Kelvin High School - Kelvin Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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DR. ERNEST FLOYD WILLOUGHBY Dedication We, the students of Kelvin High School, gratefully dedicate this annual to Dr. Floyd Willoughby, teacher, principal, and friend who, during his forty-one years of asso¬ ciation with our school has shown himself to be continuously interested in our work, welfare, and future. 41 Years of Devoted Service May I at the outset touch ever so lightly on some of the early milestones in the life and career of Doctor Ernest Floyd Willoughby. These are sign posts along the highway of Life, which mark so indelibly for him such unforgettable places and events as Stouffville, Ont., the place of his birth, Markham, where he completed his High School course, Darlington, where in all the vigor and buoyant optimism of youth, he first embarked on a long and illustrious teaching career. Then, two and a half years later came McMaster University, where in 1913 he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, specializing in the field of science. After a year in the College of Education Dr. Willoughby came to the Kelvin Technical High School as Science Master, in September 1914. For the next twenty-four years he taught science at Kelvin. Thousands of pupils passed through his hands during this period. What it meant to them in counsel, guidance, and knowledge is incalculable. It was during his stay at Kelvin he received, in 1931, his degree of Doctor of Pedagogy from the University of Toronto. The next eight years, 1938 to 1946, were spent as Principal of the Mulvey Junior High School. During these years he also engaged in many outside activities closely allied with the teaching profession. In 1940-41 he was President of the Winnipeg District Association; in 1942-43-44 he was President of the Manitoba Teachers ' Society; in 1944-45 he was President of the Canadian Teachers ' Federation. In August, 1946, he represented the Canadian Teachers ' Federation at the World Conference of the Teaching Profession at Endi- cott, N.Y. In October of 1946, just two months after coming to Kelvin High School as Principal, he was selected as one of the five official Canadian delegates to the first general conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, held in Paris. It was an appointment which reflected great dignity and prestige, not only on Dr. Willoughby, but on the teaching profession as a whole. During Dr. Willoughby ' s tenure of office as Principal for a period of nine years, Kelvin ' s high standard of scholarship was at all times maintained. With his wide background and experience, his proven ability, his asso¬ ciation with the students of this city, an association which dated over a period of forty-one years, his decisions on policy regarding staff and student body were always characterized by a fairness and a wisdom. Music, drama, and athletics as well as scholarship were maintained at a high degree of perfection during Doctor Willoughby ' s regime. F.G.G.

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FOREWORD Young men ond young women — a thousand strong or thereabouts claim Kelvin as their school today. Think back for a moment to yesterday. Every year since Kelvin first opened in 1912, the halls have echoed to the chatter and laughter of a host of boys and girls. To assess the impact of this multitude of former students on Winnipeg and Canada poses a task which defies the imagination. Nevertheless we know that many graduates of Kelvin have become outstanding members of pro¬ fessional and business circles, leaders in the public life of our city and nation. And now you take your place in the procession of the years to follow knowledge like a sinking star, beyond the utmost bound of human thought or, less poetically — to get an education. Many writers have defined Education but I like the definition of Nietzsche, the nineteenth century philosopher, best of all. He says Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble-education: dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and need I add that one must be able to dance with the pen? At first glance the connection of dancing with education may seem a remote one — but look at it again ■— dancing ideas •— the very essence of education •— the mind awakened. As you have worked and played during the year, many of you have caught something of the dancing in education ■—■ the joy of self-expression, of new ideas, of new worlds to conquer. Your achievements in studies and other school activities have written large the role of ' 55- ' 56 students in the great Kelvin tradition. COURAGE - TRUTH - RIGHT. R. J. COCHRANE, Principal.