Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

Text from Pages 1 - 112 of the 1949 volume:

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CAMERON edifor-212-flaief ALASTAIR MACDONALD auimzfzz editor DAVID CLAXTON mlizfiliey RICKY ARNOLD liferary TED LAWRENCE 11110111 SAUL LUBARSKY pbofagmpbj production staff D. CAMERON - - R. ARNOLD - A. MACDONALD - - S. LUBARSKY - - F. D. L. STEWART - - editor re- wrile illnyfmfimz adverzimzg Maj advifor on ten ts THE HEADJIA,STER'S MESSAGE EDITORIAL TIIE GRADl'ATl.YG CLASS TIIE SCHOOL COJIJIITTEE .. LITERARY THE FALL TERJI TIIE WINTER TERJ1 .. THE SPRING TERJI ..,. INVITATION CLLBS .I . THE PREP OLD BOYS .. PAGE 5 ..6 6 12 15 92 Z2 55 64 72 76 Three some thoughts from the headmaster T IS IMPORTANT for every school periodically to examine its traditions and customs. Do they represent the best thinking of the community distilled through years of experience? Or do they, in part at least, represent nothing more than convenient patterns of behaviour into which the group has drifted? Some traditions may very well have such fundamental value that we should hold fast to them over the yearsg others may be only first approximations to the good life. . Twenty-two years ago, hacked by the thinking of our Quaker founders, we set forth the programme and organization of our school. The focus of attention was on the individual, and on his right to grow and develop subject only to the limitations imposed upon him by his group responsibilities. This is a basic concept at Pickeringg it involves the two supplementary ideas of privilege and responsibility. Pickering students have many privileges. Some feel that they have too many. In my opinion, the danger point is reached when the privileges are given rather than won, when they are unaccompanied by commensurate re- sponsibilities. S-o long as the increase in personal freedom goes hand-in-hand with a greater awareness of one 's place in his group and his obligations to it. I contend that the development is wholesome and proper in a society of free men The staff and students of Pickering College this year gave considerable thought to ways and means -of increasing their contributions to the community. XVhen Hugh liyon, former Headmaster of Rugby, visited Pickering Follege in the fall, he told us of the manner in which the older students at Rugby accepted responsibility. A number were impressed to the point of taking action. The customs of over twenty years are hard to break, particularly so when they have undoubtedly had many merits. It is therefore to the credit of the students that they were willing to undertake a new plan of corridor arrangement that promised more opportunities for developing better school tone. Instead of corridors composed entirely of seniors or of intermediates or of juniors, Pickering corridors henceforth were to be real family units with boys of all ages living together and working together. Some of our hopes for the new scheme were realized. But it would be foolish to pretend that we have explored its possibilities in a few monthsg only after twenty years did we feel that the former method had been fully exploited. Early next September a joint committee of staff and students will study the problem anew in the light of our present experiences. I believe that we are on the track of something worthwhile. And so it must always go. As soon as we feel that nothing remains to be improved, we shall have reached the end of our vision. If I interpret the aims of Pickering aright, we must look forward to finding better ways of developing that inner discipline that enables young men to make good decisions, to handle freedom wisely, and to stand ready to accept their full share of responsibility in their group. Thus will Pickering become a beloved com- munity , a true society of friends. Fila editorial s I SIT' AT THE TYPEVVRITER this morning I find it very easy to look upon the year as an entity. Since early last evening I have been reading articles for this magazine concerning teams and activities, highlights and low- lights of the school year. I have been selecting photographs for publication fr-om a file that includes every face in the community and pages from almost every day of the school year diary. The typewritten pages and glossy photos are no longer clear in my mind, but they have mingled to form a picture ofthe school year, nineteen forty-eight, forty-nine. I think I can now see this past year as it should be seen, not a series -of disconnected events and ideas but rather the development of a new kind of thinking in the school, and possibly the prelude to a new era in the school 's history. IN THE FALL TERM it became evident that there was the usual amount of criticism of the policy and outlook of the school. Much of this was turned against the students and some of it was in direct opposition to staff policy and the mistreatment of the ideals of the school as we had understood them. The first sign of this beyond the corridor bull-sessions appeared in a group of editorials in the December edition of the school paper. The editorials accused the students of lack ot' spirit and sense of responsibility. Student projects were proposed and it was suggested that the students could accept responsibility for s-ome of the tasks about the school. Another editorial accused the staff of having forgotten that we owed it to the greater community to carry out experiments in education. In summary, the conclusion that had been reached by those students in the fall term who were concerned with the state of our school community was simply that we were HSTAGNANTH. Some- thing was missing. Pickering needed a shot in the arm. In the second issue of the Quaker Cracker the editorial attacked the student committee as undemocratic and nothing more than a popularity poll. This jab served to wake up many of the senior students, and before the second term had passed its first week. Mr. Rourke hadgc-ome forward with a proposal for a basic change in the school organization. The committee had seen the need for change and the headmaster's suggestion that the academic and age-grouped corridors be broken up, received their immediate support. The new plan was to have students of all ages and academic levels living together on the same corridors. In addition, the students were to take the responsibility for keeping their rooms swept and clean as well as handling the evening duties themselves. After a measure of persuading and explaining the matter was put to a vote and with eighty percent student support, the plan was put into effect. Six After the room change, the desire for rejuvenation dropped to the bull session level again. The spirit of change and the essentiality of experiment for progress has been planted in enough student minds, however, that the coming school year may show us a greater and stronger lust for improvement. This desire is not only the means toward the end but it is essentially the end itself. This realization of a stagnant condition and the resulting attempts to bring about the necessary change has been the most significant aspect of this year at Pickering and all of the other areas of activity reflect the conditions which promoted it. getting in the lust word S wiz PUT' THE MAGAZINE to bed. at three o'clock this morning. we feel that - there are one or two things that we ought to pass on. The most startling news that we have heard in the past week is that Mr. Donald Stewart is not coming back to the college in the fall. Don Stewart is going to the Department of External Affairs this summer and is changing his profession from that of teacher to that of diplomat. During Mr. Stewart 's years at the college he has been the inspiration behind much intellec- tual aetivity, and the Dramatic Club has been one of the many projects which owes all of its debts to this one man. A gentleman and a kind and earnest teacher, Mr. Stewart has won the respect of everyone whom he has taught. The English classes have been refreshing. a high spot in the student day. and the many innovations and experiments that have been tried in class have made the courses of grades eleven and thirteen both exciting and valuable. Mr. Stewart has had a series of nick-names. a sign of popularity in spite of their occasional disrespectful connotations. Beacon and Lobster have lasted out the years and although they may not be appreciated in some circles. we know very well that it has only been on rare occasions that there was any more malice in them than in naming at chum, t'Stinky . We realize that our housemasters absence will be sorely felt in the coming years and we can only hope that in his new work and new community he will find satisfaction and happiness. Another piece of news that some of the students may not have picked up before leaving school concerns Lou Lanier 's trip to Europe. To-morrow, on the twenty-third of June, Lou is leaving for London, England, Paris, Brussels, and other centres of interest. He will end up in Sweden where he is attending the Lingiad and will be studying physical education among other things. Lou will be spending the iirst half of the summer on his trip and will no doubt be overflowing with new ideas when the fall term comes along. Seven Bob Mctfllure has gone off to Parry Sound and Ed Furlong has gone to the States on his way to Mexico as you all know. Many of us are wondering just who will do all the things that Bob used to do. It seemed that if there was anything going on on the building, Bob could be found in the middle of it. Never has so much been done by such at small man with so little fuss. Bob is departure means that the school is losing a fine teacher, a wonderful friend, and one of those people who has made himself indispensable. The way that we feel like saying it is simply-Bob is a swell guy and we hate to see him go. Although Ed Furlong was not with us for very long, some of us got to know him fairly well and with all of his quirks we are sorry that he cannot return for the coming school year. Ed is a. rugged individualist, and while he was here he was able to give some of us a few new ways to look at things. He has many friends here who will be looking forward to seeing him again when he comes back to Vanada. The only other people who are leaving are the members of the magazine staff. The Voyage-ur is finished and we are going to bed. the graduation class E PRESENT HERE the graduating class of this school year, those members of our matriculation classes who are leaving Pickering to begin university or business careers. To them as well as to students in lower forms who may be leaving us at this time, may we say - good-bye and best of luck! CHARLES AnAMs-XVith us for only one year from New Liskeard . . . played on the first, football and hockey teams and the Silver intramural team . . . member of the Root of Minus One f'lub . . . plans to take a business course next year and then enter his fathers business in northern Ontario. RICKY ARNOLD-HHS been with us nine years and entered fully into every phase of school life . . . onetime of England now of Toronto . , . active in Voyageur and Quaker Cracker . . . Dramatic Club . . . Polikon Club, president one term . . . chairman of the temporary school committee . . . one of the instigators of the corridor reorganization . . . winner of the NViddrington Award . . . captain of the soccer team . . . also played basketball, tennis, softball, track, lacrosse, volleyball . . first colour holder . . . major interests, reading, tennis, Quakerism . . . plans to take a year out for business or service and then to the University of Toronto. l3ONAl,D AZAR-Three years at Pickering from Sydney, Nova Scotia . . . played soccer, hockey and track . . . plans to take engineering at St. Francis Xavier Vniversity. Eighr Bois BAINBRIDGE-Another northerner, a one year man from North Bay . . . played football and hockey . . . plans to complete his studies in his home town and then proceed to science at university. ALEX. BULL-Tl1I'6G years at Pickering, formerly from Parry Sound, now of British Columbia . . . president of senior corridor . . . Dramatic Club . . . Glee Club . . . Voyageur staff' . . . dance committee . . . member of Root of Minus One Club . . . first football and hockey teams . . . Sports Day captain of the Blue team . . . first colour holder . . . plans to study Geology at the University of Toronto and then to the northern wilds! DUNCAN CAMERON-Two years at the College from Toronto . . . editor-in-chief of the Voyageur and active in Quaker Clracker during both years . . . stage technician for Dramatic and Glee Clubs . . . Polikon Club, president one term . . . president of Camera Club . . . dance committees . . . played first team soccer . . . Widdrington Award winner . . . major interests. photography, writing, informal discussions . . . plans to work for a year, probably in the north and then university. TED CANNON-Five years at Pickering from Downsview, Ontario . . . Glee Club . . . Camera Club . . . Root of Minus One Club . . . Dance committee . . . active in athletics until side-lined by bad back during last year . . . Sports Day captain of the Silver team . . . major interests, music and art . . . planning to go on to Queens or Toronto, this year or next. ARMAND CHAPITT-l4ll'OTY1 Montreal, at Pickering for six years . . . member of the Princeps Club . . . played senior football two years and basketball one year . . . first colour holder . . . member of Silver team . . . plans to graduate from Mctlill and enter the diplomatic service, DAVID CLAXTON-Tl'1l'PP years at Pickering from the nation 's capital . . . active on the Voyageur staff . . . member of the Princeps Club . . . foot injury kept him out of athletics in final year . . . skiing enthusiast . . . member of the Blue team . . . plans to study medicine at McGill. TONY CODY-One year at Pickering from Kingston . . . Glee Club . . . Camera Club . . . Root of Minus One Club . . . played junior football . . . member of the Red team . . . major interests, photography and natural sciences plans to enter Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana. JOSEPH COHEN-FPOIH London, Ontario, Joe has been at Pickering for seven years . . . active member of the Polikon Club . . . on the Quaker Cracker staff . . , played junior football and senior basketball . . . member of the Blue team . . . first colour holder . . . major interests, journalism and baseball . . . plans to take course in journalism at VVestern. Nin c Ross DABOLL-Native of Ridgeville, at Pickering three years . . . chairman of the school committee for three terms . . . Widdrington Award winner . . . Princeps Club . . . captain of senior football team, active in basket- ball, track, volleyball . . . first colour holder . . . member of the Silver team . . . plans to enter Commerce at Queen 's. ART. UOBSON-At Pickering one year from Peterborough . . . prominent in Glee Club . . . Camera Club . . . first team football . . . senior North York basketball . . . member of the Red team . . . second colours . . plans to enter the business World. DOUG. EVANS-One year man from Toronto . . . Camera Club . . . first hockey team . . . member of the Red team . . . plans to work for a year and then enter mining engineering. Jock CiO0BIE-TWVO years at the College from St. John 's, Newfoundland . . . Dramatic Club . . . Thirty Club . . . soccer . . . senior North York basket- ball . . . track and field . . . member of Silver team . . . second colours . . . plans to continue the study of piano at 'the Royal Conservatory of Music of Tor-onto. BILL HARDING-From Toronto, one year at Pickering . . . active in the Dramatic Club . . . Quaker Cracker . . . Polikon Club . i . took part in soccer, track . . . member of the Red team . . . plans to matriculate in Toronto and then enter McMaster. BILL HYsLoP-From Brockville f-or one year at the College . . . Root of Minus One Club . . . first hockey team . . . first football team . . . member of the Red team . . . plans to study motor mechanics. IKE LANIER-At Pickering for two years from Lethbridge, Alberta . . . winner of the Garratt Cane and XViddrington Award . . . school committee . . . dance committee . . . Dramatic Club . . . lead in Glee Club . . . Suckertary of the Root of Minus One Club . . . First football and basketball teams . . . Captain of the Red team . . . First colour holder . . . Plans to enter Queen 's in arts and then farming in Alberta. TED LAWRENCE-Four years at Pickering from London, Ontario . . . member of the school committee, in charge of relief charities . . . sports editor of the Voyageur . . . Root of Minus One Club . . . chairman of dance com- mittees . . . first team football . . . senior North York basketball . . . tennis, track, volleyball . . . first. colour holder . . . captain of the Blue team . . . plans to enter Business Administration at Western. SAUI, IJUBARSKY-At Pickering three years from Ville St. Joseph . . . advertising Tcn manager and photo editor of the Voyageur . . . Dramatic Club . . . Camera Club . . . Root of Minus One Club . . . dance committee . . . member of Silver team . . . first team football . . . senior North York basketball . . . lacrosse, softball . . . first colour holder . . . plans to study science at Queen 's or McGill. PETER MUTCHLER-Two years at Pickering from Regina . . . Dramatic Club . . . stage manager for Glee Club . . . member of Princeps Club . . . Junior football . . . senior North York basketball . . . second colours . . . member of Silver team . . . plans to work for a year and then enter university. PAUL MCVITTIE-Another Leamington product, one year at the College . . . Thirty Club . . . junior football . . . captain of senior North York basket- ball team . . . softball and golf . . . member of the Silver team . . . second colours . . . plans to take the Business Administration course at Western. BRUCE PARSONS-Four years at Pickering from South Africa and Toronto . . . - Dramatic Club . . . Princeps Club . . . Camera Club . . . soccer and tennis . . . member of the Blue team . . . Quaker Cracker . . plans to complete his Upper School in Toronto and then enter university. HOWARD REYNOLDS-A two-year man from Kingston . . . member of school committee . . . fire chief . . . dance committee . . . Glee Club . . . Root of Minus One Club . . . first team football . . . captain of the first basketball team . . . lacrosse. baseball, tennis, track and field, volleyball . . . first colour holder . . . member of the Blue team . . . plans to enter Queens in Arts and then study law. JACK RUTHERFORD-From Chatham Ontario, at Pickering for six years . . . school committee . . . Quaker Cracker . . . Dramatic Club . . . Princeps Club . . . VViddrington Award winner . . . one of the instigators of the corridor reorganization . . . first team soccer . . . senior North York basketball . . . second colours . . . member of the Blue team . . . plans indefinite, but probably university and then a political career. DoUeL,xs Sums--One year at Pickering from Argentina . . . Glee Club . . . Thirty Club . . . soccer and track . . . member of the Red team . . . plans to enter Arts at Queens and then the diplomatic service. RON LTMPHREY--FPOTII Oshawa, two years at Pickering . . . school committee . . Root of Minus One Club . . . first team football and basketball . . volleyball, softball, golf, track and field . . . member of Red team . .