Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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The Voyageur Equal Educational Opportunity No Canadian child should be denied educational opportunity because he lives in one province rather than another. The Federal Government has the major taxing power and should employ this power to secure equalization of opportunity over the whole country. Federal grants-in-aid. as are used in the re-establishment of veterans and also in technical education, could be employed. Scholarships and bursaries, dominion, provincial and private, should be extended. Adult Education Education is a continuous process and should not stop at the end of school life. It should be continued into adult life. ' Increase in the Number and Quality of Teachers There is a great need for an increase in the number and quality of teachers together with an improvement in their economic status. The report of the Canada and Newfoundland Education Association recommends a median salary of 31,321 We pay any amount to win a war. This programme and other necessary improvements means doubling our present Canadian expenditures on edu- cation. Can we do it? We cannot refuse to do it and survive as a democratic community in the world of tomorrow. F ltr BOAT BUILDERS We had one of the best years ever in the Craft shop. The building of kyaks and punts featured the spring term. Shown in the picture are Mr. Maitland. Spaulding. Crowther, Lloyd, Thomsen, C., Mooney, Maguire, Marshall. Cook. Mr. Renzius 17 -

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The Voyageur C Health The high percentage of men rejected for the armed services on the ground of health should give us some cause for concern. Many of the defects could have been remedied in childhood, and therefore many of them are unneces- sary. No community can longer afford to be without complete medical inspection and adequate medical and dental services including a free and adequate immunization programme. In many areas it may be necessary to correct diet deficiencies by provision of school lunches or portions of them to balance what the home provides. There must also be more adequate training in health habits, more adequate provision for participation by all children in games programmes. This programme should not consist only of 'cphysical jerksw in the classroom or playground in the same clothes in which they resume their work. In the simpler environment of former years there was adequate play space, but in large cities today, special pro- vision must be made. Mental Health L Teachers' attitudes frequently show a lack of concern for the child Has a personfl This must be corrected. We have tended too much to try to fit most children into a preconceived mould or pattern. A man in the army may be discharged as Hunlikely to become an efficient soldier . The school cannot discharge any pupil as unlikely to become an efficient citizen. lt is our task to discover the- child's needs and capacities and provide a programme that will enable him to use those capacities as a useful member of society. This will involve: till Reconsideration of our whole programme of teacher-training with less emphasis on subject-matter content and more on child nature and psychology. l2l Extension of guidance programmes, which should not be just vocational guidance but guidance in the whole task of adjustment of the individual to the school and the school to the individual. In the modern school, guidance is a umustw. lift Diversification and exten- sion of courses for the exceptional child, both sub- and supra-normal. Auxiliary classes for defectives are fine, but we also need auxiliary classes for our leaders. Democracy has almost invariably crucified its real leaders and left the masses of the people a prey to the ravings of the soap box demagogue. A recognition and adequate training of our potential leaders in Canada is one of our greatest needs. - Development of Ha sense of communityw This in itself may seem a nice, harmless phrase, but it is important to Canadian Unity. Are we a nation, or a collection of isolated, independent provinces, suspicious each of the other and jealous only to preserve our petty individual privileges? If democracy is really- to function in Canada, we must develop a sense of Canadian unity. Canada has responsibilities in the world of today and tomorrow. No matter how it is to be achieved, We must function as an integrated, self-respecting, united nation. Canada should have a federal bureau or office ofeducation, not to eliminate provincial admin- istration, but to set minimum standards, to act as a clearing house for educational ideas, to correlate curricula and standards and to, promote inter- provincial understandings and appreciations. i 16

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sawn.-um P. SCHOPFLOCHER FXELD I., T. 5040 LANIER 2 Fug Tribute To those students whose effort in various fields of endeavour has brought recognition, both within and without the school. NTCDOWALL PRIZE in Physics-Queen'S University-Honour Matrieulation examin- ations, 1943, PETER SCHOPFLOCHER. ANDREW J. DAVIS, BUSINESS SCHOLARSHIP, DAVE JONES. GARRATT AW'ARD-CDOSCH from their number by the members of the Graduating class as most representative of the aims and ideals of the School: TOM SCHOFIELD, LOU LANIER. WIDDRRINETON AWARD-Chosen by the staff from the Graduating class for Hnotable Contributions to community life : WILF COUTU, DAVE JONES, VIC KOBY, TOM RUSSEL, TOM SCHOFIELD, JACK STRUTHERS, KEN WARREN. , D. Jo S COVE' NEC ' V- K W. J T. RUSSELL J. STRUTHERS K. WARREN