Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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THE GATES OF PICKERING COLLEGE

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a personal word N 'run izxsrlxo luxoics yol' wim. FIND a reflection in brief of our many activities -- during the past year. In my opinion it was a good year and I therefore wish to take this opportunity to thank all of you, both staff and students, for making it as full and vital as it was. There were times when I felt Cas you probably did tooll that fewer activities might have provided a calmer, less hectic, life together. But such is not the stuff for youth or for growth. And so there came the endless round of daily routine-classes, games, evening study, club meetings and human intercourse: preparation for the ever-present special event-new boys' day, hallowe'en, visitors' day, dramatic and glee club pre- sentations, banquets and closing ceremonies, together with all the crises, minor and major, that are bound to accompany the association of one hundred and fifty human beings in their common life to0'ether. H D At the conclusion of the year, it is my sincere wish that you have all learned something from such a rich and varied challenge, including as it must both success and failure. In that event, you may conclude that it was for you, too, a good year and continue to build a life of usefulness and purpose on the knowledge so gained. Une basic aim knits together the many single threads of our life at Pickering and that is to build a beloved community founded on the teachings of Jesus,- a community wherein each individual may reach his full potential, irrespective of ability, creed or race. We think of discipline therefore as the educational process by which our students are led to independent self-discipline. In this process human mistakes inevitably appear more obviously than in a system where automatic conformity is demanded. Educators at Pickering must there- fore resist the temptation to condemn our philosophy of education whenever a student makes a mistake in judgment, as he is bound to do during the period of growth towards maturity. Not only must we help the student gain insight into the factors promoting a bad decision. but we must bend every effort to help him gain confidence in his better judgment. lf you as students during the past year have experienced the great satisfac- lion derived from facing your responsibilities to the best of your ability, not only in the field of academics but also in that of human relations, then Pickering tlollege has taught you well. lf at the same time you understand that a refusal to accept responsibility will mean the withdrawal of privilege, then you have successfully grasped the realities of a life situation. To achieve such a state requires spiritual as well as mental stamina and 11 is only through such spiritual strength and growth that we may reach our lngh standards and thus train young men for lives of service. May Pickering l ' l a ways remain dedicated to this ideal. -HARRY M. Bam: Six