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

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FAREWELL ALMA MATER Dr. Willoughby, Dr. Saunderson, Teachers, Parents and Friends: Saying good-bye to high-school life is always a matter of great importance for any graduating class, but this year it is of greater significance than usual. It is im¬ portant not only because we are the graduates, but also because the predominant figure in our high school life is leaving Kelvin with us. The memory of our graduation will always be more vital because it was a time when student and principal together closed a phase of life. Dr. Willoughby may well be proud of the era that he s closing, for it has been one that has shaped thousands of lives such as our own, and has guided many to fame and honour. We graduates of 1955 have indeed been fortunate in receiving Dr. Willoughby ' s guidance throughout our high school years. We all thank him most gratefully for the influence he has had upon us, and we hope that his future years will be as rich and enjoyable as he has always hoped that those of his graduates would be. Our parents and teachers have also exerted a great influence upon our education. If we were to search the world over, we could never find better parents. Their constant love, interest, and patience have spurred us on. and in many cases have been the prime factors in our success today. We can never fully repay our parents for all they have done. The best we can do is strive to fulfill the hopes and expectations they hold for us. Teachers? Well, we have almost always considered them as a necessary evil with a weird passion for doling out detention slips and loading us with homework on weekends. Yet in these last few v eeks at Kelvin, most of us have seen the teachers in a different light. We are now beginning to realize how helpful they have been to us, and how eager they are to see us become well- informed citizens. Because of their keen interest in school activites, and their strong desire to educate us, they have spent many tireless hours for us in and out of the classroom. A full realization of our teachers ' value cannot and will not come to us until we have had a chance to use our knowledge in public. In the future, as men and women of the world, we shall silently thank our teachers a countless number of times for their guidance. Today, as a graduating class, we wish to express our deep appreciation for all their efforts on our behalf. We have led a busy life at Kelvin. Our fathers claim 1955 Valedictory by AVERILL IL.IFFE that the school course is much easier than it was in the good old days. Whether this is true or not, we cer¬ tainly have found time to participate in a great many more organized activities than they did. For instance, some of us have had the opportunity to develop our leadership potentials by working on the student council. Our athletes have participated in football, basketball, swimming, curling, and track and field events, the bovs making records at the annual Inter-High Track Meet, and the girls distinguishing themselves by winning city championships in both the volleyball and basketball leagues. Our Year Book editors have proved themselves worthy by introducing several new ideas which have been received with high acclaim by the student body. Our aspiring dramatists highlighted the year with the production of a three-act play, Nothing But the Truth. In the field of music we were proud to enter every possible class in the Manitoba Musical Festival, and prouder still to win both the Daniel MacIntyre Trophy and the highest mark awarded. As we leave Kelvin it is true that we leave these exciting high school activities. Yet they shall never escape us, for the memories shall live forever. Such experience will lead us on to greater, richer experiences. Now that we have completed this phase of our edu¬ cation we must move forward. We must continue to learn, for there is so much about us that is new. We must continue to achieve, for Canada has so much to offer. We must relinquish our carefree school days to younger students, and in their place we must assume responsibility to conduct our lives wisely, to make our own decisions, and to develop into good citizens. Eleven years ago we began our schooling at a time when the Second World War was drawing to a close. Today we end our schooling in a world of comparative peace. Now that we shall be taking our place in world affairs, it is our duty to help bring about a state of true peace for ourselves and the generations that follow. We must begin today to use the power in our hands. We can begin today, in our own community, in our own Canada. And now we say good-bye to Kelvin. Good-bye to Dr. Willoughby, Mr. Fyles, the teachers and staff and the undergraduates. The stage awaits us. The setting has been perfectly arranged. We are about to step before the lights for our debut. This is our world premiere. We must not fail the producer. We will not disappoint the audience. 14

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The Council THE EXECUTIVE The Executive of the council meets with the advisors, Miss Sprung and Mr. Hoole, to dis¬ cuss the amount of a cash donation to charity. Left to right: Mr. Hoole, Miss Sprung, Susan Sharpe, Dave Cross, Lynne Downey. SOCIAL The Social Committee of the Council makes final plans with regard to tickets, refresh¬ ments, and entertainment for the Snow Ball, held early in December. Left to right: Mavis Bloomquist, Warren Chafe, Marilyn Erb, Marilyn Brand, Sandra MacKenzie, Hugh Carruthers. (Missing: Fred Smith, Karl Kandel). ETHICS PUBLICITY The Ethics Committee of the Council studies The Publicity Committee of the Council diligently in preparation for the initial draft- composes an announcement for the P.A. sys- ing of a Code of Ethics for the students of tern urging large attendance at the Press- Kelvin. Left to right: Bob Gillies, Bill McIntosh, Tom (standing); Lynne Phillips, Luain Eastham. Night Prance, one of Kelvin ' s most successful dances. Stories Left to right: Robert Evans, Joy Johnson, Wayne Rudko.