Danforth Technical School - Tech Tatler Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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10 and women, many of whom were my com- rades in arms on the battlefields of Europe. By their service and sacrifice, they have not only added lustre to their old school, but have immortalized their own names as true patriots and great Canadians. The proud record of Danforth is a re- markable one-2,198 teachers and stu- dents enlisted in the armed forces, of whom 241 paid the supreme sacrifice. These men and women answered the call of Duty. No praise that we can give them is high enough. Their reward lies in their deeds and achievements which have saved this country and its people from foreign domination, and made it possible for us to gather here to-day and pay our homage to them. We who are left behind may mourn their loss, but it is a comfort to realize that they who set out on the great adven- ture, did so, prepared to see it through to the end, even at the sacrifice of their own lives if need be, knowing full well that Canada must live to champion the ideals of freedom and brotherhood a mon g nations, to which task our race has dedi- cated itself. And so to the glory of God, and in honoured memory of those who served and of those who died that we might live, I unveil this memorial. TECH TATLER Mr. Arnold: To me, as Chairman of the Board of Education, has been assigned the duty of accepting ofiicially the memorial which has been dedicated and unveiled this afternoon. Itis appropriate, Ibelieve, that I should on behalf of the Board of Education for the City of Toronto, express to Your Excellency our gratification that you should have graced this occasion with your presence. I should like to assure you on behalf of the members of the Board, the Teaching and Maintenance Staff and the eighty-two thousand students, of the loyalty and devotion which we hold towards His Majesty and our attachment to those principles for which the British Common- wealth of Nations stands. But to you, who both in war and peace have had a unique opportunity of observing how these sentiments have been implemented, such an expression is probably unnecessary. This tribute to the former students of this school, it is hoped, will serve to inspire those who follow after them, but to those of us of this generation, the memory of their sacriice imprinted upon our hearts will remain as long as life itself shall last. It is with these thoughts in mind that I have a solemn pleasure in accepting at your hands, this memorial which from this day forward will form an integral part of this school. EDlTOR'S NOTE: To fit the limits of our Tech Taller pages these addresses have been condensed somewhat. SLG! ll f - 9 ,J + J iff si

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TECH TATLER II. THE HDDRESSES RINCIPAL Ferguson: I am proud of the grand record of this school in His Majesty's service. Over two thousand students and teachers enlisted, and served in practically every branch of the service and in virtually every zone of combat. I am proud that their Excellencies, Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Governor- General of Canada, and Lady Alexander have been pleased to honour us with their gracious presence on t his auspicious occasion. But I am sad when I think of the two hundred and forty-one pupils and teachers who made the supreme sacrifice and who are not with us to-day and to whom this ceremony is especially dedica- ted. As a teacher at this school since its opening twenty-five years ago, I knew all of these two hundred and thirty-nine boys, one girl, and one fellow-teacher by their first names, and I know the noble characters which were theirs. With a heavy heart I recall our many pleasant and happy associations within these walls. I recall the high plans and hopes they had for a future in which to live a full and abundant life of service to their fellow men, their country, and their God. Yet, when the call came, they gave themselves freely and willingly in the cause of human liberty and freedom. As we mourn today, may we rededicate our .lives to the ideals for which they were willing to enter the dark portals of death. Mr. Foley: Within our library. and on the two wall surfaces on either side of the central library window, have been placed two plaques that bear the two hundred and forty-one names of the honoured dead. car- ved in enduring bronze so that for all time. 'at the going down of the sun and in the moming,' we will remember them. Then, facing the two wider stone mullions of the window and at their base have been erected two cabinets that will house the thirty-five volumes of records accumulated during the war, records which will be not merely an epitome of our own labours during the struggle, but a priceless commentary on the community's contribution to the war effort. Finally, the Memorial Window itself speaks to us the one essential message gleaned from this war, the message of human freedom, freedom from want, free- dom from fear, freedom of speech, freedom 9 of religion. Those are the four themes that are depicted graphically in the sym- bolism of the design and human figure in the two outer pairs of windows and re- peated and amplified in the symbolism of the smaller windows immediately above them. The central pair of windows gives unity to the whole, in this sense, that in the one case the student is represented as the soldier in arms, ready and alert to defend these priceless freedomsg and in the other case, he is represented as the man in civil life, upholding in the daily round of his common duties, these same freedoms. Above these two windows there is in one window the coat of arms of the Dominion of Canada and in the other the coat of amis of this School. Throughout the whole window, you will see many an inscription and many a text, speaking to you the wisdom of the ages, truths as living and as vital as the day they were first minted. To two of these I would draw your attention. They are upon the central pair of windows and they are complementary each to the other. The one is this: Unto all for aye I charge thee work, and let not Death dismay, Nor the shadow of Death, but greatly hope and dare. The other speaks to us of the heritage of our race, a heritage won at great price and to be preserved only by wisdom and the inflexible will to defend it. It is this: We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spake, the faith and morals hold Which Milton held. Such is the Memorial, which we have seen fit to erect in this school, to honour those of whose service we are justifiably proud, and those whose loss we deplore. Viscount Alexander: As Governor-Gem eral of Canada I am proud to be here to- day to pay my tribute to the gallant sons and daughters of the Danforth Technical School who served during the Second World War, and to those who gave their lives for King and Country. But as Commander-in-Chief I am proufler still to have the privilege of unveiling this memor- ial to the honoured memory cf those men

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cHNl X EE QQ 46 S t . li ji is .fn - I . ' 0 ll it i JOURNEY OF REFTIEITIBRHHCE On November 10, 1948, Danforth Technical School, under the auspices of the Cntario Teachers' War Veterans' Association, blazed an- other trail in broadcasting. A special Remembrance Day Programme to the Province of Ontario featured inspirational addresses and music by the Girls' Choir. We reproduce the script in lull.