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

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0 I FROM THE JUNIOR SCHOOL LAST WRl'I'I'l5 lllnfinl I I had entertained the fanciful notion that this year I would avoid having to wrack my mind and compete with the artistic efforts wrought by the literati of the college. Not mindful of the efficiency and strength of purpose of our staff advisor. Mr. Fulford. I omitted throughout the year to jot down those bon mots and swift repartee which are the hallmarks of talent in Saint Georges staff room. In past years thus armed with shamefully plagiarised material have I put together my annual message to the student body. I must then depend on divine inspiration or native wit to motivate this my final message 10h dear! l. My final message! Final in these circumstances is truly onomatopoeic lplease see Mr. Stevensonl. To be leaving S.G.C. after nine very happy years is tantamotmt to leaving the safety of the harbour for perilous seas. Perhaps in one year's time I should write a message to the editors from my desert island or from the New World, as the case may be. waming of the pitfalls inherent in quitting the S.G.C. security blanket. We have passed a successful and eventful year in the lower school, in the areas of academics and sports: Father Scott is back with us after his long illness. This unfortunate illness. however, brought the good fortune of Mr. 0'Meara to our doors to fill the breach. As often happens he fell victim to the Georgian syndrome and is now a fully pledged member of our staff, and a very welcome one: the usual activities have taken place with more than the usual energy, in particular the house competitions. under Mr. Dunkley's expert guidance. have been very closely contested and enjoyed by all those who took part: the assembly readings this year have again been of high standardg mention must be made of those grade four students who set such an excellent standard in the chapel with their lesson reading before the whole school - Oh for such poise! Well done all boys who have participated . I hope that you will give Dr. Barlow all the support and enthusiasm which you have given to me. I have mixed feelings about leaving St. Georges On the one hand I am excited about challenges of a new position and the opportunities of a very different environment. while on the other hand I am sad to be leaving a place which has become so much a part of my life. Leaving here of course will be an experience eventually to be faced by all of you to whom this is w1'itten, and I wonder if you will feel as I do. that despite your physical going there will be left behind a part of your spirit which, with all the others. helps make this particular plot such a delightful place. Many thanks go to all the staff. students. and parents who have helped ensure that an enormous piece of my spirit will hover forever somewhere in the See House. Au revoir tout le monde. A bientot j'espere. john 'llinscy thx-prin.l

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gil-' FROM THE HEADMASTER'S vii'- M My fellow Georgians, As I write this, my first message to the yearbook, it is February, and still snowing. Several weeks after the disastrous freeze-up in the See House on Founder's Day Weekend, we are still awaiting the installation of new radiators. My office seemed to get the worst of it, with all six radiators cracked and considerable water damage to the floor and wood panelling. Father Scott, whose office remained imscathed, insists that there is a message in this. I prefer to believe, however, that these trials are sent to make life more interesting. This is our fifteenth year, and our eleventh yearbook. The latter makes a fine record indeed of the events of the year. l find in all this, I am grateful to be able to say, many constants, the STUDY most important of which I believe to be that intimacy and sense of family which has characterized the school since its beginning. Many boys have passed through our classes, our teams, and our clubs and societies on their way to higher learning, and still the place remains not his school , or their school , but our school . We are all involved together in the process of learning, and so long as we are ever mindful of the responsibilities we bear, each of us to every other member of our school family, we shall move forward as we ought. With my best wishes for a bright future for each and every one of you. Yours sincerely, J .D. Allen

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