St Michaels University School - Black Red and Blue Yearbook (Victoria, British Columbia Canada)

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Sports Day The Annual Sports Day was held on Saturday, june lst. The weather was not quite so perfect as it usually is for this event and light showers fell during the first two races. However, the rain then cleared off and the remainder of the afternoon left nothing to be desired. The usual large crowd of Parents, Old Boys and friends of the School attended. This year there was a particularly large attendance of Cld Boys, so much so that Trio took a special Cld Boys Photo' graph. The races were keenly contested, though no new records were made on the day itself, Carle i's High jump under 14 Record having been made during the previous week. The Senior Championship and Wilsoii Miniature were won by Gibbs: the Intermediate Championship by Cockeram: and the junior Championship by Carle i. The Prizes were 'distributed by Dr. Boak who was introduced by the Headmaster. Dr. Boak gave the boys much good advice in a most inspiring speech and urged them to carry out into the difficult world of tofday the lessons which they had learned and the habits which they had that day put into practice. The results were as follows: 220 yards under 14-Carle i, Robertson, Dalziel iv. 220 yards under 16-Cockeram, Dalziel iii, Carr. 220 yards open-Patterson, Gibbs, Williams. 100 yards under 14-Carle i, Robertson, Dalziel iv. 100 yards under 16-Cockeram, Dalziel iii, Carr. 100 yards under 12-Carle ii, Powell ii, Creery ii. 100 yards open-Gibbs, Leslie, Cupples i. 75 yards under 11-Powell ii, Day, jones ii. Tug of War-Boarders. Quarter mile Quarter mile under 16-Dalziel iii, Carr, Cockeram open-Patterson, Corry. Mercer. under 14-Carle i, Robertson, Dalziel iv. Old Boys Race-R. Wenmaii. Harvey House Relay-Laffin ii. Price, Powell ii. jones ii. Relay Race--The School fLeslie, Gibbs, Cupples i, Williams, Sack Race--Robertson. 1 mile open-North, Patterson, Corry. High jump open-Winsloxx', Dalziel ii. High jump under 16--Cockeram, Carle i. High jump under 14-Carle i, Robertson. Broad jump open-Gibbs, Cupples i. Broad jump under 16-Carr, Dalziel iii. Broad jump under 14-Carle i, Scoby. Throwing the Cricket Ball-Corry. Quarter mile

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Mr. W. R. G. Wenman The School goes ong people come and people go: some leave their mark and others are as though they had never been. For the moment, for the months that must go by until the Might which is Right and the Right which has Might have refestablished themselves, the school has to carry on with a gap in its ranks which will leave us both the weaker and the stronger: weaker because he has gone and stronger because we must carry on the work which he has wrought among us. Mr. Weiiniaii came as a Master in 1925, he was very young and very inexperienced, but he fell into our ways and became, for the second time, one of us. It is not as a Master in the classfroom that we shall remember him primarily, though his academic work has pulled many a Grade Niner over the inequalities of equations and round the rugged corners of many a wierd triangle, it is of his work on the Cricket field and the Rugby field that we shall think of so.often in the terms to come. It does not fall to the lot of many schools to have on the Staff the finest Cricketer in the Dominion and one who is at the same time one of the best Halves that ever played the game: the man who has made over thirty centuries in League and InterfCity Cricket and who has captained for years the Rep. Teams both at Cricket and Rugby. Wheii we look back at the consistent record of University School Rugby, when we remember such finished Batsmen as Hamber and Weaver, we shall remember that if the material was good, the Masterfcraftsman was not wanting to fashion it. And so he has handed on to us, for the moment, to us who are older than he and not so fit, a torch which we shall strive to hold high till he comes back to us. Mr. Lionel Cox We have sustained another loss this term in the person of Mr. L. Cox, who has left us to pursue further studies at the University of British Columbia. He has been with us for four years and during that time has proved himself to be a congenial colleague and an excellent teacher. His work with the gym classes has been outstanding, being a good gymnast himself, he has provided inspiration for many boys to acquire a degree of excellence hitherto unknown in the School. We hope that Mr. Cox will be able to rejoin us next year. In the meantime we shall follow his efforts at the University with interf est.

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1'lO yards hurdles-Vkfinslow. Half mile openfAlbert. During the afternoon tea was served to some four hundred and fifty guests in the School Gymnasium. University School Hlncogsu Early in April the University School Incogs organized for the 1940 season. At a meeting held at the School the Headmaster was refelected President and Mr. W. S. Cupples, VicefPresident. Mr. W. R. G. Wenman was chosen to lead the team through another season as Captain, and was appointed as the Club's delegate to the Leagueg while Mr. A. Miller and Mr. H. Walker, were elected as Secretary and Treasurer respectively. Some discussion took place concerning the advisability of enter' ing league competition during the season as it was felt that owing to the war there would be great difficulty in finding a side every Saturday. It was eventually decided, however, to enter league com' petition as usual and make every effort to maintain a side through' out the season, and if worst came to the worst, matches would have to be defaulted. At the time of going to press three league matches and one match in the Knockout Competition have been played. Cf these the Knockout game against Seattle was won while of the League games those against the Five Cs' and Cowichan were won and that against The Albionsn lost. Gun Running on Sports Day There's a way of employing a pistol That is healthy and sane and is wise. And then there's a way of doing the thing That is apt to produce a surprise. And so, if you'd furnish the audience The maximum number of shocks, Turn up at the School upon Sports Day And watch the performance of Cox. First, load with a number of cases ' And pray that the things may be blankg Then drop the concern in your pocket And think of a hairfraising prank. -12-