United College Collegiate - Tric Tics Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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FOR WINNIPEG’S HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES You are about to take an important step in deciding on the career that is best suited to your qualifications and ambitions. The Great-West Life, an expanding and progressive international comp¬ any, offers a wide range of positions to meet varied qualifications. With head office in Winnipeg, the Great- West Life can provide excellent opportunities for intelligent, ambitious young men and women. Your Future is Our Busim GIeat-West Life FUTURE with you PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT THE GREAT-WEST LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LOMBARD AVE. WINNIPEG Ask tor this Pamphlet—Today Page Fifteei

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(fauU XII ' l cdedtcfo’Uf Mr. Chairman, Honored Guests, Dr. Graham, Members of the Faculty, Ladies and Gentle¬ men, Fellow Students: , like many students all over Canada who are graduating this year, are saying goodbye to our childhood schooldays. We have been like a bird, sheltered and guided through our childhood by the love and understanding of our parents. They have taught us honesty, respect and obedience, all vital qualities amongst men. We have been taught how to work and live in harmony with other people in this corrupt world of today, and this individual harmony will help to promote world peace. We are deeply grateful to our parents for the wonderful preparations and sacrifices that they have so freely made, that we may ' be able to stand here today and receive our diplomas. Now we are ready to proceed alone. The flight will be rough and tedious at times, and we must ' be ready to weather many storms before the sky is clear. Without the encourage¬ ment and guidance of our parents, our first flight would be dangerous. Graduation is to us like the flight of a bird. We anticipate disappointment and are somewhat leery of the trip ahead, but a natural progressive instinct draws us from our nests into a new world full of opportunities. Canada is just such a “New World”. She is a country of endless opportunities and a land whose potentialities are only now being recognized, a land whose resources of oils and minerals are only now being evaluated. It is these resources, which are so freely offered to other nations not so fortunate, that will give our generation, and those who come after us, the privilege and yet the great responsibility of leading Canada to greater prosperity. This leader¬ ship in world affairs, which seems to be Canada’s destiny, is undoubtedly the result of the willingness of the Canadian people to live and work in harmony with people of all races and creeds. They ask for nothing as a nation that they will not offer to others, and they are freely offering to work with backward nations without hope of personal gain, in the belief that this is God’s way of life. We demand only that our privileges of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom to choose our own work and way of life, be left with us, and so long as we retain the true spirit of democracy within us, we will have no fear. Regarding Canada as a nation, we cannot but realize that what we have and enjoy now is greatly attributable to the men and women, who, as pro¬ fessors, lecturers and teachers, have devoted so much of their lives to the education of an often unwilling Looking backward, we cannot praise each indi¬ vidual teacher enough for his assistance. They have helped us mold our character, and their eagerness has been an inspiration to us to seek higher and better things. To these teachers who have devoted even their spare time for our advancement, in spite of our neglected homework and often half-hearted co¬ operation, goes our deepest gratitude. Without this guidance we would have fluttered and fallen on our first flight. We shall never forget the wonderful school spirit, and the enthusiasm in all events, which we experi¬ enced in our last year at Collegiate in United College. We have enjoyed participating in the sports and in the students’ organization. We shall always remember the long corridors through which we strolled every day, and the many stairs down which we raced at the end of every class. Toni’s was our second home— a place of laughter and ear-splitting noise, as new friends joined in happy conversation. We are leaving behind many friendships formed this past year and it greatly saddens us to do so. We have associated closely with people of different races and creeds, and have truly learned the value of friendship. We are also bidding farewell to Principal Graham, who is leaving the College after many years of devoted service, and express most sincerely the thanks and appreciation of this graduating class. He has been respected and admired by the students, past and present, and I would like to extend, on their behalf, a most earnest wish for a long and happy period of rest and relaxation. To his successor, Dr. Lockhart, we give a most cordial welcome and an assurance of co-operation in his daily work. In concluding, I would like to thank the students of this graduating class for choosing me to give this farewell speech on their behalf. I wish them every success in their future flight and, with God’s help, I know they will succeed. CAROL LONGLEY Page Fourteen

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