Grantham High School - Olympian Yearbook (St Catharines, Ontario Canada)

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Congratulations to Mr. Armstrong The staff and students of Grantham High School wish to extend their congratulations to Mr. Armstrong on his pro- motion to the position of Assistant Superintendent of Secondary School Education. We received the news of his appointment feeling a sense of loss for Grantham High and it is with reluctance that we now share him with all of the St. Catharines Secondary Schools. However, we also have a felling of pride. We, more than any other school, know his sterling qualities because we have been privileged to work under his leadership for the past six years. We have not lost him entirely and we will be seeing him periodically throughout the coming years. We know that Mr. Armstrong will always have a special interest in Grantham High. May we assure him of our best wishes for success in his new position.

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Dedication We would like to dedicate this yearbook to a man who has served in educating youth for forty-three years. This man is Fred W. Harvie. He was born in Orillia, Ontario and went to primary and secondary schools there. He received his B.A. and B. Paed. at the University of Toronto. In 1944, he became the principal of Thorold High School and in 1949 was made the Super- vising Principal of Lincoln and Welland High School District He later became principal of Merritton High School and was promoted to the position of Supervising Principal of the Linwell Schools. Mr. Harvie was appointed Superintendent of St. Catharines Secondary Schools in January, 1961, the position from which he is now retiring. We know that he has been a great inspiration not only to the teachers but also to the students of all of St. Catharines High Schools, but particularly to those of Grantham High School. The best wishes of all of the staff and students of this school go to him for the years ahead.

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Our Principal Speaks The best measure of our success in life, said H.G. Wells, is the ratio of our accomplishments to our capabili- ties. Abraham Lincoln put it this way: I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. From our study of American history we know that Lincoln did just that. He was a man of noble character who had the moral courage to meet his obligations to himself and to society. He had a purpose in life, and he did not falter in his efforts to accomplish that purpose. To build character required courage and endurance. Those who enjoy the view from the top of a mountain do not whimper about the scratches they suffered on the way up. Persons of character are heartily in earnest. They have the tendency to persevere in spite of hindrances, discouragements, and impossibilities. They have a zest in living. They have the energy to do things. They are able to write in their diary day after day, as Columbus wrote in the log of his first voyage across the uncharted Atlantic, This day we sailed on. It is my sincere wish that all of you at Grantham High will endeavour to lead full, purposeful lives. I hope that, as you acquire your education, you will strive to develop fully those talents which have been entrusted to you. I hope that you will develop those qualities of mind that will enable you to discern the good from the bad; to choose the right from the wrong. I hope that you will all come to realize that you have a role in human destiny, and that it is your sacred duty to endeavour to carry out that role to the best of your ability. The late King George VI. during the dark days of World War U, stirred the courage of the world with the following words of Louise Haskins, I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: Give me a light that 1 may tread safely into the unknown. And he re- plied: Go out into the darkness and put thine hand into the hand of God. That shall be to thee better than light and safer than a known way. I congratulate the Olympian Staff under the capable leadership of the Editor-in-Chief, Martha Minaker, and the devoted Staff Advisers, Mr. Dugo and Miss Hughes, on the production of another outstanding Olympian Yearbook. • CLCCi-- - --- 2 ' -