Kennedy Collegiate Institute - Kencoll Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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THK KENCOU, 1955 l J a K e 7 1 - KENCOLL EDITORIAL STAFF A Gere riser W cox B Snwchu ck, N. Douglas. L. Zellig, T. Wilson. G. Tuck. P. Dunseath, SCCO j nd Tr R a°t«h!} 1 u r d. E. aeslJk! Mr. T. D.°Wa!te’r. B Buchani,n - S ' Ross - D ' Bau 1 ' H - FlrS M. R Tay, A. Duffi ' M ' Weber ' Sn,rnncc ' M - R P» w y- D- Czapla, A. Ocnclko. D. Doan, KENCOLL AD SALESMEN Third Row: A. Yuzpe, H. Slack, T. Wilson. L. Heslip. Second Row: B. Russell. P. Dunseath. A. Gcrenser, G. Margita, Mr. T. D. Walter. First Row: S. Rayzak, O. Rabski, E. Grcenhow, D. Moodrey, S. Allan.

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Fourth Row: A. F. S. Gilbert (Principal), A. W. Bishop, W. Weir, R. Bartlett, M. W. Wass, M. C. Thomson, H. D. Ward, A. W. Green. Third Row: D. Hyland, D. J. Mahon, H. J. Laframboise, F. D. Knapp, R. R. Deagle, E. W. Fox. Second Row: G. A. Arnott, C. Vrooman, J. McNeill, S. Lozoway, Mrs. Hemple, Mrs. L. P. May, D. Hope, M. W. Ryan. First Row: D. B. Unger, G. Lctourncau, E. Blair, B. Kennedy, M. Montague, Mrs. J. Unger, P. Bondy, J. Durrant, T. D. Walter. VALEDICTORY Jt is a pathetic peculiarity of human beings that we cannot live a situation as fully in reality as in anticipation or as in memory. Our clays of reality in the class-rooms of k.C.l. have passed. We can no longer anticipate in relation to high school clays. Nothing remains of them but memory. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote that the “thoughts of youth are long, long, thoughts ' JIow well that applies to our school-days here when we dreamed long and wistfully of the days beyond graduation, and when, rapidly passing us in our dream-like state, reality registered the impressions that flood upon us now. There is mie property which colours every mem¬ ory: Sclnx Ppirit. That is the word the cheer lead¬ ers screamed .at Assemblies until we seemed sick¬ ened of it. And yet that is the essential element of school life which we practised every day of our years at Kennedy. The confirmed crowd-follower at football matches, the rugged individualist at hockey games, those who laboured long to prepare our school magazine, those even, who attended class parties and impromptu bull sessions with the gang, those who wore th e school colours; all exemplified School Spirit. But perhaps brightest in our mem¬ ories is the School-Spirit Club which sponsored our assemblies and those zany skits which always man¬ aged to receive more applause than Mr. Gilbert ' s weekly announcements. We must think of School Spirit in yet another light. That is the light of a brilliant national heri¬ tage. In its illumination we see ourselves members of a practicable United Nations. Kennedy has been blessed in the distribution of races and creeds with¬ in its walls. No single group prevails. Any student who would benefit from such a society must first contribute the better parts of his national heritage to the Canadian spirit which is Kennedy ' s moral foundation. Since last June we have acquired a keener appreci¬ ation of the principles instilled in us here. They have become our constant companions and will re¬ main our faithful guides. In the student elections and administration of student affairs we were ex¬ posed to a practical understanding of Democracy. Through the oratorical contests we were free to render our interpretations of mature topics. Through sports we learned to take bitter defeat with sweet victory. In everything, Kennedy stressed good cit¬ izenship and hardened us for the vicissitudes of life. This evening let us remember those former stu¬ dents of Kennedy who died to preserve our freedom and our claim to a good education. Remembering our obligation to them, let us pledge ourselves to maintain and hold sacred the Canadian spirit made precious by their blood. 1 o ' those who will follow our footsteps through the hallowed halls of K.C.L, may we hope that you will avail yourselves of the vast opportunities (Continued on Page 23)