Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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r: A I: E3 ll ll n o ei n ll I n u 1 3 nnnnnu .n Ea :.- IME JR N . ,X S.. Ya T has been customary to devote an hour each Sunday night to religious worship, and this year a group of services was held in which everyf one present took a greater part than in the past. The themes of such services held this year include Awareness of Beauty in Life, the Christ' mas service, Peace and Brotherhood, and Limberlost Reflections. In the last mentioned the following members of the staff gave brief talks on their impressions from the North: Messrs. Blackstock, Chipman, Charl- ton, Haydon, Hodgetts and Edmison. The first service of the year was directed by Mr. McCulley whose subject was The Life Worthwhile. At other dates during the year he spoke on The World Awaits! with references to the I-Iistomap of Evo' lution, One Thing Thou Lackestf' on choices between desire and necesf sity, and A New Year Message. Mr. Statten gave addresses at intervals, captioned Happiness and How to Obtain it, Making Decisions, Loyf altiesf' and 'lWhat am I Aiming at? All these addresses were challenging and inspiring. Shortly after its publication in Canada, Cry Havoc! by Beverley Nichols, furnished a background for a demand for peace by Mr. Widdrington- Later he based his religious remarks on Dr. Harry Emerson Eosdick's Adventurous Religion. just after Easter he discussed a magaf zine article entitled Freedom in Danger. Another member of the staff, Mr. Perry, spoke on The Came of Life, illustrating his talk with references to various sports. In addition to these a few special services have been held On Ref membrance Day an address by Dr. Frederick W. Norwood, of London, England, was read. Dr. Norwood delivered this address' in Montreal on Remembrance Day, 1932. Two gentlemen -from TocfH in Toronto took charge of Chapel on Dec. 3. This meeting laid the foundation for the school TocfH Club. Mr. Hodgetts and CldfBoy Bill Oille, paid brief tributes to the late johnny Copp, U. of T. Medical Student, who was killed by a robbers bullet. Tu enty-four iiii

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1 E , ..... .... , . 7i '7' .3 : ' : : ll n a s El u u l u u i ti i Q F 535332 13 llllnnnll , IFATITII of fascist parties on the continent of Europe this threat to the British tradition cannot be taken lightly even though at the moment it may not seem very close to power. The Rooseveltian experiment in the United States has been said to hold within it the seeds of fascism or socialism. Any measurf ableldegree of planning and a serious limitaf tion of profits is contradictory, however, to the basic philosophy of our present individf ualist or capitalist economic structure Strong opposition groups are making themselves felt in the United States against these features of Roosevelt's administration and it seems likely that any trend toward a permanent socialist organization in the United States will be eff fectively prevented. The trend, therefore, will be increasingly in the direction indicated by the Fascist governments of the continent with certain regulations of industry but in the interests not of the community as a whole but of special group within that community. Communism, as we have seen it exemplified in Russia, is unquestionably destructive of democratic forms, Fascism, as we have seen it on the con' tinent, is equally destructive of democratic forms. We are, then, apparently facing the possibility of the complete decay of a political form which we are accustomed to believe provides for the individual adequate opportunity for the expression of personality and the attainment of all those objectives which philosophers include under the general heading of the good life. Une of our Canadian political leaders a few months ago admitted that in these modern days democracy had become little more than the technique of getting the largest number of heads counted on your side on election day. This is a sad commentary on the history of the last 100 years. It is an indictment of our own weaknesses that in such a comparatively short time the shining vision of the philosophers should have been so completely lost. The basic reason for the present condition of democracy is that vested interests and economic pressure groups have utilized the machinery of democracy in the pursuit of their own selfish ends. There have been and are influences that should have arrested this process but in too many cases these groups have missed their opportunity. The institutional expansion of the churches has necessitated the exf penditure of large sums of money and for this money they have been dependent on some of those same interests that have been manipulating the political machinery to their own ends. The pressure has been subtle and insidious and it is doubtful if the church has even been conscious of the fact that her silence has been purchased at a price. A similar process has been in evidence in our schools and largely through the same mechanism our educational institutions from lower to fContinued on page 7lj TzL'CnI11Ill1f

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?t7mE...-Eh... SQ I Z ' - l 53 B n in in n n in ,n 'B 5' S' .... mrrn HIS year many interesting discussions have been held on Sunday mornings in Mr. 'IvlcCulleyxs house. ,Several ofi these took place before Christmas, and included , a series of three directed by Mr. Statten under the general caption, Vocational Guidance, the Factors Concerned in Choosing a job, and the Type of Preparation Necessary Theretof' Mr. McCulley led two discussions in answer to various questions in the realm of religion. l Mr. Dunlop, of the Dept. of University Extension, U. of T., gave an afterfdinner address on the Varsity courses and for what they prepare one. Cn certain Sunday evenings the Chapel services were foregone and addresses were heard in their stead. Cn such an occasion Mr. E. H. Clarke, of Aurora, discussed the agriculturist's philosophy of life. A repref sentative of the Childrens Aid Society spoke on Crthopaedic Treatment and Healing in Cntario, and as illustrations he distributed actual photo' graphs of the work in progress. The head of the Pinkerton Detective Agency traced the growth of his organization and the part played by it in American history. Mr. A. C. Bunce, recently returned from Korea, spoke on conditions in that country. The Rev. James Endicott, on furlough from China, gave a summary of his work among the Chinese. 323-g:' lIillllllllllnli. fs fi' itll' ..,l' X - . 'U' X, il X. ' l , 'MMI' HIS year, according to our custom, some type of musical entertainment was pref S sented' every Sunday. Usually the recitals took place in the diningfroom after dinner, but dur' ing the winter term monthly Twilight Conf certs were given just after tea in the Assembly Hall. This latter group was very well attended by citizens of the neighbourhood and other visitors, in addition to members of the staff and many students. The first concert featured two groups of piano solos by Mrs. Mary Shore, and a group of songs by Mrs. Alice Rourke, accompanied at the piano by Mr. Frank Murch, the school's director of music. ' In February a programme was presented by the Russian Trio of To' Tiecntif ji to