Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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The Voyageur Under date of Nov. 12, 1941 the Bureau of Navigation at Washington, D.C. noted that of 8,000 applicants, all college graduates, for commission- ing as ensigns, some 3,000 had to be rejected because they had no mathe- matics or insufficient mathematics at college. The Educational Policies Commission, in HA War Policy for American Schoolsn goes so far as to recommend that high schools provide no further extension of specific mili- tary training in the schools. It is obvious that there are fundamental as- pects of an educational programme which are essential and which must be continued. There must also be more awareness by our teachers and by school boards of the physical needs of all our children. ln this country where good food is still available, it is vital that no child should suffer from mal- nutrition and there must be ample provision made for medical and physical programmes in our schools that will raise our C3 level to an A1. It is my conviction also that it may be necessary for the authorities to demand that certain teachers should stay with their teaching jobs as a form of essential though non-military service. I realize that such a procedure raises problems, but we have proven equal to other problems just as dif- ficult. Lewis Mumford, in a recent article in The New Republic, pointed out that in a time of famine even primitive tribes had enough sense to save the seed corn for the next crop. In a very real sense we are responsible for saving the cultural seed corn of the next generation if the total objec- tive of our war effort is to be achieved. School Boards will be tempted to economize. Great care must be taken that any economies that are exercised are not of the apenny wise and pound foolishn type. The proper conser- vation and training of our human resources is an A priority, and members of Trustee Boards can best serve their constituencies and fulfil their obli- gations to the future by facing their tasks at this time in that spirit. I know it is a truism to point out that the youth of our country con- stitute our single greatest national asset, but under the strain of war time emotions we are apt to overlook or forget it. What is a boy? 'GA person who is going to carry on what you have started. He is to sit right where you are sitting and attend to things which you think so important, when you are gone. You may adopt all the policies you please, but how they will be carried out depends upon him. Even if you makes leagues and treaties, he will have to manage them. He will take your seat in Parliament, assume control of your Cities, States, and Empires. He is going to move in and take over your Churches, Schools, Universities, Corporations, Councils and Prisons. All your work is going to be judged and praised and condemned by him. '4The future and destiny of humanity are in his hands, so it might be well to pay a little attention to him nowf, 29

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5333323333325232EEEEESEEEEEEEEEEEEEE U H 2325232323333EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Members of the Pickering College staff who are joining the armed services Navy DON STEWART 1938-42 Army A WW EARL DOE VAN LAUGHTON 1941-42 1Tut0r1fal Staffj 1940-1941 KEN MCNAUGHT 1941-42 Best of Luck Air Force RANALD IDE E. R. MATHER 1940-42 1939-42