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add GRADUATION EXERCISES October 2, 1958 In September, 19U6, forty little tots clamered up the hill to the old brick school to meet their first teacher, Mrs. Theroux. Among them were Cameron Ross and I and Lynne Sumner who graduated this year in Regina. The next year, when we were in Grade II, our number had dwindled to thirtyfive That year we met Miss Wolniewicz whose tact and experience added to our knowledge gained the previous year. In Grades HI and IV we went to school in the Convent where the Board had rented classrooms, and found ourselves under the capable guidance of Sister Lemire. It was in Grade III that we welcomed Anne Marie Blair in our midst. In Grade V a new experience confronted us. In that year the building which is now the Divisional School was under construction. Then we got a taste of what it is to be on shifts, as the space allotted to classrooms was inadequate. Our school day was short: 12:30 to with Sister Gregoire as our teacher. This lasted until February, when we moved into the new, but yet unfinished school. 1951 found us in the new school, still only one storey high. We had an op¬ portunity to welcome as our teacher again, Sister Lemire who had drilled this class in the three R ' s two years previously. Grade VII found us again in the new school, now a finished building, in a bright classroom with its windows facing the chapel. It was here that Mrs. Vague for a year, hammered the King ' s English into our constitution. It was here, too, that Barbara Onischuk joined the group. Grades VIII and IX brought us up to Mrs. Blair. In Grade VIII, with the caning of Volmer School into the Division, we acquired a new classmate, Marion Bokenfohr. When we reached Grade IX, we met Joan MacDonald. These two years were busy years, for it was at the end of them that we wrote our first set of de¬ partmental examinations. Then came high school. In Grade X, Mr. Ferguson ' s vim and vigour inspired us with ambition to become successful high school students. Another of this year ' s graduates, Winnona Rogers, joined us. One of our pals of our first year, Lynne Sumner, moved away at the end of the year. When we reached Grade XI, we were sorely disappointed to discover that our teacher, Mr. Raboud, was ill in the hospital. Mrs. Moore, as a substitute for two months, expounded at length on Shakespears ' s play, Julius Caesar, and on the art of essay-writing, and made us wade through the intricacies of the French gram¬ mar. At the beginning of November we were pleased to welcome Mr. Raboud, who then brought us safely through to our graduating year. Grade XII and Graduation! Three Sisters were added to our class: Sister Pi- quette, Sister St. Germain, and Sister Gaumont. Here we encountered Sister Cote who has been the guiding light of numerous graduating classes in this year. It is because of here unfailing confidence in us that we are able to be here tamight. 1 Florence Morin