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

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VALEDICTORY God created all human beings for a purpose. He set each individual on Earth with a duty and respon- sibility to fulfil. Each person has a responsibility to himself, his friends, and the society and world around him. Every man has an inward responsibility to him- self and his fellowmen. Created with a duty to sur- vive and to help others in the struggle for survival, man feels an innate responsibility to help his fellow- men, friend or foe, in time of danger. As part of his responsibility towards his race and himself, for the sake of self-satisfaction, man has learned to co- operate and function together while aiding others. As students of this school, we are faced with endless opportunities to prove our mettle and respon- sibility, not only as leaders, but as actual students. As members of the student body our responsibility to ourselves and our qualified staff is to learn and retain all the knowledge possible to better prepare ourselves for the future. Throughout the years, as students, we are given many chances to form projects, clubs, head committees, and to be given positions of increasing responsibilities which help to build leaders out of us. A responsibility to his society and world is also faced by man. He feels a sense of duty to uphold the morally right and just and to profit by the free- dom of speech and press in Canada. Here at Bal- moral Hall, students are urged to present their views on controversial subjects, and an active participation in the student government allows the girls to voice their complaints and thus acquire the responsibility and insight needed to bring about reforms in the school. The maturity and intellectual understanding associated with responsibility can only be attained by the student who puts forth a supreme effort into all her ventures concerned with the school and out- side world. During our final year, being given a chance to lead others, exert authority, and to shoulder the often heavy and cumbersome burden of responsibility, has helped mature us all and prepare us for the unknown future. We owe a deep gratitude to all those who faithfully worked with us on committees and in the efforts and planning of the major school functions. Your appreciated support not only taught us the meaning of responsibility and the joy of planning and functioning together, but helped to produce some outstanding results. In general, we owe a large thank- you to Balmoral Hall for giving us our first taste of responsibility. To those remaining - we hope you will make the best use of the responsibilities and leaderships offered in this school. The chances are numerous and there - they only require a little searching. As we, the graduates, step warily across the threshold of the future, we are able to look back and reminisce over the joyous but trying times at Balmoral Hall and can be thankful for the numerous opportunities available to us. Due to our worthy education and training learned at this school, we may face the future with this famous quotation in mind: Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. Laurie Myers Deb Riley Head Girl School Captain

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Dr. Harriet Perry Balmoral Hall, June 1969 Greetings to the Graduates of 1969. The school has realized a remarkable year of consolidation under your leadership and a review of which brings to mind an impressive array of achievements. The Student Council, organized last year has developed into a smooth machine, flexible and comprehensive under your direction. The Chapel services, barely started last year, have become a pivot point in the school day, unique, topical and above all, enjoyable to students and staff alike. The Sports programme has moved briskly with variety, sparking a dormant interest and netting some well deserved rewards under your care. The social life of the school has bloomed under considerate, well managed planning and beautiful settings. Such a free and happy atmosphere points to a clear understanding of limits, rather than rules at every level of privilege and is due to a clear interpretation of suitable behavior by the executive mem bers of your group. I congratulate your class in its solidarity in that it moved as a single team with such outstanding loyalty to the group. It has been a good year in and out of classrooms with the atmosphere of study as dominant and all other important adjuncts in school life as secondary to the scheme of the school year. I wish each of you joy and success as you address yourselves to your next assignments or victories. Yours sincerely, Harriet M. Perry

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EXECUTIVE COU CIL 'Y sf' Dwi, .1 Xvfl v 'qqf .J . . a fa- STANDINC-: Sue Hogman, Cherie Tamblyn, Karen Collins, Pam Dangerfield, Judy Dodd, Colleen Cartledge. SITTING: Jane Briggs, Deb Riley, Laurie Myers, Sam Macdonald, Joyce Lee. To My Fellow -students, As I sit here at my desk, reminiscing about Hall, your school has much to offer. Companionship the past year, I wonder what Balmoral Hall will and a good education are two factors necessary for be like when our juniors have reached their a girl to grow and aid othersg both of these are graduating year. The surroundings may be changed predominant here. An understanding between stu- but will the same friendly atmosphere pertain? dents prevails at our school, and through the com- Will our juniors have a welcoming wiener roast and mon belief of seeking better things, I am sure that dance with St. John's Ravenscourt as we did? Will we will all find our goals in life. they have the usual dances, initiation, ski buses, From the executive council and myself, I and the other numerous activities that we enjoyed would like to thank you all for a wonderful year. this year? I hope your graduating year will be as enjoyable For the first time this year, Balmoral Hall as ours. experienced a Spirit Week, a time set aside for the seniors to become more acquainted with the junior Love, students. You may not realize it now, but Balmoral Laurie Myers