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

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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

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THE HEADMASTER Fifty years ago three men pooled their resources to found this School. and. since that day in l908 when Premier McBride laid the Foundation Stone of School House. University School has led a checkered existence. They built the School House, the Harvey House and the Classroom Building of solid brick, intending them to be permanent, and the Dining Room. the Gymnasium and other build- ings merely as temporary structures to be replaced as and when funds became available. The national catastrophies of two VVorld 'Wars and the economic depressions of the mid-twenties and the early thirties made replace- ments impossible. and indeed there were times when the continued existence of the School itself was most seriously threatened. There were times when the financial position of the school seemed hopeless and only the persistent efforts of certain Old Boys, such as Brig. Cabeldu. Col. Russell Ker. Col. Roland Kingham and Mr. Winslow of the Royal Trust. averted the catastrophe. There was, moreover, open hostility from a considerable section of the public toward the Independent Schools as a body. which did not help the situation. ' The last few years. however. have brought about what I believe to be a complete change in outlook. The view of the Independent Schools as ancillary to the Public Schools system is increasingly accepted by the general public. The Department of Education itself does much to foster what is -for the Wfest - this new approach. Along with this change in public thinking there has come too the change in the general prosperity of these Independent Schools- not that they may be described as successful from the financial point of view. as a business which barely manages to break even on an annual turnover of more than 8300.000 can scarcely be described as a financial success. In point of fact the majority of Canada's 17 Independent Boys' Schools actually budget for an operating loss. Nevertheless. we have managed to do reasonably well under the circumstances. and indeed last September we were able to pay off the last of the mortgage which has hung over this School since its inception. so that at long last the School is completely free from debt. Improvements to buildings and grounds. however. involving large capital expenditure are quite beyond the reach of our modest income, and. having no endowment. we must depend on the generosity of Parents and Friends of the School. In this respect we have much to be thankful for. especially in these last few years. The Classroom Build- ing is oncc more in use and Harvey House is flourishing, and it ,is difficult when entering the grounds by that attractive gateway to remember now recently it was a jungle of barbed wire and decayed wooden posts. And now today we are met to declare open, officially. the most notable addition that the School has received in its 50 years' history - Brown Hall. It is true that the classrooms are still in their under- coat of paint and that the Kitchen and Dining Hall are far from ready for occupation. although last Fall it seemed both to Architects 14