North Bay Teachers College - Polaris Yearbook (North Bay, Ontario Canada)

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DI' W. Kitto Rev, D, Murphy X A08 BODUS Th-M-, D.D. BQAOQ Scpnl-lo IT'S A GREAT TIME TG BE A CHRISTIAN TEACHER It's a great time to be a Christian teacher because there is a hunger in the souls of people, For a time their hope was in science. Everyone was overawed by its technological achievements. Surely men who could release the atom's power had all the answers. Psychology, and especially psychiatry, would unravel the tangled skeins of men's minds. These disciplines are playing an important role. But the greatest psychiatrists such as Carl lung point out that the basic problems are religious. The teacher, through his own Christian personality, can help supply the answers. A new understanding of the church is the second reason for saying it's a great time to be a Christian teacher. The church is you. It is not a Sunday institution, but the whole people of God at work wherever they are, You as a teacher in the classroom are the church. Your work in religious education will not be limited to one or two half-hour periods a week. It will include every minute you are with your class. What you are outside your class will also be a part of it. A third reason should be mentioned. These are stringent days for the Christian faith. But the church is rising to meet the challenge. On the negative side, it points to the poverty of atheism. Positively, it seeks to present the eternal truths of the Gospel in a way the twentieth century cannot ignore. It speaks of God's judgment as seen, for example, in war. But it speaks also of saving love. Our age is coming to see - the hard way -- that only God's love revealed in Jesus Christ will do. There is no need to be ashamed of this Gospel. It is the only thing that makes sense. You as a teacher can be an evangelist as you take your place in school and community. Your word and example will spread the Good News. You will encourage a rising generation to live at its best. lt's a great time to be a Christian teacher!

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Valedictor Our past school year has been filled with many difficulties and seemingly insurmountable tasks. We have overcome these and now, with great anticipation for the future, we stand on the threshold of our careers. To me fell the honour of conveying the thoughts and emotions of the student body on this significant occasion. At this time we feel a great sense of accomplishment, We know, however, that this could not have come about without the en- couragement and excellent instruction given to us by Mr. Deyell and the masters. Who of us will ever forget the words of wisdom im- parted to us prior to our embarking on our weeks of practice teaching? For guiding us wisely and firm- ly through this school year we wish to express our heartfelt gratitude, Our appreciation also goes out to the Practice Teachers, These men and women have given us the opportunity to gain experience and to gather information that will be invaluable to us in the coming years. In their weekly visits, our religious instructors reminded us of our growing duty to the growing citizens of tomorrow. It will be our privilege and our responsibility to see that our pupils are prepared to face the future as worthy men and women cognizant of their purpose and goal in life. As we look back on the activities of this year, we will ever remember the contributions of the Students' Council, the United Nations Club, the Athletic Council, and let us not forget the musical in- spirations ofthe Choir. The Winter Carnival, which gained wide recognition and praise, was a laud- able achievement for this student body. Now all these experiences are culminated in this, our Gradu- ation, In September we will be putting into practice all the knowledge we have acquired here at Teachers' College. I wish everyone the best of luck and I hope that your teaching experiences will be most rewarding, Nineteen sixty-seven--a year to remember and cherish for our native land, its one hundredth birthday--for us the beginning of our life work! As we go forward with our country, let us remember the gravity of the task ahead of us, perhaps exemplified in the verse of this poem. Gone is the Builder's temple, Crumbled into the dust, Low lies each stately pillar, Food for consuming rust. But the temple the Teacher builded Will last while the ages roll, For that beautiful unseen temple Was a child's immortal soul, Shirley Barlow C011