Balmoral Hall School - Optima Anni Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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DR, HARRIET M, PERRY PRINCIPAL

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OF MY ACCURSED HUMA EDUCATIO It seems to me, that in this rapidly progressing civilization of ours, man is gradually losing his ability to live. The superficial features of modern society are catching him unaware, and are distracting him from the basic elements of human life. Not only is man distracted, but he is obsessedg obsessed with the self-interest that is inherited by each succeeding generation in accordance with a timeless law of nature. lt is not so much the fact that these conditions exist that is so alarming, for perfection is without our sphere of capability, but it is the intensity to which they have developed that so degrades mankind as a unit of beings which is superior to all others on earth. For out of this, the destructive forces of man's superior image are accelerated .... and its gold is fast fading. It is the voice of man's education that limits the human element of his being. He learns to suppress the primitive desires that arise in him so that he may become civilized enough to be a part of the twentieth century Age of Dehumanization. Man is in a dangerous state of entirely losing his sensitivity as a result of the smothering effects that his indoctrination have upon him. His mind is preoccupied with the lust for material wealth, rendering him oblivious to his role as a Person. Not since childhood has he lived as such. After all his young questions were answered and the wonder was replaced with flat, crude reason, there was nothing to do but crave for the tangible results of his existence. The enthusiasm for the living state is extinct and it is accepted today as if it were owed us by the gods. To replace modern man's blase attitude with a deeper sensitivity to the natural forces of this life would serve as a major preventative to the degeneration of human reaction. It is man's self-extension which is the solitary means by which the faded gold of his image can be restored. Shirley Litch Editor

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l 'Lum n LH A LLU Balmoral Hall, June 1968. Greetings to the Balmoral Hall graduating class of 1967-68g This school will always remember with gratitude your class as the one that introduced self-government in instituting the Student Council. Your elected officers have carried through with a difficult and bewildering programme in this year of experimentation that may mark the directional path for many years to come. The various innovations suggested by your council may, through the mellowing of time, become traditions of the school. I hope that when you look back at this book, this record of your class personality, you will have a feeling of deep satisfaction in your contribution to this school's vitality. I hope that what you have learned at Balmoral Hall, outside of the formal academic curriculum has been a satisfactory experience and may continue to be rewarding in your future lives. Yours sincerely, Harriet M. Perry.