Hugh John Macdonald School - Searchlight Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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T7g think of this when we realize that three years at Hugh John Macdonald have sped by leaving us but a host of memories. During this time, under the careful guidance of our teachers, we have learned many things to prepare us both for the high school ahead of us and also for the times after that when we come lace to face with life itself, and sot out into the world to make our livings. These three years have taught us, also to be generous with ot.iere, and not to act as little children. We have learned, academically, from the best of teaching and have been prepared for more to come. These years are. ' gone; th y can never come back - have we made the most of them? If we have, then we have lilt an impreg¬ nable foundation that cannot be shaken. We want to thank our staff of associates for their energetic help in making this yearbook interesting, helpful, and even humorous. It contains the school’s activities, literary works, pictures and write-ups of this year’s graduating classes. A note of thanks goes to the staff of teachers who cindly aided us in the production. To Mr. Smalley vdio directed our work go special thanks. Lola Cuddy Edit or-in-Chief Another school year is coming to a close, another stopping stone into the veiled future of our lives. The precious years which we spent at the Hu a John MacdonaHas students, in a measure, will determine the course of our lives. Many of us will go on to higher education; to us going on is given, as it were, a torch which wo must carry forward. Wq are the only ones who can make this torch burn brightly, not by pleasure nor idleness, but through hard work. School life v ill have a different meaning for us when see the civ at ion for which we strive as a star, so near and yet so far away. It ;eems as if we can never reach it. Yet we must fight on to reach that on which we have set our ey,’.. Will wo succeed? Wo have a chance; let us not pass it by, it nay no - ' revs a a seoond time. Jerry Diwishek Associate Editor

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T. I ' : R ' ,. ! .1 ■’ ’T 6 VALEDICTORY By Lola Cuddy Mr. Patterson, Honoured Guests, Fellow Graduates, Students, .and Friends. May I express my appreciation to those who have given me the opportunity of speaking to you this afternoon on behalf of the graduating class. It is indeed an honor for which I am very grateful. When we left elementary school we felt we had acquired all the education we needed. Coming to junior high, we soon found out differently. We were only in grade seven and the strstch between us and the gracV nine ' s was enormous - three whole years] Almost discouraged, we felt we coul never go through those three years successfully and become a member of that respected class - grade nine. Now those three years are actually behind us. Contrary to those early beliefs each school year just sped, by and. in no time at all we were in grade nine, only to find that even then we didn ' t know all there was to know. During those years many outstanding events have taken pl ce, The past year has brought us the excitement of the school Christmas concern, the fest ival in which our choirs did 30 well, parents ' night, the variety concert and all the games our sports teams have played in and made such a good showing for our school. Then, too, four times a year we pored over text books loath to give up their knowledge and on the following day we courageously faced glory or defeat before those papers that wanted to know all that we didn ' t. Now, all this is over, and we have corns upon a new path. Senior high school lies ahead f us. This is a new stretch on the road of life and we are. facing unknown and interesting courses. T Te must meet these courageously. There will be work to do, but who c n g t anywhere without work? Not everything will come easily on this road we are go in- ' to follow. Perhaps some of U s will give up, but those of us who are willing to continue will gain the knowledge that will help us so greatly in later years. Many problems will face, us in our first high schoox year. Our classes, as we know them in Hugh John Macdonald, will be broken up and we will be scattered among many grade ten classes. We shall meet new classmates and new teachers. Those who make up their minds to pass a succe sful year will adapt themselves t ' these new conditions. Some of us here may not for various reasons go V senior high school. To these I express the hope that they will be able to o rry on in a worthy manner and continue successfully in the careers they have ch on. To help us face the life ahead, it would be well to build ' ’eals. Of course, to do our work to the best of our ability should be one ; mt t olerance, fairness, and honesty are ideals we should consider equal in imj •t ' mee Hugh John Macdonald has helped us to develop these traits. With the under- st nding guidance of r ur teachers w. have acquired the education we needed. We have developed socially too, having met and made new friends. We have learned that scholarship, although important, is not everythin;, and that a student can earn much respect by being just in his personal contacts. Our teachers h°ve taught us that co-operation is especially important in order to have a class that can team up to meet difficult situations as they arise. Through our physical