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ihe annual commencement exercises were held on Friday evening at
odorich and District Collegiate Institute these students were among the
•rd winners. Left to right are Pat Conlon, winner of the A.M. Robertson
Susan Freeman, recipient of the W.H. Robertson Award; James
Stothers and David German who shared the R.D. Munro award; Peter Frayne
who received the William Cutt Memorial Scholarship; and Ian Ross who was
presented with the Catholic Women's League award. (staff photo)
When the Goderich
District Collegiate Institute
held their .annual commen-
cement exercises at the school
last Friday Ontario Scholar
Murray Wightman represented
the graduating student body as
Valedictorian.
Mr. Wightman, in addition to
winning an Ontario Scholar-
ship ands being selected a
valedictorian, was also the
recipient of the A.J. Moore
,.scholarship.
Murray is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Wightman of RR
2 Auburn.
His address follows:
"For those of us in the
graduating class, today
signifies an end to a stage of
our education in which we have
been assisted along the path
towards the future by the help
of our parents and teachers.
"`Today also marks the entry
into the unknown in which we
will be -responsible for the
course that our lives will
follow. However, we must first
of all decide what we want for
the future. This is a question
that has always plagued
graduating classes.
"The answers, however, have
varied greatly from one
generation to the next but the
factor common to them all has
been a sincere desire to im-
prove the world for succeeding
generations.
"Many people scoff and
laugh at the idea of attempting.
to improve the world and call it
idle dreaming. They -can then
use the argument that in spite
of the hopes and aspirations of
previous generations the world
today_ is ravaged by war, star-
vation, pollution and depletion
of our resources.
"Did the hopes and dreams
of preceding generations really
have so small, or worse yet, no
influence at all towards im-
proving world conditions?
"I don't think so! Take for
example our pioneer
forefathers, who . were deter-
mined that their children
would not have to spend their
lives 'in backbreaking manual
labor which yielded little
results.
"Several generations later
those who rived through `the
depression years of the thirties
were determined that their
children wpuld not have to en-
dure similar conditions of
poverty.
"There may have been many
things that they did not accom-
plish, but for those that they
did they will be long remem-
bered.
"Our generation in its turn
has many dreams and
aspirations for the future. It
does not really matter that
many of them will not be
fulfilled, so long as we can
make some mark on the world
that is well worth remem-
bering.
"Now, with our secondary
school education complete, our
ways will part, each of us in ,
search of our own personal
goals.
"For many of us we are en-
ding one stage of our formal
education and ushering in
another. But whether we con-
tinue our formal education or..
not, we will always be learning
new ideas and concepts.
"Education, by no means has
to be conducted in a classroom,
but rather is a process that oc-
curs naturally, through ex-
perience. The important thing
to remember is to keep our
minds open to .new ideas.
"No doubt every one of us
has benefited in one way or
another from the contact with'°
our fellow .students over .the
• --last four or five years. As for
our teachers I am sure that we
have learned more from them
than just the lessons which they
taught us.
I am not too sure, however,
just how much of the infor-
mation we will remember.
What is more important
though is the time and effort
our teachers devoted to fur-
thering otrr education, inspiring
us add prodding us to greater
endeavor.
Aside from this each teacher
in his or her own way has done
a part in molding our attitudes
and philosophies. We may riot
realize it now, but as time goes
on, we will all think back fon-
dly to our years spent at the
Goderich District
Collegiate Institute.
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four graduating students from the Goderich and - Left to right they are Douglas Culbert, Peter Frayne, Wendy
Collegiate Institute were honored as Ontario Ryan and Murray Wightman. Donald McGee was also an Ong;
at the commencement exercises on Friday evening.' tarso Scholar Vt was not at the exercises Friday.
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Ann Landers: Three
ago 1 married a man I
love because my mother
e was just a fancy name
and it wouldn't mean
ti after a year or._ two.
for security," she said.
last longer." So 1 married
eep who was 13 years my
• He turned out to be a
aniac and a miser. I
for a divouce after eight
but he refused.
not making any excuses
elf because I know what
was wrong, but I began to
around with a.n old
-nd• He helped keep me
and made me feeT like a
n.
Year I became pregnant
sweetheart and had a
baY. When I went to the
l l checked in under my
name and the baby's
certificate reads as
my husband is the
rday my husband told
has met a woman he
to marry and I am free
rce him. I am very happy
this but i have a
m' The . bah 's father
to marry me and get the
icate changed to
the way it should. How
rla be done?. --Hazel- Eyes
Hazel: Leave
alone, a cer-
te the baby
n. you were married to
rity." The law is con -
..only with your legal
114 ou would be doing
no favor if You went
rd AA having been im•
by a man other than
��nd. "
adopt the Wonder
a far shouldyou
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Ann Landers: Here's"
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my question in plain language.
I'd appreciate your reply in the
same frank terms that charac-
terize your column.
Does a wife have the right to
ask her husband, when
out of town on business
not to see hard-core
he is
trips,
por-
nographic films? It makes me
feel rejected and cheated when
he does. I have told him as
much but he thinks I'm loony.
What about it? ---Trying To Get
My Head On Straight.
Dear Trying: I see two
problems. His and Hers. His,
because the poor stiff can't find
anything better to do with his
time, and Hers, because you
seem to' feel that your
husband's desire to look at
dirty movies is' a reflection on
you.
A man who gets his jollies
from such garbage probably
would resent it if you made him
promise not to go. Moreover,
his resentment might crop up in
little (or big) acts of hostility.
(People have funny ways of
"getting even.") Stay off the
subject and ask him not to
come home with any , more
"movie reviews."
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