- first colour holder . . . plans to take Commerce at Queen 's. BEN VVHITNEY-TWO years at Pickering from Kingston . . . school committee . . . Polikon Club, president one term . . , dance committee, president of Club 14 . . . first team football and basketball . . . captain of Silver team . . . lacrosse, volleyball, softball, track and field . . . first colour holder . . . plans to enter Arts at Queen 's. GORDON WILSON-One year man from Toronto . . . Root of Minus One Club . . . dance committee . . . first team football . . . manager, first basketball team . . . softball, volleyball, golf . . . first colour holder . . . member of Silver team . . . future plans indefinite. Eleven the school committee EMBERS or Tm: Scnooi, Comnirrnn are eler-ted representatives through whom the students may voiee their opinions and obtain aetion on matters pertaining to their interests and welfare. A Temporary Committee of returning students is eleeted by them in September. and further eleetions are held in October and at the beginning of eaeh term to seleet the eommittee for the ensuing weeks. lt is the eonvietion ot many members of the eommunity that the sphere of action has perhaps never been as broad, and the weight of responsibility perhaps never as heavy, for the School Connnittee as during the past two years. The Headmaster has frequently remarked that the 9-ehool eould seareely function without the assistanr-e of its student leaders. and has voieed his thanks for the support and eooperation whieh they have given him during his first two years as ehiet administrator. lt seems worthwhile to review at this time some of the early ideals which motivated the first student eommittee of the new sehool. The following notes are from Volume Une - Number Une of The Voyageur Ulay, 19295: Piekering College, often deseribed as the sehool of 'Old Traditions and New ldealsf is the first sehool of its kind in Canada. lt is being run under the system of student government whit-h has proved so sur-r-esstul in our universities but yvhieh has never been tried out in residential sehools . . . The Committee has . . . had eharge of the general diseipline of the sehool, but in this regard its business has been eomparatively small. Petty rules and regulations are redueed to a minimum, the publie opinion ot the group has loyally supported sueh as have been made, and in those ext-eptional eases where a member of the sehool has abused any privilege it has generally been found that this has been due t-o a laek of understanding of the basis of our life here, and that ont-e cleared up, the diftieulty has righted itself. This method of handling the diseipline has resulted in the growth here ot a true family feeling among all the members ot the Sehool eommunity. and a lack of those annoying and irritating petty problems ivhieh so easily interfere with the more serious purpose of -our life together . . . Thus you see the privileges that are ours. NVe govern ourselves and have a representative body oftieiating. lt is an interpretation in our sehool life of that well-known definition of a fl,QlTlOC'I'3iC'j'f'fii'0VGI'I1ITl611t of the people, by the people, for the people' So Ralph Connor, a member of the School Committee of 1927-1929. XVe think that these ideals have changed not at ali, and that they are sensed by every Pickering student who sits on the Committee. During this past year, we have heard criticisms, that the Committee has been too aggressive in some areas, not aggressive enough in -othersg that assemblies have sometimes laeked deeorum, and that speakers have on oeeasion been merely tlippantg that Committee polieies have been too mueh shaped by statit opinion, or have Tu elra hewed too closely to the ideas of less responsible members of the community. These criticisms only point to the realities of our situation: seniors of Pickering College are no less infallible than any other intelligent young men, and our electorate, like that of any other democracy, is not perfectly educated or perfectly responsible. But these criticisms do not mean that the members of this year's Committee have lacked in any way cheerful willingness to accept responsibility, or have lost sight of the perfect democracy incorporating all our members, stalt' and students, towards which we strive. That project which this year in our opinion best highlights the spirit and vision of the Committee was the corridor change , the story of which is told elsewhere in this book. Indeed, since this experiment was in part inspired by editorials in the student press, it is a notable example of our democracy working at its vigorous best. So much of the flOHlIlllll69'S work, however, is less spectacular and more taken for granted. We leaf through the pages of the large red leather minute book, and from the records of last year's meet- ings Cand they were typical ot' twenty-two years of meetingsl come such items as these: term dates discussed . . . New Boys' night arranged . . . Committee is behind a renewal of relief meals . . . tire drills discussed . . . procedure ot' running new common room brought up . . . relations with town discussed . . . a Pickering student doesn't drink . . . policy for this Halloween brought up . . . concern expressed regarding increase in laundry costs . . . the Christmas card chosen . . . contribution to the local liions' Club is to be boosted . . . Chapel Services to be undertaken by the i'UlllIlllll99 . . . and so on. The list of items could be very long indeed, and retiects a concern for every aspect of our life together, Old Traditions and New ldealsul lt is to each year 's School tlommittee that we all look, as much as to any other person or group, to find a repository and a source. F. IJ. L. BE.1.eoN. MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE 19-L8 - 1949 RICKY ARNOLD fl'hurz'rmun, Y'rrnpor'rn'y Committee! BILL Baines Ross IJABOLI. fl'lecfirmun, three fermsl EUGENE Hsniusox tSecretaI'y, Temporary Committee and three 1'f'I 7ll.SQ IKE LANIER JACK RUTHERFORD TED LAwRENcn Dox Tinivuxs Howna Risvxonus RON VMPHREY B as XVHITNEY Thirteen school awards HE SCHOOL extends congratulations to those students who have been recog- nized for their outstanding contributions to this years student body and to Pickering College. IKE LANIER- The Garratt Cane, given by a vote of the graduating class to that student who most closely approximates the Pickering ideal. Ricky ARNOLD, DUNCAN CAMERON, Ross IJABOLI., IKE LANIER, JACK RUTHERFORD- The Widdrington Award, for community service. TED COBURN - The Rogers Cane, awarded t-o that student in Firth House who best serves, in deed and spirit, his fellow students and Pickering College. IKE LANIER TED COBURN Fourteen lite ary There are few ivory towers left to- day, and only a hermit can clisregalrcl the advantages of using language well. Lea1'nin,g to express oneself is a fzmcla- mental of eclueatiofn, the mark of an educated man, and a necessity of busi- ness. I' ijtverc prelude HE EVENING sky rolls and tumblesg great dark clouds, like mushrooms of sooty smoke, billow up into the heavens. The barometer needle has drop- ped below the card. The hills on the north are cloaked in a watery grey opal- escence, and the line of woods marches toward my window like squadrons of rumbling iron tanks, throwing up clouds of dust into the heavy, humid air. Even the window frame seems shrouded with a film of grey. The mood of nature has entered the room in which we sit. The lamps have become pale and are beginning to flicker. The smoke from our cigarette lies in wavering blankets around our heads. The very colour seems to pass from our faces. YVe are all afraid and sick at heart. We no longer have any faithh in anyone, in anything. In the far corner of the room, on my room-mate's bed, Alec lies sullenly. His feet drawn up so that his head rests on his knee, his whole body, face, hands, and form show the strugggle to understand what strains his mind, and hurts his heart. Propped moodily against the wall beside him is Lou Thompson. He is younger than the rest, and does not understand the depths of our con- cern. He could not understand. To him the future will be but repetition of the vague past. His mind holds no memories of horror. By my side, Ian Lewis lies on the bed, not knowing whether to talk or let our dead silence go un- broken. He has grasped the full significance of the past hour. His mind runs ahead in time and he is striving for escape from a hell, man-made, which he cannot avoid foreseeing. We are all young. Our lives have been pleasant and carefree. Now we must become men. Our futures will inevitably be conglomerates of brutality, horror and destruction. At tive-twenty this afternoon, the United Nations followed Russia's with- drawal by declaring total war. The sky is black. No moon rises. DUNeAN CAMERON dawn The piercing ery of some bird tells the dawn. The wtrithing mist-shape phantonis that adorn The sleeping trees and waters, bow to morn, And sinh: back into drowsy Eafrth.'s green lawn. Hail day, and touch me with thy fire. 0 sun, our planet Earthls relol sire. Awake, O pine and be my lyre. New clay you fill me with desire. Sixteen spring PRING. is when a little boy 's gambling instincts turn to marblesg an adoles- eent's energy turns to baseball and track, and when ai young man 's fancy turns to thoughts of love. To the farmer spring announces the approaching of a busy summer period, a11d that it is time to get his farm implements out and give them a thorough check-up. The housewife greets spring with the mop, broom, and dust rag. Spring certainly is felt -onee it has landed. You can see it, in all its magnificence, protruding from the faees of the young and old alike. One ol' the most enlightening sights of this season is the young mother who has had a baby in the winter months, and in the first warm spring day she has a ehanee to give the baby its first outing, gaining approvals and compliments from friends 'ind neighbours. 4 n Spring comes with the going of winter and its white blanket. Consequently, nature green grass and pastures are revealed, and once again we have promise that we will soon enjoy our good times at the beaches, our Sunday strolls through the woods, and the many other little big things which are so essential for happiness in everyones existence. A. SNIDER. distant haze And if I raise ing tired eyes The far blue distance shall begnile Ally thoughts to what just over lies Those distant mountains mile on mile And span the shining plain I will And rliinb a cool far nmnfntain pealf And look ana' looh' anal tahe my fill Of' distant beauty that I .seelf With haze of distance all around I can be free, to think, to see The beauty there is to be found And know it has been brought to ine. ALASTAIR Maonoxsnn. Seventeen as you were UE sroon ivr THF: nooRwAY of his cabin and looked out into the warm dark- ness. He had just finished chopping some wood for the pile behind the small cabin. He liked chopping wood. It soothed him and helped him to think. The lights of Bill 's old Ford sh-one dully the car bounced down the dirt road. Joe had been looking forward to the barn dance they were going to that night. The barn had some red and yellow lights hung on posts around the cleared circle where the people were dancing. lfurther back some hay hung from criss- cross iron racks. A reaper threw a grotesque shadow on the near Wall. The other walls and the root' were in darkness. It was hot. and noisy and Joe was a bit drunk so he wandered to the door to get some fresh air. He shivered slightly as the cool air touched him. Fall coming around again-probably get some rain tomorrow. -loe talked to himself when he was lonely. He looked up at. the stars and wished to hell that he didn 't have to work what little land he had. When he looked down again a well dressed man was walking toward him from a sleek black car parked on the other side of the road. l'm looking for a Mr. Joseph Smith. 'l'hat's me mister, what can I do for you 'V' I have some important business to discuss with you, Mr. Smith. It appeared that a rich uncle of -loe's had died and -'Ioe was the sole heir. Naturally he felt happy and naturally he went to the big city. He bought clothes and two cars llc married a chorus girl and bought his way into society. There were parties and dances and a thousand things to do that he had never had the chalice to do before. The months whirled by and before he could stop to think it was SlllIlIll9l'. -loc was not a very introspective type but he knew himself well enough to realize that something was missing. All summer he grew more restless. The parties were not so exciting anymore and his cars didn 't seem as shiny. Nothing was as much fun as it had been when he first came into the money When fall rolled up Joe informed his wife that he was going to take a holiday. She was rather puzzled and wondered if he thought he had been working. The holiday was to be in the country at a dude ranch. At the dude ranch -loe and his wife established themselves i11 a small two- room cabin. Hut in the country he did not have the closed in feeling anymore e --he had time to relax. lt seemed strange to him that he had enjoyed chopping the wood so much. lt seemed to make clear thinking easier. fiiigfzlcen Joe and his wife stood at the door of their cabin. The trees seemed to he drinking in the cool darkness after the hot fall day. It was a good night for the barn dance. Just then William pulled up smoothly in the big black Packard to take them to the dance. Joe was looking forward to this danre. It would be like old times. The barn had some red and yellow lights hung on posts around the cleared circle where the people were dancing. Further back some hay hung from eriss- cross racks. A reaper threw a grotesque shadow on the near wall. The other wallsand the roof were in darkness. It was hot and noisy and Joe was a bit drunk so he wandered to the door to get some fresh air. He shivered slightly as the cool air touched him. Joe had a feeling that this had happened before only last time he had been enjoying himself. The music inside turned to jazz. Joe looked up at the stars and wondered. A. lNI.icDoNALo. bluebottle Heavy sluggish fly, Fussing in the windou' frame. Stumbling as though doped, Confused by glass. You stop and preen The loathsome f'urrine.w.s Of that black body. Your presence is unclean. Hurrying in uncertainty, Jloring erratically, llncleauness is your soul,- The devil have you. You retrace smutty trarlfx Of your ouru making: Then stop again and twitch, Fall down To the bottom of my urindou' Where you buzz And thump the glass In disgusting helplessness. You go away Your going rleanses me. But coming lmelf You are begun again. You will go ou. until I hill you: Stupidity lilorlus your escape. .Veither said nor Cruel ls the killing of' you, For you lfnou' no feeling. cillll yet you live. I shall let it be, For you are part of me. IJUNCAN CAMERON. Nineteen the hitch-hiker UGH 1+'E1,'1' A I,1'r'1'L1-1 HUNGRY so he walked into a lunch stand beside the gas station. He sat down at the short counter next to at guy he tigured was the driver of the trailer-truck parked outside. They were the only customers. A young waitress was washing dishes in an enamel pan of soapy gra.y water. He'd heard these truck drivers didn 't. pick up riders on account of the insurance companies. But what the hell, there's no harm in trying! Hugh slid a coffee cup, a crumpled napkin and a large jar of crusted mustard over to the other side of the counter. The truck driver was eating a plate of boiled frankfurters, beans and sauerkraut. Pushing the last shreds of sauerkraut into his mouth he ordered some apple pie and ice cream. Hugh followed with his order in a tone of voice he thought sounded a lot like the driver. Heh, will you give me a hamburg and a coke? Neither the waitress nor the driver paid much attention. The driver would be leaving any minute. Hot day, iSlllt it?,' The driver, almost through his pie and ice cream, glanced at Hugh. Yeah, it is. Utloin' through to Montreal? Yeah What time you hope to get there? Tomorrow morning, maybe. Pretty heavy load, I guess. The driver picked up his coffee. It was cold, so he ordered another cup. Don't suppose you could give me a lift? ssN0-3? I could drive if you get tired. I've driven one of those jobs before, he lied. It's against company rules. I can 