Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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.Cay NG fa., ty E is T Fa '- 'ew 4 'Gig-,Q , Recognize this year's cover? This popular design by Art Master Jamie MacRae is repeated this year because we sm' received so many compliments and so many requests that it be used again. The College Seal is at the centre. Within this circle is the Latin inscription which expresses the School's educational goal. May well-planned foundations be laid. it states. Within a laurel wreath, the symbol of triumph, is the lamp of learning which lights an open book. The date, 1842, denotes the School's opening. Mr. MacRae has surrounded the Seal in a second stylized laurel wreath. SpecialEvents... What do new boys. parents and Santa Claus have in common? You'll have to read the Special events section to find out - and, of course, only our cleverer readers will discover the answer to this riddle. The Hilltop school in its best and its best is described and pictured in this lively section. Merry Old Pickering in Englancle. . . . . . . 80 Literary Awards. . . They sent us the Beatles but we sent them Pickering. Last March's trip to England is depicted in lively prose and lurid living colour. Readers will enjoy the answers to many questions that were mysteries until now. What doesn't Brian Parks know? These and many other startling disclosures are found in our travel section. lvy-covered walls and walks through the park on a sultry summer afternoon. These are the images that private education conjures in our minds. A look at this year's literary section shows how those images no longer suit our school. A WARNING TO NEW BOYS: lf you come to Pickering lor traditional private education, bring your own ivy. ...IO9 Pickering Christmas P 71 A x., Britain P BU l2!llliI1llH .f- ' Filler P 100 School , A 1

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VDYFIGEUH Vol 53 June, 1980 Contents for the Pickering Magazine Dedication .......... I I I 1 Board of Management . . . I I I 2 Bill of Fare .......... I I I3 Headmaster's Message . . . I I I 5 Pickering After Hours .... I I I 7 Study ......................................... . , . 8 Michael Yik takes a look at classes, and finds out what life is really like on the hilltop. Dining ...................................... . . . 12 Gourmet Andrew Knight samples Pickering cuisine and tells the whole truth. Clubs .... . . . 13 Voyageur Interview . . . . . . 16 . . . 19 A close-up look at the teaching faculty of the College and their records over the past year. The class of 1980. Who are they? What do they plan? How did they contribute? Read it all in this special section. An inside look at House Life. lf you always wanted to know what private school was like, here is the chance to find out. . .... 41 The smell of the greasepaint and the roar of the crowd are a Pickering experience in which many students participate. This school year was no exception as our new Drama Director, lan Masters, made his debut withtwo great productions. ...49 Pickering on the fields, on the ice, on the diamond and on the track. Athletics are a key part of the Pickering experience and virtually everyone participates. The highlights of this year's season are described and commented upon in our regular sports section.

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A PERSONAL WORD FROM THE HEADMASTER Why? Why do we value education? We look round and observe a dynamic struggle between action and thought, between the forces of good and evil, between the hunters and the medicine men. The implication is that education, what and how much you know, is not what counts. but how much power you have so as to ensure personal survival. Man's search for knowledge has led him to explore the sky above, the earth below. His continuing quest has left him unsatisfied because the primary issue, his selfishness, has not been resolved. Selfishness held firm in the breasts of modern Cains, slays modern Abels. Certainly the purpose of education is to develop our human capacity to overcome our selfishness. We are instructed to learn the arts of peace: - to follow the Golden Rule - to place our talents at the service of mankind - to seek not to destroy, but to fulfil - to live out the two Great Commandments: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the Second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. St. Matthew 22:37-39. lf we value our education, then we have no choice but to become Seekers who find the ways of peace, Seekers who develop the kinds of relationships that take away the occasion for all strife: Seekers who bring a little closer the Kingdom of God on earth. Sheldon H. Clark June 19, 1980