Victoria High School - Victorian Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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Our ' Priucifeafo TfCetoaye The 1964 Victorian, as this is written in mid-January, has made considerable progress toward completion. Under the direction of Staff Adviser Mrs. Lambert and Editor Glenda Lamont, the yearbook staff is striving for a book of merit. Your student union, your assemblies, your athletic and social activities will be remembered for their consistent exce llence. There should be no doubt about your achievement on the final examinations if you uphold your record throughout the balance of the year. In fact, your teachers expect that 1964 will be one of Vic’s finest because of the remarkable potential you have shown. On behalf of the instnictional staff of V.C.H.S., I should like to commend your class on its record of leadership, achievement, and cooperation during the past three years. We have every reason to be proud of your contribution. The Class of 1964 will face a world which is strug¬ gling to cope with a fantastic rate of change and prog¬ ress. Perhaps a few examples will help you to appre¬ ciate the volcanic power of this scientific revolution. Ninety per cent of all the scientists who have ever lived are alive today; twenty years ago, ten mathematicians served all industry, while today the computers alone require the services of 200,000; ten per cent of all the electricity generated in the world today is used by one atomic energy plant whereas twenty years ago nuclear science was virtually unknown; of all the children in elementary schools, fifty per cent will be employed as adults in occupations which do not exist today; ninety per cent of all the drugs we now use were developed in the last ten years. In view of figures such as these, any scientific projections we make today, will probably turn out to be tame prophecies. This is the world into which you graduate. Look ahead, choose an objective and plan your course so that you may have a significant part in its exciting future. Since the dawn of time, man has responded to the lure of Ultima Thule—- the farthest land, the fabled region lying somewhere beyond the remote horizon. The lure has led him to suffering, to victory, to death. Most of us feel the attraction of Ultima Thule; we respond in spirit if not in body to the challenge of far places. I believe that as graduates of Vic you have the pre¬ requisites to reach your Ultima Thule. You have had one of the best schools in Canada, one of the finest instructional staffs and the fellowship of classmates second to none. If these advantages are strengthened by your desire and effort, you will face the world in 1964 with confidence. As you leave the halls of Vic for the sterner demands of more advanced education and training or directly into the world of employment, we hope you will take with you a love of learning, an ability to work, a facility to discipline yourself; a sound scale of values and an appre¬ ciation of the fine ideals your teachers have instilled. I hope you will always associate these ideals with your memories of Victoria Composite High School. Then, I know, these last words of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt will have meaning for you . . . The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.” To the Class of ' 64 our very best wishes for an ex¬ citing and satisfying future. C. M. Hollingsworth Page 9