't give nobody a lift. How much is this? The waitress answered, Eighty-tive cents, took his 2152 bill, rang up 00.85 on the cash register, and gave him his change. She noticed he left her a 15 cent tip. The driver gulped down his coffee and went out, letting in half a dozen flies as he opened and slammed the screen door. Hugh was served his slightly burned hamburg. Do you want fountain or bottle coke? Hugh looked up from his hamburg. She wasn't bad looking at all. He hadn't noticed her much before. Bottle, please . . . thanks . . . you like workin' here? The waitress picked up his 22 cents and answered, t'Not. bad . She went out into the back room returning in a moment with a loaf of bread and a package of hot dog buns. llugh decided she wasn't so good looking after all. Her hair looked dyed. Ile took thc last swig of the coke and walked out. The sun was too bloody hot. He looked around for some shade. There was a farm house with some trees hanging over the road about a quarter of a mile away. Twenty It might be easier to get a ride at the gas station, so he stayed there. The truck was still parked on the shoulder of the highway and Hugh could see the driver's feet propped up at the open window of the cab. One car was at the gas pumps. There looked to be about six kids in the back seat. Not much chance for a ride. If Hugh was a truck driver he'd give a guy a lift and let the company go fly a kite. He kicked a pebble across the asphalt highway and walked out to the centre to see what was coming. There was a car about two miles down the road. It turned out to he a 1938 Ford with a. home-made two-wheeled trailer dragging along behind. There were three 100-lb. bags of chicken feed in the trailer. The driver wore Big B brand overalls and a dust- colored fedora. Hugh was about to give the farmer a dirty look for passing him up when he noticed the driver was pointing to the farm house where he eventually turned in. Hugh kicked another pebble across the road and again walked out to the centre. Nothing was coming. He followed the narrow streams of soft tar about 100 yards toward the farmhouse and then came back. The car with the six kids in it pulled away. Hugh went over to the mechanic. Much traffic these days? Not too heavyf, Never seems to be very heavy about this time of day though, does it? Oh, just not many people on the road today. Goin' to Montrealtlm Yeah, hope to. Vfhy don it you ask the driver over there for a lift T? IK KK li ll Already did. They dou't pick up riders. CA I guess the insurance companies won't let 'emf' XVith that the mechanic went around to the back of the station and started tinkering with a motorcycle. Hugh went in for another coke. He shoved a nickel into the juke box and pressed down a chromium lever. The truck outside started up. It roared. whined and slowly lumbered off' the shoulder on to the highway. Two cars went past. Hugh drank the coke but didn 't wait to hear the rest of Doin' Vfhat Comes Naturally . He couldn't afford to miss a ride. Two more cars and a small blue truck passed by without picking him up. Then a car stopped. It was a new Chrysler with a Connecticut license plate. The driver was listening to a ball game. Hop in, son. NVhat's your name? Hugh Dennison. Thanks for stopping. I've had quite a time getting a ride. How far are you going? I hope to be in Montreal about midnight. That is, if the roads in Quebec aren 't any worse than this. You a ball fan '? If the Yankees win this game they're a sure thing for the pennant . . . The big Chrysler passed the farm house, passed the small blue truck, passed the cars that had passed Hugh and it passed the trailer truck. Hugh gave the driver a long, superior look. Jeez, he was glad he didn 't get a ride in the damn truck. JACK Rurnnaroao. Twenty-one all september eeteber november december the first day of school HERE IS AN INTANGIBLE QUALITY in the opening day of school which makes it distinct from any of the other highlights of the school year. It is, of course, a day of Erst impressions for the thirty odd new boys who enter the school this year but even for a student who may be returning to the t'ollege for the fifth or sixth year, there are images and scenes which become a part of Pickering, the picture which he will remember long after he has broken away from the student life. This fall on the 15th of September, we returned to the college in the same way, saying the same things, and asking ourselves the same questions about the c-oming year as our predecessors have done since 1927. The school was busy, and despite the lists and schedule and plans stuffed in the pockets of an apparently rejuvenated staff, well briefed for the operation, everything seemed totally confused. New students stood back and gawked, just plain gawked at everything. Masters tried very hard to play the parts of slationmaster, baggage clerk, host, old friend and Mr. f'hips all at the same time. Uld boys returning avoided con- scription as red-caps by bulling on the corridors about their fantastic summer experiences. Everybody was busy doing nothing and everything was being done. The circular drive was stuffed with cars and parents and on the steps stood Mr. Stewart watching the comings and goings, while his mental list showed the progress of the day. There were trunks and tennis rackets, suit-cases and dunnage-bags. ski-poles and rugby helmets all over everything and in the middle, Bob McClure, who looked as though he carried the weight ot' the world upon his shoulders and wouldn't have been happy with an ounce less. l'p and down the front. walk the Headmaster ran from parent to parent promising, blessing, assur- ing and confirming in a magnificent attempt to separate father and son, sister and brother, that he might see what was his for the coming year and make an approximation with three-figure accuracy. Returning students were wandering over every inch of the School plant. condemning a change in the colour of a room or approving the selection of a new faucet in the corridor washroom. Although no change could have escaped their notice several changes commanded their attention. The outside of the School had been completely repainted, and it gave the main building that well scrubbed look that means a new start and new opportunities. Between the gym and the new building to the rear of the connecting corridor, there were two common rooms for staff and students. They replaced the use of the headmasters residence and represented t-o us the encouraging interest in the material aspects of the College which had been reborn with the formation of the Old Boys' Association last. year. Twenty-three Outside the French elassrooms a long line of boys stood waiting for an in- terview with Mr. Beer about their aeademie program. The old veterans in the line were espeeially exuberantg they patted baeks, made wiseeraeks and laughed uproariously. The new boys watehed these anties with rather forlorn faces, and waited their turn. To many, the buildings seemed far larger and more spaeious than they had remembered them. Friends also were different, they had gained little splashes of new paint during the summer that made them refreshing, at least for a eouple of davs. Finally eame supper and everyone trooped down to his table and stood around making awkward eonversation, tlraee was said and heads were bowed, but not all. For some seeonds half the new boys eontinued to look around like ostriehes with uneomprehending eyes. and then with a swift realization they lowered their heads, extra low. The meal was very stiff. At first. new boys immediately took their food instead of passing it along down the tableg eongest-ed ehaos arose and was duly quelled. The new boys had learnt their first lesson. Despite the efforts ot' old boys, the new students only nibbled at their food and looked absolutely lost between eourses. After dinner a group of the boys started throwing a football around, still wearing their good elothes. Others attempted to settle down and unpaek. Many of the boys, however, spent the entire evening in bull sessions, sizing up the new arrivals and telling tales of their adventures. All during the evening there was a eontinuous stream of late arrivals, Eaeh old boy that returned was ques- tioned on his summer and duly warned of the various new boys that had aroused eomment. The master on duty sent. us all to bed at a reasonable but really too early hour. Bedtime . . . a kind of sec-urity for all, new and old, a warm bed and eoneealing darkness to drive away fear and strangeness like the hand elasp of a friend. Tomorrow, though, it begins again. For the new boy there is not quite as mueh terror: for the old boy that extraordinary sensation. both new and old, soon beeomes old. XVe're baek in the swim. Twenty-four new boys 9' night nw Boys' NIGHT at Piekering is an annual event whieh takes plaee early in the fall term. It affords both entertainment and sport for the old boys, at the expense of the neweomers. The entertainment eonsists of skits, or short plays, performed in the Assembly Hall by the various eorridor groups. The sport takes the form of the traditional snipe hunt whieh is earried out in the fields and woods to the rear of the eollege. This year the night ot' Or-tober tith was set aside for this traditional wel- eome. No homework was assigned, thus lending a earefree atmosphere to the proceedings. At eight o'f-loek. after eostumes and neeessary stage sets had re- eeived their last-minute eheekups, the evening's aetivities began with the skits. Some were bad, some good, and others just fair, I'pper North lforridor, with Don Gilroy, a new master, as leader, took top honours. The skits over, the old boys played hosts to the new boys in the dining room, where hot dogs and hot ehoeolate were served. Everyone having satisfied his hunger, old elothes were donned, and the hunt began for the elusive snipe. New boys, under the professional guidanee of experieneed hunters ot' past years, were led to the woods where the finer points of the sport were demonstrated. l or many, the night beeame quite ehilly. l'n- fortunately, nobody eame aeross a snipe, and eonsequently the eash award whieh lllr. Rourke had -offered for a pair of the small spotted birds went unelaimed. Exhausted and in desperation, the unsueeessful hunters staggered baek to the sehool about midnight, wishing that they had worn more elothing. Their guides suffered no sueh diseonit'ort, as past experienee had taught them the neeessary preeautions to take. Although the limit itself' was unsueeessful, l believe that everyone enjoyed himself and gained a great deal of unforgettable experienee from the evenings aetivities. lilil-'l io RIGHT: Bill Hfzrrling. Dru-ffl Wagner. Wally' Burlap ,4 I fa e r I Ilnrlerliill. John Crulmm. Dnrifi Bullnrlf. 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In the past practically every student in the school has re- ceived coaching in football but the younger players have lacked the chance for game experience, so a plan that called for more game experience was what we were after. Six man football, played with full equipment. would permit us to get balanced teams within the school. The game is not so complicated because there are only half the number of players on the field at a time. The players get experience in the fundamental positions and of course handle the ball much more frequently. I It required a bit of selling to get the students to enter into the game with enthusiasm. Several of them felt that the game was inferior to the twelve man game, not requiring as much in the way of skill and strategy. The experiment was not c-ompletely successful this year. but we think that with the experience we gained we can make another season quite as satisfying for the players as the twelve man game could be. Three stuads. the meinhershiw ot' which was based on the intramural I I A 1 groups, were chosen. To each squad a coach was assigned. Each day practice periods were arranged. After due preparation ot' the players. a series of games was played. The skills taught, practised. and learned were put to the test of the game. Some of the ilavers made excellent lrofrress. and certainlv all ot' lg p ' . ?-N . them got a better idea of how the game is actually played. The only rule modifications used were those that concerned the number of players and the somewhat smaller field. Players wore complete uniforms. The tackling was real, not just touch tackling. Rules were called as they would be in a twelve man team game. In the beginning we had hoped that we would have six teams instead ol' three. A junior and senior series would have provided a lot more students with game experience and prepared them for another season when they would be older and bigger. Perhaps we will be able to set up the two series next year. Towards the end ol' the season Richmond Hill lligh School requested a game with their six man team. I-'rom the three squads we had at Pickering a team was made up of the better players and they practised for this extramural match. Greater interest developed as soon as it was known that we would be playing an- other school. In all probability more of the small high schools will he having six man football teams in the future. Most of them are unable to get enough players to run a twelve man team. For this reason we should not have too much trouble getting games with other schools. While our chief purpose in running such a game Within the school group is to develop the younger players for the junior and senior interschool teams, the six man games with other schools will give us a chance to prove how well we are getting our coaching done and also how well our students are learning the fundamentals of the game. Twenty-seven We hope that the students who return to the sehool next year will enter into this game with wholehearted enthusiasm. From observations made this year we are sure that the six man game provirlefl a ehanee for many students to really play football. The skills of hloeking' anal taekling' are just as neeessary in the six man game, and of course, passing, eatehing, and kicking' are no less important. Players shoulcl he ahle with all these skills, to play the game sueeessfully anfl with satisfaetioii. t'onclition is imperative heeause eaeh of the players on the fielil must he ahle to move around quit-kly and anyone of them may become the hall earrier on very short notiee. So far as plays are eoneernefl these must he as earefully thought out as for the higger game. Six man foothall at l'ieke1'ing' r-an he a game wherein many students learn the t'unflamentals ot' foothall thoroughly. Anfl then, when age and size per'- mit, they will he reaily anal ahle eanrlitlates for the big teams which will eontinue to earry the Blue and Silver over the griclirons of many schools with success. Tu'en1y-eight senior ootball HIS YEAR,S TEAM e-ould have played with distinction in the pre-torward-pass era. They liked doing all things the hard way, and the old 'two bueks and a kick' game would have been more to their liking than the modern aerial aifray. The forward pass bewildered them when they had to defend against. it. On the offense we considered the pass a desperate gamble at the best of times, and usually settled down to defensive work as soon as the ball was in the air. This was the story throughout two thirds of the season. ln that period, the only game we won was against a team whose passing, unbelievably, was no better than ours. Toward the elose we improved, and in our last game at Petei-borough-the best game we played, and against the best team-we threw pass for pass with them and completed an impressive number. But throughout most of the seas-on we lost in the air more than we gained on the ground. This was a heartbreaking experienee, and the team is to be congratulated for the grim determination with which they used to tight out every game. Against everything but the pass the team 's defensive work was good. Un the ground they c-ould mount a strong offensive, displaying some very promising ball Carriers and etfeetive line blocking. Time and again they moved the yard- stieks more frequently than their opponents only to lose the game. The weak- REAR Huw l,EF'l' TU RIGHT: Dun Tlnlnzlris. Cltllck flflfzrzls. George BGWIIIFSS, Iran Melzrik. lliclf Bunce, Saul Lubarslry, Lorne Mould. Run llmplirey. CENTRE Row: Mr. Rourlre. Art Dobson. Terry Sumner. Bill Balfes. Ben uvlllilllkll Scotty Mrlnloslt. .-lrnzrzml fflmput. Bill Rifhurzlsun. BKIFIIP-I Jllt'A'b0ll ll'UllClli. FRONT Row: Ted Cannon lmanugerl, .4le.x Bull. Teil Lczwrerzre. ll.-e LUIITCI, Russ Dabell tcaptainj, Hub Ba1'nbr1'dge, Howie Reynolds. Gerrit WVITSCIVI. Bill Hyslup. Twerzly'-niri e ness in passing was partly a result of inexperience, partly a result of the coaching. With only one last years colour back on the squad, the emphasis was placed on the fundamentals of line play and tackling. Only t-oward the end of the season was there any effort to make the pass effective. More Wins might have made for a more enjoyable season. Perhaps the year is best considered as one in which the team was learning the hard Way. It is to be hoped that enough of them will be back to form the nucleus for a more experienced squad next year. Yet, I believe most of us had fun during the season. XVe recovered our good spirits quickly after a loss, and were always ready for the next game. senior soccer OCCER IS THE first game ever to be brought to Pickering wholly by the initiative of the students themselves. This past fall a few determined students got together and began to inquire about the possibilities of forming a team. Eleven players, a coach, and games were needed. A soccer-wise newcomer to' the senior school staff, Henry Ide, agreed to coach us. He told us that games could be arranged if we managed to make REAR Row LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. Ide tcoarhl, Jock Coobie tR. Halfl, lack Ruther- ford IL. Wingj, Jacques Marcq tGoall, Mike Hare tSub.l, Bruce Parsons tl.. Insidej, David Claxton tmanagerl. FRONT Row: Doug Sirrs tR. Wingl. Dune Cameron tL. Hulfl, Panos Anastassatos tR, Full Baci-pl, Rirky Arnold tC. Half.