Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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THE VOTAGEUR 21 STAFF IN Tl-IE NEWS fReadmg left to rightj Miss Irene McCulley, the headmaster's genial sister, has held the posif tion of dietitian during the past year and has successfully blended vitamins. good humour and skiing. Mr. Wilfred Pollard is not only one of our best skiers, but a craftsman, and instructor in shorthand and typing. Wilf. came through the senior school as a student, and is now a permanent member of the staff. The amusement or whatever it is, expressed in the picture may be due to the fact that he is to join the ranks of the married class. Mr. Harry Beer, many long years ago, was one of our very first students. During his career here he maintained a high standard of scholarship, and in his final year was awarded the Cummer Scholarship. He graduated from the University of Toronto in History, and then spent two years abroad studying French and German. He spent considerable time in departed Austria. Harry returned this year to take over the Modern Language def partment and Wednesday's duties and to bring back a line sense of humour to his alma mater. Mr. Taylor Statten, director of character education, took leave of ab' sence to do some globe trotting. Sailing from New York shortly before Christmas he and his wife went to Europe, thence by way of the Suez Canal to India, where they opened Camp Tonakela, a camp for young people near Madras. Continuing their trip they went eastward to China and japan, returning home toward the latter part of March. Mr. Statten's line record of coloured moving pictures has been a treat for those who have seen them. Mr. Frank Murch, school pianist and instructor in music, has been the hard working cofproducer of the School's celebrated Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Rarely appearing in the photographic records of the shows, Frank has escaped with a small proportion of the commendation due him. Mr. R. E. K. Rourke. the other important part of the producing staff for the G and S. shows, has frequently appeared in print, so we take the liberty of showing him in an unusual pose ready to shoot a scene.

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' W THE VOYAGE UR GUING HDLMES WHEN THE News of jack Holmes' departure from us on leave of absence for at least two years, reached one of our students, he wrote home that nothing short of a catastrophe had happened , that, in addition to testifying to jack as a teacher of descriptive English, just about expresses our feelings. Punning5' has been accused of being the lowest form of humour, but in Jack's case it was the foundaf tion stone of a sense of humour which has been the delight of staff and students for five years. Now, armed with a BA. fWester1i '329 and an M.A. QU. of T. l ,331 he is attacking the fortress of postfgradu- Iojm W. Holmes ate studies at the Uni' versity of London fEnglandJ. All we can look for therefore, is that the traditional solemnity of the British Museum will be shattered, that father Bunny Austin will be driven from Wimbledon, and Noel Coward toppled from his throne, all by the wit and skill of john Wh Holmes. And to all these worthy enterprises we say good luck, but come backfi