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

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DEDICATION The students of Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School would like to dedicate this 1974 yearbook to the memory of Dave Pike. Although Dave was a late-comer to the school, he became one of the gang as soon as we discovered his infinite good humor and willingness to participate. Dave was of incomparable help when it came to hospitality. Winter weekends will never be the same without Dave howling down the ski slopes in his burgundy, orange, yellow and white school jacket. The image of Dave wearing his Levis , shirt and knotted tie, strolling casually down the rotunda with one hand in his pocket and the other holding Math 20 books, is vivid to us all. VVe'll always remember Dave at our barndances, birthday parties, Christmas parties, bonfires, Wei- ner roasts and brandings. Dave was always willing to lend a hand when a shelter had to be provided or a clean-up job was needed. Having lost a friend is a new experience for most of us. It is impossible to say how much we miss Dave and how much we grieve for his family. The empty space left by Dave will always be filled with happy memories because he himself was such a happy person and gave so much happiness to everyone who knew him. 4

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ADDRESS BY BRIGADIER-GENERAL GORDON SELLAR, C.D., DIRECTOR GENERAL RESERVES AND CADETS, AND A FORMER STUDENT OF STRATHCONA SCHOOL FOR BOYS I am delighted to be here at your prizegiving today. You are indeed fortunate young people to be at this excellent school and in these magnificent surroundings. When I was 11 - 14 years of age I used to keep a pony on a picket on the empty lots near our house in Elbow Park. In the winter I used to put him on a farm near here and always two of the most pleasant rides of the year were those when I brought him out here in the fall and back in the spring. Now just a few thoughts for you young people, some of whom are finished at this school and others who will be back in September. I would like you to think with me for a few minutes about what it means for you to be a Canadian. Not a Westerner, not an Albertan, not a Calgarian, not an Okotoksian but a Canadian. You know we Albertans and Westerners for many years talked about those Easterners who had all the money, all the factories, all the head offices, all the Cabinet Ministers and how they were running the country for themselves and didn't care about us. Those Easterners weren't very interested in us then as there weren't many of us, we didn't have very much, they had never been here and didn't particularly want to come as they figured they had everything where they were. Now things are different. The West is rich, particularly B.C. and Alberta. They have enormous resources, factories, petrochemical plants, oil, gas, coal, iron ore, lumber, pulp and on and on'i. There are six or seven million people in the West and all Canada now knows it's here and important. Now I suggest that we as Westerners must not become as the Easterners were or as we perceived them to be just fat and happy with their own lot and never mind anyone else. We Westerners must strive to be real Canadians as well as Westerners. How do you do this? First and foremost you must learn a lot about your own country. First by reading and study and then by travelling whenever you can. So many Canadians have been to California or Florida or Europe yet have never crossed the boundary of the next province. How many of you here have been to the states but never to Saskatchewan and I assure you Saskatchewan is truly a much more beautiful province than most states to your south. How many of you and your parents have been to Europe to see and enjoy their culture but haven't been to Quebec or the Maritimes to see and understand theirs. You probably know more about American history, geography, culture and politics than you do Canadian. I suggest then the first step in being a Canadian is to learn and understand as much as possible about your own country and its people. It is a fascinating country, large, diverse and extraordinarily different from one area to the next. I suggest that some of you, once you have learned a lot about Canada and become an openminded Canadian, should strive to do what you can to unite Canada and make it strong. Maybe you can do this as a teacher, a business man or women, a minister or maybe enter federal politics. In my opinion, with many exceptions land particularly if there are any federal politicians here todayl the West and Alberta has not been well represented in Ottawa. Partly this is because not many Albertans want to live in Ottawa. I live there and assure you it is a lovely city to live in lfor a while anywayl. If you do, try and represent Alberta partly as an Albertan but partly as a Canadian so you can do and understand what is best for Canada and for Alberta. Now you girls! Where do you go from here. Are you going to be women's libbers, professional athletes, engineers, business women or wives and mothers. The door is open to do as you wish as I think it has always been so choose what you think you should and would like to do. Don't decide to be an engineer just to compete with or show the men you can compete. Do be a heavy equipment operator or a doctor if that is what you really want to do. For many of you I suggest the most exciting challenging career you could dream of is to be a dynamic wife and mother. I suggest that the problems we are having with a few of our youths today are because some of our mothers and fathers are neglecting their jobs as parents and are too busy making money or pampering themselves to devote sufficient time to their children. The greatest satisfaction a man or woman can have is to have a happy family life with well adjusted children going out into the world to be good Canadians. I recommend that all of you develop hobbies and sports that you take part in and enjoy. I believe in the work ethic lat least a few hours a dayl but don't work all the time. Don't make work your hobby. Too many of my generation have done this and are dying from heart attacks and obesity every day. Learn to relax and enjoy your spare time - you will enjoy life, last longer, be better people and get more work done as well. Thank you for inviting my wife and I to be here with you today. Congratulations to all you prize winners and to all who competed and played the game.

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HEADMASTER'S MESSAGE WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT GOING TO STRATHCONA-TWEEDSMUIR? Those of you at the School may find some of what I am saying a little humourous for you know what is different about going to S.T.S. Those of you who are older will perhaps have said the same things in different ways. There is not one easy phrase to sum up this difference but I am going to try to put into words what I feel the difference is. First of all, it is not the bus ride, for many,many students ride buses, it is not the uniform, although this is a part of itg it is not the facilities or the setting but this is a part of it. No, I feel it is the spirit or the feeling of the place that is the difference. All of the people that are part of the Strathcona-Tweedsmuir family add to this spirit and feeling. Because we are small enough to call ourselves a family, the spirit of each one of us comes out and affects each and every one of us. There is a feeling of concern that permeates the atmosphereg concern from teacher about teachers. We all care and we all matter. This is why perhaps, our School is a bit tougher than some other schools. We know that life today requires a great deal of stamina, a great deal of toughness and so we want our lives at the School to be realistic and not soft or easy. We want those who go on to higher education to know what they are getting into and arrive at university knowing what hard work is and how to do it. We want those who go into the professions, into business, into any job, to know how to compete and how to strive for excellence. So we show our concern by making the School something that is not average. The School is not average nor is it mediocre. We work harder and we play harder. We do not look for the easy way out. We hope that each and every one of us can let the love that is within us come out so that in our dealings with each other the genuiness of our concern, our feelings radiates about us. An S.T.S'er should have at the least, gained from this loving concern the following 3 S's . Standards, Strength and Style. By Standards I mean standards of behaviour as well as standards of work and play. Standards that show up in our public and private lives because we are proud of them. We are not afraid to take a stand - to show our standards when we run into groups or individuals that do not have the standards we do. Strength - strength of mind and body and character to do battle with those things we encounter in life that we know are beneath our standards. We don't get this strength by taking the easy way. Style - the prepossession of a person, the dignity of a person that shows those around him or her that here is a different kind of person. Here is a person with self control. Here is a courteous person that knows how to behave in all kinds of situations because that person has learned good manners. Here is a tolerant person that can understand other people, their weaknesses and their foibles. Here is a kind person. One who goes out of his or her way to be helpful, to find ways to make the other persons job easier. So this is what is different about going to Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School. We are all trying to build our standards, our strengths and our style by putting together a School. A School where consideration for others is not a motto or a catch phrase but a way of life.