new world from Eric the Red, who discovered Greenland in 986 to Hudson, who discovered Hudson Bay and James Bay in 1610. The Discoverers are shown in consecutive groupings, having indications in costume, gesture, and other appropriate characterizations.

The right side of the frieze is the story of exploration and settlement in detail much of which, however, is still the seeking for the way to Cathay.

Group I Cortereal is seen as he maps the Coast of North America which he named Corterealis in 1500.

Group 2 Though numerous navigators and fishermen had visited the new land, active interest seems to have flagged for thirty-five years until Cartier, still hoping for the discovery of the way to India, sailed into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. On his second voyage in 1535 he reached the present site of Montreal, where he was welcomed by the Indians. He is shown, as he reads a chapter from the New Testament to the Indians, who bring their sick to be cured.

Groups 3, 4 and 5 The next groups have as their centre of interest, Frobisher, Drake, and Gilbert, the first two being closely associated in the search for the Northwest Passage to India. Frobisher in 1576 thought he had found the passage as he passed into Frobisher Bay, and supposed he saw America on one side and Asia on the other. The following year, as Drake with Frobisher conducted a marauding expedition against Spain in the West Indies and South America it was supposed by them that by sailing through the Straits of Magellan they would be able to pass by the Northwest Passage back to England. After being discouraged in this hope by ice, they continued the voyage around the world. This was the second round-the-world voyage the first having been the disastrous expedition of Magellan in 1521 when he discovered the Straits of Magellan, and lost his life in the Ladrones, only one vessel of his fleet of five arriving back in Spain with fifteen men.

Group 5 shows Gilbert, the first Governor of Newfoundland, who took possession of it for Queen Elizabeth in 1583 and established a colony and Government. He met with disaster when famine threatened, and was lost with the foundering of his ten ton flagship, as he sat with his Bible in his lap, encouraging his men.

Groups 6 and 7 The last two groups show Champlain and Hudson, who in 1609 and 1610 were exploring Lake Champlain and the Hudson River, their routes nearly meeting. In group 6, Champlain is welcomed to Quebec on his return in 1608. In group 7, Hudson is shown with his young son, in 1610, consulting his chart as he turns to look west, where he is seeking the northwest passage. He discovered Hudson Bay, but was then lost, with his son and part of his crew.

Cabot Discovers the North American Coast, 1497 A.D.

John Cabot and his three sons received a patent from King Henry VII in 1497, to find, discover, and investigate lands hitherto unknown to all Christians. Like Columbus, Cabot had been dreaming of the possibility of reaching India by sailing West and had sought for many years to get aid to make the voyage. He had visited Mecca and heard of the riches of the East and was able to tell about them; but it was not until the news came that Columbus had found lands by sailing West that the King's interested was aroused, and the patent was granted. His small ship, Matthew, had a crew of eighteen men, and, leaving Bristol on the 2nd of May, 1497, he sighted land on the 24th of June. The Panel shows Cabot with his son Sebastian (who is supposed to have accompanied him) surrounded by his men as he takes possession of the country in the name of the King, after setting up a cross and planting the flags of England and Italy beside it.

Cartier Discovering the St. Lawrence
and Erects a Cross at Gaspé, 1534 A. D.

Although thirty-seven years had elapsed since the time Cabot discovered the Northern Coast of the continent, much had been done in exploring towards the South. Magellan had passed through the Straits into the Pacific, and the fishermen of various countries had frequented the Grand Banks. While the earlier discoverers had insisted that they had discovered Asia, it was now clear that it was a new Continent, and the search had become one for a passage beyond by which to reach Cathay. Cartier, after a favourable voyage of twenty days, with two ships, found the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which he entered by the Strait of Belle Isle. After extensive exploration he reached Gaspé, where he set up a cross and took possession. It was is belief that he had found the passage to Asia. He is represented in this Panel as addressing a band of Indians who were mystified by the ection of the cross, but who became friendly on receiving various trinkets as presents.

