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Chairman sMessage
No one may be able to forecast the developments in Canadian education, but there is evidence at conferences and meetings that we are convinced of the need to adjust ourselves to new ideas.
The effectiveness of any school depends on getting the answers to sev- eral questions: What is the job to be done ?What resources can be made avail- able? What co-operation can be achieved between those who plan, those who support, and those who control the school?
This brings adults into the education picture. It is adults who set the tone of a community.Adulthood is the significant period toward which life leads, and is the stage of life which has a meaning and importance that no other stage can possess.
Intellectual curiosity can be satisfied only by continued learning. When we learn progressively how to detect fallacy, how to rise above superstition, how to discern what is relevant,how to discriminate values,we are taking long steps in continued learning. The most disastrous thought for anyone to have is that his present store of knowledge, at whatever age, is sufficient.
Out of continued learning there come advantages not to be otherwise gained. One that will commend itself to many is the ability of self expression. Another is skill in doing things in a creative way. These - self expression and making - are ways in which we can in some measure discharge the oblig- ations we feel to society.
It is our duty as a Board to ensure that our students are provided with facilities which allow them these opportunities of education which will result in happiness, satisfaction and achievement.
Carl B. Carruther, Chairman C.D.C.I. Board.
Collingwood Collegiate Board
BACK ROW: R. W. Taylor, C. N. Ferguson, F. Giffen, E. J. Currie, W. R. Morley, H. A. Hewson, M. Ford, R. Pogue, C. Joyce, E. J. Bourrie, N.C. Taylor. FRONT ROW: L. J. McAllister, Dr. R. E. lves, W. J. Malley, Mrs. R. T. Courtney (Secretary), C. B. Carruthers (Chairman), R. H. McKee, W. A. Miller.
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