East Kildonan Collegiate - Yearbook (East Kildonan, Manitoba Canada)

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PRIZE BALLED FIRST: SECOND: THIRD: The Ballad of Blister Bill There once was a man named Blister Bill Whose aim with a gun was straight and true He’d worked all his life for the Three Bar Ranch And ne’er from a rustler he withdrew. He’d rode and roped and branded for years Not a better man than he in the west And then one day came Sawed-off Sam And Blister Bill he did detest. The big showdown came before long Sam seized his chance poor Bill to mar; Caught Bill off gin rd with the branding iron Gave Bill the sign of the Ranch Three Bar. Poor Bill did shout and wail in pain But soon he got his self control; A lightning draw of his trusty gun And in Sam’s head was a bullet hole. Derek Evans XA PRIZE LIMERICKS There was a young man from Kildonan Who took to a-cryin’ and moanin’ I shall do as I like When riding my bike I And borrowed a door to go home onl Joan Taylor XIB There was a young man from Kildonan Who took to a cryin’ and moanin’ For he’d won a race ’Gainst the butcher, called Ace., And now, all his meat has a bone in. - Lois McMahon XIA There was a young man from Kildonan Who took to a-cryin’ and moanin’ When his home vwent to sea In t he floods of ’03 With his dog and his wife, Emma Nonan. - Robert Munson XIA

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VALEDICTORY ADDRESS M:■ J 30,1952. s Mr .Chairman, Honored Quests, Fellow Graduates, L .dies and Gentlemen: We, a very small part of the students, who, this year, will he graduating from all over Canada, must now make our final farewell to our schooldays, and especially to E.K.C. with all its past events, happy or otherwise. Like drips loosing from their moorings in the calm harbour where they have been safe and sheltered, we are going out into the world, as individuals, and where we do not expect to have all clear sailings. Wo must be ready to face the gales with the calms, the rain-squalls with the sunshine, and we will likely have many a long voyage swabbing decks and hoisting sails before we finally get our papers as Captain. We feel with Frederick Watt who has said, Ships to have souls must mostly win them, A few are born with spirit in them. And it is only a ana 11 minority of people who are born with some or all of the qualities of cleverness, a brilliant personality, and ease in making friends, The most of us have to work hard to achieve these characteristics but we value far more what we earn by v orking than what is given us for nothing. And this is where our teachers have so greatly helped us in the past. The benefits they have provided for us could never be valued in dollars and cents, for they have, by various methods tried to instil into us sufficient knowledge to pass in June. This is most important to us, for when we have our Grade XI diplomas, we will be able,to get a good job where there are oppor- tunit!as to work our y ay up, or better still, go on to University. Our horizon has been greatly widened, and we realize there is much more to b e accomplished than we had ever imagined before. But just getting a j ob and making good is not the only aspect from which we view the values of our education. For our minds are being developed to enjoy so many more pastimes, and wc will be able to live a richer and more fully rounded life. Although they do not come in books, and often had to be learned the hard way, we have been learning courtesy, honesty and obedience. .Without these qualities we would probably have to go to the under-world to get our friends, and it would be impossible to get or keep a job. We have been made to realize what a wonderful country is this our Canada, with all its privileges, as the freedom of speech the right to vote and the freedom of worship, but though we are filled with pride, at the same time we are saddened when we recall how much our forefathers had to pay by blood, sweat, and tears that we might have these rights.