North Bay Collegiate Institute and Vocational School - Northland Echo Yearbook (North Bay, Ontario Canada)

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TEACHING STAFF S, M Kenniger La Wale SS Mi Anderson, Mr. Foster, ham, Mr, F rth Mr. 1: Cl ps M ght: ri .- .-. Back Row, left to son, Thom K .M1 tt Benne SS Mi Walton, SS Mi Hoey. l'S. Ash, M Miss Miss Gardne- aITl9l', H Miss ranklin, F l'. M right: to 7-4 Second Row, left ycs S11 D ton, Miss 1a1'a,M1 Carving all cN iss M don, M McCann, M 3-4 ace, Miss Glid Mr. Wall son, In son, Mr. J. Tho ck ft to right: Miss Ja ow. le R Front roy. srs. Cleland, Simpson, T CS M ustard 2 Miss M t Absen

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18 THE NORTHLAND ECHO ARTICLES MR. CHAIRMAN. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN E. J. Pennock I have the privilege of voicing the thoughts and ideas of the graduates who have received their diplomas this evening. Tonight, we say farewell to our school. Most of us can recall some time during the past few years, if things were not going just right, when we might have been glad to have said good-bye to school: but tfmight. as we are faced with the actual experience. we look upon our lifc here in a much different light. Many things happened to us here. Most of them were pleasant-some were not, at the time, but now that they are memories we can appreciate them for what they were worth. Let's recall a few of them now. Do you rememlber the first day we came to school, proud as pea- cocks, because we were going to the High School? But do you remember how small and insignificant we felt when we sat here and saw the teachers of whom we had heard so much from the veterans of the Second Forms, sitting on the plat- form and waiting to lead us to the slaughter? None of us enjoyed school very much the first few days, but then someone said something funny in class and the teacher laughed! Yes, Sir! Laughed right out loud! Then we decided that they must be human after all, and that, even if they were school-teachers, they weren't bad at heart. And so our education went on. VVhile we were wondering why they had mixed up the alphabet with arithmetic to make a puzzle they called algebra, and why we had to write down what we thought Mac- beth would have done when we were satisfied with Shakespeare's version of it, our minds were being unconsciously moulded and trained in the right direction. In our mathematical and scien- tific courses we were taught to think- to reason things out, to observe, and to draw conclusions. From History and Literature we learned the difference lbetween right and wrong, what to admire and strive for in character, and what to detest and shun. Some of our most pleasant memories are of our association with the various organizations within the school. Our activities in these societies gave us an opportunity lo play and learn ut the same time-. Through sports we were taught to recognize and obey rules and constituted authority. and to learn that nothing can bc s u c c e ss ful without co-operation. Our Literary and Debating Societies gave us an opportunity to learn self-expression as well as to provide enter- tainment for the school as a whole. The School Orchestra and Camera Club pro- vided the means whereby those with the same hobby could get together and really achieve something worth while. These various school activities also gave us an opportunity to cultivate the friendship of our teachers. The companionship and good-fellowship we enjoyed with them after school is something we can cherish. You all know that lovable character, Mr. Chips. He was not one man, but a combination of many masters, with whom the author had come in contact during his school days. I believe, and I know the other graduates do also, that if the author had gone to this school, he could have drawn his material from here. No doubt, he would have had difficulty in deciding whether to name his product Miss Our Board, or Mi: Chips. thanks are due to the School and to Mr. Wallace, and his staff, for the many educational and recrea- tional opportunities we have enjoyed as pupils in this school. Do you remember that once or twice a year our principal would im-press upon us the ,fact that this school was not com- posed of brick and mortar, but of the pupils who attended it, and that the char- acter and reputation of the school was what we gave it? Let us remember, then, that as we go out into the world as young men and women, our lives will cast a reflection on this school. Let us make it a bright one. MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF CANADA Clara Schneebalg Four years ago, when a child of ten, I first saw Canada. I stood on the threshold of this large, bewildering new world, with great emotions stirring in my heart. I was sad at the departure from my closest friends and relatives who were now left thousands of miles away. I was happy over the safe arrival to this for- eign land. I was excited over the thought of the coming adventure. Although Canada in those first few weeks 1'ushed into my mind with full force and occu- pied most of my thoughts, Poland stayed timidly behind, like a beautiful back- ground to a colorful picture. At the beginning I felt the pangs cvery