Grantham High School - Olympian Yearbook (St Catharines, Ontario Canada)

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Our Principal Speaks I am especially pleased, in this my first year as your principal to have this opportunity to speak to you through the pages of your yearbook the Olympian. As I write this, the school year is scarcely under way but I already have had much reason to appreciate the vitality and excellence of the growth you have achieved under the leadership of your former principal, Mr. G.A. Armstrong. In honouring the principles which he has so thoroughly implanted in you. you pay him the ultimate tribute. I would be remiss, if I did not voice your sense of loss and mine, with the untimely loss of Ur. David Bell of our staff. I was not fortunate enough to know him as long as you but in a very short acquaintance. I came to appreciate those sterling qualities of character which made his contributions to the school and community such an outstanding one. Ours is a time of change. Yet this is not a new factor in life. Pericles, addressing himself to scholars in the golden age of Greece, spoke of the necessity of flexibility, of the ability to accommodate to change. The only element that is new is the rapidity of change. Let it not overwhelm you. Set your goal and advance toward it step by step. The sin of no mission is a more besetting one than that of no mission. Master the technique of learning. You will be able to accommodate yourself to any change. One admonition, look to your standards that you will be able to differentiate be- tween desirable and undesirable change. In closing, may I congratulate your Editor-in-Chief, Judy Lepp. and her staff and staff advisors Miss Hughes and Mr. Dugo for the production of a yearbook which chronicles Grantham High School 65 - 66 so faithfully and so superbly.

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The Director ' s Address GREETINGS TO THE STUDENTS OF GRANTHAM HIGH SCHOOL Once again it is my pleasure and privilege to bring you greetings and best wishes through the pages of THE OLYMPIAN . Were some one to ask you why you go to school, you would likely reply To get an education! Have you seriously considered what you expect education to do for you? Do you expect it to bring to you, prestige, power, opportunity, advance- ment in your chosen job or profession, wealth, happiness, character? ' The best result of all education ' , said Huxley, ' is the acquired power of making yourself do what you ought to do when you ought to do it, whether you like it or not ' or, in our words, discipline. There is no doubt that education helps to develop your character, and moulds your life. But what it brings to you will depend a great deal on what you expect of it - what it brings to you will depend a great deal not only on what you learn but also on how you approach and carry out the task. In life one usually gets out of an activity in direct proportion to the effort and interest one puts into the activity. May I urge you all to put your best effort into what is now your main endea- vour in life - getting an education. Again my very best wishes for an enjoyable and successful school year. Yours very sincerely. Director of Education. The Superintendent ' s Address All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades forever and forever when I move. Never was this quotation more true than today when the frontiers of knowledge are expanding outward almost at the speed of light. Like Alice in Wonderland we have to run fast just to stand still. Coincidental with the knowledge explosion we have standards and moves which have stood the test of time in a state of flux. The very foundations of our society; the family, democracy, the church, and life itself are being challenged and threatened. Into such a world you have been thrust and in such a world you must earn your livelihood and mark your mark. The educators are asking what can we teach young people so that they may stand the stresses and strains of such a world and having stood to conquer and produce a better world. To be alive in such an era is exciting and exhilerating. Life will never b e dull but it will be challenging. What talents will stand you in best stead in such circumstances? I feel we can say without fear of contradiction that knowledge must be broad and it must be basic. We can say unequivocally that the student must be flexible and adaptable to changing situations and problems. We must teach the students, too, to be critical, to think independently and to assess the facts of any given case. We must, however, give him more than that. We must give him a new morality to fit the new age. One that is free from hypocrisy and one which is based on altruism and not selfishness. I am certain, therefore, that we must include in the curriculum philosophy, psychology, sociology, history and indeed religion but not that of a narrow sectarian nature or watered down to be mere ethics. For what does it matter if man reaches the moon and has leisure galore as the result of automation if he has not learned to live with his fellow man and is continually in danger of ending his exis- tence in a nuclear holocaust. A.R. Petrie

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Students ' Council The Student Council 1955-56 has been a success only by the work and co- operation of the executive, Ken Atkinson, Judy Brewster and Nestor Choronbay. With the constant advice and assistance of the staff advisors, Mr. Dixon and Mr. Jeffries, to whom we are very grateful, the Council has once again performed its familiar duty, that is serving the student body, with an unmatched spirit. The class representatives participated wholeheartedly and were always ready and will- ing to assume responsibilities. Throughout the year we sponsored dances, including Commencement and the Spring Prom, sold pennants, conducted assemblies, managed the Lost and Found, issued loans to other organizations, sponsored a chocolate bar drive and became involved in many other varied activities. Mr. Chapman, our principal, was always ready with an encouraging word. To him we express our appreciation. The Council has tried to set an example for the future. With the support of the student body future Councils will meet every problem with success. I have enjoyed this opportunity of serving as Students ' Council President. I thank you for the honour. Yours Sincerely, Patricia Linton. FRONT ROW: Gweneth Minaker, Wendy Wills, Nestor Chornobay, Treasurer; Judy Brewster, Secretary; Pat Linton; Presi- dent; Ken Atkinson, Vice-President; Doug Chapman, Past-President; Peggy Gordon; Shirley Kaye. MIDDLE ROW: Mr. Dixon, Staff Advisor; Norma Lever, Nancie Cunningham, Barb Szymassfk, Barb Taverner, Linda Poirier, Elaine Boudreau, Rosalind Cooke, Mary Jane Lundie, Arlette Barry, Sydney MacLean, SandieLawson, Mr. Jeffreys. Staff Advisor. BACK ROW: Les McDonald, Rickie Walker, Stan Uhryn, Ian McClausland, Bob Taylor, Walter Bonchar, Steve Campbell, Brian Elliot, Gerry Fisher. ABSENT: Roy Bonozza, Stewart Proctor, Sharon Holmes, Don Pascoe, Carolyn Orr.