Royal St Georges College - Georgian Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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PREFECT'S REPORT 1970. Discipline has never been an enjoyable thing to endure. but its lasting effects on the individual help to create self control and a sense of responsibility that can be learned no other way. lf during a school career one learns nothing but respect for other people's ideas and properties, they can always be counted as good members of a society. The Prefects of St. George's College have the duty of setting an example for the boys of the College. It is a difficult task and is not always easy to do. Unfortunately there will bc people who will be unsatisfied, but for the majority the task is a guide that is well worth following. Morality in today's society is rapidly changing. and things that seemed proper yesterday. may very well be obsolete tomorrow. Future Prefects should be warned that the position they hold is not simply a privilege, but a duty that affects all those around them. lt is not for the selfish. Timothy R. Laurence Head Prefect 13

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L I 1 PREPARATICN Practically every day we read or hear about some new invention, improvement, or development which in some way will affect our lives. So rapid are the changes that we could easily be overwhelmed by them if we weren't prepared. This is why we are learning today how to meet the problems and necessities of to- morrow, so that we may succeed. As students, we face three factors which are very different from the schooldays of our parents and grandparents: an increased amount of knowledge: advanced stages of education given to alll pressures of ever-improving techniques. This means that greater education is needed. along with more willpower if we wish to overcome these factors which are supposedly making the world a better place. This is a tough proposition we are up against. Effort is needed, and there is not time for loitering. If we sit back and wait for the future to smooth things out there are only two possibilities which can follow. Either the world will by-pass us and leave us helpless in its wake, or there will simply be no future! A game with such high stakes requires that we plan well in advance for our future lives. We must. by means of schooling, build up a background, a potential which will be ready to serve us when the opportun- ity arises. ln choosing an objective, it is important that we do not plan beyond our own capabilities. A basic education helps us find our limits as well as our likes and dislikes, enabling us to find our best field of activity. Once we have decided that, it is up to us as individuals to plot a suitable course and to stick to it. This type of training will make us qualified. but it cannot guarantee success in our adult lives. For only if the learning process continues and our education improves after graduation will success come. If we stop learning when we leave school we will not be able to keep up with a world which will in ten years time undoubtedly be changing faster than it is now. Increased education raises cultural and achievement levels, thus increasing thc demands on people to do and understand their jobs thoroughly. By remaining alert and open minded all our lives, in each new situation our education will enable us to adapt quickly and keep ahead. Canada's and the world's future belongs to those who plan where they are going, prepare themselves for it, do their jobs skillfully, take advantage of all opportunities, and are not defeated by set-backs. lW. Lucas Grade l3l 14