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

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Valedictor ddress I am both honoured and grateful for being chosen to convey the thoughts and emotions of the student body on such a momentous day as this. Yet I find it a difficult task to try and express the sentiments of all who are graduating at this time. Each one who is here today, I am sure, has ambivalent feelings about leaving Teachers' College. We are happy that we have completed the year so quickly and have surmounted the many difficult tasks we have encountered: yet there is the sadness that we shall diverge onto our separate paths, leaving behind many of our new and dear friendships. For most of us this has been a rewarding year. We entered Teachers' College, inexperienced, with the immediate aim of passing the year. We have matured greatly from the day we arrived, accepting new responsibilities, becoming new personalities quite different from what we started with. As we leave we are people with a new outlook on life. We have become dedicated to a most noble profession - that of teaching. We would never have been able to avoid the pitfalls of teaching were it not for the sincere dedication and kind consideration of you, Mr. Deyell, Mr. Curtis, and members of the staff. You have been understanding, encouraging, and have put forth diligent efforts to guide us through our practice-teaching weeks. Your sincere words of wisdom, I am sure, will be recalled by all of us as we step forth into our classrooms next fall, and endeavour to put them into practice, Our weeks of college were integrated with many weeks of practice-teachers that we must also offer thanks. These men and women have given invaluable time and assistance to us during our weeks. They allowed us to experiment endlessly with new techniques. They always answered our many queries. They praised and encouraged usg criticised and inspired us. It is impossible to express the many things they have done for us both as individuals and as teachers, We shall not forget our religious instructors who so willingly visited us throughout the school year. They have shown us the value in setting forth good examples so that we might do our part in forming good characters in our pupils. As we reminisce we can recall the numerous activities, commencing with OUR EXHAUSTING play-day in September, through which we made many warm friendships. Each of us remembers his own personal experiences. Although these experiences culminate on this day, their memories will be remembered forever, and in the future we shall look back upon them with intent emotions. But now we think we have completed our taskg yet we have just begun. We are starting on the lower rung of a great ascending ladder , . . a ladder up which we shall climb in the future. We are standing on the threshold of a new world . . . a scientific world which will be amongst rapid changes. Let us explore this vast world of teaching. Let us acknowledge our responsibility and attempt to live righteously and justly, increasing our knowledge and fulfilling our many obligations by performing our duties as teachers to the best of our abilities. As we enter into the future let us remember that the tables are now turned. We are no longer students. We have gained victory! We are teachers! As we bid farewell may I wish you all the best of luck in your teaching profession. Let these few lines of our school song be with you always: Happy teachers we shall be, Future of the nation we, Then we shall remember thee, Our dear old Teachers' College! Terry West

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