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

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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.

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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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