Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute - Volt Yearbook (Ingersoll, Ontario Canada)

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l-'DITURIALS , , ,'., - .. , YW-122, A 3 ' -- -ills-' at 51 .-v DOUG MCCONNELL Two years ago the students of l.D.C.l. said good-bye to the old school and entered the new. Now workmen are already busy build- ing an addition to accommodate the overflow- ing student body. Once again we will read poetry to the staccatto rhythm of hammer and saw. But progress is not marked by physical growth alone. The larger our number, the greater is the necessity to strive for a better school spirit. Our years in school are a train- ing ground for later life. We must use them to learn how to live and work and play with others - in harmony. Just as a chain is as strong as its weakest link, so a school is as strong as any one of its members. Only by all working together can we make the l.D.C.l. truly great in every sense of the word. Marie Fleming, Grade l2A Editor THE VOLT I am proud to be co-editor of this year's school magazine, the Volt. l.D.C.l. is unique in being one of the few secondary schools able to boast of a school publication of especially high calibre in the past years, and we hope this year's Volt measures up to that same high standard. I should like to convey my thanks to the Volt staff to whom the success of this publica- tion can be accredited. l will long remember the co-operation and fine efforts of this group, who have made easy for my co-editor and me what could have been an exasperating iob. While I am proud to be co-editor of the l956 Volt, I am even prouder to be a member of the i956 graduating class. lf this is to be Canada's' half century, then it will be our half century, because I feel sure that most of us will play an important part in the future of our country. Through the past thirteen years in the area of the l.D.C.l. the teachers of the elemen- tary schools and now more recently the teachers of l.D.C,l. have done their utmost through academic and extra-curricular endeavours, to mould our minds and our characters that we may be able to meet the challenge as we step out into the world. Can we meet this challenge? I believe we can. Doug McConnell, Grade I3 Editor 9 Y MARIE FLEMING Page 9

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WV i fm -Y Photo by Sentinel-Review THE I.D.C.I. SCHOOL BOARD Seated, Left to Right-Mr. P. C. Houston, Mr. C. R. Stewart, Mr. H. T. Bower Ichairmani, Mr. G. F. Pirie, Mr. F. C. Shelton. Standing, Left to Right-Mr. J. C. Herbert, Mr. C. A. Pellaw, Mr. P. McDonald, Mr. J. W. Oliver, Mr. R. W, Green, Mr. W. I.. Leaper, Mr. H. A. Horton. . CM? Page 8 The Mayor's Message STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS: lt is indeed a pleasure for me as mayor to extend the best wishes of the town of Ingersoll to the pupils and staff of the Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute. First I would like to congratulate the students and staff on the presentation of the Blue and White Revue. lt was an excellent production. The night school classes were very impressive. They gave the urban and rural adults a chance to get together, use their school and show their wares. I was very pleased to see their work. A district collegiate can afford more opportunities for the students, giving them a greater scope, than a smaller school. Education is a must and since all trades and pro- fessions are expanding, we must produce greater men and women to carry on the big iob of running industry and our country. The Department of Education, your School Board and councils have provided the facilities. The challenge is before you - don't regret later that you didn't take it up, make your parents and teachers proud of you. Education is essential. DON BOWER, Mayor of Ingersoll THE VOLT .IH 4 LW I pg, I v 'N 25 .N i.. , v.. ' 1 '-4 s , . .tw ., L 5, li fa

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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