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

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so we have sincere gratitude in our hearts to- night for those who worked with such patience and diligence on our behalf. At the same time we must remember our parents who also gave us encouragement and whose love and guidance helped us through all our trials and disappoint- ments : from the hardest examination to the failure to make the football team, the basket- ball team or perhaps the cheerleading squad. To them also we extend our heartfelt thanks and I am sure that they share our joy tonight as we celebrate the successful completion of our high school days. This evening not only marks the conclusion of our relationships with Westdale but also marjts the end of the brilliant career of a man we have known and admired. Perhaps we could say that he is Westdale ' s most illustrious graduate, for Mr. J. W. Bell has been a part of Westdale since its beginning. As Mr. Bell enters a well-deserved retirement, our grateful- ness for his devotion, especially in the last four years that he has been our principal, and our best wishes for the future, go with him. Those who remain at Westdale will certainly miss him but they will find that the traditions of the school of the Green and Gold will be carried on by their new and capable principal, Mr. J. C. Cooper. That is, all the traditions but one. For we are the last grade 13 gradu- ating class to leave Westdale. It is our hope to uphold the high standards of those who went forth before us to leave their mark on the community and make their contribution to mankind. In the words of our school song, May we ever keep her colours free from blame For the Honour of our own Westdale. From tonight, our paths will diverge in many different directions as we go on into the busi- ness world or into a variety of higher insti- tutions of learning. But for this brief reunion we are together again as high school students for the last time. So let us make the best of tonight graduates, for this is our night and one which we will remember for a lifetime. As we go our separate ways, let us remem- ber these words by Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Don ' t look for the flaws as you go through life; And even when you find them. It is wise and kind to be somewhat blind And look for the virtue behind them; For the cloudiest night has a hint of light Somewhere in its shadows hiding; It ' s better by far to hunt for a star Than the spots on the sun abiding. This world will never adjust itself To suit your whims to the letter; Some things must go wrong your whole life long. And the sooner you know it the better. It is folly to fight with the Infinite, And go under at last in the wrestle. The wiser man shapes into God ' s plan As the water shapes into a vessel. Carol Ofield Let us think back over the past four years. They were good years. They were years about which we can now say — When I went to Westdale I remember . . . What do we re- member? Most all of us will remember the crowded Longwood door in our lunch hour — or the annual parade before the year ' s first — and last, football games. We will remember the many championship football games — always ending in sweat and fatigue — often ending in tears and frustration and the cry We ' ll get ' em next year. However, failure is not part of our Westdale tradition. Numerous championships have been won in such sports as hockey, volleyball, row- ing and track and field. Our dances will be remembered! Our formals, our stag or drag dances and our Sadie Hawkins — with the nervous, hesitant girl asking the fearful, blushing boy. We will not forget our plays and major productions. My favourite was Good News. Our basketball games were often close. The air was tingling with excitement and thunder- ing with the chants of Alia or Give us a W What have you got? - - - Westdale! Westdale school, Mr. Bell and his staff, having done their job, would now expect us to look to new horizons. We have successfully met the challenge of the past. We have completed Grade 12, but we have only run part of the race. Each indi- vidual will be allowed to determine its length. Here at estdale ,we have established a foundation firm in mental, physical and emo- tional cement. Through our varyiijg of work in our studies, our sports and our other extra- curricular activities, this concrete takes shape in various forms. It is our duty to build upon these founda- tions. We may wish to build our walls of fur- ther education or of immediate employment. Good walls have been built from both. Some of us may wish to build high walls, others low walls. However, these walls will not be used for their ultimate purpose until they are joined together by a roof of success. Success is a word that has a different meaning for each one of us, but whatever it means to you, it must be obtained honestly. My own opinion of success is expressed per- fectly by Douglas Mallock in a simple little poem, which I quote — If you can ' t be a pine on the top of the hill, Be a shrub in the valley — but be The best little shrub by the side of the hill, BE A BUSH, if you can ' t BE A TREE. On behalf of the students of this Graduating Class, I would like to thank Westdale for all that it has given us : I would like to promise Westdale that we shall do our best in the remainder of the race in the building and forming of our houses, — in the rest of our lives. Laing Brown 13

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