Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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Trlulrfvowaee UR VOLUME 8 JUNE 1 935 Published by the Stal? and Students of Pickering College, rVl ll'77llll'l1'0f, Page 15 17 19 20 22 23 25 27 29 30 31 34 37 38 40 41 42 44 46 49 52 53 55 56 57 58 59 61 63 64 69 71 75 76 82 100 101 Ontario, Canada f Contents . . . . . . . Dedication . . . . . . . A Personal Word . . . . . . . Editorial . . . . . . . The Higher Patriotism . . . . . . .Special Speakers ...The Pipe ta Storyj ...Chapel ...The Exceptionally Bright Child ...In Memory . . . . . . . Moments Musicales ...The Fate of the Silver Spoon tPoem1 . . . . . . .The Course in Business Administration . . . . . . .Soup and Saxaphones tSocial Eventsl . . . Firth House . . . . . . .The Blue Curtain . . . . ...Exchanges . . . . .. .A Room in a Forge Shop fEssayJ .. .Old Boys' Notes . . . . . . .Club Activities . . . . . . . The Ba-halmy Bahamas ... . . . .The Art of Fishing ...What For? ...A Saga of the North . . . . . . ,Vice Versa ta Storyj .. .The Red Army . . . . . . .Valete CGraduating Classy . . . . . . .This and That . . . . . . .Losterlimb . . . . . . . Athletic Activities . . . . . . . Football . . . . . . . Basketball ...Hockey ...Skiing . . . . . . .Track . . . . . . .Student Address List . . . . . . . . Staff . . .Our Advertisers

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DEDICATION William P. Firth, M.A., D.Sc., 1867-1934 . . AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS of three years' duration there passed away on Octoa ber 12, 1934, one whose whole life was interwoven with the history of Pickering College for a period of over forty years-Dr. William P. Firth. Born in Bradford, England, in 1367, he came to Pickering College as a young man after spending two years in the Friends' School at Union Springs, New York. From 1892 until 1917 the school prospered under his leadership. This period witnessed the removal of the school from the village of Pickering and the inauguf ration of its work in our present admirable surroundings. While building operations were in progress following the disastrous fire of 1905, Dr. Firth completed his work for the D.Sc. degree at Queens University and spent a year there as a Fellow in Chemistry and another as lecturer in the same subject. Although his training was in science, he maintained a broad and humane inf terest, not only in education but in much wider fields outside and particularly in the work of the Society of Friends in Canada. The refopening of the school after a lapse of almost ten years gave him an opportunity to express his continued interest in education. The present character of the school and its physical plant owes much to his keen judgment and deep interest. His leadership and the consecrated service of himself and Mrs. Firth were acknowledged when our new junior Residence building was opened in 1931 and named Firth House. To Mrs. Firth, whose keen interest in the progress of the school continues, there is extended our deepest sympathy. In memory of one whose name will forever be associated with Pickering College, this volume is most respectfully dedicated. -. ,,