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

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B r e n t w o ' o d C o 1 1 e g e M a g a z I n e The Boat Club THE boating and swimming side of school life has not been as successful as usual this year. The weather has not been warm enough to render swimming a nd boating as attractive as in other years. In spite of this great drawback the Boat Club has been fairly active and a large number of boys have been engaged in rowing, sculling and sailing. PRATT — OUR BUST SCULLER Page Fourteen

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Brentwood College M a g a z i n e The Sinking of the Shamrock The ill-fated Shamrock went for a sail On a windy clay in May ; A gusty wind blew up the Arm, And whitecaps flecked the bay. She crashed through many a choppy wave ; Her decks were soaked with spray ; ' Twas many a time she showed her keel To seamen on the bay. The other craftsmen on the bay Were sailing about in glee ; The whitened sails were a strong contrast To the caps on the foam-flecked sea. Friend Rigby was the skipper bold, And a crafty sailor he ; He could sail his ship in the strongest wind As in the heaviest sea. His one-man crew was Douglas Smith, Who, with captain, came to grief As they were sailing, barely moving, ' Twixt Daphne Isle and reef. The captain was thinking of work in school ( ? ) The crew of a meal, it seems ; When all at once they were in the sea, Which rudely shattered their dreams. I think we ' re running closely hauled, The skipper quoth to me, As heeled she o ' er, be gan to ship — And we attained the sea ! The wreck was sighted ; a Cat set off With Robinson in command, And he contrived with all his skill The captain and crew to land. Then our Head Man set out from shore; The sloop he took in hand, And many tacks it took to tow The salvaged boat to land. The captain of the fated sloop Should sooner have awaken ' d ; ; For thoughtlessness he had to pay — His certificate was taken. p Marlatt Page Thirteen

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Brent w o od College Magazine We were disappointed in not receiving a visit from a crew from the University of B. C. Their crew was invaded by illness on the eve of the day on which they proposed to visit us. Our first crew went to Vancouver in the Lent term and tried conclusions with a crew from the University and one from the Vancouver Rowing Club. They were unfortunate in passing too near the edge of the course and fouling their oars on a sand bank, and only managed to gain second place. THE SENIOR FOUR Page Fifteen