Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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FACULTY

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Red House RED HOUSE lSeatedl. Mr Pape. Mr Gosset. Andy Ayin lChairmanl. Mrs Zavrtz. Mr Thornton Hst Row! B Parks M LaErenars J Oshodi J Sherratt. C Brown, P Dean. D Roker. E Breton. M Letassey, W Brock. A Duke. f2nd Row! P Jacobs B Fung P Campbell D Annan A btrachan. M MacCluskey. J Mercer. A Mikitish. K Eearn. R LeBlanc. R Mottiar1I3rd Row! P Speer R Kalliecharan 5 Eabres D Brice G llrinkwalter. J Rogers. P Lyne, N Rudberg. P Prucha. B Bynoe. R DeMoura. T, Royko, R. Barbaro l Medina HOUSE PLAYS On Wednesday lfebruary Zlird. we all gathered in the meeting room for one of our most pleasurable meetings of the year lt was the evening of the House plays All Houses were well represented There was an en- tertaining rendition of food glorious food by the Prep students They were all dressed in grey slacks and white shirts They represented the axerage Pickering Student who finds that his faxourite time of the day is meal time They were well coordinated and performed superbly They were accompanied by Mrs Taylor on the piano Each House then gave its contribution for the night Rell House appeared first with The lsine' Members of Red House formed a line .ind each gave his contribution There were a uariety of topics from words of wisdom to joke telling Red House had the student body laughing nonstop as Brian Parks lTruckerl pi lured water down the pants of Mr Willson Then carrie Blue Houses presentation of A llau in the life of Sheldon Clark! The lleatfttiirslet was played by Piers 'lkalalla who inadiy a lfilse moustache out of tea leaves llthei :nwinhers of Blue House played the niriotis rriwirihers of the faculty at Pickering Everyone was amazed at the imitation of Mr. Taylor by Jeff Graham lt was as though Mr, Taylor was on stage Silver House then showed HP C T V Their performance was quite original as they gave their version of various advertisements shown on television, Gold House ended the evening House presentations with a performance of Hotel California by the talented Jim Blades, lt would have been a perfect imitation if only someone had not pulled out the plug connected to the record player Nevertheless the Gold House performance was quite good with added stage effects to give the full effect of a modern rock stage performance Following the Gold House performance there was a question and answer session by members of tribe five lGrade 13 Red House membersl The evening was full of entertainment There were periods of classical music by Adrian Cheng on the piano and Gary Lam on the flute There was also music of today by Raul Prucha and Joe Kelly on the electric guitar. Dave Campbell on the drums and vocals by lsaias Mecina All in all the House plays filled their purpose to entertain everyone in a light-hearted fashion Ricky V. Kalliecharan

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PROFILE: THE BOOKER AN OLD FRIENDS APPRECIATION OF DORIS AND KEITH IVICLAREN The McI.arens reflect that old saying so familiar to friends of the Hilltop. ' the people ot Pickering , When you remember that Keith has been a nieinbci of our school family since 1948 and Doris since 1051. you rt-alzze that they have been a symbol of good will and Qtr-ict lt 'ng tot many generations of Pickering students. For the first thirty of those years I had the good fortune to be one of Keith's colleagues antl so appreciate the quality of his contribution as a scltoolinaster to the life of our school. Keith lN'lcI.aren came to Pickering as a young graduate of Queens University highly recommended by Professor Norman Miller, collaborator in the writing of mathematics textbooks with Pickermgs Headmaster at that time, R.E.K. Bob Rourke. As a budding schoolmaster, our Ottawa-valley native devoted himself to long days of classroom. counselling. coaching and corridors. but also spent many hours preparing textbooks in mathematics. some of which might easily have been credited to Miller. Rourke and McLaren . ln those early years he laid the foundation of his career in schoolmastertng, His upbringing in Perth gave him a basis for un- derstanding the Pickering philosophy of education with its emphasis on the adolescent need for both firmness and affection. It is an art to make demands on young people in a spirit of fairness and com- passion, to motivate them to strive towards their own potential. not merely to respond to a rigid authority. This kind of approach he took into all his relationships with the students and at Pickering. of course. one meets them in an endless variety of situations. ln the class-room he joined R,E.K, Rourke to give us a department of mathematics of great distinction. Between the two of them they maintained this superb standard for 55 years. a great feather in Pickertngs cap. How many of Pickering's students have heard from Mr. McLaren tBookerJ that learning, to endure, must come by way of understanding. not by rote! They have heard too that such un- derstanding stems from a thoughtful mind and disciplined study habits Our students also profited from the counselling of Keith McLaren in his capacity as Director of Academics. He must have presided over. literally. hundreds of Monday grading meetings of the staff. In guiding students towards university entrance and suitable courses of study. in his role as Counsellor fa fighting devils advocatell. in his many private, extra classes and from his Sunday evening talks at Meeting for Worship, they grew to know whence sprang the strength of his integrity and conviction This same influence was of course also evident in the schools athletic program where he coached and refereed. He brought to his teams in football and hockey and to his coaching in track and field. :got only expert knowledge of the sport. but also his own personal erttliusiasin His players learned from his own example of sports- rrnreslizp and fair play, evidence of poor spirit brought forth a ready 'l,'sf1f,fWI':'.f1l As rt small school we find that most of our games serve -A I I ,,.,.. '-'NI I A, .I , ,-,154-tt.. 1, I Y ij... A 4 iff M 5 v . :jiri ,ya 1 .3 f wifi? ,. '1 -i7Le'ff?'W45 ef ' rig- . M .A It ,,, Q Q4 . . sf 'A il T W fm. It 1 Top Doris and Keith McLaren Centre' Honorary First Colour Award Bottom Honorary Wtddrington Award t fl