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

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B r c 11 1 w o o d C o 1 1 e g e M a g a z i n e Editorial HE past year has slipped by very quietly, possibly without as many out- standing landmarks in the school ' s history as have occurred in previous years. Very few changes have been made in the school buildings with the exception of the Chapel which is daily becoming more and more beautiful. Three new masters have been added to the teaching staff: — Mr. Gibson, Mr. Privett and Mr. Hincks, and a new matron, Miss Egerton, came at Christmas. Last September over forty new boys were enrolled— perhaps too many in a school of about one hundred. If nearly all parents could see their way to keep their boys at Brentwood from three to four years, the result would be a great help to the school as a whole and to each boy in particular. Less change would then be experienced from year to year, and the torch would be more effectively handed on. Sports have taken their usual place in the life of the school. The Rugby season was a very successful one. The Boat Club seems to send more boys out on the water every day, and there is much keenness shown by those boys entering for the Regatta on July 11. Cricket has not had such a successful season as last year, because it has had more difficulties to overcome. Tennis has been more neglected this year because fewer boys have found time for it, together with the other numerous activities of the school. The college has been singularly free from epidemics during the past twelve months, in spite of the fact that the winter was quite a cold one for Victoria, but very little snowfall was experienced. Since the school was opened in 1923 over one hundred boys have secured admission to universities. Old boys have distinguished themselves at Oxford and Cambridge, McGill, Toronto, the University of Alberta, the University of British Columbia, Harvard, Cornell, Washington, Oregon and Berkeley- Ar- rangements have now been made with all these universities whereby admission requirements can be complied with at Brentwood College. The farmers of Saanich have at last solved their drought problem. When- ever they wish for a heavy fall of rain, they invite the College to a cricket match, and behold, their wish is granted ! At the beginning of the Lent Term a certain amount of excitement was pro- vided when the sixth form classroom caught on fire. For several days tender enquiries were made of Mr. Privett as to his injured anatomy after his fall down the slippery steps. Fortunately, the fire was extinguished without much property loss. Occasional Jottings Page Three

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Bre 11 1 w o o d Coll e g e M a g a zinc I Iowever, the masters did not hnd this episode of the fire so amusing, for while the classroom was being repaired, they were forced to give up their com- mon room to the sixth form. Some of the objects originally there, are still miss- ing. Anyone finding books and other articles initialed W.O.I. IT. is asked to de- liver them to their owner. During the Christmas term a most interesting lecture was given by Mr. Howard Ginnis, who was about to go to Tibet and Eastern Asia on a missionary trip. :(: s|{ ;js |c We have noticed that quite a number of moustaches have been attempted during the past year, the latest to try this fancy being M — y— -w. It is a pity that Mr. Stewart is no longer able to supply his sprouting lotions at such a low cost ! His visits to the school ended after a slight disagreement with the cook (possibly concerning some missing spoons). We understand that many choking sighs were faintly heard in the neigh- bourhood of the bursar ' s office after Miss Pease departed at the end of last term. During the Easter holidays, Mr. Beaumont very kindly took the boys who were staying at the College for an extended cruise to Friday Harbour on the island of San Juan. It was phenomenal how provisions for a day ' s outing dis- appeared in the space of ten minutes. Fortunately the settlement boasted a few stores. With the advent of Mr. Smith as musical director of the orchestra, we live in hopes that we may soon be able to distinguish between the Wildman Blues and Ah, Sweet Mystery of Fife. Towards the end of the Fent term a very interesting lecture, entitled By Motor Car from Cairo to Mt. Sinai, was given to the school by Mr. Gibson. The address was illustrated with many unusual slides depicting the Site of the Burning Bush, Aaron ' s Chapel of the Golden Calf and many other places of Biblical interest. jjs j|S On June 12 Admiral Storey visited the College with Mr. Curtis, the chair- man of the Board of Governors, and a party of Navy Feague officials. Admiral Storey spoke of his work in connection with his annual tour of inspection of Canadian Navy Feague Sea Cadets, and placed before the boys in the short time at his disposal some idea of a Canadian ' s responsibility toward its sea-born commerce. Page Four