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Mr. J. G. Niddrie, M.A., B. Paed. Page eight
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Principal ' s Message T IME marches on. It seems like yesterday that our school year began It was a new experience—every school year is. More than three hundred new faces met me. But the friendly relationship between staff and stu¬ dents was quickly sensed; and now, as the academic term draws to an end 1 am quite certain that we all share in the realization that the year has been a happy one. Time marches on. The world of yesterday is dead; the world of today is dying. Significant indeed are the times of devastatingly rapid change. Once again we elders see the marching feet of our youth treading the well worn path to the altar of the god of war. May it all culminate in the birth of a new world order! Kacial and class prejudices must break down. Our forefathers from the beginning of history made unbelievable self sacrificing investments to the social partnership of the ages. Each succeeding generation reaps a richer dividend than the former one. The very restlessness and uncertainty of our contemporary life are evidences of a newly emerging strength. More than ever do Ave realize that nothing is abiding, nothing is certain. Ours must be the spirit of search. And to be sure, man’s mind is the only weapon against obli¬ vion and destruction. Time marches on, while the joy of living, the growth of the self, and the material rewards, are found only along the rough road of endeavor. We work hard that we may play hard. We suffer greatly to enjoy greatly. The prob¬ lems of life are eternally new, and their problems are arrived at by the exer¬ cise of qualities as old as time. Time brings reward. We must, like Ulysses, be a part of all that we meet. If we meet nothing, we become nothing. Like bold Siegfried, we absorb the strength of our dragons—the problems met and mastered. May we all foster the questioning spirit! Let us not. be the container type, who begin school empty, and come out of it full of reading, writing and arith¬ metic. But rather let us come out with a sort of divine mental unrest, enquir¬ ing for soul and solution, and not for so much spinach and Spanish. But come what will of change in nation, government, and school, our prob¬ lems will be in essentials the problems of today and yesterday. The school will still remain a little republic. In it will be found training and thinking, the cultivation of an open mind, a broadening of interest and sympathy, the capa¬ city to give and take, and the making of friendships never equalled in intimacy and frankness. In conclusion, I wish to extend to the students of Westmount my best wishes. You have been a source of hope and inspiration to me. There is always something inspiring in the spirit of youth, and inspiration is a tonic to one’s later years. Grood luck to all of you! “Just keep the heart a heatin’ warm, Be kind to every feller; Look for the rainbow in the storm, But—carry yer umbreller. ’ ’ J. Gr. NIDDEIE.
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