Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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THE VOYACEUR It would be ungracious for me not to record my personal appre- ciation of the loyal co-operation of my colleagues during my absence a year ago this summer, in particular I wish to extend my thanks to Mr. Rourke and Mr. Beer who carried the major share of the load. My congratulations go to scholarship winners of last year whose names are recorded elsewhere and to the Honour Matriculation class of 1945 which established the finest record in the history of the scho-ol,-9427? passing, and 60? of all candidates receiving first and second class honours. y In conclusion, may I thank the students and the student com- mittee for the successes and the worthy efforts which are recorded in the following pages and the chairman and the Board of Manage- ment without whose confidence and support our work could not continue to prosper. ,Q do at g -mi-' THE TRULY GREAT A silent watcher wondered, as he saw The fiery comet blaze across the skies, How long the flaming mass in glorious show Would trace its radiant path before men's eyes. While many saw the show, but few perceived The underlying moral of the view, For lol the monarch's pow'r doth ebb and flow: His dazzling pomp soon vanishes as dew. The truly great are those who give their lives In humble service for a comrade's need And though the world may never boast their fame, And men may ne'er their contribution heed, Their satisfaction is a deeper one, The inner knowledge of a task well done. G.W. 10

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THE VOYACEUR A DEIQSUNA won Up and up, achieving, failing, weak in flesh but strong in soul We may never live to reach it, Ah, but we have seen the goal f NY who thought that, when the bugles blew cCease fire', the millennium would be ushered in have been sadly disillusioned during the past twelve months. Peace has not come with victory. Suspicion and continuous friction mark the relations of the victorious powers, the co-operation which brought the war to a close must be revived if mankind is to know any real peace. Famine stalks large areas of the world and in our own continent industrial strife hampers the process of an orderly re-adjustment of our economic life. But if there is cause for pessimism there is also reason for hope. Old imp-erialisms are giving way to a new attitude in colonial relationships g various international bodies such as the United Nations Educational Cultural and Scientific Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization., the Atomic Control Commission are getting to work and pointing to at goal of international collaboration. It is now, or surely should be, obvious that war does not by itself create uthe better world , at best, it can only provide the conditions under which man can once again take up the struggle to achieve that goal. It is well, at such a time in history, that we should frankly face the realities of the situation and, having recognized them, courageously rededicate ourselves to the unfinished tasks which ever have and ever will confront man on this planet. As man is a complex of weakness and fallibility so also is he the possessor of that cdivine spark' which moves him to Roll ever onward, forward, From chaos, slime and clod Through aeons bearing upward To the city of our Cod. It is in this spirit we, in education, must face all disillusionment, despair and apparent defeat. Our great task is, as it always has been, to release the :imprisoned splendour' of human life. Uur hope is that Pickering College, its students and old boys may assist in some measure in that task. 9

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THE VOYAGEUR IN MEMUIDIAM BARTON WALLACE S BROOKE E F CHARLES DONALD CHARLES, JOHN CLELAND, CALDER COPP, W. E. lTEDJ DALY, F. ST. L. FERGUSON, R. C. FLEMING, GEORGE GALBRAIT H, MURRAY GRANT, JACK R. HALL, JAMES D. MINCHINTON ED C MUTCH ROBERT MCGILLIVRAY C E MCINTOSH, KEMP NESBITT, MURRAY PARTRIDGE, W. J. DES. PRICE, CHARLES MELVILLE RISING, T. E. ROBERTSON, JAMES A. ROSS, DUNCAN B. ROSS, GEORGE WILLIABI SIMPSON, DOUGLAS 33094IWJJLQJlLH!lMllMllM!lMllLQ!lMllLQ!l!2llLQ!lLH!l HM!MZ!lyillkqllkallkqllkqllwllwll 6 HARVEY, JOHN F. HUNT, JOHN B. KENT, DALE KINTON, CLARE KNIGHT, ALAN J. MARSH, PETER MAYO, WILLIAM J. MILLIKEN, JOHN MILNE, DICK SORLEY, JAMES B. STIVER, DONALD TAYLOR, BRUCE TEMPLETON, WILLIAM TICKNER, DOUGLAS THOMPSON, FRASER VAUGHAN, LESLIE WALKER, HUGH WALLACE, E. W. Jn grateful rvmemllrzmre uf tlquze fnlqu sarrifireh their all zmh in fuur lyunhreh zmh fiftg ex-members nf 1 2 :ar unl fn u server: In mnrlh II 1 number I5 prnuhlg hehrrateh So those who dted and those who ltve jotn. hearts In erecutton o man s noblest atm And unto brotherhood thzs mtghttest task o earth We dedzcate beyond the memory O these our sacred dead our lwes our work h 'I ll ' mar f hif- , ' f ,f a . 7 A ' D KN EA1vEIfNi?iXiiZ5iiiEiiiEiiiEiiFEYPEWPENFEYFENFEYFEAIFEKIFENFZNFXQYPESIF JFEYFKIFQXIDENBNR 11