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

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, I 'Z 4 Another year and another graduating class has been recorded in the history book of the North Bay Teachers' College. Hopefully, we have all changed over the course of the year in a positive way. To comprehend the role for which we have been preparing is good. To fulfill this same role is quite another matter, but we must strive to do just that. Teachers in the true sense of the word are a rare breed. Therefore we must continually seek that ultimate ideal that I'm sure we all have. We have all experienced anxiety and joy over the course of this year. We have succeeded in placing both in the proper perspective. 9 . J' lS '+-Q.,-SMNN xx 'x Xe' Af'- 41 my Teaching is a combination of these two emotions that wage an almost see-saw battle with each other. Let us strive to maintain that proper perspective, for our primary concern is always the pupil. I wish to thank all the council members, Yearbook staff, club leaders and administrative personnel, for their help and selfless con- tributions in making this a successful year. Best wishes for success in future endeavours. P. Kusinskis President, Students' Council.

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Wise- 'a As teachers' college graduates of 1971 you are about to embark on a career of teaching Canada's future statesmen, research scientists, diplomats, industrial tycoons, distinguished authors, celebrities of the entertain- ment world, explorers, inventors, professors, physicians, and the whole gamut of leaders who direct and inspire the rest of the nation. Each of these in his childhood sits before a teacher and learns of him. Just as surely you are about to embark on a career of teaching Canada's future murderers, swindlers, skid row bums, perverts, thieves, and what H.G. Wells calls the whole floating population of cheats, sharpers, gamblers and parasites who make life more difficult and expensive for the rest of us. In some cases you can guess into which category a pupil will eventually fall, but in the main you cannot know their futures. If you did, you would worry yourself sick about the poor ones and get an inferiority complex about the good ones. Nevertheless, it should occur to a thoughtful member of the graduating class that he is not without influence in determining all those futures. Along with the pupil's parents, friends, social environment, and religious mentors he shares the responsibility for that child's development. Since we remember our old teachers not for the lessons they taught us but for the sort of people they were, it follows that the influence upon the child is that of example more than of precept. Children have some sort of built-in radar which detects in the first few minutes whether you are worth their trusting or not. Making yourself deserving of that trust is the biggest step you can take towards becoming a great teacher. Best wishes to you for a long and successful career in the teaching profession. Melvin I. Curtis Vice- Principal

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gg - 3 4 if 'Qui Sl- cwlmtc' acc? STANDING, Left to Right: Bruce Locke, Carl Murray, Vital Shank, Peter Kusinskis Pres. , Bob Gernon, Art Yeo Treasurer. SITTING: Harvey Biel, George Dunning, Monica Martin, Eldon Byer, Roger Konopelky Vice Pres. MISSING: Lydia Szumylo.