Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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13' THE voYAoEuR S Q- Vol. 56 .June 1983 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication Headmaster's Message. . . . . People are Pickering .... . . . .4 .7 13 22 25 31 37 38 42 45 52 56 Junior School .......... .... 5 9 ' 65 66 73 81 Graduates ......... .... Thel-louses... Faculty ...... .... Staff ...,.. .... Fall ......... .... Drama ......... .... Horizons Week ......... .... Fall Sports ............... .... Visit of Governor General .... .... InternationalBaccalaureate . . . . . . Winter ....... .... Clubs ........ .... Winter Sports .... .... Arts World .... .... Spring ....... .... 9 9 Spring Sports .... . . . 105 Awards ...... . . . 115 Bill of Fare ..,. ........ ..,.... . . . 120 Front Cover by Pickerings Art Master Jamie lVlacRae

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l GC of l842 5 .-X.-,?'fgf ' grief? BOARD OF MANAGEMENT OF PICKERING COI .I .EGE 1982-1988 Chairman - Allan D. Rogers Harry M. Beer - Dixon S. Chant Secretary-Treasurer - Roger W. Warren Rodger M. Dorland - W.D. Waddell Headmaster - Sheldon H. Clark Andrew Fasken - F. Michael Walsh Arnold Wigston MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION OF PICKERING COLLEGE 1982-1983 Harry M Beer Charles Beer Jane Burton Andrew Brink John A. Brownlee Dixon S. Chant Sheldon H. Clark Ward Cornell Rodger Dorland Andrew Fasken Robert E. Fasken Eric V. Hall Gordon C. Hay Burton Hill John W. Holmes BW. Jackson W.H. Jackman LeRoy Jones Donald Laitin Edward G Mack Dorothy Muma Stirling Nelson David Newlands Allan D. Rogers Friedrich Schmitz-Hertzberg R 'aldS ith egin m Taylor Statten Fred G. Sherratt W.D. Waddell F. Michael Walsh Roger Warren Arnold L. Wigston PICKERING COLLEGE ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 1982-1988 Chairman - Edward G. Mack '88 Deputy ChairmanwAnnual Fund Chairman - Jack Rutherford '49 Parent Annual Fund Co Chairmen Fred G. Sherratt Peter Jones Special Events Chairman Andrew J. Fasken Old Boys Day Chairman J Douglas Reed '58 Parent Cuild Chairman Mrs. RR. lJoanl Knowles

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A Personal Word from the Headmaster The Wheel of Fortune Fortune, good night: Smile once more. turn thy wheel. lKing Lear, ll. ii. 175-176l Wheels that turn have an up side and a down side. People who ride on wheels take their chances. Their luck on the inevitable Wheel of Fortune is either up or down or someplace inbetween. Furthermore, to add to the thrill of the ride. the time factor is totally unpredictable. seconds or generations may pass unnoticed or with high drama. The Wheel of Fortune of Pickering College seemed to spin in seconds downwards on November 24, 1981. The fire called into question the survival of the school. A slice of history. nearly three thousand old boys and faculty. friends. and an educational posture among independent secondary schools in Canada were threatened with extinction. The people of Pickering rode out the turning of the fickle Wheel with every expectation that a mere fire would not destroy this school on a Hilltop in Newmarket, founded nearly one hundred fifty years ago by Quakers. The dramatic challenge is slowly giving way to stability and the gyrations of the Wheel are slowing down. The Pickering community has seen the rise and occupation of the new residence. the rebuilding of Rogers House and other needed improvements. We are able to focus on our prescribed goal. To give every opportunity for the good principle in the soul to be heard . And it is to this end that we actively seek ways to improve our personnel, our program. our facilities and our financial foundation. The academic year 1982-1983. is over. lt began with struggle on a construction site with a deficit of students. It also began with a determination to permit the human spirit to flourish in spite of trailer city and a tough economic situation. The Wheel of Fortune has turned again and a Truth has emerged. Human beings engaged in positive and supportive relationships ultimately triumph over crises. Pettiness, jealousies, me-first attitudes are simply set aside when survival is at stake. The survival of our school is at stake. We need many supportive and positive people working together to assist the Wheel of Fortune to turn upwards. Self-discipline. the voluntary removal of extras , indeed the desire to live as an institution are paramount. The historical fact of West Lake Friends Seminary near Picton, Ontario. may be a tribute to the inspiration of Joseph John Gurney, but it is also a symbol of a determined Quaker pioneer people to place an educational foundation beneath the children of the period. Our forebears struggled for what they believed in and survived and they, too, were burned out and had to look afield for support. The Quaker pioneers of the 19th century may all have passed on, but our links with our historical foundation have survived. At Pickering College in Newmarket, we teach