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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1971-11-18, Page 15Commencement exercises were held at Seaforth District High School, Friday evening. Ronald Sills, well known Kitchener lawyer who was named the Outstanding Young Man of the Year for the City of Kitchener, was the guest speaker. The farmer Seaforth High School graduate is shown here talkin g with Margaret Elligsen, class valedictorian. • (Staff Photo) Class Valedictorian Recalls Under Graduate(Days At SDHS "Farmer MacDonald. you must try very, very hard to, answer my CI UCS illnti with something besides FEE-I, OJT." DHS Graduates Win Awards, Prizes 4 Y 1 1 • 1 1 9 1 4 • fligiC774 ESPOSItql1,SEAFOIrirki, ONT., 910y, 19, 1971 Seam* Grad Addr Commencement four year Business and Commerce course, honored at the SDHS graduation Nancy Swan, Shirley aayman, Carol McLachlan, Sheila Bray and Jean Nolan, Mille?, Robert Powell, James Bannon, Elizabeth McLean, Ronald Miller and AWARDS Track & Field Girls' Championships: Junior Champion - Joanne Kunz Intermediate Champion - Joan Hopper Senior Champion - Gail Doig Track & Field Boys' Championships: Midget Champion - Gary Buchanan Junior Champion - Douglas McKay Senior Champion - Rick MacKenzie Special Trophies: Mary Plumb Memorial Trophy - Out- standing Female Athlete in the school Gail Doig Seaforth Whippets Trophy - Most valuable player Sr. 4,Girls' Basketball - Karen Glanville W. D. Hopper & Sons Trophy - Rookie of the Year Jr. Girls' Basketball Joanne Kunz B. J. Box Trophy - • Most consistent player Sr. Girls' Volleyball - Cheryl Dale W. A. Hodgert Trophy - Team Spirit & Leadership Jr. Girls' Volleyball Joan Hopper Seaforth Golf and Country Club Trophy - Girls' Low Gross - Gail Doig Duncan Cup - Highest scoring girl in Track & Field Joanne Kunz Gail Doig Sills Cup - Outstanding Male Athlete in School - Rick MacKenzie Bill Thompson Memorial Trophy - Most valuable Sr. Football player - Bill Price Barber Cup - Highest Jr. or Sr. boy in Track & Field - Rick MacKenzie, Doug McKay Ballantyne Cup - Highest Midget Boy in Track & Field - Gary Buchanan Habkirk Transit Trophy -• Most valuable player Sr . Boy's Basketball' - Ray Mennell St. Columban Soccer Team Trophy - Most valuable player Jr. Soccer-Larry Kale Larone Annual Trophy - Most valuable player Jr. Boys' Basketball- Cam Holland B.A.A.Annual (1971) Trophy - Most valuable player Interform Sports - none this year. Teen Twenty Trophy - Most valuable member Wregling Club - Jim Thompson Girls' Intramural Champions -Grade.12B Individual Trophies - Jr. Volleyball - John Elligsen Sr. Volleyball - Rick MacKenzie G. A, Whitney Award: A writing desk donated by Mr. G. A. Whitney to the student with the highest marks in the school. David Ring (By reversion from Margaret Elligsen and Barbara Kerslake) ' C. M, Smith Memorial Trophy: To be awarded to the student obtaining the highest marks in the school - - Margaret Elligsen Lois Scott Memorial Biology Prize: For excellence in Biology $20.00 for books donated by Miss Taylor-Brenda Bewley Alumni Memorial Bursary: Value $25.00 - Denise Kerslake Students' Council Citizenship Awards: Value - $25.00 each For outstanding school citizenship - Margaret Elligsen - Diane Henderson Legion Award: Value $100.00, - - Jeannette Finnigan Bruce Scott Memorial Bursaries: Value - $500.00 each Eleanor Boshart - Denise Kerslake Barbara Bryans - Terry Kunz - Christine Delaney - Roderick MacKenzie Yvonne Delaney - William McCurdy.' Janice Dietz, - Margaret McLean Carolanne Doig Dianne Patterson Darlene Elligsen - Leslie Perrie Margaret Elligsen - Janice Powell Jeannette Finnigan- Emma Shortreed Nancy Forrest - John VanMiltenburg Karen Hende'rson Douglas Wey Bursary from Women's Auxiliary toSeaforth Community Hospital: Value $150.00 - Dianne 'Dalton Ladies Auxiliary, to Branch 156 Royal Canad- ian Legion: Value $100.00 - -Mary Jane Southgate French Embassy Award: Highest marks in French - Margaret .Elligsen Ontario Scholars: Value , of Scholarship - $150.00 each Brenda Bewley - Jeannette Finnigan Eleanor Boshart - Nancy Forrest Janice Dietz - Rodrick MacKenzie Margaret Elligsen Leslie Perrie Elizabeth Scott Bursaries: each - Value $100.00 James Holland David Baan Karen McDonald Brenda Bewley • Danny Muir Eleanor Butson WilmaWesterveld Joan Dennis Keith wilbee, Flora Hagan Diane Henderson The Larone Bursalees: Value $50.00. each Donated by Mr. Elmer Larone as a mem- orial' to Mrs. Larone for the purpose of helping deserving students to continue their education In Grade XIII - Faye Blake - Ronald Dalrymple R. S. Box Award: To be awarded