West Elgin High School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (West Lorne, Ontario Canada)

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A large part of our character was moulded within these walls to pre- pare us for the steep path that lies ahead. But now may I offer a sugg- estion. I believe the art of thinking was not encouraged to develop to its fullest extent. These five years the high school curriculum has been so intensive that we have tried to ram facts into our minds and during examinations we simply regurgitated what we had absorbed. We have been trained to receive information but we ' have not been trained to apply this information to the every-day world of action. Suppose a mother told her child, Never cross the street until a policeman signals. Perhaps one day there is no policeman. Is the child to wait forever? Therefore wisdom cannot be told. It must be nurtured and developed throughout our entire education and not left to some future date. Similarly in class we must be encouraged to think out original answers to problems. There should be greater participation by students in class discussion on various topics where we can form and present our own ideas and then be criti- cized by members of our class. Only then can we acquire the ability to make mature judgements beyond school walls. We leave tonight but our places will be filled by others just as anxious, just as determined to succeed. Let us wish that our delightful and val- uable experiences will also be theirs. Dalia Andrulionis m v emonam FRANK McLARTY 1949 - 1963 Sadly missed by his classmates of 9A of which he was an hon- our graduate.

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JULIE HAVENS 1. Home Eoonom 2. Find a cure fo BARTLETT HEV.INGS 1. French teacher 2. V.W. salesman 3. Good grief! I ' ve been £ FELIX JANOSKA 1. To live it up 2. Girl Scout 3. Lets go to Glencoe 4. Fritzel or Brother de PATRICIA JOHNSTON 1. Math teacher 2. No future 3. I got for all about it 4. P.J. KENNETH OKOI.IS N VICTORIA OKOLISAN 1. Teacher 2. Parachute Jumper 3. For Pete ' s Sake 4. Vicky WILLIAM HIED 1. Zoology teach 2. Selling kilts 3. Get lost 4. Willie L aledictoru Arclcii ¥ ireSS ■Ail JOHN RIPLEY 1. Car designer 2. Educated bum 3. You Rat Fink, Yo 4. Rack The word valedictory is derived from the Latin dico meaning I say and vale meaning farewell. We, the class of 1963 bid farewell to West Elgin District High School. Fittingly we feel joy tinged with sadness this night. We are joyful because we have reached the goal which we set five years ago. We are sad because never again will we meet as this group is to-night. Indeed the time for parting has come all too soon. As Edith Painton once wrote: We wonder, shall we meet again? . And idly question Where and when? . And so we bravely try to tell these friends. Good-by but not farewell . On behalf of the graduates I wish to express our gratitude to the community and the school board for providing us with the facilities for our education and the wire management thereof. We give sincerest thanks to all our teachers. They have indeed been very patient and tolerant with us. They have implanted in each brain and heart the germs of knowledge. But by far not the least we thank our parents. Not only have they provided for our material needs but they have been our guiding light. Theirs is the never endingtask of encouraging us to follow the path of learning.

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c ommencement 1963 riday, October 25, was the night chosen (or the lation exercises at West Elgin District High School. he evening commenced with a banquet, enjoyed by .e graduates and their parents. The commencement amme was headed by the processional of the grad- to the music played by Jane Miller. Diplomas then presented to the honour graduates and to the al commercial. Bursaries were awarded to Ingrid ler, David McDougall, Karen Griffin, Ted Varga, rley Lamb and Diane Matchett. ilia Andrulionis, an honour graduate and valedic- 1 excepted the valedictorian shield. Special a- wards were also received by-Carol Black, Carol Stalker, Anne Carruthers, Bartlett Hewings, Catherine Johnson, Dalla Andrulionis, Ingrid Kremer and Joel Kennedy. The commencement address was delivered by John Meyers, a member of the Rehabilitation Foundation. Mr. Meyers told of various instances when this organ- ization had helped other handicapped people as well as himself. Mr. Lancaster spoke a few appropriate words to close the commencement for another year. TheEditorsregret that the photographs of Com- encement were irregretably spoiled by an Accident. L-R: Joel Kennedy, Carol Black, Catherine Johnson, Ingrid Kremer. Dalia Andrulionis, Bart Hewings Carol Stalker, Anne Carruthers. i ;