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

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1939 Ontario Athletic Commission Camp Nestling on the shore of beau- tiful Lake Couchiching lies the Utopia for all lovers of track and field sports. Here, the On- tario Athletic Commission, in order to further athletic train- ing among the youth of the province, has provided a camp that lacks absolutely nothing in equipment and personnel. Open all summer, it affords a two weeks session for Junior Boys, Senior Girls, and Senior Boys each year. V The first sight which greets one is the costly quarter-mile cinder track. the best of its kind. Inside the track are three deeply-dug pits for pole-vault- ing, high- and broad-jumping. Also there is a baseball dia- mond, a rugby field, and basket ball standards which are in constant use. Across the track is a volley-ball court and next to it, sheltered from lake breezes by tall evergreens, are three excellent tennis courts. At the lake is a large boat- house, a bath-house, and a large dock and diving-tower. .ggfxiiivf ,gf 12.3 Here the campers enjoy the blue, sparkling waters of Cou- chiching two or three times daily. Up higher, hidden by cedars of remarkable beauty and abundance is a large stone amphitheatre of natural forma- tion where the chief coach gives his daily lectures. Above this, are the camp buildings. Now a word about the per- sonnel. Alex Wilson is the chief coach, and a nation-wide authority on track and field. Mr. Steele, the business man- ager, is a combination advisor. banker, and father, while Andy Ley, the camp super- visor, is a genius for or- ganizing the camp program. As for the coaches fabout twelve of themj under Alex, it would be difficult to find a better group of fellows. Each one acts as a cabin leader and coaches skilfully and patiently his own event. One could ramble on for pages about O.A.C., but take it from me for the b e s t possible summer vaca- tion, crammed full of invalu- able instruction a n d training, there's no place like it. So let's get out and do some intensive training this spring, all you Glenn Cunning- hams, and we'll be seeing you at O-A-C. this summer.-Jim Lillico. The Ontario Athletic Com- mission's camp for girls, held last July on Lake Couchiching, was operated on the same principles as the boys' camp, held in August. It is owned and operated by the Ontario Government and is sponsored to encourage Athletics in the secondary schools of the pro- vince. This is the Hrst year that any student from P.C.V.S. has attended the O.A.C. camp. The only girls' representative from here was Eleanor Craig. ' Continued from Kingston 4 Page 36, of the train's whistle reaching us from the distance. Soon we could hear the crowds cheer- ing and then came the advance guard-and then, the royal car bearing our sovereigns ever nearer. As they came closer we could easily distinguish our handsome King and his grac- ious Queen waving to her breathless subjects and flash- ing on them her dazzling smile. For one moment we gazed spell-bound and then the royal car swung around the corner, out of sight, on its way to Old Fort Henry. Not satisfied with such a fleeting glance we trekked cross country with the hosts, to the station where we view- ed the royal train with its gleaming blue and silver and then stood, awaiting the return of the distinguished visitors. Their coming was- again fore- told by cheering and again we caught a single glance of a noble man and a beautiful wo- man dressed all in white-our King and Queen! Then the royal couple board- ed the train and it roared away into the night leaving only glowing memories in the minds of happy throngs. Once more Their Majesties had won in a single hour the hearts of thousands of loyal subjects.- NT Page F iffy-five .3-IM 1 'N' 1-

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193.9 Valeclictory by ROBERT GRAHAM, McMASTER UNIVERSITY Madam Chairman, Dr. Kenner, Honoured Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is my privilege to-day to say a few words of farewell on b e h a l f of the graduating students. This is a day of parting. We of the class of 1939 make our formal adieu to P.C.V.S. with mixed emotions. We regret to leave a school which has given us so many fond memories, a school whose teachers have given us of their best, both in the classroom and in the var- ious extracurricular activities, a school which has engendered in us a thirst for knowledge that will remain with us through life. It is hard to leave an institution where we have made so many friends and learned so many lessons. Yet we are happier because we have wandered through its corridors, we are richer be- cause of what we have learned in its classrooms. But the merits of our school are well known to all of you. It has established itself high in the esteem of our own com- munity and ranks among the best in the province. This is due, in no small part, to the many years of outstanding leadership given by our belov- ed principal, Dr. Kenner, sup- ported, as he is, by a competent staff and backed up by a sym- pathetic board of trustees. The main purpose of this meeting to-day is the presenta- tion of diplomas and prizes, which is, in reality, the formal the many hours getting what is education. The reward for spent here termed an word, education, immediate- ly brings to mind text books, pens and pencils, classrooms, teachers, and a host of associat- ed ideas, To the casual mind, education means the act of passing through the various grades of primary and second- Senior Boys' Basketball Team t w: D. MacPherson fFOl'WB.l'dJ, E. Taylor QLeft Forwardb, A. Scott lL ft Guardj, R. Johnston CRight Guardb. N F C t B M h cl R' ht Fo a dl, T. Clarke Second Row: X. oster L en rel, . oor ea 4 ig rw r LCent1'eJ, A. Marshall QCentreJ, Mr. Bamforth QCoachJ. ary schools and, perhaps, on to university. Then with the final diploma, education stops. But is the purpose of educa- tion merely to absorb informa- tion, to soak in facts like a sponge and to be able to squeeze them out for an ex- amination? ls this not, rather, the superficial part of educua- tion? Education should do more than this. It should broaden the outlook, expand the mind. Still more, it should teach us how to learn. Anna Jameson summed it up admirably when she wrote, The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us: to de- velop, to their fullest extent, the capacities of every kind with which the God who made us endowed us. For some of us school days are not yet over. Sometimes when one is tired from study, or is in the heat of examina- tions, it is well to relax for a moment and consider the un- derlying reason for all the toil and endeavour. Many, many years ago, Aristotle, the great Greek philosopher, made the wise comment, The bitterness is most apparent to us all at certain times. But in later years, as our intellect broadens and deepens, we will reap the harvest in a strengthened and ennobled life. To reach its fullest attain- ment, education must teach us how to think. The importance of this is most aptly illustrated by the unfortunate condition of learning in the totalitarian states where colleges are clos- ing and schools are but chan- nels for the promulgation of perverted knowledge. We in Canada may well rejoice that our sources of education are among the highest and purest in the world. Great opportuni- ties and privileges are ours. Let us make the best use of them.

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