to the student having the highest marks in Upper School English A - Denise Kerslake I " Seaforth Teen Twenty Awards: Value $100.00 each 1. Tp the student who has achieved the highest average during the scho ar regardless of Grade - Margare igsen 2. To the student who has most im- . proved his or her per cent from the end of June until the following June Ralph Whitmore Ontario Athletic Leadership Camp, Department of Education, Geneva Park, Lake Couchiching Two weeks training for a Grade 11 student chosen for athletic ability and leadership potential. - Sandra Coleman ACADEMIC SHIELDS To the student from each grade with the highest marks in the Grade Grade 9 - David Ring Grade 1-0 - Barbara Kerslake Grade 11 ‘ - Rosemary Newnham Grade 12 - Larry Murray and Thomas Rapson Grade 13 Margaret Elligsen SCHOOL CRESTS 1. To students of the second and third year who obtain the required academic standing. ('75% average on Christmas and Easter Examinations). • Brenda Finlayson William Archibald Barbara Kerslake Mary Anne Blake Jean McKaig Herbert Brpome Donna Malkus Deborah Wallace Sylvia Smith Deborah Wey Anne Stewart Elizabeth Ball Catherine Stewart Dianne Fraser Mary VanDyke Joan Hopper Karen Regier Vickie Miller Rosemarie Eckert Rosemary Newnham 2. To not more than one student for con- tribution to the work of art or dramatics in the school - Janice Schenck 3. To -not more than two girls and two boys for athletic attainment. Leanne Melanson Gordon Dick Cathy Stewart Douglas McKay 4. To not more than three students who have made a worthy contribution to school activities generally Laurie Bell - Dena Wey - Vickie Miller SCHOOL LETTERS 1. To students of Grades XII and XIII who obtain the required academic standing. (75% average on Christmas and Easter Examin- ations) Ronald Dalrymple Brenda Bewley Rae McClure Eleanor Boshart Larry Murray Janice Dietz Thomas Rapson Margaret Elligsen RebecCa Nolan Jeannette Finnigan Helen Tilley Nancy Forrest Danny Muir Denise Kerslake Nancy Swan Rodrick MacKenzie Leslie Perrie 2. To not more than two girls and two boys of Grades XII and XIII who obtain the highest standing in athletics in the school. Marianne Segeren Brad Finlayson Betty McGregor Ray Mennen 3. To not more than two students of Grades XII and XIII who have made an outstanding contribution to Dramatics,. mu'sic or Art Diane McNichol Neil Little 4. To not more than three students of Grades XII and XIII who throughout their course, have been outstanding • in leadership, or who nave made a worthy contribution to the student activities in the school. Carol Anne Doig Doug Wey Margaret Elligsen Bill McCurdy GRADE XII Candidates for Secondary School Graduation Diplomas FIVE-YEAR ARTS AND SCIENCE Michael Bannon, Faye Blake, George Brown, Rae Butson, Constance Coutts, Joanne Coyne, Cheryl Dale, James Dallas, Ronald Dalrymple, Cornelius Devereaux; Thomas Devereaux, Gail Doig, Glenn Dolmage, Linda Feeney, Bradley Finlayson, Peggy Govier, Brenda Hodgert, Judith Jeffery, Kevin Kale, Mary Kelly, Christine Lee, Glenda -Little, Betty McGregor, Patrick Malone, Beverly McCall, Rae McClure, Karen McE wing , Diane McKay, Larry Murray, Neil Murray, Lynn Nicholson, Rebecca Nolan, Pamela Patrick,' Paul Patrick, Thomas Rapson,,Donald Ryan, Mary Lou Ryan, Allan Sararas, William Scott, Marianne Segeren, Sharon Shea, Nancy Sillery, Jane Sills, Ralph Smith, , William Southgate, Evelyn Storey, Judith Thamer, Helen Tilley,- Regina vanBakel, Corrine van Miltenburg, Janneke van Rooljen, Hendrina Verberne, Wilma Westerveld. FOUR - YEAR ARTS AND SCIENCE David Baan, Neil Beuermaa, Paul Blake, Jean Coyne, Elizabeth Elligsen, John Groothuis; Diane Henderson, James Holland, Doreen Hulley, David J,.andsborough, Lois Muegge, Danny Muir, John Munro,Lorraine Townsend, Allan Wilbee, Keith W ilbee. FOUR - YEAR BUSINESS ANDCOMMERCE James Bannon, Sheila Bray, Shirley Dayman, Elizabeth McLean, Carol McLachlan, Ray Mennell, Kathleen Miller, Ronald Miller, Paul Muir , Patricia Nigh, Jean Nolan, Robert Powell, Linda Preszcator,'Phyllis St.Louts°, Stephen Smith, Nancy Swan. CANDIDATES FOR HONOUR GRADUATION DIPLOMAS GRADE XIII Lynda 'Bedard, Brenda Bewley, Eleanor Boshart, David Brady, Barbara ,Bryans, Eleanor Butson, Jean Campbell, Danny Cornish, Dianne Dalton, Christine Delaney, Yvonne Delaney, Joan Dennis, Janice Dietz, Carolannd Doig, Darlene Elligsen, Margaret Elligsen, Janice Eyre, Jeannette Fin- nigan, Starr Fischer, Nancy Forrest, Karen Glanville, Flora Hagan, Karen Henderson, Denise Kerslake, Terry Kunz, Neil Little, Rodrick MacKenzie, William McCurdy,Karen McDonald, Margaret McLean, Joseph Murray, Glen