Crescent Heights High School - Bugle Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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PRINCIPALS MESSAGE “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” So said the Right Honourable Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain. The occasion, as you know, was the threat of an invasion of Great Britain by Hitler’s Germany. You will note that Mr. Churchill was not concerned with guns, planes, tanks and other ma¬ terials of war. Rather he was stressing toil and self-sacrifice as the means to achieve the ideal of freedom for his people. It seems apparent that the danger in which the Western world finds itself today is no less real than that in which Great Britain found itself when Mr. Churchill’s words were spoken. It also seems apparent that peoples of the Western world must have ideas and ideals to which to devote their toil and for which they are willing to make sacrifices. At the individual level, this means having lofty ideals based largely on the Christian faith, and on the worth of the individual - ideals of brotherhood, integrity, industry, self- sacrifice and the sanctity of human life. Wishful thinking, lack of ideals, trust in machines and over-concern with creature comforts will be as fatal for people today as it has been for other peoples throughout history. It is the earnest hope of the staff of this school that our young people may have been led to see some of these truths and that they will, in the future, concern themselves with these permanent values and ensure a fruitful life.

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The reorganization of the secondary school is simply a means of recognizing the situation outlined above. Instead of the program as we now know it, there will be programs designed to meet the needs and capacities of all students. In summary they are ' : (1) A six-year course starting at about Grade VI, expanding both in depth and in breadth the offerings of the school for that limited number of students who have been specially endowed with exceptional capacities for doing academic tasks. (2) A three-year matriculation program for that group of students who can proceed with profit at a university. (3) A four-year matriculation program with minors in Technical, Commercial or Fine Arts for that group of students who, although anxious to follow a matriculation pattern, will in all probability find their occupations in non-professional fields. (4) A three-year vocational program, leading chiefly to apprenticeship and to service indus¬ tries. (5) A prevocational course starting at Grade VII and terminating at Grade X or XI, and leading directly to employment, chiefly in service industries. Mr. R. Warren, Superintendent of Schools 4

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IN TRIBUTE MISS DUNLOP AND MR. AITKEN Miss H.M. Dunlop One September morning in 1927, the sun’s rays shining through an East Calgary High School window were bounced right back again stronger than before, reflecting from the gold¬ en head of a slim young miss, just freshly arrived to teach English. A graduate of the Uni¬ versity of Saskatchewan, Miss Dunlop taught first in her native province and briefly in B.C., but she was far too bright to stay there, and to Alberta she came, and fortunately for us has remained until this day. When in 1934, a year before East Calgary became a junior high, Miss Dunlop came to Crescent Heights. I’ll wager it wasn’t long before heads were bent over composition. Well we know how dedicated that instruction became, and of what excellence it was. Hundreds of students who dared not raise their heads then, now loudly de¬ clare the thorough training they received. Graduates from every university and members of all professions come calling on Miss Dunlop, remembering her in gratitude for the insight into “The Realms of Gold” she gave them, knowing now that they had one of the foremost teachers of English in the province. It was not all dedication to study either. Brilliant wit, deep understanding and friend¬ liness made her room a happy place to be. Co-operation in Red Cross and other drives found her room at the top — proof of co-operation in school life. We regret that you are determined to say good-bye to Crescent Heights High School. Who can take your place? In going, you take with you Best Wishes for enjoyment of health and travel, art and the joys of Literature, which you have so well expounded. 6