Altona Collegiate - Green and Gold Yearbook (Altona, Manitoba Canada)

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WARKENTIN, B.S.A. Chemistry, Grade XII Chemistry, Grade XI Algebra, Grade XI Science, Grade X German, Grade X Composition, Grade I. H. H. GOERTZEN, B.A. History, Grade XII German, Grade XII German, Grade XI Geometry, Grade XI siness Practice, Grade X Geometry, Grade X Mathematics, Grade IX FACULTY D. R. DYCK, B.Sc. Physics, Grade XII Physics, Grade XI Composition, Grade X Algebra, Grade X Science, Grade IX History, Grade IX L. G. SIEMENS, B.A. Mathematics, Grade XII Composition and Novel, Grade XII History, Grade XI Composition, Grade XI Literature, Grade X Spelling, Grade IX

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A. C. KROEKER, B.A., B.Pd., B.Ed. Drama and Poetry, Grade XU Literature, Grade. XI Typing I and II Geography, Grade X Guidance, Grade X German, Grade IX Guidance, Grade IX PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Who out a lad sitting on ■ ‘in the little red school pencil through the while the watchful eye e.neH r ooding quiet over .. i‘dl horizons were con- minimum limits of self-exploration, Id demanded an early -iing willingness to wrest u ned land with his strong u b oersp ation of his brow faith aiiu »ge of his heart gave birth to . new nation; a nation which stood, as it were, on young, coltish legs, peering with in¬ credulous eyes over the broad horizons that swept from sea to sea, embracing a magnitude which grandfather sensed but never comprehended, for the stubb r -n sr :| and the unmade way left little time for die . You, the student of Jy are the grandchild and the heir c ‘he rich, pioneering legacy which grandfathc ’ and vour opportunities for self-fulfillment thiv... education have more than once brought a look of wistfulness into grandfather’s eyes. But you are the heirs of many confusions and perplexities which are unique to our modem world. Your physical and psychological environment is bombarding you with a host of educational and social stimuli to such an extent that in many instances you are left with alarming and dis-arranged notions of what you out 1 ♦ do 1 wbqf you would like to do. . v srea to st sinp’ 0 • governing your responses to the various pressures which exert their influence on you, is your own scale of values. In our times, many people foresake their idealism, preferring to place maximum em¬ phasis on “social security” and the necessity of acquiring only those qualifications which will best equip them for competition in the rigorous “dog eat dog” climate of our materialistic soc- ciety. On the other extreme, there are those who cling with tenacious futility to their world of wishful thinking; who stay in their “ivory tower” and refuse to look at the world realistically, believing that “wishing will make it so.” Both views lead to abortive mis-applications of human resourcefulness. Rank materialism takes the soul out of man’s labor; in-controllable idealism makes his life a quixotic farce. As your principal, it is my sincere hope that your attendance in high school has helped you to acquire a good scale of values, for without them, an education is hollow. True wisdom is reflected, not in the ability to give sophisticated answers but rather to ask serious questions. I urge you therefore to ask yourself: Have I learned to desire knowledge without scorning ignorance; to be magnanimous without being weak; to be scrupulous without being dogmatic; to seek per¬ fection without losing my tolerance; to strive for success without making it a fetish; to be realistic without abandoning all dreams?” Even as grandfather built for today, you must build for tomorrow. Only then will you be a worthy heir of your legacy from the past. 6

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VALEDICTORY f 1959 is a definite milestone for ng class. It marks the end of the r education, not only at school, .so in home. Only somewhat more i a decade ago you will have seen us as youngsters ,v he first grade, when we never gave it a thought, that someday we would be partici¬ pating in graduation exercises. We would rather tend to think of school as a terrible place because the teacher wouldn’t let us talk in class. Since that time we have gone through many and varied experiences, some of which we will forget and others which we will always cherish as some¬ thing dear to us. There will also have been times when we as ' ♦Herr ' s did not do our utmost to work co-opt. atively with the teachers, causing them worries on top of trying to teach us, which at times a’-pare. became quite a problem. But inspite of all these experiences which we would rather forget there are ct i | ’ my which we will always like to think of in happy reminiscence. Never to be forgotten are the stormy discussions which have taken place in the grade twelve room when one student ’vould ’ ily defend his point of view against the opposing opinions of many other students in the class c - h like these and many others have helped to stimulate the some¬ times ’-11 routine of school work. In retrospect we wsjp emember our five teachers. Mr. Kroeker will be remembered for his interest in the future of his students and also for his enthusiasm in choir work. Never, to be forgotten are his poetry periods when he has ex¬ pounded the philosophies of the poets to us and especially so when it b-ppened to be his appar¬ ently favourite poet, Robert Frost. Mr. Warken- tin will be remembered for his concern for everyone to have a complete knowledge of chemistry so as to be able to apply it to practical situations, and Mr. Goertzen for his insistance that everyone know all the various declentions in German. There will be recollections of Mr. Dyck and his lectures on the differences between the principles of the ammeter, voltmeter, and galvanometer. We will also have memories of how Mr. Siemens extracted humor from the dullest of novels like Hardy’s Return of the Native, resulting in explosions of laughter from the class. Also how he explained endlessly the many mathematical problems to an unreceptive class, which would have caused many a person to give up with despair. All in all, the teachers will be remembered for their tireless efforts to do the best for us at all times. Now the time has come that we, the grade twelves, continue in our education or take our places in the community. With the grade elevens may I leave these words: may you take up the work where we left off and may you succeed where we have failed. May you take those op¬ portunities which will lead you to a life’s vocation filled with happiness; one in which you can serve your God and fellow men. With you we leave our best wishes and hopes that each one of your efforts might be rewarded and that you might thereby make this collegiate one to be proud of in years to come. Without the help of the teachers, trustees and loyal parents our education would be an im¬ possibility and we wish to extend our most sincere thanks to them. Now we are passing from school into what has been called a cruel world; a world of continual strife, hatred and bitterness; of man-made satellites and rockets to the moon; an ever changing world. We wonder what the future has in store for us. Will we be able to withstand the hard knocks of life? Whenever the future begins to look dark and grim may we remember these words of as¬ surance: “fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee.” If we but maintain a constant trust in God, the future is nothing of which to be afraid. With this in mind may we set out On the road of life remembering that at the end of the road is our Great Reward. David Hoeppne