Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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This film did not turn out very well so we tried another. This one showed grade eight pupils sneaking outside during class time to romp and play. We enjoyed making those films and will long remember them. In the spring at Pickering we play baseball. The Prep had two teams which they called the Jets and the Sharks . Although the Jets put up a good fight as a rule, the Sharks managed to win all of the games. Another spring activity at Pickering is the Quaker Relays when this year forty-eight different schools took part. Gary Peterson of the Prep was on one of the teams. All the boys at Pickering are divided into four teams for intra-mural games. Each of the teams is again divided into Midget, Bantam, Junior, Intermediate and Senior. The Prep of course are Midget and Bantam as a rule. These teams compete throughout the year in the off-seasons such as after soccer and before hockey. Most of the games are played in the gym. Sports Day in May is the final day for intra-murals when parents and friends are invited to watch an afternoon of track and field events. Some of the Preps were proud to know that they had helped to make the Red team become the winner for the year. This year some boys whose work was good enough throughout the year did not have to write final examinations in some subjects. Of course, exams are easy providing you study for them. Just before the examinations we had the final official event of the year, the closing dinner. After good food and good speakers a number of awards were made. Terry Fish, Jody Grimshaw, Scott Hammond, BillPackham, Gary Peterson, Dave Pottruff, Tom Shipley, Bob Spadafora and Richard Zakoor received their Prep athletic colour awards. Other important awards were made, the most important one to us was the Rogers Cane which is given to the boy who, the staff feel, contributed most to the community living in Firth House. This year it was awarded to Robert Spadafora. Twenty-five

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Our next bus trip was the trip to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto at the Coliseum in the Exhibition Grounds. We broke up when we got there after arranging to meet atacertain spot and at a suitable time for the return trip. We saw cows, horses, sheep, pigs, and poultry as well as such things as tractors, automobiles and farm implements. Back at the school we had a discussion about the things we saw. On Saturday nights the Prep boys are allowed to go to downtown New- market to see the movies. They work very hard and are on their best behaviour to earn this extra privilege because sometimes if we do something wrong we lose this privilege and are not allowed to go to the movies. During the winter we sometimes had the choice of going to the movies or skating. Some of the pictures we saw were In the Heat of the Night , The Taming of the Shrew , and UA Man for All Seasons . We have a house committee in Firth House. They work with the staff to solve problems concerning the house and help make decisions in some areas of activity. They do things such as collecting skates from the hockey team and taking them downtown to be sharpened. Each one ofthe five members is associated with one of the masters and acts as an assistant to him on duty days. When school first opened the staff chose five returning boys to act as I-louse Committee until Thanksgiving. They chose five boys who had been here the year before. They were Gary Peterson, chairman, Jim Lush, David Pottruff, Tom Shipley and Bob Spadafora. We then had elections at Thanksgiving, Christmas and after the spring holiday. The next three committees were: Gary Peterson, chairman Jim Lush, chairman Jim Lush, chairman Scott Hammond Scott Hammond Simon Fraser Jim Lush Bill Packham Scott Hammond Dave Pottruff Dave Pottruff Bob Spadafora Bob Spadafora Bob Spadafora Richard Zakoor Early in the fall term, based on daily work, boys were chosen to be placed on the Headmaster's List. This list gives recognition for those boys who receive honour gradings in a majority of their subjects, or they may be placed on the list for putting forth a great deal of effort in their school work even though their grades may not be particularly high providing they have had no failures. During the year Gray McWilliams, Tom Shipley, Norman Beal, Jonny Diamond, Simon Fraser, Jim Moses, Bob Spadafora and Richard Zakoor had the honour of seeing their names on this list, some of them a number of times. Mr. Leach who teaches us arts and crafts, also teaches us literature and composition. One day he got tired of the classroom routine and decided to do something different. In class we discussed what to do. At first we thought of putting on a play but changed our minds when one boy suggested they we try to make a film. The subject chosen was A Day in the Life of Firth House . Mr. Leach was the producer and the boys in grades seven and eight were the actors. The first film dealt with what goes on in Firth House after lights out . Twenty- four

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Meeting For Worship CHAPEL It has long been a tradition that our Sunday evening services are the very core of life at Pickering. Every one is expected to attend them. They are non- denominational, or perhaps it would be better to say that they contain a bit of all denominations. It has been well said that religion is a way of life. At our services we hear the Headmaster, members of the staff and School Committee members discuss life at Pickering as they think it ought to be. Sometimes we have ministers, rabbis, priests and laymen come in and speak to us. Most of our services take place in the Meeting Room but occasionally we meet around the fire-place in the dining-room, usually to listen to some one from outside the school. This year there were a number of guest speakers. We had an Old Boy, Dr. William Oille, speak on Responsibility at the New Boys' Service. James Cunningham, Chaplain to Hart House, spoke on World Brotherhood at our United Nations Service. We had Ray Wylie speak on Two Canadians in China. Gordon Hawkins of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs spoke on The Canadian Image Abroad. Lastly, David Beer talked about The Canadian University Service Overseas. Members of the School Committee spoke as follows: David Veale, In Pursuit of Excellence, David Hutchins, The Cornerstoneg Hector Arias, The Brotherhood of Pickering Collegeg John Pickering, What You Owe to Your Schoolg Rob Small, The Need for Honesty, Rob Grant, Pickering as a Communityg Malcolm MacNeil, Are We Really With It? and Kevin Sloan, The Missing Link. Members of the staff who spoke this year, and their topics were: Mr. Veale, One Day to Liveg Mr. McLaren, Difficulties, Generators of Maturityg Mr. Manion, The Elusive Butterfly of Happinessg Mr. Jackman, A School on a Hillg and Mr. Fraser, An Open Window on the Hilltop. The Headmaster, of course, took many services including the first service, the Christmas service, the New Year's service, and the final, or Closing service, and spoke on the following topics: The Great Commandment, Great Religions, What the Future Holds for You, Prayer, And I Will Walk at Liberty, Three Ideals, Political Ideals in America, and In Trust. Truly, our Sunday evening services do give us a wide range of ideas and ideals with which we may develop a way of life. Twenty-six