Grunthal Collegiate - Green and Gold Yearbook (Grunthal, Manitoba Canada)

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INSPECTOR’S MESSAGE During the past year the students of Grunthal Collegiate have had an oppor¬ tunity to study in a fine new school. This new building represents an excellent standard of architecture, but, more important, it represents the significance at¬ tached by parents and citizens in general to the education of our young people. Schools like yours are established for the primary purposes of developing your character, training you to be good citizens, and teaching you the fundamental skills of learning that are necessary for further education and adult life. You, yourselves, have a prime part to play in achieving these purposes. You must bring to your studies enthusiasm, a will to work hard, and a sense of responsibility towards life--God-given responsibility. It is the duty of all of us to perform ac¬ cording to our best. At this time of year we can only hope that you have met these challenges. Certainly we wish for your academic success in this present year, but if you have moved towards accomplishing the primary purposes of education mentioned above we shall have no doubt about your present or ultimate success in reaching the goals set before you. Best wishes to the graduates of 1962.

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Department of Education Correspondence Courses Steinbach Collegiate Institute Manitoba Teachers ' College Manitoba Technical Institute University of Manitoba, 4th Year Literature ..IX, X, XI Drama and Poetry.XII Typing.X, XI Composition.XI Health.IX, X Guidance.IX, X Church History.X, XII Collegiate Choir.IX, XII FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK .... For in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Although the foregoing text has a deep spiritual significance, I would like to borrow it in order to bring out some truths inherent in schooling and education generally. The Biblical writer mentions a reaping. That indicates strongly that some devoted and careful work must have gone before; work of seed-bed preparation, seeding, and cultivation for weeds. A parallel is obvious here when we consider our efforts in the educational field. Here, too, rewards can be expected--but only if students, teachers, parents, school boards, and inspectors put forth un stinted, vigorous, and directed energy toward a common goal. That aim, I suggest, should be to mould young minds and hearts in such a manner that the resulting graduates will be better able to cope with rapidly-changing, often highly complex world conditions and trials, both physically and spiritually. Reaping, howevet, is to come only in due season. We as educators need not expect perfect results immediately. The fruits of the educational labours of the present decade may only come at a later time, when other educators fill our places. Quite possibly we may never notice many of these results during our lifetime. Contemplating these possibilities, we may be dismayed or even discouraged in trying to achieve or to give an education. If we faint not” suggests perseverance, however. No half-hearted measures will carry us through to our objective. Our seniors, who expect to graduate shortly, have learned that much concentrated effort is required to come out on top. We congratulate them on work well done, and wish them well as they, in their turn, go out into the world ' s fields of endeavour. As this 1962 issue of the Green and Gold goes to press, it will preserve for the future much of what has made this year a memorable one. What a year it has been! Not only have we changed our name from Goodwill Collegiate to Grunthal Collegiate, but with this change has come also our move into this beautiful, modern school building with its many up-to-the-minute big-city facili- ties--truly an edifice to be proud of! Let us all live up to our greatl y improved surroundings. Our warm thanks go out to students, parents, staff members, our school board, and inspector, as well as to our many advertising friends who have made this yearbook possible. Sincerely,