Brantford Collegiate Institute and Vocational School - Hello Yearbook (Brantford, Ontario Canada)

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principal ' s foreword It is trite to point out that we are in the midst of an information explosion. The field of knowledge is expanding and changing all around us at such a rapid pace that is has become impossible for us to keep abreast. It has become a futile exercise to appreciate and digest fully the cumulative and ever increasing sum of factual material in every or any subject discipline. It therefore becomes our responsibility to learn through inquiry, investigation, and evaluation, as well as to establish fundamental concepts and processes. Otherwise we will be drawn into a sea of information that will engulf us. As one educator put the matter, It is no longer possible to learn all about a subject but only what a subject is all about. In essence, it is incumbent on all of us to know how to think. The process of education and the acquisition of knowledge are based on the premise that we are learning to learn. R.G. Wilson, B.A. Principal vice principals C.E. Brown, B.A. H.E. Vincent, B.A.

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dedications Mr. H.D. Waghorne, Head of the History Department, is retiring after thirty -seven years of teaching at our school. He received his secondary school education at the BCI VS, during which time he won the Preston Silver Medal for Oratory. Following a BA course at McMaster University, in 1933 he began his teaching career, which included the subjects of English, geography, penmanship, health, aircraft recognition, commando training and general physical education. Later he concentrated on the teaching of history, earned his Specialist ' s Certificate in physical education and became a qualified cadet instructor. Mr. Waghorne was a successful coach of senior rugby and basketball teams as well as rifle teams. The latter won two Dominion trophies in RMC and DCRA competitions. A trophy donated by him for inter-school rifle competition was never lost by the BCI VS. For many years he conducted Students ' Council elections and was a long-time advisor to this body. We are grateful for Mr. Waghorne ' s invaluable contribution to our school both in and outside of the classroom. We wish him many happy and rewarding years of retirement. mr. waghorne mr. milroy Mr. Milroy joined the staff of the BCI VS in September of 1940 as a teacher of electricity after having had extensive experience in the field of industrial electricity. In 1959 he assumed the position of Technical Director and was in a large way responsible for the excellent facilities which were installed in the new technical wing, opened in September of 1963. For a period of six years he served as Principal of Night School. His extracurricular activities include membership in the Kiwanis Club, chairmanship of the Kiwanis BCI VS Key Club Committee and service, in the past, as staff advisor to the school ' s Key Club. In addition, he is an active church worker and an Elder of the Brant Avenue United Church. An ardent baseball fan, he loves fishing and has played the saxophone in local dance bands. The prime concern of Mr. Milroy has always been with the welfare of his students. He has the respect of staff and students alike and his influence will long be felt by those who have been associated with him. To you, Mr. Milroy, we extend our best wishes for the years to come and hope that you will visit us often.

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president ' s message Longfellow wrote once in his poem Psalm of Life : Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps in the sands of time; Let us then be up and doing. With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. What better way is there than this to epitomize the youth of today, or is it? Great men didn ' t become great through apathy or disenchantment. They didn ' t become great through human weaknesses in our society or in their characters. No, great men became great through involvement and prevision. They became great by learning from the weaknesses of others and adopting the strengths into themselves. Gibbon said that success in life depends much upon improving those decisive involvements which are irrevocably lost before they are perceived by a common eye . I plead that we, the young, look to the future, refer to the past and live in the present. We have been given much but we also have much to give. But I have promises to keep , said Robert Frost, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Ed DuDomaine students ' counc ROW 1 Mr. Fleming (Advisor), Judy Guest (Treasurer), Phil Ireland (Vice President), Ed DuDomaine (President), Virginia Schmidtke (Vice Treasurer), Mr. McKinnell (Advisor). ROW 2 James Bastedo, Bruce Wells, Debbie Clark, Colleen Kennedy, Janice Chuli, Sue Arbuckle, Bonnie Pierce, Martha Rice, Selven Nursoo, Ian McDonald, Terry Fink. ABSENT Janice Gibbs, Sandi St. Louis (Secretary), Irene Balian, John Jakub, Rick Buchanan, Jim Vallentin.