Lakehead University - Yearbook (Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada)

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Message -Dean of omen Stars have long been symbols of unattainable heights. Although our physical hands cannot touch the stars, we can reach them in other ways if we let stars stand for the proper ideals in life. It is agreat art to be able to improve the golden moment of opportunity and catch the good that is within our reach. A All the days come to us filled with opportunities. Think of the magnificent power which has been put into these lives of ours, - a mind to think, reason and imagine. We can roam amid the stars and wander into the very borders of infinity. One of our greatest , difficulties in the attainment of our goals is that we do not seize our opportunities as they pass. g Life is a mosaicg each smallest stone must be polished and set with greatest care or the piece will not at last be perfect. It is the units in life that are most important. Look after the smaller parts and the greater aggregates will be right. Make the minutes beautiful and the hours and days will be radiant. If we strive hard enough, it is not impossible to reach our stars even though the goals seem distant at the outset. XX Message -Vice Principal ln December 1959 the writer was privileged to hear an address delivered to the O. P. S. M. T. F. by Arnold Edinborough which con- tained the following anecdote. As the analogies to the teacher and to teaching seem particularly appropriate, it is reprinted at this time. An old man, jogging a lone highway, Came. at the evening cold and gray, To a chasm vast and deep and wide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim. But he turned, when safe on the other side, And built a bridge to span the tide. Old man , said a fellow pilgrim near, You're wasting your time with building here. You never again will pass this way. Your journey will end with the closing day. You've crossed the chasm deep and wide. Why build you this bridge at eventide'? The builder lifted his old, gray head. Good friend, the way l've come, he said, There followed, after me today, A youth whose feet must pass this way. This stream, which has been as naught to me To the fair-haired youth may a pitfall be, He, too, must cross in the twilight dim. Good friend, l'm building the bridge for him. The philosophy of the old man is one which might well be emulated by each dedicated teacher. Do you not agree?

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PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE TO STUDENTS Before you enter upon your teaching career, pause to consider the heavy responsibilities you are accepting towards Society, towards your pupils, and towards yourself. Society at large will place the broadest demands upon you, for our educational system must be tailored to meet the complex philosophy and needs of a people who profess the creed of democracy. This philosophy and these needs are difficult to defineg they are still more difficult to fulfill in a rapidly changing and explosive type of civilization that possesses the power to bring about its own destruction. Society naturally looks to Education to nurture the wisdom through which will be realized the dream of a free and honourable people. Our concept of democracy dictates that your pupils are born free and equal. Their freedom demands that you recognize the same human dignity in all. Their equality, however, does not mean equality of intellect, it does mean equality of oppor- tunity. God has created each with his own peculiar set of capacities. The role of the teacher is to provide the inspiration and opportunity to bring these capacities to fruition, so that every child will move a step closer to becoming all that God created him capable of being. Your success in meeting these responsibilities towards Society and your pupils will be commensurate with the degree to which you meet your responsibility towards yourself. Gradu- ation from the College signifies that you have added to your natural talent sufficient intellectual growth and craftsmanship to show promise as a teacher. You owe it to yourself to ful- fill this promiseg to do so you will have to continue to grow academically and professionally. In both these fields you should be satisfied with nothing short of excellence. Blessed then will be the pupils who come within your care. May 13, 1964. N K f ' M Wm. A. West

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