Colonel Irvine Junior High School - Golden Memories Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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Thinking of young people in general and young Canadians in particular is very exciting. Pictures in our history books show a lot of bearded old looking people who were the founders, explorers and builders of Canada, Beards were worn in those days and made ■these men appear old. Although ' this seems a simple explanation, the pictures were often made after these men had finished their wonderful deeds, Henry Kelsey joined the Honourable Company of Gentlemen Adventurers which we know as the Hudson ' s Bay company in the year 1684 at the age of fourteen. When he was nineteen he was ut ashore with an Indian boy north of the Churchill River to trade with the Northern Indians . At twenty, he was head of an expedition into the West, and was the first white man to see the buffalo. Samuel Hearae discovered the Coppermine River on 13 July, 1769 when he was twenty-four. When the North-West Mounted Police was formed the men who joined the force were mostly thirty years old. Your own Colonel Irvine was one of them. Nowadays Canada is called a young country. Sometimes this is infuriating because the words are used in a patronizing way. This however, should never upset any young Canadian who ha8 pride in his or her land, and a determination to continue the youthful ideals of those who followed the stars, and had great moral and physical courage. These are the ones who set a pattern of good quality. Cattlemen imported the finest animals so that the best breeds would be bred on the great grasslands. Men in the business world have insisted that the best ethics guide their production, and manufacturers efforts are continually being made to give our young people the best education. The Right Honourable Vincent Massey, C.H., had this to say in a speech to the students at the University of British Columbia, ...you have, or you should have by now, a conception of knowledge and insight in all areas worthy of investigation, as rewards in themselves. Having such a conception, it is for you by example and precept to promote the love of truth and the desire for knowledge. It is for you to represent to others less fortunate, that aspect of civilization without which all our material comforts are worthless; without which we cannot provide for the good life of the individual in society. It is for you to show in yourselves that the love of pure knowledge, and the earnest pursuit of it, are as much the obligation of the democratic citizen as the exercise of the vote and the acceptance of public office . I should like to thank you for your great compliment in inviting me to write a few thoughts for your year book. You have given me many hours of pleasant thought about you; sometimes to search through collections of histories and books of writings, as well as a challenge to which you have set me a perceived ideal that it is well to look upward . oO« '

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE This yearbook, the first in the short history of our school, is another milestone in the development of the abilities of our pupils. This book is not only of interest to you now because it deals with the pupils and their activities but it will be a very valuable keepsake in the future and a reminder of your school days at Colonel Irvine, Ten, twenty or even fifty years from now you will pick up this took. As you turn the pages you will recall the name and faces of your present classmates. What have they done with their lives? What will you have done with yours? This might be a good time to ask yourself What do I want out of life? The first answer that will come to your mind is -that you want fun. There is no-tiling wrong with this answer providing that it doesn ' t harm others, and that you can pay for it. Experience has proven however, that those whose main aim in life is pleasure, find that it becomes very boring and unsatisfactory. The people who are the happiest are those who are working at a job they enjoy, who have trained themselves so that the work they produce is of high calibre. As a result they are valued and appreciated members of the community. No matter what type of work you may choose, if you do it well, you will be needed. I should like to give you the following advice to guide you in your search for the answer to this question. Good health is of prime value. A healthy body is of great importance to a healthy mind. Let the vigor and cleanliness of your body be as precious to you as the integrity of your character. Get plenty of exercise , eat proper food and get to bed at a reasonable hour. Character is second only to health. One of our aims in this school is to transform egos into ladies and gentlemen. Kind words cost so little and are worth so much. To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. If you can ' t say good things, say nothing. In fact, nothing is often a clever thing to say. Do not be afraid of criticism from others. One of the objects of schooling is to receive criticism in order to improve. Have a religious faith and live by it. Know what is right and what is wrong. Civilization has built up rules that have stood the test of time. If you think you can break these and be happy, you are very wrong. The more man learns through science, the greater is his realization that only an omnipotent power could create and regulate our universe. Build an economic basis under your life. But don ' t get caught in the rat trap of money making as a profession. Many of you are learning how to save now. Others unfortunately cannot discipline themselves to curb thoir immediate desires. You have been born into a wonderful, exciting world. It has been and is peopled with those who have accomplished a great deal to make it better. You must payfbr the privilege of living in this world. I once heard a great man say For my plaoe on earth, I must pay a daily rent. I know that you are willing to do this, that you will be able to add to the accomplishments already made. Let us thank God and nature for life ' s bracing trials and challenges, its educative punishments and rewards, its priceless gifts of beauty, wisdom, labor and love. May I hope that a few years from now you will be able to repeat the following lines truthfully. Let me but do my work from day to day. In field or forest at the desk or loom; In roaring market place or tranquil room. Let me but find it in my heart to say, Wien vagrant wishes beckon me astray. This is my work, my blessing, not my doom. Of all who live, I am the one by whom This work can best be done in the right way.

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J.L. ZEMP GRADE NINE- ROOM ' EIGHT m ' : “fe T : T ' V I MISS R. LIESKE GRADE NINE ROOM THREE • MISS G. TENCH GRADE BIGHT ROOM TEN .STAFF D.E. BICKELL PRINCIPAL L.D. MCDOtJGALL ASSISTANT-PRINCIPAI E.D. SHERLING VICE-PRINCIPAL MISS M.B. MCPHEAT VICE-PRINCIPAL ELEMENTARY J.B. BAKER GRADE EIGHT ROOM FIVE F. JORDAN GRADE EIGHT MUSIC ROOM MISS S. SCHAWALDER GRADE EIGHT ROOM SIX MISS I. JOHANSON GRADE EIGHT ROOM NINE MISS W. CALLADINE GRADE SEVEN ROOM ELEVEN . M. HENDEL GRADE SEVEN ROOM FIFTEEN GRADE SEVEN ROOM FOURTEEN B.L. KNIBBS GRADE SEVEN ROOM THIRTEEN C.M. BARNHILL GRADE SEVEN ROOM SIXTEEN MRS. K. GROSE GRADE NINE ROOM TWO I I MRS. K. BEERS GRADE NINE ROOM FOUR MRS. A. HUTTON GRADE EIGHT ROOM SEVEN MISS G. LYSNE GRADE SEVEN ROOM TWELVE