Westdale Secondary School - Le Raconteur Yearbook (Hamilton, Ontario Canada)

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From the Editors ' 4. 14,25 f' 711 fy JILL HARROP JERRY LEVY BILL MUIR Editor-in-Clzief Assistant Editor Assistant Editor THE SCHOOL YEAR Once again the school year draws to a close, and the time has come for all good students to think back and evaluate the year's work. In so doing, all students will undoubtedly re- member homework, hours of study, and the frustration and tension of examinations. Un- fortunately, we shall also recall those assign- ments and duties left undone. The end of the school year is a time for retrospect and evaluation. It is especially valuable to the students of the graduating class who can look back upon the four or five years of their high school careers. In ad- dition to scholastic achievements, they will also recall parties, dances, the operettas, the rehearsals and performances of Our Town , the New York trip, sports on the field and in the gym, and many other extra-curricular activities in which they played an important part. We in the lower grades wish them all success and happiness in the roads along which they choose to travel. We will 'take the good from the example they have set and strive for the same high standards of self-discipline and scholastic achievements that they did. In evaluating the success or failure of the past year, many of us will look back to our work on this yearbook. The magazine is not the result of the work of a single student or group of students, but involves many, many students and teachers. I should like to take this opportunity to thank all the editors and their committees, who have contributed gener- ously of their time and efforts throughout the whole year. A special thanks goes to the teacher advisers, and particularly Mr. Mc- Cord, without whose patience and guidance this edition of Le Raconteur would never have been possible. On behalf of the staff of Le Raconteur, I should like to wish you all possible success and happiness in the years to come. We hope this magazine fulfils your expectations and recalls to your memories the most pleasant experiences during the past year at Westdale. Jill Harrop. CANADA'S PLACE IN THE WORLD When South Africa was forced 'to leave the Commonwealth of Nations over its policy of apartheid, Canada, along with the Afro-Asian countries, played a leading role in forcing the ultimate issue. What are the implications for the student of today and the leaders of tomorrow? Firstly, because of the strong action taken at the conference, we must now realize that the Commonwealth is not merely a vestige of Imperial Britain, not a social amenity between Britain and her former colonies. It is, on the contrary, an organization with certain strong, concrete principles: the only organization -in the world in which black man meets white across the conference table and knows that his voice has equal, if not greater power. Secondly, we must see that Canada does not violate any of the ideals to which it pledged itself at the conference last March. We should make sure that we as individuals and Canada as a nation always represent the ideals of the Land of Opportunity. If we do these simple things, Canada and the Commonwealth can maintain its place in the world as a truly universal organization and can work unhesitatingly for peace in our time and the true brotherhood of all men. Jerry Levy.

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TEACHER ADVISERS - MAGAZINE Ist row: Mr. State, Miss Dixon, Mr. McCord, Mrs. Sheridan, Mr McAndreW. 2nd row: Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Hodd Mrs. Dain, Mr. Richardson. ADVERTISING STAFF - MAGAZINE Ist row: J. Litster, B. Bastei, N. Coolsina, Mrs. Dain, D. Corn- mon, M. Barnes, J. Yarrington 2nd row: L. Kirby, B. Jarrett, P. Guzner, Krieger, M. Cohen. 3rd row: D. Glover, C. Roe.

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From the Editors fCont 2 OUR EDUCATION These are times of high unemployment and yet relatively high prosperity, but will this prosperity continue when the world has been handed over to us? We, of this generation will be responsible for the manner in which commerce, politics, and society flourish or flounder. The World will be ours to do with and shape as we will. We know that the future of the world hangs in the balance of two great powers: one free, the other a slave to itself. At present there is a cold war existing between these two powers. Tfhis is a problem which we must accept and try to solve when it is given to us. This, plus untold other problems face us. Will we be ready :to handle them? It is the hope of our educators that they will be able to prepare us for the coming task. Our learning program is well planned so that we will receive a well rounded preliminary education. For those who wish to continue the road divides into many directions and nar- rows iinto specialized fields. By the setting of high standards and require- ments it is their hope to encourage those whose marks are not quite up to par to endeavour to raise their standing and to develop the feel- ing that education is a Challenge that can be answered. Our education should not be merely to prove that we can keep up with the Russians , it should be something that the student ardently desires. Anything into which a person is forced seems much more difficult than some- thing entered into on one's own initiative. Any defeatist attitude is somewhat dispelled by the addition of social functions, and extra-curricu- lar activities in which we are all able to take part. These have been added with foresight and a particular result in mind by our educational administrators. And although high school is primarily an institution of learning, the de- velopment of a pleasing personality may also be classified as part of education. Here in high school we pass most of our time, and therefore it certainly leaves a deep imprint on our character and personality. It is then most important that our high school years be happy and memorable ones, but not at the expense of our marks. I then extend to you, the hope that your high school years are memorable and your failures few. Bill Muir. AWWA CAROL MANDEL BARBARA STEWART PETER Room News Editor Class Pictures Editor CHRISTENSON Photography Editor ew, ,Weis DAVID FRINCH BERNHARD Grads Editor KAMUTZK1 Proofreacling Editor KATHY DAIN DENNIS COMMON Art Editor Advertising Editor