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

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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

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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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BR. P.G. BREEN, B.A., M.A. Brother was sent from Dublin, Ireland, to O ' Dea High School in 1 923, well quali- fied with his bachelor ' s in English and master ' s in Education. He teaches English and Latin to the grade nines. BR. W.H. BARNES, B.A., LL.D , D.Lit. Brother was born in Portsmouth, Eng- land, and attended National University of Ireland. He spent the war years teaching in Rome and received his D.Lit. from the Royal University in Rome. Later he was president of Iona College. Brother teaches English and French and moderates the Senior Legion of Mary. BR. D.F. NASH, B.A. M.A. Besides being librarian, Brother Nash teaches English and Latin. His degrees are in English from Fordham University in New York, and presently he is working on a Ph.D. from the University of Ottawa. BR. A C. O ' GRADY, B.A. In his first year at V.C. since 1956, Brother is teaching grade twelves this year that he once taught in grade one! An Irishman, he graduated from Fordham Uni- versity with a degree in Math. He is pre- sently the College Athletic Director. Mr. Ohler and students discuss important matters . . . . No, no. He was expecting a pass in the end zone . . . BR. G.P. LYONS, B.Sc., M.Sc. Brother, a graduate of V.C., earned his M.A. in chemistry from DePaul University in Chicago. Besides teaching the senior courses in chemistry, he is econome, mod- erator of the Glee Club, and advisor to the COLLEGIAN.