Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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Editorial An experience often does not take on any vital meaning until viewed in retrospect. This may be true of our lives at Pickering College during its 125th anniversary. Many, if not most, of us may have been too deeply involved in daily routine to be fully aware of what our being here on the Hilltop was all about. It seems that it is only by looking back that our perceptions are made more acute in observing the values derived from being a part of the brotherhood that is Pickering. It is then that we realize more completely that we have achieved greater respect for learning, greater respect for athletics, greater respect for our- selves. I like to think that The Voyageur is a vessel by which our memories may make the return journey to those formative years of our lives we spent at Pickering. - Paul Maurice School Committee The work of the School Committee during Centennial Year continued to reflect the spirit of mutual trust and cooperation which has always characterized this unique aspect of life at Pickering College. The Committee was inaugurated to safeguard student morale. It is elected by the student body to promote a closer understanding between staff and students, and has been instrumental in developing harmony and helpfulness. The work of the School Committee varies greatly. It organizes school dances and social functions, but its most important aspect has traditionally been to assist both students and Headmaster to overcome the problems which inevitably arise in any community. It has often been asked to counsel boys who had problems or were in some difficulty. It, too, is often consulted regarding the rules and regula- tions which school life requires. This has been a good year for Pickering College and the School Committee. Cooperation and mutual understanding between staff and student have made our work easier, and our role in student government more rewarding. -David Crook Nine

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l ' ' STAFF Back Row: J.R. Leach, B.N. Forhan, Ewald Bode, Allen Shully, E.M Veale, S.K. Fraser. Middle Row: Dennis Keenan, W.H. Jackman, K.G. McLaren, A. Advokaat Harry Huriy, John Cook, Kevin Tunney. Front Row: Raja Gopal, J.D. Purdy, Rory MacDiarmid, Harry M. Beer J.D. Jefferson, A.H. Jewell, D.J. Menard. Eight

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Centennial Dinner Address An address given by John W. Holmes, Director-General of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, at the official opening of the new Dining Hall of Pickering College on March llth, 1967, in honourof the one hundred and twenty- fifth anniversary of the founding of Pickering College and the one hundredth birthday of Confederation. Mr. Holmes is a former member of our staff. Ladies, students of Pickering College and other gentlemen. If I tell you it is an honour and privilege to be here, you will assume that is the first line I use on every speech day. You would be wrong. This is an occasion like no other. For one thing, it is the first timel have ever been asked to open a dining hall, blessing its rafters and christening its china. I am more often asked to talk about recognizing China. The last time I opened my mouth here at lunch was in com- pany with Nobby Wirkowski, a very nice guy who was then coach of the Argos. But on this double anniversary I am not associated with a lost cause. It is a special joy for me also to give my first lecture to the wise man who taught me to want to be a historian, Dr. Arthur Dorland, and to whom I owe an early inculcation of the principles of generosity and tolerance in looking at man's history. I profited from the Quakers even before I came here. In such company I am unwisely going to be a bit historical this afternoon. My subject on the programme seems to be, O Canada , but whether it should be spelled this way or OH, Canada! I am not sure. Ten