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

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I am honored to be asked to write a message for the 1965 yearbook. It affords me an opportunity to offer congratulations and best wishes to the graduating class—congratulations on your having reached this stage of your high school career, and best wishes for its successful completion, It also affords me an opportunity to express the hope that besides having guided you towards academic achievement, home, school, and church may have developed in you a certain quality which is badly needed in today ' s orId. This quality has to do ith purpose in life, not selfish purpose, but God-given purpose. I am frankly pessimistic about the direction in which society is leading us today. With Wordsworth, we can truly say, ...getting and spending we lay waste our powers . Too often the criterion of choice in life is How much will I have in this particular job? What will it get me? What are the chances of advancement for me? T o seldom does the criterion of choice involves the questions: What are my capacities for service in this work? What can I give? I do not suggest that financial consideration should have no part in your linking about your future. I do say, however, that personal gain, personal advancement, and your attendant satisfactions do not meet the needs either of the individual, his community or his country. It is in giving, not in getting, that we grow. It is through our being responsible, active citizens S Sj that our community and our country thrives, and it is through a truly Christian concern in every aspect of our living that we give to our lives the dignity and worth that reflect God ' s purpose. K. R. Jasper ,

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STANDING LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. John J. Peters, Mr. Abe G. Penner, Mr. Albert Loewen, chairman; Mr. John J. Hildebrand. SITTING LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. John K. Schellenberg, secretary treasurer; Mr. Ben Fast, Mr. George T. Penner, Mr. J. A. Martens. Congratulations and best wishes to the 1965 graduates. Although the graduating class is small this year, I am sure that it will make no difference in their chances for success in their future endeavors. I would like to thank the teachers for their excellent guidance throughout the year. The industrious yearbook committee has also made a good job of this year ' s edition of the Green and Gold.

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In presenting to you my valedictory address, I am deeply conscious of the honour that my fellow-graduate has placed upon me, and it is therefore my sin- cerest endeavour to convey the true feelings of my fellow-graduate and myself on this, our graduation day. Graduation; what does the word signify? To us, the students, it means bid- ■tlS ding adieu to the past as we prepare to enter a new phase of life; a life which j| ?| ||| To the teacher, graduation may mean the time to realize their efforts in en- Unj deavouring to prepare the young people to become worthy citizens of a great nation;3 i jp to became men and women, who will have the strength of character to strive for pi the noble and the worthwhile things of life and to you, our parents and friends, Stij it may mean that we have reached the stage when we can be regarded as res- ga ponsible citizens of the community. Si And now, as we stand on the threshold of a new era, we cannot help but experience a feeling of regret at parting. It is a parting from friends; 5f; friends with whom we shared mutually those joys and sorrows. It is a parting RSi from those informal exchanges of ideas at recess, the social events, and the !«; many sport activities. When we view the year in retrospect, we must not fn forget the work of the Student Council, and the various committees, for being the seniors, we were naturally compelled to supply much of the leadership. ' •H Although we have apportioned some of our time for extra-curricular activities; we have spent hours delving into the hidden mysteries of the chemical world, Ljl absorbing the inspirations of great authors, and tracing the past events of human history. Have the years that we spent milling over our textbooks been in vain? jtj We are frequently tempted to take a short range view of life and think of fr immediate rather than long range returns. Experience , however, has taught that a time spent in preparation is not wasted time. It is our fervent prayer that we may be equipped and qualified to render service to our community, our country, SI and to our fellow men. [I] We would like to express our deepest gratitude to our parents and teachers who have made sacrifices to make our education a reality. May we through our ft endeavours bring honor to you, the teachers, and the schools, who have prepared us for the hurdles and tasks soon to confront us. As Tennyson said, we must be willing to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. As a final farewell thought, I wish my fellow graduate the best of health, cy happiness, and with tne help of our almighty God, achieve lastin success. Melvin Katchur