-captainl, Ed Stephenson IR. Insidel, llmayne Fislileigh tL. Hal-lj, xilastair Macdonald lL. Full Backl. 'VlIss1Nf,: Alvaro Sauredra 'Centre-jorwardl. Thirty up a full team. For the first few practices things looked very grim. NVe were short by four players, and with the exception of two, none of us had played within the previous two years. By encouraging a few more boys, we finally had a complete squad in the practices. Mr. Ide worked us carefully, and be- cause of the small number he coached each player individually. In the scrimmages we had little opportunity to visualize the game's actual procedure, for we were pitted one half of the team against the other. Thus, when the first game with Trinity came around we had quite an experience. lt. was the first time we had kicked together as the whole squad. Although we had not won, we had learned quite a lot, and when we played them again the result was a scoreless tie. ' The oftener we played, the more we felt like playing. The last game of the season was our best. lt was a swift, hard-fought match, which both teams enjoyed. The game progressed rapidly, just as rapidly as did the encourage- ments which poured from Mr. lde on the sidelines, and it ended with the final score of a two-all tie. Saavedra of Colombia, the centre-forward, was our most outstanding player. His speed and deft kicking many times sent the ball from -our end of the field far down into the opposite side. However, the real things that brought the team forward were the consistent coaching of Henry Ide, and the high degree of enthusiasm rooted in each and every player. Only one half of the team were t'anadians. Switzerland, t'olombia, New- foundland, Haiti, tireece, and Argentina were each represented in the squad. The one remaining hope of the team is that next year, and the years to follow, there will be a Senior Soccer team to challenge those of other colleges- - or you may say that we hope that soccer has been established here at Pickering. junior a 9' football HE -llixlok A ot' 19-LS, were not the champions of the school as far as winning games was concerned. However, I truly believe that the team, by the end of the season, was the most improved team of the lot. At the begin- ning, the squad consisted of a group of boys with very little experience, but a will to learn and to fight for the Blue and Silver. Their amazing improve- ment from the first few games to their drive at the end can be credited only to their hard practices and to the skilful coaching of Lou Lanier. Although the record of the team was unimpressive, they had a tough schedule with many heavy teams, and l think that this should be taken into consideration before judgment is passed. Their first games, which proved to be the greatest disappointments, were with Newmarket High School, and St. Andrew 's t'ollege. Their disappointment was so great that they immediately buckled d-own to im- prove their plays and to show some drive. The next game, with l'pper Canada, proved beyond all doubt that they were shaping into something for which they could be proud. The passing and catching of Holt, Wylie, Bullock, and Mc- Thirty-one Cowan were certainly the highlights of the game. But the team still had lots of room for improvement. In the following game with Appleby, they finally came on top with a score of 11-10, through a brilliant run by Bullock, after a pass interception. This could not have been possible if they had not been on the alert through- out the game. The toughest part of their programme was yet to come. The heavy schedule against Grove, Appleby, Newmarket, and I'.T.S., all within eight days, was too much to handle. At tirove, they fought a hard game against a good team, and although each player contributed his best, it was a losing battle. The field was much smaller than our own, and much of it was downhill, and this may have accounted for their somewhat confused tactics. The next three games were an assortment of the best and worst playing of the season. With Appleby, the team battled in the rain, and were leading the play until the closing minutes of tl1e game, when two rouges were kicked against them and it was very difficult to run and catch on the damp ground. This was followed by their second game with Newmarket, where, in the dim light of the last half of the game, the opposition made two pass interceptions to give them a second victory over our team. Because a few of the squad were laid up with injuries, some of the senior players supplied support for the Junior A's in the last two games. All in all, this was by no means an unsuccessful year. The members learned much more about the game, and 1 think that they received many of those prin- ciples of sportsmanship and character that Pickering stands for. The members of the team were: tfoach : liou lianierg Manager: Ross Barkellg t'o-captains: Bill Buck, Phil Holt, Players: Pete Marshall, Dave Bullock, lion Frosst, Bill Buck, Phil Holt., Al Snider, Pete Mctfowan, -Iohn Peters, Pete Mutchler, .lolm tlraham, tlordon MacRae, Stewart Skeith, Al Sands, Bill tThe Kidj Maguire, Charlie Vassar, Sven Th-omsen, Al Wylie, Jack Mihell, Bob Scott, -lohn Moreland. junior It 99 ootball HE Jrxion B l'l0O'TBAl.l, squad grew out of a desire for action on the part of those who were rejected from the Junior A group, and those who had not turned out to play the game intramurally. As it turned out, their desire proved to be an excellent stimulus, for the team turned in the only winner's record at the school during the season. The team was fortunate in having for its coach that sterling young dis- ciplinarian. Keith Mcliaren. Mr. McLaren received his football experience at Queen 's and was skilful and successful in passing on his football knowledge to this anxious, young, and inexperienced team. The season opened with a hard-fought victory over St. Andrews at the latter's home ground. The team returned home to absorb a lopsided defeat at the hands of a vastly superior team from Newmarket High School. For their next game, they journeyed to Laketield where they suffered a second setback. Thirty-two The team finished the season with two successive victories over Appleby at Oakville and the final game with St. Andrew 's here. Ineidentally, the game with Appleby was the best of the season, and was a hard-fought contest from start to finish. The team 's main offensive weapons were the devastating' plunges, when the clever baekfield moved behind the power and skill of the team 's big line. Most of the players will be returning for a few more years yet, so the prospects of a winning team for Pickering. with the members of the 1945 Junior B 's acting as sparkplugs, looks bright. she rugby banquet HE ANNVA1, l oo'1'Ba1,I, DINNER was held this year on November 25th. The different teams sat at their own tables with the coaches presiding. The senior team sat at the head table where the two guests, Bob Masterson and Don Graham, were seated. Both were old university tVarsityl players. The menu was the typical, ''Pickering-Bandnet-Turkey-lDinner, but this year there was an innovation. Mrs. llenderson substituted for the traditional buns and butter, cherry pie and ice eream for dessert. During the course of our delicious repast, a lot of exuberant football spirit was expressed by team yells and witty remarks about other teams present. This year we had the honour of sharing our banquet with the Senior Soccer team, another innovation in our school. After the non-football players who were wait- ing had cleared the tables and supplied us with eoltec. the team captains pre- sented the teams' tokens of appreciation to the eoaehes. Rick Arnold, captain ot' the soccer team, spoke tor three minutes exactly, having' been asked to do so. Then Mr. Jackson, the senior team eoaeh, who was presiding over the banquet, introduced Mr. Masterson, who is now a eoaeh , at the University of Toronto. Mr. Masterson chatted to ' us on football, talked about his feeling toward t'anadian football, and gave us his opinions that he had gathered a a player and a eoaeh. We then retired to the assem- bly hall to see a film of The Varsity-XYestern toot- ball game and Mr. lllasterson c-ommented on the plays and some of the better players on his team. After the picture we discussed the sport with him for a t'ew minutes and then we mounted the steps gaily to our rooms, listening to the ery, To the books , of the controlling our ,jubilant spirits for the rest ol' the evening. I master on duty, who was faced with the problem ot 1- - Thirty three rugby dance omfnvr limi, of long range planning, which is not wasted, goes into the rugby dance: new boys know of it shortly after arriving and no doubt as they hit the hard dust. of the rugby field in early practices, they think fondly of gentle dancing, and gentle girls. The chairman of the school committee is always very vocal about the dance and begins plugging it months ahead of time. As it nears, schemes and com- plications arise. Uh, l'm taking Annabella, but I know a really beautiful girl you can have. The person being offered this extravagantly beautiful girl smiles dubiously and wonders why his pal isn't taking her. liccorating begins three or four days before the dance, and the decorators seem lo work around the clock. The decorations at this year's dance were excellent, and strangely enough, the theme was not rugby but rather car- nival : it was very effective. There is a lull of a few brief hours between the finishing of the decorating and the arrival of the crowds: Soon, however, they are here, debonair young gentleman, murmuring their partner's sweet name to the reception line, there are words from the Master of t'eremonies, and then the dance. At first with the refreshments, and the meeting of friends, there is much changing ol' partners, but soon with the slowing of the music, lips become silent and eyes dreamy. To the outsider it may look silly, this dreamy look, but all dances have it, and nobody can deny that it is a wonderful state. Soon, too soon, the M.t'. announces the end, says a few inadequate words and leads in the National Anthem. Ilalf an hour later, the ballroom is deserted and empty. The many hours ol' labour, and the few hours of bliss are over, not to be forgotten. all intra-murals r'i'r:ic 'run 1-'oo'i'is.xi.L smsox ended in the fall, the intramural program for the year was started. Some of the younger new boys had already been assigned to intramural six-man rugby teams. The rest of the new boys were placed with either the lied, Blue, or Silver team. Each team is made up of four groups in the senior school, Senior, Intermediate A, Intermediate B, and -Iunior. A new boy. after being assigned to a team, would be placed in one of these four groups, so that he would be playing with boys of about the same age and ability as himself. A captain is chosen for each group and a year captain for each team. The captains this year were Lawrence tBluel, Lanier tRedl, and XVhitney tSilverl. Thlil ty-four The fall program consisted of games of field ball, soccer, and volley-ball, for each level. A team scores two points for each participant in a game, and tive points for winning. The season ended with all three teams in a very close race for first position. long weekends 'r IS THE A'rM0sPHERE present during the long week-ends at P.t.'. that makes such a weekend illl experience worth having. lt is not an entirely new atmosphere for it is always present, rather, it is an accentuation ot' the normal feeling or tone in our community. There are many contributing factors that go to create tl1is atmosphere. There is an increased air of friendliness in the small group of a dozen or so boys that remain at the school. tfliques, it' present, disappear and the seniors get to know the boys from the Prep, an opportunity which is rarely to be had during the normal school life. Since there are only a few, everybody co-operates, if even for his own sake only, in finding' something to do. There are any number of things to do depend- ing on the weather and the season. There may be baseball in the spring, or basketball in the winter term. The long weekends in the spring' term otfer one the chance of taking long refreshing walks in the woods or the desert some few miles from the school. The social life, I must admit, is meagre, but there is the Strand for all, and Club 1-1 for those who wish to trip the light fantastic . ll' you happen to be one of those lucky fellows who has a certain little lady downtown, more power to you. To make your social nights more enjoyable the leave contracts are relaxed a little and it's not too hard to get that much wished for extra half, or three-quarters, -of an hour. A long week-end at the school is the ideal time for some needed relaxation, Late breakfasts every morning enable you to sleep late. La Wo does his best to make the disadvantage of not getting home for mother's delicious meals considerably easier to bear. Steaks are almost an every day affair, and when Sunday dinner comes around you can always collllt on the traditional Baked Alaska Pudding. Waiters are done away with and everybody does his share and so adds further to the community spirit. For those who are interested in the crafts the long week-end is a rare chance to get some work done in the shop with extra guidance. For the few reasons mentioned above it is my opinion that a long week- end spent at P.C. is an experience. although it has its drawbacks, worth having, Thirly -fire fire! fire! , v ' Ticus the night before Wednesday, And all through the school, Not fir student was stirring - Nut even ri muster. 'r six-'i'H1H i'v in the morning, the eerie darkness and heavy silence were shat- tered by the shrill call of the tire siren screaming its cry of Fire! Fire! The school remained silent. The fire siren kept up its deafening scream. Final- ly the doors flew open and the patter of large feet was heard. NVas it a real tire, or just a drill? This question passed from lip to lip as everyone rushed to the nearest tire escape. The escapes were soon jammed with students, all with the same purpose, to get down to solid ground. In the cold mournful dawn this bustle of human activity on the fire escapes was a sight to behold. Soon the school was emptied. Everybody lined up at his designated place. What a sight! A group of one hundred sleepy students were all grouped to- gether in the chilly gloom, clad in all types of garments. Some wore dressing gowns, others had coats, and some had managed to struggle into a pair of trousers. Those who were scantily clad found to their regret that it was a very cold morning. ln fact, you could see your breath! Everybody was doing something or other to try to keep warm. Some were jumping up and down, and others were beating their arms to and fro. Finally the roll was called and the Headmaster, in a bemused way, said that it was too slow and that another drill would be held in the near future. This was met with heavy groans which were soon lost as everybody rushed to his room to capture a few hours of sleep before breakfast. C'est la vie! parents, day ifniso Tllli mvs just before Parents' Day, one would have never known that the students or the staff of the school had anything on their minds, except the usual routine. Along about Tuesday or XVednesday after certain members of the staff had worked their fingers to the bone organizing for the big event, it began to dawn on the students that there was something extra coming up. Thursday came and Thursday went but still nothing was accom- plished. Friday came and with the startling realization that the next day was the Big Day , the school sprang into action. Classrooms were allotted, students began to dream up ideas for exhibits. Work was done on Friday night, bringing ideas into practise and use. Tlzillvaszfx Saturday morning arrived at eight-tifteen. The school was aroused by the shouts of the school committee who literally heaved their victims out of bed. Of course there were those tired few, who resented being awakened at such an early hour, but for the most. part there seemed to be an air of joyful expectation inside and outside the school. The morning was spent in the preparation of class-rooms, and exhibits for the inspection of the visitors and friends. Then came dinner, a sumptuous meal, as reports have it. Everyone ate heartily just as the condemned man is sup- posed to do. After this, people began working on last minute details and im- provements. NVe made the final inspection of the dilferent exhibits, and at one every- thing seemed to be in order, except the chemistry lab., where everything was marvelously confused. In the middle stood Mr. Mather surrounded by odd shaped glasses and objects, thinking. As he told us later, and I quote, I get the best ideas between twelve-thirty and one-thirty. All was complete as far as we could see. awaiting the glances and questions of our guests. 13 The Root of Minus One Club of course, had their usual exhibition in Mr. Rourke 's classroom, showing the apparatus and types of activity at which this club works. 23 The Camera Club 's exhibit consisted of small booths where one could see the wh-ole process by which a picture is made. A very effective exhibit. 35 The Press Club showed a remarkable improvement over last year 's ex- hibit. Instead of just a few magazines lying in an unorganized heap on tables a newspaper office was duplicated by the Club. This exhibit was well received by both students and visitors. -ll The Glee Club displayed pictures of their Gilbert and Sullivan Produc- tions in Mr. Rourke 's classroom. 