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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-10-19, Page 17i 0 i i 4 THURSDAY,, ►C" Goderich and District Collegiate Institute held their annual Commencement and Graduation exercises last Friday evening in the school auditorium. Chairman of the event Was J.U. Stringer, school ! principal. E.C. Hill Brought' greetings to the gathering from the ,Huron County Board of Education. Following the Valedictory ad- dress by Tony McQuail, the _scholarships were presented. Ontario Scholarship. awards went to Robert Coulter, Kevin Cox, Blake Jones, Lesley Lam- bert, Tony McQuail and' Catherine Russell. The Veterans' Memorial Scholarship, a two-part award,. went to Marilyn Wagler first, and Karen White, second; The Peter Adamson Memorial Scholarship for a year two student, which dates back previous to 1897, went to Joan Schoenhals. Joan also received the Catholic Women's League Prize for the highest standing in year two Latin. The McKim Memorial. Scholarship, going to a year. three student, was presented to Maureen McCauley. Tony McQuail, in addition to winning an Ontario Scholarship, was presented with the A.M. Robertson Math and ' Science Award (one of the A.M. Robert- son Memorial Awtrds:) and. also. received the Robert MacKay -° Memorial Scholarship. Another of, the A.M. Robert- son awards, the A.J. Moore Memorial, Scholarship went to Robert Coulter. The other, the A.M. Robertson award for progress and development went to Susan Freeman. The W.H. Robertson Scholar- ship, for the highest marks in English, year three ,and. '.four, went to Sharon Brubacher. The R.D. Munro Scholarship, awarded to a,student who has specialized in Commercial and/or Technical subjects, and ' who has registered in an in- stitution of higher learning went tQ Janet Allin, . in the rural division, and Keith Grafton for the urban division. Kevin Cox was presented with the William Cutt Memorial Scholarship which was awarded for the first time this year, and is to be awarded annually, to the •student achieving the highest standing in two languages, other than English, in ;rears four and five at the •Goderich and District Collegiate Institute. The student must be registered at the school for both years and , his attendance in these years must be consecutive. • Special thanks was also ex- tended to a number of families and associations for their in- terest in financially aiding students to continue their education: The 'Donald Fraser and -Family Bursaries, the Maple Leaf I.O.D.E. Bursaries, Branch . 109 Royal Canadian Legion Bursaries, International Association of Machinists Bur- sary and the Goderich District Labor Council, C.L.C. Bursary. Secondary School Honor Graduation diplomas were a*arded to: Stuart Asher, Mark Barker; Margo Bettger; Faye Bradley, Cynthia Campbell, Paul Car- man, David Carruthers, Lawrence Chamney, Robert, - Coulter; Kevin Cox, Brian Craig, Jaynes Daer, Rosanne Denomme; Allan Drennan, Gerald Durst,Richard Fisher, Paul Frayne, Susanne Gardiner, Diane „Gauley, , Laurie Ginn, Nancy. -G lennrShel1ey-Grange_ Peggy Hanly, Marie Hibbert, Raymond Hildebrand, Margaret Hodges, Ronald Hodges, Anne Hopkinson, Linda Jefferson, Robert Jerry, Blake Jones, Ger- trude Kernighan, Lesley Lam Bert, Dwayne )✓inner, Eldon McClenaghan, David McCon- nell, Robert McGill, Nancy McKellar, Anthony McQuail, Barbara Miller; Charmaine Moore, Marianne O'Keefe, Suzanne Paquette, Gerda Pot zel, James Reaburn, Lynda l,einhart. Dianne Rodges, El'iz`abeth Ross, Catherine Russell, Mark Ryan, Louise Schaefer, Edward Seto, Dawn Simons, Gary Sitter, Susan Smalley, Brock Stimson, Bruce Stoll, Stephen Stringer, Karen Such, Janet Sutherland, Michael Tafeit,..Ka"thryn Taylor, Bruce Walls, Paul Warr, Brian ' Westbrook, Elizabeth Westlake, Janice Westlake, Mary Wilkin, Cheryl. Youngblut. McGuire, Neil McKee, Gordon McLellan, Glenn McMichael', Glen McNeil Conrac1 Melady; Edward Miller, Randall Miller, Jarnek, M ihring, Gregory Mon- tgomery, Gayle Jones. Brenda Moore, Mary Jane' Oskam, James` Ott, Janice Perry, Deborah ' Pitblado, Jo Ann Pollock, Nancy Porter, Jaynes Secondary School graduation diplomas went ' to Murray Adams, Paul ' Adams, Janet Allen, Wayne Arthur,.. Ralph Austin, William Barlow,, Susan Beacom, Dana ; Bean, Judith Beattie, Connie Bell, .Marlene Bennett, Barbara Blake, Ken- neth Bogie, Michael Boyle, Bar- bara Britnell, Nanoy Brown, Ronald Brown, Sharon Brubacher, Peter Brudnicki, Ed- ward Brunk; Patricia Burns; Stephen - Caesar, Trudy Clements, Shirley Cousins, Bruce Crawford; Dianne Crawford, Catherine Culbert, Douglgs Culbert, Jocelyn