Woodstock Collegiate Institute - Oracle Yearbook (Woodstock, Ontario Canada)

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1g3g'-4.-E.-' 3111 illlrlm Second W AMOS, LLOYD, Flying Officer ATKINSON, JEAN, Section Officer BENDALL, BROCK L., Gnarclsnzan BEST, THOMAS, Pilot Officer BIER., DONALD, Flying Officer BOND, LESLIE CHARLES, Captain CASE, EMERSON, Sergeant CHILDS, ALFRED, Sergeant Gnnner CHILDS, EDWARD, Captain DAFOE, JACK, Pilot Officer DAVIS, OAKLEY, Gunner DOTZENROTH, HUGO, Sergeant Pilot DRIVER, THOMAS, Lance C'orpora.l FLOOD, DONALD, Pilot Officer GILMAR, LESLIE, Sergeant GRANT, MURRAY, Pilot Officer HALL, DONALD, Lieutenant HARCOURT, JAMES, Sergeant HARDWICK, HUBERT, Prirate HEAL, STANLEY, Pilot Officer HEMMING, W. R., Sapper HOSACK, HOWARD, Lieutenant IRWIN, YVILLIAM J., Flying Officer JONES, DONALD, Able Seaman KNEALE, T. M., Squadron Leader PI. , E ROBERTSHAW, JOHN, Sergeant Pilot SCHOFIELD, HAROLD, Sergeant Pilot SLATER, MURRAY, Lance Corporal SLOANE, J. GORDON, Lieutenant SPARKS, CLARENCE, Lientenant THORNE, ALEX R., Gunner TODD, JAMES W., Ordinary Coder TRUIN, KENNETH, Sapper THURLOW, JOHN, Flight Lieutenant UTTING. VICTOR, Sergeant Pilot WEST, ROBERT, Stoker lst Class WILSDON, RAYMOND, Flying Officer VVILSDON, ROBERT, Flight Lieutenant YATES, WALTER HERBERT, Signallerr THE ORACLE Nineteen

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Our rugby games this fall were partic- ularly exciting with the addition of four cheer leaders -- Margaret Tatham, Stella Chatam, lim Ennis, and Tom Ballantyne. They were, to say the least, energetic, and put their whole heart into their work. Credit must go to Mr. Hilts for training them. Yr l' 'I' Reports have reached our ears that Strat- ford Normal School has some very comfort- able chairs scattered throughout the halls. So inviting are they, that, so we are told, it is with great difficulty that the students are persuaded to enter the classrooms. Upon hearing this news, someone suggested that we might have chairs in our halls for the in- dustrious noon day workers. Please don't feel that we don't apprec- iate the fact that our examinations aren't crowded into a few days. We do. But must they be stretched out through three weeks? We don't know about you, but some of us felt that our Christmas Examinations would never end. 'A' i il' We have heard some of our boys say that they would like a physical training in- structor like Miss Stock. Please don't mis- understand us. By that, we mean a teacher who would be able to devote his whole time to sports. ir T W lt was with great pleasure that we learned, last fall, that Mr. Hilts was returning. As most of you know, he left our school in 1942 and joined the Air Force. We were very sorry to see him go, but now, we look forward to having him with us for many years to come. To you, Mr. Hilts, we say, Welcome back . 1' i i' Again comes the same old complaintd not enough Literary meetings. Who is to blame this timefthe society, the teachers or the student body? Cne of its main draw- backs is that it does not get started early enough. Can't anything be done about that? Tea Dances this year seem to be pretty scarce. Is it true that we've had only one this year? Tsk . . Tsk . . This would never do. Couldn't we make up for it between now and Iune? Eighteen 1 An event in history! For the first time in the life of our school, fifth form had to be divided. We hope this will be kept up and maybe in another fifty years there will be three fifth forms! . 9: 'lr vi' Nor was the fifth form the only crowded form. The rise in attendance accurred in every form, as this year we have an enroll- ment of over 650 students. Another occurr- ence of importance is the first use of the gallery in Assembly by upper school pupils. 1-if The school hockey team is a welcome addition to the school. We applaud their fine efforts up to now. Keep up the good work, boys! Q 'I' 'lr Since the last Oracle was published three operettas have been presented by the Glee Club. These show the great advance- ment of the club under the direction of Miss Kellerman and certainly make fine entertain- ment for the school and its friends. We hope they'll not be discontinued. fix We on the Oracle Staff wish to thank our Advisory Committee consisting of Mr. Lawr, Mr. Turner, and Mr. Cordick. Very cheer- fully and energetically, they helped us pub- lish this magazine, and to them we offer our humble thanks. We would also like to thank Miss Cropp, who, although not on the Ad- visory Committee, helped us considerably. - Q-xr This fall two new members were added to our teaching stafffMiss Lindsay and Mr. Turner. Throughout the year they have shown themselves to be interested in the school, and incidentally, they both helped to make this magazine a success. Mr. Turner served on the Advisory Committee, and Miss Lindsay designed the attractive cover for our book. 8 'R 'A' Two people whom we think deserve much praise are our two typists - Doreen Nash and Ruth Guthrie.. They worked fran- tically to get everything typed for publication and the staff certainly appreciated it. We would also like to thank Bob Ackman who kindly took and printed many pictures for us. THE ORACLE

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Al Ca rl Parker Valedictory Mr. Chairman, Honoured Guests, Grad- uates and Students! To-night it is an honour and a privilege for me to act as valedictorian for the grad- uating class of 1945. At this moment, l am reminded of a certain graduation at an American Theological College. The dean was giving a farewell address to his grad- uating students. He said, Gentlemen, l would ask you to deliver your sermons in this way. When you speak of heaven, look up towards the sky and smile, so that your faces may radiate the light of heaven. But, gentlemen, when you speak of hell, your normal faces will do. To-night, my friends, I would ask your permission to use my nor- mal face. Many classes have graduated from the Woodstock Collegiate lnstitute and many ad- dresses have been given. They have con- 'tained much the same subject matter-a ref- erence to our school years, our teachers, and our fellow students. This address will not Twenty 1 differ, for these are the thoughts that crowd our minds on graduation. During the past few years, we have, through careful guidance, been brought to the threshold of our knowledge. Our minds have been prepared to grasp life and to hold on to it-to solve the difficult problem of living in a not-too-secure world. We have studied many subjects: some of them we may have felt were not necessary for the business of making a living. But all were given with the intention of training our minds to think-to think easily, and clearly, to de- velop a mind that can take on the business of living without guidance and without hind- rance. Our teachers have watched our progress with interested and critical care, not for any personal glory it could bring themgbut pure- ly because they have given of their ability, their energy, their lives to shape the irrespon- sible and ignorant child into the dependable and intelligent man. We owe them much, we can repay them only through our earnest use of what they have given us. As fellow students we must part, We have worked together, learned together, played together, lived together, and through that association we have given each other somewhat of ourselves. For our development we owe each other much than cannot be calculated in the cold and insufficient terms of language. lt must be felt and left unde- fined. Some of us will choose to seek further academic guidance to fit us for a different and perhaps more complicated vocation. Others will step directly into life to gain fur- ther knowledge through practical experience. Whatever our pathway and wherever it leads, we shall always have interest in each other's work and genuine pleasure in each other's success. Today we enter a world with opportuni- ties that have never before been offered to a generation. A new world is in the making. We stand on the threshold of the Atomic Age, in a world of which we know nothing. It will be our work to shape that world into what we desire. We want freedom so that science can give us atomic energy without fear of chaos. We want freedom for religion so that we may pursue our chosen faith, secure in the knowledge that that faith will THE ORACLE