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

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' W St«M... Editor-in-Chief . Advertising Manager . Literary Editor . Photography . Ted Nicholas, Gary Swan Faculty Advisers.J. D. Murray, A. D. Longman .Ken Rentz .Paul Nusgart .George Botchett Business Manager . Assistant . Jacqueline Garson .Dave Smith I T IS with great affection that this issue of “Trie Tics” is dedicated to Principal Graham on the eve of his retirement as principal of United College. The staff of “Trie Tics” joins with the Faculty and student body in wishing Principal Graham God’s blessing in his retirement. Once again graduation time comes to the Collegiate Department of United College to climax a year’s work, study and fun; a year that has broadened our think¬ ing and outlook on life and has, in no small way, prepared us to face life with its many complexities. We, who have spent a year of work and study together, will now separate and take different paths. Some of us will return next year for more advanced studies; some will go elsewhere for training; some will enter the business world in order to make a living; but whatever we do or wherever we go we carry with us a common bond—that of being part of the tradition of United College. Whatever we do or wherever we go we shall share that common bond, not only with the 1954-55 graduating class, but with all those who in the past have been part of this tradition and those who are yet to come. This tradition of which we are a part is based on the motto: “Lux et Veritas Floreant”—Light and Truth Flourish. The College itself is dedicated “To the Glory of God and the Advancement of Sound Learning.” This tradition has produced many great men and women in every walk of life. In the field of politics, education, theology, business; in short, in almost every walk of life, men and women who have made important contributions to society. It is indeed a privilege and an honor to Ibe a part of such a tradition. “What next?” is the thought of many students. “Where do I go from here?” One of the greatest needs of society today is the need for educated young people. Young people who are willing to face the pressing problems of the world today and attempt to solve them. If it is at all possible, we should consider the possibility of furthering our education in order to help fill this need. However, whatever we decide to do, whether it be higher education, a profession or a career in the business world, let us always rememlber that we are a part of a living tradition and do our utmost to live up to that tradition. I would like to express my sincerest thanks to the members of the Faculty Who so ably and unselfishly gave of their time to guide us in the publication of this book. Also to the members of the “Trie Tics” committee for their co-operation and zeal. It was a wonderful experience to work with them. On behalf of the committee, I would like to express appreciation and thanks to those students who sold advertising, helped in the preparation of the material for printing, and those who submitted material for the Literary Section and ideas for a cover. In closing, may I wish everyone the best of luck and God’s blessing in what ever the future may hold. K.R. Page Five

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IIIIK FACULTY ASST. DEAN J. D LONGMAN, M. J. MOORE, B. | ( k 4 K 4m I 1 1 MORRISON, B.A., L.L.B. L. A. TOMLINSON, B.Sc. W. A. RUTHERFORD, B.A.

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“Ttle Vaice “7%e ’PiiocifraC ■ “And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Sampson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets . . .” “All these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had fore¬ seen something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.” “ Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.” Selected from Hebrews 11:32-12:2 I have chosen as my theme for this farewell message to the collegiate these selections from the Epistle to the Hebrews. I have done so because it is always stimu¬ lating, if not exciting, to find people living widely apart in time and space saying much the same things and adopting much the same attitudes to life. There is such a correspondence between this passage from the Epistle to the Hebrews and some words written by Edmund Burke, the great 18th century English states¬ man and orator, 1,600 years and more after this Epistle was written. “Society,” wrote Burke, “is a partnership in all science, a partnership in all art, a partnership in every virtue and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be attained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be bom.” 1. The first point of similarity between these two writers which strikes us is that they both react to contemporary life in much the same way. Neither of them was content to play the role of spectator, to stand aside and merely look on at the human struggle as it worked itself out in his own com¬ munity in his own time. Each felt himself to be closely and significantly involved in that struggle. They use different figures of speech to express this feeling but the import of these is the same. The writer of Hebrews uses the figure of an athletic contest held in a stadium packed with witnesses. To him there is nothing casual about life. It demands of him the dedication of all his powers to achieve a distant goal over a rugged course. Concurrently it demands of him the self-discipline by virtue of which one makes choices between lesser and greater values. 2. There is, in the second place, another point of similarity between them which, because of this, be¬ comes more striking and significant. The writer of Hebrews and the great Burke are alike in this that they feel the present to be an outgrowth of the past. To them the social process is a genetic process. This means that they conceive civilized society as a growth, not a mere structure, as a tree with roots imbedded deep in the past, the very life of which de¬ pends upon maintaining the vitality of those roots.