DEPARTURES


MR. STRACHAN

After five years in which he has proven himself a student's very good friend and mentor, he will no longer be our vice-principal, but he will assume new responsibility in his duties as the principal of Humberside Collegiate. This is a great loss for our school. All of us, over the past few years, at one point or another, have come into contact with Mr. Strachan on matters of educational or administrative importance and have been impressed by his quiet authoritative manner. He seems to know us all well.. perhaps too well in a few cases, we think as we engineer bold schemes with the intention of skipping last periods on Fridays ...

Mr. Strachan spent some earlier days as a high school student at Riverdale Collegiate. Tiring of this, he went on to the University of Toronto, secured a Master's degree and soon after taught physics at Lindsay High School from 1936 to 1943. Then in '43 Mr. Strachan was here at Jarvis teaching physics, until he travelled down to Harvard in 1951. In 1959, he returned to become the vice-principal of the school.

Mr. Strachan brought a good deal of thoughtfulness to bear in the thorny problems with which he had to deal, and we could always depend upon his judgement to guide us in our day to day scholastic problems. He was not one who went strictly by the book either, and weighed cases on their merits, not on their precedents.

Perhaps we could ask ourselves the question contained in one of Rupert Brooke's last letters: "Is there something inherent in the human spirit which allows us never to see a fellow's real value until he has gone from among us."

We will miss Mr. Strachan both as an educator and as a friend. Let us wish him much luck in his new, important position and send him off with our deep gratitute.

Thank you, Sir!

- - Peter Fyvie, 13B


MR. KITNEY

Mr. Kitney, who came to Jarvis in 1960, is also leaving us this year. Mr. Kitney was born on a farm in the township of Otonabee, near Peterborough. He attended a rural public school where, in one room, eight grades were being taught. From there he went to Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School. He proceeded on to Queen's University where he obtained his B.A. degree in Honour History and Philosophy. Then he obtained his M.A. in Modern History at the U. of T. He also obtained an M .A. degree in Education and Guidance at Columbia University in New York. Following this he received his Mus. Bac. at the U. of T. in Christian Education and Church Music. Also. he acquired his S.T.M. at Yale University.

He taught at Peterborough Collegiate for one year, lectured in History at the U. of T., and he also taught at Northern Secondary School for five years. Then Jarvis was lucky enough to discover him. His activities at Jarvis besides being Head of the History Department, include teaching guidance to grade nine, and also advising the World Affairs Club. I was surprised to hear that his hobbies include cooking besides Church Music and gardening.

Mr. Kitney is happily married to a kindergardten teacher.

He is leaving us to become a Vice-Principal at Central High School of Commerce. Mr. Kitney believes in taking everything as it comes and staying happy. It surely is a good prescription and we hope that he keeps it up.

Although we are going to miss you sir, we wish you success in your new position and all the luck for the future.

- - Soula Homatidis, 9E