Brandon University - Sickle Yearbook (Brandon, Manitoba Canada)

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DR. H. S. PERDUE Nineteen

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DR. PERDUE'S MESSAGE TO THE SICKLE This year-end message necessarily reflects the joys and sorrows of our College family group. The loss of our beloved president, Dr. J. R. C. Evans, last July was a shock of a major nature. In a very real sense he was Mr. Brandon College , having dedicated a lifetime to developing within this institution sound scholarship, high ideals and a sense of moral responsibility which all combined to enhance its reputation and win for it a distinctive place in higher education in Canada. His loss Was and still is severely felt by all, His dreams and plans for expansion are becoming a reality, and will be increasingly so as those dedicated members of the College Board, Faculty, Student Body and Citizens of Brandon work together toward that goal. The College family must face the future with faith, courage, and determination, firmly resolved to raise upon the foundations of the past a superstructure worthy of those dedicated souls who have given so much to this institution during the sixty years of her existence. This year has been marked by a determination on the part of all --students, faculty and College board-to carry on with faith, a will to co-operate, and a desire to do oneis best for the good of all. For this noble response we are all grateful. The plans for physical expansion make -provision for our material needs. For our intellectual, moral and spiritual progress, may the Col- lege be blessed by a dedicated faculty and an understanding student body, working together for the high ideals of scholarship, combined with loyalty and devotion to all that is best in life. Eighteen '

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Twenty REGINA ARMSTRONG - B03 MELVIN Lady Stick Senior Stick STICKS' MESSAGE As we realize that our years at Brandon College are rapidly drawing to a close, we find it difficult to express what our Alma Mater has come to mean to us. The many experiences that we have encountered here, and the many Wonderful friendships that we have made will always be among our most cherished memories. We are grateful for the benefits that we have gained from our College home and it is with sadness that We say farewel1 . During our years at Brandon College, we have seen forces at work which have gradually undermi-ned the values and the ideals of our institution. There have been occasions this year, as in other years, when the full criteria of co- operation and willingness to serve has not been met. The change has been in the direction of a lack of responsibility by each student, a more materialistic outlook on College rewards and a seeming indifference to the great Work and purpose that has gone on before. It is only if the students cultivate a determination and a desire to uphold the respon- sibility that is theirs that the traditions and ideals for which Brandon College is so widely known will be maintained. The support that we have received from the students, the administration and the faculty has been excellent, al- though limited to fewer sources. We have a great faith that the student body can arise to meet the difficulties of a new transitional era in the life of Brandon College, but in order to do so, the students must be firmly convinced of the merits of the institution and must be willing to uphold them even at the seeming loss of individual rewards. To you, the students, and to Brandon College, we wish success and good fortune in the future. A Regina and Bob.