Brentwood College School - Brentonian Yearbook (Mill Bay, British Columbia Canada)

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Brentwood College Magazine On May 24th the J. B. A. A. sent out two crews to race against the College. Both College crews were successful, the 1st crew winning by six lengths and the 2nd crew by three lengths. The Lower House won the inter-house race, which took place on Speech Day. It was a very good race, both crews rowing level till almost the finish, when Smith called on his men for a last effort which enabled them to pass the post with a canvas lead. The College 1st crew are rowing at the Gorge on July 1st in the J. B. A. A. Regatta, and in the N. P. A. Regatta at Harrison Hot Springs on July 23rd. We wish them the best of luck. SMITH: A good oar, his blade work is much improved. He has a tendency to cover his blade too deep and must remember to let his hands come well into the chest before starting the recovery. FURBER: Has improved immensely, a little slow with his hands, a good oar with a nice body swing. NICKSON: Has improved a great deal, very painstaking and a hard worker, must remember to pull straight. MASON-ROOKE: A greatly improved oar. Has overcome the difficulty he had in coming off the feather and getting a firmer catch. Very slow with his hands, must get them away more smartly before starting the recovery. Has a tendency to be late. NCE more swimming has proved to be one of the most popular sports in the school. The warm weather came late this year and consequently the swimming parades of the early part of the Summer Term were not so well attended as the corresponding parades of last year. During the latter half of the term, however, the whole school bathed whenever they were allowed and on many days two or three swimming parades were necessary to satisfy the most energetic. Those of the new boys who were unable to swim when they joined us, have been taught and, while two boys have not yet passed their tests, all of the boys are able to swim a little. The standard of our swimming has been well maintained and an excellent exhibition of water sports was given on Speech Day. Notes on Rowers Swimming Page Fifteen

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Brentwood College Magazine Badminton GREAT interest was shown in Badminton by the whole school during the winter months. The College entered two pairs in the Vancouver Island Tournament held in Victoria, and these boys made quite a good showing although they were matched against some of the best players in British Columbia. Shortly after the commencement of the Lent Term an annual school tournament was held in both doubles and singles. Yorath was the winner of the singles, while Lamprey and MacSwain won the doubles. Some good matches were held against various Victoria teams, both at the College and at the Drill Hall in Victoria. The College won three and lost one. The team was as follows: Malkin ma. (Capt.) and Yorath; Lamprey and MacSwain ; Salter and Williams. HE Boat Club has had a very successful season. Its numbers have kept up in spite of the increased subscription and the Club is now in the comfortable position of having a good credit balance at the bank, after paying for the new fours from Sims of Putney, which arrived last year, and also for the coach boat and two sailing boats. The inter-form race was won by the Vlth, well stroked by Smith. The Boat Club THE ist CREW Page Fourteen

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Brentwood College Magazine Salesmanship I MET him in the lounge of the Metropole Hotel. He was a tall, spare, round-shouldered man, with a decided limp in his right leg. We started talking casually about many subjects, he giving me the impression that he had travelled over most of the world. During a pause in the conversation, I happened to ask him if he had got his game leg in the war. Oh no! he replied, with a sudden gleam in his eyes, would you like to hear about that? I assented. Well, to begin with, he started, I got it several years ago when I was on a tiger-shooting expedition in Assam. One day we arrived at a village, from the inhabitants of which we learned that a man-eating tiger infested the neigh- bourhood, and they asked me if I would go out after it one night. Not having very good eyesight at that time, I refused to sit up all night in an uncomfortable platform in the branches of some tree, and insisted that if I was to hunt it at all, I would do so from the back of an elephant, and in no other manner. At this they started muttering . to one another, and at last a man whom I supposed to be the chief of the village approached me. ' Sahib, ' he said with many salaams, ' but there are no elephants within fifty miles of this village, and it would take at least five days for them to be brought here. ' It is impossible, I replied, for me to stay here for longer than two days at the most, and as my eyes are not strong enough to see in the dark, I am afraid that your tiger will have to remain alive, or kill himself by over-eating. On hearing my words, the fellow, with another salaam, walked off to the group of natives with whom he had been chatting, and told them what I had said. After some arguing, they dispatched a messenger to the other end of the village. When he presently returned, he had in his wake a wizened old man, covered with mud and ashes, whom I should judge to have been at least a hundred years old. The spokesman again approached me, this time having in tow the old man, whom he presented to me as the oldest and wisest fakir of the village. ' Sahib, ' he said, ' this man is extraordinarily wise in the art of medicine, and if you wish it, he will make you an ointment which will give you the eyes of the owl which flies by night. ' I demurred a bit at first, but as they both seemed in earnest, I told them to go ahead and do their worst. Next morning I was awakened by my servant, who informed me that a messenger, who was to direct me to the hut of the old fakir, was outside. After breakfast, I accompanied him to the old fellow, who presented me, with much ceremony, with a small clay pot containing an oily ointment of some sort, with which he told me to cover my eyes that night before going to sleep. Page Sixteen