Mount Royal College - Varshicom Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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THE MESSAGE TO HIGH SCHOOL 1954-55 It is a pleasure to me to write a message to the high school. In the classroom I meet you as students; here as a friend. There ' s a difference. Here I do not have to raise my voice to call back your straying thoughts from basketball or the fascinating curls immediately in front of you. Nor shall you see any look blacker than the mild expression of inanity which photographers are so expert in catching. I will not even use italics. You can take me, or leave me, as you will. These years I have been at Mt. Royal I have pon¬ dered deeply on the student-teacher relationship. On first thought it would seem that this relationship is of the simplest nature. You (or your parents) find edu¬ cation a valuable commodity and are willing to pay money for it. We teachers are supposed to be able to deliver the goods. More than that: we usually love what we are selling you, and enjoy purveying it. Yet, in practice, it sometimes seems more like a drawn battle. Stern looks, little white slips, and little black marks are the darts and arrows that prick you into action. And the strange result of the battle is that both sides are winners—or losers—together. How could this ridiculous state of things be reme¬ died? I believe the answer lies in our concept of a school. Since the days of the birch rod and the fool ' s cap, a picture has been painted on our unconscious minds of a stern master beating knowledge into unwilling heads. Could we exchange that old picture for the pleasanter one of Mark Hopkins sitting on one end of a log and his student on the other, happily co-operating in the task of developing the student into the most valuable citizen and interesting person he is able to become? For you senior students, from whom I first learned (sometimes by the hard way, sometimes by your kind¬ ness and understanding) what Canadian students are like, I have a rather special feeling, and so I have written you some verses: You who are leaving Mount Royal, What things will you take away? Persistent pedagogue pedlars here Have badgered you with their display. Buy, buy! they have importuned you; The prices are not too dear: Just a few copper hours for lines and planes And a few nickel nights for the sphere; A silver semester for science, And for music a golden year. Here ' s a bottle of blood from old battles, A shaker of salt from the sages, And a few bright bits of beauty Snipped from the poets ' pages. Here ' s health .in a bargain bundle — Only sports and fun for the fee; Here ' s skill, and here ' s will, and here ' s friendship With a fifty-year guarantee. And here, in wrapping of stardust, Is the biggest bauble of all; What wili you give me in exchange For this great round conjuring ball? You who are leaving Mount Royal, How have your purses been spent? Have you picked up any good bargains here? And are you well-content? As you leave Mount Royal College, I wish you all the joy of a rich and useful life. My thoughts and my interest will follow you down through the years. KATHARINE WILLMOTT. COLLEGE, CALGARY PAGE 23

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ANDERSON, Gavan Cranbrook, B.C. Ambition: To get through M.R.C. Pet Peeve: Blondes. Favourite Sport: Hand-ball. Pastime: Cutting Dick C ' s hair. Pet Saying: Certainly am! ANDERSON, Robert Calgary Ambition: To help and see prosperity. Pastime: Reading and traveling. Pet Peeve: None. Favourite Sport: Hockey. ARENS, Bunny Calgary Ambition: To be an interior decorator. Pet Peeve: Home work. Favourite Sprot: Basketball. Pastime: Eating and dancing. Pet Saying: Fabulous! ARMSTRONG, Arthena Calgary Ambition: Home Ec. teacher. Pet Peeve: Homework. Favourite Sports: Dancing, basketball. PasT.me: Going out with boys. ARMSTRONG, Ken Olds Pastime: Reading and Sports. Ambition: Veterinary Medicine. Favourite Sport: Hockey. ARNELL, Ken Cochrane Ambition: To own a yellow Cadillac. Pet Peeve: Typing. Favourite Sport: Boxing. Pastime: Shooting. Pet Saying: How can you tell? ' AUNE, Loraine Rowley Ambition: Physio-therapy at McGill University. Pastme: Waiting for phone calls from Red Deer. Favourite Sport: Football. Pet Peeve: Getting up at 6:45 to make toast for the dorm. Pet Saying: Quite. AVERY, Bilk Calgary Ambition: Geologist. Pet Peeve: No spare periods this semester. Favourite Sport: Basketball. Pastime: Trying to find a car to buy. Pet Saying: No dice. AYLESWORTH, Bob Bowness Favourite Sport: Chasing girls, and listening to Western music. Pastime: Trying to keep his car running. Pet Peeve: Getting up in the morning. Pet Saying: Let ' s hit the saddle and ride hard. Ambition: To be a farmer. BAMLETT, Robert Calgary Ambition: Go into the construction business. Pet Peeve: Watching women drive. Favourite Sports: Hockey and rugby. Pastime: Always having a good time. Pet Saying: Drop dead! PAGE 24 MOUNT ROYAL