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

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EDITORIAL STAFF .... Front Row - Miss Nora Quigley. B.A., Ed Davies. Marietta Campbell, Bruce Campbell. Martin Prachowny, David Feduzzi, Mr. Gordon Garrod, B.A. Second Row - Donald Daley, Eleanor Reynolds, Donna Watson, Maria Huige, Beth Hinnegan. 'Mary Stevens. Dean Whitteker, Al Mann. Third How - Gary Cooper. Harry Tarr, Gary Trampleasure, Iohn Burnett, Iames Sutherland. Editor-in-Chief - Bruce Campbell. Assistant Editors W Martin Prachowny, Marietta Campbell. Business Manager - Harry Tarr. Advertising Manager - Ed Davies. Assistant - Al Mann. Circulation Manager - Donald Daley. Literary Editor f Mary Stevens. Assistant - Maria Huige. Sports Editor - Beth Hinnegan. Assistant f James Sutherland. Photography Editor - David Feduzzi. Social Editor g Dean Whitteker. Assistant - Gary Cooper. Student Activities - Eleanor Reynolds. Music Editor - Donna Watson. Assistant - Gary Trampleasure. Alumni Editor - Al Mann. Art Editor - John Burnett. Staff Advisors - Mr. Gordon Garrod. B.A. - Miss Nora Quigley, B.A. -1g-

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EDITORIAL . . . This edition of 'Actiana' marks the cul- mination of the wholehearted efforts of my staff in producing for you what we hope is a clear and exact picture of school activities for the 1954-1955 school year. This institut- ion of which each of us is a part has enjoyed constant growth not only physically but also spiritually for the past five years. The prime goal of every school is a degree of education which will be unequalled and envied for some time to come, and if we are to attain this goal, each must play his or her part and strive for standards yet unclaimed by any other institution. The corridors of this building boom with continual activity each adding to the development of character and to the fellow- ship and education already gained. Educat- ion is an advantage not easily obtained and knowledge grasped either in an active parti- cipation in class or in recreation is an asset BRUCE CAMPBELL which is of no little importance. In this world of today in which education plays such an important part in developing the forces of Good and Evil, one does well to remember that through the activities, friendships and good habits developed at school the influence for Good is nurtured and that for Evil is suppressed. The evil that men do lives after themg The good is oft interred with their bones. This quotation from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar could well be applied to the present activities of this confused world and if we are to outweigh the forces of evil at work today we must be prepared to use our education to dispell the dark clouds of despair and write for the pages of history a clear comprehensive story of conquests begun and finished in the interest of this Christian Nation. I men- tion this to each student as it is with us that the future of this country lies and if we are to carry it through to the top we must learn how to give and take or- ders to the best of our ability. This we learn through contact with teacher and student, and if it is to be conducted in a harmonious manner, we must each realize our individual capacity and hence attempt to discipline ourselves accord- ingly. With these thoughts, and this record of our activities for the past year, I sincerely hope each of us may strive to create for Wallaceburg District High School a name which will command respectg a school spirit which will extend friendship and a pride equal in magnitude to our school motto, Sapientia Hom- inum Custos . R. B. CAMPBELL Editor-In-Chief -17..

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STUDENT COUNCIL .... First Row - Eileen Bechard. Greta McFadden. Annie Van Vliet, Mary Ann Wraighl. 'Miss C. Zavilz. Nadine McGregor, Nancy Simpson. Beth Hinnegan. Rachel Bril. Second Row - Lyle Stokes. Fred Lindsay. Dick Sadlier. Marie Morrison. Barbara Wesley. Carol Webster. Bruce Hunter. lim Capes, Alan Mann. Paul Glasgow. Third Row - lack Watson. Douglas Campbell. Gordon Davies. Bruce Campbell. Ed Davies. Wayne Willan. lack Burgess. LITERATURE AND YOUTH .... The processes of nature provide the running stream with a crystal clear- ness. Youth has been provided with a clear and active mind. Opinions are formed by what is read, heard an seen. Just as a stream will become muddied if enough of the wrong kind of soil is allowed to enter the stream, similarly if the mind is subjected to enough of the wrong kind of literature it will become soiled and perhaps drugged so it cannot reach the limitless horizons of great literature. The test of literature through all time is, does it raise your ideals or does it lower them? Does it help to build a better world? Books that are worthwhile last through the years. while the remaining books are quickly submerged in the ranks of forgotten literature. Books with unclean thoughts are books for the student to leave unread. lt is beyond the comprehension, the number and variety of well-written books with uplifting ideals, from which a student may choose. Literature is a means of learning and if a student could only realize the tremendous importance of his choice of books, he would choose more thoughtfully the literary pebbles they let fall into the pool of their mind. Tom Brunt -19-