Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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chapel 1950-1951 UR CHAPEL SERVICES this year were as usual under the able direction of Mr. Rourke and his colleagues. XVally Meikle was responsible for the fine piano accompaniment for the hymns. At the Easter and Christmas services, Mrs. Rourke, Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Beer offered some beautiful songs of devotion. Fred Hagan was responsible for the strikingly lovely Christmas service chapel set that was done in a mosaic-like Byzantine style. Through the year, some of the highlights were as follows: Un October 15th, 1950 Mr. Rourke, as a reception for new students, spoke on Sleeping Swords , the idea of the talk coming from the line in Jerusalem,'. Cn October 22nd the Reverend VVm. P. Jenkens of the Unitarian Church, Toronto, spoke to us on the beliefs of his church. Cn November 26th Rabbi Sydney O. Goldstein from the Temple Hesed Abraham, Jamestown, New York, spoke on What Christians should know about Judaism . On December 17th the annual Christmas Candlelight service was held with Mr. Rourke speaking on the text They looked up and saw a star . Many parents and guests enjoyed the service and the beautiful setting. Cn February 4th Dr. Karl S. Bernhardt spoke on Growing Up . February 25th was the service in which the student committee participated. On March 11th Mr. Vernon F. McAdam, Executive Director of the '4Boys' Clubs of Canada spoke on the work of this group and about other schools who are less fortunate than we. He asked for a clothing drive for a school in Montreal and recently we collected a large am-ount of used clothes for them. March 18th marked our Easter Chapel service in which Mr. Rourke spoke on If a man die, shall he live again? A Forest Hill Village High School teacher, Mr. Ted Jarvis, spoke to us on April 15th on the subject Failing Successfully . On April 22nd Dr. Richard D. Jones, Executive Director of the Can- adian Council of Christians and Jews made a powerful and interesting speech on racial discrimination and told of his travels about the world. On April 29th Reverend C. W. Sowby, Headmaster of Upper Canada College, gave a talk on St. Peter. The most unique service of the year was the last but one, held on May 20th, when the masters and students studied the last 20 years' chapel forms and compiled a 12-sheet chapel form, consisting of the most-read lines and most-sung hymns. The purpose was to give the graduating class a permanent memory of what Pickering College Chapel services stand for. At the closing Chapel of the year the Headmaster gave a memorable address to us all, the graduating class in particular, entitled A Date with Destiny . Fourteen

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school awards HE SCHOOL Ex'1'ENDs eoNeRA'1'ULAT10Ns to thosc students who have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to this year's student body and to Pickering College. IVAN MENCIK-The Harratt Cane, given by a vote of the graduating class to that student who most approximates the Pickering ideal. EDXVARIJ LOWRY, IVAN MENUIK, ALLAN SNIDER-The Widdring- ton Award, for eoininunity service. JOHN BRUWNliEl?l-Tlie Rogers Vane, awarded to that student in Firth House who best serves, in deed and spirit, his fellow students and Pickering College. Allun Snider, Ivan MwnriIt', Ed. Louru THE HUIYSSEAI' FRENCH PRIZE E TAKE PLEAsi'Ri: in announeing that the Rousseau l rench prize of the value of fifty dollars has been awarded to Archie Williamson. This award has been given by Mr. Real Rousseau, of Montreal, to the student who has shown the greatest interest and ability in the study ot' the French language during the past year. We should like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Rousseau for his generosity and to congratulate Archie on being the first recipient. Thirteen

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lite ary the treasure of bufzaga T THAT TIME NVE XVERE FOUR BROTHERS. My older brother and I were at school, so every morning we had to be up before seven. For that reason we used to go to bed early and sleep all the night through as good children do. But we never went to sleep before our nurse Josephina had finished telling us one of her stories. She had to polish our shoes every night so in the morn- ing we would have time to eat breakfast and run to the school. While she was doing the polishing, she used to tell us one of her best stories. One night I remember well. -losephina was seated between the two big beds with her eyes on the shoes and her mind thinking about some strange ad- venture. In the bed on her right side, two of my brothers sat up listening. In the bed on her left, my brother and I sat up in the same way. Un that night she started thus: There was once in the city of Tunja a poor man called Pito Perez. This man had a very miserable job, which was to sweep the streets of the city. He didn 't have any family or anything to care for. His only possession was a tiny bottle of Holy Water, that he carried with him wherever he went. He was earning only a few centavos a month and he used to eat and sleep in the town jail. After lunch, as he lay in the sun in the patio of the jail, Pito used to think and dream of the old legends he had heard when he was younger. There was one that filled his mind night and day. This legend tells that when the Spanish Conquerors came to Colombia, the powerful tribe Chibcha was ruled by a courageous Indian called Buzaga. When this Indian learned of the proximity of the Spanish Captain Jimenez de Quezada, he decided to take all his gold and jewels up to the mountains and hide this treasure in a cave in a secret place. VVhen the Spanish soldiers came into the city, they found only a few golden coins and jars, and though they tortured and killed all the chiefs, they could not discover the place where Buzaga had hidden his treasure. Pito Perez had long wondered if he could find the famous cave and no few times he had imagined himself driving a car like the governor 's, drinking cham- pagne instead of chieha, and doing a hundred more fantastic things. One Saturday morning Pito decided not to sweep the streets any more, but to go up to the mountains looking for what he wanted. He started to climb the hills early in the morning and at mid-day he found himself in a Fifteen