57 The gymnastic squad displayed themselves between the halves of a basketball game. The contest was played by Pickering firsts and East York Seniors. The game ended with the visitors on top by a very small margin. fil The Grade Nine classroom exhibited students' workbooks and maps, in- dicating the type of work they had engaged in during the term. The Grade Ten classroom was the same with the exception of Mr. Gil- roy 's Cosmopolitan Corner. This was a display of objects of art which came from different countries. They were brought here by students l'rom Greece. France, Colombia. and other countries. The library under the care of Mrs. Green displayed new and old volumes, giving the parents a glimpse of books available to students. Thliflj'-S6l'f'll 73 The Laboratory, as usual. was a maze of beakers, glasses, stinking odours, and whirring electric machines. Sl The arts and crafts section displayed carvings of wood and other work done in metal and leather by students and staff. 95 The Preparatory Department displayed projects of both younger and older students of Firth House. 109 A display in D classroom main floor, exhibited psychological tests, occupations, literature, and l'niversity entrance requirements. The Director of Guidance is Dr. Karl Bernhardt, Vniversity of Toronto. Ill The Polikon lflub displayed a list of members and their ridings, and pictures of the club at their meetings, at which they debate and discuss political and economic subjects. tfongratulations should be awarded to Messrs. lllcfflure and Gilroy for their excellent job of organization and work on Parents' Day. the dramatic club N My oi'1N1oN, and I think this applies to many others, the play produced this year by the Dramatic Club, called Ten Little Indians , was one of the best performances in years. Based almost directly on Agatha Christie's book of the same name, it deals with ten persons, unknown to one another, invited to a strange house on Indian Island off the coast of Devon, England. All these persons were guilty of certain crimes and were invited to this house by a Mr. lf N. Owen who seeks to kill them all, one-by-one, just like the Ten Little Indians in the well-known poem. Soon they become aware -of his purpose and make frantic efforts to leave the island, but in vain. Failing this they try to discover who amongst them is the murderer. The excitement climbs as one per- son after another dies until but two remain. The final denouement is sur- prising and a little far-fetcliecl. Some mention must now be made -of the individual players and the roles they played. The role oi' the sarcastic, tired-of-it.-all, butler was played by Alex Dull, and thc sympathetic maid was taken by Archie XVilliamson. The boatman was played by Peter Mutchlcr and the role of Vera. Claythorne, the straight female lead was given to Miss Helen Epworth of Newmarket. The male lover of the play was taken by Rick Arnold. The nonchalant play-boy was played by Ike lianicr, and the happy but memorable Mr. Blore was played by Bill Ilarding. The stern, lIlIl:f.V-flllllfj' Emily Brent was taken by Stanley Safe while the halt'-crazed Heneral Mackenzie was played by Jock Goobic. The scheming Sir Lawrence NVargrave was Bruce Parsons and the ever serious Dr. Armstrong was played by .lack Rutherford. I Thirty-ciglll The lighting arrangements, the settings of the stage, the inscription above the fire-place were done very efficiently by Mr. Fred Hagan, Mr. Robert Mc- Clure, Peter Mutchler, Duncan Cameron and a group of assistants. The play was directed very well on the whole by Mr. I . II. Ii. Stewart, but, in my estima- tion, there were two circumstances which marred the performaiice. The first offence tit was corrected the second night of the playi was the elimination of the Indians from the mantlepiece. In one case there were four actors remaining' but fire Indians left. This first offence, true. is not very serious, but the second one is. This was the make-up. It appeared that the actors' make-up was just thrown on them. XVith the exceptions mentioned above, I was well pleased with the pro- duction, and I am sure that the members ot' the east and proilui-tion staff must feel proud of their success. It is not unreasonable to say that this years production of Ten Little Indians is the best play that has been pi-oiluced at Pickering College for some years. LEFT 'ro RIGHT: llfe Lanier. Mr. Sleuvzrl lDl.Il'f'fllfJ. Uunf' Crum-ron ITM-liril'r-iuni. Ricky Arnold. Bill Hnrfling. Helen Epzrortli. .lfirlf lfutlwrfozvl. nllfix Hull. firrliic' Wfllfanison. Stun Safe. Brurf' Pursuits lfrnnrl, Pclcr Mulrliler lSrugc .lllf1l1ngc1'l, Alan Wylie tPrupertiesi, ,lock Cooliic. Tliirt i'-nine christmas chapel inf: l,'l1RIS'l'M.KS t'Ii.xm4:1, this year was, as always, very beautiful and inspiring. Hn the night of lleeember 12, 19-18, Piekering College eelebrated its twenty- seeond t'hristmas. lt eommeneed with the ehoir singing Joy to the World as they walked down the main aisle of the eandle-lit. Assembly Hall. After this a hush fell over the hall and people of all ages bowed their heads in meditation: then the hall resounded to the strains of 0 Come All Ye l4'aitliful . Ike Lanier, Howard Reynolds, and Arehie Williamson sang verses from NVQ Three Kings , followed by the First Nowell . Mr. Beer read from the Sehool Bible on the Birth of -lesus as told by Matthew. This was followed with a earol by Maire -laekson. Another reading from liuke was followed with a solo by Illlizabeth Beerg Mrs. Rourke sang a solo before the Headmast.er's address, No Room in the Inn . The serviee elosed by the singing of the hymn. Silent Night , and the reading of the Benedietion. christmas banquet RAIl1'l'lUN IS r1ss1cN'1'iA1. in the making of any school or eollege. Pickering has this tradition, and the li'hristmas Banquet is just one of the many events whieh help to make eaeh sehool year a sur-eessful one. This gala oeeasion whieh takes plaee at the eonelusion of the Christmas exams is quite a show, and the 19-19 edition was no exeeption. The dining hall was brightly deeorated with red and green trimming, eandles were plaeed in the windows, and the whole thing was set off with a brilliantly-lighted Christmas tree in the eorner. As one entered the dining room, he eould plainly see that we were one big happy family enjoying our Vhristnias dinner. There were the waiters, gracious- ly and humbly serving very delieious vietuals, and every few minutes pausing ieverently while the Headmaster read another telegram just reeeived from Santa i'laus. The whole student body, ineluding the Prep, had eonsented to remain for the meal, while the masters were very mueh present with their families. Messrs. Stewart, Ide, tlilroy, Mellaren, Lanier, and Capes had also blessed us with their presenee. There is a tradition within tradition this night, that being the procession ot' our three Uhinese ehefs around the dining hall, bearing the turkey, plum pudding, and sauee. Ira Wo, liee Toy, and Lee Nun are very proud of this of-easion, whieh, if forgotten, would leave a very definite gap in the yearls train of events. The elimax ot' the evening eame when Old Saint Niek himself arrived, believe it or not, with his son in tow. Each year Santa Claus gives out many Forty significant gifts to a number of the members of the student body. The must treasured of these is the shovel. The recipient of the shovel this year was the Editor-in-Chief of the Voyageur, and what eould be more suitable? l am sure that this implement has been a great help to him and his eolleagues in editing this magazine. After distributing many gifts among the entire demestie staff, and embarrassing for should we say embrace-ing ?pl many ot' the fairer sex, Santa Hilroy and Co. departed for Untario Ladies' tfollege. NYith this, the eonelusion of the banquet had nearly arrived, and with the singing of Auld Lang Syne, the Fall term was 0ffieia'ly over. Mr. Rm1rl:e's instructions were to forget academies completely for three weeks. IPIIJ Ytll'? THE STAGE, ,4S .4RR4NIQED FOR f.'HRIS7'M.4S Ifll.-ll'l:'I.. fiillfl'-Hlll winter jan aary february march april senior prep basketball 1-'TER A VERY SUCCESSFUL SEASON the Senior Prep basketball team has at last finished its league schedule. Fnder the excellent coaching and super- vision of Barney Jackson, the team was able to finish in second place. Sparked by aggressive and sharp-shooting forwards, the team was able to work through their opponent 's defence to rack up many points. To back up those forwards, the team had hard-fighting guards, who, besides protecting their own basket, set up a great many plays. One of the best league games that the team played was the game here against Trinity College Sch-ool in which the home team defeated its opponents 43-41. The second best league game was played in Toronto against the strong UTS. team. Although our team lost this game, they pnt up a good tight and played good basketball. The best exhibition game was played against St. Mikes Howie Reynolds, the team captain, was a very constant player and under- took his duties as captain with great capability. R-on I'mphrey, the centre. was a dangerous man with the ball under the opponents basket. and he was very troublesome to opponents at the head of our defence. When Ron was out with a bad ankle in the I'.C'.C. game, the team had a good man in Joe t 'ohen who piled up 30 p-oints in the game. I think that with some of those seniors coming back next year, and good prospects from lower teams, we will have a good team next year. BACK ROW ILE!-'T T0 RIGHTD: Barney .larlfson lemlehl. Hardy Wilsnrz trnanagerl, Joe Cohen. Ben Whitney. Dirk Bunce. llfe Lanier. Mr. Rourlfe. FRONT Row: Bill Bzu'l.'. Russ Daholl. Ron Umphrey. Howie Reynolds traptainl, Alan Wylie. Rielfy Arnold. Alastair Maerlnnalrl. Forty-three BACK Row tFrom Left to Righfl: Boll McClure tmzzehl. Sentry Mf- lntosh, Coral AIIICRIIF, Albert llnrler- hill. Don Timmins. ,lark Mihell Lorne Mould. Mr. lfllllllff. - FRoNT Bow: Alun Sniffer. Roger Warren. Charlie .40'ams. Alex Bull, Mike Rurirlle. Red 0'lVeill. senior hockey team R. AIC'CLL'RE'S senior hoekey Hopefuls ended a very unseasonable winter A with a ref-ord of two wins, six losses and a tie. Many of the losses sus- tained were elose and eould have gone our way tEx. 13-1 loss to Trinityl. The team this year was eomprised of fourteen stalwart individuals of Whieh, all but one t'Windy tl'Neilll, were playing their first season in senior ranks. The team had two lines, the one eonsisting of Al CSlipperyl Snider as eentre with wingmates Mike tHardroc-kj Rundle and Abe tgkatesb Vnderhill. This line was known as the kid line and showed the best passing plays that yi ere offered all year. It is hoped that this line will be intaet for future years and will provide many an interesting hor-key game for Piekering supporters to wateh. The other line was eentred hy Bill CShakyl Bakes, the kid from the banana belt of Vanada, with linemates Red CVVindyJ O'Neill and Jael: tSmoothJ Mihell. This line earried most of the play both to the enemy territory and to the penalty box. Body eheeking was very limited this year, and it is rumoured that next year will see body eheeking eliminated altogether and a friendly hand-shake weleoming an opponent as he speeds by. On defenee we had Lorne tltlnglishp Mould who eame up from Marlboro Juniors and tfhuek tltehl Adams, the speedster from New liiskeard, who eaptained the team and eneouraged his fellow teammates on with the words Mush-Mushf' Bill tttlenvillel Hyslop took his turn on defenee until offered a skiing eontraet at Glenville. Gord lNlaeRae and Bob Bainbridge, also a eouple of Northerners were baek on defenee until the eall of non-aetivity eehoed in their ears. Don Timmins played the role of utility man, both in spelling oft' his teammates and keeping the iee cleaned off. Maybe Don eould use three skates. Between the pipes was Mr. Agility himself, better known by his mates as Alex tSeiveJ Bull. All skitting aside though, Alex held the team together better than any other individual, never stopped shouting eneouragement to his players, and eame up with some speettaeular saves. lfnrt V-four Near the end of the season, which seemed ended before it started, Mr. McClure brought up Bill Maguire, Ivan Mencik and Pete McC'owang these Juniors took to Senior Company like a duck takes to water. And their perform- ance probably will warrant first-line contention by the time next season rolls around. Roger XVarren, the sub-goalie, deserves honourable mention for the way in which he was on hand for every game, reports are that Rog. has been offered the goal judging job at Maple Leaf Gardens next year. The team manager was Scotty fBI'11Sl1-Cull Macintosh who relinquished his post as head coach of Montreal Canadiens to be with us this year. Also thanks to Stan Safe who was the team most ardent supporter. Stan held the team together with package after package of gum. ' All in all, the team enjoyed a short but semi-successful and enjoyable season of hockey. And if the team could be kept as a unit for a few years it would hold its own against any of the surrounding secondary schools and colleges. junior prep basketball N THE WHOLE, the Junior l'rep had a fair season with a total of three wins, one tie and four losses in the league games. Besides these, the team managed to play six other exhibition games, three ot' which were with Newmarket high school. The first two games started oft' well by bringing in two wins. The first was at SAV, where the score was close, 20 to 17. The second game we played here against l'pper t'anada t'ollege whom we solidly beat by a score ot' 47-39: then by losing to them later at i't ti', we split wins. Roth our games with FTS, the league leaders , turned out to be losses topped by a heart-breaking one point defeat at Tt'Sg this near miss placed us still further down in the league's standing. NVe were encouraged, however, by a satisfying 50-28 victory over SAF. Our last league game, played shortly after the long weekend, was battered out to a 42-42 tie, when we were hosts to Trinity l'ollege. This wound up our season, except for three exhibition games which we managed to act with Newmarket. high school, l'xbridge, and Ridley t'ollege, where we were guests. Thus by the end of the year, we had gained an average ot' 33 points a game, opposed to the 39 against us. The centre ot' the team was sparked by the captain, Have Bullock, he was also top scorer and managed to chalk up a 15-point average for the season 's games. Ames also did well by playing second with an impressive average of three baskets a game. But progress is not always a measure ot' the contribution to the game-in particular Skeith, Maguire and Mencik who did not excel in points, won a fine reputation for fighting hard and by setting up their team- mates ln scoring positions. Forty-fire Out of the many inspired ones who turned out at the beginning of January, the following ten remained as the permanent members: Bullock, centre, Thomsen, centreg Ames, forward, Maguire, forward, Stone, forward, Skeith, guard, with Cameron and Deacon playing about half the season. Several of these enthusiasts were also hockey players and therefore the team sometimes was forced to play with as few as six players, but keen interest was shown and a game never had to be called off or forfeited because of lack of interest or participation. We really had a swell season that we enjoyed very much. For this reason the players asked me to thank Mr. Mather sincerely for contributing his time and his patience while coaching us. Thanks, Dick. second team hockey Hr: SECOND Hockm' 'PRAM had rather a poor season, losing four out of five ' ggames. Personally I think the team had the material to win. The team wx as criticized for its skating ability but it improved as the season progressed. They were weak on the defensive work, but nearing the end of the season this improved too. The line-up for the team was as follows: forwards, Forster, McGowan, Hathway, Dempsey, Mencik, Don Frosst, Jones, Marshall, Stacey, Evans, goal- tenders, Deacon, Warreng Defence, Maguire, Loucks, Vassar, Peters, coach, Pete Widdrington. Due to injuries and sickness on the senior team, Maguire, McGowan and Nencik played in the Final three games. All three players did a fine job. Bruce Hathway, captain, was a sparkling right-winger and proved very effective. George Dempsey was out for the rest of the season after his knee injury. The team also had a poor season because of ice facilities which were poor at times. lf they had had a few more games I think they could have shown that they had the ability to win. Dnly having five games, the team hardly had a chance to warm up. Three out of the five games were with S.A.C. The other two were with Hrove. The scores were as follows: l ost 4-2 Prove- Won V Y J v T v 1 , 10-8, S.A.t'., liost, 9-1, S.A.tl., Lost, 9-2, S.A.C.g Lost, 2-0, tlrove. The final game, which was with Grove, was a tough one to lose. The team fought hard all the way, with Roger Warren in the nets. Roger played a great game. making a number of sensational stops. Pickering outplayed Grove in the last two periods, but the Hrove goaltender kept the score in their favour by playing a brilliant game. All we can do now is to look forward to a much better season next year. Forty-six senior north york basketball HIS YEAR, the Senior North York team did fairly well in its league, even though it was handicapped by small gyms in other schools. Most of the players had had previous experience in this sport, but were lacking in funda- mentals. They were given every opportunity to learn under tl1e guidance of Blacky , who literally pounded his knowledge into their thick skulls. The team got away to a good start by defeating Newmarket. They lost a close one to Aurora, and were soundly beaten by Richmond Hill, last year's champions. Their spirit and skill increased as the season progressed but the return games