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

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THE SEARCHLIGHT education we have realized the importance of being fair and honest. Through our study of music and art we have come to appreciate beauty. For all these opportunities we owe gratitude to our country for enabling us to take advantage of learning so that we may be fitted to take our place as citizens. To the staff of Hugh John Macdonald we, the graduating class, owe our fervent gratitude. At times,- our subjects were tedious and difficult, but we even survived algebra, and were guided through by our teachers. They were the patient helpers in times of distress. Special thanks to Mr. Patterson, our much respected principal, for his wise and able leader-- ip. We would also like to thank ur parents for their helpfulness, understan ' ig am interest in our school life. With the I of this school year we shall have finished our schooling at •Hugh John Macdonald. Many a time have we opened those bars, our arms laden with books, to be met by the cheery smiles of our friends. Entering our rooms we were greeted by our teachers, and settled d-wn in our desks to begin a new day. Now our time hero has passed, but we will always remember Hugh John Macdonald - the place where v.u learned to leave elementary ways behind and to prepare j r our seni -r life. In c]using, mrj upres:; to my classmates the hope that they will do well in um-ir chosen fields, and t extend to- them my best wishes for their future success. jf tfg ■ ' M A ” ' V 7 , ; , ? f u ■ , v ) p Its (■: : ' } ' i f if (f vV vo( ( ' wfr-m R E X A L L DRUG S i O K i ILVF YOU? PRESCRIPTION FILLED BY YOUR LOCAL DRUGGIST GRADY-G-E KiARMAOIST IS ALWAYS IN CEaUGEi - l c:..i at .i. S i ' Ji ' s T Phone 28 715 Winnipeg, Maniteba

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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

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13 V 3 8 Students whose average for the year is eighty percent or over: Grade IX Lola Lane Cuddy Irene Lisowecki Albert Harvey Albert Korbutiak Edward Zebrowski Frederick Maoki Hartnut Schroeder Gary Stephanson Ruth Koch Victoria Barfield Juliet Fenner Machiko Shibuya Grade VIII Loretta Burnett Helene Diwishek Sandra Dolberg Phyllis Johnson Inge Kornelson Gertrude Manners Mary Maticio Elsie Hagy Elsie Sader Joyce Schroeder Eleanor Seeley Jeanne Shigeta Jeane Sorba Sonia Zyla Donna Greshko Carol Todd Deanna Love Joe Flett Henry Klassen Ralph Kundel Alan Lampart Jerry Macki David McBride Alex Shkut Grade VII Joan Miki V anda Zebrowski Judy Yoshino Dorian Folowiec Olga Uohaz Allison Shepperd Linda Richter Gail Kellett Margaret Hanner Georgina Gregory Gail Cooke Donna Chase Geraldine Best Judy Rolchuk Don Bess ler Jim Cartmill Garry Harland Fred Hoffman Patrick Kostynicuk Pat Krescy Alfred Lasar Kenneth Masklw Harvey Moberg Allan Richmond Russell Stasiuk Brenda Flammana