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

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Principal ' s Words MR. JOHNNY DRIEDGER Goodwill Elementary School Grunthal High School Teachers’ College United College Teaohing Experience . 9 years On Q. C. Staff . 3 yeara Mathematloa. XII Chemistry . XI History. IX Life involves a consistent, complex pattern of human relationships. Education must therefore serve to pro¬ mote and better these relationships or else it loses its true meaning. It is the inability to adjust or to fit into these patterns in some way, that breeds failure, bitterness, hate and total unhappiness. We hope that In this past year, we who have worked together here at our collegiate, students and teachers, have achieved a little more than the mere academic standards, to which we devote so much time. We hope that the students have achieved an awareness of the people in the world and around us; that they may have begun to formulate a set of sound principles to live by, principles which are based on truth, love and goodness; that they may learn to pursue and have faith in the good life , and may be willing to give something to humanity; and that they may become loaders In their own field because of the educational opportunities provided for them. With sincere and humble sentiments I would like to extend thanks to the staff who so kindly took the interest of the school to heart. Moreover I would like to extend thanks to the student body for their efforts throughout the year, especially to the senior students who accepted the responsibilities of establishing a mature and genuine attitude toward the work and activities that were carried on here. Their willingness to co-operate and take part in the school program as a whole has added so much color to this year. I believe that we will be able to look back on this year ' s activities and progress, and in all humility bo able to say “We have fought a good fight . May the pages of this annual be a pleasant reminder of our associations in the Grunthal Collegiate. 6

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DIVISION BOARD I feel honoured in being asked to address a message to you at one of the really important moments of life. It affords me an opportunity to offer congratulations and best wishes to the graduating class; congratulations on your having reached the final stage of your high school career, and best wishes to a successful completion. May God help you in choosing the right way from here. I would like to thank the teachers for the excellent work you have done to make this a success. I would also encourage the undergraduates to complete their high school for the prospects of a brighter future. Mr. H. D. Froese

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The Valedictory Address 1966 by Allan Koliinyk My fellow graduates have entrusted to me the responsibility of representing them as valedictorian on the most memorable day of their present lives. A day which will long be remembered and looked back upon In the future as one of the most momentous or surely one of the most sensitively unforgettable experiences they have ever lived through. For having lived through this day Is an experience In Itself. You see before you fourteen tense nervous bodies; fourteen oager pulsating hearts; fourteen happy successful minds. These bodies wait on the threshold of the future. These minds have traversed twelve trying years of edu¬ cation. Following the eternal path of nature, the past has been spent In preparation for the future. Through these twelve years we have ravaged the carcass of learning to food our starved minds the rudi¬ mentary, yet compulsory diet which shall nourish them on their search for success. We have tom the skin of Its language; wo have ripped the flesh of Its history; we have chewed the cartilage of Its arts; we have sampled the organs of Its science; wo have gnawed the bones of Its mathematics; we have sucked the marrow of Its Individuality; we have tasted the blood of Its progress. However, there have boon enjoyable side dishes to this main course. Variety has been added by the salad of sports. The spice of new friends has seasoned the sauce of teamwork. Extra-curricular activities have been the sweetness of dessert. The short sips of mild zesty wine, tin holidays, have numbed our senses and released our thoughts to relax and ruminate. We were Innocent of education when we first began to attend classes. During the first years, school was something different, a place for fun and games, a place holding new friends, Then In the Intermediate years the attitude of curiosity prevailed and we wore drawn to class for the fun of learning and also for the pleasures of recreation awaiting us there. But these moods of happiness and enjoyment towards school soon passed, Wo had become teenagers. Wo had begun to mature. Wo had begun to face problems, begun to realize that life was not the big bright beautiful bowl of cherries wo once thought It to be. And as wo began to see the world as It really was, as people really were, as life really was, we began to lose our contentment with our lots In life, we began to lose our gratification towards school. We longed to bo free, to bo older, to bo rich, to be anything but what wo presently wore. Independence ran fast, but tndclslon knocked It off balance. Those last four or five years have been the hardest. Luckily, we were fortunate enough to have people who sincerely cared for us; who wore genuinely concerned about our futures. Those are the people who pushed us to and through high school In our moods of Impatience. These are the people who taught us responsibility, virtue, Independence, co-operation, truth and knowledge, not to mention a thousand and one more Invaluable lessons. These are the people truly responsible for this moment of victory. These people are You! Especially you the Parents; and of course the Teachers! Without you this day . . . our whole life would have been Impossible, and our success of the future Is the fruit of your labour. If wo never have said It before, let us now say that our gratitude towards you Is immeasurable. Your care, your sacrifices, have Initiated this, a most important day In our lives, and we sincerely and humbly thank you. 7