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All of us must be proud to have a Yearbook of the calibre of the Gleaner as the public showcase of our school. Within these pages, are recorded all the memorable events of the school year so that in
Iater years, you will be able to sit down and look back to your days at C. D.C .I.
To the editor, Audrey Abernethy, and her staff we would offer our most sincere congratulations for a job well done. Only someone who has experienced the work, could know of the headaches and heartaches that are part of the creation of the Yearbook. And a special word of appreciation should be given to Mr. Kenney and the faculty advisors for their help and guidance in the production of the Gleaner.
This year will see the opening of the addition to our present school and the beginning of the new school in Stayner. We are assured that with this new building our accommodation problems are ended for some time to come. We hope that a sporting rivalry will develop between the two schools so that we shall have a sphere of competition within our own area. This friendly competition will spur us to greater efforts so that our district will be strengthened in its position in the Province.
1960 saw the dawning of a new decade in this twentieth century- behind us lies the "Fabulous Fifties," ahead what might be called the "Soaring Sixties." We have seen the ushering in of the "Space Age," mainly as part of our rivalry with Russia. This decade may see the culmination of these efforts so that some adventurous soul may leave this planet to explore the terrestial sphere.
With this coming of the Space Age, a certain hysteria has crept in to demand a great emphasis on the Sciences and Mathematics. But many of us do not subscribe to the idea that the social studies, art1 music and Iiterature should be sacrificed to the gods of the cold war. No civilization has become great or remained great on the basis of mechanics and techniques alone. Without the scientist and the engineer we are lost in the modem world. But without a "sense of direction" stemming from the poets, philosophers and spiritual leaders we are even more certainIy lost.
W.J. Peat, Principal.
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