Saskatchewan Teachers College - Lampada Yeabook (Regina, Saskatchewan Canada)

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» ' director of Oeache, Or ' raining 2b, C p. Calk ins T OU, who are graduating from Teachers College in 1963, may think it strange, but I do envy you. 1 envy you because : —you have had the opportunity of attending a Teachers College whose Principal is Dr. Tait, one of the outstanding teacher educators in Canada —you have had the opportunity of being taught by such an outstanding group of master teachers —you are about to enter the world of teaching, a world that is in a state of flux, a world that, while it may at times be somewhat frightening, is always challenging, interesting and exciting —you are entering a profession dedicated to the highest ideals of service to its fellow men at a time when it, more than any other, is expected to prepare the way for peace among nations and a happy life for all. God speed and Good Luck in all your endeavours. C. P. Collins

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Idfjiniiter of Education Jlie J lonourabUe O. Jurnlull ■ 011 HAVE been students for several years and now you are on the verge of entering a new and different life as teachers. May I relate a Carl Sandburg fable wherein an old settler stood by his gate one evening as a youthful traveller came along the road and asked, “What sort of people live in this valley?” “Well, stranger,” said the settler, “what kind of people were there in the country you came from?” “Old man,” said the stranger, “they were mostly an unfriendly, mean and spiteful lot of people.” “What a pity, stranger, I am afraid you will find the same sort of neighbours here.” Another traveller followed soon after and the same questions were exchanged except that the stranger said in answer to the question about the kind of people who lived where he came from. “Why they were a friendly, hard-working, truly wonderful lot of people.” And the old settler replied, “Welcome stranger, you will find the same sort of neighbours in this valley.” Like Sandburg’s travellers you graduates of 1963 will find the same sort of people in the country that lies ahead of you as you have known in the past. If your associations have been happy and rewarding, you have nothing to fear. If you have known too many unfriendly, disagreeable people, you still need not fear because you are young, you can correct your shortcomings, and you can be wonderfully surprised and encouraged by the good will and the friendship that awaits you in the teaching profession. May I congratulate you on your choice of vocation and wish you all that is good in the future. O A. Turnbull

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NE of the most rewarding experiences which I have had as Principal of Teachers College during the past year has been the simple contact with youth—young men and young women bent on a purpose, their lives full of the present, but somehow carrying in their faces and in their personalities the poten¬ tialities of the future. I have in my possession the Yearbook of the graduating class of 1903. I suspect that the young men and women in that class of sixty years ago were much like those in the class of 1963. It is not only interesting, but almost thrilling to contemplate the lives of those older graduates and realize that so many of them are key personalities in the history of this Province and of this country. They apparently had stars to guide them, big purposes to pursue, and great capacity for labor in solving the problems of their immediate future. And so my simple message to you as the members of the class of 1963 is the expression of a hope that, in your thinking, you will catch a glimpse of the possible greatness which is in you; that you will set your course by stars that lead to places where it is worthwhile to go; that you will realize that the future is yours if you will only explore its possibilities; and that your lives as teachers and citizens of this land will be dominated by the ideal of service to your church, to your community and to your fellowmen. My good wishes go with you as you leave this institution to serve in the schools in the near and far-away parts of our Province. J. W. Tait 4