Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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.Q ND as he leff fhe Four Pillars behind him, he came info a fog. Buf in him was 'rhe lighf of fhe pillars. For in his hearf was Wisdom, and Loyalfy, and Honesfy, and Kindness. Alfhough 'rhe road ahead of him was dark, he walked on info The darkness. And his shadow followed him. When fhey were losf in fhe dampness of fhe misf he sfopped and said:- Why is if fhaf fhere is lighf in darkness, and darkness in lighf! and why is fhere pleasure in pain, and pain in pleasure: and why is fhere ioy in sorrow and sorrow in icy? And fhe shadow answer.ed:- Even as fhe biffer' orange fhaf you gafher in fhe garden of your fafher is refreshing, so is fhere good in evil: and even when a cloud casfs shadows, if brings moisfure fo your meadows. And as fhere is hardness of hearf in kindness, so is fhere folly in wisdom, and falseness in honesfy, and freachery in loyalfy. Buf frufh is frufh as day is day, and nighf is nighf. He fhoughf in silence, and fhen said:- Whaf fhen is a frue man? And his shadow replied:- A frue man is he who is kind in wisdom, and honesf in loyalfy-if is he who is wise in loyalfy, and honesf in kindness. As he heard fhese words he found himself surrounded wifh lighf, and he and his shadow became one. 1 Th p ge is with the compliments of a friend.

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4 4 I 4 Q 4 +- 1 F Q 3 1 Q a 4 PETER BROWN From a lithograph by FRED HACAN 'ilu fnhuse memnrg this imlume is zxtfectiunatelg hehiczxteh NOWN and loved by Pickering College Students for over thirty years aPeter passed quietly away on February 14, 1944. He came of pioneer Quaker stock, and lived all his life in Newmarket. He was employed the day the first sod was turned on this hill-top and remained continuously in the service of the College till his retirement a few iyears ago. During the last months of his life he had been well enough to renew his friendships at the school and he was an honoured guest this year at our Christmas dinner, a party in which he had always had a particular joy. Peter lies buried in the country-side which he loved so well in the pioneer cemetery at Pine Orchard. 'tghis armour fnzis his huuest thuught Qmh simple truth his finest skill. 7

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AP Mawr uflistory trorels in grim cycles and man is broken on the wheel. Burt the journey is up, not down.-forwarrl, not buck: and it is worth tratsellingf If it were not so, man would hare let the wagon mire long agof'-A. S. Brooks. X T IS MY PRIVILEGE once again to preface the record of a yearis community living with a per- U sonal word. Inevitably and naturally, since, such a large percentage of our 'Gold boys are on active service in the four corners of the earth, l address my remarks, primarily, to them. Our hope is that, sooner or later, this issue of 4'The Voyageurw will reach all of you, with it goes our sincere wishes for a speedy and success- ful termination of your labours. It is impossible to keep in continuing touch with you all by letter, I would assure you, however, that you are constantly in our thoughts and prayers. When the record of these years is finally written, l trust that we, on the home front, will be found to have played a part not unworthy of the part that you and thousands of other Canadian lads are so worthily discharging. My mail brings almost daily evidence of the fact that, for many of you, memories of uthe school on the hilll' still play a vital part in your lives. l am very happy that even in the stress of the grim business of war you can still think of the job that we are trying to do with and for those lads who sit where you sat in classes or on Sunday evenings-who pound the track-who trample the grass on the south field,-who wander over the snow clad hills of North York--who bask in the spring-time sun, even as you used to do. lam grateful for such advice as the following, contained in a letter from an cold boy' who has been overseas for a long time and who is presently serving in the ltalian theatre-ul hope you can keep those kids you are looking after from getting the wrong idea about this war! The main thing seems to me to be to teach them not to hate-what are we going to do if we try to take revenge on these people after the war? Just as surely as the hatred is sown, we will reap an awful whirlwind afterward- and it is going to be bad enough without that, God knows! l can assure you that to the best of our ability, and under the changes necessarily im- posed by the events of the past few years, it is our endeavour to send forth into the life of Canada and the world young men of high hope and purpose. with clarity of vision to see life whole and unafraid and withal, the courage Gto strive, to seek, to find and not to yield'. We are listing this year on our roll of service only those names which have not yet appeared in the pages of cThe Voyageuri. The number of tOld Boys, and ex-members of the staff, of whom we have knowledge, now in the services of the United Nations totals 391. The number of wounded, 9