HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-12-17, Page 21WEDNESDAYS DBCEMBER ,,.7th,, 1969
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL,, LUCKNOW,,. ONTARIO
mmencement
Anne :Oldfield of Brussels,
now a_student .at 'University°,--
wasthe valedictorian, of tate. •
1969 -graduating -class -at- .
Madill Secondary School. At
Commencement ere. rcises,•
Anne, said that
she was speaking not just for
herself, but for the entire grad-
uating class as she bade fare-
well to . a school. and . a period of
development' in all their lives •
which would leave a Tasting, -
impression. She mentioned the.
vast * changes. which liad. been `.
•made * in the s"chool during 'the
past five years,:. and• to the stu-
dents'who are still attending she
said, '"This is, quite a school
you're in Take advantage of
it. ,o
1.
In addition to .being class
- va,iedtctorian. Anne :received-
an Ontario. Scholarship,, the F'.; '
i. wson-award for.genera1
proficiency in Grade XIII, and
the: Music Award presented by
Mrs. Marie Douglas. • •
•Guest speaker for the Com- •
mencement, was former princi-
Tal'.F. • E; Madill, now an assist'
ant supervisor of education: of
.Huron County., He, was intro-.
duced -by Vices -Principal. R.: P.
Ritter,. who. described;<Mr Ma-
dill as "one of,the best,knoWn •,"
• educators in Huron •County•,".' • .
Mr. Ritteralso: traced the. form-
• er''principal's.academic career
and gave hirn credit' for the
successful development of the
• Wingliam school. as, one of• the. .•
largest, .'most ,modern in West-
ern,<O taro.__ '
n_._
SPEAKER
IcArT.-Madillrsaid-thatoung--
people in secondary school
years have two outstanding
needs --growth and motivation.
• "You are passing through, the
'most productive years of your'.
life, " said the speaker. "Make.
the ,most of them. " He pointed
.out that the ,increased rate of
obsolescence`,in all technolo
gies,and cultures makes the edr.
ucation:process a never-ending
One. , . ,
'In regard -:to the student's
Mot
•
ivation ,. Mr. Madill expies-
sed the conviction that many
.young people are 'controlled by.
Do uggies:
ChtiltS. •
air" FOR eitiVOHE 011 iOUR-UST
;fear of failure. and concern
• about other people's opinions;;
He urged .the:students:to rid
the mseives To f -the se=t wo-moti
vations,, for they are self -de-
fea"ting. He told them to think
positively and to .develop -self-
Confidence.
Mr. Madill advised the stu
dents to consider themselves.
fortunate that•theY are able to'
'attend school. here, : for they
Come front homes where fam-
ily relationships are m o;r e
closely knit.
NEW . PRINCIPAL
l:or most of the several huh-
,
,
•;fired .parents, in the audience
a he; Commencement provided '
an opportunity. to. meet .G. O.
-Phillips; the -new -pried!
the school: • In.his opening lei
marks to the gathering` M r
'Phillips saidthat every .worldng
day he gives thanks that his pre. •
• decessor was Frank Madill, for
,the _thos_oughness-Qf •the 'organic
zation'which'he left behind has.
made the new principal's work
mnrch'simpler. Mr. Phillips
also expressed appreciation to •
•Mr Madill; following the, lat7.
,ter's address. .
Mary Gibson provided. organ
music before, -the program'. op
ened and Rev.. 1R! ,H. Armstrong ..
opened and closed `;with prayer.
Certificates of training were
presented by L R,,._Taylor, rep-
resentative 6 Wingham• and-
East Wawanosh on the county
board. of education, assisted by
B. •Brandon.. of the school teach-
ming staff They were a Warded _,_:
as follows; :. •
Two-year; Susan Coiling,
''. Michael Courtney, Dale Edgar,
'Linda- Elliott,' Hugh' Eskritt,
•William Gadke, Gary ,Henden
•..son, Thomas Hodgins, Richard;
,i umphrey; Brian Jamieson,
ponald Moffat, Brian 'Newton, •
Allan.Nicholson, Donald Patti-
son, Keith Reid; Ronald Stef
. fen,. Sandra Thomson',_ Peter''
aiepen ee , in a oo
' ..* One year,. James Geertsma,
Mere P Hod ins, Darlene Huff-
man,. Danny Leddy, Nancy
Proficiency awards ywent to.
the following students: R H.
• Lloyd,proficiencyaward for
Grade IX, Robert: Hall; Wing
ham .Wornen's Institute Grade
X Home Economics, react Mar-
tin; E. Gregory award for.Grade
• XI proficiency, Joseph Kerr;
Mrs, E. Davis, Grade XI pro-
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