Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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Now, the happiest groups, the most civilized communities are tho-se which are inspired by faith or by an understanding of law, rather than by fear of the law and its consequences. Such a communiity We fwant at Pickering. Here the wise 'an-d mature student does his best, not because he fears a compulsory study, or restriction of privilege, but because he wants the freedom and self-respect that come from doing his best. They say that primitive ma'n's tirst step towards civilization came when the tribe sat down in a circle and allowed one man to speak at one time. Freedom to learn in a classroom means therefore a respect for rule, which means in turn, of course, a respect for the rights of others to learn under proper conditions. Most of you observe this kind of respect: those of you who donlt are quite liter- ally uncivilized savages. The same thoughts may be turned towards other aspects of our life together. You have the right to proper conditions for evening study, you have the right to expect that the rules of a game in which you are playing are observed by all, you have the right to the peace and quiet of your own room without dis- turbance. Those who do not respect these rights of yours and mine, destroy our freedom and theirs, but, thank tlod, this group is always a small minority, whose members tor the most part learn to understand freedom. And when they learn, they realize that liberty, tar from meaning that they can do any- thing they want, means liberty within the understanding of law. ln other words, freedom and responsibility are two sides of the same coin, indispensable to one another, forever bound itogether, if one is destroyed, lbotlh are destroyed. But, remember, if you can understand this problem, through love of freedom rather than through fear ot law, you will be able to hold your head high as a free man. Your heritage, from your country and from your school is freedom - not license, is responsibility - not irresponsibility. Therefore, face your responsi- bilities and you will find your freedom. Then only will you walk at liberty. 7'1renty-f11'0

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an address by the headmaster given at Chapel, April 27, I957 S0 shall I observe thy lan' continually For ever and ever, And I will walk at liberty. - Psalm CXIX OW MANY OF THE GOOD THINGS OF LIFE we value most when they are taken from us - good health, good friends, good opportunities - and we are faced with illness, loneliness, frustration. Of all that man holds dear, his liberty, when he has it he takes most for granted, - when in bondage he cherishes it beyond all else! Down through the ages the story of man has been his struggle for liberty - the writer of these lines of scripture was of a race kept in slavery. In later times you have read in history of England, of France, of Italy, of the American colonies, of India, of those peoples who have not rested under domina- tion and oppression. And to-day you are familiar with events in Hungary, in Poland, in Cyprus, in Algeria, with the upsurge throughout Asia and Africa, events sometimes tragic, as in Hungary, sometimes misguided, as in Cyprus, sometimes constructive as in the new state of Ghana - but all stemming from that stirring in man's soul to be free, And you and I, where do we stand in this turmoil? NVe live in the free world, free to elect the kind of government we wish, free to express our thoughts, political or religious as we wish, free from economic want, from poverty, from hunger, free in all these ways. But free from fear? - far from it. For of course we don't live in a free world as long as there exists a danger of atomic warg as long as the nations of the world refuse to forego acts of physical aggression and submit themselves to the rule of world government. Liberty, as the psalmist says, may not exist except within an understanding of law. Our present leaders are struggling towards this concept against great odds. If our race continues, it will be the lot of your generation to carry into reality liberty within law among nations. If that be your role, let us examine your understanding of freedom. Wlien you were very young it probably meant freedom to do just as you pleased, freedom to have your own way no matter what the cost, and some children grow up into adolescence and adulthood with this same concept, slow to learn that individual freedom stops where it infringes on the freedom of another individual or of the group. Good sense, good judgment tell you where your personal freedom ends, for you grow older you learn to respect the rights of oth-ers. It is here that law and religion meet - our faith making us feel that we should do unto others as we would that they do unto us, and our law command- ing us to respect the rights of the group. Twenty-011 e

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ctivit 'es the gondoliers BY A HONDOLA IST AAND LEARN--LIST AND LEARN-fillJOUl one of the best shows produced by P. C., in at long time. I am speaking for the thirty or so people who got together to put on our 25th annual G83 production, The Gondoliersf The work began for in-ost of us around the middle of November, but for our directors, Mr. Digby Peers and Mr. Mcliay, much earlier. Briefly, this story concerns two Venetian Gondoliers, one of whom is thought to be the King of Baraitaria. They are leaving their brides of one half hour to rule as o11e individual until it is ascertained which one of them is to be King. The lucky Gondolier is to marry Casilda, daughter of the Duke of Plazo-Toro. It is discovered, by persuading the King's former nurse, that the King is the Dukes drummer-boy. The Gfondoliers go back to their wives-and, ot' course everyone lives happily ever after. Speeial credit goes to Brian Blackstoek, who did a magnificant job in por- traying the Duke, and to Part Brown, the Duke's Duchess. Three cheers for our only imported lead: Mary Lou Cunningham, who did a wonderful job-wow-of playing the part of Casildag and to Luiz, her roman- tic partner, none other than Simon Dew, who, after ai few very brief lessons and long hours of practice tjust ask anyone in lower south corridorj turned out to be a very good drummer t?j, and a very good singer too. And last but not least, our two heroes Al Mcliay and Don Harris, as the Gondoliers Marco and Giuseppe. Congratulations to both, and to Betty Rolling and Carol Graham as their wives, who played their parts perfectly while offer- ing support and inspiration to the two G-ondoliers. The boys' chorus, as usual, was made up of boys, and they ol' course came from P.C.g the girls' chorus came from Newmarket, and they not only made a Wonderful and necessary contribution to our singing, but also to our morale.