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

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and now you are a woman, and very beautiful tonight, and all very beautiful tonight. and you, remember when you were just one of the guys and now you are a man. young, confident, and debonair, as young men are and i must admit it scares me to think i once shook hands with you i ' d like to shake hands once again. and no-one else to thank, and no-one else to scare me i eagerly await the future exciting, exhilarating, enchanting, but i too old too soon tonight and sorry that i leave. memory fades, friendship withers, but seeing me again please say hello and smile once more for me and memory it was very good and fine to say i was here though the night is still dark, and quiet, and the lights bright. let me wash away my tears with laughter. good-bye always scares me and tonight, I am almost terrified thank you, my friends and good-bye. commencement Amid a decor of the lunar module approaching the moon ' s surface, parents and friends filled the auditorium on the evening of Thursday, October 30 to see the Four Year Grade Twelves graduate and the undergraduates be presented with scholarships and bursaries. The following afternoon, diplomas were given out to all Five Year Grade Twelve graduates and the Headmaster ' s Trophy was presented to Gary MacDonald. On Hallowe ' en Night, the Grads ' 69 returned to their former school to receive their diplomas, scholarships and other awards and listen to a valedictory speech given by Steve Lee. Following the exercises and a reception in the cafeteria, the Annual Commencement Semi Formal Dance was held to the theme of Hallowe ' en, of course. The gymnasium was transformed by harvest scenes, pumpkins, a haunted house and a steaming cauldron stirred by real witches. Although both Hallowe ' en Night and the Commencement Dance ended at the strike of midnight, this by no means ended the evening for most. Parties and gatherings continued till heaven knows when, to make the occasion a memorable one for all.

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valedictory address by Steve Lee it is not fair of you, you know to have me stand here, lonely, and try to speak your mind. it doesn ' t seem quite right somehow i have too many memories of us, together. you should all be here should all say what you wish but then i guess there is not room enough though if space was a problem i cannot guess why you chose me. it was not fair of you, but thank you, anyway. a valedictory speech is not enough to say what has been felt not enough, to give promises or sing praises, or tell you what you feel and so i tell what i feel and even that is not enough. i have too many memories and you scare me for i have come once too often to ask you to listen to what i had to whisper and now i have not even whispers left but merely shouts of anguish and choruses of thankyou ' s and hosannas of fear — i am somewhat scared of leaving you. a quiet night, tonight, a night for making gentle love for growing old, for incense, and for sorrow, and last farewells, instead, am i to perform for you in the usual manner? to say how we, the leaders of tomorrow, are glad to join the world of men and women and thankful to the old school and jolly good show and all that? i don ' t really feel like performing, i feel more like sitting in a corner, crying, or running over a mountain or letting out a final howl of laughter. i ' m out of here, i ' m free, no more of this i ' ll do my own thing now can ' t you see me smiling? it was only five years you know, though sometimes i thought it would never end and now it ' s over, thank god. i ' m out of this stupid place forever. it was only five years. i could die with laughter, when i think of the joke they played on us. priceless. for five years they told us this, and told us that and said we were learning. and we believed them. and all the time we didn ' t realize the most important point.. nobody bothered to tell us. our time was sliding by us, and nobody bothered to say, until our time was gone and nothing was left to be told, except good-bye, and good-bye merely scares me. parents and teachers, they scare me too. suddenly i realize how much they mean to me and how much they had to teach. my parents — here ' s hoping you are proud, or satisfied, or happy or whatever parents are supposed to be, at times like these, you have done too much for me, too often, not to be. you scare me, but i thank you. my teachers — each of you is something different to me. but all have my respect, my friendship and my envy, and i thank you too, for what you are, and for scaring me. the rest of you, don ' t drift away too soon tonight i need my friends and need to laugh and joke once more for a little while, though i apologize for merely muttering my farewells there is so much more to say. let me see you smile again you, and you, and her, and him, remember smiling, remember good times for there were many of them, remember when i thought i loved you yes, you, the blonde — or maybe you had black hair, or even red, i don ' t remember but it doesn ' t really matter i know i thought i loved you once and you too scare me. just a girl i went to school with, a girl i thought i loved 94

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awards and scholarships Sara Jeannette Duncan Chapter, IODE Oral French Jacki Carruthers Commercial Club General Pro- ficiency Business and Commerce Carol Wood Commercial Club Highest Typing Speed Business and Commerce Janet Lyle Students Council General Pro- ficiency Arts and Science Sidney Frank Grade Eleven J.H. Young and Sons Limited Proficiency Five Options Paul Douglas C.E. Detweiler Realtor Proficiency in Six Options Rod Bryan National Secretaries ' Association Quintus Chapter Business and Commerce Virginia Schmidtke S.C. Johnson and Son Limited Proficiency in Business and Commerce Diane Bent, Bonnie Peirce Commercial Club Highest Typing Speed Business and Commerce Joanne Hill Alexander Graham Bell Chapter IODE General Proficiency in Science Techno- logy and Trades Gary Arnold Zenith Electric Supply Limited Proficiency in Science Technology and Trades Tom Mulrain White Farm Equipment of Canada Limited Machine Shop Bruce Bell Canadian Daughters ' League Scholarship History Genny Bernacki Commercial Club Highest Typing Speed Business and Commerce Marcia Douglas Jim Robinson Welding Scholarship General Proficiency in Science Technology and Trades Jim Groves Students Council General Proficiency Five Year Course John Davis Students Council General Proficiency Four Year Business and Commerce Donna Nutbrown SCI VS Mathematics Department Award Highest BCI VS score in Junior Math Contest John Davis Canadian Trailmobile L mited Sheet Metal Terry Witruk City Lumber and Supplies Limited Woodworking Rick Newlove Keeprite Products Limited Refrigeration Gary Arnold Inter-City Welding Supply Company Limited Welding Mike Powell Massey-Ferguson Industries Limited Mechanical Drafting Jim Vallentin IMorthway Mercury Sales Limited Auto Mechanics Jim Grime Bindhardt, Cheny, Van Poorten and Wallner Architectural Drafting Mark Biehler