Sheldon Williams Collegiate - Opus Yearbook (Regina, Saskatchewan Canada)

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Jane Tyerman Editor of Opus OPUS STAFF Another busy year has passed at Sheldon and it is time for me to write a message. Throughout the year school athletic teams have been competing for local and provincial laurels, our music- drama department has produced shows to entertain parents and train actors and musicians, our social directorate has provided us with a variety of dances, and the activities directorate has tried to give our school an individual identity of which it can be proud. During this time the staff of the yearbook has been recording these events and now we are presenting this record to you in pictures and words between the covers of this book. At the end of the year production problems fade into the background and the finished book is something in which all members of the staff can take pride. I would especially like to thank Linda Scott and Nadine Soucisse for their help, and generally like to thank all the members of my staff for their contributions. I hope that next year’s editor, Linda Scott, will have the same co-operation from her staff and guidance from her advisor that I had this year. I wish the best of luck to next year’s OPUS staff. JANE TYERMAN. Mr. Heshka Staff Advisor It is indeed a great pleasure for me to greet you in this 1965-66 Opus. Initially I would like to express my deep thanks and appreciation to all who, by their attitude and co-operation, have made my work as staff advisor a very pleasant one. The yearbook is a worthwhile project. Its preparation is a valuable and educational exercise. Its contents can provide an interpretation of the school and school life for the community. In a few years this book will be priceless to each of you, a portal through which you may enter to relive your days at Sheldon-Williams Collegiate. May success, as well as happiness and satisfaction attend your every effort. J. HESHKA Linda Scott Co-Assistant Editor Nadine Soucisse Head of Lay-up Crew Ruth Mesbur Art Jim Ebbels Sports Mike Lloyd Photography WRITERS Bill Preston — Sports Gail Evans — Clubs Marion McKillop — Clubs Allan Rodger — Clubs Doug McEachen — Drama Aria Rae Parker — Drama Sandra Johnston — Miscellaneous TYPISTS Coleen Schonhoffer Sandra Stovin 2

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DEDICATION We dedicate this 10th, Edition of Opus to the students who have worked so hard for their school in the past year. Sheldon-Williams Collegiate Regina, Saskatchewan Canada

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Jhe eJ ecacle While the class of ’66 are the ninth graduating class, their departure coincides with the completion of ten years in the life of Sheldon-Williams Collegiate. In “Opus 57” I wrote: “On that first day, about all they had in common was a desire to make this a good school.” “They” referred to students and teachers. Of the twenty teachers, only five of us remain on the staff of Sheldon-Williams at the end of 1966. We miss, but congratulate, Mr. Lang, one of the “founding fathers” who on February 1 assumed top responsibilities in another collegiate. We thank him for his contributions to Sheldon-Williams, and wish him well. Many generations of students have now passed through these halls. In “Opus 59” I wrote: “What do we have to offer? Not traditions perhaps. . . Today, after ten years, I should like to think that we do have traditions to offer. One of these, I believe, is that of “balance” or “proportion”. In extra curricular activities the class of ’66 this year have shared in presenting a fine one-act play “The Rivals”; in a splendid competitive house drama series; in the Operetta “Springtime”; in a “Mysore” project; in an excellent series of meetings by the United Nations and Current Events Club with eminent speakers from four political parties; in a well edited school paper; in a boys’ basketball team that won the pen¬ nant and just missed a city championship; and in a girls’ basketball team who won the Provincial title, and has been rated as one of the best ever seen in the Province. And the S.R.C. under the leadership of the class of ’66 has demonstrated exceptional maturity in its deliberations. The staff have recognized this by finally granting them a “guest-list” at their dances. Academically, the class of ’66 is doing well: half-a-dozen with averages of 90% or over on the Christmas Examinations! This is the area for which the school primarily exists. During the past ten years Sheldon-Williams has established some:hing of a reputation for scholarship. The present gradu¬ ating class recognizes this and will, we trust, add to our reputation. And so we look back on our first ten years, and conclude that the present is a class that will hold its own with any of the previous classes. They have helped to strengthen and add lustre to the tradi¬ tions of their school. As they leave Sheldon-Williams we thank them for their contributions and we wish them well. J. R. A. POLLARD, Principal. 3