Lord Selkirk School - Maroon and Grey Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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... and Now to the UNIVERSITY High School years have passed quickly. University days will soon be here. If you intend going to College next year, it ' s wise to get some of your books during the summer. The Book Department is owned and operated by the University for the college students of Winnipeg. All textbooks are sold at the very lowest possible prices. Manitoba students are most fortunate in this regard, for The Book Department has as its constant aim — The Lowest Prices in Canada. %, and tidied (dopies MAIL ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA BOOK DEPARTMENT 200 Memorial Boulevard WINNIPEG 17

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VALEDICTORY - 1953 T’M WELL aware of the fact that when a student rises to his feet to speak, his fellow students experience an involuntary flipping of the stomach, and that they automatically lean forward in nervous anxiety for the speaker. It would distress me to think that my position today was making any of you feel uncomfortable and so I ask you all just to sit back and relax, for I am quite sure that the knocking of my knees won’t be heard beyond the choir members who will probably find the noise most rhythmical. Several days ago, not long after I had been honoured by being asked to address this graduation class, I was sitting in a car at a railway crossing watching a train roll past. The last two of the long line of cars were loaded with freshly-peeled logs which were all marked with a large “X”. I learned that this particular “X” marked logs of superior quality which had been cut on crown land. The sign marked them as the most valuable timber of all. Today our graduating class is not unlike those logs. Our Crown land has been Lord Selkirk School. Just as logs marked with an “X” must have qualities of straight¬ ness, endurance, and strength if they are to build lasting structures, so the graduate must possess worthy qualities if he is to help build a strong and enduring civilization. But first what are the characteristics that will identify us from now on as superior-quality graduates—those who will be constructive forces of most value to our world today. The first and most obvious characteristic of a worthy Lord Selkirk graduate is of course, satisfactory academic achievement. Over a period of eleven or twelve years we have amassed facts, learned skills, and acquired attitudes of understanding. Of these, however, the last feature— attitudes of understanding—is the most important. As Henry Brooks Adams has said, “Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.” The application we make of our knowledge will be the measure of our education. To learn facts and skills requires perseverance which is the second trait of a graduate of quality. Without even a good memory, we can recall evenings during which we could have been entertained by circles other than the geometric, or found pleasures in dates apart from those of Canadian history. Yet, with the spectre of examina¬ tions looming ahead, we learned to take pride in sticking at a job until it was done to the best of our ability. Through the sound of t extbooks, homework, and exams, we learned that the easiest way out isn’t necessarily the best. More important even than facts, skills, and persever¬ ance, if we are to be the type of material that will help in the building of a strong and lasting civilization, is the lesson of understanding. Twelve years’ association with people with different backgrounds, thoughts, problems, and ambitions, have afforded us the oppor¬ tunity of leaving Lord Selkirk with a better understand¬ ing for others—an appreciation of the other person’s point of view. Finally, a quality graduate will possess that most im¬ portant trait of cheerfulness. I’m not referring to the student who “Beams” down the hall with that perpetual grin on his face, for one generally finds that such a grin is too broad to have any depth. I speak rather of the cheerfulness arising from that inner satisfaction which results from a genuine interest in people and events. It is the cheerfulness which becomes so much a part of one that it cannot be missed just as the “X” on the logs could not escape notice. We see, then, that at Lord Selkirk we have had the opportunity of becoming superior-quality graduates. We have had the opportunity of acquiring knowledge, per¬ severance, understanding, and cheerfulness, which will enable us to be more useful in building for tomorrow. And if we are going out into the world with these qualities, we have our homes and our school—our class¬ mates, parents, and teachers, to thank. So to our fellow graduates, we offer thanks for the “give and take” of shared experiences which have made up our school life. True—there were those juicy en¬ counters with the firing of oranges at lunch hours and those “Battle of the books” in room four, which inevit¬ ably led to isolation in Mr. Lucow’s “bastille”. But, just as storm-tossed trees acquire hardiness, we, likewise, have become stronger for our conflicts. We are grateful to our classmates for the part they have played in our growth. But, as the graduating class today, our appreciation extends yet further. We would not have reached this milestone in our lives without the interest, direction, and example that we have received from our mothers and fathers, and from every member of the Lord Selkirk staff. The best, and perhaps the only way in which we can express our thanks is by endeavouring to live lives worthy of your expectations. And so, at this momentous turning point in our lives, my own valedictory becomes quite inadequate, and I would borrow the words of William Ernest Henley to say farewell: “What is to come we know not. But we know that what has been was good.” —Beth Waldon 16

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Room X-12 Top Row: Gloria Gardzielik, Harriet Pressor, Irene Babiuk, Lillian Landega, Lawrence Yallits, Herbert Chalmers, Margaret Davyduk, Ber¬ nice Markowski, Barbara Evanchuk. Second Row: Irene Maciurzynski, Pat Hergesheimer, Joan Erickson, Ann De Jong, Steffie Palaniuk, Joyce Sharp, Gail Burnett, Carole Buffie, Jeanette Zipp, Joyce Vogel. Third Row: Ellen Kull, Juanita Fox, Lynda Hodge, Isabelle Llewel¬ lyn, Ruth McFadzean, Marlene Blaschuk, Rosalie Sawchuk, Valerie Macaulay, Joan Pannell, Merle Peterson. Bottom Row: Sylvia Jenner, Joan Scott, Jeanette MacKay, June Dett- man, Audrey Falls, Elvera Loewen, Sonia Memka, Carol Meek. This happy school year has nearly expired, And now we have been completely inspired To give a report of the class. But the question now arises: Where shall we start? For all in our class seem to be very smart So we figure that each one will pass. We have two boys, each one a sport, One is tall—the other short. The taller plays basketball, the other curls, Still both boys flirt with all the girls. In volleyball we do excel, In singing for the Red Cross, we did quite well. In opera, Glee Club, bowling we could cheer That we did our best through this past year. Our teacher, Miss Neithercut, is a sport, A happy sort, and rather short. And we’d like to add, we’re very sincere When we say that it’s been a wonderful year. Room X-li Top Row: Margo Cusson, Brian Wright, Gerry Castello, Reg. Horner, Pearl Wong, Lome Kenyon, Gail Pyper, Bill Tait, Doris Hutchinson, Bill Zuk. Second Row: Richard Fence, Donna Moore, Jim McKinnon, Myrna Miller, Bill Glass, Trudy Cohen, Fred Drewe, Leona Bingham, Dennis Johnson, Sadie Wurch. Third Row: Arlene White, Ed Steel, Verla Lee, Ed. Zipp, Ann Simpson, Don Partrick, Shirley Smith, Mel. Roscoe, Gail Wallace, Albert Johannson. Bottom Row: Bob Robbie, Audrey Mitchell, George Pernsteiner, Pat Hamata, Ken Poole, Marlene Granda, Rupert Lowry. This year X-8 has entered in all possible activities, and has come up successfully. First of all the girls ' volleyball team won the grade ten inter-room schedule and went on the road to stamp out the St. John’s grade ten champions. Then falling into the Xmas spirit, we threw a “slam-bang” class party, from which we obtained various necessities for a needy Family. One fact that we can honestly boast about is that each and every member of this class has willingly participated in the extra-curricular activities. (That goes for the boys too). All in all, 1953 and 1954 have been successful and adventurous in the academic and sports world with the encouraging help of our enthusiastic class teacher, Miss Bokofsky. 18