Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute - Spectrum Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Am abschluss meiner Schularbeit betrachte ich meine Wege. ” (Ps. 199:59) Dabei kann ich nicht anders, als die Gnade Gottes zu ruehmen. Denn aus seiner Fuelle haben wir alle genommen GNADE um GNADE. Joh. 1:16 JOHN M. THIESSEN B. A. I beseech you therefore, brethem by the mercies of God, that y present your bodies a living sacri fice, holy, acceptable unto God which is.your reasonable service. Romans 12:1 J. REGEHR B.A. B.ED. This I pray: that we all, with un¬ veiled face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, may be changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another. ” 2 Corinthians 3:18 H. REGEHR (Dean of Students)

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Our age is frequently accused of being so materialistically minded. To deny this would be folly. To even the most casual observer it is all too evident that too many folks today are either involved in a frantic race for wealth, or concerned chiefly about entertainment and pleasure. Self-indulgence, not service, appears to be the chief desire of man. The Bible says that in the latter days men shall be “lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God.” Our age appears to have succumbed to this natural tendency in man. And so, without trying to rationalize or offer excuses, let us ask ourselves. What is our responsi¬ bility as a church school in this respect? What do we owe our present age? I would say first of all, that weowe this age young people who have a proper perspective with regards to work and pleasure. The very fact that our churches were willing to sacrifice in order to give us the fine gymnasium now standing on our premises is proof that we believe in wholesome recreation. However, let us never make recreation an end in itself, but always a means to an end. The “end” is the healthy body resulting from moderate recreation, a body which will be capable of thorough, conscientious work; work that will serve man and glorify God. For us, this simply means, that we must give our age students that will keep their bodies healthy, and thus their minds keen and their school work up the highest possible standard. Secondly, we owe our age graduates who will permit God to direct them into professions and employ¬ ment. Graduates whose criterion for choosing their life’s vocation will not be based exclusively on possible remuneration, but who will be willing to follow God’s call into tasks that will require sacrifice and service. We must give to our age graduates who will act upon their belief that “Life is not a cup to be emptied, but a measure to be filled.” Individuals who will realize that consistent draughts of self-indulgence tend to empty the cup of life and that each self sacrificial deed of service to others fills this measure. May we all realize that we have an alotted time in which to fill this measure and also that the fulness of this measure will be the criterion upon which our life shall be judged eventually. And thus must present to our age “measures” that are being filled. This is our God given responsibility and our God granted opportunity. In so-doing we shall help to stem the tide of materialism rampant today. Mr. Henry Dick. Mr. H. Visch. B.A., B. R. E. - Vice-Principal. “Success is not a measure of greatness, wealth or fame, but the ratio of what a man is, to what he could have been” - Wells. The greatest lesson anyone can learn is to apply his entire abilities in the service of God and of his fellowman. If, in your school years you learn only this, you will graduate with honours, regardless of your standing. “If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill, Be a scrub in the valley - but be The best little scrub by the side of the rill; Be a bush, if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a highway, then just be a trail. If you can’t be the sun, be a star; It isn’t by size that you win or you fail - Be the best of whatever you are!” Douglas Malloch

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K. WIENS ' Therefore being justified by faith ve have peace with God through Dur Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1 C. FROESE I The fear of the Lord is the be- I ginning of wisdom: and the know- I ledge of the holy is understanding. Proverbs 9:10 H. KONRAD, B.A, unto death.