Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School - Echoes Yearbook (Peterborough, Ontario Canada)

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THE EcHoEs ever-patient teachers we would grow out of proportion and proper weight to make a good start. And here I should like to offer a few words of exhortation to those who remain. You have seen right from the first year you were here the opportunities which are yours. A secondary school education is not meant to be a narrow education. To those who have taken advantage of these opportunities, may I offer my congratulations. To those who have not, I have a few more words to say. You have all heard, no doubt, this quotation from Shake- speare. It is very apt and I shall quote it here: There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune: Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloatg And we must take the current when it serx es, Or lose our ventures. You have a commodious and up-to- date building, an able and efficient staff, headed by a principal of merit in Dr. Kenner, and a variety of school activities with which to develop your capacities. Take advantage of these provisions for your advancement. It is to your gain to do so. P. C. V. S. is a school that is Tops in every way. It is only when one gets away and can compare it with other schools that one realizes what a fine 53 school we have here. No other school has such Wonderful openings by which the student may profit. And in the past its record has always been brilliant. P. C. V. S. is noted for its Rugby teams and on the morrow a team of our fellows will be out on the field playing the game for the games sake and for the school's sake. Our Student Councils have always been energetic and progressive, and this year's Coun- cil under capable leadership is more than maintaining its past record. Our Echoes, our Orchestra, in fact every school organization deserves a Word of praise And what about school spirit? XVell, it is my own personal experience that our school spirit never dies even though we are graduates. When our school gets behind its school functions, as it has in the past, I do not think we need to worry about a lack of spirit. But what of the future? To quote an eminent Toronto clergyman: VVe may take our hats off to the past, but we must take our coats oi? to the future. To you who remain is the duty of maintaining the high reputa- tion already established, Do not fail us who have just gone on. XVe did our best and we hope that you will con- tinue and do your best. Take off your coats. Tm fm rpjx-NK, DX S522 -6 N a f W ,yr ,tiff Q. - wiv, 'f Y Q-X T 6-ea

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52 Immediately following this, after- noon tea was served in the gymnasium to the guests, the members of the THE Ecr-roEs In the evening a dance was held in the school gymnasium, bringing one more very successful Commencement graduating classes assisting. to an end. H. T. Unfedzkio fy MR. CHAIRMAN, guests, members of the Board, Dr. Kenner and staff, and pupils of P. C. V. S.: Commencement, the annual event in the course of Collegiate education, is upon us once more. Another class has passed on and left the torch to be held aloft by the incoming class. Commencement W when we say the word does it have any special signin- cance for us, or do we think about it at all? Some may think the name Commencement inappropriate since it does not actually take place at the beginning of the school year. But they have not gone deep enough. lt is a commencement for us - the graduat- ing class - a commencement of a life in which we are dependent upon our- selves. No longer have we helping teachers at our sides to guide us through the toils and tribulations of our young lives. On leaving P. C. Y. S. we enter upon an entirely different phase of life. Some may go into business and others may continue their pursuit of education, but in both cases there is a break to all previous life, and the beginning of a new one. But like young birds learning to fly we must have prepara- tion before we take our flight and P. C. Y. S. prepares us thoroughly for our start. A tree begins its life under humble auspices. lt is like all the rest-a young plant that is weak and needs protection. lt grows rapidly and expands and soon reaches shrub- height. Hitherto all have been pretty much alike. Now the young tree enters upon a new phase of its existence. It now puts forth effort with the others to reach the height at which it will receive rnore sun. Each tree feels this new urge but each with different results. For some reason or other, some never rise above their shrub- height existence. On entering this new stage the tree is only a sapling, young and pliant. As it grows in this period it digs its roots in deeper, its base becomes larger. It broadens out in its trunk. It branches out above into new directions and finally reaches its objective only after undergoing this period of expansion. Now it is able to withstand the storms that come from every direction. It may bow beneath them but it always straightens up, triumphant in the end. So we, on entering Collegiate, enter upon the moulding period of our life. W'hen we come in we are young and pliable too. VVe receive in this institu- tion instruction to widen our outlook and likewise material to strengthen our characters. During our stay here we have dug our roots in deeper so as to be well-rooted when necessary. VVe have strengthened our foundations by absorbing and putting to good use the information we have received. W'e have grown taller and broader, we have put our branches out into new and varied fields and all the while our aim has been to get to the top. NVe too, are now able to withstand the storms of life. lVe too, may bow but not break beneath the tempest. But all is not as happy as this picture paints. The young tree may be in such a hurry to attain full growth that it for- gets to root itself firmly. It puts all its strength and nourishment into growing higher. As a result its roots are shallow, its base narrow and its trunk slender. It will not be long before it is blown down. So we are inclined when we enter this institution to neglect to build from the ground up. If it were not for our

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