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

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GEORGIAN INTERVIEW Blair Dave Blair Dave: Blair Dave Blair Dave Blair Dave Blair: Dave: Blair: Dave: Kerr: Blair: You have always been a mild-mannered student, why did you decide to risk your reputation by becoming Editor of the Georgian? I really wasn't thinking of my reputation, Blair, I lust wanted a smutty year- book. All kidding aside... Who's kidding? Okay. But isn't it true you carried a heavy load by not only being the Editor but by also being a Prefect? Right on. But my problem so far as being a Prefect goes was whether or not my blue blazer was clean enough to pass Fearon's inspection before reading the lesson on Fridays. As for being Editor, God only knows how heavy that was. But did you not have a lot of helpers on the Yearbook Committee? I didn't know there was a Committee? Well if there wasn't, I'm sure Mike Onions could have come up with something for you. Not even Mike Onions could overcome student apathy! But hold on a second, Blair. lt's quite obvious that this interview was preconceived and a gimmick to catch the reader's attention. I get the feeling that we aren't really saying what we want to. Let's forget the whole idea. I think the yearbooks in the past have captured, in too serious a way the school year. A school year certainly consists of more than just trophies and team pictures. If the yearbook is going to be a portfolio of happenings it must point out the feelings of the student body created by those happenings. ln other words it should be a candid document, not of what we want to see in the school but what is actually there. I think what we are trying to say would be best expressed in an example. lf one were to look at a yearbook several years from now and see the name, Nlr. Allen, it would bring to mind various academic implications and I think students would best remember him as Bear. The nick- name brings back the realness of the times we had. lt's nostalgic. Your report card shows the academic part of school life. The yearbook should therefore show the fun we had. Let's face it, academics aren't fun. Are you guys finished the sermonette? I have to run, I'm in a hurry to get married! Say goodnight Dick. Goodnight Dick.

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FROM THE HEADMASTER'S STUDY lt is always a pleasure to write a short introduction to our Georgian. The editor and his staff are to be commended for their efforts in turning out a record that portrays the highlights of the school year. Mr. Kerr, the staff representative, has worked closely with the executive for which I thank him. I was examining some books recently and found one entitled Maths Made Easy. This title represents much that is wrong in modern education. Mathematics cannot purposely be made easy. It is an exact- ing discipline, demanding much concentrated study. The subject should be treated with interest and wonder, but not as something made easy . There is a lesson here for us. Life is not easy. To believe other' wise is to delude ourselves. It is natural for parents to spare their children from difficulties and hurts. It is natural and right for masters to help their students through the difficulties of learning and general develop- ment, but, often it seems to me the emphasis is on making things so easy that we fail to prepare our children for the realities of life, which cannot always be made easy. At St. George's I want our boys to strive for the best, to climb the highest mountain, to try to do the impossible. Such stretching of mind and muscle will develop sound character. Let us never be accused of expecting too little, of taking the easy way out. St. George's is a relatively new school. Already sound traditions have been born, nurtured and developed. As I read the pages of this year's issue of the Georgian I am so pleased that our boys have become fully involved. It is so easy to pass by on the other side . To those who will not be returning in September - good luck and sincere thanks for all that you have done to establish strong traditions. Up St. George, down the foe. 7 . K I 41775