Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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missing, and who have died in the service of their country continues to grow. That our school, with its limited numbers, should have lost 34 in action or reported missing is an indication of the heavy price that is being paid to achieve an opportunity to create a world fair and beautiful. To the parents of those who are still reported cmissingw is extended our hope during months of anxious waiting-to those parents and friends of others who will not return goes in fullest measure our affection and sympathy. It is our hope that our work will, in itself, be a constant and growing memorial to them and of their sacrifice but we hope, at the conclusion of hostilities, to express our remembrance of them in a tangible and worthy manner. At this time however, 1 wish to thank Mrs. E. W. Wallace for the dona- tion of some four hundred books from the personal library of FXO E. W. Wallace fstudent 1927-19305, missing after air operations over Malta October, 1942. These books, individually marked as fthe Wallace Collection' are now being catalogued. 1 also wish to express our appreciation to Mr. T. A. McGillivray who has turned over Sonnyis personal savings to the school for immediate use. QSoimy was killed in action during air operations Nov. 19, 19431. This fund will be used to establish the Craig fusonnynl McGillivray Bursary for annual award. ln this way. Ed and Sonny will continue to play their part in the continuing 'acommunityv that is Pickering College. Now that those students who came to us in 1940 or later as cwar-guests' have almost all returned to Great Britain or have joined the 'services on this side, it would be an oversight if l did not mention the contribution that they have made during the past four years to the life of the school. I trust that they have returned to 'the old land, aware of the larger horizon of the Empire and the Commonwealth and without too much sense of in- terruption in their academic pursuits, l know that we, on our part, have profited and have enjoyed their presence with us. It is my hope that one result of this war emergency policy would be that some large scale plan of student exchange between Great Britain and the Dominions might be inaugur- ated after the war. The following pages provide evidence that one hundred and thirty-five students, their teachers and tutors, and the other members of the school staff have had an active year. This widely assorted and varied activity has proceeded along side of and in correlation with a heavy academic pro- gramme. Our examination record on the Honour Matriculation examinations last year was the best in the history of the school-94W of the papers written were passed, 5996 of all papers written being with first or second class honours. My grateful thanks is extended to the students-the student committee-the staff, academic and domestic-the Board of Management and its tireless chairman, Mr. Samuel Rogers, K.C.-to all those who have contributed, in any way to the happiness and success of the school year 1943-44. That future years may provide opportunities for still greater successes and wider service is my constant hope. g , do 10

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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

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The Voyageur VOL. 17 1944 PUBLISHED BY THE STAFF AND STUDENTS OF l'lCKERlNG ffOLLEGE, NEWMARKET, ONTARIO, CANADA 1 Ken Warren HEY are only loyal to this school, who, departing bear their added riches in trust for mankind. What are these added richesv, these in- tangible ideals which we value so highly, and for which 'fthe School on the Hillw stands. Here we are taught tolerance. Students from nearly all walks of life, and of various races and creeds, have capitalized on their differences, and have learned to work, play and worship together in friendly harmony, behind our familiar facade there is a working model of the longed-for Brotherhood of Man. When we go out into the world, we shall be able to combat the festering sore of racial prejudice with all our might, for we know that it can be conquered. We have learned to appreciate freedom of thought and expression. Through the medium of our elected School Committee, we have learned to govern ourselves and to respect the freedom we have been given. We have been free to express ourselves in the school paper and in our many '4bull-ses- sions , and have learned to listen and respect the opinions of others, conse- quently, we shall be able to use good judgment in the handling of that measure of freedom which is our natural birthright. We believe in fair-play. ln our athletic endeavours, we have learned to abide by the rules of the game, and to win or lose with equally good grace. We have learned to be honest in all our dealings, and not to take advantage of those who are weaker than ourselves. Above all, our school stands for service. We have learned that real suc- cess is not measured in terms of money or of limelight, but in happiness, and that true happiness can only be attained through service to others. We know that we cannot live happily amid surroundings of misery and squalor, and that the ago-giverv is much happier than the ago-getterw. We are aware that there are millions of people in this world who are economic- ally backward and to whom Hthe ample page of knowledge, rich with the spoils of time, has never been unrolledvg that it is our duty, as citizens D 11