OLeary High School - Envoy Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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PRESIDENTS OF STUDENTS’ UNION SPEAK Fellow Students: This year has been marked by firsts in the ventures undertaken by the Students ' Union. The first week saw the frosh subjected to the whims of the seniors and was concluded with a successful Frosh Dance--the Frosh Frolic. The months following also sported many successful events such as the ( city slickers ' ) Harvest Hop, Photo Fun Day, Improvement Awards ' Presentation, an unforgettable Prom and several general assemblies. Such activities as the Profs ' Volleyball Game, Sadie Hawkin ' s Dance and the Basketball Soc Hop are examples of Students ' Union ventures. We sincerely hope that our efforts have met with your approval. We remain. Leona Huculak Girls ' President Fred Burghardt Boys ' President

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Dear Students: May I commend the students of O ' Leary High School for their efforts during the past year. Most of you have taken advantage of the excellent educational opportunities provided for you by your parents, the teaching staff, and the Catholic people of this City. Although your future is unknown, you must remember that it is in your hands. Whether your life is a success or failure will depend on your efforts. Each of us has been placed in this world for a purpose and Our Creator has given us the abilities necessary to achieve that purpose. How well we use these abilities depends on us. The greatest wish that I or anyone else can have for you on your graduation is, that you will live your life in such a manner that it will help you to achieve your eternal destiny. A poet once expressed these thoughts this way: Isn ' t it strange that princes and kings. And clowns that gather in sawdust rings, And common folks like you and me. Are makers for Eternity? To each is given a bag of tools, A shapeless mass and a book of rules. And each must make, ere life is flown, A stumbling block or a stepping stone . Yours sincerely, Superintendent

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JEDITOR’S MESSAGE Dear Fellow Students: The almost startling potential of high school and college students is finally beginning to be realized today. You, as students, and as persons, are able to do a great deal for the betterment of your own community and your entire society. Your people are usually recognized nowadays as earnest, unselfish workers, who will, and often do, take part in very worthwhile enterprises--work without the encouragement of a reward. However, this energy can be wasted or even directed towards the wrong ends. It is this misdirection of energies that is the cause of so much sorrow and resentment today. It is your responsibility to make sure that you do not waste your own energy and talents; your responsibility to see that you do good rather than evil. The U. C. F. , the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Holy Childhood, and U. N. I. C. E. F. are all worthwhile organizations which are constantly searching for someone willing to give some of his or her talents. The students of O ' Leary are exactly the ones for whom these societies are searching, and it would most certainly be to the honor of the school if O ' Leary students gained the reputation of being unselfish volunteers. There is much to be done and it is up to you to do it for the better¬ ment of your community, for the peace of the world, and for the glory of God. • We, the Editors, would like to thank not only the advisors, and the rest of the Envoy staff for so unselfishly giving of their time and energies, but also the other people who have substantially contributed to your yearbook. We hope that this year ' s Envoy has attained the standard set by former ones and that it will go on in the established tradition of presenting a full year at O ' Leary. Yours hopefully. Jean McBean Jeffrey Foss