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

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Debating Teams at Crofton House School, Vancouver for Newman - FISA Toumament Back: lvlr. C. Skinner, D. Travis, l. Burcnett, D. Yzenorandt, K. Lawson-Williams, R Wilson, Mr. T. Pieteg Middle: J. Spencer, H. Fraser, D. Copeland, K. Riggs, Front: Mr. G. Salvador, D. Dales, M. Dempsey, G. Reader, W. Vanderspek, R. l-liggin, L. Giles, Dr. R. Rompkey. a startling performance out individually Randy Wilson placed 13tn in tne Affirmative and lan Burcnett Stn in tne Negative, Otnerdeoaters on tnis occasion vvere Dirk Yzenprandt, Lindsay Giles, Ken Riggs, Hugn Fraser, Ken Lavvson-Williams and Geoff Reader. Tne junior teams finisned a disappointing f3tn and Mtn vvitn only Dermod Travis and lvlike Dempsey making a good snovving. Dtner junior deoaters vvere Jeff Spencer, Jay Kuster, Ropert l-liggin, Wim Vanderspek, Dale Copeland and Danny Dales. Tne nignlignt of tne year nad to oe tne l-lammerskjold Cup Tournament in Kelovvna. lt vvas a long vvay to go for a days debating out it vvas a tnorougnly vvortnvvnile endeavour to attend a vvell run tournament, tne first Provincial Cnampionsnip neld away from Vancouver Island and tne Lovver lvlainland. In tne senior group, drama commitments took avvay some of our team and Keitn Jones and Wake lVlcAlpine were recruited to fill tne gap and accompany lan Burcnett and Lindsay Giles. Keitn and Wake must oe congratulated for giving us tneir assistance, tney prepared some fine speecnes and acduitted tnernselves vvell. Unfortunately tney lacked tournament experience and Wake lVlcAlpine's 37tn out of 80 vvas our pest performance. ln tnis tournament eacn team nad to present ootn the affirmative and negative arguments and nad to depate a total of 41 rounds, a good out demanding cnange from previous formats. Tne junior team fared mucff oetter and vvon 6 out of 8 depates and finisned Qtn out of 20 teams. Botti teams prepared vvell and it vvas a vvell deserved result for tnis junior team of Dermod Travis, Mike Dempsey, Jay Kuster and Jeff Spencer. Tne pest individual result vvas lnat of Dermod Travis. At tlie time of tne avvards Dermod vvas placed Stn, out py tne follovving morning ne vvas rltn Wnen tne results were finally computed a furtner error vvas found and Dermod vvas finally put in 2nd place. 21

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Keith Battersby, Dan Pflager, for the help they provided all year long. My thanks go to Sam Paterson for the help he gave me in the Junior Section. l extend my best wishes and hopes to the House, to both present and future members and hope that the House will do well next year. - Bruce Moore House Captain WENMAN HOUSE REPORT This year it has been my pleasure to guide Wenman House to a third place finish in Inter-House competition. The Green Machine finished with a total of 46 points, just 3 behind Barnacle and 7 back of first place finishers Bolton. By no means was the house exceptionally strong in any level, but as the year wore on each level, open, under 16 and 15 managed to gain points in various competitions. The surprise for Wenman House this year was winning the Senior Bugby competition with a small but well skilled side. This added to the lagging team spirit of the first team. The House did very well in the swimming competition led by the invincible Billy Hope and aided by Wright and Harris. All three placed extremely well in their various levels. ln the under 15 Inter-House Cross Countrythe boys did very well to give the house a first place finish but this didn't over shadow the fact that we finished poorly in the other levels. ln the Open Basketball competition our house was forced to settle for third as did the under 16's. In both levels our house was the favourite. ln Track and Field Wenman House placed second over-all Once again these efforts were paced by Bill Hopes three victories. Special mention should go to David Kirk and Julian Marsden, who also did extremely well. Throughout the year there have been some members of the House who have aided me in organizing teams and making sure that there was full house participation. The three most prominent members were Chris Turner, Bill Bansford and David Kirk and I thank them for their indispensible help over the year. Mr. Mclntyre, our house master, should also be thanked for his advice and encouragement. Next year l look forward to coming back and seeing Wenman House place higher than it has done this past year. I wish the best of luck and good fortune to those members returning. Michael Jawl House Captain DEBATING The three major events of the year were the Bavenshurst Tournament in Nanaimo, the Newman FISA Cup Debates at Crofton House School, Vancouver, and the Hammerskjold Cup Provincial Debating Tournament in Kelowna. At the Bavenshurst Tournament we sent 2 junior teams and this enabled some of our younger debaters to get their first taste of debating experience. However our most notable success was that of Dermod Travis who won the affirmative division and earned himself another visit to the Western Canadian Seminar, this year in Winnipeg, as a member of the B.C. team. Dermod continued his winning ways in Winnipeg and won the Vancouver Sun Trophy as the leading debater of the BC. contingent. We sent two senior and two junior teams to the Newman FISA Cup Debates. The first team placed 9th and the second team 1 1th out of 12 teams. This was not 20

