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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1954-11-19, Page 10Congratulations to the SEAFORTH DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL ON THE SPLENDID NEW ADDITION WHICH HAS BEEN 'COMPLETED We are proud to have played a part in the construction by supplying Lumber and Millwork. SEAFORTH LUMBER LIMITED EVERYTHING IN BUILDING SUPPLIES PHONE 47 - SEAFORTH WE CONGRATULATE THE SEAFORTH DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL BOARD ON A GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED SCHOOL It was a great pleasure for us to have had the responsibility for carrying out altera- tions and improvements at the SEAFORTH DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL JACKSON HOMES LIMITED GENERAL CONTRACTORS SEAFORTH - ONTARIO Sincere Congratulations To Citizens of the Seaforth High School District and the Seaforth High School District Board on the Opening of the NEW SCHOOL ADDITION It was our privilege to have supplied the Heating Boiler, in the new addition. ROBERT BELL INDUSTRIES LIMITED SEAFORTH ONTARIO Seaforth students have always enjoyed the.benefits,of active organizations. This was as true- in 1885 when this picture was believed to have been taken, as at the present time. Here the students Of that day posed in costume following a concert It was High School in Fore When Seaforth Mark Victoria's Jubilee Those days more than ha'f a century ago when a celebration in honor of Queen Victoria's Jubilee took place in Seaforth are recalled by a former High School student who wishes to remain anonymous. Signing the letter "Ex-C4th Hi Skool". the writer says-. Somewhere, not long ago, I read an article which made reference to Queen Victoria's Jubilee. Thai was many years ego, and I will not do any arithmetic to find how long ago it really was. It was a big day in Seaforth. High and Public Schools of the town, together with numerous country schools, made a big parade through the streets. A prize was given to the best, but the High. Sdhool, really the best, was bar- red arred out because it was the High School. The weather was fine and warm, though a heavy rain in the morn- ing made it rather soggy underfoot. The High School boys made quite a show, carrying wooden rifles, while the girls wore broom brigade costumes of white with red trim- ming, and carried brooms. A vivid picture now comes to my mind of an elderly man driving 12 miles in an open buggy, through the rain of the morning. to bring the broom brigade costume to his daughter who was attending 'High School. He stayed to see and ad- mire the parade. Mr. Clarkson was High School principal at that time and was rather solicitous that none of us• should get overtired in the .heat. Going back to those High School days we remember the previous principal, Mr. Harstone, beloved by the pupils who called. him.. "Little Jack." Other teachers were Mr. Carruth- ers, Charles Mackay, George An- derson and Mr. • Haggerty, a fine disciplinarian, who taught litera- ture, making. it a joy rather than a task. During our last year at High School we had a Mr. Govenlock, who had a rare gift in teaching mathematics. The time and pat- ience he exercised in solving diffi- cult problems was of lasting bene- fit to pupils who had always con- sidered mathematics dull and ob- scure. But best remembered of all was that dear woman, Mrs. Barbara Kirkman, whose kindly in- fluence lived on in her pupils. Who are left of us to remember those days of hard study, when a failure in even one subject meant another year of school attendance, for there were no supplementary examinations, and it was a full course of practically all subjects on the curriculum, with few altern- atives? Many graduates from the High School went into the teaching pro- fession which, in some cases, was made a stepping stone to something higher up. Others went on straight to University, or Medical College, or studied for the legal profession. Not a few have travelled east and west in our own country, or south into Uncle Sam's territory, to make permanent homes there; and others possessed of greater wanderlust have crossed the ocean and travelled, sightseeing through what we call "The 01d Country," whose history and geography 'had become familiar to them. Seaforth District Takes Pride in Its (Continued from Page 9) We were proud of the three or four scholarships that came an- nually to the school under the guidance of our respected Principal Rogers. We were proudest of all, though somewhat surprised, when one day two strange boys arrived from Manitoulin, and in response to the inevitable question, stated that they had consulted the records of different schools throughout the province, had observed that Sea - forth ranked with the three or four best, and had decided to make it their scholastic Thome. At a much later time a remark by one of our former mathemati- cal .instructors, now at a Univers- ity, to the effect that bis upper school class at Seaforth compared favorably as a class with any he had bad at the University, caused me much gratification. For all i know, our successors may have surpassed us in anything we did. I believe that in general the students of Seaforth, as well as the parents, have given their best ef- fort toward the success of their school. In consequence, the teach- ers have felt their task lightened by the co-operation of students and' parents. Our Collegiate is in a real sense a community enterprise. at about this time that enterprising students composed "The Chronicles of the Seaforth High School," in which activities of the year were recorded. Stewart Bras. Seaforth, Ontario CONGRATULATE THE SEAFORTH DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL BOARD AND CITIZENS OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IT SERVES ON THE OPENING OF A NEW ADDITION AT THE SEAFORTH DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL It's Pleasant and Economical Shopping at STEWART BROS. Over 50 Years in Business Men's Wear Ladies' Wear Furnishings Dry Goods Drapery and House Furnishings i N Jack Hood School Supplies Co. Ltd. Stratford, Ontario WISH TO CONGRATULATE THE BOARD AND STAFF • ON THE OPENING OF THE NEW ADDITION TO THE SEAFORTH DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL "Better Schools Make Better Communities"