Nicholson, Pauline O'Reilly, Dianne Patterson, Leslie Perrie, Janice Powell, Brenda Pryce, Elaine Roberton, Mary Jane Southgate, Mary Swinkels, Douglas Wey, Arlene ,William 3. • EARLY ADMISSION UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH Emtna Shortreed, John van Miltenburg Graduales of the Friday are (left) (second) Kathleen Stephen Smith. Five months have passed sit-tee we .left SECS. We've experienced many new things during that time. We've voted, We've drunk - legally. We've made some new friends; lost contact a little with the -old. we've even felt faint pangs of old age creeping up and tapping us on' the shoulder. We've been good a little and welve been bad a little. We'Ve tried to grow up. And now here we are back again - back to walk these same halls we've walked a million times, - back to see. the faces we Used to get tired of seeing and, now we miss. Yeah, it's all strangely familiar, but somehow, just a tiny bit different. It reminds me of something that happened once about eight years ago in this school. Of course it wasn't the same school then as it is now. I had tagged along with my big- sister to an evening glee club practice, thinking I was cool - visiting a high school and everything. But I didn't belong. here. It wasn't my school. I wasn't cool at all. I went and stood in the locker room - between the lockers. I was shy. Tonight I stand her e before you, my classmates, my close friends since Grade 9. Give me the locker room. Seriously, it's a great honour to speak to you. I only hope I can say a few of the things graduates like to hear from valedictorians. Would somebody please tell me what a valedictorian is? Is it somebody that tries to shake old mem- ories loose? I remember standing in this gym back in September of 1966, being lined up and counted off like packages being assembled for processing. I remember a very strict home room teacher who liked to keep his room at about 40 degrees F, with gusts. I remember being courtrnartialed by a very military-looking guidance teacher, for playing x and d with my Cousin during a so-called study period. Leaving a one room country,school and coming into Grade 9 certainly was wierd and wonder- ful. And the things we got away wittrl Neil Little's daily distribution of Adam's sour gum in French class; hearing our History teacher tell us about some of the strange thitigs that happened during the war - with livin g demonstrations. That's the way to learn history. But last year is-a good year to recall. Doug. Wey and Rick McKenzie finally learned how to 'play with slinkies pro- perly. And if you don't have the guts to draw your own blood (for Bio experiments , of course) just ask Dianne Patterson. She's a regular vampire. It's fun to remember. But what else do 'Valedictorians do? I guess they say thank you. Thank yd'u teachers for all those wonderful home- work assignments and for setting such challenging exams, Thank you, parents, for trying to keep us on the straight and narrow. You'll be proud of us some day yet. We promise. Thank you SDHS. It's great to be part of such a happy little school. And thank you, God,, for giving us all these things to be thankful for. Do valedictorians try to teach lessons? I'd like' to do a little expert ment. Try putting your hands together and rubbing one against the other - hard. Keep on for awhile. Your hands should get very warm - maybe hot. ' They may even begin to hurt. Now stop. Now try the same thing except move your hands gently and slowly. 'It feels different, doesn't it. Like warm, and good; and pleasant. People can be like your hands. Where they meet there is action and feeling. Sometimes they can rub each other so hard that they burn themselves out; all that comes from their touching is pain. The relationship was hot while it lasted, - but it soon dies. It's different, though, when people move gently; when they stop and take the time to understand eath other and feel for each other. Every person our souls touch can help to warm us••-and mellow us. Living is reaching out and touching. Don't be afraid to touch . gently. I guess the last task of a valedictorian is to say "farewell". It can be really hard to say goodbye to those that have held dear places in your heart, It's' not that we want to go. I'd love to live the past five years all over again, There are so many things that I'd do more of. But the door has closed. There's another door opening in front of us. It opens Into a huge room where there's work to do and there are games to play. There are songs to sing and naasky insects that sting are there and fresh fruits to eat and make you feel