Garden Valley Collegiate Institute - Yearbook (Winkler, Manitoba Canada)

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MESSAGE FROM THE DIVISION CHAIRMAN The graduates and students of Garden Valley School Division deserve a special vote of thanks for making this past year a successful one, under very trying physical surroundings. A spirit of co-operation, and willingness to adjust, has been very evident throughout this past year. For this positive attitude the board congratulates and thanks all students. A special word of congratulation goes out to the Grade XII graduates of our school. Please accept our sincere well wishes for much success in your chosen life’s work. Shakespeare says, “Things won are done; joy’s soul lies in the doing.” It is our wish that all graduates may find joy and satisfaction in “doing.” Serving God by serving our fellowman is still the real challenge, no matter what one’s chosen life’s work may be. Henry F. Wiebe, Chairman Garden Valley School Division. 4

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL The days when boys and girls gaily skipped to the “Little Red School House” down the road are becoming a mere memory. But this thought of environmental change brings to mind the many changes that are taking place in education today. And as these changes take place with an ever increasing rate we realize that there is no time to stop; indeed, to stop in reality means to drop behind. When will it end? Is a question in the minds of many — my answer is never, not as long as man sees an unconquered area — for he will strive to conquer, and it would appear that in our age the Creator has seen fit, more so than ever before, to permit man to unravel some of the great mysteries that have existed since the beginning of time. What can we do — no, I should ask what are we doing in our schools in this exciting age of knowledge explosion to assure that all this knowledge will help man to reach greater achievements rather than that it will help to bring about his ultimate destruction? This is the challenge we teachers face each day as we prepare to teach our lessons. As I observe from day to day the hustle and bustle in school, I try to envision the world in which you students will spend your adult years and I am only too ready to admit that it seems impossible, because it is difficult to believe that in the short span of my years man has increased the speed of travel from less Ilian 100 m.p.h. to more than 18,000 m.p.h.; not to mention the many accomplishments that 50 years ago were but a dream in the minds of the most daring thinkers. Is all this so overwhelming or does it only seem this way to us? I am convinced that just as the people did not succumb to the Dark ages so it will be with this era of rapid change. Out of the gloom of those dark centuries broke forth an age of enlightenment and learning. Who dares to measure the full impact of the Great Renaissance of the 15th Century? So,. I believe, out of our time of turmoil and change will come an age hitherto undreamed of by man. It is a challenge to the schools today to prepare you students for this age because I feel that you are destined to become part of it in the very near future. In retrospect of this school-year I challenge each student to retain that which was good and worthwhile and to cast aside that which was not good; let the memories of this year be pleasant ones. Congratulations to the committee for the effort that has produced this yearbook and to the student body congratula¬ tions for the many fine achievements of this year. I wish each student success in his or her academic endeavours for 1966-67; and I challenge each of you with these words spoken by Solomon 3000 years ago: Wisdom is the principal thing: therefore get Wisdom, and with all thy getting get understanding. Proverbs 4:7. Henry Neufeld, Principal 6