Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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'THE VOTAGEUR 23 The Pipe . . . . . THE MANTLE'CLOCK above the friendly fire obediently struck eight, as one long used to the habit of its owner, who en' tered now clad in his slippers and his smoking jacket. Shutting the door caref fully against draughts, he moved toward his pipe cabinet, dragging his seventy years in every shuffling step, a man as mellow as the chimes that had greeted his arrival. A man whose face had seen his dreams and friends pass through death to memory and recorded each transition with a line. His business now was to choose a pipe from the many that hung upon the rack, silently intif mate as old comrades. The one he def cided upon rivalled its owner in years, its flavour a subtle congregation of arof matic ghosts of many tobaccos that had haunted its charred bowl during the past half century. Sinking into his chair and the red glow of the fireflight, the old man paused before filling his pipe to ponder over the little jade Hgure carved on its face. She who had given him that pipe had said that the small figure bore a magic power-Eline, fifty years a memory, he smiled and the hand that held the match above the curling tobacco leaves trembled. The old man settled back into his chair whose curves, fitted by Time to every peculiarity of his body, caressed him now. The smoke climbed over the bowl of his pipe and downwards to brush against the little jade Hgureg then, curling, rose in idle ribbons ceilingfwards. The old man watched the smoke ffff Eline! She stood there in the doorway, looking as he remembered her so many years ago, when she had sailed away to China and that strange disease that had stolen her life and left him a perennial bachelor. L'You entered so softly, my dear, I scarcely heard you. B. A. Wallace She smiled, and from the chair there rose, not the old man, but a youth who strode toward his love and led her to a seat beside the Hreg conscious of her ling' ering jasmine perfume that tinged the air. She told him of the little things that had been part of her day, about her dog and her sewing and the trouble she was having with the flowers on the cushion she was making for Granny. He listened impatiently, eager to tell her of his mightier thoughts. And so, in turn, she listened while he presented, in the glowing phrases of youth, all the marf vels of his dreams and his ambitions. Here was desire for fame and joy and the world awaiting to satisfy itg here was youthful scorn for sorrow and failure. And I will write such books, Eline, as will live alone above the literary rub' bish and garbage of this age. Wheii these latter have been long consigned to the critic's dust bin my books will still be discussed above the dowager's tea' cups and wrangled over in the crazy light of Bohemian rendezvous. As a modest man, Eline, I tell you this be' cause I know that you understand and believe me. She nodded and thought how fine his fair hair looked, sparkling about the temples in the fire light, like little points of bronze. He talked on of the distinction he would gain as an author, and of how they would live happily in the pleasant glow of his fame. Now and again she would find him questioning her with the earnest seriousness of his twenty years and she would reply absentlyg happy that her hand lay in his and that they were together. As midnight came on she left her chair and moved to go, her lover follow' ing her. Pausing by the open door she freed a rose from her hair and handed

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22 TH E VOYAGE UR Build me a Vxforld, Said God, Not with a navy's strife, Nor with a host in arms, Compassing death, not life. Build me a World, said God, Out of man's fairest dreams, Heaven must be its dome Lighted by prophet-gleamsg Justice shall be the stones On which my world shall rise: Truth and Love its arches, Gripping my ageless skies. Out of dreams, on the earthly sod, Build me a World, Said God. Special Speakers . During the year the School has heen fortunate in having many outside speakers of note, including: Prof. Willson Woodside-on An Outsiders View of Germany. Victor Lange, Lecturer in German at University of Toronto, and Fritz Winter, exchange student from Germany, hoth spoke on their native country. Prof. Cano, of the University of Toronto, talked on Spain.'l Prof. N. A. Mackenzie+on Present Wtirld Conditions Miss Emily Guest addressed the school on her visit to Russia. Miss jenny Brown fhy courtesy of the National Council of Education spoke on 'kThe Shetland Islands, the lecture heing heautifully illustrated by her own films. Also hy arrangement with the National Council of Education we had the privif lege of an illustrated lecture on England hy Capt. A. Wilson, M.C. Mr. V. Soames spoke on conditions in Canadian Penitentiaries. Mr. Merwyn Marks discussed Left Political lvlovementsll

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24 TH E VOYAGE UR it to him. As his hand grasped the flower one of its thorns caught his finger and the rose fell to the carpet. Smiling he stooped to pick it up ffff The old man awoke. He laughed, An old man indeed! with his pipe cold and his foolishly sentimental dreams f f - f Suddenly he started, the skin of his knuckles stretched white where his fingers gripped the arm of his chair. The warm air was haunted by a scent of jasf mine and near the open door, at the spot where his staring gaze met the car' pet, lay a -rose. , I -Ti ,TA .V ALA if v 'A . N. Z'a,if.:, .. , - , Flcicii M. '1'i'Ri-'Vs Garrett Award THE SifNioR Srunmirs this year voted Fred Turfus as the recipient of the Garf rett Cane, and thus selected him as the school's most representative boy. This choice was very popular among the other members of the school, as Fred has, in his two years' stay here, not only taken part eagerly in athletics, but has shown himself a capable and hardfworking stu' dent, and a conscientious and depcntlf able leader of the student government. To Fred, as he journeys on to other fields, go our best wishes for success. Farm Scholarship Mr. Rogers, Chairman of the Board, announces the inauguration of a special scholarship, known as the A. S. Rogers' Farm Scholarship. This will be award' ed annually to a student, normally resif dent on a Canadian farm and who has completed successfully his Ontario jun' ior Matriculation examination, or the equivalent. The scholarship has a value of 3550.00 per year. :if PIC els Work on the Farm The past year has seen much progf ress on the School Farm. Perhaps most evident to us have been the efforts of Mr. King to relate the Farm with the School, and to create a feeling of un- derstanding among the students. Noteworthy also, has been the im' provement in the School grounds. A beginning has been made to an 'extenf sive perennial border between the rink and workshop, and hundreds of young evergreens planted, which in a very few years should make an impressive showing. Featuring Clothes This issue of the Voyageur has been supported by many members of clothing establishments. We trust, that in reading through the pages you will note with interest their cofoperation, and whenever it is at all possible to govern your clothing purchases accord' ingly.