Founding of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1668 A. D.

Radisson and Groseilliers had explored far and wide as enterprising fur-traders, and Radisson had been captured and tortured by hostile Indians. At a later date they brought to Quebec a rich cargo of furs. Not wishing to share profits with the French Governor of Canada, they went, on one of their expeditions, without a license, and, because they had broken the law, they were imprisoned and most of their furs taken for taxes and fines. As a result they offered their services to England and told of the great possibilities of fur-trading through the North into Hudson's Bay. The Panel shows the ship, Nonsuch, which Groseilliers took into James Bay, at the mouth of the Moose River. Wintering there it returned to England with a rich cargo. Two years later, the Charter of the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay, was granted by Charles I I, and Prince Rupert, with seventeen partners, began the great Northern trade. This was at once disputed by the French, and after some years of hostilities by which the trading post was taken several times by French expeditions sent overland and retaken by the English, open war was ended only by the treaty of Utrecht, with the Company retiring farther north to Fort Albany, and the trading was developed westerly until the whole country passed into the possession of Great Britain when Wolfe took Quebec.

United Empire Loyalists, 1783 A. D.

There were numerous movements into Canada of the people from the newly formed United States, who, after the War of Independence, came to be called the United Empire Loyalists. This panel represents the very important movement by way of the Richelieu River to Sorel on the St. Lawrence and up the river to Adolphustown, where the Government had surveyed several Townships to be settled by them. At Sorel, during a winter spent there, batteaux were built, these being capable of accommodating five families with their household effects. They were propelled by four rowers, aided by a sail, and were guided by a steersman at the stern. The scene is set at a wide portion of the St. Lawrence, opening into Lake Ontario, and a group of Indians on the high shore serves to indicate the extent of the flotilla, as from a high point they look down the River. About 3000 were transported in this way, each flotilla consisting of twelve batteaux. In passing up the rapids, each batteau was drawn by means of ropes by all the men of the flotilla.

Mackenzie Discovers the Pacific, 1793 A. D.

The search for the northwest passage had become less intense as the great extent of the continent became known and the Hudson's Bay Company had spread their activities over a large part of the north. Alexander Mackenzie, a young and vigorous agent and shareholder in the company, had proved his leadership in many ways. He led a number of expeditions, two of which were into the heart Of the Continent, over the Grand Portage from Montreal to Lake Athabaska. He was the first to undertake the discovery of the way to the Pacific across the Rocky Mountains. The distance to the coast was known by him, as he had Captain Cook's Latitudes and Longitudes. The Mackenzie and Peace Rivers were vaguely known, and it was in the belief that the Mackenzie led to the Pacific Ocean that he chose to explore that River first. Disappointed in finding that it led into the region of ice. called the Hyperborean Sea, he turned to the Peace River, after first making the journey by the Grand Portage and Montreal to England to prepare himself more fully with instruments for observation and up-to-date knowledge of how to use them, and returning by the same route. The panel represents Mackenzie and his nine men, two of whom were Indians, as he stands on the Bella Coola Rock in Dean Channel, near the Bella Coola River. This rock, which was identified six years ago, is about forty miles from the open sea. Mackenzie was unable to proceed further on account of lack of provisions and the hostility of the natives. From a village in a nearby inlet two canoes of hostile natives are approaching, and the order has been given to stand by, with arms ready. The Indian members of the party are loading the canoe, which had been borrowed at a village on the river, and, as Mackenzie makes his observations, Mackay, his foreman, by the camp-fire, mixes with grease, the Vermillion which is to be used for the inscription on the rock—"Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the Twentysecond of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three."

