Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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HARRY M. BEER. RA HEAm1As'1'El:

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a personal word Quakers define the hour when thoughts begin to burn, rind faith, leaps from the heart into the hands, That great turbulence of spirit, a concern , The hour when contemplation breaks its bonds. Poems are writtcfn, colleges are built, states tire Wlzera people go out from their thinking to the street lVzTth, a faith in th cir lzands so deep and positive It makes the vision truth. Here thought and action. meet. vi-ze sixen EIGHTI-ZEN '1'H1R'1'Y-NINE when Joseph Gurney visited the Friends Meeting near Newmarket and suggested the establishment of a. Friend's Boarding School, our College has been fortunate in having behind it a group of men who have unselfishly devoted themselves to the support and maintenance of this institution. The vision of our early founders still lives in the thoughts and actions of the present members of our board. It therefore seems fitting that the present issue of the Voyageur should be dedicated to these men in apprecia- tion of their decision to carry -out a programme of thorough renovation in our buildings. Our Board is not concerned solely, however, with the physical im- provements of our bricks and mortar . These, of course, we need. And yet, more important, is this evidence of their continuing faith in the way of educa- tion for which Pickering College stands. The true essence of education lies in the effective and beneficial influence of the teacher on the student, both in the academic and spiritual realm. Good leadership is, therefore, of the first importance. As has been so truly stated: a good school may result from a wise teacher at one end of a log and a willing student at the other. Nevertheless, all will agree that the present improvements will be a source of great encouragement to both the teachers and students of our college. The words of May Sarton with which this page begins give us an inspiring expression of Quaker faith. -lust as the Board has expressed its belief in Pick- ering Uollege through its present action, so must we as educators and students of Pickering translate the ideals and sacred things of our school into our own lives. Our religious beliefs, if they are to be of any value at all, must be reflected in our way of life. We are fond of saying that there is much re- ligion in the everyday activities of classes, games and other human relationships as in a. formal church service. XVherever we have failed in the past, it has been because we have not given life to our beliefs, wherever we have succeeded, both as individuals and as a community, it has been because of action based on faith in our highest ideals. On behalf of the whole Pickering family, may I thank all those who have made the past year a good one for Pickering-students, teachers, old boys, and members of the Board. The successful co-operation of all gave us a year togeth- er which we shall always remember as being rich, full and rewarding. In the same spirit we shall go forward dedicated to the goal of transmitting our school not only not less, but greater, better and more beautiful than it was trans- mitted to us . -Harry JI. Beer Sit

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editorial on 1x1osT OF Vs it is generally agreed that this year, from the opening whistle of the first foot-ball game to the closing of the final banquet, has been a good year. Sometimes the going was tough and the waters turbulent but the year's sum indicates that these spots are but faint imprints on an otherwise near per- feet-canvas. There were no hot bones of contention between students and staff or be- tween student and student with thc exception of a misunderstanding concern- ing the question of supremacy between the student body and the school com- mittee, a dead lock from which the committee emerged victorious. Student supervised studies were instituted shortly before Christmas. The manner in which this mode of dccorum was administered by the committee and the gracious acceptance of it by the students has proved the soundness of this scheme. It is to be hoped that next year we will not revert back to the old grade school-method necessitating masters in every corridor, for this application plac- es undue and unneccessary strain upon both the staff and the students. The productions of the Drama Club under Mr. F. D. L. Stewart, and the tilee Club directed by Mr. Digby Peers, both of which were very well received added considerably to the success of the year. In all sports activities with the exception of basketball the Blue and Silver more than held its own. The foot- ball team in particular calls for special notice in an undefeated, untied season. Every student who has passed through Pickering 's Portals this year has learned a little about lifeg some have learnt a great deal, both positive and nega- tiveg many new friendships that time will temper have been formed. It has been a good year, and the heights to which many of its graduates will rise will bear out that it has been a successful one. ffiglzl