Leduc High School - Review Yearbook (Leduc, Alberta Canada)

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Opportunity One frequently hears older people express regret that when they were young they did not have the opportunity to secure a good education. They realize that this handicap pre¬ vented them from following certain careers which appealed to them very strongly. As a result they were unable to render the service to their fellow-men which they would have liked to have given and as a consequence life had not been as full and happy for them as it might have been. Living today is far more complex and competitive than it was thirty years ago. At that time a Grade VIII or Grade IX education was considered an acceptable minimum for entering the business world. Today business and industry demands at least Grade XII standing from anyone seeking employment other than unskilled or semi-skilled work. Unfortunately in the Leduc area high wages are being paid for unskilled labor and students are leaving school to take such employment before completing high school training. Careful weighing of the long- range benefits to be derived from securing a good education against the temporary gain offered during good times by work that has nothing to offer for the future will prevent students from failing to seize, while they are young, the golden oppor¬ tunity that is theirs to get a good education. The students in the Leduc community are particularly for¬ tunate in having a good school, well-staffed by highly trained, capable teachers, offering a wide diversity of subjects. In the years to come no student presently in the Leduc High School can truthfully say that when he was young he had not the opportun¬ ity to secure a good education. He owes it to himself, his parents and his country to take full advantage of that opportunity. My wish for each and every student in the Leduc High School is that he should complete successfully either the Matric¬ ulation or High School Diploma Course. He would then have a good foundation for continuing his post-school education, a pro¬ cess that will continue for the rest of his life. May he when he has attained old age be able to look back on a life of rich service to his fellow-men, one free from regrets for unwise decisions because as John Geenleaf Whittier has expressed it: “For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: ‘It might have been’.” J. C. JONASON, Superintendent, Clover Bar School Division No. 13. Page Eight

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ACT I GRADE XII The re is abide In the affairs o-f men Which ta ken at -the -flood, leads on to -fortune . ' 3 Omitted, aJ( jrhe voyage, o-f thei ' r lire Is b auncd n shallows and. In miseries , On such a.-ful sea. are we now arload ; Ancl we mus - -take the current when ft serves } Or- lose our ventures. ,f --S ioAesyoeore Page Nine