Cum- mings, Margerita Datema, Daniel De Mers, Leonard De Vries, Kenneth Doherty, Shirley Doll, Paul Donnelly, Anne Doorly, Faye Dustow, Kaye Dustow, Catriona Dyke, Martha Eedy, Sandra Feagan, Allan Fisher, Barbara Fisher, Garry Fisher. Nancy Fisher, Catherine Foran, Terence Foran, Elaine Fowler, Peter Frayne, Susanne Gardiner, Alice Gerrits, Shirley Good, David Graf, Keith Graf- ton, Brenda Graham, Michael Gregg, Rhea Hamilton, Theresa Healy, Robert Henderson, Bonita Hoy, Sandra Hunter, Janet Hutchinson, Janet Hyde, Bonnie Johnston, Dale John- ston, Karen Knight, John Koop- mans, Keith Lapp, Dennis Lit- tle, Gary Lounsbury, Scott Mabon, John MacDonald, Anne MacEwan, Steven" Marlatt, Kathleen McCreath, Bonnie McGee, Donald McGee, William McGee, Terrence A *. Prest, 'Gary Prquse, George Prystayko, Clifford Reid, Patricia Reinhart, Debra Riehl, Karen Rivett, Lynne Rivett, Ruth -Arne Robertson, "14Y? Robinson, Wendy Ryan, Clare Sager, Deborah Salter, Gerard Sartori, Louise Schaefer, Wayne Scott, Gail Seers, Agnes Seto, Stephen Smalley, Kimberley maybe for last time Smith, Janice Sowerby, Linda Sproul, );.arry Stright, Julie Sudyk, "" Karen 'Taylor, . Mary Anne Tevlin, Christina Vanden Heuvel, Darlene ' Vesci, Reinhard Voelmle, Joyce Wagler, Betty •White, ,Murray Wightman, Joanne Williams, Sharon Willis, , Gail Wraith, Gary i'eomdn, Ronald Young. At the G.D.C:I. commencement exercises'on Friday evening last week Keith Grafton, left, and Janet AIIin shared the R.D. Munro Scholarship which is presented to a student who has specialized in Commercial or Technical Subjects and who has registered in an institute or, higher learning. Janet won the award as a rural student and Keith as an urban student. Kevin Cox, right, was presented with the first scholarship to, be offered in memory of the Tate William Cutt. The award is to be given annually to the student achieving the highest standing in two languages, other than English, in years four and Eve. -- staff photo Photo story by Ron SWtw depends upon how we go forwar The Goderich District .. Collegiate Institute, held their annual commencement exercises at the ' school last Friday, evening. What was the largest graduating class to date is ex- pected to be, in the words of print;ipal John. Stringer, "possibly, because of decreasing enrollments, the largest ever." Valedictorian this year was Tony McQuail, an Ontario Scholar now attending university in Toronto. The text of Mr. McQuails remarks follow. What is the purpose of a valedictory address-? I have pon- dered this question for some time and I am still uncertain of what it should be. In some way it should be a summation - but of what? I --shall not attempt to recall specific situations or'experiences from last year for I feel that this sort of reflection•is better -left £o each of us. As we are in- dividuals our memories of what was important and significant are unique and • I will not com- pile them for it would only be an incomplete list. Neither shall I evaluate last year or pretend to make a value judgement on it. Ido not know that it "was the happiest time of our lives" or that in the future we °shall look back wistfully to these "our most joyful years." I dare not condemn the future to be so barren. Evaluation again must; lie with each of us and how we look backward shall depend on how we go forward: It is on this process of going forward, of living and growing, that I 'should like to speak. For. me this process is education, but when I say that?word I envision more than schools, classrooms, teachers and students. I envision individuals, their environment and the intersection between them. I envision the process by which we grow, by which we learn and come to know who we are. "- Today we are close to physical maturity but a,���nnature personality ' and codgedlal self may take our entire life time to develop. This growth can occur only as we begin to make our own decisions for it is by discovering our own direction `that we learn what we value, what are the important aspects of ourfe. • It is essential that, while we are still, young;. we take the time to nurture our personal identity, our self. I realize that this may sound like self centeredness which has m.any negative cohotations but in a world which is increasingly under the pressure of mass society and conformity it is necessary, Without an identity, a strong. sense of who we are, we are fbundatioriless, we have no position from which to.evaluate our place in society. We have no standard by which to pick and choose, we can only accept what we are told and offered, we become the passive