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

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SALVETE FOUNDERS Pollard I. X'I XX'eeks, X'I -Ross I, X'a Bain. X'b Bernard, X'b Field. X'b Page. X'b Pitre, X'b Sanders, X'b Shaw I. X'b Petersen, IX' Stothard, IX -XX'arren II, IX' XX'ilder, IX' Chilton, Remove A Gosling, Remove A -Saward, Remove A XX'eston, Remove A -Gollings. Remove B -Jones I. Remove B Le Fevre, Remove B Martin, Remove B Shaw II. Remove B Hubbard II, Shell I -Jones II, Shell I -Struthers. Shell I Hubbard III, Shell II Meakes, Shell II 'Boarderf B+ B1 BRENTXYOOD Gordon, X'I Skinner, X'I Findlay, X'a Stone, X'a Waldie, X'a Dayton. X'b -Swangard, X'b B-Fairbourn, IX' -Fulton, IX' Godwin. IX' -Hitchen. IX' -Leighton, IX Newman. IX' Ross II, IX' Xvallmann, IX' Plant II. Remove A -Lund I, Remove A -Macdonald. Remove A -Rooney II. Remove A -Whidden, Remove A Hamilton, Remove B -Lund II. Remove B -Nixon, Remove B Wilkinson, Remove B Brander, Shell I Henning, Shell I Hunt. Shell I Katchen. Shell I Custanee, Shell II Cousens, Shell II -Georges I. Shell II -Georges II. Shell II

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On the debit side. however, the school suffered a great loss on May llth in the death of Dr. Wo1'tliing'ton. formerly a parent and later for many years a governor of the school. A generous benefactor. a lively and wise counsellor, he will be much missed. The vacancy created on the Board of Governors has been filled by Major Wiser who already is so much a part of the school that only the Board itself is left to offer him a welcome. It is an appointment which has given great satisfaction to both past and present members of the school. House Prefects were: jones, Higgs I. School Prefects: Roome I. Robinson, Gordon, Tozer. ACADEMIC RESULTS sEN1oR MATRICULATION J. R. Gordon C. R. Huntley UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE P. M. Brown R. N. D. Mathieson R. Barker A. H. Newberry J. H. R. Bevan T. E. Robinson H. K. Boas C. A. Rogers C. M. Fox G. G. Rooper LI. F. A. Hood W. O. Williams C. Jones CONFIRMATION, 1954 The following were confirmed at St. Luke's Church, on April 4th, by the Nlost Reverend Harold E. Sexton. D.D.. Archbishop of British Columbia. They had been prepared by the Rev. N. A. Lowe. john lNIeredith Bell Edward St. John Pollard Michael Charles Lewis Gerry Roderick Eckford Hubert Roome john Phillips Greenhouse Bruce Max Snider Roderick Bruce Kingham Brian Wliittonie Lovelace Stamer Peter John Knoop Philip Edward Kyrle Symons Alfred Ronald Linnes John Ellis WValls Charles Paulton Plant B

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SPEECH DAY, 1954 It was a great privilege to have R111 and Mrs. Stuart Keate as our guests of honour. B111 Keate as publisher of the Victoria Daily Times is perforce an educator and as brother to the eminent cartoonist jeff-an Old boy of the school-has yet another tie with us while llrs. Keatels presence lent happy grace to the pro- ceedings on a day when everything possible was required to counter the effects of the appalling cold. The proceedings opened with the customary hymn, the Head- master read his report on the very satisfactory progress of the school and Klr. Keate then gave his address which was warmly received by the large number of parents. visitors and the boys themselves. He has kindly permitted us to reprint the text of his notes which are as follows: Mix Timmis. distinguished guests. ladies and gentlemen, and boys: It is a very great honour for me to be invited to give the Speech Day address this year. I think this is a very wise arrangement-to have the speeches in the morning. get them over with. and then turn the boys loose to enjoy themselves. I want to assure the students. however. that my remarks will be brief. This is because 20 years ago, at the graduation exercises of the L'niversity of British Columbia. I learned my lesson. The con- vocation address was being given by an eminent politician whose name I dare not mention. because he is still alive. Approximately ten minutes after he started I noticed that one of his ministers-a kindly, white-haired gentleman whose name also would be known to you, and who was sitting directly behind the speaker-began to nod. In a few minutes he was fast asleep. Perhaps it is just as well. For the speaker that day painted a decidedly unhappy picture of the world of 1935. He reminded us that there was a depression on, and that none of us would be able to find jobs. He predicted that there would be another world war. Although the sun's rays were slanting through the gymnasium that day. he managed to make it look like a very dark and dreary world indeed. We left our graduation exercises with despair, not hope. Now everything he said was true. and I suppose we should excuse him on those grounds. but he reckoned without one factor -which was the great spirit and determination of Canadian youth. I believe that most of us. in spite of his dire warnings, found jobs. Most of us served in that war, too. and those of us who came IO