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This report so far deals only with the 3 major tournaments. Other items are worthy of note and it would be proper to thank Mr. Salvador for his interest and hard work put in on behalf of the junior participants. He was brand new to debating and is now a great believer who is at present busy preparing for October, 1976, debates with Pearson College in Spanish and Cantonese! For the Newman HSA debates Jay Kuster came in as a very late replacement, and he debated most competently. Thanks are due to Dr. Rompkey for taking some of his English class time to promote this worthwhile skill and for accompanying the teams to Crofton House, Vancouver. Dermod Travis has already received many mentionsg but, apart from his debating skills, he is also an outstanding organizer. Paul Veerkamp and Robert Higgin debated in only one tournament but both took an active interest throughout the year. Next year should be most enjoyable, we have many young debaters who should achieve greater success and we can also look forward to the 4th Western Canadian Debating Seminar which is to be held in Victoria, BC, on December 2, 3, and 4th, 1976. Also, we have the prospect of travelling some distance tothe Hammerskjold Cup Tournament, which in March 1977 will be held at Prince George. R.VV.W. MUSIC Music at our school has made concrete if undramatic moves forward this past year, evident in a greater optimism and consolidation than heretofore. After your reporter's illness in November and December, it seemed that little in the way of progress might have been achievedg but thanks largely to the way in which the student body has taken hold, the year has ended with an uplift and enlivenment which has been most gratifying and encouraging, not only to yours truly, but to all concerned. The visit of the Pacific Wind Quintet must be noted though it took place while I was in hospital, I hope we can look forward to a return visit so that I can enjoy their artistry here on home ground. Missing as I did all the Schools Christmas music, I can only thank Mr. 81 Mrs. Greenwood for their kindness and industry in pulling it off. When I returned to school in January we immediately began learning the music of the two one-act operas which we were to produce in June: THE TELEPHONE by Menotti and DOWN IN THE VALLEY by Kurt Weill. Both casts worked with a will and enjoyed the experience immensely, unfortunately, examinations and other difficulties forced the postponement of these works till next fall, when we expect to give them in conjunction with Norfolk House School in their well-appointed auditorium. After this unhappy decision had been taken, we bent our energies with a will to the formation of a school choir which should really be something - with our eyes trained on the Music Festival. Late April came and we presented ourselves at Victoria High School for the competition which involved friendly rivalry with Olenlyon School, also entered in our class. Speaking for myself, I seemed unable to shake the conviction that the clobbering we undoubtedly were to receive was really quite an unnecessary and tasteless procedure, one we could all do without. Imagine my disbelief when I heard the adjudication - we had come first! Next year I am sure, we shall get that clobbering in spades, but for this year our win has had wonderful side benefits in terms of spirit and enthusiasm, and I do thank the adjudicator for the uptrend resulting from her decision. After the Festival we sang our pieces for the Senior School in Chapel, and for the Junior School at their Friday assembly. Open House followed swiftly and we were beginning to feel the pinch of our 22