Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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savour the salt RINK IN THE FLEETING MOMENTS of clarity when a commonplace event im- presses you with the infinite possibilities of its existence-when you suddenly perceive its relation to the vast pageant of creation. Do more than this: seek out these momentsg watch for them and grasp them as handfolds to the infinite. Then you might realize the humbleness and the insignificance of your existence and at the same time its infinite effects. Yes, savour the universal import of each incident-for therein lies the salt, the condiment to the banquet of life. school committee HIS YEAR THE scrlool, was BLESSED with a peaceful but active committee. The political stability was remarkable, perhaps a little dangerously so. In the first week thc temporary committee was elected with Ivan Mencik as chairman. The committee then appointed Ed Lowry as secretary, Al Snider as Fire Chief, Terry Sumner as Food mang Conscientious Dave Bullock was Rudy-Man and Ian Hamilton supervised downtown dress, while Bruce Ames and George Benness had to look for their own trouble. After the committee demonstrated its effectiveness on New Boys' Night, the new students joined with the old and returned the same gang to office. At Christmas the same group was returned again. At Easter the order of things was broken by a three-way tie for last place, so we added Ted Helwig and Denny Burton who gave us new blood. NVe are grateful to Mr. Beer for his work in liaison between staff and committee. It seemed like a thankless job but he did it both conscientiously and, par excellence, diplomatically. Ivan, Bruce, George and Terry arranged a chapel service at which they discussed happiness from different points of view. The other four had planned to give a talk but it was one of the many things lost in the lost weekend . The committee made a move to establish a general fund which they could use to cover expenses in the upkeep of the common room, staff-senior club etc., and initiated discussions which improved the dress regulations and wait- ing system. ' The committee, an important part of our school picture, did a good' job. There were few occasions where they could rise to great heights but the day to day tasks were handled effectively and successfully. The quarantine week- end was a challenge for leadership and the committee met the test admirably and helped to convert a rather dismal situation into a reasonably pleasant ex- perience. Eight

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the headlnasteris' message Some Thoughts for the Graduates OT LONG AGO I came upon a quotation from VVill Durant 'The Mansions of Philosophyf It seems to me to carry a special message for those who are leaving Pickering College to tackle new problems. Here 's what Durant says: Do not require too much of the universe, there are other demands made upon it which may conflict with yours. You are a part of the whole, and every other part will expect you to remember it. Ask too much and it shall not be given youg knock too loudly and it shall not be opened unto you, seek impatiently and you shall not find .... Perhaps if you could see the entirety you would perceive, like Job, that the order of the planets is more important than your sores. Cultivate your garden. Do not place your happiness in distant lands or in grandly imagined tasksg do well what you can do. until you can do greater things as well.'l This is good, sound stuff for you to think about. You have made some preparations for your new tasks. It is to be hoped that these preparations have been made as a basis for service rather than for self-seeking. The measure of our civilization is the measure of our ability to think unselfishly, to value fairly our personal desires and our social responsibilities. To think too much of our rights and too little of our duties is to court disaster. Ask too much and it shall not be given to you. Every Headmaster is familiar with the Old Boy who returns to his school complaining about life - the Old Boy who has knocked too loudly and sought too impatiently. When graduates expect too much, they may have been spoiled by their school. I hope that Pickering College hasn't spoiled you. Cultivate your garden. Make the most of your gifts, and don't be heartsick over achievements that can never be yours. You must prepare for great responsibilities by being faithful in little things. No employer will be deceived by the promise, 'I'll improve when the job gets biggeri You must be ready to take the bitter with the sweet. There may be tasks that offer no unpleasantness, no dishwashing, but I do not know of them. A great teacher once said: He is indeed a fortunate man who spends 50W of his time doing what he wants to do. Don 't demand too much of your job. There is my message: don 't demand too much. The spirit of Pickering urges you to make modest demands, but to give full measure. Robert E. K. Rourlfe. Seven.

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SCHOOL COMMITTEE STANDING! Mr. Rourke, Helwig, Buirton, BeuAnes.s, Holmilton, Bullock, Mr. Beer. SEATED: Snider, Sumner, Mencrilc fChai1-manj, Lowry fSeeretaryJ, Ames. the graduating class To strive, to seek, to fiend, and not to yield. ERE ARE PRESENTED THOSE MEMBERS of our matriculation and business courses who are leaving Pickering to begin university or business careers. This short summary, although indicative of a rich and varied programme, fails to mention their academic responsibilities which, added to their other activities, helped fill out their days at Pickering: To our graduates as well as to students in lower forms who may be leaving us at this time, may we extend a warm invitation to come back and visit us. Our best wishes go with you wherever you may be in future years. AMES, BRUCE-Five years at Pickering, from Durham, Ont .... School Committee all year . . . Quaker Cracker editor, winter term . . . Dramatic and Glee Clubs . . . Princeps Club, president one term . . . First colours, senior football, senior prep. basketball . . . red intra-mural team, tennis, soft- ball track and field . . . cventual role: business executive. Nine