were much the same story. The team was composed of tllive Nil Anastassatos, Fleas Benness, Monster Chaput, Scotty Dobson, tloobers tloobie, Boston Blacky Holt, Peaches Lawrence, King Sol liubarsky, tin-tlie-tl'hest Mt-Vittie, Dead-Shot Pete the Hutch, Wild Bill Richardson and Grandma Rutherford. third team hoekey inc 'rumn 'ri-ini, under Mr. Macharen, lg, had an enjoyable, but none too success- ? ful season of hockey. Everyone was given 4 a chance, tor those that may have been Q lacking in ability could only improve with Q practice. The skating season was very D. short this year, commencing after our A t'hristmas vacation and ending in Febru- ary. The team began with liignam, Sands. I I t.'hapman, lsraeler, Jopson, l ishleigh, Stephenson, Box, Azar, tlreenbaum, and Bruce Dobson. tleoige Dempsey, because he was kept out ol' hockey for the season, took the job of managing the team. Then after our first game, which came after little practice and was lost to St. Andrews, the two l rossts were added to the team. After our next game with the Rabbits from Trinity, which we won by a narrow margin, we received Jerry Stone from the second team, and Ted Cannon, who both proved to be assets to the team. They both had drive and, I think, put some into the rest ol' the team. Our goalie, lbave llignam, showed wonderful playing in the games, the one with Appleby in particular. This game, another loss, ended our activity for the season. Forty-seren None of the players had worked together before and practices this year xx ere so few that we received no opportunity to work out smooth team-work for the games. The hope was expressed in previous years that we may soon have hetter skating facilities. Now this hope is developing into a reality with the promise of artificial ice in the town arena next year. I wish all the luck to the future hockey teams with this added convenience. llli ,lt lxl+RllXt1 k0lNlINt1l'lXl 0 lffll hflll 9 sieur l,ouis liegrand Lanier left tJnt.ario's it tle hig town If ridav, the fourth of I4 ebruarv, for 1 wuitnd of skung in the wildeiness l imhi rlost Lodge eleven miles from Huntsville NN lun wt boarded the train the tonduitoi hustl- ed us to one of the many luxurious cattle cars A ia very sienit rou t- the train ride was tedious and after six hours of creeping we tin- ally edged our way into Huntsville. From there we took the busg Messrs. Thomsen and llolt provided us with a solid hour of vocals until we reached the Lodge. The skiing conditions were excellent during' our stay and more than excellent at the point. of our departure. That afternoon we managed to get in an hour of skiing before the tow stopped operating. Hur evenings were spent very enjoyahly dancing' and night-hawking. the limberlost weekend p K TY 11-fi ' '1 V X .Xllais , under the expert guidance of Mcfni 2 on tl t ' ' il, ' ' Saturday we skied all dayg that evening we went to the big dance at the lodgeg Snotty Mt-Siegle and his Illegal Eagles provided us with some mighty entertaining music . . . strictly off the record stuff. Sunday we skied all day again and that evening, when we went on a sleigh-ride, our horse Lou pulled the sleigh. Hur contingent was honoured with the presence of Grandpa llyslop and DDT t'laxton , pros from Mt. Tremblant and St. Sauveur respectively. The week-end was uneventful except for two min-or catastrophes which occurred Sundayg l'homme de la grande ville broke his slippery slats at three-quarter time and since he needed a pair of skiis for Monday, Peter Marshall obliged with a wrenched knee. Monday we were up an' at 'em early until twelveg after a hreakneck trip we were back at Pickering refreshed for another three years of work. Forty right junior north york basketball HE .IFXIOR NORTH YORK have had a very unusual season this year. Out, ot' nine games, they triumphed twiee. The team opened at home against Newmarket who slaughtered us. XVe managed to keep in the running at Aurora, but lost by four points in a small, stuffy gym. NVe faced Riehmond Hill there, a week later, without our aee, Bill Stott, and although led after the first quarter, lost by many points at the end. At Newmarket. we played a mueh improved game, but were w-orn out at the end and lost by 17 points. Al t this time the team was learning a 'Zone' and eertainlv needed Jou , , , more praetiee. With the eo-operation of the team and its eoaeh, Billy tfapes, we had several praetiees before breakfast. NVith new vigor we met the Aurora outfit here, but their elose-eheeking enabled them to win by four points. Again we had little sueeess against Richmond Hill. In an exhibition game here Mr. Bill Stott deeided we should win at least one game, he tallied 22 points as we edged l'xbridge. lneidentally, I wish to thank Bill Fisher for rooting our team on to vim-tory on this oeeasion. XVe were very fortunate in obtaining home eontests with Trinity. The first duel here proved a thriller, as we eame from behind a four-point lead to triumph in the final seeonds on a basket by -l. -I. ti'ameron. The seore was 26-26. At. Trinity after a long ride, we found the team losing at the end ot' the half, 20-1, on a large, slippery tioor. We rallied in the seeond halt' tu lose the game by only two points Q30-285. The partieipating players for this year were: tfoaeh, Mr. William Vapesg Huards, Tom Davis, Don Baker and Vaptain Michael Hare, Centre, Bill Stott: lforwards, Ross Barkell, -Iohn -l. t'ameron and tlharlie Vauerossong also Stan Safe, Murray Fenton and Marvin tlreenbaum played some of the early games. the annual at-homo H1-1 MEMB1f:Rs of the danee eommittee laboured long and hard this year, - and were rewarded with a very sueeessful Formal llanee. lt took plaee from nine until one on the evening ot' l+'ebruary 25th. A ehieken dinner was served before the danee, for whieh we owe Mrs. Henderson and her staff a great deal of thanks. It appeared at first that dinner would be a very quiet sort of affair, but after everyone had seated himself the eonservation promptly turned to the diseussion of evening dresses, wbieh left little for the imagination but a great deal for discussion among males and females alike. Forty-nine After dinner Mr. Rourke welcomed the guests and informed us that dancing would commence promptly at nine o'clock. The hour between eight and nine was spent in chatting, in the halls and common rooms. At nine o'clock more guests had arrived and were heading towards the hall. At the do-or we were welcomed by Chiang Kai Bull, and inside the hall by Mr. and Mrs. Rourke, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence, Bill Bakes tof the Dance Committeej and his lady, Miss Barbara t'ook. The music :for the feature social event of the year was pro- vided by Van De Walker, who made a return visit to us after having played at our Rugby Dance. The hall was very beauti- fully decorated in red and black with various t'hinese designs, and a faint hint ot' incense hung' in the air to enhance the atmosphere. The decorations were impressive n-ot only for their beauty, but also because they offered such a contrast to the usual blue and white design used on these occasions. The scheme of decoration was inspired by Mr. Mcl'lure. The exotic beauty which he created for us was memorable, and successive committees will be hard put to measure up to the standard he has set. llancing continued until ten-thirty, at which time a short intermission occurred. Those who wanted punch were served in the common room, while others adjourned to the corridors where jokes and skits were rife. After the intermission, danc- ing continued, bodies rested, spirits refreshed. Reports on the dance the following week were very favourable as everyone seemed to have enjoyed himself. Very few people could understand howevei how Al Wylie and Bev tfase won a lucky spot dance by beine in a c corner ot' the hall. How about it, Al? THE DANCE I.i3F'i' 'ro Rleni McClure tI0lNlNlI'l'TEE A'l Vt Olilx Alex Bull, Ted Laurence Bob winter intra-murals HEX THE sNow AND ICE disappeared at intervals during the winter term, the intramural program replaced the impractical hockey practices and later on when the hockey season was over and the basketball was coming to an end, afternoon team games became the prime entertainment as well as our daily exercises. Vtlhen the weather was still too cold to play outside, volleyball and basketball were played in the gymg on the senior levels volleyball became a game of spirit and eager competition. After most of the slush had drained off the south field, lacrosse became the thing of the moment, and despite the high casualty rate and the expense of replacing the many broken sticks, students of all levels ventured into the muck of the field with enthusiasm and grim determination. As the season progressed, track and field drew one or two early trainees away from the sport and the baseball enthusiasts began softening up the pockets of their gloves. By the time the Easter exams had arrived we were making our own fun, for the exams made too much organized play impractical. At the end of the term the team ranks were Blue: Firstg Reds: Secondg Silver: 'l'hird. old boys 9 basketball i HE RI1:uL'LAa 'rn.xM, prepared for a group of puffing business men, were in for a surprise. Apparently quite a few of the old boys had been playing basketball recently, beeause their condition was good for the most part and their shooting fairly accurate. They worked together well and kept the regular team hopping on defense. Edighoffer played a pr-ofessional-looking game at centre, dropping in basket after basket with a jump-turn shot. Une or two of the more portly of the old boys appeared ever so slightly exhausted at the close of the fourth quarter. Despite the handicap of years and widening girth, however, the old boys came through with a win. 'I'he game ended with at school yell. As usual, both sides enjoyed the game. We hope that next year we'll play again, only perhaps this time the pennant will go to the home team. The players on the Old Boys' team were Hugh Edighotfer, Murray Gill, Bill Maresch, Jack Houghton, Dick Lee. and Don Dewar. the roorn change ALK ABou'1' A euxxoic in the rooming plan began around Christmas in the committee circles, and by the end of the first few weeks in the second term a proposed change was the subject of every second bull-session. Exactly who started it all is not quite certain. Some say that Mr. Lyon, of Rugby School in tlreat Britain, brought the idea to the school and others say that the editorials of the Quaker flracker were responsible. Mr. Rourke, and the com- mittee, however, began to put the idea into a practical form: the reason for the change was our realization that relations between the junior and the senior students were unsatisfactory, and a hope that increased responsibility for all would help to pick up the spirit and tone of the school. The committee, having approved ot' thc plan, brought it to the student body. l'p to this time the six corridors of the school had each been occupied by one student level. We spoke ot' the Junior Vorridor, and of the hallowed Senior t'orridor. The new idea was to break up these self-contained groups and mix them evenly throughout tl1e school. Une or two seniors were to be in each corridor: tl1e responsibility for keeping rooms clean, morning wake-up, and evening duties, were to be shared by all ot' the students. There was ot' course considerable opposition to the scheme but the com- mittee eounteracted most of it by having chats with groups of the boys during which they, t'or the most part, sold the idea. Mr. Rourke tied up the project with a chapel address on school spirit, the moral values oi' an experiment, and an oration on the rights ot the majority. A vote of the student body was taken after the campaign was completed: the vote was 80572 pro and 20W con. Un the ninth of February the students ot' the school moved from old rooms to new. How confusion reigned, and oh what a mess! NVhen the school regained its normal tidy look, and the dust settled on the corridors, some were pleased and some were very displeased with their new arrangements. Nfjljlllllllif we puy ll fx junior to more it 'Vs A for us?,, X 515. Filly-Iwo Now at the end of the year we can look back on the days of the early experiment and take lesson. 1Ye could never have known what benefits there were to be had, had we not tried. Pickering College is a school where new things may be tried. We have that potentiality and unless we continue to try new plans, new schemes, and new ideas, there will be no progress and we will not be doing our duty to that greater community which we serve. teen town HE SATURDAY NIGHT Dsxcns put on by Pickering t'ollege and Newmarket High School have been in existence for almost one year. ln that time they have provided recreation in good surroundings for hundreds ot' teen-agers from both schools. The dances are held one week at Pickering and the next at the High School. In this way, both student bodies learn to know each other and to assume alternate responsibility as hosts. These dances are held for entertainment only, and the profit is kept to a minimum. All the services provided are given free of cost. As the dances progress and better inter-scliool relations are developed, the long-term objectives can be seen more clearly. Already the two student groups have many things in common, and as both try to become more unified, the ultimate objective of perfect relations achieved through sharing entertainment is not too far ahead. volleyball P UNTIL THIS YEAR I had always thought of Volleyball as a sport which required very little skill or athletic ability. As a result when t'am. Clark approached me about a volleyball team, I was to sav the least a little reluctant. Suddenly I learned that the team had been entered in a tournament in llamilton on March 5th, At the practice when we had one, a very lackadaisical attitude was ever present, but even though there was an endless amount of skitting, t'am t'lark did manage to teach us many of the important skills used in the game. After three or tour of these so-called practises, we played our first game against an Army team from Camp Borden, and considering our inexperience we did fairly well in winning one out ot' three games. Much valuable experi- ence was gained from these games and after a few more practises we were ready forthe Ontario Invitation 'l'ournament at McMaster l'niversity in llamil- ton, where the -lr. and Sr. championships ot' 1949 were to he decided. I don't think that one ot' us expected the team to achieve what it did at the tournament, what with lack of sleep tresult oi' evening of lllarcli -lthl and general inexpcrience. NVell, the story of what happened was almost, unbelievable, for after losing the first game to Ridgeway 21-14, the Pickering Blues went on to win four straight games against Bracebridgc t21-1 l, Hamilton C21-171, Aylmer C21-105, and Meaford Q21-Ol. Fifty-three As a result Pickering and Ridgeway squared off into a best out of three series for the junior championship of Ontario. Although we had very little support on the sidelines, the team fought courageously only to lose the final series in the two games 15-11 and 15-14. Perhaps the most exciting game -of the day, from the Pickering standpoint, was the game against Hamilton Commerce. Down 17-12, Pickering scored 9 straight points to end the game 21-17. Although we didn 't win the championship, the prestige that goes with being the Ontario Junior Volleyball Finalists is something that the whole school should be proud of. TEAM: Al XVy1ie, Ross Daboll, Ron Utnphrey CCapt.l, Bill Buck, Ike Lanier, Rick Arnold, Howie Reynolds, Cam Clark tcoachj. the glee club N THE MIDDLE of the fall term the Pickering College Glee Club began its activities in the prep dining room. In the first few weeks, The Gondoliers was rehearsed but because of a dearth of young ladies and other difficulties the production was changed to Trial By Juryw. One or two of the less enthusiastic members of the Clee Club, feeling that Trial was too short an operetta to be worthy of their time and effort, left when this decision was made, but the majority of the cast dug in with vigour. At the same time a set. ot' sixteen girls from the town of Newmarket began rehearsing. Under the direction of Mr. Rourke and Frank Houston, the crew was ready for joint rehearsals by early February. When the time came for choosing the leads, the enthusiasm of the club had soared to amazing heights and Mr. Rourke was swamped with requests. After the wail of straining adolescent voices died away, the following had been chosen from the student body :- Prosecuting Att0rnf2.?l-f'ameron Clark Defeiidafnt--Ike Lanier and Arthur Dobson Usher-Bill Buck and David Frosst Foreman of the Jury-Terry Sumner The judge was played by Mr. Rourke, of course, and Mrs. Rourke played the bride. The first bridesmaid was Mrs. Beer, with Helen Epworth, Joyce Mingay, Doris Proctor, Carmen Taylor and Ann Vanden Bergh her fellow- attendants. For the two or three weeks preceeding the opening night, the boys had to miss the beginning of study, stay up late, practice in the aftern-oons, and even miss the occasional club meeting. There were compensations for this hardship, however,-thc combined male and female choruses had dances and refreshments after evening practise every now and then. Some of the martyrs Isfffjfffllllf in the student body actually gave up their study time to take the young ladies home. Mr. Fred Hagan designed and executed the set for Trial by Jury and Peter Mutchler was the stage manager. Duncan Cameron worked on the lights and Don Gilroy was in charge of the costumes. These and titty others spent the days preceeding the production running around in a state ot' confusion and concern. Three days before the production anyone but an old Hlee t'lubber would have said that nothing would be ready on time. By