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

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Centennial essage This issue of Polaris, our annual written and pictorial record of college experiences, is the Canadian centennial issue. The changes of Canada's first century are evident all about us, in education as in every other field. The changes in our own profession are coming so fast that it appears the only constant thing is the certainty of more changes. To a graduating young teacher this holds out the prospect of an interesting and developing career with variety and progress at every turn -- and so it should be. We wish you well as you leave our place of preparation and head out into the ever- changing world of teaching. The French have a paradoxical saying that the more things change, the more they stay the same. At first all appears to be new, but soon we see that what we thought to be new is really a variation of the old with a different emphasis or viewpoint. The discerning mind will not reject the new by saying it isn't truly any different, nor will it reject the old because the new has appeared. A young teacher must accept both of them. As a procession of new pedagogical ideas comes towards you in the next few decades, it will be necessary to be radical enough to welcome them and try them, and old-fashioned enough to continue the things that have made our profession a noble and important one through all the centuries. What are these things? One is a genuine respect for each boy and girl you teach, genuine enough that you listen to the child's ideas, admire him for his accomplishments, and seek to serve his needs rather than just teach a lesson . Only in this way does he develop a genuine respect for you. A second is your own sincerity. Since children frequently do not understand the strange things grown-ups say, they are very apt to judge you by your tone of voice, movements, facial expression, and general personal aura. If their intuitive assessment of what you are contradicts that which you say, little attention is paid to what you say. These two unchanging bases of education are entirely within the teacher, They are sometimes learned at Teachers' College but more often discovered in classroom experience. May you take them with you whereever you go, and on them build the complex superstructure of education in Canada's second century. M. I. Curtis Vice-Principal

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A Message from the Principal A few years ago Dr. Carl Rogers was discussing classroom approaches to influencing human behaviour, I-le began by saying My experience has been that I cannot teach another person how to teach. I have come to feel that the only learning which significantly influences behaviour is self-discovered, self-appropriated learning, Such cannot be directly communicated to another. During your year at Teachers' College, your Masters and Practice Teachers have contrived situations which enabled you to think and re-think about your experiences, to become interested in significant principles, and to develop skills in contriving situations through which your pupils can discover and assimilate vital meanings in their continuing experiences. As our nation passes the century mark in development, may you, as teachers, be inspired to continue to carry the vital torch of education. We wish you success and happiness in the noble profession you have chosen. I. D. Deyell.

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Editor's essage Labor Omnia Vincit lmprobus - Hard Work Conquers All . Until this year, these words were simply an emblem on a school ring. Now they hold a deeper mean- ing for me, a meaning I hope all of you will take to heart. The work that lies ahead of us may not be easy, but we may take encouragement in the knowledge that it is not impossible. Let us also remember that the rewards of our work will indeed be priceless. A great deal of hard work was also involved in the production of this year's edition of Polaris, and at this time I would like to thank personally the entire yearbook staff, our staff advisors, Mr. Pasko and Mr. Schmidt, and all those people who contributed to the production of the yearbook. I would also like to thank you, the student body, for your co-operation, for without you the Polaris would not exist. The staff and myself hope that Polaris l967 will be for you a pleasant reminder of your friends and your achievements shared at N, B, T, C, Beth Bird