Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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JOSEPH IVICCULLEY, M.A Headmaster

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The Voyageur A Personal W ord ILESTONES along a road are important, not so much because they inform a traveller how far he has already gone, but because they advise him of the distance yet to go. Pickering College has, during the current year, passed a significant milestone. It is now one hundred years since the establishment of the 'West Lake Boarding School, later known as The Friends, Seminary of Ontario or Pickering College. During this period the School has had its Hups and downs , its successes and reverses, the chronicle of which appears in the leading article in this year book. A That the school has survived is due, not only to the labours of those who have been responsible for its destinies from time to time, but in large measure to the fact that throughout its history the school has been an expression of the fundamental Quaker faith in the infinite and eternal value of every human soul. This belief in 4'pe1'sons', and their potentialities has always been a dis- tinguishing feature of the Society of Friends, it is a basic tenet in the philosophy of the Knew educationw. But it is not a new educational doc- trine, it has characterized all good education at all places and in all periods of the worldis history. It is essentially a religious faith-no matter in what words it may be expressed. It is a direct outgrowth of the Christian view of human life and destiny. The present clash of titanic world forces seems to have been occasioned by the denial of the validity of this belief--or, perhaps, by manis failure to implement it in all areas of human activity and in all forms of human relationships,-social, political andeconomic. It can only be considered as a tragic necessityl' that the course of human events had rendered inevit- able an appeal to the harsh and cruel arbitrament of war. It is, however, becoming increasingly evident that when the clash of arms is over there will still remain the challenge to mend of intelligence and goodwill to prove that, in the final analysis, right is the only might,--that no peace can be assured unless it is based on justice,-and that no pattern of national or international organization can possess stability unless it recognizes the in- herent worth of human personality and gives scope and dignity to the life of the ucommon mann. Our roll of service indicates that Mold boysn and ex-members of the staff during the last fifteen years are taking their full part in the present grim struggle, it remains for others of us to strengthen and maintain those values, the survival of which can alone justify their sacrifice. It is only these values which justify the past and the continued existence of this school and all other forms of democratic educational effort. As we pass the one hundredth milestone, therefore,- We commit ourselves anew to the future,- We affirm our faith in friendship and fellowship, sympathy, tolerance and co-operation as the only true bases of human relationships,- 9