Complex sentence: In 1892, during his final year at St. Marys Collegiate Institute, Meighen was elected secretary of the Literary Society and was an expert debater in the school Debating Society; he received first class honours in Mathematics, English, and Latin.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1892, during his final high school year at St. Marys Collegiate Institute, Meighen was elected secretary of the Literary Society and was an expert debater in the school Debating Society. He received first class honours in Mathematics, English, and Latin.