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

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Mr., Young thanked him for his informative and excellent. speech and for his trouble in preparing it at such short notice. The orchestra then provided another pleasant musical. inter lude despite the attempt of one of the musicians to drop his music stand from the gallery onto someone's head below. As the orchestra completed its final selection, the faculty left the stage by the side door and at the same time the honour graduates ascended the stairs to their prearranged seats on the platforma Their seats were then occupied by the staff. As Mr. Gibson read the names, Miss Kidd presented the Graduates with their well-merited Secondary School Honour Graduation Diplomas-f-just a single sheet of paper signifying five years of hard work and pleasure, failures and successes, with the successes coming triump hantly out on top. In her stirring Valedictory speech, Patricia Lennox summed up her classmates' sentiments, reminisced about the past five years, and expressed the hope in the minds of all the Graduates that they attain their goal for the future after successfully cornpleting the first big step. Following the National Anthem the staff and students filed from the auditorium in the same order as for the entrance.. As had been announced, all were invited to the cafeteria for light refreshments served by the grade twelve girls under the supervision of Miss McPhedran., Most of the audience availed themselves of this opportunity to chat with the staff and the graduates-1-a most pleasing completion for this important and mem orable event. Lynda Taylor l3A -'NQALEDICTORY MR., Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen :- A few weeks ago a small girl who had heard that l was goino to be a valedictorian , asked me what it was., At that time l wasnft able to reply satisfactorily, but since then l've been doing research, I' had stated simply, that a valedictory was a goodbye to your school on behalf of your fellow graduates., However, she soon made me realize that on behalf of and goodbye are deceptively simple terminologies.

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COMMENCEMENT Commencement -rf: the hlghlfght ofthe academic year --1 when the previous year's struggles seem well worth while and the students' achievements are duly rewarded, was held Friday evening, November 17 for the senior grades of eleven, twelve and thlrteent This year for the first time the commencement exercises took on a formal aspect, After the invocation by Revt It Ft Nute, MDCU for the evening the orchestra under the capable direction of Mr, Friesen struck the opening chords of the Processional Marche As the audience stood, the members of the staff marched up the centre aisle in pairs led by the principal, Mro Cline and the guest speaker via the two stairs they proceeded to the plat- form which was decorated for the occasion with flowers, Behind the staff came the honour graduates led by the vtce-principal, Mr., Percy and flanked by those receiving secondary school graduatlon diplomas and commerclal certificates in the two side aisles, The procession was most colourful as the members of the staff were weartng their gowns and academ1c hoods which indicated the degree held and the unlversity which conferred the degree In addition to this the girls of the honour graduating class, dressed ln their formal gowns, were holding the presentation bouquets given to them by the school, all of which added to the colour and to the fmpressiveness of the exm ercises., Following the S1,1'lglHg of O Canada our principal, Mr, Clane welcomed the proud parents and ,interested vlsitors to O, D,, I-I, S, Then Mrs, Cr., Kearns presented the awards for acadernlc proficiency and for the best all--round students in grades twelve and thirteen as chosen by the class, She was aided by Mr, Enmitgh, Bursaries were given out by Mrs, EH Arms strong and Mrg N, Brocklebankt, Mrs.. Ln Bath also made a presentation, Mr. J, B, Dods, Chairman ofthe Or, D, H, School Board then presented Miss Kidd and Mro Cline with tokens of appreciation 1n recognim tion of twenty!-flve years of SC1 V.l.CG., Next the orchestra charmed the audience with a medley of selections., The cornmercfal certfflcates were given out by Mr., Plper assisted by Mr, Sauer and the Secondary School Graduation Diplomas by Mr., Yates with Mr., Seltzer assisting, Slnce the expected speaker for the evening, Dean Fatharn, Ph.Du, was not able to be present because of illness, Mr, Attrxdge mtros duced his replacement, Mr. Nell Morrison., of York Unlversity, Toronto and formerly with the C, B, C, for twenty years., Mr, Morrtson spoke tm- pressively and sincerely of the increastng need for hlgher educatnon

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V I S I 'I' O R S GUESTS FROM O. C. E. .l!. Sify we FOR 1539 194i t GET ARMISTICE DAY SERVICE r . VISITORS FROM EMPORIUM S P E C I , L I A COMMENCEMENT - Guest Speaker, Mr. Neil Morrison Valedictorian, Patricia Lennox L ,... fp V x Iv? , ,, -, ., , I' , ,- Lg fr -' af Y 234' ,I sf a X 4' , -un. wx., K D A I i 5 oIe ..,,1