Vancouver College - Collegian Yearbook (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)

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Rev. Father J. Swinkels Assistant Pastor BROTHER F. C. CARROLL The students and friends of Vancouver College were shocked to hear of the sudden death of Brother Francis C. Carroll on Easter Tuesday of last year. Though poor inhealth, he had carried on in school until the beginning of the Easter holidays. Born in Nova Scotia in 1907, Brother entered the Brothers in 1932 and spent his first teaching years at New York schools. Brother first came to British Columbia in the forties. He sp ent a few years at the College, where his warm personality and lively nature won him many friends, and then was appointed principal at St. Louis College in Victoria. He moved east again to become principal of Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and of Iona Grammar School in New Rochelle, New York. In 1963, his health failing, he was back at College as Grammar School Supervisor. Brother Carroll died on April 14, 1964. The funeral was held at Holy Rosary Cathedral attended by the students of Van- couver College and Brother’s many friends, the senior Brothers acting as pallbearers. He was interred at Ocean View Cemetery, Burnaby, B.C. The College gym was the scene of the memorial Mass for Sir Winston Churchill and was the occasion of the innovation of some aspects of the new liturgy. Monsignor Nichol, assisted by Father Swinkels, also officiates at all the First Friday Masses in the gym, thus providing repeated opportunities for all the stu- dents to experience a unity of spirit in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

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His Excellency, Most Rev, Martin M. Johnson, D.D. Archbishop of Vancouver When we heard with regret of the resignation of Archbishop Duke early in 1964, we thought of the times of tribula- tion and moments of glory that comprise the history of Vancouver College, the moments he had shared with us from the earliest days. But as this great friend of the school was withdrawing from the cen- ter of the stage, it was consoling to know that another good friend, Archbishop Johnson, was destined to assume the lead- ership of the archdiocese. To Archbish op Johnson we wish many happy, fruitful years in the discharge of his duties, and we sincerely offer our services to him whenever the need arises. April 19, 1964, was a red-letter day for Van- couver College when Archbishop Johnson came to officiate at the blessing of Nichol Hall. 6

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FACULTY Rev. Brother F.R. Finch Principal Brother Finch holds a B.Sc. from St. Mary’s University in Halifax and an M.Sc. from DePaul University in Chicago. Brother began his teaching career in New York and later moved to Leo High School in Chicago. From Leo he went to O’Dea High in Seattle for six years. He taught also at Iona Prep before coming here for the first time in 1955. From ’55 to ’57 he taught at V.C., and then returned to Iona Prep for three years before coming here as principal in I960. This year, in addition to fulfilling his duties as principal, he teaches maths and physics, and coaches the varsity basketball team. Rev. Brother E.B. Walsh Vice-principal Brother Walsh, who has taught at Van- couver College for thirty-two of his fifty- one teaching years, is both vice-principal and grammar school supervisor. An Irish- man, Brother obtained his master’s from Gonzaga in Spokane. He teaches math and Latin in grades eleven and twelve and acts as supervisor of the Grammar School classes in addition to his duties as Bursar of the College. 8