Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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of his time in a social service mission making pleasure for others. He intended to spend his Whole life serving the World, in a scientific Way, Without sentiment. It seems hard that when life was blossoming out for Baynefthat just prior to the announcement of the scholarship results, when he was looking forward to University and the scientific work that he loved, that he should leave it all. But still his life, seventeen summers long, seems on consideration to have been a completed Whole and the bronze tablet which commemorates his name in our building will decay before his life ceases to serve as an inspiration and stimulus to those of us who knew him. -D.C. -..44'..? N24' v

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NIUYH N fe. i f 5453 it The Staff Board of Editors-MILTON DAVISON WILLIAM OILLE DOUGLAS CLARKE Athletics-FRANK BABB A7'l-LAWREN IIARRIS, FRED TOLLER Adfoertflstng-DONALD CODY Advisory Board JOSEPH MCCULLEY, JACK V INCENT, ROBERT ROURKE, RONALD PERRY Bayne Cummer His life was gentle and the elements so mixed in him that Nature might sta-nd up and say to all the world 'This was at mart' T is only fitting that this volume which is dedicated to Bayne Cummer,'the Editor-in-Chief of last year's issue, should open with comment on the life of one who, during the two years that he was here, typified in a most un- usual degree those qualities which are the real goal of all education. He was gifted, as his scholastic career shows, with a remarkable intelligence and power of concentration. All last year he was working hard for several scholarships. Yet he entered into the spirit of the school and tried everything. Although he had little athletic ability he tried hard at almost every game the school plays. He was secretary of the house committee all last year. He took an active part in the Sunday morning discussions. Naturally of a some- what shy and quiet disposition, Bayne forced himself to mix with the boys and made many friendships. With all his qualities he was very human. He had a keen sense of humour that helped him at many times. Bob Rourke will never forget the occasion when he tried to get into the physics laboratory where Bayne was working. After Bob had spent some time hammeringon the door, Bayne let him in and remarked that he should have used the three knocks, previously agreed upon, to indicate who it was. We all remember some of his characteristics. Personally I shall never forget his method of awakening me at the last bell in the morning. He would pick up a varied assortment of scribblers, hair brushes, tooth paste, etc., and place them around my head. By the time Bayne had topped these articles with a few heavy text-books I would get up. I shall never forget his long stride,-anyone who went for a walk with Bayne really went for a run. Bayne's whole attitude was unselfish. Thinking of others rather than him- self he unobtrusively helped everyone. During the Christmas holidays of last year, when most of us were thinking of our own pleasure, Bayne spent much S.-Jak 23 'iv

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Yowthis Heritage . Therefore, I summon age to grant youtlzls' lzeritage.H N the history of the world there has probably never yet been a. generation of time-worn elders that did not look upon the youth of its day as stubborn, wilful and foolishly impervious to the wisdom of experienced age, there was certainly never yet a generation of impetuous youth that did not look upon its seniors as hidebound, obstructive and effetef'-from an editorial in The Times, London. The above quotation is a statement of an ever-present fact, a recognition of the gulf that remains as a yawning abyss between the complacency of the adult, anaesthetized to change and immune from doubt and fearfulness, and the impetuousness of the youth, ever-ready for new experiences and with a frolic welcome for adventure no matter in what sphere it may lie or whither it may lead. In previous generations the rebellion of youth was Csometimesj more veiled and indirect. But to-day youth is frankly sceptical of the wisdom of ex- perience and asks boldly for the right to steer its own course and the privilege of making its own mistakes. At any rate, they will be their own. In asking this, they ask no more than is their rightful heritage. No doubt, it is wholly natural that age, looking back over its own tem- pestuous passage should seek to sparc youth as many as possible of the trials and the difficulties that have beset its own path, to do so, however, is to rob youth of the very conditions of its growth. Struggle and pain are not all loss but are the necessary opportunity for the testing of the soul and the develop- ment of all permanent strength of character. Each successive generation must, prove for itself every dogma, every precept which it will accept. We do not hold any brief for those of the present younger generation who rudely and unnecessarily offend the prejudices and susceptibilities of the older generation, nor do we claim forbearance for those who use this argument as a cloak for their own selfish indulgence without regard for the feelings and rights of others: but we do bespeak for the thoughtful and sincere who are earnestly seeking to find their way in the complex maze of present-day life, not only the tolerance and sympathy, but also the encouragement of those who have trod the path before them. That there are some who appreciate the problem we may well be thankful. Barrie, in his classic address to the students of St. Andrew 's Iiniversity, spoke as follows: 'fMy own theme is Courage, as you should use it in the great fight that seems to me to be coming between youth and their betters. I want you to take up this position: that youth have for too long left exclusively in our hands the decisions in national matters that are more vital to them than to us. Things about the next war, for instance, and why the last one ever had a beginning .... So forward, brave hearts. To what adventures I cannot tell but I know that your God is watching to see whether you are adventurous. . . . We are already seeking cushions for our old bones rather than attempt- ing to build up a, fairer future .... You have more in common with the youth of other lands than youth and age can ever have with each other. For such genuine understanding youth is most appreciative and it only asks that this sa.me spirit should become more prevalent at a time when it is en-. -. 'N25'