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Valedictory By PATRICK M. MAHONEY F EW of us have not felt, at one time or another during the past short months, a little out of our depth. We wondered wnether we might not just as well be taking Reeling, Writhing, Mystery—ancient and modern, and those other subjects taught by the Old Crab at Lewis Caroll’s submarine school. The cliche of the year, that well known wail of each English student—“I haven’t got a clue!”—was the symptom of our affliction; the cure, we soon learned, is work, more work, harder work. We, who have been fortunate enough to take our first year varsity at Mount Royal College, found ourselves in an institution where the faculty can and does take a real interest in the work and progress of each student. As we leave M.R.C., we are grateful; but it will be the next few years, in the large universities, that will make us appreciate the value of the college in our transition from the service or from high school to university. A person of a poetic turn would have found plenty of inspiration for a lyric during the past weeks but, being of a somewhat prosaic mind, we’ll just mention a few themes. Thanks Gus. Your emporium is an integral part of Mount Royal life. Many is the time, having failed to become enthused over the Law of Diminishing Utility, we drowned our sorrows in your good brew, and many is the noon hour we spent in one of your booths in session with the local yokels. Thanks faculty, for a great sense of humor; for the jokes at which we had to laugh, in lectures, and the ones at which we could not help laughing, too. Thanks for your participation in our social functions, for the great melodrama, the music hall ditties of a certain Latinist and the very success¬ ful work of our Math instructor with the orchestra. Thanks Daisy, for letting us use the phone. Above all, thanks Mount Royal, for the new friends, now old friends. This year has shown us what we must look forward to before we gain the goal labelled “Success”. As we draw near that goal, we shall see the plainly printed subtitle “Duty”. If we properly use the privilege of uni¬ versity education, we shall perform our duty to the people of the world and, in doing so, shall attain true success. 26
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CHARLES (Chuck) HAMILTON Calgary Chuck is really seriously considering being a doctor. Another brown eyed boy who should be compelled to wear a bell after dark. He figures Edmonton has a good medical course and so it has. DOROTHY KWONG Calgary An attractive young brunette with a melting smile and all that goes with it in a young girl (?) Dotty is taking “Arts and Science” this year and is really showing that “brains” are plentiful under those lovely curls Bowling is her pet sport. J. G. LINEHAM Turner Valley As a Turner Valleyite, Jim is naturally “oil” minded (among other things)—-we think this is “oil right”. Taking Applied Science, and professes he is too busy to do anything but study. . . VINCENT O’CONNOR Calgary Vine is one of our more far-sighted lads who thinks he’d better be a lawyer so when he marries, he’ll really know how to lay down the law A sports enthusiast Vine plays rugby, hockey and bones. Is interested in music and model building. AVIS POPPLEWELL Calgary A tall and sleek brownette with a Colgate smile, Poppy, a former W.D. hopes to become a lab. technician (B.Sc.). With those mischievous twinkling eyes, Poppy, ' we wonder if you’ll make it—the career, we mean A. J. POWELL Blackie Spent his time at the Engineers Brawl collecting the beer bottles (70 cents a case) so he could take his English bride to a respectable dance. A likeable fellow and very ambitious. L. M. RASMUSSEN Cardston Card, is Mount Royal’s Mathematique. A good egg, when his sunny side is up. A hopeful petroleum engineer. JIM RIDGWAY Calgary Jim is looking forward to being an engineer some fine day. We bet he will make a good one too. His wife, skiing and shooting are reputedly his main interests. JOHN C. SKETCHLEY Calgary “Johnnie with the light brown curls” is heading for a Petroleum Engineering career. He says he has no sports but he must take that superfluous energy out in something—or someone? Yes, you have us baffled Johnny. . JOHN STEWART Calgary When not studying on his Applied Science course works in Calgary’s most select retail store—9th Avenue branch, that is. F. G. SWANN Calgary This is the boy who drives the lush Cadilac. He wants to be an engineer if he can make it. Well, anyhow you could still take a job as a chauffeur. ROBERT J. TAYLOR Calgary Right off a ship and into a Chemistry lab is a blow to one’s ideas but Bob is making out. Hopes to be an electrical engineer and finish in Edmonton. DON UWANISHEN Calgary Another boy who left the army to join the rest at M.R.C. Plays hockey for relaxation. In off afternoons the Royal is his hideout. With brown eyes and dark hair he shouldn’t hide in there all the time. C. F. (Shoulders) WATTS Calgary It seems Cliff is going to be a Petroleum Engineer—isn’t that nice? Texas and Oklahoma are bidding for him but he can’t make up his mind whether he’d like to have a drawl or a dryness in his throat. The following students did not complete the fall term at Mount Royal College (Varsity branch). A. W. Barbour— (Left January 8th, 1947). Marvin Barenholtz—( Left at Christmas). S. L. Graham— (Left at Christmas). ' ' D. P. Mactaggart—( Left January 14, 1947). W. P. Powers—( Left in January 1947). E. Wheatley— (Left November 26, 1946) W. Workman-—{ Left November 12, 1946). The following students are registered in only one class at Mount Royal College (Varsity branch). Gwen Askew —(Zoology 2). Vivien Odney—( Mathematics 40). J. H. Staines ( Chemistry 40). 25
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