Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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JOSEPH MCCULLEY, B.A Headmaster N- x20' v

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ffl fpcrsonal Word 66 SCHOOL is a place where a boy may GET an education. I do not know where I first saw this definition of a school, but it expresses, in a word, my idea of the place of Pickering College in the life of its students. We have realized that it is of fatiguing drill and arduous ming the heads of small boys facts, but such a result is not The educated man is the impossible to force boys to become educatedg long hours driving on the part of the staff may succeed in cram- with a vast collection of heterogeneous and unrelated education. cultured man, and the truly cultured man is he who has developed to their fullest all his native talents and capacities so that he is at home in, or speedily adjusts himself to, any new environment. Under all circumstances he will have regard not only for his own highest personal welfare, but also the welfare of all those with whom he may be associated, either in his own immediate group or in the larger community outside. The President of The University of Chicago recently wrote as follows:- It is the purpose of education to unsettle the minds of young men, to widen their horizon, to influence their intellects. By this series of mixed metaphors I mean to assert that education is not to teach men facts, theories, or' laws. It is not to reform them or to amuse them or to make them technicians in any field. It is to teach them to think, to think straight if possible, but to think always for themselves. To what extent it has been possible for us to achieve these aims in our work during the past three years it is for others, rather than myself to say. I, however, can say that the board and staff of the school have earnestly and sincerely approached their tasks with these ends in view, and our experience has been such that, at the close of our first three year period we are determined to continue the same general method, and that we are looking forward to the future with increased confidence and hope. To the outside readers the following pages will convey some impression of the varied activities of the school, and also, I hope, something of the atmosphere and spirit that permeates our thinking on various problems. To the members of the school these pages will, I think, form an album combining the many experiences, comic and serious, of the past year. Of the grave loss that this school suffered in the premature death of Bayne Cummer, comment is made elsewhere in the book. Behind him, however, Bayne has left a standard of achievement and scholarship which will not soon be effaced. He ranked for the First Edward Blake Scholarship in Science, for the Third Edward Blake Scholarship in Mathematics, and First for The University College General Proficiency, and in so doing brought real honour to himself and to his school. It is only fitting that this volume should be dedicated to him. The academic results of the rest of the school followed the standard set by Bayne,- Lloyd Bell won the Mowat Scholarship in Mathematics and Physics at Queen's University. 86 per cent. of all pupils were successful on all papers written on the Honour Matricu- lation Examinations, and 75 per cent. on all the Junior Matriculation. Although we do not measure our work entirely on the basis of academic success we do feel that satisfactory attitudes will be reflected very definitely in the academic results of the school, and we are as proud of this achievement as of our achievement in other spheres. It is easy to take too much for granted in this world. Let me, therefore, take this opportunity of thanking the staff for their zealous co-operation in all phases of our work during the past year. I would also like to thank the members of the student body, particularly those senior students, who have made the ideals of the school their own and who have given of their best to make Pickering College an institution in which we may all take a very real pride. Needless to say, the editorial staff of The Voyageur is entitled to the thanks and appreciation of the whole school. As usual, the work has fallen on the shoulders of a few, but the third issue of The Voyageur will speak for itself in saying how well they have succeeded in reducing to print the warmth, the camar- ELC! t . aderie , the fine loyalties and enthus- 07' iasms that are so much a part of our life. -. N21 f