Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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The Argus Staff Editor R.K. MacFarlane Photography Art Advertising W.M. Gray W.J. Stone A.B.S. Johnston J.R, Smith A. Lee D.C. McAlister G.W. Graham J.K. Burns W.A.D. Colville T. Lam J. Hevesi M.G. Braden Junior School Sports Editors Contributors R.B. Carson S.H. Gudewill G.P. Casperd R.P. Smith J.T. Wetmore J. A. Slattery J.D. Keevil Staff Adviser E.L. Bott, Esq. R.N. MacFarlane C. Robertson J. A. Wright P.H. Day, Esq. M.A . Nightingale

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demanding, if we are to be strong physically. Intellectually, too, we must find ways to extend the capacities of our boys for long, sustained and demanding work. Recently I came across a book entitled Science Made Easy, I got rid of it quickly, but the title has stayed on to plague me. The idea of things being made easy represents so much that is wrong in modern education and in modern life that I cannot easily forget it. Science cannot be made easy. Science is an exacting discipline demanding all that there is of a man. It ought to be presented with all its interest and wonder and challenge, but never as something easy. What satisfaction is there in doing the easy? Indeed, while we do not want to expect the impossible from our boys and while we want to be ready to guide them through painful periods of learning and growth, we want them at the same time to know the fun of hard work intellectually, to know the experience of being extended to the limit, and to feel the satisfaction of meeting the difficult and overcoming it. What I have said may seem grim and hard; probably it is hard, but it is certainly not grim. In fact there is no greater fun than knowing the satisfaction which comes from developing strengths, and using abilities, to the fullest, and, if we can achieve this knowledge for our boys, we shall be taking full advantage of our new facilities. Further, and in a broader sense, we may be able to make a contribution to the educational community at large by doing something definite about common problems which face us - such as those related to the quality of teachers, the importance of the best possible standards in all areas, the need of a respect for hard work, the necessity of discipline, and the knowledge of values rooted in God. We might even - if we really try - become a small light in a rather large darkness. But for this we shall have to roll up our sleeves, become better informed, and dedicate ourselves with enthusi- asm, and determination,- and faith - to the task.

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