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Page 36 text:
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Yes, let us resolve on this our Graduation Day to live a life of service to mankind and thus remain true to the high aspirations and traditions of Miles Mac. We need this faith in mankind, for in the none too distant future it is we, the students of this era, who will be guiding Canada’s affairs. The sum¬ mit conference failed a while ago. It is we as Canadians who might be pre¬ sent at a future important summit conference. It is only by holding true to our ideals, by doing the best we can, and by goodwill and understanding that we may bring a less troubled peace to the world for ourselves and for our children. Lord Byron aptly explained that farewell is “a word which must be and hath been, a sound which makes us linger”. Well, we had a lot of fun in our years at Miles Mac. and I think as Byron’s quote points out, that most of us here are not quite so eager to leave the old Alma Mater as we pretended or anticipated at the beginning of the year. But time marches on, and now it is graduation. Here we stand on the threshold of a new existence, perhaps leaving behind old friends, perhaps making new ones. We do not know exactly what the future will hold, but we do know it will be different from anything we have yet experienced. Whatever we do, or wherever we go our school experiences, our friends, our teachers, and our fond memories will remain with us forever. —Brian Weinerman
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Page 35 text:
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Today we feel proud, (we are graduating), but let us feel a little humble too, for we did not get to this point entirely through our own efforts. We had the help of some of the most important people in the world (to us anyway), our parents, our teachers, our friends. I know I speak for all the graduates when I extend a heartfelt thanks to our parents and to our teachers. To you our parents, for your unselfish devotion, your constructive criti¬ cisms, at times so rebelliously and foolishly resented, your endearing patience, we can only say thanks, we shall ever be indebted. We assure you all your sacrifices are not and will not be forgotten. I would like to thank our teachers for their encouragement, for their help in all fields, and for their efforts in equipping us for our future life. You our parents and you our teachers have tried to instil in us high ideals, high goals, and the knowledge of what is right and wrong. You have taught us there is this something else besides just the subject matter which rests in our text books. On this our graduation, it is not the end of our learning, but the beginning. Now we must go out and utilize the knowledge, the skills, and the high ideals we have learned from our parents, and from our years at Miles Mac. I also would like to take time to thank our friends, and our school compan¬ ions, who worked with us, played with us, shared in our victories, and in our defeats. The experiences we had with our friends have formed a wonderful part of our high school days. Some of us here today have achieved high scholastic standing, and some of us have not, but both of these mean absolutely nothing if we do not leave our school with a new concept of the world, with the ability to think, and with the desire to achieve some goal, some ambition, and to do the absolute best we can. Then we have mastered the principal purpose of our schooling. Douglas Mallock sums up that spirit in his poem entitled “IF”. If you can’t be a pine on the top of a 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. We can’t all be captains, some have to be crew, There’s something for all of us here There’s work to be done and we’ve all got to do Our part in a way that’s sincere. If you can’t be a highway, then just be a trail If you can’t be a sun, be a star For it isn’t by size that you win or you fail Be the best of whatever you are. 33
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