The tale of Mackenzie's journey from Lake Athabaska to the Pacific as told in simple terms by himself, constitutes a great Canadian Epic. His powerful physique was used again and again to recover a canoe which his men had abandoned, to carry a sick I ndian up a steep mountain climb, or to accomplish some other task at which his men would falter. His gentleness in encouraging them when they became pan;c-stricken, and his firmness when they showed signs of mutiny, tell of his character. While he carefully planned all risks taken, many were faced with small chance of success. Yet he returned, and all his men. in good health, and all were willing to follow him in any enterprise.

Patriotism

A female figure symbolic of Canada stands on a raised dais, having an architecturally treated background of seat, wall, and columns. In her left hand Canada holds a scroll signifying free government, while in the right she holds a wreath, a token of merit recognized. About the figure are grouped representatives of the Family, Law, Education, Labor, Government, and Defence, each expressing, in various forms of homage, devotion to the native land. School cadets bear aloft the flags of Great Britain and Canada, which float in the breeze. In the background are Boy Scouts carrying the banners of the Provinces, and, in the distance, beyond a monumental wall and stately columns, are groups of trees and the blue water of Lake Ontario. Above is a blue sky broken by cumulus clouds. The wall and columns in this panel and in Panel No. 11, together with the distance formed by trees, water and sky, are similar and serve as balancing features of the composition of the two panels which are placed to the left and right of the auditorium stage.

This mural is so large that Reid painted it on canvas in his studio rather than in the auditorium, then glued it to the wall and "finished [it] ... to harmonize with the colour of the auditorium."

Several Jarvis cadets wearing their uniforms were used as models for figures in this mural.

Sacrifice

In front centre stands a Cenotaph, a mute memorial to those who gave their lives in the service of their country. Cadets stand at each side, holding aloft the flags of Great Britain and Canada, which droop quiescent. Young Cadets, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, and a rank of helmeted soldiers of the Great War, are interspersed with family groups, students, educators, artisans, and other nation builders. This assemblage of representative persons and groups gives expression of homage to the memory of the Glorious Dead, whose names live evermore. A wreath is being placed on the Cenotaph, and young and old bear flowers and wreaths in token of remembrance and recognition of the supreme sacrifice. Behind the circle, two ranks of cavalry flank right and left before a monumental wall surmounted by columns. Beyond are groups of trees and the blue

George Reid painting at the National Gallery, Ottawa

Mortgaging the Homestead
George Reid
National Gallery of Canada

Commentary from Masterpieces of Canadian Art from the National Gallery of Canada, by David Burnett (Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton, 1990). ISBN 0-88830-344-0:

"The mid-nineteenth century saw a surge of interest in narrative painting. Pictures of this sort responded to the taste of the growing range and prosperity of the middle classes and reflected their values on educational, social, and moral issues. The subjects were chosen from historical or mythological themes and from contemporary themes. Artists tended to specialize in a particular approach.

"In 1890, George Reid was thirty. He had returned to Toronto after a year in Paris and had immediately begun work on a large and ambitious canvas, Mortgaging the Homestead. He submitted the picture as his diploma work for the Royal Canadian Academy, to which he was elected as a full member in 1891. Reid's painting, recounting a country family's misfortune, struck a powerful chord in a society which was so dependent on the land. It was a subject Reid could invest with the conviction of personal experience. Born and brought up on a farm in western Ontario, he had had to overcome considerable resistance from his father to pursue his artistic interests. At one point, the family was forced to mortgage the farm. To such people, a mortgage was a last resort, a serious blow not only because it meant yielding independence and control of one's destiny, but also because it carried the shame and stigma of failure.

"Ironically, what had been a low point in his family fortunes marked for Reid a major success in his career. Three years later, he painted in an even larger format a sequel, Foreclosure of the Mortgage. Widely exhibited across North America, this picture brought Reid highly favourable notices. (Regrettably, the painting was destroyed by fire in England in 1918. In 1935, Reid painted a second--and, one assumes, inferior--version from his original sketches, and this is now in the Government of Ontario collection.)