better. And there's a big fireplace with a blazing fire, and a bearskin rug. Take my hand and let's go in and enjoy it . together. Ronald Sinai welt known Kitchener lawyer and BDA.1$ graduate in addressing the graduating class at SDKS on Friday night of last week said : Each person deputing from -high school or from university this year looks forward to his independence and to standing on his own feet and making his own way in the world. It has been said that "the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone". I am not certain that I accept that particular st ptement holus bolus because, before one can stand on his own feet he must have something more in his head than just a simple desire to stand up. In order to stand on your feet you need to know enough to keep your balance. This is why young people go to school and university and to church; this is why wise older people keep learning by reading and observing. In our changing world one must keep pace with all developments and it is not enough to have in your head nothing more than was there yesterday. No person can be completely sovereign in the sense that he is in no way affected by what happens outside himself. Inde- pendence walks hand in hand with knowledge of what is going on, intelligent obedience to cer- tain laws of life and fidelity to certain customs of humanity. • The advice given hundreds of 'years ago "be yourself" has currently been translated into i•do your own thing". What have you that is par- ticular to yourself, a point of distinction, something in which you are proficient? That is the particular feature to display and develop. The opportunity to shine will come to the man who enlarges his ability, stores his mind with Useful data, and• has the desire and energy to step out towards his objective. PURPOSE AND AMBITION What is the basic imperative of life, the compulsionthat makes one want to stand up? ,A book on social pathology lists as the prime„ wishes of most individuals: new ex- periences, security, response and recognition. How insular and selfish these appear when they are compared with the ambition to contribute something con- structive to the human ex- perience. No person enjoys the greatest happiness possible to him unless he is able to say; "I am paying my way in the human scene". This is a satis- faction that cannot be matched by any social status or' any standard of living, however high, and it has often been expressed to me in this way: "The service you render to your community is the rent you pay for the space you occupy in society". Anyone who is worried about his lack of advancement in social or business life might well take a few minutes to think up the answer to this question;"What motivates me?" Motivation may consist in the urge to succeed, to climb to the top of a mountain and add your stone to the cairn found there, or it may be an ardent desire to serve people, as in one of the professions, or it may be a longing to add' some- thing to the beauty of life through one of the arts. Most important is what follows; to work intelligently towaeds the objective under one's own power. One simple objective for everyone is to become all he can become, to, progress from what is passable to what is excel- lent, and from what youth yearned for to what maturity fulfills: One must step out towards the goal, having constructive ideas about where he is going and how to get there. Equally important is to know the consequences. Ambition can be exalted into a most malignant goddess, demanding total surren- der of all one's faculties and strength. The middle of the road may be the proper place for a man. He may not have the qualities to excel. He may not desire power, prestige or wealth. It would be a mistake to urge such a person to strive for some- thing that would not make him happy. He should however try to be as good in his chosen niche as he has a natural, gift to be. .• THE.IMPORTAN.CE OF STANDARDS To choose, or select, or decide, a man needs standards by which to judge . He may be ignor- ant about how to do a thing but that will he cured by learning and by trying to acquire the skills needed in his particular job. Much more serious is the unwholesome sort of ignorance, the ignorance of what is excellent. This gives rise to the destructive belief that doing shoddy work does not matter. ' One who is striving to be great in whatever line of endeavour he has chosen will find satisfaction in doing so with his own natural qualities and vitality rather than in dependence upon other people. By combining industry, enthusiasm, knowledge and ability, a man may touch genius, which 1S an individual thing. --r !ow Ammo Av4th.rwhIch. stand the-.44PPOS that attelICW- y9ur p„.