Forster Secondary School - Spartalogue Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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•THE SPARTALOGUE” — 1958 Page Seven SPARTALOGUE ADVERTISING COM MITTEE Front Row (Left to Right): Miss Scarfone, Judy Abbott. Judy Turner. Dawne Bristol. Second ' R nenVuen Moore, dud, Prior. Ann Gran,. Dianne Bowen, M.r,l»nHnnt.r Third Row: Peggy Cockbain. Vera Izgherian, Dolores Grondin, Marion Patrick. FORSTER CAMERA CLUB Left to Right: John Blacklock, Jerome DeLaurier, Richard Baker. Scott Mclntire, Edward Thrasher, Mr. Heaton, Elton Plant, Bob Sweetman, Ray Miles, David Taylor.

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Page Six THE SPARTALOGUE” — 1958 SPARTALOGUE STAFF Front Row (Left to right): Miss Scarfone, Carol Burrell, Dawne Bristol, Annie Grant. Judy Turner, Marilyn Hunter, Miss Enright. Second Row: John Blacklock, Sheila Tyler, Carol Talbot. Judy Prier, Ann Elgar, Marion Patrick. Third Row: Elton Plant, Ray St. Onge, Marilyn Liebrock. Ed Thrasher, Dianne Bowen. Fourth Row: Richard Riseborough, Jim Silcox, Robert Rudkin. SPARTALOGUE STAFF EDITOR ASSISTANT EDITOR - ADVERTISING EDITOR ADVISORY EDITORS - Annie Grant John Blacklock Marion Patrick Miss Scarfone Miss Enright PHOTOGRAPHY SPORTS - - LITERARY - - ASSISTANTS - Mr. Heaton LAY-OUT - Camera Club COPY - - Sheila Tyler Dianne Campbell ART Carol Talbot Jim Silcox Ray St. Onge Anne Elgar Judy Prier Bob Rudkin Marilyn Liebrock Judy Turner, Ed Thrasher, Dawne Bristol, Marilyn Hunter, Carole Burrell, Dick Riseborough. ADVERTISING COMMITTEE TYPISTS. Dianne Bowen, Annie Grant, Marion Patrick, Dolores Grondin, Katherine Tritjak, Ellen Moore, Judy Prier, Judy Turner, Judy Abbott, Dawne Bristol, Marilyn Hunter, Peggy Cockbain, Vera Izgherian. Edith Dobell, Paula Jeannotte, Rod Toop, Elliott Ouellette.

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Page Eight “THE SPARTALOGUE” — 1958 Message to the Students Since Miss Munnings Commencement address are pleased to print, in part, Miss Munnings mes was so inspiring, Mr. Steadman generously sug- sage as well as Gordon Law s address on behalf of gested that it take the place of his message to the the 1957 graduating class, students in the 1958 Spartalogue. Therefore, we MISS MUNNINGS ADDRESS We are all very proud of our graduates this year, and as one of your teachers, I should like to say that you made my last year at Forster a real joy with your enthusiasm, good humour, your innate ability and will to work (most of the time). I hope you will never let age dull those qualities. I mentioned a few of the characteristics which you, as students, have shown and which I hope you will keep bright all your lives. I also wish to present a few challenges to you to-night. What have you to declare? I suggest that you ask yourself this question: “What have I in me to declare in the way of ideals and goals, qualities of character and potential abilities which will lead to my own growth in character and knowledge so that I can give to my parents, friends and society, in¬ stead of merely taking as I have done in child¬ hood?” And what shall I have to declare in the way of lasting accomplishment in a few years? Since I know you so well, students, I can take the positive approach to this question. I know how much potential you have and my first challenge is this: do not underdevelop your abilities or be satis¬ fied with mediocrity of accomplishment. Do not sell yourselves short at this critical stage in your lives, or at any other time by aiming too low in your educational goals or endeavours. I challenge you then to disprove the maligners of youth by not falling prey to what has been called the cult of easy living and materialism. Be willing to make the smaller sacrifices now in order to gar¬ ner the rich harvest of happiness and satisfaction which comes from a well-stored, well-disciplined, alert mind and body. My second challenge to you, intimately linked with the first, is to keep that delightful inquiring state of mind which I saw so often last year. A man without curiosity—the sense of wonder, the inquiring mind—will never know the true joy of living in this very wonderful, if some-times baffl¬ ing and awesome world of tin trinkets and celestial satellites. I challenge you to keep your curiosity bright all your lives. My third challenge to you is to be humble. Some¬ one has said that it is what we learn after we think we know it all that counts. Of course, he who has an inquiring mind will realize only too well how much there is to learn and will remain humble about his own accomplishments. He will also learn his strengths and weaknesses as he goes along, for it is said: “Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and import¬ ant, from himself.” Those are my challenges, graduates, through which you can change the modem slogan, “What’s in it for me?” to “What’s in me for it!” In closing, I wish I could say “May it always be fair weather”, but we are all realistic enough to realize that there will be storms and discourage¬ ments. However, I hope you will remember that determination or force of character rides them out. I shall say instead “May there be just enough clouds on your horizon to make a beautiful sunset.” —Gladys R. Munnings. GORDON LAW’S VALEDICTORY ADDRESS WTien we think about Commencement, we realize that it is more than just the presentation of awards and diplomas. This is perhaps our last chance to get together and reminisce about the good times we had during our high school years: the dances, the class parties, and the class room jokes (we had plenty of these). As we re-enter this school to-night, more than memories of good times pass through our minds. I am sure that many of us remember the advice of our teachers, and how valuable it has been to us, although at first it was not thought to be too wise. I think our high school life can be compared to a play. We have the introduction—Grades 9 and 10-—where we are slowly eased into High School life. Then come Grades 11 and 12 and with them a thickening of the plot as we are prepared for the last act—Grade 13. As we begin this last stage of our High School lives, we are somewhat apprehen¬ sive, for we have been w ' arned of the difficulties that lie ahead. Also, up to this point our play has concerned the class as a whole, but now it becomes each student’s own play. How will the plot unfold? It is up to the student. But as we finish our High School life, we realize that our play does not end here; for that matter our play never ends. We are constantly encounter¬ ing obstacles or forks in the road of life that change our destiny, and we can only hope to find a reason¬ able, satisfactory ending by making the right de¬ cisions. I hope that each member of our class will find the best ending. God told Saul “To get up and get going and the proper path would make itself known to him”. How true this is in our lives to-day, for if we don’t “get up and get going” we will falter and grope in the darkness as did Saul. But if you do apply this, as you study and in your life, you will find new horizons opening up before you, and it is here that your future lies, within the grasp of everyone— everyone who is willing “to get up and go”.