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

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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

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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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