#941 depends. Opera the., intensity !our purpQqp your persomenm said that the workl%10-. ures are quitterst Courage—is -needed in #1411,4: the first step And. in, ;Om: on from there.. A timid perseninaY avoid the chance of failure merely by not risking it at all. If you are ambitious yournuSt take calculated- risks, Out you may take comfort in the. • knowledge that relative failurein attempting great things is better than the ignominy of not trying, Admiration of courage should not lure a man into stupid rash,- ness. Courageous people are not all taking long chalices— They balance risk against gain, and realize that coolness and calm are more effective than are heat and agitation. PERSONALITY A man has to believe in himself. Standing on your own feet means having confidence in your ability to do some task, the outcome of which is desirable but not certain. Self-confidence may be promoted by finding or creating an interest in something worth- while and doing something about it. This is the opposite of the wishy-washy habit of copying the actions and mannerisms of other people. Bluster and bluffing are-weak tools with which to build self- confidenCe. • Self-confidence ,is a necessary ingredient in person- ality, which is' the distinct character one has. Character, one of man's best possessions, is the string that ties together a man's habits and acts and gives him validity and force. A person of repellent per- sonality quickly obtains a bad name. Any person may improve his personality by 'paying attention to the reactions'tf other people to him and by observing the things in others which he dis- likes. He will learn that shal- lowness and insipidity are just . as unattractive as boasting and swaggering, and that self-cent- eredness does not contribute to an attractive personality. Some people, like some houses,, are all frontage. An imposing facade leads to an ordinary interior. StriVing to stand tall involves more than putting on a good external appearance. One must feel tall; he must • have within him the values and virtues he wishes to display. Surface graces are undoubt- edly important such as affability, courtesy, and willingness to do a favour, but personality is an assemblage of qualities inside' a person that makes him what he is as distinct from other people. His personality is the end result of his habits and thoughts. Character and personality, of course, cannot take root the cultivator has prepared, a foundation of knowledge. But, some may say, studying is such a bore. • It may, • indeed, be tiresome in its individual parts, but acquiring' knowledge is some- thing like using an adding machine. You press a lot .of keys,' seemingly unrelated, and nothing happenS, then you push down the add" button and obtain a useful answer. Knowledge is gained in many ways. A photograph may owe its- attractiveness and its good quality, to the 'inborn ability of the photographer to recognize a picture possibility, or It may be the product of study and pain- staking care. The thing for the • ambitious person to do is to push out the boundaries of his ignorance in every possible direction and by all practicable means. Knowledge may be riveted in the mind and made available for quick use by committing to memory some maxims, mottoes and proverbs. These are general principles serving as guides or rules, and are handy things to have around. Some people brush them aside as being "mere pla- titudes", lauLelatitudes are not necessarily unimportant merely because they are familiar. A maxim is not a law to be slavishly followed, but a reminder or caution that pops into one's mind at an appropriate moment. Knowledge needs to be applied enthusiasm which the dic- tionary defines as passionate zeal". A more practical defini- tion for everyday affairs is "interest plus energy". If a job Seems to be dull and tedious, merely deciding to think that it is going to he interesting will make it attractive. One may go a step further by giving the' task or his method of doing it a new twist. Originality, whether in a little things or big is something to be cultivated. It is, in fact, a good way to confirm to yourself that you are standing on your own feet. Take old things and give them new form. ON DEALING WITH PEOPLE How about this conundrum or problem: How to be different from other people and yet be accepted by the reWhen a person stands on his own feet that does not mean keeping aloof from contact with others. Much of the colour, drama, flavour and variety 6f life are to be found R ( se• •