Edmund Partridge Junior High School - Banner Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Fir. Wieler Vice-Principal Staff Room 5 Room 6 Room 7 Room 8 Mr. Groff Room 13 Miss Busch Room 14 Murray Room 15 s KacQuarrie Room 16 Mr. Hallas Room 20 Mr. Neufeld Room 21 Mrs. Ferg Room 22 Miss Collins Clothing Mr. Judt Shops Mrs. Freeman Mr. Dixon Secretary Custodian

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Miss Wicks Mr. Thompson Mr. White -P.T. and Subject P T . and Subject Music Teacher Teacher Mrs. Currie Room 1 Mr. Drozda Room 2 Mr. Atamanchuk Room 3 Mr. De Caire Room A Mr. Turner Room 11 Mr. Penner Room 12 Mrs. Krictjanson Room 9 Mr. Karlowsky Room 19 Mr. Froese Room 10 Miss Chapman Room 17 Mr. Arnould Room 13

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Valedictory I stand before you today with mixed emotions. I am deeply honored to have been chosen to represent the graduating class of 1963 - 1964. We are here today to say good-bye to Edmund Partridge School - our second home for the past three years. It is very difficult to say good-bye to something to which we have become so accustomed. Anticipation is yet another feeling within me. What does the future hold in store for us? However, before we continue t o further our education, let us discuss the many things that our school has tried to instill in us. First, and foremost, comes honour, which includes dignity, courage, integrity, and respect. This honour shall be utilized in every phase of our lives. When involved in a difficult predicament, honour must be remembered. We must have the courage to go on even though many obstacles may be placed in our paths. We must have respect for our parents, our teachers, our peers, and the system of our society. ’We have been taught the meaning of self-evaluation. How many times have we written an English essay and thought it was absolutely perfect? We ' ve handed it into our teacher, thinking it worth at least 29s out of 30. How disappointed we were when the mark our so-called masterpiece received was 19 instead of the 292 we expected. Then our teacher ex¬ plained our errors and we realized that we must judge our work more critically. A great deal of time has been spent teaching us the many things that are so vitally important for success in today ' s fast moving world. Is say¬ ing thank you enough to express our deep feelings to the people who have worked so hard to make us better citizens? W r e owe a great debt indeed to our society that has made such learning possible. I know of no better way to repay this debt than to use our talents to the utmost and to take advant¬ age of all the knowledge acquired by putting it into action. We now have certain criteria by which we appreciate values. With all the knowledge we have acquired, certainly we will be able to discriminate between the beneficial and the hannful. Above all, if we have not learned how to live, we have learned how to learn, and this alone is a great asset. At the rate things are moving, no one knows quite what to expect in the future. Will we be continuing our education sitting in desks on Mars or Jupiter? Will we be doing without cars on wheels and have for our mode of transportation flying automobiles instead? Although so many things in the world around us are changing, one thing will always remain the same. This is the fundamental truth instilled in us at Edmund Partridge. Learning is a never-ending process. No matter how much we think we have learned, or plan to learn, there is always more to be sought. Alfred Lord Tennyson expresses this thought in a much more dynamic manner: All experience is an arch Where through gleams that untravelled world Whose margin fades forever and forever When I move. Fellow graduates. Thank you. Semper Excelsior - Always Upward and Onwards.