Hillcrest High School - Impact Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Message From The Principal The production of Impact 65 . is one of the many extra-curricular activities of our school. To plan and edit this edition required much painstaking effort extending over the several months from the beginning of the fall term. The will to do a good job- -the desire to co-operate in the preparation of a worthwhile product--the expenditure of energy and extra time were all required to make ' this edition of Impact possible. We believe that limited extra-curricular participation provides students in a modern school, staffed with understanding and help- ful teachers, the opportunity of acquiring a broader education --education for vocational pursuits --education for the development and appreciation of cultural, literary and scien- tific endeavours --education for the proper enjoyment of our leisure time. All these afford our young people of this generation the opportunities to develop high ideals of character, understanding, cit- izenship and a happy and right way of living in this wonderful nation we know and love. The release of our school year book is particularly pleasing to all. It represents the high degree of coordination which actually exists here at Hillcrest. Once again, I take much pride and pleasure in complimenting the editor and the entire editorial staff along with all who have contributed in any way in the production of Impact 1965. B. L. Bradley

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I was ever a fighter so - one fight more, The best and the last! (Prospice, Robert Browning)

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From The Chair Of The Vice-Principal In his book, Profiles in Courage , the late President John F. Kennedy states that courage is one of the virtues most admired in man. And courage in students is one of the qualities we educators greatly cherish; courage, not bravado. Courage to face up with confidence to your everyday task ' , to challenge, intelligently, a tecaher ' s pronouncement, V attempt an oral, critical ' analysis of King Lear, to query a scientific deduction, to criticize an historical fact, to speak to 800 students assembled in the Aduitorium; courage to interpret Caliban in the Tempest, to try out for the football team, size notwithstanding, and go on to win a championship, to accept graciously a two-point loss in a girls ' basketball final. Never dull, never a bore, nor a poltroon, the courageous student is always interesting and interested; he possesses great tenacity, determination, firmness of mind. Most of you are gift ed with this great Churchill and Kennedy virtue; most of you have exemplified courage. We should like to see the few pusillanimous ones develop it. Be courageous, face up squarely to your responsibility and success will be yours. The Collegiate Institute Board has just notified me that effective next September I shall be at the Sir Wilfrid Laurier High School. May I take this opportunity to tell you how much I have enjoyed my four years at Hillcrest, and how fond I have grown of the student body, the staff and the community. It makes departing that much harder. Thank you for the precious memories I bring with me, and Good Luck . L.F. Labrosse.