Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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ef had a life all its own. The corridor masters were Mr. Zegarchuk for two terms and Mr. Laitin for one. The basement corridor is different from all of the others since it is entirely Grade 13. Certainly, students at this age have less interest in group activities and pursue independent ac- tivities in their spare time. John Reynolds would study all evening while roommate Phillipe Marchand broadened his command of the English language with Scott McDonald over coffee and a toasted Danish or french tries at the Golden Villa 1 ' 24 Upper Centre Upper Centre, Left to Right. Back Row: R. Savage. M. Carr-Rollitt, A. Tognonato. S. Baranyi. T. Neary. E. Munuz, S. Levinter, J. Legault. Front Row: I Scott, A. Efremov, B. Raisback, C.F. Boyd, B. Prasad. G. Martin, D. Spicer. Upper South Upper South, Left to Right. Back Row, Standing: J Johnston, R. Jones, H. Albright, M. Butterfield, D Yiu. P. Hollinsed, R. Lam, R. Somerville. D. Leung. A. Pearlman. Front Row. Seated: D. Buchanan, A. Leung, C. Heslop, BM. Barrett, S. Cooper, M. Zudel S. Andrade. THE VOYAGEUR 27

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T lgt lil it sd rf talkers. Brian Raisbeck and Erol Munuz kept life lighthearted while Tom Neary, Dan Buchanan and Brahma Prasad spent time replacing the screen that always seemed to pop out - on its own no less if you hear Tim, Dan or Brahma tell it. The Lower South and Centre was a place of quiet study for the most part. With corridor master Mr. lim Beer, we had a fine community, especially at lights out time. Steve Casey and brother Chris lived here with their roommates Andy Savoie and John Campbell. Bill Waddell could 26 CORRIDORS 1 1 If t im A .f 1' , 1 f l :wa-.. A . - C smfl l t T I T S l Lifes . X1 A 'NY' xv ' -' 1, 1 K-L i X often be found burning the midnight oil over his books while his roommate Scott Williamson was trying to organise his blankets in the peculiar manner he had for sleeping. Patrick Wafula from Kenya, and Mark Kuper of Toronto exchanged stories from their very different cultures while Peter King was trying to fall asleep despite Robert Ross's insistence on one more story . Perry Trott was already asleep and roommate Paul Sung was probably studying with Casey and Savoie. Derek Benness would be finishing one . - ,,. ' more cigarette while David Dukelow was nowhere to be found. The corridor committee would find he was at the phone no doubt wishing there was some way a telephone set could be implanted in his ear. Throughout all of this Dele Oshodi. Dave Kangaloo, Craig Morrison, Deepak Kirpalani, Remonde Brangman and Wilson Leung would be trying to get ready for bed and study at the same time. Of course, Gideon Simiyu and Peter Tynes would already be sound asleep. The Lower South Annex or basement

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ww- gy after study was out. Heward Lee, whose extracurricular activities kept him up for hours, pursued his interests in drama and biology. On occasions, after a lengthy rehearsal, Heward found clandestine field trips of great service to his studies. Brian Meharg, another actor, would spend his leisure hours on his painting and drawing while Rod Simons worked away at his books with Nalton Brangman. Nalton's roommate, lim Begg, was of course asleep as were Steve Frosst and Mark 28 CORRIDORS Owen, whose efforts in sports, academics. telephoning and televiewing left them exhausted. Finally, there was the Buckley- Stone menage. Activities there after study ranged from study. and rap sessions to sleep and pizza. Whatever else, this room was unpredictable. Firth House was busy as always. With Mr. Kane and lVlr. Mcltenney in residence, there was never a dull moment. We had some outings and a barbecue where everybody got steak. The teachers were f lgi I 3 , . 4. .' Nea '.f ,g5ei--i A K 1 JO- . - sg -- . 'i V f Ti, , 1' 1 'Wi F: it fl - . is -p-WMS? I 1 'I .1 Sys b' , I N'x..,.,,. ' R as as-e,.,,xm . v 'A' -' K tg?-A s 1- h ,. - 3 -N t '.,- , Q isis- , sbx 'r ft 2 . mid helped by John Laitin, a tutor, Lawrence Taylor, Mike Gurnsey, Ouemonde Brangman, Allen Zee and Anthony Jackson as senior students. This year the Pickering Prep Press made a return in the pages of The Quaker Cracker. Our stories and paragraphs helped to make for good reading. Our teams did well. We even got up before breakfast sometimes to go on hikes on the school farm. In soccer, Mr. Leightell coached the