Prince Albert Composite High School - Yearbook (Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Canada)

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MEASURING SUCCESS We are near the end of our fourth year of operation. This year’s graduating class will be the first to have taken its entire high school work in the Prince Albert Composite High School. How will the general public measure the sucess of this particular group of graduates? Undoubtedly, the academic achievement of the young people of this special class will be used as the chief, if not the only measuring stick in deter --- mining the Value of their work. Unfortunately, this will tell only a part, and perhaps only the less important part of the story. Academic achievement is the result of good work habits, habits of perservance of regularity of application, of Concentration, of sound , systematic organization, and of a variety of other attributes which go to make up the repertoire of a successfullworker. A graduate must also have adopted proper attitudes towards discipline. Every one of these young men and women will on eventually work for somebody. They will take orders. Learning to obey is not easy, but very necessary. If nothing else, they will certainly be required to obey the law and to have respect for it It is not stretching the imagination to realize that such respect cah be fostered in our high schools. Human beings are social animals. Much must be learned about getting along with one’s fellows. Co-operation is a way ©f life just as truly as competition. Lessons in thfeee

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VALEDICTORY This evening witnesses the greatest aspiration of our lives. The long awaited moment of graduation is here and added tothi we have the honour of being the first class to graduate who registered in grade nine when this school was opened. Only four years ago we entered high school with the yearning desire for something higher or better than that already possessed. During those four years we have gained friends, guidance, and experiences which we shall cherish forever. The small responsibilities we had to face were only steps leading and preparing us toward life itself, our res¬ ponsibility of tomorrow. It is with saddness that we must leave, leaving behind our friends, classmates, teachers, activities, guidance and parents in this parting of the ways; but with anticipation that we look into the future hoping we can meet the challenge awaiting us, both success and defeat, with true sportsman¬ ship. As this graduating class of 1063 enters the world they will find there are many roads to follow. To all my classmates, I wish success in their chosen careers. We must realize that now our decisions pave our future, and that our life depends on them. Our preparations for the future lie in the past twelve years--in the institutions of learning, in the home, and in the observation of life. From our parents and teachers we have received much help and guidance. To them we owe much for their many sacrifices, understanding leadership, and untiring efforts to help us attain this level in our education. To them we are extremely grateful. Through our own experiences we have realized that education is almost an absolute essential and does not end here, but will continue throughout our lives. Through this training has come the moulding of our character with which we will have to bear in the future. This education and understanding background is absolutely essential in that it enables us to adjust to the scientific world of todav. Since rapid changes in science have brought about the atomic age, a higher standard of education must be attained if we are to keep up with these swift trans¬ formations. Persons without this necessary education will find life very grim as jobs today reauire skilled and specialized people. Education cannot be limited to just the classroom walls. Asthe standard of life advances, so must the standard of education, and so must we. This evening we have been given the stepping stone to our future--someting that will never be lost or forgotten.

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are po®sible whdULe vat schools and they are learned by thoee who desire to profit from them We like to believe that some of bur graduates will have learned to do critical thinking, and we hope that some of them,at least, will have the backbone to translate their thought into action. Progress lies in such a direction. A proper appraised of success at school is therfore an exceedingly complex and difficult matter. Let us not judge it only by passing marks made in final examination. s hfaw-cfb