Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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Student Editorial 'Our life at Pickering helps us develop a strong feeling of loyalty to our school. This is probably because our school is small and we get to know one another extremely well, sharing closely a common experience in classes, games, corridor life and in many student activities. Because this is done with a close relationship between students and masters, we begin to feel very much like a big family. The opportunity we have to get to know our teachers has considerable influence on us. Even when we do not agree with them, we remain conscious of the standards they hold out for us. For those of us who come to Pickering from large schools, it is this personal touch which awakens a very real desire in us to do our best. Gradually the regular evening study and the weekly gradings help us begin to see where we are heading academically. High goals are set for us by Pickering, goals which sometimes we ignore, but which deep in our hearts we know to be the right ones for us. This is true in our academic pursuits, but perhaps even more important it is true in our relations with those around us. Because we live at close quarters, we have an excellent chance of gaining an intimate understanding of human nature and, whether we like it or not, we are often obligated to place the best interests of the group before our personal wishes. Indeed, the emphasis our school puts on the need for service to others is the greatest lesson we can learn from our years on the Hilltop. The essence of Pickering's teaching is that we must be trained to the best of our ability so that we can then make a contribution to our own generation. Here at Pickering we have learned to'reverle the ideals and sacred things of the City . Let us take them with us and keep them with us in the years ahead. Nine

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C5 'Zi' nllluf , g , rr if 111 is - I ,va ..,A .,. 1 .. q ,. f ,. Q fs' YA? STAFF Back Row: A.H. Jewell, B.N. Forhan,E.M.Veale,H.M. Beer, D.J. Menard, J.R. Leach. Middle Row: R.M. Manion, K.G. McLaren, J. Leightell, R.M. Mucy, B. Racicot. Front Row: J.D. Purdy, J.D. Jefferson, S.K.Fraser,M. Fish, W.H. Jackman. CConUd honipagesevenj It is said that primitive man's first 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 order, which means in turn a respect for the rights of others to learn under proper conditions. The same thoughts may be turned to other aspects of our life together. You have the right to a quiet environment for evening study, you have the right to expect that the rules of a game are observed, you have the right to the peace and calm of your own room without disturbance, you have the right to the ownership of your own personal possessions, you have the right to expect that a fellow student will enhance the name of your school and not degrade it. Those who do not respect these rights ofyoursand minedestroy ourfreedom and eventually their own. When they learn to understand freedom, they will realize that it means, far from just having their own way, liberty within the law and that law means a respect for the rights of others. In other words, freedom and responsibility are two sides of the same coin, indispensable to one another, forever bound together, if one is destroyed, both are destroyed. But, remember, if you can understand this problem through love of freedom rather than through fear of law, you will be able to hold your head high as a free man. Then you will truly walk at liberty. Harry M . Beer. Eight

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Back Row: Eric Ferguson, Jan Devantier, Pierre Maillard, Jim Wright. Front Row: Jim French, Michael Peet. Tu tors The tutors this year were a great help in organising and carrying out our year at Pickering. Several had developed close relationships with the groups of boys with whom they worked. In Firth House were: Jim Wright, Mike Peet, and Eric Ferguson. In Rogers House were: Jan Devantier, Jim French, and Pierre Maillard, who came from France. We sincerely appreciate the long hours these men gave to our school and the willingness with which they cooperated to make it a better year for all, students and staff. Ten