Sir Adam Beck Secondary School - Lacedaemon Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

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EDITOR ' S MESSAGE It is difficult to write a yearbook editorial. The editor wants so much to write a significant comment on life, or on youth, that will still be valid in twenty years or forty years. The problem of most editors, myself included, is that they lack comments which are universal, or timeless. They can comment on the Vietnam War, or on the Middle East Crisis, but what is said derives its meaning from our acquaintance with the context of life today. The type of leading article found in a newspaper or magazine becomes unacceptable when placed in a year- book. A yearbook is a memory book. Its prime function is to serve as a souvenir. If in the years to come this book causes you to remember a certain unjust detention, or the remark Mr. Franks made about your gum in biology class, it will have served its purpose. It follows that an editorial in a yearbook should com- plement the book ' s purpose by stimulating your memory of the school year and its events. The sheer number of events, however, along with the fact that this editorial is written in the Fall before any major events have happened, make it impossible to accomplish this purpose. Most editors, when faced by this double dilemma, write editorials which be- come thank -you notes to those who aided in the production of the book, or worse yet, they write editorials which become a montage of platitudes congratulating graduates for their successes thus far, and wishing them luck and courage to face the trials to come. If we avoid this stereotyped kind of editorial, we are left with only one thing to say: Remember Beck; remember 1968. Remember the joys and remember the tears. Most of all, my now -middle-aged classmates, Remember Youth !

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CONTENTS DEDICATION EDITOR ' S MESSAGE ADMINISTRATION LACEDAEMON STAFF FACULTY GRADUATES CLASSES ATHLETICS LITERARY ACTIVITIES SPECIAL EVENTS ADVERTISING AUTOGRAPHS

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ADMINISTRATION PRINCIPAL ' S MESSAGE C.G. CHAPMAN PRINCIPAL Before this is published our eagerly anticipated Centennial year will have become history. But it will not soon be for- gotten. For Canadians generally it gave birth to a strong surge of national pride. Through it we be- came conscious of our important place in the community of nations. It will be remembered by many in a personal sense as well. The enthusiastic involvement of the Beck Family in our Centennial project was a vital experience for us all. Pos- sibly the united effort itself will be our fondest memory, but the mural itself will bring pleasure and will recall for posterity this unique year. We cannot hope, and would not wish, to have an annual repetition. None the less I expect that this school year will see the same proportion of successes and failures as did 1967. This year, as any other, will be exactly what we make it. My hope is that you carry over some of the enthusiasm, some of the co-operation with one another, some of the pride in a task well done that you displayed so admirably. May you learn to blend in adequate proportion all aspects of your school life so that you may attain the goals you have set for yourselves. To the members of the graduating class I extend sin- cere wishes for a happy and successful future and to the Yearbook staff hearty congratu- lations on another splendid publication. C.G. CHAPMAN