Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1951-52 actual accomplishments of the committee, but now that it is a fait accompli, these accomplislnnents speak for themselves, The introduction of a new method of collecting student fees, which is a major step in furthering' activities also eliminates much bookwork and discomfort for the students. The management of dances was more efficiently done this year than in many past years. Very many gifts were sent to staff, domestic staff and people who were ill. These, along with very many supposedly trivial matters were taken in hand and managed by the committee. In all, the committee this year showed sound judg- ment in school affairs. But let this article not be devoted only to praise. Mistakes were made, they always have been and always will be made. The mistakes of the committee were made by the members individually and not as a group. These were remedied in due time and again a situation was taken well into hand. I believe that during the time I have been on the committee, I have benefited by the experience of being' an active member in solving' school prob- lems. The many different complications involved and the situations en- countered have broadened my view regarding' school government. I should like to say also that it has been a pleasure and a privilege to work with the members of the committee in school life as well as in committee meetings. I think I speak for the whole school when I say to Bill Maguire, Bill Purves- Smith, John Luck, -lohn Allen, Barry Moffatt, Bo Barter, Burt Kelloek, lion MacMillan and Carl Odney . . . thanks for a good job! Win e

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an editorial OST or THE STUDENTS who graduate from Pickering College will never know anything about life. Materially, they will probably all be considered successful and they will beget children who will follow in their footsteps. But spiritually they will taste and know an emptiness in life. Why, you might ask, will this be?', I can see but one answer-because the students concerned will have security. There will always be something or someone to provide for them. They will never know true life because they will never know dirt - the kind of dirt that you eat, and smell, and touch, and never seem to leave. Dirt with squalor breeds strong emotions and sensitivity. Without knowing filth, how can a man know purity. They will never know life because they will never know sweat-the kind of sweat that comes from the hard work in the dirty places where the material returns are little enough for the toil spent. They will never know the frus- tration that comes from useless struggle to rise above squalor and sweat. But if they do not know sweat and frustration, how can they speak of living , They cannot know life because they will not know poverty-the hand-to- mouth, day-to-day poverty that breeds terror, despair, hatred, love, and age. And because they will never know these things, they will never know real ambition, that drive towards heaven which must reap a real reward. Someone once said that the poor are with us always. and they are a constant example of people living to the utmost of their capacities. Emancipate yourself, then, oh you graduates. Throw oft' the shackles that tie you to the material success and the humdrum in life. Search out the spiritual life that makes you successful as a man instead of an automaton. You talk of going to universities, to places of higher learning, but what good can they give you, if you have not learned the basic knowledge of life. It is like polishing tin, when you could be polishing gold, to seek after higher knowledge without the foundation in life to appreciate it. If I could give a formula for happiness in life I would say, f'Seek out poverty, live poverty, and be alive! If you do not know poverty, how can you appreciate security? school committee HE SCHOOL COMMITTEE this year again demonstrated the effectiveness of a school government. Student activities, business and relations were well handled by the competent group, nominated and elected by the student body. There appeared to be some doubt, in the minds of many students. as to the Eight

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the graduating class To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. N .x COMMUNITY st'cH ,is 0L'Rs a concentration of responsibility devolves upon our senior group. From it comes forth the leadership so necessary in the life of the student body, in the extra-curricular activities such as the Dramatic Club and the Glee Club. in the evening clubs, in athletics, in school government. To the members of this year's graduating class we should like to say thank you. You have served faithfully in a variety of capacities. Since you know Pickering well, you already know you will always be welcome to come back and visit us. Good-bye and best of luck! BU BARTER-With us two years from Ottawa . . .member of the School Committee. one term . . . Root of Minus One Club . . . elld man in the Glee Club . . . Second Colour, seni-or football and hockey, also basketball, lacrosse, baseball . . . member of the Blue Team . . . managed Moffatt . . . plans to study forestry at the llniversity of New Brunswick. KEN BRANDIE-A six-year man from Toronto . . . Dramatic Club lead . . . Root of Minus One Club . . . Camera Club . . . Quaker Cracker, associate editor . . . The Voyageur . . . Dance Committee . . . Senior football, track and field, tennis . . . Sports' day captain of the Silver team . . . managed ltlaguire . . . next year Normal School, eventually the business world. DENNY Bl'RTtlN-Lethbridge scholarship holder for two years . . . School Committee all year, first term secretary, two terms chairman . . . Dramatic Club, stage sets for Devil's Disciple . . . lead in Glee Club . . . Polikon Club, first term clerk . . . The Voyageur, associate editor . . . Quaker Cracker. editor . . . Dance Committees, decorator and idea-man . . . VViddring- ton award winner . . . Second colour, second team football and hockey . . . Blue team . . . designer of signs, public and private . . . first PC. comic strip . . . ruled Race . . . next year, Ontario College of Art and thereafter a com- mercial artist. CLARK FHRSTER-At Pickering one year from Toronto . . . member of the tltlee Club . . . Princeps Club . . . Camera Club . . . Senior Soccer, Basketball Orfuns, tennis . . . Red intramural team . . . Tavera's translator . . . next year university or business . . . eventual role: financial tycoon. PILY FRATTINI-Our representative from Central America, hailing from Honduras . . . one year at Pickering . . . member of the Polikon Club . . . Third Colour, basketball Orfuns, lacrosse, baseball . . . member of the Red intramural team . . . usher par excellence . . . cajoled Kellock . . . plans to go to university. Ten