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

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to produce leaders. and University School has an enviable record for producing them in many walks of life. Already in just over one half- century some well-known names are found in your records. I am thinking of N111 Dana Wlilgress. the Canadian Ambassador to NATO. and a great leader in their councils. of General Loewen. Adjutant- General of the British Army. of Colonel lNIerritt, V.C. and of others. including two Admirals in my own Service. The reason L'niversity School is expected to produce leaders is because you are provided. in your community living. in your work. in your games and particu- larly in the case of Aprefects and captains of teams, with a first-class opportunity of cultivating the qualities of leadership. These qualities are something that we have to work at during school. after leaving school and right on through life if we are to give back in some measure what has been given to us. Colonel Merritt expressed this same thought at the Cadet Inspection earlier this month. when he urged the Cadets to follow up their service here with service in their various professions and callings after they left school. Now comes a final and very important question. especially to the boys who are leaving this term. WVhat are the essential qualities which must be acquired by all would-be leaders? First and foremost is integrity of character-the quality of genuineness, of playing fair with others and being true to oneself. 'fThe second quality is professional knowledge. There is no sub- stitute for this and it can be only acquired by hard work and patient study. The next four may or may not be in the right order lthat is a matter of opinion! but here is my view:- Number three- determination and resolutiong that is, the will to win, I have seen it here in action on the Rufwer Field. hh Number four - judgment. or the exercise of common sense. l'Number five - a sense of humour, to help you and others when times are tough. lN1ost Irishmen have no difficulty here. but for many of us it has to be cultivated. i'Number six-understanding of others and the desire to help them. You can be successful in this world without understanding, but to do so you will have to work harder and have more ability than the people who are in sympathy with their fellows. I would urge you to concentrate on the first two. integrity of character and professional knowledge, and to remember the next four. determination. judgment. sense of humour and understanding. If you have the first two the rest will come more easily. I would also like to wish you who are leaving every success in your chosen field of endeavour. I would like, too. to thank the Headmaster for inviting me here today and. as a parent, to congratulate him. the Board of Governors and the Staff on the success they are making of this school. I wish the school itself continued progress, prosperity and success in its all- important and vital task. ll

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Wl1etht'1' we win any prizes or not depends to a great extent on the talents we have been given, but the great thing is to try to do our best with what we have. This same thought was expressed on a large sign displayed at the Olympic Games' Stadium. Displayed in enormous letters were the words. 'It is better to participate than to win. it is better to fight well than to conquer' I think it is probably the people who are simply doing their best who contribute the most to their country, their town or their school. It is very good to see the splendid progress this school is making, of which there was ample evidence in the Headmaster's report. I feel the opening of Brown Hall constitutes a milestone in the history of the school. and I hope the remainder of the expansion programme will be equally successful. I am sure I speak for all parents of the school when I say that we. along with the school itself, are most grateful to Mrs. Brown for this splendid addition to the buildings. Now, as a boy at school Cand it doesn't seem very long agoj, I distinctly remember on Speech Day listening to the customary account of the school's activities by the Headmaster and wondering when the old geysern who always followed him was going to dry up and allow us to depart to tea and the holidays. It is a bit of a shock to find that one has joined the ranks of the old geysersf' In thinking of what you would be interested in hearing, my first thought naturally enough was of the Navy, since the Service is usually upper- most in the mind of a sailor like myself. I also thought of the BC. Centennial which is being celebrated with typical BC. vigour and enthusiasm throughout this tremendous Province. It provides us with such excellent opportunities for learning something of our history and thus being able to appreciate better the vision and stirling per- formance of the early explorers and pioneers. However, I think you have all heard something on those topics before, and so I come to the present and the future. We are very blessed in living in Canada, which enjoys a Christian civilization, a free economy and abundant natural resources. Having counted these blessings I have no hesitation in predicting success for any of you boys who want success and will work for it. But what is it going to be like when some of you boys here today are running our country of tomorrow? Is the advance of science and engineering going to make it possible to travel to the moon and the planets? Unquestion- ably the launching of the Russian Sputniks and the United States Earth Satellites, Explorer and Vanguard. is a tremendous scientific breakthrough. Nuclear power is now being used ashore in the United Kingdom as well as in L'.S.A. submarines at sea. I think you will live to see it as a fairly common source of power on land and sea and in the air. XVhat kind of people we will become is a fantastic subject for speculation. They say that human nature never changes, so perhaps the people of 25 or 50 years' time will not be unlike most of us today. One thing I am sure of, and that is just as Canada needs leaders today she will still need leaders then. A School like this is expected 10

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Reading ...... Wfriting .,........ Arithmetic ..... Spelling ,,.,,. English ......, French ........ Latin .....,..... Science ........... Social Studies... Geography ,,,,,,,, Music ............, A rt .............. Scripture ........ General Progress Shell II ........t. Shell I ,..,,.,,,,,.... Remove Pm Remove A ,.,.,... English .....i. French ........ Latin ........... Greek ,,,,..,,,,,,, Mathematics ..... Science ..,,,,,,,,,,,, Social Studies... Music ......,.....i.... General Progress PRIZE LIST LOWER soHooL Su bject Prizes Mortenson, P. Frost, E. Dobell Walton, R. Passmore, D. Webster Meakes. B. C, Murdoch, G. G. Murdoch YR. Chaworth-Musters, R. Wedd, E. L. Wenman, Gurney Ramm, P. Rogers, A. Branscomb Rostoker, D. Chapman Bice, R. Wedd Maude, D. Bapty Alexander, G. G. Murdoch Hardy, D. Charles ................................. L. Jack Timmis Lund, G, Smalley Thorp, D. Austin, R. Pilling Form Prizes Chaworth-Musters, D. Charles Rogers, J. Alexander Marsden, J. Rostoker G. Murdoch, D. Bapty UPPER SCHOOL Subject Prizes Rayner, L, Devlin, R. Pratt Jones, Mattson, Gill .......W. Witherspoon, W. Lund, L. Eves Nixon, Wenrnan, I. Ogle Grubb M. Petter, E. Powell Cressman, F. La Rue, M. Stephen Musgrave, L, Hudson, Lahey Devlin Windrem. D. Beban, Schreiber Form Prizes IV B ....... .................... ............ H . Jones IV A ....... ............. J . Hinton V I3 ......... .......... M . Rayner V A ......... .............. I , Ogle VI ...................... .... ........................................ ................... E . P owell Special Prizes Mandy-Goff Cup for lvlusic .................................... D. Grubb, R. Grubb Marionette Prize for General Knowledge .... ........................ R . Nixon Ixer Cup ......................................................... ..,...... E . Fairbourn Chapman Cup ....... ............. ......... G . G. Murdoch H. M. 12