" Mortgaging the Homestead was typical for its time because of its choice of theme and its narrative presentation. In the emphasis Reid pu on the painting of light he also showed himself responsive to the latest academic interests in Paris. The Salon of 1888, the year Reid went to Paris, was particularly noted for the emphasis that painters were giving to light effects. Yet unlike other Canadian artists who had gone to Paris (in particular William Brymner, Paul Peel, and Robert Harris), Reid did not fully adopt the French mode. Nor did his work indulge in the cloying sentamentality and heaping detail that characterized so much European painting of the time. His painting is spare in incident, concentrating on the strength of the characterization that he could bring to his figures.
"The origins of Reid's approach owes most to the years he had spent in Philadelphia studying with Thomas Eakins, one of the finest figure painters of the day. Reid took up Eakins' robust naturalism and his concern with describing individuals rather than types. Eakins looked directly to the people and circumstances of his time and place, an attitude that also marks Reid's best work.

"Reid invested a major commitment to the development of art in Canada through a long career as both painter and educator. When J. E .H. MacDonald wrote in the mid-1920s about the origins of an identifiably Canadian school of painting, he pointed to Reid as one of the most significant arists in its development. Reid taught from 1890 at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design, and he was president of the Ontario College of Art from 1912 to 1928. He became a great advocate of "public art" and undertook major decorative murals on historical themes at Toronto City Hall (1897-99) and the Royal Ontario Museum (1935-38). An extensive program of murals on historical themes at Queen's Park was not realized, but some of the subjects were later executed in murals at Jarvis Collegiate Institute in Toronto (1928-30). In 1944, shortly before his death, he donated to Ontario 459 paintings and works on paper, most of them for display and exhibition in schools across the province. Less than half the works are traceable today."

Bibliography for History of Jarvis Collegiate, Toronto

Blakely, Phyllis R. and John N. Grant, eds., "Mr. Secretary Jarvis: William Jarvis of Cornwall and York," in Eleven Exiles: Accounts of Loyalists of the American Revolution, Dundurn Press Limited, Toronto, 1982, ISBN 0-919670-62-8
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Leighton, Douglas, and Robert J. Burns, "Samuel Peters Jarvis," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. viii, University of Toronto Press, 1985. ISBN 0-8020-3422-5. Contains excellent bibliography on original documents.
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Medland, Harvey, Minerva's Diary: A History of Jarvis Collegiate Institute, Mika Publishing Company, Belleville, 1979. ISBN 0-919303-36-6. This book, of course, is essential reading on the subject of Jarvis Collegiate.
"Mr. Secretary Jarvis: William Jarvis of Connecticut and York," in Phyllis R. Blakely and John N. Grant, eds., Eleven Exiles: Accounts of Loyalists of the American Revolution, Dundurn Press Limited, 1982, Toronto. ISBN 0-919670-52-8
Leighton, Douglas, and Robert J. Burns, "Samuel Peters Jarvis," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. iii, University of Toronto Press, 1985. ISBN 0-8020-3422-5
Robertson, J. Ross, The History of Freemasonry in Canada, vol. 1, George Morang & Co. Ltd., Toronto, 1900. William Jarvis was appointed first head of the Freemasons in Upper Canada at the same time he was appointed first Secretary and Registrar.
Robertson, John Ross, Landmarks of Toronto, Vol. 1, 1894. Facsimile edition, Mika Publishing Company, Belleville, Ontario, 1976. ISBN 0-919302-04-8
Scadding, Henry, Toronto of Old, Dundurn Press, Toronto, 1987. Ed. Frederick H. Armstrong. ISBN 1-55002-027-7. A re-issue of an old classic with detailed descriptions of Toronto streetscapes.
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Saturday, October 29, 2016

Student reporting and writing from some issues of JargOnline ( the online version of the Jarvis Jargon student newspaper) from the years 1995 to 2005 are posted at

http://jarvisjargonarchive.blogspot.ca/