Kelvin High School - Kelvin Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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JLett ylle.d C s tdClCll.i . ILuedie ptug (Seorge VI. anfr O umt Itnabetlj On the occasion of the Royal Visit to Canada. May 24th, 1939 O UR happy country waits a time in May When to her shores will come her King and Queen, The symbols of an Empire, which has been The model of a world from day to day. They come, amid the cheers of those who pray For joy to bless their lives, because they deem A country’s peace above a useless dream Of might, where men must murder and betray. The day will come and we shall all be there To add our cheers of welcome, joy and praise, And o’er the sea our nations will declare United loyalty, and love always. We stand a loyal and a strong domain To welcome to our shores the kingly train. Enid Clayton, Room 26.

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hKs FOREWORD . . . T HE end of another school year is rapidly approaching, and while ruminating on the events of the past months you naturally are beginning to ask the question, “Where do we go from here?” May it not be that you have arrived, like the rest of us, at the very brink of Destiny from whose dizzy heights we can now per¬ ceive the rushing sullen streams of destruction in the abyss below and from which in simple faith we must pray God to lead us? What has this school year meant to you? Like the rest of us you had to face the crisis of last September when, each morning for a week, in moments of silent prayer for guid¬ ance and help, you ushered in the school day. This spiritual awaken¬ ing reached great intensity a few weeks afterwards at our Armistice Day celebration, when more than ever, we realized that human nature must change heart and that moral and spiritual re-armament was calling us forth on the true adventure. But events of historical significance con¬ tinue, for your King and Queen will visit your beloved city in a few days, when the springs of loyalty will bubble over and we shall all consider our individual and national responsibility. God Save the King! Your Year Book contains many records of your interest in creative activities. School is still the place of employment and an education demands “work.” We have as usual stressed fitness, discipline, fair play, and’ team work in your games, and by observing such, you are creating a fine spirit of unselfishness, all of which, when extended nationally and internationally, will promote good-will, mutual understanding, and peace. The great love for choral singing seems to grow each year, and the attainments have been most gratifying. Similar commendation must be made regarding dramatics, debates, creative work in the various shops and laboratories, whilst our girls and boys have represented Kelvin splendidly in demonstration of physical training. The Library, in wealth of content, has grown tremendously and as a place of educational activity has become a great asset to the school. Space will not permit me to eulogize the success of the major extra-curricular project of the year—the Tea Social, and the Display of the splendid Art Col¬ lections—but let me thank the members of the staff and the pupils for their excellent effort. Loyalty and the spirit of service in every department, throughout the whole year, have been delightfully noteworthy. Boys and girls of Kelvin, the door of responsibility is standing wide open, so, with banners of honesty, purity, and unselfishness, held on high, “march shoulder to shoulder, comrades in a common cause, fighting for the creation of a new, a united, and a happy world ! ! ” COURAGE! TRUTH! RIGHT! J. S. LITTLE. 1