St Michaels University School - Black Red and Blue Yearbook (Victoria, British Columbia Canada)

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to persevere in the face of great odds. People with less ability have to work harder, but all authorities are agreed that work, intelligently applied, is probably the most important key to success. The second key to success is good mental and physical health. VV ith- out good health everything is diflicult. lVhile there are many examples of people in the world who have led successful lives in spite of physical handicaps, yet such difficulties may have hindered them in attaining the ultimate. Good health, of course, can be ruined-more often by overplaying than by overworking. The third key to success involves exercising judgment, or just ordinary common sense, in the things you do. A person who has a fair amount of common sense learns from his mistakes. In the affairs of the world judgnient is a quality of supreme importance. Many men have good, often brilliant, ideas, but are unable to execute them because they lack judgment. And the final key to success might be called Hdrivel' or 'cimpulsefl This is the ability to act quickly and to make decisions promptly. To act on the impulse is quickly to size up a situation and to act immediately instead of saying, 'CThat looks like a good idea,', and then doing nothing about it. Most successful men and women have trained themselves to make up their minds quickly and to swing into action. They have acquired the Do- It-Noww habit. These, then, are four simple keys or principles - work, health, judg- ment and drive- which will go a long way to making you successful boys and men in after life. Few men better exemplify these keys than Mr. Barker. Finally, may I remind you that education is a life-long process. It does not end with a diploma from this School, or a certificate from the De artment of Education or a Universit degree. It is continuous. , Y. D . . One never actually completes ones education, but is always in the process of acquiring more. For what was learned yesterday is not en- tirely true today, and some of the things we know and believe today will not be valid tomorrow. No one's education is ever finished - which you should have an open and receptive mind and be ready to learn as you look into the future. In conclusion, in this month of june in all schools. both public and private, all over Canada thousands of young people like yourselves will be leaving school. Some of you in the future will become Statesmen, Business Executives, Union Leaders, Blaster Craftsmen. Others will be Doctors Lawvers Engineers Accountants Research Scientists. Some of 9 , 1 3 9 you will become ClCIl'5TllCll or Teachers, and some few will represent the Country in the world of Rlusic, the Arts and Literature. Nobody can be quite sure at this moment who these people are going to be. or just how their careers will be shaped. lN'e cannot with accuracy forecast success for anyone. All we know is that many of you in this room will be the successful men of tomorrow, and that you will occupy positions of trust, honour and importance in the years that lie ahead. The future, Gentlemen, belongs to you! In a few minutes we shall proceed to the New Library, but hrst let me say that we are assembled here to open the Library oflicially and to pay tribute to lXlr. and M1's. A. Barker, who have generously 13

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mum requirement, and it cannot be emphasized too strongly that all young people should remain in school as long as possible, provided that they are applying themselves to their studies. This year over six million students in Canada are enrolled in all types of schools, including the Universities. Unly fifteen years ago approximately two million were in attendance in similar types of educational institutions. This is a remarkable growth in a relatively short period. Before I commence the text of my address I would remind all students before me of two important matters. First-that you owe much to your parents for any success you may have had up to this time. They have clothed you, fed you and given you encouragement and sound advice. In many cases they have made sacrifices to enable you to attend this School. If you propose to continue your studies at the University, or at some other school, doubtless your parents will continue to en- courage and to assist you. D0n't ever let them down! Second-the schools, including this one, that you have attended have given you fine opportunities in ternzs of the teachers and facilities provided. The groundwork has already been laid for your future scholarship and suc- cess. Achievement later at the University, success in your work in after life and the habits you have formed can be traced back to our elemen- tary and secondary schools, of which this University School is one. Scholars are not produced by some miracle at the University. Often our public and independent schools do not get the credit they deserve in this respect. Wlhat can I say, then, to a group of students, some of whom are about to complete four years of secondaiy school while others are still in the early grades of this School? It is fitting. I think, to consider at your stage, particularly in the case of the older boys, what things are most important in life. Surely the answer will always be the kind of person you will develop into as an adult and the kind of citizen you will become in the future. Probably the number one problem facing you is to choose a lifess work of some kind which will give you satisfaction and happiness. I am sure everyone here today wants to be a success and to do well. No one wants to be a failure. Everyone has a potential career before him and every- one yan End a niche in the social order of his community. Having chosen your future career, what are your chances of making a real success of it? To be a success involves two things-first, a personal one, that of attaining your goal in lifeg second, a social one, that of helping to make the world about you a better place in which to live. A combination of these two is really true success. There are certain keys to success and to the future which lies before you. As I refer to these, I have in mind lNIr. Barker. It has been said that the greatest results in life and the greatest achievements have been attained by very simple means and by the exercising of veiy ordinary qualities. lVhat are some of these keys to success? Well, the first key to success is industry, or hard work. There is no substitute for hard work, and many of the joys and satisfactions of life come directly from it. Many men of great achievement may have only average ability, yet they are persistent and they are willing to spend time in doing a job, 12

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provided the funds for this project. The Barkers' five sons have in succession all attended this School. The Barkers have made it possible for the School to have this Library in recognition of their Alumni sons. This is a splendid and useful gift to University School, and I am sure everyone present appreciates the generosity of Mr. Barker in this regard. When arrangements were being made for the Academic Prize- Giving and the opening of this Library, somehow or other my name appeared in the discussion since it seemed that I was a possible and appropriate person to participate in the Ceremony. I strongly suspect that it was Mr. Barker who was behind my appearance here today. Mr. Barker and I have the distinct honour of being Graduates of the L'niversity of Alberta at Edmonton. I graduated in Arts in 1923, while lXIr. Barker graduated in Commerce in 1926, and later from Harvard in Business Administration. I did not know Stan Barker too well at the University, but he was widely recognized there as a good athlete and for his prowess as a runner. His five sons have also distinguished them- selves in Sports. Some years after I had left the University I met Mr. Barker in a business transaction in Vancouver. I recognized then, as many people have since, that Mr. Barker was to become a sound and successful business man. Mr. and Mrs. Barker are associated together in many activities in the Vancouver area. Mrs. Barker has been an enthusiastic helpmate. As we dedicate this Library today, let us not forget that this is in a sense a joint dedication: so we honour both Mr. and lNIrs. Barker for their attitude, and for their generosity in making this Library possible. Except for a brief period there has always been at least one member of Mr. Barker's family at this School during the past twenty-two years, and by the time the youngest son graduates in 1968 the oldest son of his eldest brother will probably be enrolled here. Let me say, Ladies and Gentlemen, that the Barker family is a unique family, and a credit to our society and to our Province. As far as I am concerned personally, I regard it as a distinct honour to be here today to pay tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Barker and their family and to dedicate this Library now to the part it will play in the academic programme of University School. I now declare this Library open, and I hope that the Headmaster and Staff will see to it that it is used to the fullest possible extent. 14