Page 5 - 1947

Principal~s M e s s a g e 'flO THE EDITOR OF THE GLEIANER:
It is very kind of you to ask me to write the foreward for the Gleaner. I am pleased to see the idea of a regular year book revived and I hope that as the years go by the school will be ruble to pu/blish the Gleaner annually. It seems to me that such a publication has three functions; first, to present in !Jrinted form a ~chronicle of events of the school year, and to be a ,good souvenir whieh will be appreciated more and more as time goes on; s~econd, to provide the .opportunity to publish original writings by pupils in the fol1In of stories, poems, essays and editorials, and third, to honour the graduating classes. I wish to ·congratulate the edrrtor of the paper and to express our appn~ciation of the patronage of the a,dvertisers and very fine co~operation of the Enterprise-Bulletin Presses Ltd. and Saunders Studio.
Each year about 100 pupils leave the school a,s graduates or under.graduates and to these we express our best wishes for success. Those who are a:ble to go on to further education 'are indeed focrtunate as a country like ours must have lea,dership from people of learning. To those who }eave to g.o to work it might ,be sug'gestect that there are many opportunities to continue their education other than a formal way.
We hope that the pupils who will lbe in the school for one or several years will take advantage of the many opportunities offered by the school. 'fhe first duty of the S<chool is to see that each pupil gets a genuine education in the fundamentals of learning-English, Sodal Studies, Mathematics, Language, Science, Art and Skills, CommeTcial, Home Economics and Musi:c. It is also the aim of the school to develop within its resources Athletics, Competitions, Drama, Religion, Music, Counselling, Cadets, and Social Events. We urge all pupils to take full advantage of these opportunities during the all too short time they have for iormal education.
D. A. MatcRAE.