supporters of a society we cannot understand and feel lost in. This is the problem of an alienating culture and it .can only be solved by—a strong and positive concept of 'the self. For these' reasons I feel that our quest should be for identity rather than success. Success is a term which implies goodness but is rather nebulous and can be defined from several vantage points. It can involve a simple tallying of our resources, a LGili- pilation of grades or monatary assets where success becomes synonornous with quantity. These are external methods of defining success. Internally the definition is not so easy , to produce: Of course we can pretend that the external definition corresponds to ourin- ternal needs but this is rarely satisfactory,' we adopt goals whichr•aA valueless and attain ends which are meaningless. In- ternally success can often only be sensed. It is a feeling of hap- piness, of satisfaction and con- tentment. A feeling of well being. Td define success inter- nally we require an internal judge and this is the self. Until we have developed an identity we cannot really define our suc- cess, we can only accept, exter- nal reassurance and this is frequently unsettling. Schools and Universities are socializing" institutions and as such have their place' in society but they are hardly the only areas ' where' education and growth are possible. The Educational Institutions are rather specific in t'he type Of ed4acation .they offer and' the growth they permit, which is good. They do not have to provide all our opportunities for they are enclaves surrounded by a much larger and more diver- sified world into which we may venture. Indeed in the next few years some of us ' may realize that to continue our education it is necessary to leave those in- stitutions set up specifically for it. As we become more self - assured we 'can take the risk of leaving structures and discover -who we are in relation to ourself rather than .school, or work, or family. Once we have discovered who we are we can return to these with a much greater sense of purpose and direction. Wp are then self motivated and possess greater understanding and energy, Far those of us no longer in school we need not look on it as the end of our education though we may be glad to see it as the end of our schooling, for -schools• are limited and some of us reach these limits earlier than others. Howeverto see this as an end to our learning, our growth, our education would be a dangerous mistake. Our world is in a con stant state of flux, our position is subtly changing. Unless our awareness grows 'we will be unable to guide our lives in these fluid patterns. In this process of growing for- ward we:cannot reject our past nor can we ignore the future but we must learn to live in the present, to deal with life as "it is, not as it was or might be. We can't live in the future arid we can't afford to live in the past, the present is our only alter- native. If we can live happily. today, making it a joyous, oc- casion of self fulfillment, tomorrow will take' care of itself and yesterday may be something we recall with pleasure rather than regret. This has not been a sum- mation for 1 cannot quantify something which is vital and ongoing. I can only try to qualifv.it and that poorly. But I hope I have shared some ideas and questions which you ,may reject or accept, or perhaps alter to suit yourselves. It is this process or synthesis by which we find ourselves, that I call education. At G.D.C'.L canitn.kkaniont on Filthy evening, Tony McQuail, left, was presented With the A.M. Robertson Award for Mathematics ,and Science and the Robin MacKay Memorial Scholarship tor a year five student. Lett .to right, Sharon Brubacher received the W.H. Robertson Scholarship for the highest marks in English for years three and four, Susan Freeman won the A.M. Robertson Award for Progress and Development and Robert Coulter the A.J. Moore Memorial Scholarship.. -- stiff photo a,. At Commencement exercises this group of graduates from the Goderich and District Collegiate Inatitute received scholarships to help them pursue further education. Left to right they aro, Sharon Brubacher, recipient of the .Peter Adamson Manorial Scholarship for year four, Maureen McCauley, who woe the McKlm•Meniorlal Scholarship for year throe, 'Marilyn Wagler, who placed first for the Veterans Memorial . Scholarship, Karen White, who placed second, for the Veterans' scholarship and Joan SchOenhals'who worethe Peter Adamson Memorial Scholiirshlp for year two students and the CWL Prue for high standing in year two Latin. etattb photo