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THE GLEANER
learned to make decisions, to bear responsibilities, to express our thoughts, to reason for ourselves. Instilled in us are the principles of h-onor and truth, and of a spirit of willing service. We have also been taught to choose for ourselves, to choose our life work, and on what we choose to retain or reject depends our ability to accept the challenge of the opening door of life.
Many graduates of C. C. I. have proved themselves fit, have established a name for themselves in the outside world and have brought honor and glory to their Alma Mater. We, the graduates of 1925 will do our best and sincerely hope that we may live up to the example set by the graduates of former years. The future stretches ahead of us r{>SY and golden. It is a road of many branches. We have travelled along it together thus far to the graduation. Now we must part, choose whichever branch we desire to follow for life, and go our way, always hoping that .some day our branch may cross the branch of a fellow graduate and friend. We feel we may meet with confidence whatever life holds in store for us, prepared as we have been at C. C. I.
Good c~d C. C. I. Many are the pleasant and happy times we have had within its walls. Aside from the studies there wera the sports. How we all came out to see our teams of rugby, hase· ball and basketball try-and usually succeed-to defeat the -op- posing teams from Owen Sound, Barrie and Midland. What would we give to have one more int~r-collegiate banquet with Mr. Willoughby at the head table to tell what we would do to them next time.
Then there was the Literary Society, now known as the Collegiate Society. How we all enjoyed the lits held every once in a while. These meetings were always pleasant and enjoyable and whenever we got ambitious we used to invite our parents to hear us give our little "doo-dittie" on the piano. These happy memories are always with us and therefore we always wish we were about six or eight or twenty years younger and had all these incidents before us.
Now a few words to the newcomers to the collegiate. You have your whole high school life before you, the m::>st important part of your earlier years. How we graduates envy you, how we wish we were in your places. You are lucky. You are just start- ing on the path to choose and fit yourself for your life work. You have a very capable, friendly and efficient staff of teachers to help you. You have a new school in which to start in your new life to gain your knowledge. We, the graduates, have done our share. We leave the rest to you to uphold the glorious traditions of C. C. I. We hope you will always bring success to yourselves, and glory to your collegiate.
Before I close I wish to express on behalf of my fellow graduates and myself, our gratitude to those who have so faith- fully helped and guided us over the rough and stony places in our quest for knowledge, those who have at all times been so
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