Orangeville High School - Red and Blue Yearbook (Orangeville, Ontario Canada)

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This rung is co-operation. During this five year period, we change our definition of a teacher from a merciless dictator who makes life miserable to someone who works along with us and does his be st to help us . Thus, with this realization that people are trying to cooperate with us, the natural reaction is for us to try to cooperate with them, and we have taken our stand firmly on the next step. There are, of course several other rungs on this ladder-dependability, jude gment, and common sense - which must be mounted with equal care before the goal may be attained. At this point we stop to catch our breath with no small sense of relief before we can make a wise deci- sion concerning the next ladder to be climbed. It is upon this platform of accomplishment we stand to- night, but we could not possibly have done it alone. We owe a heavy debt of gratitude to those who have freely offered their guidance and encouragement every inch of the way. Our staff, as strong and understanding now as in the years following the fire, was a constant source of knowledge and assistance to us. One would travel far to find such an intimate, informal, yet firm teacher-Qstudent relationship which, maintained throughout the years, banished all tension soon after its occurrence., As we look back, we shall remember them as instructors, but most often as valued friends. Last but not least - to use a trite expression -- whole hearted thanks forthcoming to Hthe men behind the scenes so to speaks: our parents. They had to bear up under the surliness of our tempers during examinations. They whispered dutifully and literally stopped living for weeks to keep our jangled nerves on an even keel.. All these people have faithfully played their roles with patience, love, and under standing. We may only hope that they have in a small part been repaid by pride in our achievement. Weill honour yet the school we know '3Till the last bell call, For working days and holidays, Glad or melancholy days They were great days and jolly days At the best school of all, The seeds have been planted, may the harvest be abundant. ll H H

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The second and last of the excellent speeches of the night was made when Mary Jackson, this yearls validictorian, ascended the platform. Mary compared her high school days to a slippery, treacherous ladder which could, by onels own accord, bring a person to the honourable realization of a grade 13 diploma, This ladder was composed of many rungs, 2- factual education, tolerance, co- operation and common sense., I am sure. that the Graduating Class felt that everything that they wished to be expressed, Mary had in- cluded. The Commencement Exercises of 1954 - 55 thus go down in the annuls of almighty time. H H ll Valedictory Address by Mary Jackson Here befbre you this evening sits a brave, little band of students who have set out to employ the knowledge and training gained as five year tenants of Orangeville District I-Hgh School. In the past few weeks, they have , no It is indeed an honour for tions of longing and home doubt, experienced innumerable emotions. me , on their behalf, to explain why the emo- sickness have often been uppermost. We are, what ourselves in High School. of learning, but it is also we, with the help of our teachers, have made For what is High School? It is an institution more., I would like to think of it as a ladder which raises us from childhood maturity., However, I should not say which raises us , for a ladder will not raise anyone. Although this ladder is not very high, its rungs are slippery, and the only waylto reach the top is to climb all the way of our own accord. The first rung of the ladder is, of course, factual education. This rung, to all of us, is exceedingly slippery, and must be mounted with a good deal of care and concentration. When it has been successfully achieved, another big step is to be taken to the next rung which is tol- erance. Volumes could be filled with records of wars, quarrels and disasters, caused by the lack of this important virtue. The spirit of tolerance is greatly accentuated dn High School., We encounter it both in and out of the classroom where a healthy respect should always be maintained for anotherls opinion. We have our first taste of being trea- ted as adults and if, at the same time, we acquire the priceless gift of tolerance, we are ready for the next step upward on our ladder. ' I

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Navy Day At The School by Jim McKenzie XI-A At 3.30 o'clock on January the fifth, 1955, the boys of Orangeville District I-ligh School congregated in the gymnasium to hear an interesting preview of navy life by Lieutenant 2- commander Bfighton of the Royal Canadian Navy. Officer Brighton with the assistance of some fascinating pictures gave us a very vivid description of our navy and some of its training programmes. Mr. Brighton commenced by urging the boys to stay at school. He pointed out that people who have an education have a grea- ter advantage in life than those who have left school for what seemed to be a promising occupation. After introducing his topic in this way he explained to us how a person with grade twelve or thirteen education has the opportunity of becoming an officer in the navy while some one with just elementary schooling can become only a Seaman. The 'li euizenantncommander continued by describing the content of our navy and explaining the use of each type of ship. He mentioned several of the advantages of navy life for young men and finally explained some of the officer training programmes in practice b y our armed forces today. As a conclusion he again reminded us that school is bet- ter for us than we realize. He said he would try to answer any ques- tions and many of the boys presented their problems which he answered quite ably. H II H There once was a cute little tog Who wanted so badly a dog, Father brought home a pet Twas all he could get But Utwas only an old ugly frog. by Betty Coles X-B ll H ll