Strathcona Tweedsmuir School - Paidia Yearbook (Okotoks, Alberta Canada)

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I I I 1972-73 A SOUVENIR RECORD OF THE SECOND YEAR OF STRATHCONA-TWEEDSMUIR SCHOOL OKOTOKS, ALBERTA 1

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CHAIRMAN' S ADDRESS CFrom the address given by the Chairman of the Board of Govrenors, Mr. E. David Dover, at the School Closing Exercises, june 23, 19735. Our goal during the past two years has been to establish a solid academic base on which the future of the school can be built. I would especially like to thank the individuals who have contributed to our goals, and they include the teachers, the administration, the friends of the school, the pupils, and, of course, the parents and members of our Society. In fact all of you who are gathered here today. I say again to you all, thank you, for your support. As you may know the school is a society incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta. The parents of our students are auto- matically members of the Society. So, in fact, this is your school. The Board of Governors and the staff would like you to know that we need and welcome your creative ideas concerning the school. These ideas can be communicated either to the Headmaster or to any member of the Board of Governors. The end of our school year always brings certain changes to our staff. It is with regret that I announce that Mme. Pauline Blotti, Mrs. Joanne Cox, Mrs. Maida Shaefer, Mrs. Coreen Steiger and Mrs. Marjorie Stiles are leaving our school and we wish them well in their new situations. I would like you all to know that your efforts were appreciated and I hope you will keep in touch with us. Three years ago the two independent schools of Strathcona and Tweedsmuir were amal- gamated. We were extremely fortunate that a number of teachers from the two founding schools joined our combined staff at the new school. You will all be disappointed to learn that one of these original teachers, Mrs. Rose Mabee, intends to retire. Mrs. Mabee has taught at the two schools for a combined total of fifteen years. While we will all miss her, we would like to express to Mrs. Mabee our sincere gratitude. Her loving concern for her students combined with a high standard of professionalism, engendered in her pupils affection, respect and academic in- terest. To the students, and especially to the grad- uating class, I would like to address a few words. My first job with the Board of Governors was to ask people for funds so that the present facili- ties could be constructed. The primary reason that people supported the school is that they believed there is no greater gift one generation can pass on to another than the opportunity of fine education. This gift, unlike a material be- quest, is ever with you. It cannot be legislated against or diluted by taxation. It need not be insured against theft or holocaust. I hope you have realized the maximum potential of this gift. I hope also that you realize its challenge. You are living in the most exhilarating, stim- ulating and promising age in the history of man- kind. Never forget that, historically, people have often had to live dangerously, precariously. But the attitude of adventure towards the solving of life's problems is, quite literally, the key to civili- zation. If a sense of adventure is the key, educa- tion is the tool. I speak not only of education as a training for entrance into business or the professions, but as a study of the great achievements of mankind through science, history, philosophy, literature, languages, fine arts and the like. And the intellec- tual perceptions we acquire through such studies enable us To stand on a giant's shoulders and see afar. It enables us to find the best and in- spires us to identify ourselves with the best as far as we are able. So then, education in this sense gives quality to living. For it is not enough, is it, merely to exist, to pass, to get by? We need to live enormously, on the crest of a wave, in order to find meaning, in order to find our own assigned place in the universal scheme. I believe that it is every man and woman's duty to him or herself to find this place, not only on a local modern level, but on a universal scale. Having decided on a path, and having aimed with a single-minded determination at a star, we all occasionally need a renewal of courage. To paraphrase Emerson: Trust thyself. Great men and women have always done so. The power which is in you is new in nature. None but you know what it is that you can do, nor do you know until you have tried.