Stratford Northwestern Secondary School - Norwester Yearbook (Stratford, Ontario Canada)

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Al Holt EDITOR ' S MESSAGE The function of a Yearbook is to capture the highlights and everyday events, in pictures and in words, then convey them to the students as fond memories. This is an arduous task and we have suffered our share of blood, toil, tears and sweat. However, we feel it has all been worth- while for we have a message — NORTHWESTERN HAS SCHOOL SPIRIT. We hone that vou will see this in the surrounding pages, in the words o the literary section, and in the faces of the sports section. I owe many thanks to manv people. I would like to thank my staff very much f or the excellent job they have done. I thank you for buying a book and having faith in us, Earl Filsinger for a well done job of advertising, Bill Ebel, Bill Jones, and Wendy Ballantvne for organizing Garnet and Grey Dav, the Enalish department for proofreading our copv, and the typists , Marilvn Meadows and Glenna Lupton. Concluding, I hope that we have fulfilled our promises made during the sales campaiqn. I f we have made you smile once and think I am a student of Northwestern Secondary School, then we will have accomplished our goal.

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PRINCIPAL ' S MESSAGE As I sat down to write this annual message, the horrible thought occurred to me that perhaps no one ever bothers to read what the principal has to say. The rest of the book is so lively, and reflects so much credit on those whose time, effort and talent have produced it, that it would not be too surprising if this page were neglected. However, in the unlikely event that there will be some readers, let me philosophize for a paragraph or two about what this school — and others like it — is all about. It is perhaps unfortunate that marks on examinations mean as much as they do in educational circles. But until other standards are accepted, we must use these marks as others do. However, examination marks are only one of the many results which a school like ours ought to be trying to achieve. As students, spending some years here, you are growing toward maturity in surroundings which, in many ways, resemble the outside world which you will soon enter. Your fellow-students are your co-workers; teachers are the bosses. It is hoped that you will learn how different people can be, and how you can adjust to others even if they are not much like yourself. Above all, it is hoped that you will learn to turn in an honest day ' s work. If, instead, you are learning how to dodge as much work as possible, you will have a very hard time holding a job in the outside world. Here are some other qualities which you should try to develop: cheerfulness, respect and consideration for other people and their property, helpfulness. Such qualities as these are so important that, if you have learned them, you are likely to be happy and successful even if your marks are not too wonderful.