missing classes. working late into the night. and conscripting bands of helpers during the day. the many tasks were completed on schedule. When the cast turned out for the dress rehearsal in the weird costumes ol' an era past, the assembly hall looked like a page from Pickwick Papers. The costumes of some members were a little out of period though, and when every- one mingled in front of the stage the effect was reminiscent ot' a fancy dress ball. The rehearsal went well and the directors seemed satisfied. Opening night was March 2-lth and our company played to a full house. The operetta went smoothly, and after the performance one could tell by the comments passed, in any one of the groups standing in the hall, that Trial By Jury was a success. The second and third nights went well although there was a slight slackening olt' on the second night, and each night the audience seemed warmer. lt may be said that the Hilbert and Sullivan tradition at the college was maintained this year. and although Trial isa very short operctta its potcntialitics were explored fully and it was played broadly and well. l 1'jt3'-fin' dramatic club His YEAR the Ilramatie l'lub had an unusually heavy program. They did the Agatha le'hristie play, Ten Little Indians , on Parents' Day and then, in eompany with the Hlee Ulub, they did three one aet plays. They were The Dear Departed , If Men Played Cards as NVonien Do , and the Titanic seene from t'avaleade . I won 't deal with the story of these plays but will just say a few words about the aeting and sets. In the Dear Departedw we had reunited again most ot' the members who had taken part in the Agatha Vhristie play. They were sueeessful, as one might expeet, with Bill Harding doing an espeeially line job as a vitriolie middle-aged woman. Left to Right: Puzsows. Goonlz. ARNoi,n. Donsox. HARUING. mul Mi'T11Hl,ER. in The Dear Departed . The Titfmie seene, whieh eoneerns only two eharaeters, was well handled by -Iaek Rutherford and Mary Lou Little. This needs rather elever direction for it is a short love seene with humour, feeling, and a surprise ending. Every one of these faetors is essential for the sueeess ot' the seeneg there ean be no slips. l+lortunately there were none and it was well received. My only eritieism is direeted at Miss Little who didn 't get quite enough variation into her voiee. I think baekground danee musie would have made the seene more stirring, but perhaps that is just a prejudice. The third play was a tive minute affairg it was a burlesque on the habits ot' women, espeeially their love of gossip. Four husky students, who had never aeted before in their lives, played the men. In the early praetiees and even before the big night they seemed eompletely lost in their parts, but hy some miraele they pulled themselves together and managed to get the best applause of the evening. Filly-six The sets had to be very mobile if the show was to run without long breaks, which they were, thanks to the genius of Mr. Hagan who created, organized, and painted the sets. Finally, a word about the director. Mr. Stewart is an exceptional director in that he can act most of thc parts in the play and can therefore give demon- strations that are worth more than hours of explanation. He believes in letting the actor interpret the part as he feels it and I agree. However, there are moments when an actor needs someone else's appraisal and it is here that I think Mr. Stewart occasionally falls down. That is a piddling point and is really of little consequence when one adds up the sum total that he has con- tributed to Pickering llramatics. To produce a play calls for a lot ot' courage because there are always the moments when everybody is ready to give it upg it is then that the director, in this case Mr. Stewart, must take the whole burden of the play on his back and carry the play until the actors get hack on the rails again. There were many of these moments, especially last year in the two O'Neill plays when Mr. Stewart carried the boys through. This is the last year for a number of the veteran actors ot' our group: Jack Rutherford, Ricky Arnold, Bruce Parsons, Pete Mute-hler and the director, Mr. Stewart. We know they won 't forget their many plays and we only hope that, by hook or by crook, we can manage in the next year to keep up the standard. Fifty-sez-en spring uprHV :nay june crocuses and stuff HE SPRING TERM at Pickering College was, in the words of the headmaster, a challenge. It was shorter than ever before and it seemed to most of us that there was more to be done than ever before. The invitation clubs found that they could not find time for more than one or two meetings. and the academic program had a top priority that cut all ot the extra-curricular activities to a minimum. There was no dances or special events save Sports Day and the final banquet, and the six weeks passed without too much excitement. As a result we find that there is little to write about the term. We can all say that it was a good exercise in self-discipline and hard work but from a social standpoint, we didn 't have time to make it a success. lt seemed rather unfair that in the season of l'amour we should have to spend the Hlorious eve' nings memorizing' the binomial theorem. Such diversion as we did find is recorded in the pages following and l hope you will feel as we do. now it is all over, that it really wasn't too bad after all. corridor baseball ICKERING B.xsEBA1,i, was opened with a noisy band. and hy lieadmaster R. Fl. - K. Rourke hitting thc first pitch ot' the season into ri,Q'ht field. The league this year consisted of tour teams li.N.. l,.S.. l'.N.. l'.S. There was a staff member on each ot' the four teams, seeing no staff' team was formed this year. The teams were very well balanced, and the team who got the breaks won the ball game. The majority ofthe games were played before Easter, with double headers on XVed. and Sat. The spirit cheering' these games was of a very high stvandard, which sometimes led to friendly arguments. but these were soon quenched by the capable umpire. Even though the umpires called the close ones right or wrong, Barney The Hedge Jackson playing' for the li. South always had the final word. The final standing found If North in the playoffs with li. North, and this is the way it will have to stand since the lack oi' time prevented the playoff. An all star team was formed to play Newmarket High School and under the one-hit pitching of Ike Lanier walloped N.H.S. I2 to 1. Although there was only a short season, all in all, baseball at Pickering' this year was very successful. Fifty-liirre spring intra-lnuruls HERE IS NO regular intramural program in the spring term. The boys con- centrate on their training for track and fieldg the various track meets and sports days are thc only events which contribute directly to the team scores. There is of course a certain amount of lacrosse and baseball played in off hours and there are numerous pick-up games in thc late afternoon, but all of these are student organized. In the beginning ot' the spring term, track captains are appointed on each team and they, co-operating with their team captains, spend their time encour- aging students to get out to the track and train. This year we had track meets with the Newmarket High School and St. Andrew 's College as well as our own Sports Day. The participation in track and field this year was very good. Much of the credit goes to Keith Mcllaren, Lou Lanier, Dick Mather and Blackie , all of whom gave up their afternoons to give boys individual coaching. The year has been successful from every standpoint and at the end of the season the community generally felt that the intra-mural program this past year had been just plain good. ' I' 'fw +3P,--v 'Qi P, Q bn tl F Q 1 'fr MM Sixty golf Ol.F IS THE 1,A'rEs'r Pickering sport. A particular group, not daring to face the physical punishment of tennis or track, took up a slower sport, golf, the old man 's game. This exodus was led by Mr. Rourke who shot a 200 the first day, or so my reporter tells me. This writer couldn't believe this and is happy to say he has found the reason for this preposterously high score. The course has the normal 9 holes. NVell, Mr. Rourke actually went over the course twice, that. is he covered 18 holes, and added up both scores! This writer must admit that his game is really not golf, and that he has not much idea of how it worked, however, here is some data that my reporter has just given me. The course is hilly, and in Aurorag if you have good clubs, like lfhaput had, you may break par. It is advisable to wear a visorg Daboll has a good model. Further gossipy news about the links may be obtained from the following: Daboll, l'm- phrey, lllcVittie, Capes, and llloreland. tennis ENNIS 'rms YEAR wcaved its erratic way much as usual. A group ot' en- thusiasts began early in the season to dig up courts, lay cinders, haul the mamm-oth roller, and occasionally steal on for a quick set. Vnfortunately for the courts, these slight cases of stealing became wholesale thefts and soon no one was Working on the courts, but everyone was playing on them, To-day they are like a battlefield, pitted and dusty. To the orthodox player used to reasonable courts, the way our courts act is completely maddening. Sometimes they gobble up the ball in dust, sometimes they send the ball ricocheting up and over the reach of any man: at all times the bounces are weird. This writer gave up tennis on the courts long ago for a solitary game in the gym, where one bats the ball against an ilidefatigable wall, However, like my fellow tennis friends, I rest confident that next year will be ditterent, very different, and that tennis, which really is a marvellous game. will be better organized. Sixty-one sports day uruovou THE fact is carefully concealed from the prying eyes of parents, the track and field season at Pickering is just about over before they even set foot to the accelerator. Few outsiders know of the weeks of training at the track necessary for a successful Sports Day. Fewer still know of the back concession Dark-horse method of training, The great day for field events is not Sports Day at all, but is Elimination Day. This is the day with 99.9fZa participation. Any field events which you may chance to see a couple of days later, or on Sports Day, are well rehearsed and pretty well decided ahead of time. For the discus hurler or the thrower Sports Day is strictly anti-climactic. Well, to get on with the story, May the 25th arrived. The morning was spent trying to make the school look as little like the school as possible. At 1.30 I arrived at the track with pencil and pad in hand, searching for about 500 words. Bob McClure, who usually has plenty to say, was standing by the Coke stand, so I approached him for an interview. Bob only shivered and said It's freezing cold . tIt was freezing cold. In fact. so freezing cold that two loving mothers stole my blanket when- I deserted it for a moment to dash the 100 yards.J Dick Bunce remarked with typically oriental wisdom, KDKA IKI BDNH BDNGA. tIn Korea we choose day with no wind.j However, Joe Cohen assured the reading audience, It's a great day at Pickering. The three captains were each sure of an overwhelming victory for their respective teams. We first became aware that the afternoon activities had begun when Dick Mather drew our attention via the P.A. system to some of the iield events. ltle announced that the Blues were leading on the year's score, but that the Reds had the edge in the early day score. Big Dick also suggested, This seems to be a 'Red-letter day'. I took this as part of Dick's subversive polit- ical campaign, but it turned out that it was just a remarkably accurate prophe- cy on the day scores. The Blues had great success in the early track events and soon pulled ahead on the day scores. f 'Q They held this lead until about 4.30, By -' that time most of our guests were busy -,. sn -H- 61 guzzling teag for their benefit I must admit that the Reds pulled ahead at the end to take the day. The Blues as ' usual won the year. Special mention should be given to the eighteen year B old dash record equalled by Bob Scott X t10.6sJ. L ,bixly-two The final sc-ores ou the j't'2iI S activities are as follows: Blue l,Captai11: Ted Lawrenuejz 19753 Red lL'aptai11: Ike Luuierj: 19261 Silver CCaptain: Ben Whitneylx 1896. g lppeu BILL xl.-UJUINL and jmmgl Es NIARCQ l I tbehimll cumpeling UI fhe gchuul ldllgff. Luuel: Dux 115111155 on Iflc' third lap of the mile event. Sixty-lfuec invitation lub root- of- minus - one club 1-Qi-4: -, f To? Row. l,iiF'1' 'ru Rlonrz Ron Umphrev: Rudy Renzfus: Ted Cannon: Saul Lubarsky: Iiowiu Revrmlals: film' Bull: Charlie .4dums: Ted Luwrenee. FRHYIH liorflie ll iI.wn: Bill Hyslup: Tony lfozly: Terry Sumner: Ike Lanier: Mr. Rourke. inf: Roovifiics finished their 19th season full of enthusiasm and scientific data. During the year, an wide range ot' topic-s was discussed. Astronomy, plusties, euriosn imxtlieiinitieat, atomit- phvsit-s, und medic-ine :ill found plaees in the progrzininies. Among the most interestinggg features of the year's meetings were the trips. tlenernl Motors provided two delig'hti'ul GXlJt'I'i9Ill'9S,?il trip through the Oshawa plant and at visit to the l rig.ridz1ire favtory at Leaside. The Rooters greatly zippreeiuted these fine opportunities to observe the p1'aetic-al applications of st-iena-e in industry. We were very fortunate indeed to have as our guest speaker at the final illllllllltli llr. Wullaee M1-Niehol, at charter member of the club, who gave us a lklst-iiiutiing' levture on plustiv surgery, illustrated with his personal collection of .Sixty-four coloured slides. All members survived and interest was maintained at a high level. It would be unpardonable to forget the admirable work of Ike Lanier as Suckertary. He upheld the finest traditions of his office, and will doubtless go down in the records as Honest Ike. polileon club HE POLIKUN CLUB is a company ot' line minds. They are selected care- fully from the students and staff, they are the spice ot' Pickering. We call ourselves a debating club and run our meetings on parliamentary lines, but really this is too narrow a delinitiong we are philosophers interested in the metaphysical limitations of a hydronotic world. with, of course, a dash ot' psychology here and there. This definition, I think, covers most of the ground, YVe had four presidents- Cameron, Arnold ltl. B.l, Macdonald. and Nllhitney. Meetings began at 9.30 and ended at anytime past 12.00. Officially the meeting ended at 10.30 when we ate. but our members, carried on by the feverish desire for more truth, would often disregard food and continue talk- long past the last cigarette well into the night. Whenever one talks about the Polikon t'lub, ,, someone always brings up the Rooters, and a iiercc at argument begins. This is unnecessary for they em- body different concepts which cannot be compared. The Rooters specialize, analyze, dissect. The Polikon looks at the whole, appreciates. and enjoys. A slight N' li if v analogy might make this clearer. Suppose that 1 I was at lunch with a Rooter and someone offered lls a bottle ot' iced champagne. My first reaction would be complete and pure joy, and I should look at the bottle, think of its contents, savour it for a moment and end up by swallowing the whole. I should have appreciated, enjoyed, and done all these things thoroughly, as is the Polikon tradition, My Rooter ' friend, however, would tirst study the credentials l If r' ' r , il f fp ' s of the giver, analyse him. After this he would take I ' a small sample of the champagne and test it with his ' microscope, his litmus, his spectroscope. By this , 'I time at fly would have settled in his drink, which he 3 would immediately pick up exclaiming. eureka , 4- and with this as proof condemn the drink to the dogs and take up his Pepsi-Cola. By that time l should be under the table, unaware of his presence. .Sixty ffl e I I . gf 1 9 Q b l:la1.vii1,e' explaiueml this to you, 1 shall leave thanking God that I am of the Pollkou Vluli mul therefore si man, liberal and eulturefi, hut not sf-ientifie. Y' , XF-fu-ffr Rpm Row. l,I-,FT 'ro HIuI1'l': Pete lfirlzlringzon: Cam Clark: Lou Lanier: Mike Hare: Roger llnarren: Bill Harfling: Charlie Vassar: Mr. Beer. tiexinip Row: Joe Coherzg Slew Skeitlz: Nirl. Holinrake: Panos .-lnastassalos: Sven Tlmrnseng john Graham: Stefan lsraeler. Fkoxi Hou: Phil Holi: Dune Carnezon: Riel. Arnold: Hen ll' hizney: Alastair Macdonald: Alan Snider: Don Frossz. thirty club HIS el,L'B originated some years ago when a group of boys, in an attempt to add to their diet, had a meal consisting of 30 courses. They enjoyed themselves so immensely that they formed a club whose pur- pose was to eat. They soon ran into difficulty because the headmaster, who was ti believer in the spiritual things of life, could not or would not see the spiritual Sill v-si x in their bloated stomachs. He ordered them to stop. They stopped, but only momentarily. They rebanded as a debating' club, and unfortunately the head did not see through this thin disgfuise. To-day the old tradition of 30 eourses REAR Row, LEFT TO RIGHT: Ivan Mencik: Donald Gilroy: Douglas Sirrs. CENTRE: Paul McVittie: Cordon MacRae: John Peters: Dare Bullock: Lorne Mould. FRONT: David Wagner: ,lock Coolzie: Dare Frosst: Dare Willet: Ed Stephenson: .Hilbert Underhill. z F4 V ' 4 W T -Ml 4 . is-ffivt T . , t . ,. ' , - an W , V .