Wainwright High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Wainwright, Alberta Canada)

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7o £tuJU tU 01 7he W.cM.S. It is gratifying to know that you have definitely decided to have a High School Year Book : furthermore it is mjy hope that a continued annual publication be in store- Such a magazine is es¬ sential to a good school. It is of great value because it offers editorial and business experience to some, literary and artistic opportunities to all. Besides this you have for your own, the re¬ cord of the year’s activities and memories of those with whom you have worked and played, groaned and cheered. We cannot expect that every part of our work is going to be thrilling, interesting or pleasant, though occasionally it comes very near it- Having the ability to forge ahead over all obstacles in spite of boring tedium is the thing which leads to the gates ;e—success comes in “Can’s”: If you have the gift to battle with your school-work difficul¬ ties now, until you are complete master, the same power will help you in the more intricate tasks of life. As the citizens of tomorrow you will have great problems to face, and we teachers are only test-pilots who test earlier trials and hope that more will “crack- up”. For a few of the students this is probably the last time they will stand on the threshold endeared by all the associations con¬ nected with the High School life, and thus there comes the in¬ evitable sadness of departure. Speaking of that word departure bring to me the opportunity of bidding you one and all—Fare¬ well; may you have the good fortune to rise to success and hap¬ piness as Mature Canadians. Now as we go into the world to seek that success let us carry with us; let us put into practise that message : There is a little parting word Which few can say without a sigh, No wonder when its sound is heard It claims a tear from Friendship’s eye For who can say the last “good-bye” Without a pang of silent sorrow, To think that friends who now are nigh May be far distant on the morrow. FRANK J. KEINICK of success, or in shorter phras failure in Can’t’s.” 14

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Uncertain of the truths they knew, Not sure that they could stand to fate With all the courage of the great. Then came a day when they Their first bold venture made, Scorning to cry for aid. They dared to stand to fight alone, Took up the gauntlet life had thrown, Charged full-front to the fray. Mastered their fear of self, and then Learned that our great men are but men. Oh, Youth, go forth and do! You, too, to fame may rise; You can be strong and wise. Stand up to life and play the man— You can if you but think you can; The great were once as you. You envy them their proud success? ’Twas won with gifts that you possess. For it is my belief that any man who lives actively within his own sphere of influence, however limited it may seen to him, for the intellectual, spiritual, moral, and social betterment of himself and others, is indeed a great man. LILLIAN E. BLOOM, B-A., B.Ed.

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A fy cu WosuJU tf-tio-tn M . Qle+i Success is relative and in its measurement account should be taken of the use made of opportunities. Consider two students attending a High School. Let their names be John Jones and Bill Brown. John is considered to be slow—both mentally and physically. He finds it difficult to ac¬ complish more than a meagre showing in either sports or studies- Discouragements come to him frequently in the classroom and on the playing field. But John is game”. With courage and dili¬ gence he strives to improve his record. Yet in spite of his efforts he faces the prospect of receiving some C and D gradings on his school work. Bill Brown, on the other hand, is highly gifted. He is doing fairly good work with the expenditure of very little effort- His report card will probably show mostly B gradings. But the point is, that Bill’s record would doubtless be much better, if through the year he had applied himself with as much effort and courage as John has done and. inasmuch as he has failed to do so, Bill has in a sense been the less successful of the two boys. Since we are endowed with different degrees of capability, our responsibility is always that of being able to honestly say, “1 am making good account of my opportunities’’. Then we shall be able to conclude whether or not we have been successful. May next year and those to come be successful years for you. 15