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

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STAFFX' N ! SS 'fa hr. . W E I 1 s ' U' an W STUDENTS

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As I peruse the June reports and await word of university admissions from the members of the graduating class, I am also trying to think of an appropriate approach for this page. Since a year- book chronicles the year's events, I think it best not to reiterate what you will find in the following pages. Also, I am aware that you will not read this tif indeed, anyone ever reads these pagesl until the middle of the fall term and, after that, perhaps many years later. So, I think a few short, general thoughts on the College might dothetrick. I have often heard from a variety of sources that it is not the building, facilities, and fields tasphalt?l which make St. George's the wonderful school it is but, rather, it is the teachers. As one of those teachers, I am obviously very pleased when I hear those comments. But l've always believed that those comments are only partly true because they neglect a much larger and, in some ways, a more significant group within the school- the students. l have taught at other independent schools lone, which shall remain nameless- though most of my students know which it is- is one of our com- petitorsl, visited classes in most of the local member schools of the Ontario C.l.S. tConference of Independent Schoolsl, and met many, many students from these schools in many different situations. I can honestly say that the faces you see THE UPPER SCHOOL REPORT throughout this Yearbook are those of the best bunch of young men in any school I know. As teachers we cannot be terribly successful it we don't have good students. And a good student is not just one who is intellectually brilliant. He is good in the broadest sense of the word. He is hard working, always trying to do the best he can. He is interested in many things and respectful of those whose interests are different. He is mindful of how little he knows and how much there is to learn. He is curious: he is considerate: he is energetic: he is humbleg he is polite: and, if he is none or only some of the above, he is at least trying to be some or more cl these things. What I am trying to say is that. when l look around on Graduation Day. the reason I am proud to be a part of the College is that I see so many boys who impress me in ways which can never be fully reflected in their marks. So, continue to be good students. strive to be better students and remember that the important tasks are the ones which lie ahead, not behind. GD. O'Meara Head of the Upper Scnml

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