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

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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.

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HEADMASTER'S MESSAGE tThe Headmaster's Annual Message for 1972-1973 has been taken from the Headmaster's Address delivered at the closing exercises, june 23, 1973. Space does not permit us to include the entire speech.J The conversation between Funk and his friend, reported in the newspaper, went some- thing like this: Boy, the last day of school sure was noisy. All that cheering and shouting and dancing around. Funky replies: Yes, and the kids made a lot of noise too. I must say that the last day of school was rather pleasant at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School. I was proud of the deportment of our students. So much is heard about the bad things that young people do that perhaps some of them believe that this is the way the majority behaves. This is not the case, and particularly, it is not the case at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir. We are proud of our students and today, that of our Closing Exercises, in some manner, is a day to recognize all the good things that have happened. The Worth Commission Report, A Choice of Futures, supports The promotion and main- tenance of another kind of differentiated insti- tution - the community school. A community school is one that provides for the intermingling of persons of differing ages, sexes, intelligence, socio-economic status, and ethnic origin as a basis for building mutual respect and under- standing. This is certainly the case at Strathcona- Tweedsmuir and has been the case since our school began. Our community-school has for its community people from all over Calgary and the neighbouring area. You, as parents, as friends, as Board, as teachers represent the Strathcona- Tweedsmuir community. All of you are respon- sible for the success of Strathcona-Tweedsmuir and even though we are here to recognize excel- lence in our pupils, we are partly here to express our gratitude to all of you who contribute so much in time and talent to our success. I would personally and publicly like to thank all my staff for the dedication and hard work they have contributed to the success of this year. We are building one year on another and this our second year has been a foundation year where the tremendous effort by the staff ensures that next year will be an even more successful one with many exciting plans already underway. I would be negligent indeed if I did not, on your behalf, on behalf of the school, thank the ladies of the Ladies' Auxiliary for the many volun- teer tasks they have undertaken this year - the Living Skills program, the Library Assistance Pro- gram, the School Fair. These ladies have also given the school so many gifts both small and large. Ladies, if I have failed to mention some- thing it is not because we do not appreciate the countless things you do for us. We are so fortunate to have the calibre of women and men on our Board of Governors who have, this past year, worked countless hours as the parents' representatives for the good of the school. For the Chairman and all the Governors our gratitude is most sincere . I must get in one final parting shot at our graduating class. All year I have stressed that our lives depend on three basics. The first is God, a superior and guiding influence which is good, not evil, kind, not thoughtless, continually for- giving, never vindictive. My personal belief is that it is essential that you continue to struggle and search for the Truth I call God and not give up this struggle for a nothing or void. Study and search for the rest of your lives to find your God. The second basic is our country and the traditions and principles which have made us a most favoured people in the world. You must continue to study our heritage, our history, our political and economic past, for it is by knowing what our fathers and their fathers did that you will be guided in how you attack your life. Your forefathers took a chance and gambled in a new country. They did not ask to be given anything, they went out and worked for their successes. They believed in Canada and that in this land they could use their talents to make a full and successful life for themselves and you, their off- spring. Tackle life in the same spirit. Take a chance and don't look for someone else to do it for you. Do it yourself and Canada will continue to be the best land. Finally, the third basic that I have stressed this year, after God and Canada, is yourself. You all have the potential for greatness. We at Strath- cona-Tweedsmuir have given you of what we have and your parents have given of themselves. Now it is up to you. If you will spend a little time and think of yourself, you will find many strengths and a few weaknesses. Alright. Know yourself. Capitalize on your strengths and use them for all they are worth. Your health, your mind, your body, your spirit. Use your good health, fine mind, strong body and enthusiastic spirit to overcome any obstacle and to overcome any weakness you know you have. Nothing can stop you.