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A Sixty Year Graduate Speaks A 60 year graduate of I.D.C.I. reports on what he has learned in 60 years of teaching young people. Education is always a better preparation for life's work. The more education you have and can use, the better are your chances of living the way you want to live. What can you do with yourself? Almost anything you want to do if you work and use your head. But work - steady and continuous work - is necessary. The Lord provides the fishing, you have to dig the bait. Poverty is no real handicap, while wealth and social position may be. The latter may get you soft or dead-end jobs. Of these be- ware! They beget idleness and idleness in a young person is a sin, if not a crime. Be careful about early marriage. lt may trap you. Two cannot live as cheaply as one and certainly not as four or five. A good rule is to get your education before you marry. Don't neglect the sciences - chemistry, physics, mathematics, biology. Canada is de- veloping fast and there is a great demand for those with scientific training. The sciences may look harder than some other subiects, but once you get into them they are not so hard as they seem. And girls too, since nowadays all profes- sional positions are open to women, you have the chance if you want it. Probably you expect to marry, which is as it should be, but marriage need not interfere greatly with a career. It is harder to have both, but many women do have both. You may not choose to marry, but if you do marry and lose your husband, you may have to support yourself and children. You should be prepared in any case to make a satisfactory living. ln my young day a high school education was considered a sufficient preparation for a life work. It is not so any longer. College or professional school training now takes its place. Through postgraduate or research work you may add to human knowledge. This sounds big, but it is within the reach of many of you. The abilities are of the same order as those of the I3 year old small town or farm boy who figures out how to get his chores done so that he can go to the ball game. Of course you must have ambition and desire. The development of personality is essen- tial. You must get along with people and with the world you live in. People who like you, will help you. People you antagonize are likely to work against you, or at least do nothing to help. Rugged individualism doesn't work. There is no hurry. One forward step at a time is good progress, but keep moving. Aim for the best in man or places. The big man and the big places are generally more approachable and reasonable than the little ones. Walter R. Bloor. Dr. Walter R. Bloor, the first Professor of Biochemistry and Associate Dean of the Uni- versity of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, now retired, is a l897 graduate of the Ingersoll Collegiate. Special Terms for tuclents ' fTf 'E c-lllll llill lllll' lNllll f 3 Who Wants A Brand New fo' Us We Us - A H, Lie' tr I ,Bl .EAT ll.llIii.iiw l.i..... ix Q, .,....,.t.ttff . I . Z1 5 I v ss. ,ru du'-H' 1,1-Jrif 5 K ' ,L ffi i t l 4, l I T , --e i I 1 g-Z I1 - ' - ' .1 G 5 I ' , .n A Q 9 ' ' 'C an S ,,.4ag,::L'.:gw .lI,. Y '- ROYAL PORTABLE 2 00 A tllt I worlds No. 1 Portable ' WEEK I- and I- 5UTHERlAND 425 Dundas St. - Woodstock Coyle Cr Greer Jewellers DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELLERY, CHINA SKYWAY LUGGAGE - SAMPSONITE LUGGAGE Phone 459 I46 Thames St. S., Ingersoll THE VOLT Page 1 I
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Vuledictory Address of 1955 lt is with humble heart that I voice thought of my classmates and friends. stand on the threshold of our future. It is our duty to equal or surpass the successes of our predecessors. The task will not be easy, for one can only view the world with cautious optimism. the We Officially we leave behind the supports which have held us on our true path for the last five years. Now, there is nothing, yet everything, for God and our initiative remain. With them, all things are possible and we begin our service to mankind in whatever field we have chosen. To serve mankind brings happiness, a deep, lasting and satisfying hap- piness necessary to man. As we turn for a brief glimpse of our past activities, associates and achievements, we can- not help but think of our motto, Send forth your light , and wonder if, at all times, we have followed its guidance. If not, we have failed ourselves, our school and our forerunners. Our talents are not self-made, but given by One who diligently chose and selected for each of us. God created man and gave him life, He gave him aptitudes and talents with which to protect himself, to survive and to preserve life. Then He instructed man and gave him His reason for so doing. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Thus, to use our talents is to bring praise not only to us, our family and school, but to God. I believe I speak correctly when I say that as a whole, the graduates of nineteen hundred and fifty-five have given of themselves, academically, athletically, musically, and in every extracurricular activity, whole-heartedly, without any thought of personal gain. leader- ship in school activities was at a peak and it was not an individual person who made our attempts successful, but the whole group work- ing as a team. There remains for 'you, the present students at Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute, a challenge, a challenge to raise the calibre of academic achievements, the successes of previous Blue and White Revues, musical and public speaking competitions, cadet inspections and athletic achievements. In striving to this end, you will be giving of yourselves, co-oper- ating and working with others as a team or group and raising Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute to a pinnacle from which it can never fall. When this idea of united effort has been spread throughout both hemispheres, we will be turning out into the world, a better and more qualified group of men and women, who will know howto live with others, regardless of Page 10 creed, colour or religion, and no bomb will be powerful enough to destroy a united world. In closing, I should like to express our sincere thanks to Mr. Herbert and his staff, who have so unselfishly given of their time and energy to help us throughout the last five years, and to the members of the Board, who have worked so hard and for so long to secure this new building for the Ingersoll Dis- trict Collegiate Institute from which we have had the privilege of being the first class to graduate. Jean Watmough The Cox Press JOB PRINTING Quality and Service Phone 66lJ 'A' WEDDING INVITATIONS 'ff LETTERHEADS i' ENVELOPES 'A' STATEMENTS if ETC. OUR 10th YEAR 59 William St. Ingersoll Wtih the Compliments of ALLAN G. HALL General Insurance and Travel Agency KING and THAMES STS. + Your Protection and Travel Comfort is My Business THE VOLT
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