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

Page 7 text:

L Uiv x y- utC- ' - ' ' ' THE PRINCIPAL ' S MESSAGE The chief purpose of a school like Oakwood is to provide its students with the best possible op- portunity to develop the mind and imagination to the point where they can cope successfully with a wide range of problems and situations. I believe this is the best kind of preparation for able young people who want to find challenging and satisfying places in a free society. I frequently hear of Oakwood graduates who have achieved this kind of success — a bank pre- sident, a ranking diplomat, a top surgeon, to mention only a few. Scarcely a week goes by without one or more graduates dropping in at my office to say heUo, and tell me of his own progress toward success. The achievement of this purpose depends mainly on two factors: an able and dedicated staff of teachers, and students with a genuine interest in their own future and the future of the nation and of the world. Over the yearSjOakwood has been blessed with large numbers of able and ambitious students and in spite of frequently heard opinions to the con- trary, I believe that these numbers have never been larger than they are now. Remarks which I hear from graduates and in- terested outsiders lend weight to my opinion that the quality of the teaching staff has been and is exceptional. I mention particularly two, who, after giving long years of devoted teaching ser- vice to the students of this school, are retiring this year. Dr. A. S. Hardy Hill, Head of the Department of History, is considered by many competent judges to be the outstanding historian among Ontario Secondary School History teachers. Gen- erations of Oakwood graduates will continue to remember his Loom of Time , his uncompromis- ing honesty, and his love of learning. Mr. Gordon Hepburn, Head of the Department of Geography, is considered to be the outstanding geographer among Ontario teachers. Inspired by his example many students have become geogra- phers, and many others have been better inform- ed and better prepared to assume their respon- sibilities as citizens than they could have been without his help and guidance. These men, with their colleagues, and you the students of Oakwood are part of a long and proud tradition of scholarship, athletic achievement and service. Oakwood has been and is a great school. I leave Oakwood this year confident that it will continue to be a great school. My best wishes go with you. W. V. TOVELL.

Page 6 text:

i)t fortp=gebentf) ebition of tfje 0vatlt - tsi ireiricateb toitJ) sJincere resJpect anir affection to tiftsit tfjvtt men iWr, ra. V. t!i;obell Br. ?|, J|iU Mv Hepburn tofto tjabe togetfjer bebicateb a centutp of s erbice to ©afetooob

Page 8 text:

m BBLmwm MR. ANDREW MRS. ANDREWS MR. BANNISTER MRS. BROCK O. C I. 41 MR. FOSTER MR. HOBBS Vice-Principal MR. HUGHES ' MRS. MEEK 4 ' J- ' .f ik ii ' mi iTk C MR. COUTTS MISS KEITH il MR. BROWN MR. GILBERT MR. GORDON MISS GRANT ME. GRIFFIN MISS GRIMES m MR. MOORE MR. NICHOLSON MR. NOVAK MISS OROK MRS. PASZTI MR. STEWART MISS MISS THOMPSON MRS. WALLACE Guidance SUTHERLAND