Wallaceburg District Secondary School - Actiana Yearbook (Wallaceburg, Ontario Canada)

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A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL .... Once again it is my happy privilege to offer to you, the students of W.D.H.S. my congratulations on the successful complet- ion of the second edition of Actiana since moving into the new school. I would like to congratulate particularly the members of the year book committee. The year book has an important place in the life of the school, and it is most encouraging to find so many students willing to sacrifice time and effort in order to make possible such a worthwhile enterprise. May I offer to the members of the graduating classes my hearty felicitations on the successful completion of your Second- ary School studies. Your brief sojurn of four or five years has merely been your nov- itiate during which you have been engaged in learning more and more about less and less. This is known as specialization, and it will become more evident as you proceed to institutions of higher learning. If in this preliminary stage you have achieved the pro- per objective, of learning how to think rather than what to think, you are in- deed to be congratulated. The ability to think for yourself, to walk alone, was never more needed than in this period of propaganda and mass thinking. W. C. F. WEIR We are living in a rapidly changing world with atomic energy much in the foreground. The demand for well qualified scientists was never greater or more essential. Our educational system is attempting to keep pace with the rapid change around us. However in spite of the demand for scientists the abil- ity to use your native language with fluency and power and to write it gram- matically and neatly is of paramount importance. Your daily life will demand skill and accuracy in mathematics and a good general knowledge of many other subjects. Permit me to encourage all of you to read widely. Good citizenship de- mands a keen knowledge of the world and its affairs and the ability to discuss them with others. It is the duty of our schools to produce leaders and conscien- tious thinkers in our community, national and international sphere. An ancient philosopher wrote There is no royal road to learning and his statement is as true today as it was two thousand years ago. Many aids have been devised and developed in the last century, but he who desires an education must pay for it with his own individual sincere effort. Education involves a cer- tain amount of sacrifice. It may be necessary to forgo more attractive activities in order to accomplish the task at hand. Be steadfast in your objectives and you will surely succeed. Now, members of the graduating class, we wish you continued health, happiness and success. Of the first two of these, health and happiness, nothing more need be said. In connection with success, may I quote from Albert Ein- stein: Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury- - - to me these have al- ways been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind. Or, If I may quote again: For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? This thought is valid in religion, literature, economics and politics, in every walk of life. W. C. F. WEIR Principal -15-