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

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ACADEMIC RESULTS, JUNE 1941 The results of the Matriculation Examination were very credit' able indeed A. P. Black headed the list of junior Matriculation candidates. The results were as follows: SENIOR MATRICULATION A. M. Cupples M. A. Vernon j. B. Young JUNIOR MATRICULATION QFull Passesj A. P. Black G. D. Corry C. L. Usher M. M. Duke W. D. Mackay I. D. Patterson R. M. Wallis M. Lopez E. Laflin R. H. M. Borden H. I. Wade A. H. Knight fAlta. Matricj In addition to the successes listed above, A. M.. Cupples, and M. A. Vernon, and J. B. Young passed the entrance examination for the Royal Canadian Navy, and Cupples and Young proceeded to Dartmouth last August for training as midshipmen. -ii,i,lfi-l HERE AND THERE . Following the wellfknovvn custom, Sooner now goes around saying, My dear, I must tell you about my operation. We are glad that he has recovered and, en passant, would like to commend the Boys, especially The Stoic, who attended in the operating theatre. - ,-l.lj- GEOGRAPHY CLASS: The Hemisphere means the air. Authority-Grade XI. SCRIPTURE CLASS: What were the Children of Israel doing in the Red Sea? Fishing for caviare! -Horace H. What did the Kings of the East give to the Child jesus? Perambulators! fHorace H. ,, .l- What energetic boy nearly had a happy landing on the-M Star Spangled Banner? ' What handsome Halloween saboteur sent a superfcharged rocket soaring over the School House one dark night? fOr was it the moon shining?j What Grade XI boy has never seen the back of a nickel? It is our private opinion that he must deal only with greenbacks! 9

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SALVETTE K. 1. Peltz ' C. H. Rowlands N. B. Vaughan j. W. Whittome I.eR. H. Jensen C. H. Iensen D. K. McBride I. A. McLoughlin A. I. Applestone R. W. N. Bissett D. A. Clegg A. B. Cornish W. de Roos McMurray E. L. Williams J, L, Elliot Morrow D. Williams I .C. Forrester V. S. Myros G. A. Wright D. E. Fox I. M. Ogle I. C. Carter R. Fraser I. Payne T. K. Fleming P. W. N. Graham G. E. Pearson R. N. D. Mathieson G. D. Harris SPEECH DAY Speech Day was celebrated on June Qorh. The proceedings opened with prayer and the reading of the Lesson by Wade I. The Headmaster then presented his annual Ref port, the 36th Annual Headmaster's Report in the history of the School. I..ieut.fCom. Ogle, a former Master of the School, spoke to the boys. In addition to outlining the work of the R. N. C., of the staff of which he is a member, Commander Ogle pointed out to the boys the challenge which was flung to them by the chaotic state of affairs in the world tofday and urged them to look to the future, rather than the past, and to meet the challenge with all the resources which the School had given them. In the unavoidable absence of Mr. F. E. Winslow, Chairman of the Board of Governors, Mr. J. H. Harman, President of the Old Boys Association, thanked Lieut.fCom'mander Ogle for his address. Commander Ogle then presented the prizes as follows: Senior Matriculation: Wallis Form VI: Cupples, McNicol, Ogle Form Va: Kitson, Anderson, Carle I Form Vb: Wade II, Harvey I Form IV: de Roos Form Shell A: Beech, Shell B, Whittome: Shell C, Cornish Drawing Prize: Beech Scripture Prize: Stephenson I Boys under 8: Pearson Headmaster's Award to Prefects: Duke, Wade I, Mackay Ker Cup: Corry About a hundred parents and friends were entertained at tea in the School Dining Hall. 8

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The latest report from the brains in the Matric Form tells us that the author of The Tempest is still believed to be-- ShfShf Shakespeare. fQn second thoughtsj ON PARADE: The birth of a new commandW Company, pick up sticks! and Birnam Wood walked again?across the Quad! Many schoolboy howlersu have a distinct air of ben trovaton about them: but the following paragraph on Light is guaranteed Mgenuwineu : When light shines on a feald of gras it exsorbs all of the ether coler in the ranboe exsept grean and that is why the feald looks grean when we look at it. The following are a few gems collected in the classfroom: From junior Matric: Ewen is the feminine of deer . Shoughs Qin Macbeth, are pigs' toes without the nails. Adage means attic g and again, old age . Gout fof blood, in Macbethj means rheumatism. From Grade IX: The Slugfhorn in Child Roland means a horn for calling slugs. Purloin is a joint of meat. From Grade XI: Sentences illustrating the meaning of words: Your face is very fugue . The new car is very obliterate . 10