Halifax Grammar School - Grammarian Yearbook (Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada)

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- 7 - Despite a mild heart attack in 1963 and a major operation last November, General Vanier worked tirelessly in the post and travelled more than 90,000 miles to every comer of the Cowitry. As homage to a very old friend, Prime Minister Pearson proclaimed a state of mourning until this week ' s State Funeral at Ottawa ' s Roman Catholic Basilica. Said the Prime Minister , He never failed any test of duty in peace or war. He was indeed the good and faithful servant. Douglas Tupper, Form A Age 13. GOVERNOR-GENERAL VANIER But yet I know where ' er I go, That there hath past away a glory from the earth. - Wordsworth. Tall and proud With cane in hand. Before his people Did he stand. The silver hair - The twinkling eye - His body frail. But spirit high. And novr he ' s reached. Life ' s final goal Of Heaven and God - This dauntless soul. Susan Sadler Form 4- Age 16.

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- 8 - It was inevitable that the dominant theme of the seventh edition of The Grammarian would be the Centennial of Canada. Next spring ' s Grammarian will almost surely celebrate an anniversary of our very own — the tenth year of the Grammar School ' s existence. Compared with our country ' s age, we as a school are young indeed. Yet, our school, no less than our country, has weathered its adolescent crises, and to survive has only to continue to be worthy of survival. The Grammarian is the informal literary response of its youthful contributors to the world around them. The emphasis, as always, is on spontaneity rather than on the chopped-up and the warmed-over. As in former years, the key posts on the Editorial Board are held by members of the Fourth Form. My thanks to them for the diligence and despatch with which they have completed their annual spring-term project. William Currie Headmaster