St Michaels University School - Black Red and Blue Yearbook (Victoria, British Columbia Canada)

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Honoured Guests, Mt'. Head- master, Staff and fellow sttalents: In the past jew weeks I believe every one tfus, witlt the realization rn' Gradiattion just over the horizon, ltas reflected a little on the events and feclittgs ofthe year which has so swU?ly past. I, for one, tried to gather my thoughts and put into words sotne expression of what this year has really meant. It has been a successful, eventful, jun and overall in- teresting year. Whether in academics or athletics, in rugby fwith tlte exploits if the First XV well known 2, in music and stage fwith Orpheus itz the Underworld a resounding suc- cessj, and, yes, even the silver screen fwhere we may yet find sotne of our more obvious SMU Graduates Hotly Pur- sued by Hollywood agentsl, the myriad talents if the Grad class, and tlzereby the school have shown tltetnselves. Without the energetic enthusiasnt of this year, we might never have heard the resounding chorus of Y. . M . . C . . A reverberating through the halls of S.M. U. on Disco Day, nor seen roman-attired young men and women doing the sometimes rather embarrassing bidding ofthe younger grades on Slave Day. The year, overall, was one of friendship, and unity. We shared our thoughts and our ideas, and itz so doing, we ex- panded our own horizons, and established links inf friend- ship between students, students and teachers, which I believe will cartjv far into the htture, even U' we are, to paraphrase Mr. Wilson 'scattered the length and longth if tlze known world '. So, here we are, as graduates, no doubt wona'ering to where, and how so quickly, the time flew. With only a week left of our graduating year I think we begin to realize what the years past have done for us. We have beetz challenged both acadetnically, and athletically. And, the diverse talents in each if us have had a chance to develop - in scholarship, sport, music, drama, art and debating. - None of whiclz would have been possible without the Stajf - in particular the Teaching Staff to whom I must extend tny thanks, on behahf of the Graduating class,' for your intelligence, wit, perseverence, sometimes fanatic fervor, and your tnemorable, unique personalities. On that tzote I must also thank our individual families. Your devotion and support through the years have helped us immensely. In Grade 8, my first year at S. M. U. , our class was described as a brilliant, extremely gqcted one. While one wonders whether Mr. Schajfter secretly tells this to every new grade 8 class, it does show lzis faith and hope in us. Whether we really are brilliant or gdted is for others to say, but we certainly have tried: We have, within our fold, a Grad, who in grade 8, by luck or by pluck, won the International Commonwealth Essay Competition, and since tlzen the school has been winning 1 st place internationally, every year. We lzave Nonalee Dong, wlto starred as tlze innocent and desireable Maria in Grade 10, in the school 's musical production of West Side Stotjy, and again in Gr. 12, despite her numerous commitments, starred as tlze desireable and not-so-innocent Euridice. We lzave John Graf the First XV Rugby captain, who has led the team to an unbroken string of victories culminating in the recent victotjv over the B. C. Team. We even have within our midst, a heroine - Tracy Pickett, who tnade the front page barely four weeks ago by jumping into the in- ner harbour to rescue a drowning woman, and who received a medal for her ejforts. Not to be outdone, Paul Sharpe on- ly two weeks ago returned from Ottawa with a gold medal in a National Science Fair competition. And, this is the only class who tried so hard in completing the dwcult West Coast Trail, that a helicopter rescue lzad to be called in to airlft out two cy' us who perhaps tried a little too hard. These efforts, and the ejorts ofmany others if this Graduating class too numerous to mention, are our response to the hope and faith the school has in us. 1 am certain that we will continue to ttjv and do our best in each of our respective futures. The school nzotto is one word: Vivat. When lfirst came to S. M. U. I thought it tneant, appropriately, Victotjv. I have found since then that the actual meaning ofthe word is long live ' '. So, tnay 1 wislz the school, the students who come after us, atzd tnost especially tny fellow graduates, long-lived Victories, and Happiness. Thankyou.

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