Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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FRIENDS, BOARDING SCHOOL, WEST LAKE, PRINCE EDWARD DISTRICT - - CANADA WEST 1841--1869 Ulla fggmk flfoyaggm ai cfscficafacf fo Dng Qhmlml 41456114 of 931091541 PICKERING COLLECE, NEVVMARKET, ONTARIO 1908-1917 - 1927-1942

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The Voyageur for a safe return. I would once again express my appreciation to those others, without whose continuing faith and generosity our work would not he possible, particularly to the Board of Management and its Chairman, Mr. Samuel Rogers, K.C. As another year becomes a part of the history of Pickering College it is my hope that it is not unworthy of those that have gone before and that, in some small measure at least, it may be equally worthy of the future for which we dream and hope and plan. 04. , SAMUEL ROGERS, K.C. Chairman, Board of Management 11

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The Voyageur I 5 If .1 Qt I VOL. 15 1942 PUBLISHED BY THE STAFF AND STUDENTS OF PICKERING COLIAEGE, NEXVNITSRKET ONTARIO, CANADA Editorial . no ACADEMICS INTERFERE WITH Enzgfcarzowa NE OF THE SIGNIFICANT TRENDS in modern educational practice is an appreciation of the great wealth of educational opportunities 'to be found outside the classroom. Clubs, interest groups, activity programmes, and enterprises of all kinds provide valid media in which young men and women can 'flearn by doingw. lt is not surprising that some extremists take the view that formal classroom academics have very little to offer by comparison as a preparation for life. This has led in some cases to a dilution in the content of courses and an unfortunate reduction in standards to a point Where the individual no longer faces a challenge worthy of his mettle. Without wishing in any Way to disparage the excellent educational pos- sibilities existing in informal situations, many teachers will affirm the fact that formal education, handled with understanding by trained minds, fur- nishes an indispensable complement to other types. It is true that one learns by doing, it is even truer that one learns by thinking. To deprive a youth of as much formal education as his abilities justify is to deprive him of his birthright. ln the education of free men, it is of first im- portance that educators have Worthwhile objectives clearly in mind, such objectives may be classified as factual, personal, and social. The teacher in the classroom can make outstanding contributions in each of these cate- gories. The factual aspect of academics is a dual one. The citizen-in-training must be equipped with the specific facts with which to face the problems of his daily work, this is the utilitarian aspect. ln addition, he must be permitted to dip into the great storehouse of facts and culture that he has inherited from the past, this is the spiritual aspect. Utilitarianism in its purest for-m is animal trainingg it may provide food for the body, but it provides none for the spirit. Long after the specific facts of a subject are forgotten, there remain cultural residues which enrich the soul of man and increase his powers of appreciation. To have studied chemistry is to have some appreciation of the unselfish devotion that drives men in laboratories to tireless toil so that others may live. When the Hsuccessful man smugly 13