Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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i l l i i - l l l 4 z i l l i li l . - ff K .. . + it .l N it ll il ,i ,i 1 ri i .l li l i i l ll e Recognize this year's cover? This popular design by Art Master Jamie Macllae is repeated this year because we 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 Schools 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 Schools opening Mr, lVlacRae has surrounded the Seal in a second stylized laurel wreath. 1610, ,g?3I?41Tc:- E .A .2 9 ? LT' l 7 1-amp I a l. ,- 3. HORIZONS WEEK NUMBER ONE ............................. . . . This was the year of Horizons. Grade 12 went to Sudbury and Grade 10 to Ottawa. Photographer Lu Taskey explores the Sudbury basin with the help of Pickering students and masters. Riddle: Why does Sudbury look like both ends of the China Syndrome? You'll find the answer in our photos, -... ffl HOUSES ....... ..................... ................... . . .59 The House system - Red, Blue, Silver and Gold - matures. Bradd Barrett speculates on its senility. What really happened backstage during the House plays? How Fred Wafer stopped slipping Ritz and started on Bacon Dippers. Poncho tells all. EVENTS ..... . ......................... ...70 What really goes on at Pickering when we aren't in classes, playing sports, going on field trips, studying, etc. All of the year's activities are shown, - from Opening Days to the Leaving Class Ceremonies. CLUBS.. .. ...ss 44 LITERARY. . . . . .93 AWARDS . . . . . . 109

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OYAGEUR Vol. 54 - June, 1981 Contents for the Pickering Magazine CLI FOOD N1n, 'il 'STA ight E? l i I 1' PEOPLE OF PICKERING ....,................. . . Who are those masked men that inhabit the Hilltop? There is an account of everyone on the hilltop - except the Gray Lady. Nobody talks about her. There may even be a conspiracy of silence to keep the Gray Lady's presence secret. ls she a vampire? Read on, but you won't find the answer here. THE CLASS OF 1981 .....................,................. Technically the Class of '81 are in the People section. We simply draw your attention to this particular newsy section. What did Jon Brdar have to do with the Gray Lady? The real reason why Martin was called Bunny. Why did Blake Melnick play Batman in the Silver House play? The inside scoop on Jack Ross's future. SPORTS ................................................ The largest and most graphic description ever in print on the ritual 'goings- on' at Pickering after the 4 o'clock bell. DRAMA ................. ...,.........................,. What does Bottom's Dream mean? Who were Forensic and the Navigators? Why did Jon Brdar's high heels not match the red sequinned gown? Why did Doug Cowan call his play Aliens? Is there life after drama? Read our regular Drama section and find the answers to these scintillating questions.

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xy Av' 5255, I 3' f 3 .gm f,?,..Q V 2 V -it 3 mf..-SE , V. . 21 E ', .gs-1' - ff s fx, . 1 .E ,- - , -fs' 'Q Q -i . if ?iI.E4?E' 1 D 4' - H58 f -. ' 1 Q 1' q wg ' 3 .iq Q XV gf. WA ' , iafsghsg- aw .J A Message from the Headmaster For His Friends This is my commandment, That ye love one another. as I have loved you, Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends 'A lJohn 15: 12-13l. The two verses quoted from the Gospel of John tell us two things about Jesus of Nazareth: first. that his love for his disciples was personal and that he commanded them to share the same personal spirit of love with each other: second. that the ultimate requirement of such a powerful spirit of love be the final giving up of self. Both aspects of Jesus' profession of love prove to be impossible tasks! We profess to want to love one another, but too often our love for another is the mirror reflection we desire. ln other words, rather than gving up of self. we see our SELF in the person ipeoplel we are saying we love. Secondly, none of us has set out to lay down his life for his friends by willingly setting aside selfish goals and permitting him who is the less selfish amongst us to emerge as the leadership model to follow Self-love and power-control are our stumbling blocks, Each of us wants to determine how we are to be loved. under what conditions. and by whom. Each of us wants to determine how we are to express our feelings of love to another, to others. under what conditions, and toward whom. ln short. we are afraid to accept the challenge of the risk of Faith. We are truly afraid to love in the unselfish way that the greatest teacher the world has seen has taught, Somehow this deadlock with our eternal preoccupation with SELF has to be broken. At Pickering College we attempt to live as a human family dedicated to the poposition that we can all deepen our understanding. strengthen our physical skills. gain greater wisdom in untangling our human relationships. and in disciplining our attitudes. behaviour and emotions and bring them into the potential realm of being of service to others. Our avowed profession of Faith is to be true servents one of another, We have seen on such public occasions as Sports Day. teachers and students working together to demonstrate the joy of cooperative effort. We have seen in the School Leaving exercises a tremendous tribute to the priority task of teachers and students working together to extend intellectual horizons, as the special 1842 graduates, John Meisel and John Holmes have, to be of service, We see each day in small ways the gradual drift toward maturity of each and everyone until, in the words of Blake Melnick. 'KWhen both teacher and student are willing to learn from each other and to work together for the benefit of the whole. a place to grow and to thrive is created, lt is then. even NOW, that OUR Beloved Community is built, This brief overview of our hours and days of work on the playing field, in the classrooms, in the residences. this constant sharing process is the foundation on which our ideals tour visionl is set, The nature of time is, the past is prologue. We can alter progress through the present into the future by engaging in significant emotional experiences that direct us to change our course of action. We can, in fact, find within ourselves, the potential strength to see the commandment of Jesus to love one another. not as an impossible task, but as a necessary part of the process toward self- and corporate fulfillment. We can see that the ideal to lay down his life for his friends is not a call to go to war to face uncertain death, but as an affirmative process to enable the human family to achieve the goals of humanity: the freedom to live in peace and securityg the freedom to share the gifts of time. talent and friendship: the freedom to risk SELF ln closing. l would direct my last words specifically to the students graduating in 1981. Let your lighttsj shine. Be strong and of good courage. Dare to achieve the impossible Dare to risk, Dare to be right and fear not to learnlhumility. Finally. challenge your SELF to answer the call of your loving friends and willingly give love, give of your life. Be loyal to the uision ofthe school whose stamp you bear. 6