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The poet, John Betjeman, discussing The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings recently, said,."Time gives a texture to things that man alone cannot add." He said, too, that nostalgia is ’not an illness — like flu - but a perfectly natural thing.

I agree with both statements, so I make no apology for approaching my subject with a certain degree of sentiment - but not,

' I, hope, with sentimentality:

Perhaps we tend to strive too much to be strictly objective in our thinking to—day. What is wrong with a sprinkling of subjectivity? People are more important than mere objects, systems or statistics; and people feel or sense the finest — the abstract things in life — love, beauty, loyalty, and the many other intangibles that are the very fibre of "the gond‘life",

Naturally my feeling for this school is colored by my long association with it — the good times I have had here; the lasting friendships made; the privilege of sitting under teachers whose sterling qualities left a deep impression on my mind; my many years a as an employee of the Charlottetown School Board; the stimulating experience of serving under Col. L. T. Lowther for a score of years, and C. F. Hine for a short time; my association with the hundreds of fine, friendly boys and girls who have been my pupils through the ' years; and now the rare good fortune to work with the splendid g teachers, the forthright, lovable children, and the understanding

parents of this school. However, I assure you, the material herein

is based strictly on historical facts - not my fanciesl