Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute - Acta Nostra Yearbook (Guelph, Ontario Canada)

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1925-1926. INSTITI TE, ,H ATIONAL C 0 IIATE-Y STAFF GUELPH COLLE1 eft to Rigl-10 mL CFro CENTRE ROW-Miss E. Higgins, Mrs. A. A. Lowes, Miss R. J. Laughlin, Miss M. Piggott, Miss M. A. Stevens, Mrs, J. W. Benham, Miss M. McCallum, Miss G. Strang, Miss M. McDonald, Miss I. Meston, Secretary. BOTTOM ROW-Miss E. Sinclair, Miss W. Humphries, Mr. B. E. Leckie, Mr. j. F. Ross, Principal' Mr. J. Davison, Principal Emeritusg Mr. J. W. Charlesworth. Miss B. R. Humphries, Miss S. Blyth.

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ACTA NOSTRA. 1926 9 Our Message From The Boarci Success to Acta Nostra! It speaks through its printed page of a spirit in our G. C.-V. I. which is vital and inspiring. Our past history, though unrecord- ed in any Year Book, is written in human lives all over the world-lives which are working out the thing as they see it, -and in that immortail poem, In Flander's Fields, which has glorified forever the old school - the Alma Mater of its author. The great books and poems and music are not all Written, the great deeds are not all accomplished. Im- portant discoveries and inventions lie waiting behind the locked door whose golden key is Work Canada waits T YDR. MACKINNON N EDITH B. CROWE Chairman Board of Education for statesinen whose love of native land comes second only to their devotion to their God and who never spell Paitrio't, politician, Onward, ever onward, students ot v the G. C.-X. I.! We break new seas to-day- Our eager keels quest unaccustomed waters, And, from the vast uncharted waste in front The mystic Circles leap prows with niightiest To greet our possibilities. EDITH B. CROVVE. Retiring Member of the Board of Education Chairman Board of Edugaqgion, After Thirty-two Years' Service. And an ex-Student of G.C.I.

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ACTA NOSTRA, 1926 11 Principals Message Know not for knowing's sake. But to lmecmne a star forever: Know for the gain it gets. the praise it brings The wonder it inspires. the love it breeds. Look one step ahead and secure that step. -Browning. Principal J. F. ROSS, M For the Hrst time Acta Nostra appears before the public, and it Will, we hope, meet with the appreciation and interest that it merits. It represents untiring zeal and energy on the part of the editorial staff, aided by Miss Sinclair and Mr. Dixon. To them is due a deep sense of gratitude. Also to those who assist- ed financially or otherwise. While looking over some of the proofs the thought came to me: Are some of these young writers and editors the writers in em- bryo ofthe future. VVill the time come when we shall poin-t with lnuch pride to some of these signatures? It has been sa.id that min- isters and teachers will receive their reward in Heaven. But. speaking from the standpoint of the teachers I think I may say that there is, aside from the monetary consideration. a cer- tain compensation in teaching in the subse- quent success of our scholars since in a school such as ours we have our future citizens. All will, I hope, be successful. and I conddently ex- pect that we shall give to the world our quota of writers. orators, outstanding surgeons. men of law, statesmen who will help in building up the country. If we teachers can think that we have. in any slight measure been successful in cultivating the seeds of future success in our pupils, there is in this thought a compensation for many of the trials and perplexities of teaching. I know with what keen plea- sure and interest my esteemed predecessor, Mr. Davison, follows the career of his ex-pupils. and what an enviable richness this has added to his life. As my teaching experience has been limited to some twelve years I have not as yet been able to contemplate tl1e ultimate achievements of my former pupils. But many I have seen launching out on the sea of life in a manner that bespoke an eventful voyage. One conclusion I have formed from observation of former students and their subsequent careers is that it is not always the most brilliant student who develops into the most successful man or woman. I.t is very often the student who has to apply himself earnestly, learning thereby lessons of perseverance. punctuality. and assiduiity. who ultimately forges to the front, while the more brilliant scholar to whom all things come easily will fall by the wayside. These years of secondary training are the formative period in the character building of our students. Upon the habits and tastes formed at this time depend their future success and happiness. But not alone upon success in their chosen career depends their ultimate happiness. It should not be forgotten that our young people are also prepar- ing for future leisure. No one expects to work all the time, and the mind well stored with interesting knowledge, is always going to find entertainment in times of leisure. The man or woman with such a mind does not need to go abroad for entertainment. The entertainment of such a student is self-cont-ained.