Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School - Echoes Yearbook (Peterborough, Ontario Canada)

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EDITORIALS Education in the There is probably no more frequent topic found in school editorial columns than that of the merits and values of education. The majority of these articles are highly idealistic in nature and usually regard education as something which has a high intrinsic value In view of the frequent attacks made upon higher education these days it is worth while for any one, and particularly for us students, who are probably not Vely often credited with any deep thought on the matter, to consider this vital problem carefully. It does not require any great deal of investigation to realize the need and justification of higher educa- tion for the young people of today. The world we are soon to enter is a world full of the most dis- tressing and acute problems. Difficult and complex questions of international relationships, social justice, capital and labour for example await us. So familiar have many of them become to us that in many cases we have ceased to search for causes and solutions, and have accepted them as ebullitions of a highly complex and chauvinistic civilization. Yet even a disinterested glance will show that their dissolution awaits only the unhampered and concerted effort of men armed with the weapons which education offers. This amazing and enigmatic difference which separates what may often seem the obvious solution from the sordid reality of the present day world with its blundering statesmanship and ap- palling lack of the finer sentiments of mankind, is something which frequently baffles and discourages the ardour of young people into silent acceptance. The question of how to get the most out of our education and how best to fit ourselves to be of some use other than mere personal existence is one which faces us all. Few generations may claim to have been brought up in a more turbulent and threaten- ing era than the present one. It is equally true, however, that if few have been called upon to face more difficult and discouraging problems, few have been offered such tremendous opportunities to make their age one which will be remembered as one of reconstruction and achievement. ' Surely any honest student of to-day should re- alize the responsibility which lies on the shoulders of himself and his fellows. Unfortunately far too many realize the fact too late or fail to grasp it at all. It should be the cherished desire of every alert and intelligent youth of to-day that he may possess some ability or talent which may enable him to par- ticipate in that great war on the black side of human existence which men from the time of Aristotle, through a series of giants such as Spinoza, Goethe, and Voltaire, to name but a few, have been waging. Not that he may aspire to the heights reached by these stars in the firmament of man's triumphs, but World of Today that he may be one of the thousands of spirits, who' guided by these Titans in every age, have striven to carry out their ideals with sincerity and unselfish- ness and spread again and again a redeeming light over the shady tale of man. It is largely upon the education of the youth of to-day that the success of tomorrow depends. Many of our present day problems are largely the result of ignorance-and its two evil children, bigotry and credulity. Ability varies in individuals, but one thing we can all do. We can at least be determined that when we leave our schools and enter the world, we will do so with minds that are open and trained to thinking for themselves. We can leave with the avowed intention of refusing to fall a prey to the children of ignorance and thus adding ourselves as inarticulate flotsam and jetsam to the burdens ac- tively intelligent men are striving to throw off. If education does this, then it is not in vain. Students! Don't waste your abilities. The world has grim need of them. Remember, the great prob- lems of to-day will not be solved by blunderers. Your brief period in school when the need of your life are still provided for you, is the time of your great opportunity and once its all-too-brief space has slipped away, it never returns. The last generation lies buried throughout the fields of France through no particular fault of its own. It is largely because of their generous effort that we still have the means of education at our dis- posal. Whether we use them or not is up to us. Is the day soon to come when the world will repeat the words of Alfred de Vigny, perhaps best left un- translated: Heureux celui qui ne survit pas a sa jeunesse mais qui emporte dans la tombe son tresor et ses illus- . ., ions. Not if the youth of to-day realizes its duty. R. Dick Fascism: A Question and Answer Probably no word is so frequently on our tongues and in our minds at the present time as the word 'Qfascismf' Almost daily, from our radios, from every newspapers, from the books and articles we read, it is flung at us, and the activities of its leaders form a large portion of the daily news. Two of the world's leading European powers have adopted it as their form of government, a third on the other side of the world is, to all practical purposes, a fascist state, a desperate war is being waged in a fourth in its interest, and a fifth is at the present time being forcefully turned into a fascist nation, Page Thirteen

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STAFF OF THE ECHOES The Student Executive EDITOR-RONALD DICK Managing Editor- Bob l'lamilton News Editor- Ruth Robinson Form News Editor-Catharine White Art Editor- Edna Borland Humour Editor-George Easton Advertising Manager- Warren Trotter Circulation Manager-Wilda Saunders Typing Manager- Freda McMahon Business Manager- Don Corrin 6 as me Departments LITERARY Editor: Ronald Dick Barrie Jack Albert Pilley Doug Moore FORMAT AND EXCHANGE Editor: Bob Hamilton Assistant Editor: Franklin Smoke Pauline Story Frances Neary Janet Prophet Bob Garner Bill Hamilton ADVERTISING Manager: Warren Trotter Assistant Manager: Warren Gamble Verne Whutley Don Corrin Eileen Sellon Ruth McNeely Ted Clarke Elfie Saunders Jim Lillico George Northcott FORM NEWS Editor: Catharine White Margaret Hooper lris Whalon Alec Gallagher The Form Reporters HUMOUR Editor: George Easton Rae Borland Torn McMillan CIRCULATION Manager: Wilda Saunders Hugh Davidson Margaret Westbye Moira Whalen 606 Advisory Board SCHOOL NEWS Editor: Ruth Robinson Assistant Editor: Barbara Scott Margaret Henry Thomas Stanley ART Editor: Edna Borland Doris Glover Don Duncan Mary Pierce Ralph Johnston John Hooper TYPING Manager: Freda McMahon Helen Liddell Eileen Batterson Marguerite Welch Jean Thomas Eleanor Phillips Marguerite Dummitt Jeanne DeMaio Arnold O'Heron Audrey Baker Carlyle Jacquith Jack Seymour Literary: Misses S. Muir, L. Park, M. Bailey, l. McBride Photography and Engraving: Mr. V. R. Henry Typing and Advertising: Mr. A. Shearer, Miss M. Lees Circulation: Mr. H. Graham Printing: Miss H. McGregor Business Supervisor: Mr. H. Toole Pa ge Twelire

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