Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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silver salts club HIS CLUB IS ONE OF THE MORE HCONSTRUCTIVEU CLUBS in the school. We do ai lot of experimenting, and sometimes c-ome up with very good results. We have done quite a bit of work for other students in the school, and thus made sufficient funds for more equipment. Our small but functional lab. serves its purpose quite well for doing large quantities of work. Maybe you are wondering just what our purpose is and how the name fits in with it. Well, to begin with, our name was derived from the sensitive salts which are on the developing paper. The club 's purpose is to learn how the camera works, how to take correct pictures, and how to develop and print them. This purpose is greatly helped by our Science Master, Mr. Cherniak, who lectured to us on all these points. .. We had an excellent display at the t'Opera House before Christmas, and I know that everybody who saw it enjoyed it very much. hallowe 'en night 'tWho's that? That? Oh! that's Mr. Rooks from Upper Centre, costumed as our beautiful nurse! HBeautiful? Well, ah, well, lie's supposed to be. This is Hallowe'en! Hls was SOME OF THE TALK heard in the corridors October 31, 1953. The festivities began at 6 :15, when Pickering students, dressed in the traditional Hallowe'en regalia, sat down to a delicious chicken dinner in the dining room. The staff acted as waiters, and did a very fine job except for Mr. Beer, who went crashing to the floor, with a tray full of plates. Nurse Rooks rushed to his assistance in case he had cut himself. Our own Miss Zadourian was the highlight of the costume parade, winning all the prizes except the grand prize, which was conceded to blind-man Alf Ruys. Other major attractions were the horse act, by the Prep, and the doctor- nurse team of Mike and Suzie Cornell. Old Boy Dave Evans was booed out of the running, for competing in the children's section. The Upper Corridor's funeral skit received one whistle and two claps. The sing-song was followed with entertainment by the staff and Student Committee, in the assembly hall. The former produced a short melodrama revealing the inside story of a school committee meeting, while the latter pro- duced a skit concerning a staff grading meeting. This gave us all some good laughs, and put us in the mood for the excellent movie which followed. It was great fun, and a good time was shared by all. Credit should be given to the hardy young men on patrol. - Twen ty-two

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the chairman 's ball N ORDER T0 SPEND THE EVENING with his girl on the occasion of Valentine 's Day, the Chairman of the School Committee decided that it would be a good time to have the annual Informal Dance . The music was provided mostly by Doug' Thomson and played by Ian Paterson and -lim Forbes. A The dance didn 't get started until about nine o'clock but as the evening progressed. it became more and more enjoyable to everyone. The masters' wives prepared most of the food and special credit goes to Henry, who cooked the ham, and Mr. Stewart, who tossed real cool salad. The masters' wives and the Nurse really went all out in preparing fancy goodies for us. We were grateful to chairman Wesley and Ian Paterson for organizing such a pleasant evening. o. l. e. dance N THE EVENING or MAY THE 1-'1RsT, excitement rocked the age-old pillars on top of Mount Pickering. The fair damsels had arrived in their best finery. Music floated through the building and the atmosphere of spring was everywhere. Couples danced through the melodic atmosphere provided by Honourable musicians, Miller, Anthony, May and Tombstone. The balmy night was a perfect setting for this tripping of the light fantastic . which was only interrupted by the consumption of a few morsels of refreshing delica- cies. Midnight came only too soon and at the stroke of twelve, the roaring monster carried the ,lightfooted ladies into the darkness of night.. Great thanks should be bestowed upon the participants, weather, social convener and person- ages who provided refreshments. intermediate dance ' FEXY OF THE BOYS in Grades X and XI decided that they werent getting enough feminine company, so they decided to throw a big party in the Common Room. A few of the lads played housewife and cleaned up the room until it looked quite attractive. Meanwhile John Zehetho-fer, our genial record man, was installing the equipment, and the Boys from the Hilltop were down- town trying to dig up some local lovelies. The dance started at eight o'clock and stragglers kept coming in until nine. The dance was fairly well organized by then. There was a wide variety of dances: spot dances, broom dances, even shovel dances! Everyone enjoyed himself immensely. lt was well supervised and ran smoothly until the Zero hour, when, like Cinderellas, the girls donned their wraps and departed from the premises with their boys. Quite a few fellows made friends because of'this dance. So many people looked forward to another. that the Intermediate dance should become a traditional social event. Twenty-one

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new boys' day-1953 HE FIRST SOUND ON THE MORNING of October 1, 1953 was that of Craege McQuarrie doing Dave Willis' shoes under the latter 's careful scrutiny. The activity from there on was too varied to attempt to describe, but the old boys managed to get their beds made, windows washed, floors waxed, the flies picked off their ceilings, etc .... The new boys looked immaculate at breakfast in their good clothes. The Old Boys W6I'6I1't down to breakfast, because the new boys were bringing them theirs in bed! Classes began at the usual time although they didn 't proceed as normally as usual. The new boys waited at the door of the classroom until all the old boys were settled inside. The new boys Inade a very picturesque sight indeed, as they made their way through the routine of the day. They had to dress for meals, though, and I dare say that they will probably never be as well dressed for meals, for a long time to come. There was a sort of an intermission after classes when the third team gave us a display of their skills in a well-fought game against Oak Park. Unfortunate- ly they didn 't win against the future East York Goliaths, but they put up a good battle. After the evening meal, the old boys watched the skits, that the new boys have to put on every year and theatre tickets were given to the five best actors, rather than the best group. They were: Ken MacDonald, Bill Patten, Mr. Clif- ton, Paul Dean and Al Chambers, while the chorus line from 'fRomeo and Juliet was given honourable mention. The skits were followed by a rather hectic luncheon given by the old boys. The dishes were washed by the worst skitsters, who were in the Shooting of Dan Magrew-Pickering Style. The day was topped Off with a drama full of suspense, starring James Mason, called L'0dd Man Out and I think it was a day which will long be remembered by all participants. the closing dinner, june 7 th, 1954 HE THEME OF OUR CLOSING DINNER was appropriately The Year in Re- view under the guidance of the Headmaster, Mr. Blackstock and Mr. Stewart. A feature of the dinner was the presence of several old boys. Dr. Norman Delarue and Jack Rayner presented colour awards, John Meisel and George McCowan gave us thoughtful addresses on the intellectual and artistic pursuits of life. Mr. Chuck Klein made the first colour awards. Allan Rogers presented the Rogers Cane to Roger Wilson and the Headmaster made the award of the Garratt Cane to John XVesley.. . Twerzlyg-,tljrrc