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

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Principal ' s Message I have been asked to write this message at a time ivhen we have just gone through a period of mourning for one who has been called the greatest leader of our time, Sir Winston Churchill. Although tve mourn his loss, there is a certain consolation in the fact that he lived so long and so successfully and that he has left us so much by ivay of his own example. He leaves a monument in the form of inspiration and encourage- ment for future generations. During the war, by his ability to unite people and make them live above themselves and by his personal cour- age in others he lifted his people from despair to determination and inspired them to set their sights on nothing short of victory. Follow- ing the war his humanitarian efforts in the pursuit of peace have done much toivards world effort dedicated to the purpose of avoiding war and suffering. His great example in all these fields of endeavour remind us of the following ivords by Henry Wadsivorth Longfellow. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. I ivould commend the president and members of the Triune Stu- dent Council for their efficient management of student activities and I congratulate all teachers and students who co-operated in the pro- duction of Le Raconteur for 1965.

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MR. J. W. BELL, B.A., Principal

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Portrait painted by Gerald W. Munt and pre- sented in the memory of Sir Winston Churchill by the students of Westdale Secondary School.