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

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standards of other years. .X generous offering was received for the work of L'.N.I.C.E.F. We record with deep appreciation the gift of a Schulinerick Bell Carillon. giyen by Mr. R. H. B. Ker, a Governor of the School. We should also like to express our appreciation to Mr. Eric Edwards, Qrganist at St. Matthias' Church, and Mr. Ian Galliford, Crganist at the Church of St. Barnabas, for their services as Organists at the Sun- day Services during this past year. lNe hope that with the appointment of a regular Organist our Chapel Services will once again reach their former inark of excellence in the school year to come. The Chapel Officers for the year were: Clzaplairfs H arden G. Strand Headnzasferjs lVarderz. lNI. KI. Wlatkins Vcrger KI. A. Code Saf2'i5tan G. Garrigues C. E. F. W., Chaplain -vu :L lst. XV .S't1nzfIi1zg: C. Leppniann. G. Petley-Jones. R. Filtness. M. Code, Garrigues, A. Peyton, R. Wolfe. T. Watkins. Seated: B. Nutting. G. Strand. C. Brooke. E. Hardy fCapt.j, R. Barker, J. Rosenberry, G. Gallelli. 24

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tk . ,,YQ:,J:,:2Lis,f.. SCHOOL CHAPEL M. MacC. Watkins QWardenj, G. Strand fWardenj, Headmaster, Chaplain, M. A. Code QVergerj, H. J. Garrigues CSacristanj. THE CHAPEL The Chapel is central to the life of the School. Each school day begins there, and on Sundays the worship of the Author and Giver of Life and Learning is the chief activity of the day. Owing to the fact that we have not had a regular musical director, we have nothing noteworthy to report in the held of Chapel Music during the past year. However, during the VVinter term, three services were held that are worthy of special mention. The Harvest Festival was held on Sunday, October Qth. The Chapel was beautifully decor- ated for the occasion by the boys under the direction of Mrs. Timmis. We held the Annual Remembrance Day Service on November llth. As has been customary for many years, the Headmaster read Captain Harvey's letter to the boys of the School, and called the Roll of those who gave their lives during XN'orld XN'ars I and ll, and in Korea. lX4emorial wreaths were presented and placed before the Altar. Our Carol Service was held on the last Sunday of term, December llth. This was strictly a domestic affair. The lessons were read by lX4asters and boys, and the singing was done entirely by the School. Although we did not call upon any outside assistance, the Service was one to be much remembered, and was well in keeping with the high 23

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RUGBY FOOTBALL FIRST FIFTEEN The nucleus of last year's Team returned to form the core of a fairly respectable First Fifteen. After several important positional changes had been made the Team settled down to play some good, hard and sometimes attractive Rugby. The success of the side was largely due to the forwards, who outplayed every pack that they met, though most of these had the advantage where size and weight were concerned. Out- standing line-out play by Rosenberry and Nutting I, and excellent lock- ing by Wlolfe I ensured the Team of the ball in the majority of the set playsg but the lack of a sufhciently determined and hard-tackling, hard- running back row was too often noticeable. In rucking the forwards soon realized that the ball must be given back fast to ensure a good service for the three-quarters. This was a skill at which they excelled time after time. This was a pack which any three-quarter would like to have played behind. Unfortunately, in spite of such excellent service and backing-up by the pack, the three-quarters were too inclined to drop vital passes, miss vital tackles or pass too late. A very temperamental line, on their day nothing could stop them, but in hard-fought matches, such as the Independent Schools, games, they unfortunately tended to collapse at vital moments. Gallelli made some remarkable fleet-footed runs, and Barker, before his illness, was the outstanding three-quarter, being able to control the game exceptionally well with his well-placed touch-line kicks and his good service. Hardy, on occasion, had an excellent Ubootf, but too often dropped the scrum half's pass, and no Hy half can do this time and again without demoralizing his own team mates. The outstanding game of the year was the 6-6 tie against Brentwood. This prevented Brentwood from completing the season with an un- blemished record. Poor tackling lost the first game against St. Georges, but in the return the Team played its best Rugby of the season to win 13-10. The return game against Brentwood was catastrophic-com- pletely outplaying their opponents they made one mistake after another to develop a complete collapse. After beating Shawnigan easily in the first game a too-confident Team played its worst and almost unbeliev- ably bad Rugby to lose the last game of the season 3-6. All games played against local High Schools were won, as were two exceedingly hard-fought games with Royal Roads. Colours were awarded to Barker, Brooke, Hardy, Nutting I and Rosenberry. RESULTS OCTOBER 15 School v. Victoria High School, won 35-3 19 School v. Claremont High School, won 18-0 25