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

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D. B. MCCARTEN J. M. MCEWING J. M. MCILLREE QQ? we-f -if M. J. MQLENNAN R. B. MILLER H. Y. NG Q 9.13 ffl f 991, '17 K. Y. TAM M. D. THOMSON M H. WU

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M. J. MCLENNAN-Harvey 1966, Barnacle '68, VI Form 1970, House Prefect 1970, Chapel Verger 1970, XX Club 1969, Editor 'Taviv' 1968, 4-th. XV fCapt.j 1969, Qnd. XV 1970, Junior XI 1967, Captain '68, Qnd. XI '69, lst. XI '70, Captain '71, Junior Soccer XI 1966, Under-14 Basketball Team 1967, Basketball Team '69, Tennis Team CDoubles Championj 1970, Swimming Team 1971, Cadet Corporal 1968, Sergeant, Marksman '69, Lieutenant '70. University Entrance 1971 fArts!Technicalj. Proceeding to University of British Columbia. H. Y. E. NG-Winslow 1970, VI Form 1970. University Entrance 1971 CTechnicalj. K. Y. J. TAM-Winslow 1970, VI Form 1970, Volleyball Team 1971. Uni- versity Entrance 1971 QTechnicalJ. M. D. THOMSON-Barnacle 1968, VI Form 1970, Sailing Club 1970. University Entrance 1971 fArtsfSciencesj. Proceeding to University of British Columbia. S. B. VALLANCE-Bolton 1967, VI Form 1970, House Prefect 1969, Captain of House '70, XX Club 1970, Librarian 1968, Projection Club 1968, Editor 'Taviv' 1968, Junior Colts XV 1967, Colts XV '68, lst. XV '69, Vice-Captain, Colours '70, Volleyball Team QCaptainj 1970, Track Team 1971, Cadet Corporal, Shooting VIII 1969. University Entrance 1971 QArtsJ. Proceeding to University of Victoria. M. H. P. WU-Bolton 1968, VI Form 1970, House Prefect 1970, XX Club 1970, 4th. XV 1969, 2nd. XV '70, Basketball Team 1970, Badminton Team 1969, Captain '70, Swimming Team 1969. University Entrance 1971 fSciences Technicall. N.B. Achievements once quoted have almost invariably been repeated in sub- sequent years. Owing to an early Press the record is necessarily incomplete fDepartmental Exams. begin on June 14th.l. Other omissions are due to lack of co-operation on the part of those concerned. -Ed. 17

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VALEDICTION It is probable that every school can point to a particular period in its history which can be defined as an 'cepoch,', dominated by some monumental figure who has left his mark for future generations - and it is extremely probable that the last few decades of University School will be known, henceforth, as the VVenman', epoch. For 'W.R.G.W.' returned to us in 1925, and has just concluded a long and honourable spell of duty. He was known as The Bird Qthere have been worse nicknames for Assistant Mastersj, and it is true that he brooded over the student body, but it was as the eagle rather than the buzzard - as the watchful mother-hen rather than the vulture. He was always a disciplinarian who loved the thing that he disciplined, and many an Old Boy who prides himself on standing a little higher on his hind legs than his colleagues will never realize that he does so because he once came under the influence of one whom he felt, occasionally, to be oppressive, and whose regime, at times, he hated. It is a scholastic truism that, given a little knowledge, any fool can teach the Sixth Form, but that it takes pure genius to guide the Junior Grades along the lines that they should follow. Reg. Wenman excelled in the Junior and Middle School spheres, and we shall never know how much, a few years ago, a long and unbroken series of sixth-form successes in Mathematics had been due to the sound grounding for which he had been responsible in the younger days. As an indication of his versatility - he possessed, also, an ability to write concise, fault- less and witty English which has been the envy of us prosier performers. In the Field of Sport he excelled at most ball games, particularly Cricket, of course. Where this game was concerned, he would have made', any English County Team, and, as an all-rounder, most Test Teams 5 but he has always been afflicted by an innate modesty, and would undoubtedly be unable to remember how many centuries he has scored, were you to ask him. Moreover, we have heard that he was a formidable opponent on the Rugby Pitch, and that a far more com- fortable afternoon could be enjoyed in the pack, were he playing in the opposing three-quarters. Certain authorities have ruled that no first-class Player can make a first-class Coach: he was the exception to that rule. He has been honoured, of late, on several formal and informal occasions, and in the Press, but we must repeat, here, our Best Wishes to him fand, of course, to his delightful and co-operative Wifej for a long, healthy and happy retirement. Time passes, new generations arise and school memories may be short, but if, at some future gathering of Old Boys, talk arises of some more recent figure of note, the like of which the School has never seen -some paragon of a pedagogue- some Agamemnon of the Class Room Qwhich is always a battle- fieldl, then the oldest Old Boy of them all will rise to his feet and say, 'Vixere forties ante Agamemnona . . .' - there was once a 'W.R.G.Wf.', Diogemo 19