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

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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.

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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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12 C H U M Date: Wednesday, Nov. Toronto, Canada 10, 1948 Continuity Time: 10:45-11:00 TECH TFITLER Client: Danforth Technical School Agency: Station Program: Journey of Remembrance Number: 1 Announcer: Larry Mann Announcer Music : An nouncer Ferguson : Music: Ladies and gentlemen-boys and girls in the schools of Ontario-at this time the Public Service Department of radio station C.H.U.M. in Toronto takes pleasure in presenting-the Journey of Remembrance Day programme--. It comes to you under the auspices of the Ontario Teachers' War Veterans' Association, and is part of the regular Re- membrance Day programme, prepared by Principal W, P. Ferguson and staff. It is being conducted in the Auditorium of Danforth Tech- nical School and the music will be provided by the Girls' Choir of the school, under the direction of Dr. R. C. Davis, Choir Director. Hymn- Land of Hope and Glory CDanforth Tech. School Girls' Choir-Dr. R. C. Davis, Conductory And now may I present to you W. P. Ferguson, M.A., B.Paed., Prin- cipal of Danforth Technical School. Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise the name of the Lord, for His name alone is excellent, His glory is above the earth and Heaven. I can think of no more appropriate Words for my opening remarks then these Ihave just quoted-taken from the Holy Scriptures. On November 11th, 1918, at eleven o'clock, the Armistice was signed to close World War 1. Since then on the last school day before the 11th, this school and other schools in the Province have held a special Ser- vice of Remembrance and Thanksgiving. After the close of the second World War in 1945. this Remembrance Day has taken added significance. We are assembled to-day for three especial reasons: Qij To revere the memory of those who gave their lives in World War I, and pay grateful tribute to the surviving veterans, many of Whom are numbered among the parents of students attending our schools to-day. Ciib To remember with reverence and humility, those who enlisted in WORLD WAR II, more particularly those who made the supreme sacrifice in the cause of freedom, liberty and our British traditions. riiib To beseech you, the Youth of Canada, to keep sacred their memory and to see to it that their sacrifice has not been in vain. To enjoin you to appreciate and cherish the four freedoms-freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom of speech, and freedom of worship-and preserve them at any cost. To exhort you to re- dedicate your lives to the service of God, to practice tolerance, honesty and charity, those jewels of democracy, so that you, the citizens of to-mlorrow, may carry high the torch, to the glory of God and good of man ind. CGirls' Choirp Hail to Thee, O Canada.