Oakwood Collegiate Institute - Oracle Yearbook (Toronto Ontario, Canada)

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CO - EDITORS BRUCE SINGLETON MARISA CASTELLARIN EDITORIAL Ever since the beginning of time, man has en- deavoured to improve his lot on this earth. Such an attempt is called progress . At the dawn of history, man made clothes to protect himself, fire to warm himself and so on. Throughout the centuries he has made many in- ventions to build and construct more efficiently. Progress is the steam engine, the Morse Code, the telephone and the many other discoveries which have been made down through the years. In our own country of Canada we have progres- sed in various fields, to a certain amount. Pension schemes, unemployment insurance, and other legislation have helped those in the country who are in need of assistance. By seUing wheat to Communist countries, Canada is helping to break down the barrier of hatred and suspicion between Communism and the Western World and makes progress toward world peace in this small but helpful way. In Toronto, such plans as the Regent Park De- velopment scheme are destroying the slum areas in order to improve living conditions. Various buildings such as offices, apartments, schools and colleges are being erected to stem the tide of people coming into the city and people who want education. This, too, is progress. You, the structure of Oakwood, are, in a small way, involved in the idea of progress . You have come here to receive your Secondary School Edu- cation after which you will go on to a vocational or university career. Oakwood itself has, naturally, progressed a great deal. Over the past years, the school ' s popu- lation has greatly increased, new teachers have arrived and the school is bigger and better equip- ped. In reference to its academic and extra-cur- ricular activities, Oakwood has advanced to the point where it now reigns supreme over all the other high schools in Toronto. This, indeed, is progress. However, there is also a darker side to this idea of progress. Progress is also gunpowder, the atomic bomb and guided missiles. The dreaded possibility of thermonuclear warfare is suspended, as a sword held by a thin string, over us, ready to descend on the slightest miscalculation. In spite of great efforts, millions of people still go to bed starving. Murder and hatred increase in intensity. The reply to the desire of one man for equality for all people was seen in Dallas, Texas. To the students of Oakwood and especially to the graduating class, may you complete what John F. Kennedy could not: The great unfinished tasks of achieving peace, justice, and understand- ing among all men and nations and of ending misery and suffering wherever they exist . B. Singleton 10

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the wonderful fob done by your representatives on the Simpson ' s Collegiate Club Ursula Lummis Gordon Sturgess ai (|)g (b CANADA ' S YOUTH CENTRE 12