-...,f...,1 has been limited to about 15, but the enthusiasm for food has not diminished. l have a list of their various presidents whieh I shall give you, but I feel that a list of their caterers would be far more desirable. The executive for the fall term was: president, Stephenson, seeretary, But-kg treasurer Hoohie. The winter term had in the same order of offiee: t'apes, Xalo, and But-lc. Spring' term: Frosst, Mould, and Sirrs. Final banquet was arran,Q'ed by Willet, Buck, and Underhill. At this banquet they had an eminent Russian, Mr. Belugin, who was in Russia three years after the revolution and who was a member ot' the White Army. They had a successful year with many new foods, and we can but hope that next year will bring with it some new types of iee cream and some new types of doughnut, to keep their interest in debating alive. 5ixty-sewn princeps club HE Pmxcfnrs tfnrn is unusual because of its lack of staff membership. It is not strictly a debating club, but invites outside speakers to meetings, and listens to speeches by members which are not always of a controversial nature. The club is three years old and was started by a group ot' grade ten students who wanted to have their own club, Many ot' these originals are still in the club, and such senior worthies as llaboll, Mutchler, and Parsons have seen to it that young blood is available to carry on the tradition. The varying' political hues of some of the lIlt'lIllJt'I'S---fI'UIll Vhaput through Claxton to Rutherford and Bunce - have lent colour to niany discussions. The year has been a good one, and pros- pects are bright for this student-inspired, student-centred group. 'lior Row. LiLr'1 'ro Hli,H'1': Bill Richardson: Koss Barlfell: Arrnand Chuputg Dick Bunre: Pete Mutrhler: fuck Rutherford. FRUN1: Bruce Pursuits: Morrill Greenbuurn: Ross Uuboll: llurid l.'lu.xlu11: :Hun Wylieg George Benness. l l Nitty -sigh! publications HERE ARE TXYO school publications, The Quaker Cracker and The Voyageur. The Quaker Cracker is published four times a year in the form of a school newspaper, and the V-oyageur is the year book, sent to press in the late spring. -ff After several organization meetings in the early fall the responsibility for them was left with Jack Rutherford, Ricky Arnold, and Duncan Cam- eron. The Quaker Cracker was published in lie- cember, January, March and April, The most im- portant service which The Cracker served this year was to carry a number of very debatable editorials which can truthfully be said to have started more discussion and serious thinking about our school than any other one factor this year. -lack Ruther- ford, Alastair Macdonald, Bruce Parsons, Sven Thomsen, and Ricky Arnold we1'e editors of the paper during' the year. The Voyageur got off to an early start under the editorship of Duncan Cameron, and throughout the entire school year there have been at least signs of activity in the publications office on the third tioor. l'nfortunately other activities interrupted Voyageur work in the second and third terms and much of the work was left until after the departmental examinations, when a skeleton staff put the magazine together and sent it to press. David Vlaxton, Ted Lawrence, and a large supporting staff did much of the work during the early part of the year and then Saul Lubarsky worked hard on advertising in the spring. Alastair Macdonald, Ricky Arnold. and the editor remained after school closed to finish the job. This year as in other years we have not accomplished all that we set out to accomplish. XVe have given too little time, we have left too much until we had too little time. It is to he hoped that those who do this job in the following' years will be able to profit by our errors and our discoveries. colours , HESE AWARDS ARE G1vEN primarily for athletic ability in some tield of sport. but sportsmanship, co-operation, and effort all count. Those who received first colours were: Adams, Anastassatos, Arnold, Bakes, Bull, Chaput, Cohen, Daboll, Lanier, Lawrence, Lubarsky, Macdonald, Mould, Mclntosh, O'Neill, Reynolds, Scott, Timmins, Vmphrey, XVhitney, XVilson, and XVylie. Sixty-n in 1' Y Those who received second colours were: Ames, Benness, Buck, Bunce, D-ob- son, Frosst, Goobie, Holt, MacRae, Maguire, Mencik, Mihell, Mutchler, Mc- Vittie. Peters, Richardson. Rundle, Rutherford, Snider, Sumner, and Vassar. Those who received third colours were: Azar, Baker, Cameron, Cannon, Chapman, Deacon, Fishleigh, Graham, Hare, Israeler, Jopson. Skeith, Stone, Stott. Vnderhill. Warren. The Preparatory Department also has awards which were given to the following: Coburn. Dinsley, Kelso, King, Lewis, MacKay, McAteer and Reid. There they are. NVe hope that sportsmanship of the best kind will be car- ried by them to Wherever they go for without the sportsman's quality of mind and action sport becomes a grim contest more important than life itself. Trends all over America suggest that you play when young in the hope that eventually you will make money. As a result many players have lost a good deal of that attitude of mind that belongs to the true amateur. final banquet i HI-I fXNNl'AL ATHIJQTIC BANQUET for the school year 1948-49, was held this year on the ninth of -lune. For the students of grades nine to twelve, the banquet marked the end of the academic programme, for many of the students the presentation of athletic colours was of prime importance, and for the seniors of the school it was merely a pause before the trial of departmental examinations. The last examination in the school set was written on the morning of the ninth, and immediately after lunch, the members of the committee set about decorating the dining hall for the banquet. The balance of the student body, etfervescing with school 's-end hilarity, packed trunks made Hying trips to the city, and ran the corridors gathering addresses of soon-parting friends. Late in the afternoon, Mr. Blackstoek posted a list of those students who were to re- ceive their colours that evening. By five-thirty the community was in a state of complete disorganization. Those receiving First Uolours were applying extra speed in their packing because they were to be waiters at the ban- quet and must therefore have their dinner early. The less methodical members of the community were rushing about searching for borrowed ties and lost socks. Almost every room in the school was jammed with suitcases and trunks, discarded text books and musty towels, retrieved from shower-room lockers. The banquet began at six o'clock. The dining hall was decorated in the traditional blue and silver, prompting even the most exam weary student to realize the significance of the evening and regret his departure from the college. At the head table, guests Vic Obeck, Ted Kennedy, Ron Perry, John Wilsoii, Robert XVilkinson, Samuel Rogers, Roy Vtlarren, Dr. J. W. Barton and Ur. Harry Screnly Ebbs were seated with Mr. and Mrs. Rourke, Mr. and Mrs. Blackstock, Mr. flol- grove and Mr. Lou Lanier. Blackie was chairman for the evening and Pete Colgrove was at the piano. The dinner was served by the First Colour recipients and set a high standard that mothers will have a hard time maintaining to their sons' satis- faction. At the conclusion of the meal the athletic awards and colours were presented, Third colours by Mr. XVilkinson, Second co'ours by Mr. Kennedy. and the First colours by Mr. Obeck. The intra-mural shield was presented by Mr. Blackstock, and the Prep colours by Dr. Barton. Each of these gentlemen had a few words of comment. and both the individual carry-over sports and the team games were stressed. Mr. Obeck, the evenings speaker. spoke well in favour of the team game, and his own sport, rugby. The moral and physical aspects of the game were analyzed, and Mr. Obeck concluded by saying that he was looking forward to seeing sonic of our graduates on his own campus next year. The Rogers Cane was presented by Mr. A. -I. Davis, of the Board ot' Management, to Ted Coburn. This award is given to the student in the Prep who most closely approximates the ideal for which we are striving. The NVid- drington Award, for contribution to the community by members of the graduat- ing class was given to Ricky Arnold. Duncan t'ameron, Ross Daboll, Ike Lanier, and Jack Rutherford. The Garratt. Cane, the greatest tribute that a Pickering student may receive, was awarded to Ike Lanier. Lou Lanier, who received the same award some years ago and is now a member of the staff, presented thc cane to his younger brother. The banquet came to an end with the singing ot' Auld liang Syne. the inembers of the entire community standing in two large circles around thc dlning hall, hands clasped. Sei-enty-one 9'r'lv'11Iy-Iwo cf M ,,,,.-3: if .Af if 2 6 V Zia' Enirrmce fo Firth, House M ?O' preparatory department C. R. BL,-lcficstrociq fDirect0rj W. H. JACKMAN A. JEXVELL Tutors: PETE Wmoaixorox PAM CLARK Jlnh-nn: Mas. Hitsnmisox Nurse: Miss Evsxs NCE AGAIN it is time to look back over another year and wonder just where it went! It seems but yesterday that we were planning our year's work. Blackie was back with us from his work at McGill, and things seemed as they should be again. Mr. Jackman was back. Mr. -lewell from Lorneville arrived to take over the junior classroom. Mr. McClure looked after arts and crafts and Mr. Houston the music. Pete VViddrington, the first Prepster to return and be a member of the staff' and. and Fam f'lark completed the roster of staff attached to The Prep. And the boys were quite a group. They hailed from Venezuela, Bermuda, Holland tby way of Oakvillel, Winnipeg, Fhicago. Montreal, and from all parts of Ontario. They appeared to be quite a group and they turned out to be quite a group-ah quite! But where has the time gone? Well, we did do a lot ol' things when we step to think of them: the Halloween party: the Rugby Dinner: Parents' Day: the trip to the Royal NVinter Fair: the llandlelight Service: the Christmas dinner with Santa and song the ski trip to Glendaleg the sleighing party with tractorsg the visit to the Art Gallery in Toronto to see the Thorne Roomsg the trip to Maple Leaf Gardens to see Barbara Anng the arrival of our film-strip projector and the collecting ot' coppers to buy film-stripsg the movies in the auditorium which meant fewer trips to the local cinema: the operetta and plays and the selling of cokes to raise money for Newmarket 's Artificial Ice Fund: the Leslie Bell Singersg the long week-endsg the spring project which this year was curtailed somewhat: the buildings ot the new rugby field. We picked up the stonesg the Model Railroad Clubg the Camera. Music, and Skit Clubs which did not taken: the Pickering Prep Press with only one issue this year: Sports Day and Cokes again-this time for the Pickering College Memorial Fundg the Firth House dinner and the Athletic Banquet. Beg pardon? Oh. yes. we did do some work in the classroom--too much, according to some. I guess we did have a full year and the fact that it. seems to have dis- appeared so quickly is I suppose the best proof that it has been an enjoyable one. Scz'crztyatl11'1,'e prep athletics g Hi-t sTL'DENTs of Firth House took part in a variety of games and sports which should help them to be pretty good athletes in a few years. They did not have very many games with other schools' teams. Most of their c-on- tests were played with intramural teams of the two classes, Bantam and Midget. During the early fall term. soccer was the major sport. Several of the older and bigger boys of the house got places in the six man rugby teams and one or two were with the twelve man squads. Because we were short of playing fields a number of games in the prep soccer league were played as boxsoccer in the hockey rink. NVith five men to a team and a soft soccer ball. a lot of thrilling competitions were played in this way. When it was too nasty outside, just before Christmas, relays of all kinds provided everyone with a lot of fun and good exercise as well. Every advantage was taken of what snow and ice we had during the winter termq Two hockey teams tried to get in enough practice to play games with other teams from other schools. and a few games were played. The prep have some good hockey players in the making. If we get good ice next. winter, or if by chance and good fortune the artificial ice plant is installed downtown, we can expect to see some good games next year. It was difficult to work a skiing program because of the poor snow conditions but all of the boys had a chance to go to the big hills at Glenville on the v first of March. There they had a good time and it ' was more exciting than the home territory because of the ski tow which made the uphill as much fun 4 as the downhill. Baseball is a. disease that runs in epidemic M fashion each spring in the prep like dandelions on - - Q a front lawn. Even before Easter games were f 'Q ' played. two picked teams had been having heated f competition. Mr. -Tewell's boys trounced the big fellows in the first game, much to everyone 's sur prise. Nothing, however, can overcome the lure ot thc farm and the woods in the spring. In no time at all the prepsters were running down to swim and fish in the creek and to explore the many in teresting paths running in the first and second cedars down on the farm I ' B - Q Our track and field meet with St. Andrew 's gave the prep a chalice to prove that they had learned the skills well and had the conditioning required. ln this friendly meeting Pickering was ahead by a wide margin. On Sports Day everyone was out to take part and the day was successful and satisfying. Sr: cnrvefour The short races provided some of the biggest thrills of the afternoon, and in the evening, the tennis courts drew the boys who were anxious to start develop- ing the skills of this game. We are all looking forward to another year of good sport and competition. The prep expects to contribute their share to Pickerings athletics and intra- murals. the snake On the may to the lake I mel fl liflle garter snake, I fed him on Il chocolate cake And mrzrlf his little tummy nclzf. DOUG BICATEER Prepsters are often busy lzuilrling culzins uml tree lmu.w.v in the lfumh lmhinrl the sf-lmol, old boys' association R ON PERRY. Presiflent THE most important project, certainly, with which Old Boys land Old Girls? are concerned is the Memorial F nncl Campaign. The most important fact which we can report in connection with it is the near- comfplefion of the Memorial Playing Field east of the School. We hope the Field will give farther impetus to the Campaign, as it has given inspiration to those who have watched its construction, and to those visi- tors to the School who have aclmirecl its broad and level expanse. PIOKERING COLLEGE OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION MEMORIAL FUND CA PAIG Honorary Chairman SAMUEL ROGERS, B.A., LL.B., KC. lflzairmain AUBREY J. DAVIS, ESQ. Vice-Ch airmen I VS REYNER, ESQ. R. H. PERRE, MA. A. J. DENNE, BLD., D H President Uld Boys' ASSot.-iation Plans and Publicity .-ldviser R E. K. ROURKE, MA. Iuviis P. ROGERS, B81 Headmaster Board of Pickering College Management Secretary Treasurer H. M. BEER, BA. FRANK PEACE, ESQ. Asst. Headmaster Vice-President Pickering College Old Boys' Association Sal:-Vonnnittee l'hairmen LHARL1-:S XVILLSON, ESQ. IAN 3lACNEI1.L, ESQ. Toronto Parents and Friends STERLING CBASJ M.xSoN, ESQ. ALAN M. 3l.Xl'NElI.l., ESQ Out-oi'-Town An Old Boy writes . . . I honestly believe that had l not gone to Pickering, nothing would have held any interest for me. My th'ree gears at the school, as I look back now, seem to be the beginning of life and the desire to make Something of myself. Another Old Boy writes . . . to me and to lots of others. those old bricks and the .Vorth and South Field an-de the Gym aren't all there is of Pickering. To as she is a living thing- soineone we knoa' very well and want to keep on knowing. For Pickering is the sound of many voices, the footsteps of many people, the .stillness of many hours. She has a. long history. She is Jew, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Canadian, English, American, German, Spanish, and Indian. That is why Pickering is a live thing: for the people are Pickering. 5eLenn eten the need Pickering College is in urgent need of additi-onal facilities in order to provide richer opportunities for its greatly increased enrolment.. Among the most pressing requirements are a senior dormitory, a larger infirmary, funds for scholarships and bursaries, another playing field, and the renovation of the main building. Pickering College has won the respect and confidence of the publicg it has pioneered in educational methods now generally accepted. The school will con- tinue to help boys grow into free men, ready for their responsibilities in a free societyg but without adequate physical resources, Pickering cannot hope to fulfill its mission in the service of youth. the plan The Old Boys' Association believes that the time has come when the Old Boys and friends of the school can show their loyal affection for Pickering College and their enduring gratitute for those from the school Who lost their lives in the war. A tangible expression of our hope for the continued success of Pickering will best perpetuate the ideals for which they died. Surely there is no better time for such a tribute! The memory of those young men is still fresh in our minds, though the old halls they lived in are showing the effects of time. New buildings are necessary to accommodate their successors. lt is proposed. therefore, to raise a Fund which will provide for many oi' the school 's pressing needs, and to establish Bursaries and Scholarships for deserving students. The objective of the Fund is i4200,000. It is a considerable sum but we believe there are many who will wish to help. how gifts may be made For the convenience of all who wish to contribute, gifts may be made either tal as direct cash payments, or tbl as instalments, extending over one, two, or three years. lf the donor so wishes, his gift may be earmarked for use in some special part ot' the proposed scheme. Cheques should be made out to the Pickering College Memorial Fund, and mailed to the Chairman, Aubrey J. 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